======================================================================== SOMEBODY PRAYED - PART 1 (CLASSIC AUDIO SERMON COMPILATIONS) by Compilations ======================================================================== Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of living a holy life, praying for others, and reaching out to share the Gospel, recognizing that every person is a potential brother or sister in Christ. Duration: 7:56 Topics: "Prayer Ministry", "True Discipleship" Scripture References: Mark 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This sermon emphasizes the power of living a holy life and having a passion for the souls of others, illustrated through the example of George Whitfield's deep concern for the spiritual well-being of individuals. It highlights the importance of compassion, prayer, and the potential for every person to become a brother or sister in Christ. The speaker urges for a focus on true discipleship, prayer for salvation, and the raising up of missionaries and ministers to spread the word of God. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was George Whitfield, you know it. He stood on Boston Common speaking to 20,000 people, and he said, Listen, Finnick, you're monsters. Monsters of iniquity! You deserve hell! In the worst of your crimes, it is as criminal though you've been, you haven't had the good grace to see it. He said, If you will not weep for your sins and your crimes against the Holy God, George Whitfield will weep for you. That man would put his head back, and he would sob like a baby. Why? Because they were in danger of hell? No. But because they were monsters of iniquity that didn't even see their inner care about their crimes. He said, If you will not weep for your sins and your crimes against the Holy God, George Whitfield will weep for you. And I say the first thing I put on my sheet, the power of a holy life. And the second thing I put on, he had a passion for my soul. I wasn't saved in a nice box. Somebody cared for me. I thought about it as Roger gave us those wonderful things. Thoughts, principles of compassion. Somebody cared for me. I read about where Paul had tears when he left those elders at Ephesus. He talks about his tears. They don't necessarily have to be those kind that roll down your cheeks, literally. Some of us know a lot about them, too. And they drop down here where nobody can see them, but they're dropping all the time. I'll never forget the second time I ever went to his Sunday school. I shook his hand. Staged, and there was tears rolling down. Friends tell them how great things the Lord has done for me and has compassion on me. Mark chapter 6, verse 2. Mark chapter 8 and all. And today I didn't, but today I pray to you. He walked in such a relationship to Jesus Christ that he had a little measure. First time I ever met his wife, the third thing I put on that summary sheet, what is a true witness? The first time I ever met his wife, she said, I didn't know who this Ernie Riesinger was. And she explained it. Many nights before he would eat his warm meal, he'd go back to the bedroom. And she said, outside that bedroom door, I'd hear him crying out to God for somebody called Ernie Riesinger. Ah, somebody prayed for me. I don't know the relationship between a sovereign God and a... Neither do you. Because I see those examples in the Old Testament. Men of God prayed. In the New Testament they prayed. Our Lord prayed. Paul requested prayer. I don't understand it, but it's true. If people are making any marks on the ice for Christ today, preachers or churches, there's somebody in there praying. He prayed for me. God is doing a work, and he says, everywhere, everyone, every person you meet is a potential brother or sister in Christ. That man in the bondage of homosexuality is a potential, is a possible brother or sister in Christ. When I go to the mission field, I don't go after the lost. I go after my family. I've got brothers and sisters in there, and they don't know about their father. They don't know. Before the foundation of the world, a decree was made to save men. They don't know that 2,000 years ago, blood was shed on a tree for them. I feel sometimes like God says, Paul, go get my people and bring them home. Every person you meet is a potential brother or sister in Christ. Oh, God, you care about reputation. I don't care what men think. I want you to be honored. I want these young people to be saved. I want those that are saved to stop looking around them at a cultural Christianity that you hate and will spew out of your mouth, and that they will look at the word of God and say, I will follow Jesus. Oh, God, I pray for youth ministers and pastors, and I pray that you'd fill them with a spirit of wisdom and love and boldness and discernment. And dear God, whatever the cost, I pray that you would raise up missionaries. I can't help but look at these kids and think of my own little boy. Oh, God, that you would save Ian, and that you would raise him up and send him into the worst part of the battle. Oh, dear God, raise up missionaries here. Raise up missionaries. Raise up preachers and pastors and reachers and evangelists that know the word of God. Oh, God, work in this place. Please work in this place, dear God. Please. ======================================================================== Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/QEl9eAhPG7w.mp4 Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/compilations/somebody-prayed-part-1-classic-audio-sermon-compilations/ ========================================================================