Prayer Meeting

[background music] [Speaker 1] Church and fellowships cannot be more spiritual than the individuals and families that constitute them. God greatly desires a godly home for you. These are words of restoration and instruction in righteousness from Family Tent Ministry. May you be blessed as you listen. [Speaker 2] To pray. Let's magnify the name of the Lord. Lord, we have come to worship you. Oh, we have come to exalt you. We have come to praise you. We have come to gather before you. The Bible says to him that answers prayer shall all men gather. Lord, we have come to gather before you because we know you answer prayer. Daddy, we appreciate you. We bless you. We give you all the glory. We give you all the praise. We give you all the honor. We give you all adoration. Blessed be your holy name. Blessed be your holy name. Our God, thank you. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [Speaker 2 and congregation sing] Oh, what a mighty God we serve. Hallelujah. What a mighty God we serve. Hallelujah. Heaven and earth adore him. Even angels bow before him. Oh, what a mighty God we serve. What a mighty God. What a mighty God we serve. Hallelujah. What a mighty God we serve. Hallelujah. Heaven and earth adore him. Even angels bow before him. Oh, what a mighty God we serve. There is not holy as the Lord, as the Lord. There is no one beside, beside the Lord. Neither is there any rock like our God. There is not holy as the Lord, our God. Our God is good. Our God is good. Our God is good. Oh, our God is good. Our God is good. Our God is good. Oluwadara, Oluwadara, Oluwadara. Oluwadara, Oluwadara, Oluwadara. Oluwadara o. Oluwadara o. Oluwadara o. Oluwadara o. [Speaker 2] I just feel like worshiping God this evening. Let's give him praise. God has been so good to us from January to February to March to April to May to June to July. God has been so wonderful to us. Oh, God has been so good. Let's give him praise. Let's worship him. Let's give him glory. We worship you, Jesus. We worship our King. Lord, we give you glory. Lord, we give you praise. You have been so merciful. You have been so gracious to us. You have been so gracious to us. Oh, hallelujah. We glorify you. We glorify you. We praise you, Jesus. Daddy, we give you glory. Oh, we give you praise. I want you to sing a new song to God this evening. Sing a new song to this God this evening. Daddy, we thank you. I don't know, maybe you have seen the hand of God in your family. I don't know, maybe you have seen the hand of God in your life. Why don't you give him praise? O suba re re o. I don't know, maybe you are seeing the hand of God in your family. I don't know, maybe you have seen the hand of God in your life. Why don't you give him praise? O suba re re o. I want you to thank God. Oh, the king who works wonders. Lord, we give you praise. Lord, we give you praise. Our defender, our pillar, our rock, our fortress, our refuge. We thank you. We bless you. Oh, we give you praise. We give you glory. We give you glory. We have come to lay to heart to worship you this evening. We have come to lay to heart to praise you this evening. Oh, we worship you, Jesus. Lord, we give you glory. You have been so merciful. You have been so gracious to us. Oh, hallelujah. We glorify you. I just feel like we worship God. I just feel like we praise God. Daddy, total we gather here that the Lord does not send his word. That is total we gather that we lack his presence. That is total we gather that we lack his blessing. God has been good. God has been faithful in the midst of pandemic. He was there with us because his word said it though we pass through the fire, he will be there with us. And he has proved his word that no matter what we are going through, he's right there. He's the reason why that situation has not been worse. He's the reason why the enemy have not swallowed us up. He's the reason why we are having victory all the time. Let's give God the glory. [Speaker 2 and congregation sing] I will never be ungrateful to you, Lord. I will never be ungrateful to you, Lord. I will never be ungrateful to you, Lord. I will never be ungrateful. I will never be ungrateful to you, Lord. I will never be ungrateful to you, Lord. I will never be ungrateful to you, Lord. I will never be ungrateful. [Speaker 2] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You have been faithful to us since the year began. We can testify that you have been a faithful God. You are faithful to us as a church, to us as a family, and to us as an individual. You have been good to us. We cannot deny your hand. We cannot deny your faithfulness. That is why we have come again, Lord, to show forth our gratitude of your greatness, of your mercy, of your love, of your blessing, of your preservation. Daddy, we have come to say thank you. Be thou glorified, O Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ. We want to thank you because every time we gather here every Monday, you always showed up. Before we cry, you have heard us. While we are yet speaking, you have answered. What else do we need? We have the assurance that we have you as our God, and you have never failed us for one day. And we are saying thank you. Thank you for what you are going to do again this evening. Oh, for going to release the spirit of prayer and supplication upon us, we are saying thank you. Blessed be your name because we know again before we pray, you have heard. And this is the confidence we have in you, that every time we call on your name, you answer. And we are thanking you because you are going to answer again with proof and with testimony. Thank you, precious Daddy. We give you all the praise in Jesus' mighty name we pray. Praise the Lord. Let's have our seat in his presence. Hallelujah. Once again, I want to welcome everyone of us. Let's have our seat. I want to appreciate everyone of us for coming this evening to pray. Today we are going to be praying, and I