I believe that is what’s happening in the city of Lakeland as we speak. John when we recognize the power of God’s people coming together in prayer, we will be able to unlock the power of God that can change this church, this city and this world. Note what the scripture says:Ģ Chronicles 20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord. I know that you can go into your prayer closet to pray and King Jehoshaphat could have gone into this prayer closet but this was a crisis situation and they decided to have prayer service. Most of us want deliverance but we don’t want to pray. They came together in the temple of the Lord to pray for deliverance. Why could we not cast out the demon?Ģ0 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.Ģ1 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. When the disciples were alone with Jesus they asked the question. They could not deliver his son, so when Jesus came, the father asked Jesus to cast out the demon. Recall the situation when a father brought his demon possess son to the disciples to be delivered. The power of God is released in our lives through prayer and fasting. We have missed out on the power of God because of our lack of prayer. What did he do to set himself to seek the Lord? He placed himself in a position to seek the Lord. But note He set himself and the people of Judah to seek the Lord. He did what we should all do seek the Lord. What should we do in time of Crisis? Note what King Jehoshaphat did:Ģ Chronicles 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. He was in a crisis and was asking the question, “What should I do in this Time of Crisis? King Jehoshaphat knew that they could not defeat them and the army was already at their front door. News of a great army from beyond the sea was coming to battle against them. In our scriptures today Jehoshaphat the king of Judah is facing a crisis. Today we will look at another question.Ģ0 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.Ģ Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria and, behold, they be Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.ģ And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.Ĥ And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord. When we understand the presence of God and the nature and character of God we do not have to fear in times of crisis. Thirdly He is a Faithful God, whatever He has promise He will do. Secondly He is a Focus God not distracted by the issues of our lives. First He is a Fulfilling God, what ever we need God can provide. Secondly we discovered “The Nature and Character of God in Times of Crisis.” There were three things we learned about God. In times of crisis we must walk in faith and not in fear. He is with us and dwells in us but when we walk in fear we cannot see His presence. “Where is God in the Time of Crisis?” We discovered that in times of Crisis God is right there. We answered two questions in this series. No matter who you are, no one is armored from crisis. For many of us we have faced or are facing or will be facing a crisis in our life. Over the past Sundays, we have dealt with what have been called times of crisis.
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