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  (CLIP) SATAN DOES NOT LIKE PRAYING CHURCHES
  by Tim Conway
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of persevering in prayer
and not growing weary in seeking God. It warns against the temptation to
neglect corporate prayer meetings and highlights the spiritual battle
involved in prayer, as it is through prayer that strongholds are broken
and the power of God is unleashed. The message urges believers to
prioritize prayer, resist the distractions and deceptions of the enemy,
and remain devoted to seeking God's face together as a church.

Duration: 2:14 Topics: "Perseverance in Prayer", "Importance of Corporate Prayer"
Scripture References: Galatians 6:9, 2 Corinthians 10:4, Ephesians 6:18, James 5:16, Acts 2:42

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of persevering in prayer and not
growing weary in seeking God. It warns against the temptation to neglect
corporate prayer meetings and highlights the spiritual battle involved
in prayer, as it is through prayer that strongholds are broken and the
power of God is unleashed. The message urges believers to prioritize
prayer, resist the distractions and deceptions of the enemy, and remain
devoted to seeking God's face together as a church.

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The Scripture says don't be weary in well-doing. And you can get weary
in praying. For 26 years, I've been coming to the prayer meeting.

And I saw it even when I wasn't an elder. I saw it. I mean, Ruby can
tell you.

It was mandatory in our lives. Unless we were just wrought through and
through with sickness of the severest kind, the prayer meeting was
mandatory. Why? Why? Because we were laying hold on the Lord.

It was necessary. Brethren, don't become weary in this. You have to
remember this, brethren.

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. And if there's anywhere the
devil's going to try to wear us out, it's in our prayer. Because our
prayers bring down his strongholds.

And you know what? You can hear it whispered in your ear. Ah, it's best
to stay home, get a lot of rest, be able to rise early in the morning,
the kids get full rest, all that. Brethren, don't be deceived.

Satan does not like praying churches. He loves it when the prayer
meetings begin to diminish. Brethren, prayer unleashes the power of God
and he knows it.

Don't give in to this. I mean, if some of you are not showing forth a
devotedness to corporate prayer, brethren, I call you, repent of that.
Turn.

Don't go down that path. And it can become easy. You justify it once,
you justify it a second time, a fifth time.

Well, the kids... Brethren, don't do that. Now look, maybe there's some
things we have to do. I mean, maybe our elders be open.

If there are things we can do with regards to our prayer meeting, I know
we don't always start on time, whatever it is, but brethren, I'm telling
you, do not forsake this. Because if you do, you're going the way that
the early church did not go. Don't do this.

You want to go down the path to ineffectiveness? You want to go down the
path to weakness? Then don't pray. It's not good.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/tu_VICrBQa8.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/tim-conway/sermon-clip-satan-does-not-like-praying-churches/
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