trust God that God is going to help us to pray. For we do not know how to pray as we ought to, but the Holy Spirit—I trust the Holy Spirit—the Holy Spirit is going to be helping us to pray this evening. And no matter the situation, the Lord is going to take absolute control in the name of Jesus Christ. Why? Because the Bible says the Lord is in the midst of his people, mighty. And you will agree with me that the Lord is in our midst mighty. The Lord has been proving himself mighty in our midst. And the Lord will help us in Jesus' name. Praise the Lord. Shortly before we start praying, I want us to look at something briefly. Help from Above. It is my prayer for somebody on ground and online that you are going to receive help from above today in the name of Jesus Christ. I don't know that area you have been asking God for help. I don't know that area you have been pouring your heart to God, but I am assuring you this evening that you are going to receive help from God this evening in the name of Jesus Christ. Help from above. God is assuring us because his word can never fail that he's going to release help to somebody. He's going to help you. Where men have rejected you, God is going to help you today in the name of Jesus. I am speaking by the assurance of his word that God is going to help you today in the name of Jesus Christ. If it is healing, the Lord is going to heal you today in the name of Jesus. Let's quickly open our Bible to Psalm 121. [Speaker 3] (Reading Psalm 121:1-2) The Bible speaking, David speaking here, he said, "I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from whence come my help. My help come from the Lord, which made heaven and the earth." [Speaker 2] Our help will come from the Lord this evening in the name of Jesus Christ. Which made heaven and the earth. Help from above. David realized this, that there is no amount of work I can do, there is no amount of connection that I can have, there is no amount of people that I know that can equivalent to the help of God. And he realized it, and he said I will look up unto the hills, from where come my help. My help come from the Lord, the maker of heaven and the earth. I want us to realize today that the only man that can help, that can give true help, is our God. And that is why we are here to cry for help, for God is ready to help us. I don't know that situation you are going through. I don't know that desire of your heart and you are like, "if I had known somebody." But I'm telling you that you don't need to know somebody, all you need to know is to know God, because God is sending help this evening. I don't know that stagnation in your life. This evening the Lord is going to set you free because there will be help for you from above in the name of Jesus. Let's quickly open our Bible to Isaiah 31 verse 1. [Speaker 3] (Reading Isaiah 31:1) Isaiah 31 verse 1 said, "Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord." [Speaker 2] Woe to them, my brethren. If you have been looking unto men, please stop it. The Bible says woe to them that go down to Egypt, that go to man for help when he can help us. Only him. All God is asking us that we should only trust in him, we should only hope in him, and we should only seek him for anything we need on earth. He's our father. And the Bible says if a worldly father know how to give their children good thing, how much more he, the heavenly father? So he's right here this evening to help us. I trust God that there will be time to pour our hearts to God for help. There will be time like Jacob did. The Bible speaking in the book of Genesis said Jacob was left alone and he wrestled with the angels. He said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." And the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." He said, "No, I will not let you go." And I believe somebody is here to pour his heart or her heart to cry to God, "Lord, this evening, there must be help for me from above, because I will not let you go until you do something in my life, until you help me." And the man said, "What is your name?" He said, "My name is Jacob." He said, "Your name is no longer Jacob, your name is Israel. You have no longer been limited for long. You have no longer been cheated for long. You have been at one place for long, but now I'm making you a father of nation." The Lord is going to help somebody this evening. I don't know that stagnation in your life. This evening the Lord is going to set you free because there will be help for you from above in the name of Jesus. [Speaker 3] (Reading Psalm 146:3-5) Psalm 146 verse 3 and verse 5. "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help." Verse 5 now says, "Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God." [Speaker 2] In them there is no help. And as long as you are looking up unto God, you can't look up unto man. Do not trust in any man, just put your trust in me because I am available to help you. And that is why we are here to pour our hearts, to tell God, "Lord, only you we will trust, only you we will serve, only you we will believe." Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help. Hallelujah. Happy is he that have the God of Jacob for his help. Privilege, blessed is he that have the God of Jacob for his help. That is why we have to tell it to God this evening, "Lord, for me, I have no other help except you. I have no other God except you." And I have come to rededicate, to restate that you are the only one that I will trust and believe. Men may be going other way and but for you, I'm going to stay with you. Help from above. There is this scenario that baffles me in 2 Kings chapter 6 verse 26 to 27. There was a famine in the land. It was so terrible. It was the period that Elijah said there will be no rain in Israel. It was so terrible that people began to slaughter their children for food. And something happened. [Speaker 3] (Reading 2 Kings 6:26-27) Verse 26, the Bible says, "And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my Lord, O king. And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?" [Speaker 2] Many time we run to man to help us and at times they tell you that I too need help. I too need help. I don't know what you are going through that makes you to run from pillar to post, that makes you to look for man that can help you, that makes you to look for connection. If a whole king of a city cannot help, that time is coming that even those people that we believe that they are there, they will be coming to look for help. But the best time, the best man to look up unto is God, for he's the only one, he's the only king that cannot fail. He's ever ready, he's ever present to help. Praise the Lord. Let's open our Bible to Psalm 46. I just want to open our understanding to what it means to receive help from above before we start praying. [Speaker 3] (Reading Psalm 46:1-7) Psalm 46 verse 1 to 7. "God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah." [Speaker 2] Are you in trouble? He is the present help in that trouble. No matter what we are going through, it is God that has not made it to be worse. No matter what we are passing through that is not palatable, why don't you think other way and say, "wow, if this thing would have been worse than this, what would have happened?" So no matter the situation, I look up unto him because I know only him. Only him there is true help. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. We will not be fear though there is a famine in the land, though there are kidnappers on the land, though there are difficulties on the land, we will not be afraid. Why? There is help for us from above. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved. God will help her. God will help you in the name of Jesus Christ. In the midst of turbulence, he said God is in the midst of her and God will help her. God will help you. There is a cry in your heart, I am telling you this evening, God will help you. In the name of Jesus, that business, God will help you. That situation in that family, God will help you in the name of Jesus Christ. It does not matter what is going on in the land. I am here to be fruitful. I am here to blossom because that's the word of God for me. It doesn't matter the amount of salary that I earn. I am here to prosper. God has blessed me to be a blessing. It doesn't matter what I have, I will continue to be a blessing why because I have help from above. The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. The Lord of hosts is going to step into that battle and he's going to fight for you and you will laugh at last in the name of Jesus. Praise the Lord. What does it mean to be helped? You will know when you are totally helped. You will know when you are totally helped. The first person does not have to announce it. By the proof, by the testimony, the person is commanding, you will know that indeed God has helped this one. And you are the next to be helped by God in the name of Jesus. Let's look at Isaiah 41. [Speaker 3] (Reading Isaiah 41:10-13) Isaiah 41 verse 10 to 13. "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee." [Speaker 2] When you have assurance that God is with you, you are helped. God is speaking here, he said, "fear not, for I am with thee." When you have the assurance that God is with you, you are helped by God. And God is assuring us again this evening, "I am with you." In that sick bed, I am with you. You are looking for job, I am with you. Men have rejected you, I am with you. When fear of the unknown are conquered in your life, you are helped. For I know the thought I think towards you. That alone is enough to take away fear. That you are so sure you have the confidence that God have a good plan for my life. I may not be there now, I may be struggling now, but I am on my way to the top. You are helped when you have understanding of what God have for your life. That will take away fear. That means you are helped because where there is no fear, you will have the peace of mind to keep pursuing your goal in life. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded. They shall be as nothing and they that strive with thee shall perish. What does it mean to be helped? When your enemy have been put to shame. I am telling you this evening, all your enemy put together, they will be put to shame today in the name of Jesus. For your sake, they will be put to shame. They will be confounded in the name of Jesus. When your enemy have been put to shame, when God contend against those that contend against you, that's what the Bible says. Isaiah 49 verse 25 said, "I will contend against them that contend against you." That means you are helped. When God is the one fighting your battle, what you don't have to fight, he said, "I will fight for you and you will hold your peace." That means you are helped. I don't know how long you have been fighting your battle alone, but I'm assuring you that this evening God is going to send help to you in the name of Jesus Christ. You will no longer fight that battle because that battle is not for you. The Lord of host is going to step into that battle and he's going to fight for you and you will laugh at last in the name of Jesus. For I, the Lord thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, fear not, I will help thee. God is going to be holding your hand from today in the name of Jesus Christ. You will no longer be alone anymore. God is going to be there for you, holding your hand in that situation. He is there, saying, "my daughter, my son, I am right there. Don't worry, I'm with you." [Speaker 3] (Reading Psalm 23:1 and Philippians 4:19) Psalm 23 verse 1, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." (Philippians 4:19) "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." [Speaker 2] When God is the one meeting all your needs, you are helped. When others are saying there is lack, you are saying