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 Would you please in your Bibles just now turn back to Matthew chapter 6 where we've read page 978 in our Bibles.

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 Well, let's just pray just for a moment before we study the Word together.

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 Heavenly Father, we come as always to the Bible with that sense, Lord, of expectation.

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 We want to hear your voice. We want to hear what you are saying to us out of Scripture.

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 And so we pray that today you would guide our thoughts and our hearts to be fed and nourished from these things.

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 That our faith may grow and deepen. That we may know our Lord and Saviour Jesus better because of what we discover.

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 That we would live our lives to his glory and to the praise of your name.

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 And so we ask today that these things will be done not through the effort of flesh and blood,

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 but through the work and power of the Holy Spirit.

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 So grant us that working in our hearts today. In Jesus' name we ask. Amen.

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 There is a wonderful phrase that I discovered. It chimes with maybe some ideas that you'd find in other writers as well like John Piper.

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 But certainly Derek Kidner writing a commentary on the book of Psalms has this wonderful phrase,

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 The greatest happiness is to be in close agreement with God.

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 The greatest happiness is to be in close agreement with God.

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 And that's a theme that runs through the psalm that we've read today, Psalm 32.

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 And I think looking together at Psalm 32 is perhaps an illustration of some of the points I'm going to make today.

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 And some of the teaching that we can draw out of the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6.

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 I think it gives us an important insight into the prayer life of the Christian.

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 So I want this week and next Sunday as well, while Calamurto's away, I want to take a little time thinking about our prayer life.

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 Today, this morning, we're going to be thinking about it in terms of our private or personal prayer, our walk with God.

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 And next Sunday evening, if we're spared, God willing, we'll think about public prayer.

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 And immediately, as I say public prayer, people think, oh, you mean what happens in the prayer meeting?

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 No, I mean corporate prayer.

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 Because all Christians everywhere should and do pray with other Christians.

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 It is inconceivable, in fact, that you could be a Christian and never pray with another Christian.

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 And so we'll think about corporate prayer next Sunday.

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 The key, of course, to both of these is actually the idea of fellowship.

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 So as we go through our lives, we are, as Christians, we're in fellowship with God and also with one another in the church.

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 There's a fellowship within the circles of our families.

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 There's your fellowship within the circles that we have of the friendships that we have.

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 And there's your wider fellowship within the congregation.

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 And perhaps even wider still within the church at large in the world.

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 And the key to good fellowship is always to walk in harmony with the person you're walking with.

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 It's a proverb, a very simple one, that if two people are in disagreement, they cannot walk together.

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 And that's especially true in our lives spiritually.

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 If we're in disagreement with God over something, then we cannot walk together.

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 That's why Derek Kidner's phrase is so apt.

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 The greatest happiness is to be in close agreement with God.

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 So the greatest happiness that we can experience in life is to be found when we are walking in agreement with those we share in fellowship with.

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 With God in our private lives.

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 With God in our own personal headspace.

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 And with those around us, whether it's in your marriage or your family or even in the life of the church.

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 And so I want this morning to suggest four ways in which your prayer life will deepen that close agreement with God.

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 In which you will find the greatest happiness.

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 And I hope these will be helpful to you.

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 Now, as always, I just want to preface this with the three groups that I have in mind.

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 I think, as a rule, this is how I preach.

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 I always have three groups in mind when I'm preaching.

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 The first of these is those who have not yet entered in by the narrow gate.

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 The Bible speaks about following after God and being saved as entering by the narrow gate.

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 And there are those who have not yet done that here.

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 There are those who are still perhaps seeking.

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 They're interested.

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 They want to know what this salvation is.

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 You today might still be looking for someone who can take away your guilt and your shame.

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 Who will offer you a sure hope.

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 Maybe you're seeking salvation.

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 And I want to say to you that today, what I have today, I hope, is for you.

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 The relationship that you need to have with Jesus as a Savior is found through prayer.

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 And so if you are not yet already praying to God, and I would suggest that you do so urgently,

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 I hope that what I have today will help you and give you some guides on how you would go about that.

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 There's those today here who have entered by the narrow gate and who are on the road to salvation,

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 but have not long been on that road.

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 Perhaps you are new to walking together with God.

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 A young Christian.

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 Someone who has not yet taken many steps along that way.

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 And I hope that today, what I have for you will be a blessing to you today to help you and encourage you

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 as you think about how you pray, but more than just how you pray, just how you relate to God entirely.

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 Like just what it means to be a Christian living today.

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 And then there are many of you here today who, I suspect probably what I have to say today,

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 you will think this is familiar, well-trodden material.

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 You'll think, I've heard most of this before.

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 And I would urge you today not to switch off.

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 The reason I would say that is because when it comes to our relationships with people,

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 what is often the greatest danger to these relationships is complacency.

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 We become familiar with the beat and the rhythm of life.

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 And so perhaps we neglect to spend time conversing deeply with our spouses.

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 And that can lead to trouble in your marriage.

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 And it's the same with God.

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 Complacency can set in in our lives.

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 And we can become slow to fellowship with God.

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 And weary, perhaps, along the way.

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 And find that it's not God that has shifted, but it's us that have departed from a close walk with Him.

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 And so I hope today these will be reminders to you of the basics that we can get right,

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 so that we can discover the greatest happiness is found in a close walk with God.

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 First of all, then, we should note that Jesus, when He teaches the disciples to pray,

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 He teaches them firstly about the reputation of God.

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 When Jesus teaches the disciples to pray, He says, pray like this,

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 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

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 And just to very briefly unpackage the language there,

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 the word hallowed means to make something holy.

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 You know, we talk about hallowed ground.

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 It's ground, normally talking about a cemetery, in fact.

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 It's talking about ground that's been set apart for a special purpose.

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 The church today is hallowed ground.

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 Not because there's something intrinsically holy about the church,

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 but because the building has been set apart for the worship of God.

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 It's a place where we want to come to worship God.

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 And we've created this space for that purpose.

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 So if something's hallowed, it's simply set apart, kept special.

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 And when we talk about God's name being hallowed,

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 what we really mean is not simply the name of Jesus,

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 but the whole reputation that God has.

