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 Read God's Word, James 5, starting at verse 13.

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 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray.

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 Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.

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 Is anyone among you ill?

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 Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.

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 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well.

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 The Lord will raise them up.

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 If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.

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 Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other

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 so that you may be healed.

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 The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

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 Elijah was a human being, even as we are.

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 He prayed earnestly that it would not rain,

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 and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

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 Again he prayed and the heavens gave rain and the earth produced its crops.

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 My brothers and sisters,

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 if one of you should wander from the truth

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 and someone should bring that person back,

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 remember this,

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 whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way

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 will save them from death

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 and cover over a multitude of sins.

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 I'm going to pray and then we're going to look at God's word.

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 And before we do,

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 I just want to make just a brief comment about this text.

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 We've been looking through James.

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 This is the last one in the series.

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 This is probably the hardest part of James.

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 It's one of the hardest parts in the New Testament

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 and it's one of the hardest parts in the whole Bible.

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 It's a difficult passage.

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 And as we go through this,

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 you may be thinking,

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 I've got a question here.

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 I'm not quite sure about that.

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 So please,

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 please do talk to me afterwards.

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 Come back if you've got any questions

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 or if something wasn't clear,

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 please come and ask as to what it's all about.

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 Having said it's difficult,

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 we can ask for the Holy Spirit to help us

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 to bring light to his word and to our lives.

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 So let's pray for his help right now.

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 Father, we ask for the help of your Holy Spirit

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 to understand your word.

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 where there is confusion,

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 you would bring clarity.

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 And we pray, Father,

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 that we would learn much this morning

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 and be encouraged and built up.

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 And I pray that there will be nothing

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 that I say

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 that would bring any kind of distress

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 to any person here,

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 but rather that your word

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 and the words that I speak

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 would only lead to building up

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 and to great encouragement.

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 Father, please be at work.

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So what do you think

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 is the best thing you could do

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 for someone in the church family?

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 What do you think would be

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 one of the most helpful things you could do?

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 You might think,

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 in practical ways,

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 that I could maybe make a meal for somebody.

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 I could go visit them.

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 If they've got children,

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 I could look after them.

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 What would you think you could do

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 that would help someone in your church family?

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 Well, James tells us here

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 the answer to that question.

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 Look at verse 19.

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 My brothers and sisters,

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 if one of you should wonder from the truth

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 and someone should bring that person back,

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 remember this,

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 whoever turns a sinner

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 from the error of their way

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 will save them from death

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 and cover over a multitude of sins.

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 As members of God's family,

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 we're called to watch out

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 for our brothers and sisters.

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 We're to turn each other

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 from wandering away from God

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 and to turn each other back

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 to the Lord Jesus.

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 That is the best thing

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 we could do for one another.

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 And how are we going to do that?

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 Well, James gives us

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 the answer through this text.

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 Pray.

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 Always pray.

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 Look at verse 13.

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 Is any one of you in trouble?

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 Is anybody here suffering?

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 Are you going through trials?

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 Are you going through struggles?

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 Well, you know what?

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 Pray.

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 Pray for each other.

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 Is anyone here happy?

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 Is life going well for you?

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 Are you content?

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 Well, pray for them.

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 Offer songs of praise.

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 Thanksgiving to God.

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 You see, God wants His people to pray.

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 And the Father delights

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 when we cry out to Him in prayer.

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 And one of the best prayers

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 that we can pray for each other

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 is to pray

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 that those who are turning

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 and wandering away from Christ

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 will turn back to Christ

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 and be forgiven

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 and be restored.

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 Prayers that turn people

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 who are walking away from Christ

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 and turn them back to Christ

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 so they can be forgiven

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 and restored.

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 So two big prayers

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 that we are encouraged

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 to pray for one another.

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 Here's the first one.

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 Pray for healing.

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 Pray for healing.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 It tells us there

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 that the prayer offered in faith

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 will make the sick person well,

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 the Lord will raise them up.

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 And then in verse 16

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 we get something similar.

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 It tells us in the middle of 16,

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 Pray for each other

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 so that you may be healed.

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 So we're to pray for each other's healing.

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 But this healing

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 is much more than just

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 physical healing.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 Is anyone among you ill?

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 Is anybody sick?

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 Let them call the elders of the church

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 to pray over them

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 and anoint them with oil.

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 So this anointing with oil

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 was symbolic.

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 It was a way of kind of

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 setting the person apart,

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 saying we're going to pray

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 for this person

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 and commit them to the Lord.

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 So anoint them with oil

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 Now before we get into

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 the detail of that,

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 let me just say two things

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 about what it's not saying.

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 Okay?

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 It's not saying

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 that elders have

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 special healing powers.

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 As with any healing,

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 look at verse 15.

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 It tells us that the prayer

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 is offered in faith.

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 So it's not the elders demanding,

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 but the elders entrusting

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 to God's good and perfect will.

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 We offer the prayer in faith.

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 And as verse 15 also tells us,

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 it is the Lord

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 who will raise them up.

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 It's not the elders,

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 but it is the Lord

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 through prayer

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 that will raise them up.

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 So the elders don't have

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 any special healing powers.

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 That's the first thing

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 it's not saying.

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 The other thing

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 that it's not saying

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 is that if you stub

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 your big toe

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 or if you suffer

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 a little bit of man flu,

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 that you're to call

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 the elders.

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 It's not saying that.

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 Elders are not a replacement

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 for South Dock.

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 Yes, we should pray

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 if we're sick

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 and yes, we should pray

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 if we're not feeling well,

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 but it doesn't mean

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 to say we call the elders

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 for every little illness

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 that we might have.

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 It seems to be

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 in this context

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 that the illness

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 is serious

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 and is related

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 to turning away

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 from God.

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 So look again

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 at the beginning

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 of verse 14.

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 Is anyone among you sick?

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 Let them call the elders.

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 Well, why call the elders

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 if somebody is sick?

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 Well, the elders of the church

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 are shepherds

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 who care for the sheep,

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 God's people.

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 They've been given

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 spiritual oversight

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 of the church.

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 They're to ensure

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 that each and every one of us

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 are walking in the truth

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 and not wandering away.

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 And where people think

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 illness is related

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 to their wandering

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 away from Christ,

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 they're to call

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 the elders.

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 Let me try and expand

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 this a bit more.

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 Remember some of the issues

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 that James has been

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 addressing in the church.

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 Back in chapter 1,

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 we saw that some of the people

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 in the church

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 were overlooking

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 the most vulnerable people,

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 the widows

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 and the orphans,

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 and they've left them

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 in terrible distress.

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 Others have been

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 discriminating,

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 favouring the wealthy

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 over the poor.

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 They were tearing

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 each other apart

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 by their own words,

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 slandering one another.

