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Every prayer we offered in God is effectively answered with yes, no, or way.

And we all know which answer we're hoping for, don't we?

Well, Pastor Greg Lourys' trust God for the outcome and trust God for the timing.

When we pray and we don't get a yes, we assume it to no, but maybe it's actually awakened.

Remember God's delays are not necessarily kids denials, so keep praying.

Prayer has an important place in the believer's life.

It's a lifeline that connects us to the very throne of God.

And today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Lourys shows us a bit about what happens to our prayers

in the heavenly realm. And we hope you might invest some of your prayers towards SoCal Harvest.

Pastor Greg's large evangelistic outreach a week from Sunday.

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But in today's study, we're in Revelation 9.

We're looking at this great prophetic puzzle revealed in Revelation.

And at this point in our study chronologically, we're right in the middle of what is called the

Great Tribulation Period. It will last for seven years. It'll be inaugurated by the emergence of

Antichrist, and it will be ended by the return of Jesus Christ.

The first three and a half years of the Tribulation Period are relatively common,

peaceful. As Antichrist comes on the scene looking like a good guy, a man with solutions,

economic solutions, many other things that he brings to the table.

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