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 So if we were to think about Ali, who's presenting today,

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 and there are a lot of things you could say about Ali's reputation,

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 but a lot of the young people in the church know him by his alter ego of Captain Toothpaste.

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 That's his reputation, his name.

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 He's got a name for brushing your teeth.

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 And when we think about our God, he has a reputation, a name,

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 a reputation for salvation, for hope,

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 for granting relief to those who are lost and in darkness,

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 for bringing light into the world,

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 for bringing hope into the hopeless darkness of our lives.

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 And so when Jesus is teaching the disciples to pray,

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 he begins by teaching them to adore God,

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 simply to express adoration for God.

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 Now, in our generation, certainly, there is a rush, isn't there,

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 to meet our needs.

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 We would tend to want to prioritize our needs.

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 And it's very tempting to think of that as being a unique situation in our generation.

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 People today are very interested in near instant gratification.

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 If you want something, you just take it.

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 If you want to order something off the internet,

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 you can expect it to be delivered the next day,

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 so long as you order before 12,

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 and so long as the ferry goes.

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 But we want things instantly.

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 We want the immediate delivery of that need to be met.

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 But the truth is, actually,

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 in all of human history,

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 the desire to put our wants and our needs first,

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 even in prayer,

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 has always been there.

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 Because one of the fundamental problems

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 with sinful human hearts

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 is what I would call the idolatry of self.

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 For most people,

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 the idol is not something external

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 that you fall down and worship.

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 Rather, the idol is often something internal,

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 whether it's our own ego,

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 our own sense of self and worth.

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 But we primarily want to put ourselves

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 at the fore of all things.

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 And so even in prayer as Christians,

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 we can fall into that very easily.

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 We can make our own reputation,

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 our own glory,

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 our own comfort,

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 our own fame,

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 whatever it might be.

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 We can make these things,

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 the first things that we rush with,

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 into prayer.

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 And we can almost say,

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 well, God,

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 the most important thing today

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 is not my relationship with you.

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 It's not your glory.

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 The most important thing

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 is what I'm getting out of this.

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 My needs been met.

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 But Jesus teaches us to pray

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 firstly for God's reputation.

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 Indeed, the greatest happiness,

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 if this is truly the case,

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 if the greatest happiness

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 is to be found in close agreement

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 with God,

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 then the greatest happiness

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 is to be found

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 when we align our priorities

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 with God's priorities.

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 And what does God want?

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 And what is God's desire?

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 Well, we could say today,

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 well, it's to save people.

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 Yes, but to what end?

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 Why does God save people?

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 Why does God bless

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 and prosper his children?

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 Why does God give us

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 the promise of himself

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 as our everlasting reward?

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 And it is simply because

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 God is jealous

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 for his own reputation.

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 God being God

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 wants and deserves,

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 ultimately,

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 he's entirely right

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 in longing for this,

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 wants the praise

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 of the nations.

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 There is nothing

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 self-indulgent in that

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 if you are the creator

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 and sustainer

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 of all things.

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 If you are indeed

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 the highest,

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 then there is nothing wrong

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 or flawed

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 in God wanting

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 to be glorified.

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 and the way he is glorified

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 is in showing us

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 his salvation,

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 principally,

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 in rescuing

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 rebels and sinners

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 through the work

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 and person

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 his son.

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 And so,

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 God's greatest priority

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 is, in fact,

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 for his own reputation.

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 And so,

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 of course,

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 there are many things

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 that God has promised.

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 There are many things

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 that we can claim

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 and lay hold of

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 in prayer.

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 There are many things

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 that we can ask God for.

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 But above all of them

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 and first and foremostly

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 in all of them,

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 there needs to be

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 a desire

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 that our own hearts

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 will be aligned

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 to magnify

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 God himself.

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 That we will adore him.

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 And so,

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 in our prayer life,

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 that needs to be the case.

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 You see it in Psalm 32

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 where we've read

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 that the center of the Psalm,

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 in verse 7,

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 there's these wonderful words

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 that David uses.

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 He says,

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 you are my hiding place.

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 The place of ultimate safety

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 and security.

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 Last Sunday evening,

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 in fact,

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 if you want a great sermon

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 on this,

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 go and find it on YouTube,

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 Kenny I preaching

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 last Sunday night.

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 It's kind of

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 a great example of this.

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 Of the security

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 that David found

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 in the Lord

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 in times of distress.

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 Psalm 32,

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 it's in that same vein.

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 of that great security

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 that is to be found.

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 David then,

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 he goes on

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 and he says,

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 you are the one

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 who preserves me

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 in time of trouble.

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 You know,

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 the great troubles

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 that afflict the child

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 of God in the world,

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 there are many.

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 The New Testament

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 kind of itemizes them

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 almost quite helpfully

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 in this way.

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 It says,

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 we face enemies

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 in the world

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 and the flesh

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 and the devil.

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 So the world around us

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 that are going to be

00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:24.039
 people who despise

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 the Christian faith,

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 who despise

00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:29.079
 us for following Jesus,

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 they despise us

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 for Jesus' own sake.

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 And it wears us down.

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 And it's distressing

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 and it's troubling

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 to experience that

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 and the hatred

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 that comes our way.

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 And David says,

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 you are my preserver

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 in times of trouble.

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 when the world

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 despises me,

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 you're the one

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 who preserves me.

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 And the way he

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 adores the Lord

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 for this,

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 he says it's the same

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 internally.

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 Psalm 32,

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 it's really interesting.

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 The enemies,

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 the greatest enemies

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 that David actually faces,

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 he feels,

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 are not actually

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 outside and external,

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 but that his own heart

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 and the sinful desires

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 that rise up there

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 and that want to

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 overtake our lives

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 and want to blot out

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 and push out

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 our fellowship with God.

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 And these things

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 God preserves us from.

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 How many of us

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 can say that,

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 in fact,

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 as we think about our lives,

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 that God has preserved us

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 not from external threats,

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 maybe he has,

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 but more so,

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 in fact,

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 from the reckless

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 things that we would

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 do ourselves.

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 And from the ways

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 in which he has brought us

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 through troubled waters

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 and preserved us

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 from that chaos.

