WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.600 You can have that open, that's on page 1084, if you're using the Church Bible. 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:09.620 ! John chapter 16, starting at verse 16. 00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:12.880 And A. Bean's going to read that for us in just a minute. 00:00:14.280 --> 00:00:14.759 Thanks, Emma. 00:00:16.660 --> 00:00:17.920 A little bit of context. 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:21.580 As the last few weeks, we've been reading through chapter 16. 00:00:22.100 --> 00:00:28.379 These are Jesus' last words to his disciples before he goes to the cross for us. 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:35.899 Chapter 17, he's going to pray for his disciples, for us, for himself. 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.840 Chapter 16 is his last teaching that he has for his disciples. 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:44.259 So let's read this together. 00:00:44.259 --> 00:00:48.179 And before A. Bean reads it, let's just pray and ask for God's help. 00:00:52.780 --> 00:00:56.120 Father, as we turn to your word now, this is not just any text. 00:00:56.119 --> 00:01:00.099 This is your eternal word. 00:01:02.899 --> 00:01:09.579 Open our eyes that we would see wonderful things in your word today. 00:01:09.579 --> 00:01:11.840 Amen. 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:13.560 And bless you. 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:24.280 So John chapter 16, starting in verse 16. 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.340 When Jesus went on to say, 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:33.019 In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me. 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:37.079 At this, some of his disciples said to one another, 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:39.560 What does he mean by saying, 00:01:39.939 --> 00:01:44.740 In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me? 00:01:45.460 --> 00:01:47.299 And because I am going to the Father. 00:01:47.299 --> 00:01:49.140 They kept asking, 00:01:49.140 --> 00:01:51.239 What does he mean by a little while? 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.819 We don't understand what he is saying. 00:01:54.620 --> 00:01:57.679 Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this. 00:01:58.019 --> 00:01:59.079 So he said to them, 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:02.959 Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:07.679 In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me? 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:09.659 Very truly I tell you, 00:02:10.020 --> 00:02:13.420 You will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:16.879 You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 00:02:17.379 --> 00:02:21.340 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come. 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:25.379 But when her baby is born, she forgets the anguish, 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:29.240 Because of her joy that a child is born into the world. 00:02:29.920 --> 00:02:32.900 So with you, now is your time of grief. 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:35.719 But I will see you again, and you will rejoice, 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.560 And no one will take away your joy. 00:02:39.379 --> 00:02:42.680 In that day, you will no longer ask me anything. 00:02:43.460 --> 00:02:45.079 Very truly I tell you, 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:48.740 My Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 00:02:49.780 --> 00:02:52.800 Until now, you have not asked for anything in my name. 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:56.960 Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.259 Though I have been speaking figuratively, 00:03:00.939 --> 00:03:05.020 A time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language, 00:03:05.020 --> 00:03:07.780 But will tell you plainly about my Father. 00:03:08.600 --> 00:03:11.180 In that day, you will ask in my name. 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:15.520 I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 00:03:16.219 --> 00:03:19.040 No, the Father himself loves you, 00:03:19.379 --> 00:03:20.800 Because you have loved me, 00:03:21.180 --> 00:03:23.680 And have believed that I came from God. 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:26.080 I came from the Father, 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:27.540 And entered the world. 00:03:28.140 --> 00:03:29.800 Now I am leaving the world, 00:03:29.980 --> 00:03:31.480 And going back to the Father. 00:03:32.580 --> 00:03:34.379 Then Jesus' disciples said, 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:36.520 Now you are speaking clearly, 00:03:36.780 --> 00:03:38.360 And without figures of speech. 00:03:38.819 --> 00:03:41.439 Now we can see that you know all things, 00:03:41.700 --> 00:03:45.900 That you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. 00:03:46.659 --> 00:03:49.640 This makes us believe that you came from God. 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:51.719 Do you now believe? 00:03:51.859 --> 00:03:52.659 Jesus replied. 00:03:53.519 --> 00:03:54.579 A time is coming, 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:56.079 And in fact has come, 00:03:56.399 --> 00:03:57.659 When you will be scattered, 00:03:58.059 --> 00:03:59.379 Each to your own home. 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:01.519 You will leave me all alone. 00:04:02.139 --> 00:04:03.539 Yet I am not alone, 00:04:03.899 --> 00:04:05.199 For the Father is with me. 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:07.500 I have told you these things, 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:10.259 So that in me you may have peace. 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:12.659 In this world you will have trouble, 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:13.759 But take heart, 00:04:14.079 --> 00:04:15.599 I have overcome the world. 