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 Fights and quarrels

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 were existing

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 within the church

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 and perhaps worst of all,

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 we saw this

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 at the beginning

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 of chapter 5,

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 some were hoarding

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 their wealth

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 and were oppressing

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 the weak

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 and it seems

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 that some of them

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 even died

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 because of the injustice

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 and oppression.

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 Terrible things

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 were happening

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 in the church.

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 They were wandering

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 away from the truth.

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 So it seems

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 that the sickness

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 that is present

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 is related

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 to their wandering

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 away from Christ.

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 And the way

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 to see them healed

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 and restored

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 is to pray,

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 verse 15.

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 And the prayer

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 offered in faith

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 will make the sick

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 person well,

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 the Lord will

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 raise them up.

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 If they have sinned,

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 they will be

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 forgiven.

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 Now,

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 at one level

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 that seems

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 straightforward,

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 but maybe we're

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 sitting here this morning

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 and thinking,

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 well,

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 I'm not feeling

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 so well today.

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 I'm feeling

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 a bit sick.

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 I wonder

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 if that's related

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 to some particular

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 sin that I might

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 have committed.

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 Do I need

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 to call the elders?

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 Well,

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 let me give you

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 two answers

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 to that.

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 First,

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 you can read it

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 there on the screen.

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 In John's Gospel,

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 chapter 9,

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 verses 1 to 3,

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 it tells us here

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 that Jesus,

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 as he went along,

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 he saw a blind

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 man from birth.

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 His disciples

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 asked him,

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 Rabbi,

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 who sinned,

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 this man

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 or his parents,

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 that he was

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 born blind?

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 Oh,

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 sorry.

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 I've got it on the screen.

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 There we go.

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 Let me read it again.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 Jesus,

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 as he went along,

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 he saw a man

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 blind from birth.

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 His disciples

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 asked him,

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 Rabbi,

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 who sinned,

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 this man

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 or his parents,

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 that he was

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 born blind?

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 So,

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 they're thinking

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 that the reason

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 he's blind

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 is because of

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 some sin somewhere.

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 Look at Jesus'

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 reply.

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 Neither this man

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 nor his parents

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 sinned,

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 said Jesus.

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 But this happened

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 so that the work

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 of God

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 might be displayed

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 in him.

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 So,

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 Jesus wants us

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 to be absolutely

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 clear that if we

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 have some illness

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 or sickness,

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 it doesn't always

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 mean that it's

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 the result of

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 some particular

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 sin.

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 We need to be

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 very,

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 very careful

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 about people

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 who claim

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 that you're sick

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 because of some

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 sin in your life.

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 Some of the

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 programs that you'll

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 watch on the

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 God channel

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 will tell you

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 that.

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 we need to

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 stay clear

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 of false

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 teaching which

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 says if you're

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 sick,

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 it's because of

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 some sin

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 in your life.

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 The second

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 answer that we

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 want to give

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 to the question

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 of sin and

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 sickness,

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 it comes in

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 1 Corinthians

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 chapter 11.

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 So,

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 in this context,

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 Paul here is

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 writing about

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 the Lord's

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 Supper and

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 he's really

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 upset,

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 he's annoyed

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 about what's

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 happening when

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 they share in

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 the Lord's

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 Supper.

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 So,

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 look at 1

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 Corinthians

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 chapter 11

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 verse 20.

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 So then,

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 when you

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 come together,

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 it's not the

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 Lord's Supper

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 you eat.

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 For when you

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 are eating,

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 some of you

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 go ahead with

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 your own

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 private suppers.

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 So,

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 it's like they

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 all gather

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 together in

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 somebody's house,

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 the wealthy

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 are all eating

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 and they're

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 leaving those

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 who don't have

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 much outside,

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 and they're

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 eating their

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 food.

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 As a result,

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 one person

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 remains hungry

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 and another

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 one gets

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 drunk.

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 So,

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 instead of

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 celebrating

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 the Lord's

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 Supper,

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 they're getting

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 drunk on

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 the wine.

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 Things are

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 in chaos

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 and disorder.

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 And Paul

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 responds to

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 them in

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 verse 13.

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 He says,

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 that is why

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 many among

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 you are

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 weak and

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 ill and

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 a number of

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 you have

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 fallen asleep.

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 So,

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 in this

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 context,

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 Paul is

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 making a

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 direct

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 connection

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 between

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 their sickness

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 and sin.

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 he says,

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 because you

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 have been

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 unrepentant,

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 because you

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 haven't turned

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 back to

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 God,

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 some of

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 the people

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 in the

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 church

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 had even

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 died.

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 That's what

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 it means

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 when it

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 said they'd

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 fallen asleep.

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 It

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 hadn't

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 mean they

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 fell asleep

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 in the

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 service.

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 They had

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 actually

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 died.

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 You see,

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 God takes

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 sin seriously

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 and sometimes

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 God in

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 love will

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 discipline

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 his people

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 so that

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 they turn

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 back to

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 God.

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 So,

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 go with

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 me back

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 to James

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 where we

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 were,

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 James

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 chapter 5.

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 So,

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 how are

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 we to

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 understand

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 this

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 sin and

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 sickness

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 issue that

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 we're looking

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 at here?

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 Well,

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 look at the

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 text carefully.

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 Chapter 5,

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 end of

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 verse 15.

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 It says,

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 if they

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 have sinned,

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 they will

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 be forgiven.

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 it does

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 not mean

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 their

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 sickness

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 is a

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 result of

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 sin,

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 but,

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 James is

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 saying,

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 it could

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 be

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 related.

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 So,

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 here's how

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 I think

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 this all

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 works out

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 in practice,

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 verses 14

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 and 15.

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 Let me

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 give you a

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 little scenario.

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 I don't

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 think there's

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 anybody called

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 Bob here.

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 I've tried to

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 think of a

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 name that

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 nobody has

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 called

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 Bob.

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 There's no

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 Bobs,

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 so we're

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 not thinking

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 of anyone

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 in particular.

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 So,

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 let's suppose

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 the elders

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 get a call

00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:32.940
 from Bob.

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 Bob.

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 Now,

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 Bob could

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 be a

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 member of

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 the

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 congregation.

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 Bob could

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 even be

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 one of

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 the elders.

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 And he

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 rings up

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 to say,

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 he's sick.

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 He's not

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 well.

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 And Bob

00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.680
 also knows

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 that,

00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:46.160
 well,

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.640
 he's been

00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:47.060
 wandering

00:16:47.060 --> 00:16:47.720
 away from

00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:48.240
 Christ.

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 And he's

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 been ignoring

00:16:50.560 --> 00:16:51.700
 blatant sin

00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.260
 in his

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 life.

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 And in

00:16:54.420 --> 00:16:54.900
 response,

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.480
 the elders

00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:55.960
 go to

00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.600
 pray for

00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:56.900
 his

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 healing.

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 And as

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 they pray,

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 opportunity

00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:00.220
 is given

00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:01.160
 for confession,

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 for repentance

00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:02.679
 to the

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 Lord for

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 any sin.