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 And also,

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 he says,

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 you have taken me,

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 and there's this wonderful

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 expression that he uses,

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 you surround me

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 with shouts of deliverance.

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 When I read that phrase

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 in Psalm 32,

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 actually,

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 I always think about

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 old kind of cowboy

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 and Indian westerns

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 or old war movies.

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 You know,

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 when the good guys,

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 you know,

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 defeat the enemy,

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 whether it's the Germans

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 coming and they're

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 beaten back in the fight

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 in a World War II movie,

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 or whether it's the Indians

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 that have come

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 and the cowboys

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 have beaten them back

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 and the sheriff

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 and all the rest

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 and they're beaten back.

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 And as they're running away,

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 you know,

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 the good guys are there

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 shouting for joy

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 because of the deliverance

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 that they've experienced.

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 There's a real cry

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 of happiness

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 that comes from

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 being victorious

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 and sharing in victory.

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 And David says,

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 you surround me

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 with these kind of shouts.

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 What David's actually doing there

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 is he's talking about

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 the character,

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 I think,

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 of a triune God.

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 Because when we think about it,

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 we can see the Father

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 operating in his love

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 towards us

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 as the ultimate safety

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 and shelter

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 and hiding place

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 for his people.

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 God the Father

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 is our solace.

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 He is the one

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 that we run to.

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 It's his love

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 that we shelter in.

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 That's where we find

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 our comfort

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 and our joy.

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 We're talking about

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 God the Son

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 and the grace

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 by which he delivers us

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:17.279
 through his victory

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.940
 at the cross,

00:19:18.360 --> 00:19:19.000
 offering himself

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 as one who will take away

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:20.799
 our sin.

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 He is the one

00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:22.740
 who preserves us

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.860
 in times of trouble,

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 the one who delivers us

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 from the evil one

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 who would attack us.

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 Or we think about

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 the Holy Spirit

00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:31.920
 who unites us to God

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 and to one another

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 and who literally

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 today

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 in this church

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 has surrounded you

00:19:37.179 --> 00:19:38.379
 with shouts of deliverance.

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 And that's one of the

00:19:40.699 --> 00:19:41.399
 most important things

00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:42.859
 really about corporate praise.

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 That's why we sing together.

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 We don't just participate

00:19:46.699 --> 00:19:48.319
 in watching someone

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 sing in worship.

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 We participate.

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 And often it's because

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 the people around us,

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 there's probably people

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 there sitting

00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.959
 who need to hear

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 the praise

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 of God's people.

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 And the Holy Spirit

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:04.099
 has brought us here today

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:05.559
 to participate in that.

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 And so when we pray,

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 let us pray

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 as people who know

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 God is jealous

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 for his own glory.

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 And let's remember

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 that our greatest happiness

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 lies

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 in being close

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:22.299
 in agreement with that.

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 In aligning

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 our prayers

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 prayers

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 with God's

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 desire

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.519
 for his own glory.

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 Now what does that

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 practically look like?

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 Just very briefly.

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.240
 I think simply

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 it is that

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 this.

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 I would urge you

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 to spend time

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.799
 sitting alone

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:43.039
 reflecting

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:44.140
 in adoration

00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:45.680
 on God's character

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:47.859
 and expressing

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.819
 that in his presence.

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 It's a challenging

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.899
 discipline.

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.299
 It's something

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.039
 that I find

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.319
 in fact

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.659
 when it comes

00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:57.339
 we'll think about this

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:57.720
 next week

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.220
 God willing

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:59.059
 but when it comes

00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.899
 to corporate prayer

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.299
 this is something

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.899
 that I find often

00:21:00.899 --> 00:21:01.740
 is lacking

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.939
 because we don't

00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:03.759
 maybe do enough

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.200
 of it in our

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:05.179
 private prayer life.

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:06.980
 It's just taking

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.500
 the time

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:09.259
 to express

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.639
 adoration

00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:11.419
 for God

00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:12.679
 in his presence.

00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:14.740
 The second thing

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:16.240
 I'm seeing the time

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.759
 so we'll rattle

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:19.039
 through the other points.

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.440
 The second thing

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.019
 is confession.

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:22.660
 God

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:24.039
 Jesus

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.700
 teaching us

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.180
 to pray

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.940
 teaches us

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.279
 to pray

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.839
 forgive us

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.299
 our debts

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.859
 as we have

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.799
 forgiven our debtors.

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.200
 And

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:32.759
 there's an awful lot

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.859
 that we could say here

00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:35.660
 but it comes back

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.099
 to

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:38.160
 the primary

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.859
 relationship

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.559
 that we have

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.960
 with God

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.460
 just now

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.000
 in this world.

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.660
 We relate

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.180
 to God

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.619
 just now

00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.180
 in this world

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.900
 as men

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.319
 and women

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.319
 who have

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.919
 offended

00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:49.799
 a holy God

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:51.259
 who have

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.000
 affronted him

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.639
 with our sin.

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.659
 We haven't

00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:55.679
 lived as we should

00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.399
 we haven't

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.279
 done what we should

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.000
 we haven't

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.639
 said the things

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:58.960
 we should

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.379
 we haven't

00:21:59.379 --> 00:22:00.039
 gone to the places

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.460
 we should

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.200
 we haven't

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.059
 devoted ourselves

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:03.519
 as we ought to

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:05.200
 to a holy God

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.759
 perhaps because

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.759
 we don't adore him

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.279
 enough.

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.899
 We miss him.

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:15.640
 we fall short

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.620
 of the standard

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.820
 that he has set

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:20.759
 and

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.700
 the great

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.500
 challenge

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.220
 for us

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:25.420
 is to

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.340
 recognize that

00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:26.980
 and to come

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.480
 to God

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.440
 to deal with it.

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:31.800
 To come to God

00:22:31.800 --> 00:22:32.880
 and to acknowledge

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:34.700
 our sin

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:37.740
 so that we will be

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:39.060
 continually fit

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.740
 for his

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.359
 presence.