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:28.639 You will face trouble in this world. 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:33.719 That's what Jesus says to us today. 00:04:35.300 --> 00:04:37.560 We all came in the door this morning, 00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:39.500 With our own unique set of troubles. 00:04:41.779 --> 00:04:43.779 And the Greek word here for trouble, 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:45.420 Can mean trials, 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:47.060 Afflictions, 00:04:47.900 --> 00:04:48.540 Anguish, 00:04:49.300 --> 00:04:51.140 Or distressing situations. 00:04:53.100 --> 00:04:56.000 Our trouble could come from people who have wronged us. 00:04:57.439 --> 00:04:59.420 Could come from our own sin, 00:04:59.580 --> 00:05:00.560 And its consequences. 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:05.660 Or our trouble could just come from living. 00:05:08.820 --> 00:05:09.980 And Jesus here, 00:05:09.980 --> 00:05:12.420 He doesn't downplay our pain, 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:13.480 Or our trouble. 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:16.400 Instead, 00:05:16.400 --> 00:05:16.400 00:05:16.540 --> 00:05:18.080 He shows us that He understands. 00:05:19.580 --> 00:05:22.120 And He does that very skillfully, 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:25.920 Using the picture of a woman in labor. 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:30.000 Read verse 21 again. 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:34.180 A woman giving birth to a child, 00:05:34.379 --> 00:05:35.360 Has pain, 00:05:36.060 --> 00:05:37.980 Because her time has come. 00:05:39.259 --> 00:05:40.939 But when her baby is born, 00:05:42.200 --> 00:05:44.460 She forgets the anguish, 00:05:45.080 --> 00:05:46.460 Because of her joy, 00:05:47.259 --> 00:05:49.580 That a child has been born into the world. 00:05:49.579 --> 00:05:52.899 Now there are many in this room, 00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:54.899 Who know all about, 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.240 The pain of labor. 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:00.060 For reasons evident to all, 00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:01.459 I am not one of those people. 00:06:01.459 --> 00:06:05.180 But I hear it on very good authority, 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:07.339 That the pain, 00:06:07.740 --> 00:06:09.419 And anguish of labor, 00:06:10.039 --> 00:06:11.779 Is off the charts. 00:06:11.779 --> 00:06:15.279 I see a few nodding heads. 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:17.959 It is excruciating. 00:06:19.859 --> 00:06:21.339 It's a kind of anguish, 00:06:21.459 --> 00:06:23.139 That you apparently can't, 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:24.879 Fully understand, 00:06:25.719 --> 00:06:27.519 Until you've experienced it. 00:06:30.119 --> 00:06:31.679 And what's so interesting, 00:06:31.679 --> 00:06:34.819 About the original Greek here, 00:06:34.819 --> 00:06:36.599 Is that the word Jesus uses, 00:06:36.599 --> 00:06:38.679 For a mother's anguish, 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.639 In labor, 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:43.860 Is the exact same word, 00:06:44.500 --> 00:06:46.500 That he uses in verse 33, 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:48.180 When he says, 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:50.100 In this world you will have trouble. 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:53.100 Our English translators, 00:06:53.220 --> 00:06:54.319 Use two different words for that. 00:06:54.420 --> 00:06:55.460 It's actually the same word, 00:06:55.780 --> 00:06:56.319 In Greek. 00:06:56.740 --> 00:06:57.780 So Jesus connects, 00:06:57.899 --> 00:06:59.620 These two experiences together. 00:07:00.960 --> 00:07:02.100 The trouble, 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:03.160 Pain, 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:05.420 Anguish of labor, 00:07:05.420 --> 00:07:09.080 And the trouble, 00:07:09.640 --> 00:07:10.060 Pain, 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:10.920 And anguish, 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:13.520 Of living life in this world. 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:18.879 Now what that tells us is this, 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:19.460 Number one, 00:07:20.580 --> 00:07:23.840 The pain and trouble we experience in this world, 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:26.040 Is no little niggle. 00:07:27.700 --> 00:07:30.180 At times it's going to be excruciating. 00:07:31.660 --> 00:07:33.180 It may feel overwhelming. 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:36.819 Like a mother in labor, 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:38.100 There are days when, 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:40.959 Maybe you feel like you won't ever get through, 00:07:41.139 --> 00:07:42.759 The pain you are experiencing. 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:46.780 Jesus knows this, 00:07:46.840 --> 00:07:48.720 Because he's actually experienced it himself. 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:52.720 He gets it. 00:07:54.960 --> 00:07:56.600 But this picture of labor, 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:57.960 Also tells us, 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:00.860 That the trouble that we face, 00:08:01.460 --> 00:08:03.139 Is not the end of the story. 00:08:03.180 --> 00:08:08.300 The pain of childbirth, 00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:09.819 Is overtaken, 00:08:10.019 --> 00:08:11.120 By a far, 00:08:11.579 --> 00:08:12.699 Superior joy. 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:15.840 And I have it on good authority, 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:16.660 Again, 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:18.920 That the moment a mother, 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:21.240 Holds their baby in their arms, 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:23.019 For the first time, 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:24.420 Is right up there, 00:08:24.939 --> 00:08:26.500 With some of the most joyful, 00:08:26.840 --> 00:08:28.120 Moments in life. 