Hang In There, the Answer Is On the Way Pastor Sean Pinder God moves in different ways.

Some people came to Jesus and got what they needed right away. But some had to keep coming to Jesus to get what they needed. It takes strong faith and determination to get from God what you truly desire sometimes. Anything that is costly, I never get it right away from the ord. It takes fasting, praying, travailing in the !oly Ghost, and waiting a few months. Some people pray one or two times and have not seen their answer yet. All of a sudden, they want to give up. "here is your faith# $his is what the ord wants me to tell you% &ust hang in there. "hen it comes to natural things, folks have patience out of this world. $hey will go to "al'(art and fill out their prescription. $hey know they put in their order for their stuff, )ut they do not get mad at the pharmacist )ecause he has to take a couple of hours to get their prescription ready. $hey do not get mad and leave the place. $hey will go shop in "al'(art two or three hours, waiting. People will say over the intercom, *Such'and'such a person, your medication is ready. But where is our tenacity when it comes to spiritual things# Spiritual things have more value. I am sorry to disappoint some of you today, )ut I am telling you. Anything my wife and I are going to get from God that is costly never comes overnight. +o you know God has to prepare you sometimes to receive certain answers from !im# +o you know, if God were to answer some of our prayers immediately, it would ruin us# Some of the things you are praying for, your heart is not fit to receive them from the ord. ,ou would get prideful and puffed up if God were to put some things in your lap right now. So God has to )reak you )y making you wait and )y killing your self. !e kills the flesh. $he flesh hates to wait on God, so the !oly Ghost has to kill you. +o you know how you know when you are dead# "hen you say, *(an, look, I can-t wait anymore, ord. I did all I could.. "hen you get to that place, )rother, you had )etter look out. Something is fi/ing to happen. "hen you reach to that place0when you reali1e it is not your prayer or your fasting, when you reali1e it has to do with the timing and the perfect will of God0then something is a)out to happen in your life. +o you know how many times I prayed and prayed and prayed until I said, *I give up.# I mean, you say it, )ut you really don-t mean it. $hat is God killing your flesh. et-s go to uke 23%2. *And he spake a para)le unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.. *4ot to faint. means *not to give up.. God loves to )ring us to the end of ourselves, you know. $he only thing that is in the way of your prayer )eing answered is your flesh. God is going to )ring you to the end of yourself. isten to what !e said in uke 23%5% Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 6 uke 23%5'78 $his sounds like me. I have )een crying out to the ord. 9ur adversary is the devil. Avenge me of this old demon, ord. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man 6 uke 23%:8

*And he would not for a while;. !e was not checking for this lady. Are you hearing me# !e didn-t do anything< +id that mean that he was not taking note of her re=uest, though# *I-ve had enough of this thing. I need you to help me<. she said to the &udge. *9kay, I-ll get to it,. he replied. $hree months went )y. *!elp me out, (r. Judge<. she said. *Avenge me. >ome take care of this. I-ve )een taken advantage of too long.. *Aw, I-ll get to it,. he said again. +o you know God says that to us sometimes# But listen to what this man said in verse :% *And he would not for a while% )ut afterward . !ave any of you reached *afterward. yet# God is a)out to move on your )ehalf. *!e would not for a while.. $hat means he totally ignored the re=uest. !e made up in his mind% *I-m in charge, so, when I-m ready, I-ll answer her.. +o you know, when we pray to God to get some things, !e tests us sometimes to see how hungry we are a)out what we are praying for# Sometimes !e tests us to see how serious we are. I feel the !oly Ghost. *Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness% for they shall )e filled.. 6(att. ?%@8. "hat does that mean# Is there hunger in your heart# Are you crying out to God for something# et me encourage you% God is not going to make a mockery out of your hunger. God is not taking your hunger lightly. $he longer !e takes sometimes, the more that hunger intensifies. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; !et because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 uke 23%:'?8 est )y her what# *>ontinual coming.. ,ou had )etter stir yourself up. I )elieve some of you are going to pray one more time and you are going to get a )reakthrough. "hat does !e)rews 22%@ say# *But without faith it is impossi)le to please him% for he that cometh to God must )elieve that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.. !e e/plains faith in this Scripture% *;for he that cometh . $his means a continuous process. isten to me good, >hurch. God sent me with a word from !eaven to encourage your faithA to let you know your )elieving !im is not in vain. isten to what you must )elieve when you come to God% *;he that cometh to God must )elieve that he is and that he is a rewarder;. +o you hear the terms that the Bi)le is talking to us in# !e is a *rewarder.. $here is a continual reward for those who are continually seeking !im. *;!e is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.. Are you hearing me# *;!e is a rewarder of them;. Some of you have wanted to give up praying. !e said, *;men ought always to pray, and not to faint.. I tell you, the !oly Ghost got a hold of my soul today. I pressed all the way in until I knew I was right there in the $hrone Boom. Bang< God said, *+one<. I feel the !oly Ghost. I pressed all the way in. I touched the hem of !is garment< ,our re=uest &ust re=uires a little more pressing in< $hink a)out the woman with the issue of )lood. !ere was a type of prayer. She said, *I know I-ll )e made whole if I can &ust get through the crowd and &ust touch the hem of !is garment<. >an you imagine# She left her house. $here may have )een ?,CCC, 2C,CCC, or 5C,CCC people in the crowd. She was pressing. $his is like prayer. Press in. ,ou have to stay

