 You're watching Encounter TV featuring the evangelistic healing ministry of David Digger Hernandez an emerging voice of healing David is taking the saving and healing power of God to this generation and the nations of the world a world is being reached a Generation is being inspired as you watch Encounter TV You'll encounter the Holy Spirit's presence the healing power of God the truth of the word the love of Christ and freedom through the miraculous You're watching Encounter TV Hello David Digger Hernandez here you are watching Encounter TV and today we're going to Los Angeles, California We're ministering on the Holy Spirit and prayer I believe that there's somebody watching right now and it's by no accident that you've tuned in today There's somebody watching right now where your prayer life hasn't been what it used to be and it's not where you want it to be But it's time today to reclaim your prayer life and the Holy Spirit is the one who's going to help you to do it Jesus promised that when he left he wouldn't leave us alone to live the Christian life But that he would send us an able and willing helper an advocate a spiritual assistant if you will that's his humble nature He takes on the role of the assistant in your spiritual life the third person of the Trinity the Holy Spirit as We connect with him as we come to know him his ways and his nature We begin to develop an understanding that takes us into the deeper places of prayer And that's what I'm ministering on today from Los Angeles, California. I hope this blesses you I hope you're encouraged by it. Let's go now and hear this message on the Holy Spirit and prayer It is the Holy Spirit who enables prayer Let me tell you something not only can you not pray without the power of the Holy Spirit You couldn't even desire to pray without the Holy Spirit. It's not a matter of discipline though That's part of it. It's not a matter of the will though. That's part of it It's not a matter of emotion though that can be affected by prayer It is by the Holy Spirit that we are led into the depths of the presence of God It is by the Holy Spirit that we are led to the place. We are granted audience with our father Prayer is by the spirit You cannot enter the spirit in the flesh You cannot enter the spirit by will or aggression When I first began to pray I Was 11 years old and I remember the Holy Spirit just beginning to deal with my heart and he began to speak to me about Dedicating myself more to prayer dedicating my heart more to him and What happened was interesting It was a very you know what I'm talking about those very sweet seasons in your life And there's just that's the word I used to describe it There's just a sweetness to the presence that abides on your prayer life during certain seasons Do you know what I'm talking about and so I remember I had come to one of those seasons when I was 11 years old and I Like many of you who came to God with somewhat of an ultimatum and I was desperate. I was hungry. I was passionate. I said Lord. I want to know Jesus more father I want to step into everything that you have for me, and I remember coming into my room. I closed my door I locked it. I stepped into the room and I said Jesus. I am not leaving this place Until I have an experience with the Holy Spirit Because I had heard that the Holy Spirit could be my friend and that notion intrigued me I used to think that it was somewhat of a Spiritual misdemeanor to talk to the Holy Spirit or misdemeanor idolatry to pray to the Holy Spirit instead of Jesus I used to wonder Jesus do you get offended when I address the Holy Spirit and For that matter. Why do they call him the Holy Spirit if he's a person? But I reconciled that because we call him the father the son the Holy Spirit though has nothing to do with it All I knew is that I wanted to connect to this reality the spiritual Helper this advocate this comforter this one who would come alongside me and assist me into the depths of the Spirit And I wanted to know that one and I said Holy Spirit. I want to know you and I'm not leaving this room Until you touch my life Until I experience the overwhelming presence until I experience the manifested glory of the Sun right here in my room I said Lord. I want my room to become a little piece of heaven on earth And I said Lord I'm not gonna leave here and I remember I started my prayer with emotion I Reached for every melancholy emotion. You can imagine there was frustration. I even did that whole thing where I said Lord Are you ignoring me God? Do you hear me? You know we're trying to guilt God into a response as If he can be manipulated God, don't you hear me? But I often use this analogy using emotion to pray or to try to find that place of prayer is like yelling at someone on the Cell phone when there's a bad connection the issue is not the volume the issue is the connection with the network So you can yell you can scream power is not noise. I Worked myself into frenzy and I said Lord. I want to touch you. I want to know you I want to see your face. I want your glory to descend in this place And I began to reach for all those emotions and I'm pooling on all those emotions and I'm praying and I'm praying and I'm praying and I'm praying One hour had passed And nothing happened I said okay that didn't work and then I reached for my aggressive side I thought if I if I can't cry my way and I'll declare I'll decree I'll rebuke demons my way into the presence of God I started rebuking and imagining demons in every corner you get out of here You spirit of this and you spirit of that every adjective I could think of I attached it to a demonic being and rebuked it And I got aggressive and I got angry and I got stirred I remember I used to attend prayer class which really helped me and I reached for every prayer technique every prayer formula Every strategy I started to think back. Okay. Was it something when I was seven? But you know all of these things that go through your mind What's blocking this and I thought what is going on and I reached for that aggression And I began to try to pummel my way through that wall that seemed to be obstructing my one swift spiritual movement And I try to break through that wall with aggression And I stand before you God's honest truth one more hour passed And nothing happened We're going to go back to Los Angeles, California Where I'm going to continue that message on the holy spirit and prayer in just a moment But first it's time for our mark 16 miracle segment This is where we take your footage of you praying for the sick evangelizing prophesying outside the four walls of the church Many have sent in their footage to us. Here's one such example Marlene, what's your pain level one through 10? 