Michigan Camp Meeting 2022: Knowing the Time

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Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Prayer

Gem Castor

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You are about to enjoy a presentation recorded at the 2022 Michigan Conference Camp Meeting held at Cedar Lake, Michigan.

We pray that the Lord will bless you as you listen.

I pray that may everything that we discuss will all be led and guided and anointed by the Holy Spirit.

Hide me behind your cross, Lord, that I may not be seen or be heard, but Jesus and Jesus alone be seen, be heard, be lifted up, and exalted.

Thank you so much, Lord, for teaching us your ways.

Lord, I pray that may you give us a teachable heart especially me oh Lord.

Father I pray that may you lead us in the path that you desire for us to walk on.

Teach us Lord how to follow the example of Jesus for he asked all this in the loving and precious name of your son Jesus in the anointing power of your Holy Spirit all your children say Amen.

So this morning I'd like to share something that it's been a blessing to learn from the greatest example of all and that is Jesus.

And if there's someone whom you want to learn from when it comes to prayer, it should be Jesus.

And friends, wonderful thing, while I was reading this story, I did not even imagine that this will be somehow an explanation for me why do I need to spend time in his presence.

I'm talking about the Mount of Transfiguration.

Oh friends, I don't know about you, but every time I read Desire of Ages, no matter how many times I read it, there's still something new that comes out.

And in that story, I'm talking about spending time in the presence of God.

Not just 5 minutes, but quite a long time.

Who among you here has experienced all night of prayer?

And friends, for those of you who have not experienced an all night prayer, you might be thinking, Jim, that's quite scary.

Actually, to be honest, I got scared when I heard that I'll be leading out in an all night prayer.

And I'm thinking, how am I gonna function the next day?

And friends, for me, when I sleep past like 2 AM, the next day, I'm a doormat.

But when I first experienced an all night prayer, Friends, it was awesome, it was amazing, and I did not know where my strength comes from.

Now I know where, it's from spending time in His presence.

But as it goes on, like year by year, I was asked in this conference, in this ministry that I was involved before, that I was about to lead out in the all-night prayer.

Friends, I got more and more anxious because you know my lifestyle, I've been traveling constantly.

So spending the all-night prayer needs to have a heart preparation and physical preparation would you agree?

Because even spending time with the Lord in the morning you have to be intentional of making your day or night right with God everything should be arranged a day before that you will go to bed earlier than you usually go.

If you want to wake up at 4 a.m., what do they say, wide-eyed and bushy-tailed?

If you want to wake up in that condition, then you must be prepared to sleep early.

In order for you to sleep early, then you have to make sure that you could finish everything that you need to finish before 9 o'clock or before 8 o'clock.

And I believe God rewards our intentionality.

So friends, in this season of prayer, I was blessed by it, but there's something that's quite missing that I could not point my finger on.

It's nice to come to the Lord with your brothers and sisters lifting up the burden of each 1.

When you know that your burdens are lifted up, And there's even 1 time that we're asking people to come at the center and pray over them.

When you know that your burdens are being prayed for by other people in the room.

And then it became like, there's like lines of people wanted to be prayed over.

I'm thinking, Oh Lord, I don't know what time I'll be able to sleep.

And then I begin to see that what attracts us of spending time in the presence of God is the burden that we carry, isn't it?

Is the burdens that we carry because it's a blessing to have a church that prays.

It's a blessing to have friends that praise.

And I begin to realize that that is just my motivation of coming to the Lord in prayer.

That's 1 motivation, but that should not be the main focus.

Here I begin to realize when I read this amazing story of the Mount of Transfiguration, of what we get by spending time in the presence of God.

Because there's just more than just lifting up of the burden that the Lord, someone wants to do in us.

This story, friends, is found in the desire of ages.

By the way, for those of you who gave me your emails, I will give you the entire thing when all of these things are done.

So little background before going to the mountain of transfiguration.

Remember Jesus chose Peter, James and John to go with him.

And friends, this is the description of before the climb, the Savior and his disciples have spent the day in traveling and teaching and the mountain climb adds to their weariness.

So it was not just a hill, it was a mountain And they were climbing after they were done with the ministry.

Friends, who among you here are mountain climbers?

I'm not surrounded by mountains back home I love the beach I love the sound of the beach and when people tells me Jan let's climb a mountain I said no no said why I'm an Israelite why do you mean What do you mean you're an Israelite?

The first time I climbed a major mountain, it's like almost a 2 day climb.

Being alone in the presence of God it's just worth all the tiredness that you have spent the whole day climbing the mountain away from the sound of traffic away from the sound of your neighbors friends Philippines you could not get away from the sound of your neighbors.

Friends, Philippines, you could not get away from the sound of your neighbors.

So friends, so Jesus was climbing together with his disciples.

And friends, this is another, look at this.

Christ has lifted up, lifted burdens from mind, body, and many sufferers.

He has sent the thrill of life through their enfeebled frames, but he is also compassed with humanity and with his disciples he is wearied with the ascent.

Friends, come to think of it, the disciples does not preach, the disciples does not do the healing.

And friends, while he was climbing, he is weary too.

And the description, the gloom of their surroundings seems in harmony with their sorrowful lives.

Around where the clouds are gathering and thickening.

While they're climbing, while they're being burdened by the whole activity, the tiredness, and then the sun is about to set.

All this adds up to what they're experiencing.

Friends, when the sun is out, it's just like the happiness is going away as well.

That's why there's a lot of depression when it's winter.

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Peace in the Storm

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