Day 42

➡ 0:00 - Mt. 17 - Jesus addresses mindsets - corrupted thinking. When He calls us a perverse generation He means we've been touched by the fall of man and the wisdom of the world has become our way. That's all He is saying.

➡ 19:15 - I told that story because the way that seems right to a man leads to death. And if you don't get that kind of thinking out of your mind, God could be sitting right in front of you and we might not be seeing Him. He might be waiting - in position and we're not seeing because the way that seems right to man is eating our lunch. It's incorporated into and laced through the pure and holy gospel.

32:10 - Do you think young children know what they are doing when they pray? - Most certainly they can. And children can be taught. You set patterns and they follow. It can be either or.

32:50 - Dan's kids growth - son 5 years old - praying in tongues.

33:50 - It can be either or. Babies see stuff.

➡ 42:30 - Let me get back to the way that seems right to man. We were trained our whole lives by the wisdom of the world. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? - 1 Cor. 1:20. You want to grow to the place where when someone is just speaking out of the flesh, you don't even have a grid for it. It doesn't even make sense. It's a stranger's voice. You can hear it but you can't relate.

44:20 - Renewed in the spirit of your mind - the inmost part - the foundational place where you function from - where you flow from - where your mind works from. Motivation - perspective.

45:55 - How did we get that way? By listening to stuff like what the serpent whispered to Eve. "God knows that you will be like God." By listening to stuff like that that seems right.

50:20 - Pastor who went through difficulty. First sermon back - How to handle it when God says no.

1:00:10 - Mt.17:20 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. - Why was the boy the same. Because of what was going on in the disciples' minds. You can't get around that.

1:01:00 - Revelation regarding epileptic boy - Wait a minute this happens to me. I pray and things don't happen and I am thinking "Why?" They asked why. And You answered. And you didn't say anything that I am thinking or that people are telling me. Then I knew to hook up to what He said.

1:02:00 - He already addressed the question back in v.17 - twisted, distorted thinking - So when they asked Him why they couldn't heal the boy. Jesus had already addressed it in the prior verses but they didn't understand it. Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. When He said "faithless and perverse" generation it probably just sounded like He was spanking them.

1:03:05 - Mt. 17:17 - Why does Jesus say "faithless and perverse generation" instead of "faithless disciples"? - Because everybody is under the same mindsets. We're all under the fall. Jesus is coming to a people that are fallen. But He is talking to them because they were the ones that were praying.

1:04:20 - Weeping at Lazarus' tomb - because the life and the light and the resurrection is standing there at Lazarus' tomb. He is standing there and all that they could see was death. He is doing His best to tell them that Lazarus is getting up. You ought to be OK.

1:04:40 - [Retelling of the story - emphasizing how blind they were to the truth standing right before them] All they could see was death.

1:09:45 - Those people were created through Him.

1:10:00 - Face to face with the fall.

1:11:20 - Participant's comment - Since the Holy Ghost hadn't yet fallen they were all carnally minded and couldn't recognize...

1:11:45 - They were under the bondage of the fear of death. We're not blaming them and saying they should have done differently. We would have all done the same. My point is: the fall of man was extremely detrimental and it brought severe blindness.

1:12:10 - Now that we have Holy Spirit, God forbid that we stay obstinate, willful, untaught, untrainable or just blind - now that truth is here. God forbid that we define God through life and feelings and emotions instead of the word.

1:12:40 - 1 Cor. 10:1-7 - Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play... -

1:13:50 - "Why is God letting all of this happen to me? Why isn't God protecting me?" You're digging your own hole and burying yourself.

1:15:45 - We have to get this because we all the same... It's the gospel. If you are not careful you will talk yourself out of that. "Yeah but..."

1:23:00 - I'm in armor paid for by Jesus.

1:23:35 - Yes, you should have. Because you were created in His image.

1:24:00 - Participant comment about military training.

1:25:00 - Missing text - v.21 - But this kind goes not out but by prayer and fasting. - Don't be confused by the italicized letters or the notes. Some texts omit that line. If it's in your Bible, accept it. God is able to keep His word. And He is not letting anybody mess with it. You have to trust that what is in your hand, God gave you. If you can't trust that, you can't even trust God.

1:27:00 - Why would we have so much confidence in what we think apart from Him?

1:27:20 - v.21 - However - this is not a proviso. He just gave you an unlimited promise.

1:30:20 - Could you explain what you mean by the phrase "You fail to see who you are because of Me." - Because of Jesus coming. Him coming identifies us. It shows who we are. The only reason you are who you are is because He is who He is. Christ in you is the hope of glory.