10 is the worst Okay, she says that her pain level is a 10 so we're going to pray for you And jesus is going to take all your pain away. Okay. Here we go right now I come to you and I command this pain to go in your name, jesus I command no pain left. Then we have no victory in this lady right now god. I command this pain to flee Flee god. I commanded to go in your name This pain will not be there There's no more pain god in your name jesus. We command this pain to go Go. We're not asking. We're commanding it You must leave this lady right now. You have no victory here. This is god's vessel I want you to check yourself out and see if you can find the pain anymore Try it out It's better. What's your pain level right now? Let me write a little bit About a six. There's no problem. We're going to pray for you again and get the six to come to a zero. Okay I command this pain to drop Not any more pain from a six to a zero god in your power god I command this pain to go No more pain god You gotta walk over to here, right? Let's do it. You can test yourself out Oh, yeah, it's a lot better. Yes. What is it now? What's your level? About a two beautiful. Hey guys, it's a two now. It was a 10 We're gonna get rid of the two go ahead I command this pain to go in your name jesus and your powerful name god. I commanded to go In jesus's name, we pray god All right now be really honest marlene. Test it out move your legs around There's no pain. There's no pain. What do you say about that? And god can do the same with you Here's my challenge to you now as I do with at the end of every mark 16 miracle segment Get out on the street get out of the four walls of the church Prophecy evangelize lay hands on the stick capture it on footage send it into us And we may feature it here on encounter tv's mark 16 miracle segment for more information on how you can get your footage to us Stick around until the end of the program. We're gonna give you some basic contact information Let's go now back to los angeles california where i'm continuing this message on the holy spirit and prayer I said lord I'm gonna use my will I'm gonna use my persistence. I'm gonna use my faithfulness and I stood there just praying I couldn't even tell you what I was praying And I tried to Say lord here. I am being faithful here. I am being consistent here. I am being persistent Maybe if I just wait this out something will happen And I kid you not One more hour past of that And still Nothing happened. But now I was just I had it And I began to be getting discouraged. I even got a little embarrassed in front of the lord I thought maybe it was Maybe I shouldn't have said that I'll stay here until until I starve or die or because what if I do and now I began to analyze that's that for me. I have a tendency to analyze that's what I always fall back on I said, okay, maybe that's why god put that in me And so I began to analyze and assess and plan and plot and reason And I began to go through all the various scenarios of that man I remember I started to remember all the books I had read all of the sermons I had heard all of the sermons the seminars I had attended And I began to try to apply with reason I'm going to be honest with you If it were possible to enter the presence of god by human effort at that moment, I would have been in intellect Failed willpower Failed aggression Failed emotion Failed Emotion is a good indication of your thought life But it fails Willpower is commendable But it failed intellect is useful But it fails Love never fails And I remember I was crying I had tears just streaming down my face And I said I can't find you I don't know how to get in I I've done everything I can lord and then I remember in a very Good way I gave up I said holy spirit I don't know how to pray Teach me how to pray show me what to do What should my posture be what exact word should I speak What emotion should I be feeling what physical sensation should I have And the holy spirit brought to my remembrance be still and know That I am god There is no man or woman on earth. I don't care how anointed they are There is no man or woman on earth who knows the way into the presence of god Only the holy spirit knows the way into the presence of god And if you will quiet yourself to listen he will gently tell the way I said lord I give up you have to show me now and I remember I became very still that scripture be still be still be still and know that I'm god king david said in quietness does he lead me the first And the only entry way into true prayer is the gateway of silence and stillness I know this is counter-intuitive because human human The human wheel the human intellect wants to try to find its way in But silence is very practical. Jesus said when you pray Go go aside by yourself go into your room shut the door lock it and and find that privacy because private prayer is revealed in public power There's no public power on some believers live because there's no private prayer They want to pray last minute before they minister and expect the move of the holy ghost And I'm not here to I'm not here to tear you down. I'm here to wake you up. Okay The silence is very practical. Jesus said just go and and and shut everything off. That means turn your cell phone off Shut the computer down Stop watching tv. Just turn it off for an hour. Jesus said could you not pray with me but for one hour? Put away the distraction put away the noise Silence takes discipline silence takes your will It takes action and it's the easy part Silence is the putting away of outer distraction, but stillness is the quieting of the soul Now that is the hard part Because when you go to pray isn't it amazing That