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.039
 I was trying

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.559
 to think of a way

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.059
 of illustrating

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.480
 this and

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.220
 what actually

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.019
 you know my love

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.500
 of movies

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.279
 particularly science

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.579
 fiction

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:51.480
 I was thinking

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.179
 about Star Trek

00:22:52.179 --> 00:22:54.299
 and sometimes

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.960
 you see the

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.440
 Enterprise

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.299
 it's caught in the

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.799
 grip of an

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.539
 enormous force

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:57.960
 maybe it's a

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.419
 black hole

00:22:58.419 --> 00:22:58.740
 or something

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.579
 but the ship

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.139
 just can't

00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:00.480
 escape

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.019
 and Kirk's

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.379
 there on the

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.659
 bridge

00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:02.759
 and he's

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.399
 saying Scotty

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:03.819
 you've got to

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.240
 get us out of

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.319
 here

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:04.720
 you've got to

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:04.940
 give us

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.359
 everything we've

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.539
 got

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.259
 and Scotty

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.579
 will come up

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:06.819
 with some

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.399
 completely

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:07.839
 harebrained

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.460
 ingenious plan

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.960
 and he'll

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.220
 say something

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.579
 like I'll

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.039
 eject the

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.519
 warp core

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:10.819
 and it'll

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.500
 blow up

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.819
 and so Scotty

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.279
 ejects the

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.680
 warp core

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.240
 and it blows

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.740
 up behind

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.079
 the ship

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.619
 and the

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.220
 ship's set

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.819
 free in an

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.139
 instant

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.440
 it just

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:17.740
 like it

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.839
 it hurtles

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.440
 away from

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.960
 the danger

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:22.359
 and that's

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.119
 what confession

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:24.599
 is like in

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.039
 the life of

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.480
 the Christian

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:27.980
 it's that we

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.460
 have to

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.559
 eject that

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.220
 that sin

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.700
 we have to

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.579
 acknowledge that

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:31.819
 sin

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.519
 instead of

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.180
 clinging on to

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 it

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.920
 instead of

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.579
 clinging on to

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.440
 the crazy

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.640
 idea that

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:36.960
 our sin

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.279
 isn't a

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.779
 big deal

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:39.880
 it needs to

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.620
 get jettisoned

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:40.840
 out the

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.120
 back

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:43.779
 and in

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.240
 the great

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.259
 grace of

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.820
 God and

00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:46.100
 in the

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.720
 love that

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.299
 he shows

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.140
 us and

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.440
 in the

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.799
 wonder of

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.620
 the cross

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:50.900
 and the

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.759
 magnificence of

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.259
 what Jesus

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.820
 has done

00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:54.400
 that guilt

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.960
 is taken

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.680
 by Christ

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.039
 and it's

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.779
 replaced with

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.460
 his righteousness

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.519
 and we

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.640
 are set

00:23:59.640 --> 00:23:59.980
 free

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:01.980
 and we

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.680
 can blast

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.279
 off into

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.680
 God's

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.140
 service

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:06.780
 and that

00:24:06.780 --> 00:24:07.320
 today is

00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:08.020
 why

00:24:08.020 --> 00:24:08.660
 confession

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.360
 remains

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:10.180
 so

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.720
 important

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.300
 in the

00:24:11.300 --> 00:24:11.880
 life of

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.040
 the

00:24:12.040 --> 00:24:12.440
 Christian

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:14.740
 we need

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.180
 to keep

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.900
 continually

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:17.440
 divesting

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.920
 ourselves

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.340
 of all of

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.680
 the stuff

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.300
 that clings

00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:19.620
 to us

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.060
 and slows

00:24:20.060 --> 00:24:20.560
 us down

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.320
 we need

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:21.620
 to lay

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:21.900
 it all

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.380
 before the

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:22.640
 cross

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:22.800
 of

00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.280
 Christ

00:24:23.280 --> 00:24:26.360
 and discover

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.680
 that we

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.259
 can be

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.660
 set free

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:30.380
 and

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:30.900
 liberated

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.300
 and

00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:32.519
 allowed

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:32.840
 to go

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.100
 on

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:38.340
 so

00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:38.500
 there's

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.980
 adoration

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.300
 there's

00:24:39.300 --> 00:24:39.860
 confession

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:42.100
 there's

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.300
 also

00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:42.980
 thanksgiving

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.300
 and

00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:44.740
 thanksgiving

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.080
 in this

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:45.360
 way of

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:45.600
 thinking

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:45.860
 about

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.019
 our

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.560
 life

00:24:46.560 --> 00:24:46.740
 and

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.140
 prayer

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.880
 you

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.140
 almost

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.320
 think

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:48.519
 it's

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:48.920
 strange

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.160
 because

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.360
 it's

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.640
 not

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.420
 explicitly

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.220
 there

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.580
 in the

00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:51.840
 Lord's

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.060
 prayer

00:24:52.060 --> 00:24:53.500
 you

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.940
 work

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.160
 through

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.300
 the

00:24:54.300 --> 00:24:54.580
 Lord's

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:54.759
 prayer

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:54.940
 you

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.080
 can

00:24:55.080 --> 00:24:55.259
 read

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.420
 through

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.620
 it

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:58.079
 you

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.299
 don't

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.539
 really

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.059
 find

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.819
 many

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.359
 expressions

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.619
 of

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.339
 thankfulness

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:02.379
 and

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:02.779
 that's

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:02.919
 a

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:04.179
 good

00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:04.299
 and

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.599
 important

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.059
 question

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.419
 for us

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:05.739
 to maybe

00:25:05.739 --> 00:25:06.239
 ask

00:25:06.239 --> 00:25:07.299
 why

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:09.359
 isn't

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:09.459
 it

00:25:09.459 --> 00:25:09.879
 explicit

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:11.779
 I

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:11.919
 think

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.159
 one of

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.259
 the

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.539
 reasons

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.859
 is

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.939
 because

00:25:13.939 --> 00:25:14.299
 Jesus

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.539
 is

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.019
 teaching

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:16.099
 throughout

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.299
 the

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.459
 New

00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:16.819
 Testament

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.079
 throughout

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.259
 the

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.699
 Gospels

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:17.959
 there's

00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:18.099
 a

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.659
 theme

00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:19.399
 emerges

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.579
 and

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:20.699
 the

00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:20.879
 theme

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:20.979
 is

00:25:20.979 --> 00:25:21.139
 there

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.239
 at

00:25:21.239 --> 00:25:21.319
 the

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.579
 beginning

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:21.739
 of

00:25:21.739 --> 00:25:21.839
 the

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.099
 Lord's

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.279
 prayer

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.599
 our

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.199
 Father

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:23.500
 in

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.779
 heaven

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:25.359
 the

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.159
 relationship

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:27.139
 of

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.979