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 If the

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 sickness is

00:17:08.659 --> 00:17:09.359
 a result of

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 some sin,

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 they will

00:17:11.919 --> 00:17:12.759
 be healed

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:14.859
 and forgiven.

00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:16.940
 You see,

00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.480
 sin is

00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:18.019
 serious.

00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.599
 God can't

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.379
 ignore it,

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 especially

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.179
 among his

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 people,

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 the church.

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 And while

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 it's not our

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.279
 place to

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.740
 judge and

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 condemn and

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 say,

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 well,

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 the reason

00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:28.059
 this person

00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:28.480
 is sick

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 is because

00:17:28.899 --> 00:17:29.220
 of what

00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:29.680
 they said

00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:29.980
 or what

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.680
 they did,

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 sometimes

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 God in

00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:34.059
 his kindness

00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.500
 and in

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.079
 his goodness

00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:36.319
 may cause

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 somebody to

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 be laid

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 aside so

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 that they

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 can examine

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 their own

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 hearts and

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 turn back

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 to him

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 in repentance.

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 The writer

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 to the

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 Hebrews put

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 it like this,

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 you can

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 follow it

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 on the

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 screen.

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 God

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 disciplines

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 us for

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 our good

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 in order

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 that we

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 might share

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 in his

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 holiness.

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 No discipline

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:03.539
 seems pleasant

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.279
 at the time

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 but painful.

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 Later on,

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 however,

00:18:06.859 --> 00:18:07.480
 it produces

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 a harvest

00:18:08.179 --> 00:18:09.059
 of righteousness

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 and peace

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 for those

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 who have

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 been trained

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 by it.

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 Now,

00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:16.079
 let me

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 please

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 underline

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 that not

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 all sickness

00:18:18.959 --> 00:18:20.359
 is related

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 to sin.

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 I want us

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 to be clear,

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 I want us

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 all to hear

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 that.

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 So if you're

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 here today

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 and you're

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 not feeling

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 well and

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 you're living

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.819
 in right

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 relationship

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 with the

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 Lord,

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 don't be

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 thinking,

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 God is

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 doing

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 something

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 to me.

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 But

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 sometimes,

00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.599
 in a

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 serious

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 matter,

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 sickness

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 can be

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 part of

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 God's

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 discipline.

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 We need

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 to take

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:46.940
 sin

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.740
 seriously.

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 We need

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 to repent.

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 and

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 of

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 avail

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 of

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 God's

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 wonderful

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.559
 forgiveness

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:54.319
 of healing

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 and

00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:55.279
 restoration.

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 So,

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 sin

00:18:59.200 --> 00:18:59.420
 and

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 sickness,

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 repentance

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 and healing.

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 Look at

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 verse 16.

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 So in

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 the light

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 of all

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 of this,

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 verse 16,

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 therefore,

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 confess your

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 sins to

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 each other

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.899
 and pray

00:19:12.899 --> 00:19:13.559
 for each

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 other so

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 that you

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 may be

00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:16.799
 healed.

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 God

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 and his

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 wonderful

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 plan

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 and

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 goodness

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 has

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 given

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 to

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 us

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 each

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 other

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 and

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 through

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 our

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 prayers

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 for

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 one

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 another

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 we

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 can

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 care

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 for

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 each

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 other

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 spiritually.

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 You see,

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 the church

00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:32.059
 is not a place

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 where we

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.240
 hide our

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 sin and

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.059
 where we

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 come

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 together

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 and we

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 pretend

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 how good

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 we are.

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 No,

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 the church

00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:40.799
 is to be

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 a safe

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 and secure

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.639
 family

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.520
 where we

00:19:43.520 --> 00:19:44.180
 can confess

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 our sin

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 and ask

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:45.980
 others

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.600
 to pray

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 for us.

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 That's what

00:19:48.280 --> 00:19:49.040
 verse 16

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 is saying,

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 therefore,

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.360
 as you

00:19:51.360 --> 00:19:52.100
 come together,

00:19:52.280 --> 00:19:53.240
 confess your

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.860
 sins to

00:19:53.860 --> 00:19:54.300
 each other

00:19:54.300 --> 00:19:55.300
 and pray

00:19:55.300 --> 00:19:55.860
 for each

00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:56.480
 other so

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 that you

00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:57.620
 may be

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:57.980
 healed.

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 Instead of

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 condemning

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 and judging

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.860
 and pointing

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 fingers,

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 we point

00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.440
 one another

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.120
 back to

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 the Lord

00:20:05.520 --> 00:20:05.960
 Jesus

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:07.120
 who forgives

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:07.640
 all our

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 sins,

00:20:08.320 --> 00:20:08.920
 restores

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.420
 us and

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.259
 renews us

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:11.220
 because in

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.920
 Christ we

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.600
 find a

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 fresh start

00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:14.680
 and a

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 new

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 beginning.

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 The sign

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.320
 of a

00:20:18.320 --> 00:20:18.779
 healthy

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.140
 and a

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:19.620
 mature

00:20:19.620 --> 00:20:20.340
 church

00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:21.820
 is when

00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:22.360
 I or

00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:22.980
 you can

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 go to

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.820
 another

00:20:23.820 --> 00:20:24.480
 person

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:26.200
 and seek

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 help.

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.380
 We can

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:28.840
 go to

00:20:28.840 --> 00:20:29.140
 them and

00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:29.360
 say,

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:29.660
 look,

00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:30.519
 you know

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:30.740
 what,

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.220
 I've been

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.980
 really bitter

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.519
 and angry

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.080
 over these

00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:33.680
 last number

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.180
 of days.

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 We can

00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:36.600
 share with

00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:37.200
 people our

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.660
 struggles

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.560
 with addiction.

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.180
 Perhaps

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.680
 we've been

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.620
 watching porn

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:41.939
 and we

00:20:41.939 --> 00:20:42.399
 know we

00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:42.939
 shouldn't.

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.719
 We need

00:20:43.719 --> 00:20:44.359
 somebody to

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:45.059
 help us.

00:20:46.699 --> 00:20:47.439
 We need

00:20:47.439 --> 00:20:47.719
 to be

00:20:47.719 --> 00:20:48.439
 honest about

00:20:48.439 --> 00:20:49.359
 covering over

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.539
 issues where

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.039
 we've been

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.699
 lying or

00:20:51.699 --> 00:20:52.139
 there's been

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:52.759
 deception.

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 Or maybe

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:55.039
 it's going to

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.659
 someone and

00:20:55.659 --> 00:20:56.779
 facing up and

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.000
 saying,

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:57.279
 you know

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.479
 what,

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:57.939
 I haven't

00:20:57.939 --> 00:20:58.379
 been loving

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.139
 my wife

00:20:59.139 --> 00:21:00.339
 the way I

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.759
 should have

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.019
 been.