the first thoughts that come to your mind aren't positive ones It's isn't it interesting that all day you go without stressing But the moment you get on your knees bow your head close your eyes or whatever it is that you do to pray Guilt enters anger enters frustration enters you start to think of all the relationship issues that you're having You begin to think of all the financial trouble that you're having You begin to think of all the responsibilities that you have to tend to throughout the rest of the day And you wonder if perhaps you might need to cut your prayer time short But see it's not that those issues those internal issues arise when we begin to pray It's that they're revealed when we begin to pray those issues are always like that within you When you go and find your stillness of prayer That's a good measure of what the chaos is like inside of your life because if you if when you go to pray There is this chaos. There is this clutter. There is this clamor then that is always there You're just never quiet enough to hear it We're going to return to Los Angeles, California in just a moment Where I'll be finishing up that teaching on the Holy Spirit and prayer But now it's time for our moment of truth segment This is where I take your questions and do my very best to present a biblical answer to them Today's question How do I know that what I'm receiving is of God and not of another spirit? Well, this concern arises typically when referencing the baptism of the Holy Spirit the gifts of the Holy Spirit Impartation through laying on our hands receiving prayer from other people People have watched this program and they see that when I lay hands on people Sometimes they're touched with the power of God in such a way where they fall out onto the floor Their body begins to tremble or they feel this physical sensation of the Holy Spirit's power Like currents of electricity moving through their body and some people watch that and They become uncomfortable with the idea or they become concerned with Perhaps maybe those people who are receiving prayer are receiving of another spirit or of another Even worse demonic spirit or maybe off the flesh, you know, people have looked at The slain in the spirit. They call it condolini. They say oh it can be traced back to here or there But really it comes down to being able to trust in the goodness of God When it comes to wondering whether or not we've received of the Holy Spirit or of another source This is what Jesus said. He actually simplified the issue in Luke chapter 11 verse 9 And he is specifically talking about receiving of the Holy Spirit So this is what he says beginning in verse 9 And so I tell you keep on asking and you will receive what you ask for Keep on seeking and you will find keep on knocking and the door will be open to you For everyone who asks receives everyone who seeks finds and to everyone who knocks the door will be open Your fathers if your children ask you for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children How much more will your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? You see the question is not whether or not I know how to pray or to receive good things from God The question is whether or not will give me something good or whether he'll give me something evil And God is a good God. His nature is good. His nature is loving. His nature is generous The scripture says every good and perfect thing comes from above everything that we experience of goodness in life Comes from the father I'll never forget when I had a conversation with a critic who was not too happy with the way my services were going They had observed some manifestations of the Holy Spirit in those services And they began to mention some criticisms to me and they came to me with a heavy barrage of questions And they didn't even pause for an answer But they were where it was almost like they went right for the jugular and they were trying to come to the very core The fundamental the foundation of my faith and wanted to attack and they just began to ask questions In a condescending barrage and would say things like well, how do you know that it's the Holy Spirit these people are receiving? How do you know that you're not imparting something demonic? How do you know that it's not just psychological? How do you know that it's not demonic? How do you know that you're not leading a whole mass of people astray into the depths of hell? And though that was very dramatic It was a good question because it's not blasphemous to ask questions of God It's blasphemous to make accusations and call things that are demonic or the things that are the Holy Spirit demonic And so my answer to my critic was simple and it's what I'm telling you It's not that I trust in my ability to discern Though it's important that we discern this first Corinthians chapter 12 verse 3 tells us Any spirit that calls Christ lord is of God and any spirit that says Jesus be a curse cannot be from God So really that's the core of it But that's not even the issue the issue is not even a matter of discernment The issue is that I trust the intrinsic nature of God and I told this person It's not that I trust my ability to pray. It's not that I trust my ability to discern It's not that I trust my ability to properly receive It's that I trust God But he's a good God and that if I ask to receive of his Holy Spirit He won't give me a stone and that is your moment of truth Let's go now back to Los Angeles, California where I'm finishing up this message on the Holy Spirit and prayer So there I was in my room Four hours had passed I was crying I said Jesus, I just I don't know what to do. You have to teach me to pray I had my Bible open I had my worship music on I had my light on so I can see the Bible And I had the fan spinning so that it wouldn't get too hot so that I wouldn't become distracted The Holy Spirit spoke very gently because he is a gentleman. He's classy The Spirit doesn't make you senseless and silly. He makes you sharp he said Some of you will see this is heresy, but this is what he told me to close the Bible I closed the Bible He said turn off the light I turned off the light Switch off the fan I switched off the fan