 God's

00:25:27.979 --> 00:25:28.619
 people

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.500
 of

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.019
 Christians

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.319
 to

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.639
 God

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:31.799
 the

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.119
 Father

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:33.119
 is

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.299
 that

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.439
 of

00:25:33.439 --> 00:25:34.119
 children

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.219
 coming

00:25:35.219 --> 00:25:35.719
 to

00:25:35.719 --> 00:25:36.059
 a

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.399
 Father

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:38.139
 I

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.259
 think

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.419
 it's

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:38.719
 really

00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:39.199
 important

00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:39.479
 to

00:25:39.479 --> 00:25:40.179
 understand

00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:40.699
 how

00:25:40.699 --> 00:25:42.359
 thankfulness

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:42.899
 works

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.419
 in that

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:44.159
 context

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:45.399
 and to

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:45.959
 see that

00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:46.219
 in the

00:25:46.219 --> 00:25:46.639
 context

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:46.959
 of a

00:25:46.959 --> 00:25:47.559
 relationship

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.859
 with

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.159
 God

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:48.319
 as

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.679
 Father

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:50.979
 how

00:25:50.979 --> 00:25:51.179
 does

00:25:51.179 --> 00:25:51.899
 thankfulness

00:25:51.899 --> 00:25:52.219
 work

00:25:52.219 --> 00:25:52.559
 in your

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.979
 family

00:25:52.979 --> 00:25:55.039
 does it

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.299
 work

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.519
 on the

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:55.779
 basis

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.159
 that

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:58.700
 as

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.180
 children

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.539
 you

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.759
 would

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.539
 be

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.819
 very

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.240
 diligent

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.779
 always

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.000
 to

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.180
 say

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.599
 thanks

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:05.000
 is

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.420
 that

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.960
 how

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.579
 thankfulness

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.799
 really

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.159
 works

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.859
 I

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.299
 think

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.460
 about

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.639
 my

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:08.879
 family

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.059
 there's

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.279
 times

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.399
 where

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:09.480
 the

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:09.659
 kids

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:09.839
 do

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.000
 there's

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.180
 times

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.299
 where

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.399
 they

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:10.680
 don't

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.680
 we

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.059
 really

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.420
 wish

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.799
 when

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:12.980
 they're

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.220
 out

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.399
 we

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:13.619
 really

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:13.819
 wish

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:13.960
 that

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.099
 they

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.259
 would

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.819
 always

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:14.960
 say

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.220
 thanks

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.359
 to

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.559
 people

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.700
 who

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:15.940
 give

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.079
 them

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.339
 something

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.639
 so

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:17.779
 there's

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:17.879
 a

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.200
 place

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.399
 for

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:18.819
 saying

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.200
 thank

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.359
 you

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.500
 it's

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.740
 really

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.159
 important

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:22.000
 but

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.400
 actually

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:24.259
 the

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.560
 real

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:25.279
 thankfulness

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.460
 that

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.740
 children

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.060
 have

00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:26.200
 I

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.360
 think

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.519
 for

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:26.700
 their

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.300
 parents

00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:27.900
 for

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.120
 their

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:28.600
 for

00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:28.740
 the

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.140
 provision

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.420
 that's

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.640
 made

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:29.820
 for

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:29.980
 them

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.080
 in

00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:30.200
 their

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.600
 homes

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:31.779
 it

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:31.980
 really

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.259
 gets

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.700
 expressed

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.080
 in the

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.580
 boldness

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:33.840
 in which

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.000
 they

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.240
 come

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:36.579
 they

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.500
 appreciate

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.839
 the

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.299
 provision

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.120
 that's

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:40.279
 been

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.539
 made

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:40.779
 for

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.019
 them

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.940
 they

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.539
 rely

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.579
 willingly

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.599
 joyfully

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.160
 on

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.299
 their

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.759
 parents

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:49.620
 breakfast

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:49.980
 is going

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.180
 to be

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.380
 there

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.559
 for

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:50.819
 them

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.660
 dinner

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:51.900
 is going

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.059
 to be

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.240
 there

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.420
 for

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:52.640
 them

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.519
 lifts

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.799
 are going

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:53.980
 to be

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.140
 there

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.259
 for

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.380
 them

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.440
 when

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.519
 they

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.620
 want

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:54.700
 to

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:54.859
 see

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.000
 their

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.319
 pals

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:58.099
 and

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.420
 it's

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.680
 not

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.000
 that

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.140
 they

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.500
 come

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.000
 with

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.759
 it's

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:02.880
 not

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:02.980
 that

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.099
 they

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.400
 come

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.819
 with

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:05.799
 a

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.299
 greediness

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.579
 about

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:06.939
 that

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:08.859
 but

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.019
 it's

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.259
 rather

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.439
 that

00:27:09.439 --> 00:27:09.579
 they

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.919
 don't

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.399
 come

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.919
 to

00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:12.339
 parents

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.460
 who

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.539
 are

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:12.659
 going

00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:12.740
 to

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:12.859
 be

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.559
 begrudging

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.159
 in

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.299
 what

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.439
 they

00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:14.679
 do

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:17.059
 they

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.579
 joyfully

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.099
 ask

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:20.539
 and

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.700
 I think

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:20.879
 that's

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:20.980
 why

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.139
 when

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:21.419
 Paul

00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:21.740
 talks

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:21.960
 about

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.240
 prayer

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.419
 with

00:27:22.419 --> 00:27:22.899
 thanksgiving

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.480
 it's

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.679
 that

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:23.960
 sense

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.099
 of

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.359
 asking

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.899
 boldly

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.039
 for

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.279
 things

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.419
 and

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:25.639
 asking

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:25.819
 for

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.059
 big

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.480
 things

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.960
 of

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.240
 God

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.960
 because

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.139
 we

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.279
 have

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.480
 that

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.039
 boldness

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.220
 to

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.439
 come

00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:30.619
 to

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:30.720
 him

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:30.899
 because

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.039
 we

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.159
 are

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.419
 so

00:27:31.419 --> 00:27:31.919
 thankful

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:31.919


00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:33.039
 for how

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.380
 he has

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.019