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.479
 Will you

00:21:02.479 --> 00:21:03.119
 pray for

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.339
 me?

00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:04.679
 Will you

00:21:04.679 --> 00:21:05.419
 help me?

00:21:06.959 --> 00:21:07.459
 We can

00:21:07.459 --> 00:21:08.399
 confess and

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:09.559
 receive the

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.219
 prayers and

00:21:10.219 --> 00:21:10.959
 support of

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.519
 our brothers

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.279
 and sisters.

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.259
 The church

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.019
 family is

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.620
 not to be

00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.059
 a place

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.279
 of

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.380
 condemnation,

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.840
 but a

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.519
 family of

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.340
 restoration,

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.440
 of building

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.120
 one another

00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:21.559
 up.

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 And as

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.660
 we do

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.079
 this,

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.100
 we bring

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:26.440
 healing to

00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.160
 our hearts,

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.180
 healing to

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:29.019
 our relationships

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.620
 with one

00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:29.940
 another,

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:32.059
 healing where

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.759
 it applies

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.400
 to our

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:33.799
 bodies,

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:35.220
 and healing

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:37.100
 ultimately in

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:37.940
 our relationship

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:39.299
 with God.

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.759
 Through

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.360
 prayer,

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.799
 as we

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.500
 pray for

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.120
 one another,

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.500
 we turn

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.059
 each other

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:47.700
 back towards

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.380
 Christ.

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.500
 So,

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.519
 the first

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.220
 big prayer

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.880
 we are to

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.279
 pray,

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:55.360
 pray for

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.100
 healing.

00:21:57.080 --> 00:21:57.960
 The second

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.660
 big prayer

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.340
 to pray for

00:21:59.340 --> 00:21:59.820
 each other

00:21:59.820 --> 00:22:00.900
 is to pray

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:02.180
 for restoration.

00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.519
 Look at

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.400
 verse 17.

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:07.560
 Elijah was

00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:08.040
 a human

00:22:08.040 --> 00:22:08.519
 being,

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.240
 even as

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.720
 we are.

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.780
 He prayed

00:22:10.780 --> 00:22:11.500
 earnestly

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.080
 that it

00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.600
 would not

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:13.040
 rain,

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:13.900
 and it

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.280
 didn't

00:22:14.280 --> 00:22:14.780
 rain on

00:22:14.780 --> 00:22:15.200
 the land

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.900
 for three

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.160
 and a

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.840
 half years.

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.880
 Again,

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.580
 he prayed

00:22:18.580 --> 00:22:18.900
 and the

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.759
 heavens gave

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.160
 rain,

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.940
 and the

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.360
 earth

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.080
 produced

00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:22.880
 its crops.

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.280
 Now,

00:22:24.340 --> 00:22:24.580
 I don't

00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:25.220
 think James

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.080
 is going

00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:26.820
 and talking

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.420
 about healing

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.700
 and saying,

00:22:27.780 --> 00:22:28.360
 look how

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:28.800
 wonderful

00:22:28.800 --> 00:22:29.500
 prayer is

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.780
 here,

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.360
 and you

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:30.840
 know what?

00:22:31.080 --> 00:22:31.380
 With

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:31.980
 your prayers,

00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.519
 you can

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.160
 control the

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.460
 weather.

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.539
 you're off

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:34.840
 to the

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.100
 beach

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.640
 tomorrow.

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.900
 Stop

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.319
 raining

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.799
 now.

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 Or maybe

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.480
 you want

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.819
 a bit of

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.240
 rain for

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.819
 your flowers.

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.740
 Start

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.220
 raining

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.680
 now.

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.660
 I don't

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.640
 think that's

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.299
 why he's

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:49.120
 talking about

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:50.240
 Elijah here,

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.680
 as we'll

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.059
 see.

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.500
 The example

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.079
 of God,

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:54.360
 of introducing

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.920
 us to

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.559
 Elijah as

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.079
 a man who

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.799
 prayed about

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.299
 rain,

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.900
 is because

00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.480
 Elijah was

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.180
 used by

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:01.900
 God to

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.840
 turn people

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.240
 who were

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.899
 wandering

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.559
 away from

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.159
 God,

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.839
 back to

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.319
 God,

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.279
 through

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.099
 prayer.

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.639
 You see,

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.720
 verses 17

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:13.779
 and 18

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.759
 relate to

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.119
 one of the

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:16.099
 most incredible

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:16.899
 accounts in

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.299
 the Old

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.799
 Testament.

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.240
 So I'd like

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.679
 us to go

00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:20.139
 back and

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.480
 look at

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:20.720
 that,

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.039
 if you

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.419
 keep your

00:23:21.419 --> 00:23:22.059
 finger in

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:23.199
 James 5

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:23.599
 and go

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.079
 back to

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.039
 1 Kings.

00:23:26.659 --> 00:23:27.359
 I hope

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.919
 some of you

00:23:27.919 --> 00:23:28.759
 managed to

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.299
 read

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.819
 chapter 18.

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.460
 I sent a

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.899
 note out

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.399
 about that

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:32.639
 in the

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:32.899
 week.

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.099
 I hope

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.480
 you're able

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.960
 to read

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.200
 it.

00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:35.779
 If you

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.079
 did,

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.679
 you'll be

00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.059
 blessed

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.240
 because it

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.700
 will help

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.240
 you now.

00:23:40.419 --> 00:23:41.279
 So we'll

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.700
 go back

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.139
 to 1

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:43.099
 Kings 17

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.899
 and I

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.240
 haven't got

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.659
 a page

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.259
 number so

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.639
 if someone

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.079
 could help

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.399
 me out

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:47.740
 again.

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:50.559
 3-5-9

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:53.619
 3-5-9

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.200
 to 1

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.679
 Kings

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:56.240
 chapter 17.

00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.279
 So as

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.639
 you're looking

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.019
 that up,

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.619
 let me set

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.119
 the scene

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.379
 here.

00:23:59.479 --> 00:23:59.939
 The king

00:23:59.939 --> 00:24:00.219
 at the

00:24:00.219 --> 00:24:00.879
 time over

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.379
 God's

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:02.199
 people Israel

00:24:02.199 --> 00:24:03.179
 was the

00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:04.219
 evil Ahab.

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:04.839
 He was

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.359
 worse,

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.519
 the worst

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.139
 king that

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.500
 had ever

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.879
 been.

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.459
 His wife

00:24:09.459 --> 00:24:09.899
 was the

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.399
 notorious

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:11.259
 Jezebel.

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.239
 What she

00:24:12.239 --> 00:24:12.799
 did in her

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.459
 past time

00:24:13.459 --> 00:24:13.879
 was to

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.359
 round up

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.699
 all of

00:24:14.699 --> 00:24:15.079
 God's

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.419
 prophets,

00:24:15.679 --> 00:24:16.179
 kill them

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:16.879
 and then

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.579
 replace them

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.179
 with false

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:18.659
 prophets.