He said turn off the music. I said but you can't move without the music I I literally hesitated. That's that's how programmed I was I said switch off the music switched off the music. He said just wait and expect In essence, he was telling me to be still and have faith That's what it is. So if expecting could be a verb or an action, then that's all I did. I just expected They that weighed upon the Lord shall renew their strength. David said in quietness. Does he lead me? So I stood there. I closed my eyes And I remember there was this silence this calm that had entered around the room. I was just expecting I was waiting Anticipating God to do something But there was that inner turmoil inside of me still going that all the thoughts the analysis everything And the Holy Spirit said look at me And immediately I knew what he meant by that. He meant look at Jesus Look to the word And everything I had ever learned in this scripture up to that point Everything that I had known of Jesus that I had read of Jesus all that I had read in the bible I began to visualize I began to meditate On Jesus, you know world the meditation is emptying your mind God the meditation is filling your mind with the word So I began to fill my mind with the word and I began to see The image of Jesus I don't I'm not saying he came in physical form. Please don't hear what I'm not saying I'm saying that the Son of God became an intense and vivid reality in my room I remember the moment I looked to Jesus. I I was almost a gasp And I was struck with awe I had my eyes closed the tears were now beginning to dry up on my face My hand was lifted. This was the fourth past the fourth hour now And when I looked to Jesus I saw that glory And in my heart I was inspired to respond with accolades and adoration and praise and compliments I said, whoa, you're just beautiful And that's true worship Well, I pray that that sermon got you thinking and I pray that you were blessed by that message on the holy spirit And prayer I'm going to pray with you in a moment here And let me prepare your heart for what I'm about to pray Maybe you're someone You're watching this program And you've never had a prayer life like I'm talking about And you're listening to the message and you're saying I so desire that the holy spirit would come alongside me And help me find the depths of God because here's the reality Here's the truth The truth is that I don't know how to find the presence of God The truth is that no preacher you ever watch on television No teacher you ever hear in seminary and no minister you ever hear in person None of them know how to find the presence of God Only the holy spirit knows how to find the presence of God And if we will humble ourselves if we will quiet the soul if we will steal the mind and the emotions if we will experience that inner calm And we will allow the holy spirit to speak to us and we will be open to his voice And he'll show us the way He'll tell us how to find those depths. He'll teach us to pray. He is not some hesitant Resistant impatient teacher. He doesn't come to your side reluctantly. No the holy spirit joyfully comes to your side He patiently stands to your aid And he humbly instructs us in the ways of prayer He humbly guides us into the depths of the heart of God and he teaches us to know God He teaches us to know his nature and he speaks to our hearts. He speaks to our spirits and he helps us find our way into the places of prayer Now, maybe you're someone You know what it's like to pray You know what it's like to have that place of prayer, but man the enemy has robbed you You've allowed yourself to retreat back and surrender your surrender to God You've allowed yourself to retreat and surrender your quiet place surrender your secret place Perhaps your secret place now belongs to sin Perhaps your secret place now belongs to things that are shameful It's time to reclaim that secret place and the holy spirit will help you do it I'm going to pray with you now And we're going to ask God's holy spirit to come upon you fresh and to come to your side and be going to speak to you I bind guilt. I bind condemnation. I bind confusion All of that has to go. God welcomes you again to the throne room. Let's pray father in jesus name I pray for that one watching right now That one who's asking to receive of the holy spirit who's asking for guidance in their prayer life I pray right now father At the very divine essence of your spirit Would begin to invade and flood that room Father, I ask for an experience To come upon that person watching now let the anointing flow right through my hands right through that camera and right to that one watching And father I speak the healing power of God somebody is watching me. Um, you're very young, but you have diabetes And the holy spirit's power just came on you right now You feel a heat going through your body just as I mentioned that you felt the heat go through your body That's the power of the holy spirit touching you. Uh, there's somebody else watching me There's a problem with your knee something with the the tendon in your knee You injured it doing some type of sporting activity. God is healing you right now. Uh, someone else debra. There's a debra watching Uh, there's a problem with your heart and with your ear Specifically the problem with your heart and with your ear. God is healing you in Jesus name Father, we thank you for the power of the holy spirit now flowing through this place And we thank you that your presence is touching that one and that your holy spirit is coming to their aid In Jesus name. We boldly pray and those of you watching said amen. That's right. God's touching your life It's time to take back the prayer line. Don't be discouraged anymore Well, that's it for this edition of encounter tv. Thank you so much for watching This program and letting me join you wherever you are in your home at your school However, you're watching this and i'm so blessed to be able to do it right into us stick around to the end of the program We're going to give you some general contact information log on right into us. Let us know you're watching I'd love to hear from you. 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