focused. She had her mind made up% *I &ust have to touch the hem of !is garment, and my prayers. (y prayers< I &ust have to get to Jesus<. Are you listening to me# She pressed. She pressed. *Get out of my way, woman<. someone may have shouted. ,ou don-t think discouragement came her way# She said, *I can-t get discouraged now.D She could see Jesus teaching in the crowd. She said, *I &ust have to get to !im.. She had may)e 2,CCC more people to press through, )ut she kept pressing. She kept pressing. And, the more she pressed, the closer she got. Are you listening to me# ,ou are so close to your prayers )eing answered. "hy do you think hell is nervous# "hy do you think hell is on the alert# "hy do you think the devil wants you to feel like giving up# Because he knows, if you pray that same prayer &ust one more time, the !oly Ghost is going to answer you< Press, >hurch. ,ou can-t give up on !im now. Press. $hat is what the !oly Ghost wants me to tell you. ,ou can-t =uit now. ,ou have come too far. $he woman with the issue of )lood pressed. She pressed and pressed, and she )roke through. Immediately, she )roke through. God is awakening something in you. >an you feel the !oly Ghost is waking something up inside of you# Some of you were a)out to throw the towel in. Ah, ah, ah< ,ou can-t throw it in now. ,ou are &ust too close. ,ou can-t turn around. "atch this% *,et )ecause this widow trou)leth me, I will avenge her, lest )y her continual coming she weary me. And the ord said, !ear what the un&ust &udge saith.. 6 uke 23%?'@8. $his is an un&ust man, )ut faith overrode his unrighteousness and moved him to answer this woman. *And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he )ear long with them#. ,ou had )etter listen to the !oly Ghost today. $he day of vengeance on the devil is mighty close. !e has )een making some of you feel like you are a failure. !e is telling you, *,ou are wasting your life. ,ou are wasting your time.. But the devil is a liar< ,ou are close and hell is nervous )ecause he knows that God is a)out to make you everything that !e has promised you. God may have made you wait a long time until now, )ut !e is a)out to do something. +o you know what God wants you to pray a)out# ,our desires. $hat thing that has )een on your heart. $hat thing that has )een weighing on you. +o not talk to God a)out something that is not important to you. (ark 22%5: says% *$herefore I say unto you, "hat things soever ye desire, when ye pray, )elieve that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.. +id you hear what Jesus said# *"hat things soever ye desire . In other words, *+on-t talk to me a)out it if you don-t really want it.. ,ou have to pray that prayer one more time. ift your voice and talk to !im a)out it. ,ou know what you want !im to do. $alk to !im. Pray like you have passion in you. Pray. $ell !im a)out it one more time. Pray a)out the thing that is on your heartA the thing that you know you have )een )urdened a)out. $hat is what !e wants you to talk to !im a)out. I cried out to !im today. I reached !im. I touched !im. !e said, *Sean, tell my people to pray. $ell them to pour their hearts out to me.. Pray your hearts out to !im, >hurch. $alk to !im a)out it. ,ou know what is on your heart. $alk to !im a)out it. It has )een weighing you

down. $ell !im a)out it. Even if you have to )reak down and cry, tell !im, *I-m tired, ord<. Be honest with the ord today. Be real with God. Be honest. God will come through for you. +o not )e a fakeA )e real with God. >ome clean with the !oly Ghost. *I cried unto the 9B+ with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. 6Psalm 7%:8. I cried to the ord and !e heard my cry. !e is hearing your cry today. *For the eyes of the ord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers. 62 Peter 7%258. >ry out to !im. God is a)out to move. ,our praying is not vain. ,ou are a)out to see some mighty answers to prayer. Jesus said, *,ou-re not going to )e heard for your much speaking 6(att. @%G8. All )lind Bartimaeus said was, *Jesus, thou Son of +avid, have mercy on me<. $hey tried to shut him up, )ut he pressed. !e pressed. All of a sudden, a )reakthrough< Jesus said, *Bring him to me. "hat do you want me to do for you#. !e is simple. "hat do you want !im to do# Blind Bartimaeus did not talk a)out money or anything else. !e got real with Jesus. * ord, I want to receive my sight.. "e have !is attention. I felt as if !e tested me today. !e was passing )y. I ran into my prayer closet and screamed with everything in me. I felt when !e stopped% I got !is attention. !e said, *It-s done.. I am not the same person. I have touched !im. ,ou are a)out to see some mighty answers to prayer. ,our mind is fi/ing to get )lown. >an you feel this from the !oly Ghost today# ,ou are a)out to see some mighty, mighty answers to prayer that are going to )low your mind. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them" I tell you that he will avenge them s#eedily 6 uke 23%G'38 !e might have made you wait 23 months, )ut when !e gets ready to do it, in 5: hours, it is done<