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:33.379 So after sharing that picture, 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:34.659 Of the mother, 00:08:35.139 --> 00:08:36.500 Going through labor, 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:37.360 And giving birth, 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:38.340 Jesus says, 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:39.620 Have a look in verse 22, 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:40.460 He says, 00:08:41.460 --> 00:08:43.019 So with you, 00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:46.740 Now is your time of grief, 00:08:47.299 --> 00:08:49.279 But I will see you again, 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:50.740 And you will rejoice, 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:52.720 And no one, 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:52.740 And no one, 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:54.580 Will take away your joy. 00:08:56.259 --> 00:08:57.299 No one. 00:09:00.180 --> 00:09:01.220 That joy, 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:02.700 That Jesus promises us, 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:03.720 Is indestructible. 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:06.519 No matter what people, 00:09:06.659 --> 00:09:07.220 In this world, 00:09:07.419 --> 00:09:08.180 May do to you, 00:09:08.659 --> 00:09:09.620 No matter what pain, 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:10.879 You might experience, 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:13.960 Jesus offers you and I, 00:09:14.259 --> 00:09:15.100 A kind of joy, 00:09:15.379 --> 00:09:16.059 That will surpass, 00:09:16.220 --> 00:09:17.019 Every suffering. 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:21.200 But is it actually possible? 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:22.740 That's the question, 00:09:22.820 --> 00:09:22.960 Right? 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:24.600 You might be skeptical. 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:28.559 Maybe you're thinking, 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:29.299 Well Sam, 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:30.519 You don't know my trouble and pain. 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:33.159 You haven't experienced, 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:34.120 What I've experienced. 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:37.960 Trouble seems to have, 00:09:38.059 --> 00:09:38.899 The upper hand, 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:40.799 Over joy in my life. 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:43.159 And that may be true. 00:09:45.899 --> 00:09:47.639 But joy is not a, 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.120 Surface level happiness. 00:09:52.019 --> 00:09:54.019 Christian joy is a deep, 00:09:54.019 --> 00:09:56.100 Gladness in our hearts, 00:09:57.019 --> 00:09:58.759 Given by the Holy Spirit, 00:09:59.659 --> 00:10:01.700 That isn't dependent, 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:03.139 On our circumstances. 00:10:05.419 --> 00:10:07.440 Christian joy is not pretending, 00:10:07.740 --> 00:10:09.480 That pain isn't painful. 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:12.120 Or putting a smile, 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:12.960 On your face, 00:10:13.340 --> 00:10:14.460 When your heart is broken. 00:10:15.500 --> 00:10:15.840 No. 00:10:17.059 --> 00:10:17.919 Christian joy, 00:10:18.439 --> 00:10:19.620 Is a deep, 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:21.139 Gladness in our hearts, 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:23.019 A profound sense of comfort, 00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:24.259 Even in the midst, 00:10:24.259 --> 00:10:26.120 Even in the midst, 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:27.159 Of pain, 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:28.500 And broken heartedness, 00:10:28.500 --> 00:10:29.779 Knowing that no matter, 00:10:29.779 --> 00:10:30.960 What I'm going through, 00:10:31.319 --> 00:10:32.039 In Christ, 00:10:32.179 --> 00:10:32.939 I am safe, 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:34.419 I am loved, 00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:36.419 I have a future. 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:39.840 It doesn't change, 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:41.279 Our circumstances on the outside. 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:42.519 Joy is a gift, 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:44.399 But joy is a gift, 00:10:44.579 --> 00:10:46.019 The Spirit gives us, 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:48.039 Which strengthens us, 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:49.980 To endure through trouble. 00:10:51.179 --> 00:10:53.539 The Spirit produces this joy, 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:54.339 You may be aware, 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:55.579 It's one of the fruits, 00:10:55.839 --> 00:10:56.600 Of the Spirit, 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:58.279 In his life, 00:10:58.399 --> 00:10:58.899 In us. 00:10:58.899 --> 00:11:02.439 So this text answers, 00:11:03.019 --> 00:11:05.100 How the Spirit grows, 00:11:05.179 --> 00:11:06.639 That joy in us. 00:11:07.439 --> 00:11:08.899 And the answer is, 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:11.539 He builds our joy, 00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:13.899 On the double foundation, 00:11:14.779 --> 00:11:15.879 Of the Son, 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:17.399 And the Father. 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:19.179 On the one hand, 00:11:20.299 --> 00:11:22.199 Jesus is risen, 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:23.720 And he has overcome, 00:11:24.179 --> 00:11:25.100 This world. 