 always

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.539
 answered

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.039
 us

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.500
 that we

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.940
 learn

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.560
 that God

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:38.900
 is a

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.400
 worthy

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.640
 loving

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.420
 parent

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.740
 the perfect

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.320
 example of

00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:43.519
 what a

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.880
 parent would

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.080
 be

00:27:44.080 --> 00:27:45.900
 and so

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.279
 therefore we

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.920
 can come to

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.380
 him with that

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.860
 sense of

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.519
 boldness

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:50.500
 and you see it

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.259
 in Psalm 32

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.700
 where David

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.820
 talks there about

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.779
 the blessing of the

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.100
 one whose

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:55.920
 transgression is

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.320
 forgiven

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:57.240
 the great

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.940
 happiness

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.160
 happiness

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.920
 that that

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.259
 person

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.799
 has

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.460
 because

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.680
 his

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.019
 life

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.380
 is so

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.019
 closely

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.620
 aligned

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.259
 to

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.960
 God's

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.980
 priorities

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.340
 sin

00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:06.799
 is dealt

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.200
 with

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:09.380
 the glory

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.820
 of God

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.580
 is advanced

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:12.220
 and David

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.559
 what he's

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.059
 really saying

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.299
 that is

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.480
 he's

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.920
 discovered

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.779
 that God

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.620
 in his

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.340
 great provision

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.840
 is someone

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.320
 that he can

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.059
 rest on

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:19.559
 and joyfully

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.019
 trust

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.200
 in

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:22.140
 and therefore

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.900
 thankfulness

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.360
 becomes

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.820
 just an

00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:24.620
 automatic

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.840
 overflow

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.640
 in the

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.279
 continual

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.740
 expression

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.019
 of his

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.359
 life

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:31.200
 and so

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.660
 when we

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:33.019
 want to

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.379
 think about

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.539
 our

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.839
 prayer

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.279
 life

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:37.000
 that's

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.200
 where

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.940
 thankfulness

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.240
 has to

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.639
 come into

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:38.759
 it

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.399
 isn't it

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:41.160
 that we're

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.619
 continually

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.299
 expressing

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.819
 our thanks

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.220
 to God

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.819
 directly

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.299
 yes

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.259
 but that

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.539
 actually

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.019
 more so

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.539
 our prayer

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.859
 life

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.160
 and our

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:48.259
 dependence

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.819
 on God

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.660
 is informed

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.240
 by that

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.920
 experience

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.339
 of his

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:52.059
 faithfulness

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.319
 that God

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.940
 has always

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.420
 been there

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.899
 for us

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.920
 that God

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.399
 has always

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.420
 secured us

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.700
 that God

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.380
 has always

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.120
 made it

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:01.040
 safe for us

00:29:01.040 --> 00:29:01.700
 has always

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.060
 made it

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:02.800
 possible for

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.220
 us to go

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.680
 forward

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:05.060
 even when we

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.680
 are surrounded

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.540
 by distress

00:29:06.540 --> 00:29:08.320
 where grief

00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:08.759
 comes in

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.320
 like a flood

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:11.180
 he's still

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.519
 there

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:15.560
 and he

00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:16.040
 still gives

00:29:16.040 --> 00:29:16.580
 himself

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:18.100
 as our

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.680
 highest

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.780
 reward

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:23.759
 until we

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.099
 come to

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.220
 him

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.680
 continually

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:24.920
 with

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.579
 thankfulness

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:27.460
 which

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.799
 ultimately

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.399
 feeds into

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.839
 all of

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:28.960
 our

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.480
 requests

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.779
 the S

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.000
 in this

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.180
 word

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.359
 is

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.200
 supplication

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:33.980
 so we

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.079
 have

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.460
 adoration

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:34.960
 confession

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.619
 thanksgiving

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.720
 supplication

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:38.480
 I hinted

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.879
 at it at the

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.139
 beginning

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.799
 it's a very

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.259
 familiar

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.819
 structure

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.920
 those of

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.099
 you who

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.240
 have been

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.519
 Christians

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.920
 a long

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.220
 time

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.660
 have heard

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.139
 and used

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.339
 the

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.740
 acts

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.899
 way of

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.119
 thinking

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.399
 about

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:46.740
 prayer

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:49.019
 but we

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.420
 come to

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.660
 God

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:49.960
 with all

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.180
 of our

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.799
 requests

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.240
 whether

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.519
 they are

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.779
 big

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.059
 things

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.480
 or small

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.859
 things

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:54.200
 it's

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.519
 illustrated

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.740
 in the

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.019
 Lord's

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.200
 prayer

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.559
 with the

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.240
 expressions

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.620
 give us

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:56.920
 this day

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.319
 our daily

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.620
 bread

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.259
 on the

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.660
 face of

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:58.759
 it

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.019
 that's

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.440
 such a

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.839
 simple

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.200
 prayer

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.460
 isn't

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.680
 it

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.620
 give us

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:01.859
 bread

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.299
 for today

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:05.019
 but you

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.160
 know when

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.299
 you

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.559
 burrow

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:05.980
 into it

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.140
 and you

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.460
 start to

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.579
 see

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:06.740
 what

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:06.859
 does

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.180
 daily

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.460
 bread

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.819
 actually

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.420
 involve

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:10.460
 it's

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.839
 not just

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.079
 that there's

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.420
 an entire

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.000
 food chain

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.579
 behind that

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.880
 that has

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.279
 to deliver

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.740
 for you

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.640
 it's

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:14.859
 that there's

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.219
 an entire

00:30:15.219 --> 00:30:15.779
 emotional

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.099
 chain

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.579
 behind that

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:16.839
 that has

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.059
 to be

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.259
 there

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.740
 and supportive

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.099
 of you

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.399
 as well

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:18.979
 it's not

00:30:18.979 --> 00:30:19.379
 enough

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.939
 simply to

00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:20.219
 have