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.079
 They had

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.679
 no time

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.319
 for God's

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.699
 words.

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.179
 And as a

00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:24.539
 result,

00:24:24.699 --> 00:24:25.059
 God's

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.599
 people were

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:25.979
 on this

00:24:25.979 --> 00:24:26.519
 downward

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.319
 spiral,

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.159
 drifting

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.820
 further

00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.080
 and

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.500
 further

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:29.920
 away

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.220
 from

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.640
 God.

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.300
 They've

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:33.500
 been

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.000
 committing

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.980
 spiritual

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.680
 adultery.

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.740
 They've

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:38.120
 been turning

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.560
 from the

00:24:38.560 --> 00:24:39.200
 one true

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.759
 God to

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.060
 other

00:24:40.060 --> 00:24:40.560
 gods

00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:41.420
 and living

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.800
 as they

00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:42.320
 pleased.

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.400
 And it's

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.940
 into this

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.900
 context that

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:46.220
 Elijah arrives

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.060
 and now

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.740
 speaks

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.740
 and now

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.480
 prays.

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.540
 So chapter

00:24:50.540 --> 00:24:51.220
 17,

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.920
 verse 1.

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.800
 Now

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:54.300
 Elijah,

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.160
 the Tishbite

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.920
 from Tishbi

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.779
 in Gilead,

00:24:57.060 --> 00:24:57.600
 said to

00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:58.080
 Ahab,

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.080
 remember he's

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.580
 the evil

00:24:59.580 --> 00:24:59.940
 king,

00:25:00.040 --> 00:25:00.380
 the one

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:00.960
 who's

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.279
 ruling

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.620
 over

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.080
 God's

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.440
 people.

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.380
 As the

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.840
 Lord of

00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.279
 God of

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.680
 Israel

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.180
 lives,

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.060
 whom I

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.500
 serve,

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.460
 there will

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.040
 be neither

00:25:08.040 --> 00:25:09.300
 dew nor

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:10.279
 rain in

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.680
 the next

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.580
 few years

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:12.700
 except at

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.960
 my word.

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.200
 No

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.660
 rain.

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.380
 Why?

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.840
 Well,

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.500
 God is

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.340
 disciplining

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:22.160
 his people.

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.600
 Sin is

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.279
 serious and

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.779
 it can't

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.840
 be overlooked.

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:27.039
 God's

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:28.199
 God's

00:25:28.199 --> 00:25:28.779
 desire

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.720
 that they

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:29.980
 would

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.959
 return to

00:25:30.959 --> 00:25:31.319
 him,

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.720
 be restored

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.319
 and be

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.839
 forgiven

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.980
 or something

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.899
 much worse

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.639
 could happen.

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.439
 Well,

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.019
 after that

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.359
 prayer,

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.119
 about three

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.980
 years later,

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.179
 the people

00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:44.079
 still haven't

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.619
 turned back

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.199
 to God

00:25:45.199 --> 00:25:46.559
 and Elijah

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.559
 calls all

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.119
 the people

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.699
 of Israel

00:25:48.699 --> 00:25:49.319
 together

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.379
 and Ahab

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:51.019
 and all

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.539
 the false

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:51.939
 prophets

00:25:51.939 --> 00:25:52.379
 and he

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.759
 gathers

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.459
 them together

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.480
 at a place

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.120
 called Mount

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.620
 Carmel.

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.059
 Look at

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.860
 chapter 18

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.860
 verse 21.

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.940
 Chapter

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.440
 18

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.240
 verse 21.

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.019
 Elijah

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:06.460
 went before

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.059
 the people

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.680
 and said,

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.019
 how long

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.519
 will you

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.940
 waver

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.799
 between two

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.400
 opinions?

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:13.140
 If the

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.720
 Lord is

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.160
 God,

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.380
 follow him.

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.079
 But if

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.539
 Baal,

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.440
 one of the

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.180
 false gods

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.740
 is God,

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.059
 follow him.

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.240
 Decision

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.640
 time.

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.819
 You've

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:24.980
 been

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.380
 drifting

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:25.960
 and doing

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.380
 your own

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.720
 things.

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.360
 Who are

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.660
 you going

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.160
 to follow?

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.620
 Well,

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.880
 after calling

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.259
 all the

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.539
 people

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.039
 together,

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.840
 Elijah gets

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.340
 the false

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:37.740
 prophets.

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.220
 You might

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.940
 know the

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.360
 account where

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.740
 all the

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.440
 false prophets

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.140
 come together

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.640
 there to

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.140
 build an

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:44.460
 altar and

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.299
 they kill

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.920
 a bull and

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.240
 they put

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.660
 the bull

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.240
 on top.

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.500
 Elijah does

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.240
 exactly the

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.480
 same.

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.120
 He builds

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.779
 his altar,

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.840
 he slaughters

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.380
 a bull and

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.980
 he puts it

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.319
 on top and

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.660
 then he

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.140
 challenges

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.680
 them to

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.120
 pray.

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:58.240
 Verse 24,

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.860
 Then you

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.620
 call on the

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.079
 name of

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.779
 your God

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.200
 and I

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.660
 will call

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:03.980
 on the

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.339
 name of

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.860
 the Lord.

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.460
 The God

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.259
 who answers

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.279
 by fire,

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.620
 he is

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.019
 God.

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.500
 Then all

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.940
 the people

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.380
 said,

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.620
 what you

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.400
 say is

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:14.779
 good.

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.380
 Right?

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.799
 So they're

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.099
 all going

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.519
 to pray,

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.299
 whoever

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:18.039
 answers with

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.259
 fire upon

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.160
 the altar,

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.880
 well that's

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.100
 going to

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.400
 be the

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.880
 one true

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.320
 God.

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.420
 So the

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.100
 false prophets

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.600
 get to

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:24.920
 pray,

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.980
 they pray,

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.560
 they pray,

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.140
 they pray,

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.860
 and nothing

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.360
 happens.

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.960
 They shout

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.440
 louder,

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.019
 they start

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.440
 cutting

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.019
 themselves,

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.120
 but nothing

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.620
 happens.

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:35.000
 Their so-called

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.759
 gods are

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.279
 powerless.

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.820
 They offer

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.940
 them absolutely

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.600
 nothing,

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.240
 because wandering

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:42.060
 away from

00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:42.920
 God leaves

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.700
 us empty

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:45.600
 and unfulfilled.

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:48.219
 Now it's

00:27:48.219 --> 00:27:48.959
 Elijah's

00:27:48.959 --> 00:27:49.279
 turn.

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.119
 To make

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.679
 a point,

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.359
 he gets

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.679
 a whole

00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:56.000
 load of

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.459
 water and

00:27:56.459 --> 00:27:57.039
 he pours

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.359
 it all

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:58.000
 over his

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.399
 altar,

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.919
 he digs

00:27:58.919 --> 00:27:59.419
 a trench

00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.919
 around it

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.179
 and he

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.819
 pours more

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.459
 water on it,

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.480
 so everything

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.359
 is absolutely

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:03.959
 sodden.