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:27.159 That's one foundation for joy. 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:28.120 Here's the other, 00:11:29.339 --> 00:11:30.079 The Father, 00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:31.740 Is our Father, 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:34.319 And he will answer, 00:11:34.719 --> 00:11:35.459 Our prayers. 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:36.620 Two, 00:11:37.079 --> 00:11:39.559 Immovable foundations for joy, 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:41.500 That no one, 00:11:41.939 --> 00:11:43.139 Can take away from you, 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:44.759 If you are in Christ. 00:11:45.819 --> 00:11:47.059 And as we look closely, 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:48.000 At these two foundations, 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.000 We're going to see, 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:50.699 How joy is more than possible, 00:11:51.299 --> 00:11:52.600 In the midst of suffering and pain. 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:54.159 And it can be ours, 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:56.179 As we look, 00:11:56.179 --> 00:11:57.139 To the Father, 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:58.079 And Son, 00:11:58.600 --> 00:11:59.279 Day by day. 00:12:00.819 --> 00:12:01.459 First of all, 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:02.000 Let's start, 00:12:02.579 --> 00:12:03.379 With Jesus. 00:12:05.779 --> 00:12:06.939 What is it about Jesus, 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:08.659 That gives us a foundation, 00:12:09.219 --> 00:12:09.659 For joy? 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:09.899 Well, 00:12:10.179 --> 00:12:10.620 Here it is, 00:12:10.699 --> 00:12:11.519 Jesus is risen, 00:12:12.659 --> 00:12:13.500 And has overcome, 00:12:13.839 --> 00:12:14.379 This world. 00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:15.139 Have a look, 00:12:15.459 --> 00:12:16.199 In verse 22, 00:12:16.319 --> 00:12:16.659 He says, 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:18.179 Now is your time of grief, 00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:19.919 But I will see you again, 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:20.959 And you will rejoice, 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:22.399 And no one, 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:23.539 Will take away, 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:24.360 Your joy. 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:26.580 Now the resurrection, 00:12:26.580 --> 00:12:27.460 Changes everything, 00:12:27.740 --> 00:12:28.060 For you, 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:29.519 If you are in Christ. 00:12:30.539 --> 00:12:31.259 Think about this, 00:12:32.060 --> 00:12:35.060 Humanity's greatest problem, 00:12:35.820 --> 00:12:36.720 Your greatest problem, 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:37.700 And mine, 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:40.259 Is that left to ourselves, 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:41.759 We are sinful people, 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:43.600 Who have rejected God as Father, 00:12:43.899 --> 00:12:45.019 And we stand condemned, 00:12:45.019 --> 00:12:45.639 Before him, 00:12:45.680 --> 00:12:46.659 Without any excuse. 00:12:46.659 --> 00:12:50.600 Our only hope, 00:12:51.539 --> 00:12:52.500 Is that the perfect, 00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:53.620 Son of God, 00:12:54.379 --> 00:12:55.799 Would stand in our place, 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:57.039 Take our sin, 00:12:57.259 --> 00:12:57.899 Take the judgment, 00:12:58.339 --> 00:12:59.939 We deserved on the cross, 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:01.939 And so, 00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:03.879 We see Jesus, 00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:04.740 Going to the cross, 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:07.240 Dying for our sin, 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:09.919 But just think about this, 00:13:09.959 --> 00:13:10.480 For a second, 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:12.679 What if Jesus hadn't risen, 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:13.480 From the dead? 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:17.779 You see, 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:20.560 If Jesus had only died, 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.860 Sin and death, 00:13:22.940 --> 00:13:23.960 Would have defeated him, 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:28.539 Paul, 00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:29.519 Even goes so far, 00:13:29.580 --> 00:13:30.120 To say this, 00:13:30.800 --> 00:13:31.659 If Christ, 00:13:31.800 --> 00:13:32.840 Has not been raised, 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:35.639 Your faith is futile, 00:13:36.300 --> 00:13:37.500 And you are still, 00:13:37.680 --> 00:13:38.259 In your sins, 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:41.700 Jesus' work on the cross, 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:43.220 Would have been utterly useless, 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:45.539 In atoning for our sins, 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:46.940 If death and sin, 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:48.060 Had conquered him, 00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:49.240 But no, 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:51.279 Paul continues, 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:54.300 Christ has indeed, 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:55.820 Been raised from the dead, 00:13:56.620 --> 00:13:57.980 The first fruits of those, 00:13:58.100 --> 00:13:59.379 Who have fallen asleep, 00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:01.820 He says again elsewhere, 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:03.360 