Alignment is the key to not only answered prayer but spiritual authority.

Dr. Tony Evans says when we willingly surrender our control to God, he lets us use some of his.

His word is powerful and that's all you need if you have alignment straight.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

God has unlimited power, we have continuing needs. It literally seems like a match made in heaven. So why aren't more believers seeing their needs met?

Today we'll revisit a message from Dr Evans where he uncovered the biblical answer to that question.

When my children were small, one of the things that I often did was give them piggyback rides.

It would get on my back and I'd crawl over the den and give them piggyback rides

where they would be sitting their weight on me to carry them.

Jesus Christ today would like to offer you a piggyback ride.

He wants to offer you the opportunity to piggyback on his authority.

Everything about Jesus' life and ministry is special, but Luke Chapter 7 versus 1 to 10 is unique.

Why do I say that?

Because according to verse 9,

after he has the conversation with the centurion,

it says, when Jesus heard this he marveled at him.

When Jesus heard what the centurion said, Jesus went, whoa. That's a shock. He's blowing my mind. I can't believe what I just heard.

Jesus marveled at him. But what you may think blew his mind may

surprise you. Let's set the scene. There is a Centurion. A Centurion was a

mid-level officer in the Roman army who oversaw 100 soldiers, thus Centurion,

Century, 100. He oversaw 100 soldiers in a legion of 6,000 soldiers. So the Legion, the Roman Legion had 6,000,

and he was responsible for 100 of those 6,000, and he was responsible for 100 of those 6,000,

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