00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:21.059
 bread

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.439
 you need

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:21.719
 to have

00:30:21.719 --> 00:30:22.079
 love

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.619
 and affection

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.259
 and family

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.759
 and care

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.419
 around you

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:25.939
 so Lord

00:30:25.939 --> 00:30:26.259
 give us

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.619
 this day

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.000
 that

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.659
 give us

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:28.959
 this day

00:30:28.959 --> 00:30:29.319
 the means

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.679
 to have

00:30:29.679 --> 00:30:29.979
 the bread

00:30:29.979 --> 00:30:30.219
 so it's

00:30:30.219 --> 00:30:30.500
 a prayer

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.219
 for employment

00:30:31.219 --> 00:30:32.279
 and the

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.699
 structures

00:30:32.699 --> 00:30:33.339
 for employment

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:33.699
 to be in

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:33.879
 place

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.319
 they're

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.799
 vast

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.859
 it needs

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.419
 society

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:36.799
 to be

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.379
 at peace

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:39.240
 for society

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.859
 to function

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.579
 for trade

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.240
 to operate

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.879
 all of these

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.240
 things have

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.659
 to be in

00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:43.199
 place

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.660
 for us

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:44.960
 to have

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.480
 jobs

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:47.720
 there has

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:47.960
 to be

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.200
 someone

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.600
 levying

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.100
 taxes

00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:49.580
 to pay

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:49.860
 for you

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.100
 as a

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.420
 teacher

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:52.080
 or as

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:52.620
 a fireman

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.980
 or whatever

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.360
 else it

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.440
 might be

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:57.519
 I mean the

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.740
 prayer

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.100
 give us

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.440
 this day

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.819
 our daily

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.100
 bread

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.440
 is not

00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.940
 a small

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.240
 thing

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.660
 at all

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.420
 it's an

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.039
 enormous

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.880
 vast

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.400
 prayer

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.840
 for daily

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.259
 provision

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.620
 to be

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:05.880
 made

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.140
 in our

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.539
 lives

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:06.880
 and for

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.160
 God

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.680
 to bless

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.019
 us

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.019
 and to

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.240
 keep

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.660
 us

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:12.519
 and then

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.720
 on the

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.060
 other end

00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:13.240
 of the

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.460
 scale

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.840
 you almost

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.000
 think

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.120
 well

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.220
 they

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.880
 deliver us

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.380
 from evil

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.140
 and you're

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.300
 thinking

00:31:16.300 --> 00:31:16.540
 well

00:31:16.540 --> 00:31:16.860
 evil

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.660
 that's such

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:17.920
 a little

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.140
 thing

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.420
 but it's

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.860
 not

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:20.960
 the words

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.200
 in the

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.440
 prayer

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.940
 are actually

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.380
 used

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.820
 to speak

00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:23.300
 of delivering

00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:23.640
 us

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:24.640
 from

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:26.300
 the evil

00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:26.640
 one

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.300
 from Satan

00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:27.779
 himself

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.660
 the great

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.080
 enemy

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.440
 of the

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.779
 church

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.060
 who is

00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:30.580
 going about

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:30.960
 like a

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.220
 roaring

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.600
 lion

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.019
 seeking

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.340
 whom he

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:32.480
 may

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.779
 devour

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.900
 that's

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.080
 the

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:34.779
 battlefield

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.320
 that we

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.600
 are in

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:36.279
 the conflict

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.580
 that we

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:36.980
 are involved

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.259
 in as

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.640
 Christians

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.640
 it is a

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:38.960
 conflict

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.340
 against

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:40.060
 cosmic

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.980
 powers

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.740
 far

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.240
 beyond

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.560
 the

00:31:42.560 --> 00:31:43.060
 things

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:43.340
 that we

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:43.680
 see

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.060
 in this

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.420
 world

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:46.500
 and be

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.160
 no doubt

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.680
 Satan

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.500
 that great

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.180
 evil

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.580
 one

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.240
 is out

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.600
 to get

00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:50.900
 you

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:53.280
 that's

00:31:53.280 --> 00:31:53.540
 why the

00:31:53.540 --> 00:31:53.840
 Christian

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.180
 armor

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.440
 in

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.560
 Ephesians

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:55.880
 6

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.300
 ends

00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:56.620
 with a

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:56.800
 point

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:56.940
 of

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.200
 prayer

00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:00.700
 that having

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.120
 done all

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.400
 we will

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:01.759
 stand

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.300
 and pray

00:32:02.300 --> 00:32:05.860
 and so

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.160
 today

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:07.519
 as we

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.900
 think about

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.080
 this

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.320
 and as

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:08.440
 we

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.740
 wonder

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.100
 how

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.480
 is it

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.779
 that we

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:09.940
 can

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.720
 experience

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.140
 the

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.540
 greatest

00:32:11.540 --> 00:32:12.019
 happiness

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:14.060
 let us

00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:14.360
 remember

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.720
 it is to

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.340
 be found

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:16.580
 in close

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:16.980
 agreement

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.500
 with God

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:19.440
 in praying

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.960
 according to

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.420
 God's will

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:22.140
 and the

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.519
 things that

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.840
 God has

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:23.259
 willed for

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.500
 us to

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.620
 pray

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:23.960
 the things

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.259
 that God

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.660
 has shown

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:24.920
 us

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.540
 the things

00:32:25.540 --> 00:32:25.759
 that he

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.060
 teaches

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:26.360
 us to

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:26.500
 pray

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.720
 for

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.380
 they are

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.620
 these

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:27.860
 four

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.180
 things

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.759
 adoration

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.220
 of him

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.680
 of his

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.200
 character

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:32.259
 they are

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.779
 confession

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.220
 of our

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.540
 sins

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.960
 there is

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.519
 a spirit

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.759
 of

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.399
 thanksgiving

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:37.799
 that has

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.019
 to

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:39.059
 underline

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.440
 all of

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.740
 this

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.639
 and then

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.200
 a coming

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.000
 with an

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.859
 expectation

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.460
 for the

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.980
 greatest

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.399
 and most

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:44.839
 profound

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.500
 of help

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.480
 in our

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.980
 lives

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:49.039
 and that

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.539
 is not

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.539
 I want to

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:50.899
 finish by

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:51.319
 saying this

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.920
 that is not

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.480
 merely

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.799
 a formula

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.399
 for how

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:54.879
 you pray

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:57.759