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.139
 And then

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:06.679
 Elijah prays,

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.419
 but look

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:09.219
 carefully at

00:28:09.219 --> 00:28:09.519
 what he

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.980
 prays,

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.879
 chapter 18

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.939
 verse 37,

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:14.419
 chapter 18

00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:15.439
 verse 37,

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:19.919
 So here's

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.859
 Elijah praying

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.279
 for the

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.839
 people who

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.199
 have been

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:23.059
 turning against

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.480
 God.

00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:24.399
 Here's what

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:25.119
 he prays,

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.819
 Answer me,

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:27.699
 Lord,

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.219
 answer me,

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.500
 so these

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.299
 people will

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.059
 know that

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.559
 you,

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.139
 Lord,

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.139
 are God

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.159
 and that

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.939
 you are

00:28:35.939 --> 00:28:37.039
 turning their

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.219
 hearts back

00:28:38.219 --> 00:28:38.959
 again.

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.939
 Then the

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.719
 fire of the

00:28:41.719 --> 00:28:42.359
 Lord fell

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:42.859
 and burned

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.219
 up the

00:28:43.219 --> 00:28:43.819
 sacrifice,

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.339
 the wood,

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.000
 the stones

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.359
 and the

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:45.720
 soil,

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.640
 and also

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.200
 licked up

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.680
 the water

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.000
 in the

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.319
 trench.

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.200
 When all

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.680
 the people

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.299
 saw this,

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.799
 they fell

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.680
 prostrate and

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:51.980
 cried,

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.140
 The Lord,

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.160
 he is

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.640
 God.

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.019
 The Lord,

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.579
 he is

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.039
 God.

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.240
 You see,

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.400
 God's desire

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.220
 all through

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.880
 this is that

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.559
 his people

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.500
 would stop

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.319
 wandering

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.920
 and turn

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.500
 back to

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.900
 God.

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.559
 But did

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.079
 you notice

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.680
 how they

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.400
 turned back?

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:11.980
 Look at

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.880
 verse 37,

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.800
 look at

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:14.280
 the prayer.

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.480
 Answer me,

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:15.820
 Lord,

00:29:16.040 --> 00:29:16.760
 answer me,

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.240
 so these

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.860
 people will

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.380
 know that

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.680
 you,

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.120
 Lord,

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.940
 are God

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.900
 and that

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:22.540
 you are

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:23.380
 turning their

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:24.520
 hearts back

00:29:24.520 --> 00:29:25.300
 again.

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:27.120
 God turns

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.820
 the hearts

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.180
 of the

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.560
 people back

00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:30.540
 to God

00:29:30.540 --> 00:29:32.760
 as Elijah

00:29:32.760 --> 00:29:33.680
 prays.

00:29:34.800 --> 00:29:35.400
 And at the

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:35.820
 end of the

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:36.180
 account,

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:37.140
 Elijah prays

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.480
 again,

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.380
 the rains

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.500
 fall after

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.079
 three and a

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.819
 half years

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.779
 as a sign

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.380
 of God's

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.940
 forgiveness,

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.779
 blessing and

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.579
 restoration.

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.680
 Now go back

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.079
 with me,

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.440
 please,

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.140
 to James

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:51.140
 chapter 5.

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.440
 Back to

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.920
 James.

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.980
 A big

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.519
 detour,

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.079
 but I think

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.599
 it's helpful

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.200
 for us to

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.900
 understand

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:59.400
 what's behind

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:00.680
 Elijah's

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.099
 prayer.

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.799
 Now you

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.539
 might remember

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.339
 how James

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.279
 confronted the

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.839
 church that

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.439
 he writes

00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:07.720
 to.

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:08.899
 In

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.899
 chapter 4,

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.339
 verse 4,

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:13.119
 look at how

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.959
 James refers

00:30:13.959 --> 00:30:14.439
 to the

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:14.799
 people.

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:15.720
 James

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.480
 chapter 4,

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.119
 verse 4.

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.199
 You

00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:21.059
 adulterous

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.740
 people,

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.119
 don't you

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.579
 know that

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.399
 friendship with

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.859
 the world

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.980
 means enmity

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:27.179
 against God?

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.500
 He's saying

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.779
 to them,

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.539
 will you stop

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.079
 committing

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.839
 adultery?

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.579
 Stop committing

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:34.179
 spiritual adultery.

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:35.599
 Stop turning

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.220
 away from

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.819
 God to

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.679
 other lovers.

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.460
 It happened

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.099
 at the time

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.740
 of Elijah,

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.759
 it's happening

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.559
 to the people

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.079
 here that

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.639
 James is

00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:44.319
 writing to,

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.179
 and it can

00:30:45.179 --> 00:30:45.819
 happen to

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.819
 you and

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.359
 to me.

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.179
 It's a

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.559
 warning.

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.659
 Don't drift

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:52.339
 away from

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:52.879
 the Lord.

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.559
 But here's

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.339
 the good news

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.139
 for us.

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.059
 On another

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.619
 mountain,

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.559
 not Mount

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.159
 Carmel,

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:04.179
 but on the

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.799
 mountain of

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.720
 crucifixion,

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.259
 the ultimate

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.539
 sacrifice took

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.079
 place.

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.700
 Where Jesus

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.700
 Christ laid

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.339
 down his

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.119
 life on the

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.980
 altar of the

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.419
 cross.

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.899
 Where he took

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.759
 my sin and

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.419
 your sin,

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.859
 and the fire

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.559
 of God's

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.399
 judgment did

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:21.059
 come down

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.680
 from heaven,

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:23.000
 and it fell

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.700
 on Christ.

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.059
 And now

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:28.000
 God calls

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.980
 all the people

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.599
 of the world

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.079
 to say,

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.539
 look at this

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.960
 mountain,

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.180
 look at

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.740
 Jesus,

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.720
 look at

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.559
 my son on

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.160
 the altar

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.579
 of the

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.039
 cross,

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.420
 who makes

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.200
 it possible

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.299
 for wanderers

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.039
 like you and

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.660
 me to be

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:43.019
 restored and

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:44.360
 be forgiven.

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.519
 Just flick a

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:47.880
 couple of

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.759
 pages forward

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:50.480
 to 1st Peter

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.400
 chapter 2.

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.759
 After James

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.680
 comes Peter,

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.400
 1st Peter

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:59.120
 chapter 2

00:31:59.120 --> 00:32:00.000
 verse 24.

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.119
 I think this

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.579
 helpfully summarizes

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.799
 what we're

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.420
 getting at

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.700
 here.

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.420
 1st Peter

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.299
 chapter 2

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.799
 verse 24.