Christ Jesus, 00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:05.580 Has destroyed death, 00:14:06.539 --> 00:14:07.560 And brought life, 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:08.860 And immortality, 00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:10.180 To light through the gospel, 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:13.180 Jesus conquered our sin, 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:14.120 And our death, 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:15.579 And he rose up, 00:14:15.579 --> 00:14:16.719 In victory, 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:18.099 Why? 00:14:19.059 --> 00:14:20.099 Peter says in Acts, 00:14:20.419 --> 00:14:21.739 It was impossible, 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:23.539 For death, 00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:24.799 To keep its hold, 00:14:24.959 --> 00:14:25.419 On him, 00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:27.579 Indeed, 00:14:27.739 --> 00:14:28.099 Death, 00:14:28.219 --> 00:14:30.179 Has been swallowed up, 00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:30.819 In victory, 00:14:30.979 --> 00:14:32.319 That is your conquering, 00:14:32.459 --> 00:14:32.779 Savior, 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.279 You, 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:35.839 Share in his, 00:14:36.179 --> 00:14:36.519 Victory, 00:14:36.839 --> 00:14:37.639 Your sins, 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.759 Are atoned for, 00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:40.439 You are united to him, 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:41.120 In his, 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:41.120 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:42.280 Resurrected, 00:14:42.280 --> 00:14:42.920 Life, 00:14:42.920 --> 00:14:43.500 You, 00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:44.360 You cannot, 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:45.400 Lose, 00:14:45.400 --> 00:14:48.560 That's a foundation, 00:14:48.560 --> 00:14:49.160 For joy, 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.340 That cannot be shaken, 00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:53.820 And when you truly, 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:54.760 Meditate on that, 00:14:55.260 --> 00:14:56.540 How can you, 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:57.040 But know, 00:14:57.100 --> 00:14:57.660 A deep, 00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:58.500 Rooted, 00:14:58.820 --> 00:14:59.500 Joy, 00:15:00.560 --> 00:15:02.320 That whatever happens, 00:15:02.400 --> 00:15:03.580 I'm hidden in Christ, 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:05.440 I cannot lose, 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:07.960 He has won the victory, 00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.040 Over, 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.560 My sin, 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:11.379 And death, 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:14.220 But not just over sin, 00:15:14.660 --> 00:15:15.320 And death, 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:17.160 Look at what Jesus says, 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:19.259 At the end of verse 33, 00:15:20.060 --> 00:15:21.440 He says, 00:15:21.560 --> 00:15:22.460 In this world, 00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.600 You will have trouble, 00:15:24.700 --> 00:15:25.680 But take heart, 00:15:26.520 --> 00:15:28.320 I have overcome, 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:29.640 The world, 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:32.000 Jesus, 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.240 Not only overcomes, 00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:33.960 Our sin and death, 00:15:34.199 --> 00:15:35.159 He has overcome, 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:35.960 All the troubles, 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:36.740 That we face, 00:15:36.819 --> 00:15:37.600 In this world, 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.259 As well, 00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:39.620 Now you might think, 00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.539 That the trouble, 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:42.439 And pain you face, 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:43.580 Is going to overcome you, 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:47.039 You might wonder, 00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:48.139 How can I even go on? 00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:50.879 Well Jesus, 00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:52.519 Was despised, 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.399 And rejected, 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.100 He was, 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:56.319 The man of sorrows, 00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:58.319 Familiar with suffering, 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.240 He was tempted in every way, 00:16:00.560 --> 00:16:01.980 Yet he overcame, 00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:04.680 That's why, 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:05.960 He can say, 00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.660 Take heart, 00:16:08.260 --> 00:16:09.840 Because I have overcome the world, 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:12.600 He says, 00:16:12.920 --> 00:16:14.600 You can have joy, 00:16:15.020 --> 00:16:16.080 In the middle of this, 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.379 Because, 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:19.620 Jesus says, 00:16:19.760 --> 00:16:21.900 I journeyed through, 00:16:22.180 --> 00:16:23.460 The trouble and pain, 00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.820 Of this world, 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:25.820 And overcame it, 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:27.600 So also will you, 