 that's not

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.440
 merely a

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.079
 formula for

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.399
 the sort

00:32:59.399 --> 00:32:59.740
 of things

00:32:59.740 --> 00:32:59.940
 that you

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.259
 would go

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.599
 through as

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.559
 a checklist

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.019
 and say

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.799
 well my

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.779
 prayer tonight

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.460
 when I go

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.819
 to bed

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.200
 I want to

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.500
 pray in

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.859
 adoration

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.240
 of God

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.460
 I want

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.879
 to confess

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.460
 my sins

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.299
 I want

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.379
 to give

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:09.879
 thanks for

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.159
 all of his

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.579
 goodness to

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:10.919
 me today

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.279
 and I want

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.019
 to ask

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.299
 him for

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.680
 his help

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.319
 and everything

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.960
 that lies

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.259
 ahead of me

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.519
 tomorrow

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.299
 I mean

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.819
 that's fine

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:18.200
 but actually

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.899
 that same

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.519
 template

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.659
 in a way

00:33:20.659 --> 00:33:21.119
 is a

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.059
 pattern

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.740
 for Christian

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.039
 living

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:25.099
 it's a

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.419
 pattern

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.819
 for what

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.680
 characterizes

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.700
 the whole

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:27.960
 of your

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.299
 Christian

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.619
 life

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.099
 day by

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.339
 day

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:31.279
 and that

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.639
 if you

00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:32.379
 seek to

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.779
 walk

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:34.339
 in close

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.779
 harmony

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.420
 with God

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.819
 and to

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.200
 know his

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.579
 friendship

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.920
 and his

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.279
 fellowship

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:40.139
 then these

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.359
 are the

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.720
 things

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.940
 that you

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.079
 would

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.599
 prioritize

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.759
 and make

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.180
 much of

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.619
 let's pray

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:44.839
 to him

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.200
 just now

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:47.319
 heavenly

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.839
 father you

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.180
 are good

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.940
 and we

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.619
 rejoice in

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.160
 that love

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.440
 that you

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.039
 have towards

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.619
 your people

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.220
 we rejoice

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.779
 today that

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.319
 you are a

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.660
 god who

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.099
 wants to

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.980
 save

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.720
 sinners

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:59.680
 you are a

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.100
 god today

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.480
 who wants

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.019
 to bring

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.380
 us

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:02.400
 as the

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.779
 finished

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.279
 article

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.660
 of that

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.160
 salvation

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:05.299
 to be a

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.740
 worthy

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.600
 bride of

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:07.019
 christ

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.319
 in the

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.720
 new heavens

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:07.960
 and the

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.400
 new earth

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:10.639
 and so

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.039
 all that

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.260
 you are

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.559
 doing

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.159
 is designed

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.900
 towards

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.539
 growing our

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.940
 character

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.579
 and shaping

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.960
 us

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.760
 and so

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.099
 we pray

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.519
 today that

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:16.780
 we would

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.099
 learn to

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.579
 adore you

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.860
 for who

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.240
 you are

00:34:18.240 --> 00:34:20.000
 that we

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.760
 would come

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.400
 speedily to

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.980
 confess our

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.179
 sin

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.420
 that we

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.880
 wouldn't hide

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.280
 these things

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.740
 from you

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.459
 that we

00:34:24.459 --> 00:34:25.000
 would discover

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.719
 the liberty

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.379
 that belongs

00:34:26.379 --> 00:34:26.939
 to people

00:34:26.939 --> 00:34:27.539
 who walk

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:29.099
 closely with

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.599
 their god

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:31.119
 and may we

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.699
 know therefore

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.399
 the greatest

00:34:32.399 --> 00:34:33.000
 happiness

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.619
 the greatest

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.099
 blessing

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.439
 in our

00:34:35.439 --> 00:34:35.939
 lives

00:34:35.939 --> 00:34:37.179
 in knowing

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.519
 you

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.579
 and following

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.159
 after you

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:40.839
 help us in

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.419
 this we pray

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:42.339
 and we ask

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:42.779
 it all in

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.319
 jesus name

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:44.259
 amen

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:48.339
 we are going

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:48.779
 to sing in

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.519
 conclusion in

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.000
 the scottish

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.500
 psalter the

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.019
 second half

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.379
 of the blue

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:51.679
 book

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:54.899
 psalm 116

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:56.599
 singing at the

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:56.859
 beginning

00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:57.419
 this is page

00:34:57.419 --> 00:34:58.639
 395

00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:11.299
 and we're going

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:11.500
 to sing

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.339
 four stanzas

00:35:12.339 --> 00:35:12.859
 verses one

00:35:12.859 --> 00:35:13.319
 to six

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:13.879
 in conclusion

00:35:13.879 --> 00:35:14.219
 today

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.919
 i love the

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 my voice

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 and prayers

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 heeded here

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 while i live

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 will call on

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 him

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 who bowed

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 his ear

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 the great

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 truth of the

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 bible that

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 god who

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 has bowed

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 ear to hear

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 what his

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 people are

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 saying on

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 earth

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 and he

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 hears us

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 answers us

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 and he is

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 grace in

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 what he

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 sing to

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 his praise

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 these verses

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 one to six

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 or to god's

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 praise

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 i love

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 the lord

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 because my

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 voice and

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 prayers

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 heeded

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 here

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 i love

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 the lord

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 because my

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 voice and

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 prayers

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 heeded

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 here

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 will fall

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 on

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 him

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 who

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 will

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 me

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!

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 is

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 near

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!

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 of death

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 the

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 hearts

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 and

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 sorrows

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 did

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 about

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 me

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 come

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 thus

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 right

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 things

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 of

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 heaven

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 to

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 ward

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 on

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 my soul, O Lord, I do thee hungry pray.

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 O merciful and righteous is, yea, gracious is our Lord.

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 O sister me, I was brought to, he did me help her for.

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 Now the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the fellowship of God the Holy Spirit be with each one of you now and always. Amen.

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 Amen.