1:30:40 - In other words when Jesus comes we're all created (redeemed) to be sons - He said, "Follow me." As the Father sent me, I send you. We see ourselves through the flesh - through the old way of thinking - through limitation - being far away from Him. We fail to see who we are because of Jesus.

1:31:15 - The clearer I see Jesus, I see me there.

1:31:30 - "Yeah, but that was Jesus." That's failing to see who we are because of Jesus.

1:31:45 - [Alternative explanation - disciples praying for the epileptic boy - Jesus wasn't with them - mind spins]

1:33:50 - Spinning of the mind when healing doesn't happen.

1:34:10 - Staying in a place of faith. Basis for praying.

1:35:20 - "Because of me" - You're nothing apart from Him. You're failing to see who you are because of who I am.

1:36:35 - However - Sounds like backpedaling. Jesus doesn't backpedal. "Guys I just gave you the most amazing promise and I am will and ready to back it up. The Father spoke it through me. But this promise won't become your reality unless you get your mind one with Him through prayer and fasting. And start looking through His eyes and living through His heart." You become it and see it. And you know my love and faith flows from that place.

➡ 1:39:40 - Something has gone wrong and it won't get fixed unless you give yourselves to prayer and fasting. Let's finish this up so that we can get onto fasting...

1:45:30 - Mt. 6 - v.16 - Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. -

1:46:10 - Mt. 9 - v.14 - Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. - Then they will fast.

1:49:55 - Every where in they were preaching the gospel you see water baptism. It's a symbol of dying to live. Die to live. Old things pass away. Dead man buried. Resurrection. You die in His likeness. You rise in His likeness. You're a son like He is a Son. You wear righteousness like He does.

1:52:30 - v.16 - Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. -

1:52:35 - don't be like the hypocrites - Be careful not to say one thing and hold onto something that makes us something else. Hear His voice and obey. I don't want to be challenging the word.

Hypocrisy

1:56:15 - Hot or Cold - Better hot or cold than lukewarm - Rev. 3:15-16. Why would it be better to be cold? At least with lukewarm they are halfway there. Reverence of God came over me. I you are hot you're hot. And if you are cold, I can light you on fire. But lukewarm is a position that is no good for anyone. You're compromised. It's the place of contentment. It's self serving and no good for anybody. It's the hypocrite. "Don't EVER PLAY THE HYPOCRITE!" Said it 3 times. I didn't know if I would survive. Home group afterwards - message delivered. Man screams and bawls, apologies to his wife. It's a get real with your own heart message..

2:01:25 - Don't make God so lovey that you lose your reverence for Him. Don't give yourself the right to avoid dealing with something in prayer.

2:03:20 - Prayer and fasting resolves this stuff.

2:04:00 - Lukewarm - compromised in your conscience.

2:04:10 - v.16 - Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. - Please don't tell people how long your fast is. That's a trap.

2:04:20 - They have their reward - The best that men stroke you in is the best that you will receive. [Conversation scenarios]

2:05:45 - Here is what fasting does.

➡ 2:21:35 - I'm just giving you some of the natural blessings of fasting. We'll get into fasting more next time. I'll give you an example of fasting.

2:28:30 - Motive of fasting - Col. 2:21+ - Does Paul contradict the need to fast in this verse about self-denial? - That's the wrong motive. He's talking about their ritual fastings. It was a work. It was something that qualified him. That's not what fasting is. What qualifies you is the finished work of Jesus.

2:29:50 - Physical effects of fasting. Running. Body comes into alignment as well as the soul.

2:31:00 - Is the phrase "the flesh" talking more about the physical body or a mindset? - No, it's talking about a mindset. The body is the temple of the Lord. You want to take good care of your body. I buffet my body - 1 Cor. 9:27. I discipline my flesh. My flesh mindset - the carnal mindset of man. Take care of the body you are given. Sometimes people have a hard time receiving healing because they feel like they haven't taken care of the body they have received.

2:32:15 - Your body is given by God. The word becomes flesh. That means your life lived. So you are living from the wellspring of truth.

2:32:30 - When to break a fast - not breaking a fast when real hunger returns. Then you are doing yourself harm. That's the difference between fasting and starving. But you don't get to that point for longer than you may think.

2:32:50 - [Story from Franklin Hall's book - translation and healing.]

2:34:40 - When hunger returns, that's when you ought to come off a fast. Most people don't make it to that.

2:34:55 - [Question - ?? Difficulty of being involved with others and food prep while you are fasting...]

2:35:00 - It can be hard because you body is crying out. Getting yourself geared and conditioned for what you are doing. Locked in.

➡ 2:35:15 - NEXT WEEK - How He taught me to enter into a fast.

2:35:20 - Participant request - Can you clarify what you mean by when hunger returns.

2:36:15 - Sitting in on meals with family. Family gathering. Fixing plates for others.