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:29.940 My life, 00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:31.200 Is your life, 00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:32.600 It's not because, 00:16:33.060 --> 00:16:34.900 You're a really strong person, 00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:37.640 But because, 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.520 His strength, 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.640 Will fill up, 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.140 Our weakness, 00:16:41.900 --> 00:16:43.140 Paul says, 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:44.960 In all these things, 00:16:45.140 --> 00:16:47.000 We are more than conquerors, 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:49.020 Through him, 00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:50.140 Who loved us, 00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:52.700 Think about this, 00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:53.840 The same spirit, 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:55.040 That empowered Jesus, 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.780 To journey, 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.940 Through the trouble, 00:16:58.020 --> 00:16:58.660 He experienced, 00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:59.300 In this world, 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.480 That same spirit, 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:02.340 Is alive in you, 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:02.800 And me, 00:17:03.400 --> 00:17:07.200 Jesus rose, 00:17:07.580 --> 00:17:08.440 To defeat, 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.720 Your sin and death, 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.200 So you also, 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.120 Will rise with him, 00:17:13.080 --> 00:17:14.220 To new life forever, 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:14.840 Jesus overcame, 00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.860 The trouble and pain, 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.600 Of this world, 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:19.039 So you also, 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:21.000 Will overcome, 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:24.160 It will not take you down, 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:26.259 You are safe, 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.559 And secure, 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.599 In him, 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:30.740 Now I wonder, 00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:35.059 Do you ever get so consumed, 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:35.940 By your trouble, 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:37.279 That you can't think, 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.259 Of a reason for joy, 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.480 Think upon Christ, 00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:45.200 Read of how he overcame, 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:47.480 Sing of his victory, 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:50.200 Think upon these things, 00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:52.759 Take your mind, 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.819 Off the trouble, 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:55.640 And put your mind, 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:57.160 On to Christ, 00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:59.620 And the spirit, 00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:00.579 As we do that, 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:02.259 Will build a deep, 00:18:02.360 --> 00:18:03.880 Rooted joy, 00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:05.900 On the foundation, 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.460 Of Jesus, 00:18:06.860 --> 00:18:07.960 And everything we are, 00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:08.480 In him, 00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:14.160 We have another, 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:15.200 Foundation for joy, 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:19.620 God is your father, 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.819 And he will answer, 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.660 Your prayers, 00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:25.539 Have a look with me, 00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.480 At verse 23, 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.400 Onwards, 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.840 Jesus says, 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.819 In that day, 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:33.460 You will no longer, 00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.460 Ask me anything, 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.620 Very truly, 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.340 I tell you, 00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:39.680 My father will give you, 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.580 Whatever you ask, 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.319 In my name, 00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.620 Until now, 00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.459 You have not asked, 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.559 For anything in my name, 00:18:45.979 --> 00:18:47.419 Ask and you will receive, 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:49.239 And your joy, 00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:50.739 Will be complete, 00:18:51.739 --> 00:18:55.159 Jesus says, 00:18:56.179 --> 00:18:58.279 Asking of the father, 00:18:58.679 --> 00:19:00.019 And receiving from him, 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.859 Is going to make your joy, 00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:02.339 