Did you name your petition?

When the Holy Spirit moves, inevitably the spirit of man begins to perceive it. He is bringing a source of joy, a freshness, a healing, restorative balm to the wounded heart. He is restoring the Faith, to the one who had lost the Faith he is restoring it. He is saying “here I am, I have not forgotten you, I have never left your side”.

The gospel according to Saint Luke, in chapter 1, in verse 12 to 17, is a reference that I have regarding this thought. It says: “And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him and fear seized him, but the angel said to him, 'Zacarias, do not be afraid, for your prayer has been heard,' so put your name there. And the angel told him, Pedro, Juan, María, Leonor, Roberto, do not fear, because your prayer has been heard. Put your name on it, take out the name Zacarias and put your name on it.

And your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son and will call his name John, and you will have joy and gladness. And many will rejoice at his birth, because he will be great before God, he will not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God and he will go before him with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and of the rebellious to the prudence of the just. to prosper, to prepare a well-disposed people for the Lord. How many are willing to be willing? Are you sure? Knows? I was reading this passage already a few weeks ago. And it caught my attention because Zacarías and Elizabeth represent men and women in these times who seek the Lord with all their hearts.

Zacharias was a priest, in the first verses he speaks of Zacharias being a priest and this was an irreproachable marriage, it was an exemplary marriage, it was an exemplary family. But there was a problem, a sadness in this exemplary family. Elizabeth could not have children. Furthermore, these two characters were of advanced age. Naturally they could no longer gestate a child. I was struck by how this is developing, and this has some interesting parts that I want you to be able to open your heart and say: "Lord, I think that's where mine goes." Today we can have the opportunity to understand a little better about what prayer is.

The word of the Lord says that the prayer of the righteous can do much. The prayer of the just can do much.

The apostle Paul says "Pray without ceasing." Psalm 40 says: “I waited patiently for the Lord, and he heard my cry.” Jeremiah, Chapter 33, verse 3 says: “Call to me and I… what does he say? Call on me and I will answer you." I am speaking of that God. Of the God who answers. From the God who listens to our prayers and who in his presence has our requests. I'm not talking about that mythological God who supposedly has an interest in the earthly. I am talking about a God that when he descends with his presence, the earth trembles. I'm talking about that God who when he brings what is done in heaven closer to earth, great things happen. I speak of that God.

What is the God you speak of? The God who does great things? Does that God convince you? The word of the Lord says that Zacharias was disturbed when he saw the angel. The angel came with the answer for Zacharias. A man who had prayed for who knows how many years, a man who had prayed for a generation for many years, and as the years go by sometimes the intensity of our unanswered prayer begins to diminish. But apparently it was not the case with Zacarías. Zacarías kept praying and he had his wife already old and he still kept praying to have that generational prize, to have a son.

How many of us think that our time to have the request answered has already passed. Sometimes we think: “no, maybe it's not time anymore, maybe I'm already very old or very old. Maybe I can't have it because I can't afford it anymore”. The angel tells Zacharias "do not be afraid." Zacarías and Elizabeth were already advanced in age and he told her "do not be afraid, your prayer has been heard and the Lord will give you a son." He will give you a son. Do you know what an answered prayer represents, not in our time but in God's time?

We must learn to discern in our spirit the time that God has and why he uses those times to be able to answer our prayers, our requests. He says that he will have a son. And he will call his name, Juan. Juan is joy, happiness, rejoicing. It will bring joy and gladness. The Lord is going to come closer to our lives when He has his time for our answer and he is going to tell you: “do not be afraid, here is your answered prayer”. What's more, you're going to have to give it a name before it's born. Here he said "play Juan". I could have told him any other name. Put it Juan. Juan is the name of the request that the Lord is going to answer, now, in your life.

Did you name it? Do you know what it means to give something a name? be reminded How many remember the name of the one who punched you in the face for the first time, or the one who wanted to make fun of you. Even the name, the last name and even the marks on the face we have him. Someone's name represents a type of identity, where you in that name, contain a whole personality, a physical condition, an emotional condition, that name represents something for you. Do you know what God is saying with this? It is that when God, you have a request before God, do not forget to tell the Lord: "Lord, here is my request, I want to give it a name so that when you answer it, I remember all the days of my life that you are a mighty God.”

Here Juan put it. John says that it will bring joy and rejoicing, but not only for the family, an answered prayer from God, an answered prayer, identified from God, will bring joy and rejoicing not only for our life but for all those who are witnesses of that prayer and that answer. That is why we pray together, that is why I asked you to talk to your brother who is next to you and tell him what your request is, what your need is, because when God answers you, your brother will be happy. It will bring joy and rejoicing, because the name that God is going to give to that answer to prayer will bring joy to the people and to the family.

Don't forget to identify the Lord's response. Inevitably the Lord's response brings joy. Inevitably the Lord's answer to our prayer brings joy. Inevitably to the answer to prayer, people begin to rejoice, those who understand the power of God begin to say: "God is great, for him nothing is impossible and for those who believe, everything is possible."

When the Lord responds to that request, he says that John, the condition for John to continue in this response process is that he will not drink wine or strong drink and will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the womb. Touch your spiritual belly, assuming this is the spiritual one. The Lord's response will come filled with the power of God's Holy Spirit. Do you know what for? Because that answer has to be dedicated in honor and glory to whom it belongs, to the one who made the heavens and the earth, to the one who answered the request, to the one who answered that which was impossible for man, for that reason he will be filled with glory of the Holy Spirit of the Lord.