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.019
 He,

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.779
 talking of

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.160
 Jesus,

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.920
 himself bore

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:13.240
 our sins in

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.299
 his body on

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.940
 the cross,

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.519
 so that we

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.559
 might die to

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.619
 sins and live

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.460
 for righteousness.

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:21.000
 By his

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.500
 wounds you

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.220
 have been

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.700
 healed.

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.299
 For you

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.740
 were like

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.579
 sheep going

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.140
 astray,

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.640
 but now you

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.380
 have returned

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.840
 to the

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:31.040
 shepherd and

00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:32.540
 overseer of

00:32:32.540 --> 00:32:33.280
 your souls.

00:32:34.280 --> 00:32:35.100
 You see,

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.840
 we are to

00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:37.120
 watch out

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.640
 for each

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:37.960
 other,

00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:39.260
 point each

00:32:39.260 --> 00:32:39.860
 other back

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.500
 to the

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.000
 cross,

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:42.160
 and pray

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.700
 for one

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.640
 another's

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.260
 restoration.

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:46.180
 So two

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:47.000
 big prayers

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.740
 we can pray

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.180
 for each

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.360
 other.

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.020
 Pray for

00:32:49.020 --> 00:32:49.440
 healing,

00:32:50.760 --> 00:32:51.420
 pray for

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.200
 restoration,

00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:54.860
 and pray

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:56.839
 because prayer

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.919
 is powerful

00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:59.439
 and effective.

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.179
 Look at

00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:01.479
 what it

00:33:01.479 --> 00:33:02.039
 says in

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.659
 James

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.579
 chapter 5,

00:33:03.719 --> 00:33:04.059
 the end

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.539
 of verse

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.679
 15.

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:06.979
 James

00:33:06.979 --> 00:33:07.859
 chapter 5,

00:33:07.979 --> 00:33:08.279
 the end

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.599
 of verse

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.139
 15.

00:33:10.719 --> 00:33:11.240
 Sorry,

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.679
 the end

00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:12.039
 of verse

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.599
 16.

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.479
 James

00:33:16.479 --> 00:33:17.039
 5,

00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:18.019
 verse 16.

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.379
 It says,

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.959
 the prayer

00:33:18.959 --> 00:33:19.379
 of a

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.779
 righteous

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.679
 person is

00:33:20.679 --> 00:33:21.359
 powerful

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.719
 and

00:33:22.719 --> 00:33:23.539
 effective.

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.879
 Elijah

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.359
 was a

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:25.679
 human

00:33:25.679 --> 00:33:26.179
 being,

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:27.059
 even

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:28.219
 as we

00:33:28.219 --> 00:33:28.559
 are.

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.959
 You see,

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.459
 Elijah

00:33:31.459 --> 00:33:32.159
 was a

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.500
 righteous

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.000
 man,

00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:34.059
 and his

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.599
 prayers

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:34.979
 were

00:33:34.979 --> 00:33:35.699
 powerful

00:33:35.699 --> 00:33:36.519
 and

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.059
 effective.

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.019
 They

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.619
 changed

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:39.119
 people.

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.599
 Well,

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:40.959
 you say,

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.159
 well,

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:41.419
 that's

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:41.699
 because

00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:42.139
 Elijah

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.539
 was a

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.839
 prophet.

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.419
 He

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:43.679
 was

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.399
 God's

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:44.859
 specially

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.439
 chosen

00:33:45.439 --> 00:33:45.899
 person.

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.639
 He's

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.079
 different

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.599
 to you

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:48.000
 and I.

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.500
 But look

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.819
 what it

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.299
 says in

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.199
 verse 17.

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.879
 Elijah

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.399
 was a

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:53.759
 human

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.359
 being

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:55.459
 even

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:56.319
 as

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:58.099
 we

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.479
 are.

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.199
 He

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.439
 was

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:00.959
 full of

00:34:00.959 --> 00:34:01.439
 flaws

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:01.699
 and

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:02.279
 failures,

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.099
 but yet

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.479
 God

00:34:03.479 --> 00:34:04.179
 used him

00:34:04.179 --> 00:34:04.659
 to turn

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.059
 people

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.539
 back to

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:05.799
 God

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.099
 as he

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.419
 prayed.

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.219
 That

00:34:07.219 --> 00:34:07.639
 means

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.059
 God

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.359
 can

00:34:08.359 --> 00:34:08.859
 use

00:34:08.859 --> 00:34:09.500
 us

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.380
 like

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.559
 he

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.920
 used

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.440
 Elijah.

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.960
 We

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.279
 can

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:13.659
 pray

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:13.920
 the

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.219
 same

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.779
 kind

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:14.980
 of

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.279
 prayer

00:34:15.279 --> 00:34:15.559
 that

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.000
 Elijah

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.440
 prayed.

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.440
 Answer

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.759
 me,

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.159
 Lord,

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.279
 answer

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:19.779
 me,

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.940
 so

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.200
 that

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.579
 these

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.079
 people

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.360
 will

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.720
 know

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.000
 that

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.280
 you

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.599
 Lord

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:23.780
 are

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.159
 God

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.340
 and

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.539
 that

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.079
 you

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.599
 are

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.039
 turning

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.340
 their

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.800
 hearts

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.340
 back

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.099
 again.

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.840
 Now I

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.039
 don't

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.659
 understand

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:31.960
 how

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.280
 prayer

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.860
 works.

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.240
 Prayer

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.700
 can be

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.320
 confusing,

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:37.039
 but this

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.579
 is something

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.240
 we can be

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.960
 absolutely

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.700
 sure of,

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.780
 that God

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.539
 works

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.940
 when we

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.380
 pray.

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.380
 As we

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.300
 pray these

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.940
 kind of

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.380
 prayers,

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.400
 God

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.080
 works in

00:34:49.080 --> 00:34:49.600
 the hearts

00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:50.220
 of those

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.420
 who

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.120
 wandered

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.620
 away,

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.300
 causing

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.820
 them to

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.519
 turn in

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.060
 repentance

00:34:55.060 --> 00:34:56.440
 back to

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.860
 God.

00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:58.680
 The

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.300
 prayer of

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.900
 a righteous

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.740
 person is

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.300
 powerful

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.760
 and effective

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:03.900
 and the

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.620
 prayers that

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:05.380
 we pray

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.100
 for our

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:06.600
 church

00:35:06.600 --> 00:35:07.180
 family

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:08.100
 are

00:35:08.100 --> 00:35:08.980
 powerful

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:10.180
 and

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:11.180
 effective.

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:15.219
 God

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.460
 has

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.879
 placed

00:35:15.879 --> 00:35:16.359
 us

00:35:16.359 --> 00:35:17.359
 into

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:17.659
 a

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:17.960
 church

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.500
 family

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.739
 to

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.079
 care

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.299
 for

00:35:20.299 --> 00:35:20.519
 one

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.839
 another,

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.099
 to

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.699
 support

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.039
 one

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.399
 another,

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.879
 and so

00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.099
 we

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.399
 must

00:35:24.399 --> 00:35:24.819
 watch

00:35:24.819 --> 00:35:25.299
 out

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.859
 for

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:26.139
 each

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.480
 other.