Complete, 00:19:02.899 --> 00:19:04.959 This is another, 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:06.819 Foundation for our joy, 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:10.159 Now how do we understand, 00:19:10.439 --> 00:19:11.919 This asking and receiving, 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:14.539 These are tricky verses, 00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:15.279 To understand, 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:18.560 How does it work, 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.620 For our joy, 00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:22.740 Well I think, 00:19:22.820 --> 00:19:23.660 In the first case, 00:19:23.800 --> 00:19:24.580 Jesus is trying, 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.460 To get across, 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.279 The tremendous privilege, 00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:28.340 That is ours in him, 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.100 He, 00:19:29.300 --> 00:19:30.880 Has shared everything, 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.460 With us, 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.600 Even his relationship, 00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.660 With the father, 00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:35.480 Isn't that amazing, 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.759 His father, 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.259 Is now our father, 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:40.299 And that in itself, 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:42.119 Is an immovable, 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:43.119 Foundation, 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.940 For joy, 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:44.859 In our lives, 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.160 Look at what he says, 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:46.920 In verse 26, 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:47.799 He says, 00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.460 In that day, 00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:50.140 You will ask in my name, 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:52.440 I am not saying, 00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.599 That I will ask, 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.660 The father on your behalf, 00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.660 No, 00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.400 The father himself, 00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.099 Loves you, 00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.640 Because you've loved me, 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.240 And I've believed, 00:20:00.379 --> 00:20:01.319 That I came from God, 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:03.279 In an astonishing, 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.399 Change of status, 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:06.079 We who are rebels, 00:20:06.179 --> 00:20:07.159 And enemies of God, 00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:09.319 Have been adopted by him, 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:11.039 Given the rights, 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.039 Of sons, 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.200 And daughters, 00:20:14.679 --> 00:20:15.659 Dearly loved, 00:20:15.879 --> 00:20:16.700 By him, 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.659 Jesus says, 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:20.359 You don't even need, 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:21.059 To come to me, 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.079 So that I can, 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.279 You know, 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:24.220 Bring your requests, 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.079 To the father, 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.000 Jesus says, 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:27.379 Go on and talk to him yourself, 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:28.919 You're welcomed, 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.960 Into the throne room, 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:32.340 The king of kings, 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:33.720 Is holding out his scepter, 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.200 To you, 00:20:35.100 --> 00:20:35.880 The father says, 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.880 Come in, 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.240 My child, 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:40.680 Bring me your requests, 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:44.180 And he is the best of fathers, 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:46.120 He is not annoyed, 00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.519 By our requests, 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:50.299 He delights, 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.299 To hear our voice, 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:53.400 He delights, 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.200 To provide, 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.440 All our needs, 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:58.079 And that makes believers, 00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:59.440 The most privileged people, 00:20:59.559 --> 00:20:59.940 On the planet, 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:03.019 We get to approach, 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:04.539 The God of the universe, 00:21:04.860 --> 00:21:05.660 As our father, 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.660 Anytime, 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.059 Any place, 00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:12.759 Now the next thing, 00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.539 