So start touching your spiritual belly, if you want to close your eyes so that you don't touch your belly so that no one notices. And begin to let the Holy Spirit begin to fill, and tell him: "Lord, this answer is going to be the joy of my life and my family but it will be filled with the Spirit because it will bring blessing to those who see that answer today." We must honor the Lord with the request, with the answered prayer, dedicate ourselves to Him, be grateful to Him, recognize that in Him His works are great. Recognize that for Him time was necessary for the response in us. It will be filled with the Holy Spirit because it will bring great conviction to people's lives. He knows an answered prayer of those long time prayers.

It will bring conviction to the Church, that even the people here say that it will be joy for the people of Israel, where their God is from, you know? Many of us do not believe in miracles. Many of us know of miracles but do not believe in miracles. Many of us have become disbelievers in the power of the Lord. And today in these times a generation is rising up that wants to see wonderful things, and the church that does not believe is being drawn to see what the power of God is doing in people. It is we, the Lord's church, who are going to be impacted by the response that the Lord is bringing into your life.

When the Lord's church is impacted, then the world begins to realize that the Lord's church has power. We must be the first to enjoy this time of joy, of rejoicing, of the filling of the spirit, when the Lord responds. Do you know what the Lord's answer will bring? Bring restoration to families. Bring restoration to the community. It brings restoration in the midst of systems as complex as the ones we are experiencing. When God acts, he acts with a purpose, and that is that his name be glorified in all spaces of the life of the human being.

Zacarías and Elizabeth represent those men and women who no longer have hope of an answer but have believed in a god who has an answer for everyone. There is no age, but ask Sara how old she was when Isaac came. God does not have a time, do not put the time yourself. Let God put his time to answer the prayer you are carrying before his throne.

Let's not limit God. Let's not limit it by our human nature, by our intellectual capacity, by our physical capacity. God is great. God is great, and when He answers your request, He will do so to make it a big answer. Because God does not do small things, the power of God is to be seen by all people.

So you're going to walk out of here with a clear conviction. Do not worry if it is the time or not, it is your time for the answer. God has his time to answer you and he will. Tell your brother “God is going to answer what you have there”. Knows? The birth of John represents something great by the power of God, because the world must understand that God does great and wonderful things that even the world cannot understand, but do not stop glorifying the Lord in that response. Already today He gave it to you. Now he gave it to you. Give it a name. The Lord tells you: "Give it a name" and you will never again forget the Lord's response because he will bring joy, joy, and the people will rejoice, and the church will rejoice, and the world will rejoice and they will see that God is powerfull.

Psalm, chapter 40, to finish. “I waited patiently for Jehovah and he leaned down to me and heard my cry.” He is constantly listening to us. Do not get tired. Don't get tired of crying out, don't get tired. Do not think that you are going to be annoying with the Lord. The Lord loves fleas in the ears, he wants to listen to you every day. And he made me get out of the well, out of despair, out of the muddy mud, he put my feet on the rock and straightened my steps. This is the God who answers. He then put in my mouth “Do not forget to praise and glorify the Lord when He has His answer and when you see it. What's more, if you want, start praising him now." He then put new songs in my mouth. Praise our God. Look at this similarity with what we read in Luke: "Many will see this and fear and trust in the Lord."

That is what the Lord's response brings, that when the people see, when the church sees, those who are unbelievers within the church who believe in that god who likes us to sing, they will begin to trust, they will begin to believe. And if your church believes, the world will believe. And if the world believes, there is no stopping the glorious work that the Lord has for these last times and I will pour out my spirit on all flesh. And when God pours out his spirit on all flesh, they will see healing, restoration, forgiveness of sin, salvation, love, mercy, compassion. The power of God will be active in us.

Blessed is the man who put his trust in the Lord and does not look at the proud or those who turn aside after lies. You have increased, this is the time that God is increasing. You have increased, oh my God, your wonders and your thoughts towards us, it is not possible to count them before you. If I advertise and talk about them, they cannot be listed. That is the God who wants to do things in the midst of a people who believe him. They imagine? A miracle? Two miracles? Three miracles? A thousand miracles? Three answers? Two thousand answers? Already. We are going to lose even the account. That's what he wants. God has power for that. We want to return to that church in the book of acts where the Holy Spirit manifested himself with signs and wonders. God in the midst of the people and the church grew full of the joy and joy of the Lord because your answer is already here "do not be afraid, He already did it".

Close your eyes, stand up, close your eyes. Don't be afraid of your time, trust in the time that God has for you. That God's timing is perfect. It doesn't hurt, it's accurate. You will rejoice, you will rejoice. You will see the hand of God. Today the Lord has prepared the way for you to see his hand, his mighty hand. Hallelujah, thank you Lord, Jesus. We adore you, Lord, we adore you, Lord. We adore you, Jesus. For you there is nothing impossible, Lord. Lord, I go for those who have had requests for years and who have ever wanted to put this aside because maybe it is not your will.

Lord, I pray that my brothers can understand that you have a time for them and that your ears are always attentive to their cry. Lord, have confidence, be patient, persevere, your word will be fulfilled, ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you. Lord, you know the need of your church. You know, Lord, how many of them, Lord, have spent years putting a request before you. Today, your word tells them “do not be afraid, your prayer has been heard and answered. And there will be joy and rejoicing in the town and that response will be filled with the Holy Spirit and will bring joy to the world and to those who know of this response.

God is faithful. God is faithful. Thank my Lord. Thank you Lord, beloved father, keep us when we return from our home. And may the blessing of your Spirit, the blessing of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be with us. In your name, Jesus, may your peace go with each one of us. Amen. And amen. May the Lord bless you, give your brother a good hug, may the peace of the Lord be with each one of you.