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.440
 Verse

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.039
 19,

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.339
 my

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:29.719
 brothers

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.000
 and

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.339
 sisters,

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.919
 if one

00:35:30.919 --> 00:35:31.259
 of you

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.519
 should

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.059
 wander

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.379
 from

00:35:32.379 --> 00:35:32.579
 the

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:32.980
 truth

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.859
 and

00:35:33.859 --> 00:35:34.319
 someone

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.639
 should

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:34.960
 bring

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.219
 that

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.699
 person

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.259
 back,

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.159
 remember

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.460
 this,

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.739
 whoever

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:38.639
 turns a

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:38.919
 sinner

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:39.179
 from

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.419
 the

00:35:39.419 --> 00:35:39.859
 error

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.419
 of

00:35:40.419 --> 00:35:40.599
 their

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:40.940
 way

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.200
 will

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:41.679
 save

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:41.880
 them

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.099
 from

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.619
 death

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.679
 and

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.059
 cover

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.400
 over

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.639
 a

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.079
 multitude

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.440
 of

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.960
 sins.

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.619
 How

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:48.940
 do you

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.480
 respond

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.880
 if

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:51.240
 you

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:51.880
 realize

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.159
 that

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.559
 somebody

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:52.800
 is

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.200
 missing

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:53.760
 for a

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:53.940
 few

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.260
 weeks,

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.440
 you

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.740
 haven't

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:55.039
 seen

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.200
 them

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.519
 for a

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.780
 while?

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.320
 Do you

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:57.539
 just

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.099
 ignore it

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.480
 and think

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.700
 oh,

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.659
 whatever.

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.139
 We

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.340
 should

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.679
 give them

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.059
 a ring.

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.400
 Find

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.720
 out,

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.200
 make

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.500
 sure

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.740
 they

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:06.960
 are

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.300
 okay

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.579
 and

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.240
 if

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:08.460
 they

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:08.679
 are

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.260
 wandering

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:11.160
 to

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.800
 encourage

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.060
 them

00:36:12.060 --> 00:36:12.260
 and

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.560
 help

00:36:12.560 --> 00:36:12.740
 them

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.020
 back

00:36:13.020 --> 00:36:13.240
 to

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.720
 Christ.

00:36:15.060 --> 00:36:15.700
 Do you

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.240
 ever ring

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.780
 to find

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.200
 out how

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:17.600
 somebody

00:36:17.600 --> 00:36:18.080
 is doing?

00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:20.280
 Maybe

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.800
 you notice

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.280
 sinful

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.820
 patterns

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.080
 and

00:36:22.080 --> 00:36:22.600
 behaviors

00:36:22.600 --> 00:36:23.400
 in your

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.680
 own

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.000
 life,

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.440
 in my

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:24.900
 life.

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.640
 Would you

00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:28.420
 come to

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.920
 me and

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.240
 say,

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.040
 Johnny,

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:31.500
 I didn't

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.960
 like the

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.520
 way you've

00:36:32.520 --> 00:36:32.700
 been

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:33.200
 talking,

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.080
 I don't

00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:34.540
 like the

00:36:34.540 --> 00:36:35.140
 way you've

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.360
 been

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.000
 behaving.

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:38.360
 you need

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.579
 to

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.019
 recognize

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.619
 that you

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.039
 need to

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.860
 turn back

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.460
 to God.

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:44.019
 You see,

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.500
 God has

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.179
 placed us

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.860
 in his

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.719
 family to

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.940
 restore

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.860
 one another

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.880
 and there

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.380
 is no

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:52.099
 sin that

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.579
 is so

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.059
 great

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:54.460
 that God's

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.920
 grace

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.639
 cannot

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.480
 deal with.

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.860
 I need

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.400
 you and

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.980
 you need

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.300
 me.

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.219
 Together

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:00.900
 we need

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.519
 one another

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.260
 and the

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.360
 best thing

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.800
 we can

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.300
 do for

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.780
 each other

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.320
 is to

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:05.900
 pray.

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.760
 Pray that

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.159
 we will

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.000
 turn from

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.619
 our sin,

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:12.059
 turn from

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.880
 our wandering

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.599
 away from

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.760
 him and

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.539
 turn back

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.340
 to Christ

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:17.920
 in repentance.

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:21.239
 Prayer is

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:21.980
 powerful

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.719
 and effective.

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.760
 Through

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:27.539
 prayer we

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.239
 are healed

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:30.199
 and restored.

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.159
 Let's

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.739
 now just

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.199
 take a

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:35.480
 time to

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:35.880
 pray.

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.380
 I'm

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.639
 going to

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:37.920
 leave

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.659
 just a

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.039
 quiet

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.539
 time

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.619
 just for

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.000
 you to

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.440
 bring your

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:42.519
 own personal

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.740
 requests to

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.260
 the Lord.

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.840
 But here's

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.619
 how I would

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.360
 like us to

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.699
 pray.

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.719
 Maybe you

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.360
 know somebody

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.900
 today,

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.420
 somebody in

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:53.800
 your own

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.320
 family,

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:56.380
 maybe a

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.760
 friend,

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.719
 maybe somebody

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.280
 from this

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.760
 church,

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.780
 someone who

00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:01.579
 you know is

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.280
 wandering

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.820
 away,

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:04.380
 who has

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:05.080
 turned away

00:38:05.080 --> 00:38:05.800
 from God.

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:08.360
 Pray for

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:09.100
 that person

00:38:09.100 --> 00:38:09.519
 now.

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:11.000
 Pray that

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.600
 God would

00:38:11.600 --> 00:38:12.140
 work in

00:38:12.140 --> 00:38:12.760
 their life

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 and turn

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 that family

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 member,

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 that friend,

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 that person

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 to repentance

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 so that they

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 can know

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 full healing

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 and full

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 restoration.

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 restoration.

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 Let's just

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 do that

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 now in

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 the

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 quietness.

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 Let's just

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 do that now in

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 the quietness.

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 Welcome

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 to the

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 stop.

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 Thank you.

00:38:55.500 --> 00:39:25.480
 Thank you.

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 Father, you know those who we care for and love, and we know that you long that each and every one of us would walk closely with you.

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 We pray that you would hear our prayer, that you would answer, and by your grace you would cause your wandering people to turn back to you.

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 We pray, Father, that we ourselves, that you would forgive us of our sin.

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 Forgive us where we have not walked with you as we should.

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 Father, restore us.

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 Make us strong.

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 By your grace, enable us that we would keep walking with you, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name we ask.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing together.

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 Father, come thou fount of every blessing.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you.