come and take, I will give you, I have abundance. Not half, not small, not part, all your need. What is that? Help from above. The Lord as from today will begin to meet all your needs. He will begin to meet your family need. He will begin to meet your children need. You will no longer cry over the children. You will no longer cry over your business. You will no longer cry over your family. In the name of Jesus, the Lord shall meet all your need in the name of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. I want you to cry to God where you are sitting. Lord, I am here, help me. Lord, I am here, help me. You are there online, why don't you cry to God? Lord, I am here, help me. Oh, I need help from above. I don't want to fight alone again. I don't want to walk alone again. I am here, O God, help me. Every prayer that have gone ahead of me that are tarry until now, today I command the fulfillment of them in the name of Jesus Christ concerning my children, concerning my wife, concerning my life. I command fulfillment in the name of Jesus Christ. [Speaker 2 and Speaker 3 lead overlapping prayer chants] Olorun okunrin ogun, e dide ke ran mi lowo. Lord, arise in your mercy, arise for my sake. It is my time to be announced. It is my turn to break through. It is my turn to break through. I arise and help me. My business must take a u-turn. Lord, arise, arise and have mercy on me. This 2021 is going again, Lord, in your mercy arise for me. Lord arise for my sake. It is my turn to be announced. It is my turn to break through. Arise in your mercy. Lord arise, arise. [Speaker 2] Lord arise for my family, for my children, for my career, for my marital life. Lord arise. This 2021 must not go without me being fulfilled what you have said concerning me. Lord arise in your mercy that you have mercy on me. For the time to favor me has come. This is the time. Oh, Lord favor me, favor me, Lord in the name of Jesus. Let's pray for Family Tent. Family Tent will begin to move forward. Run and tell it to the people that Jerusalem shall be a city without wall for the multitude of men and cattle therein. That mean there will be expansion, there will be growth. Me and the children the Lord have given to me, we shall be for signs and wonders. I want us to pray for Family Tent. Family Tent begin to grow, we command you begin to grow, move forward. You shall be a city without wall for the multitude of men and cattle therein, for the abundant of men, for the abundant of resources. Move forward, grow. Every child that the Lord has given Family Tent, they shall be for signs and a wonder. Family Tent will not bury anybody this year. We will not mourn over anybody this year. I want us to pray against every form of sickness. Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it, I will heal my people and I will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. Nevertheless, it doesn't matter what they are going through, it doesn't matter how they have been buffeted with sickness and pain, but I will bring health and healing and I will heal my people. Every one sick among us, everyone sick in our family, everyone sick. We command in agreement, we decree healing. In the name of Jesus, according to the word of the Lord, we speak healing. I command you right now to loose your hand from every member of Family Tent. Loose your hand right now. Whatsoever thing that is representing horn in my life that has been hindering your help, Lord, look unto thy mercy and deliver me. Whatsoever thing it is, by your mercy, deliver me this evening. Lord, look unto thy mercy and deliver me. Help me, Lord. Help me, Lord. In the name of Jesus Christ. [Speaker 2 and congregation sing] O n gbo o n gbo o n gbo adura. O n gbo o n gbo o n gbo adura. O n gbo o n gbo o n gbo adura. Jesu olura pada o n gbo adura. O n gbo o n gbo o n gbo adura. O n gbo o n gbo o n gbo adura. O n gbo o n gbo o n gbo adura. Jesu olura pada o n gbo adura. [Speaker 2] Thank you, Father. Lord, we are grateful. Lord, we bow down before you. Lord, we are privileged to have you as a Father. Oh, what a great, great that we have the God that is much more concerned even before we ask. Bible say while we ask, he hears us. Even when the word is in our mouth, he answers us. Lord, we are grateful unto you. Thank you for your help this evening. Thank you because you have prayed. You cannot pray and not be answered. Father, we thank you because you have granted our request. Thank you because you have even done more than what we have asked. Thank you because you are working and you keep working as touching all that concerns us. We give all the glory, Lord. We appreciate you, Lord. We say Lord, we are returning, oh Lord, with sheaves of thanksgiving. We are returning, oh Lord, with sheaves of testimonies. We will return back, oh Lord, to give glory to you. Thank you, eternal Rock of Ages. Thank you for everything, Lord. We give all the glory in the name of Jesus. Father, we are grateful. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. [Speaker 1] Family Tent Ministry is a missionary outreach involved in enriching the lives of singles and married through preaching and teaching of God's word, discipleship, family life enrichment, social and community development, and mission heat. Our regular activities are: Discipleship class every Monday, 5:00 PM; Adolescents and Singles' Club, every first Saturday of every month at 10:00 AM; Marriage Forum, second Saturday of every month at 10:00 AM; family life seminars, regular school outreaches and everyday counseling. For further counseling, you can reach us at our location: Life Camp by the first bridge, Ilere community, opposite Very Joy filling station along Igede road, Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria. You can also reach us through our social media handles: familytent@yahoo.co.uk; familytentministry01@gmail.com; www.familytentministry.org. Our phone numbers are 0803386... [audio cuts out]