We need to deal with here, 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.480 Is what kind of things, 00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.079 Do we ask, 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.019 Of the father, 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:17.880 And that's actually, 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.460 The tricky bit, 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:22.340 Because on first reading, 00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:24.120 This can sound like, 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.720 We hold, 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.140 Some sort of power, 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.920 Over God, 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:30.080 Like we can ask him anything, 00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:31.200 And I mean anything at all, 00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.980 And he is obliged, 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:34.240 To give it to us, 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:37.720 Now you don't need, 00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.279 To be a parent, 00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.380 To know that's a recipe, 00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:40.140 For disaster, 00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:41.720 If a loving parent, 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.060 Were to grant, 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.820 Every single request, 00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:46.000 Of their little cherub, 00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:47.680 That would not be, 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.820 For their good, 00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.800 Or anyone else's good, 00:21:49.860 --> 00:21:50.360 In the world, 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.440 Around that person, 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:54.280 Sometimes the answer is yes, 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.460 Sometimes it's no, 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.440 Sometimes it's not yet, 00:21:58.440 --> 00:22:02.960 Prayer is a mystery, 00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:04.460 We will never fully understand, 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:06.940 But that shows us something, 00:22:07.820 --> 00:22:08.640 Of what it's like, 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.779 With our heavenly father, 00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:11.680 He is the all wise, 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.100 All knowing, 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.480 Creator of the universe, 00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:17.000 And we, 00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.160 Don't see, 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.140 The whole picture, 00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:19.880 Like he does, 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.160 We just don't, 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.820 Romans 8, 00:22:23.820 --> 00:22:24.840 28 says this, 00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:26.259 We know, 00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:28.120 That in all things, 00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:30.199 God works for the good, 00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.919 Of those who love him, 00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.500 God, 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.179 Our father, 00:22:34.459 --> 00:22:35.259 Promises, 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:37.079 To work for our good, 00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.779 Always, 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.659 We can bank on that, 00:22:42.179 --> 00:22:44.459 Experience, 00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:46.779 Has taught all of us, 00:22:47.719 --> 00:22:48.859 That in the moment, 00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:51.319 We don't always know, 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.539 What is best for us, 00:22:53.739 --> 00:22:55.279 Or for people, 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.259 In the world around us, 00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:58.539 So thank God, 00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.480 He is not obliged, 00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.559 To say yes, 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.759 To every, 00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:03.339 Request of ours, 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.119 I think that's actually, 00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.579 A comfort, 00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:08.099 Instead, 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.619 Jesus puts an important, 00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.460 Qualification, 00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.960 On our requests, 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.099 Did you notice, 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.019 That qualification, 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.799 In the text, 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:17.180 Verse 23, 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.759 He says, 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.319 My father, 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.579 Will give you, 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.640 Whatever you ask, 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:24.460 In my name, 00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:27.340 Now that's crucial, 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.279 One scholar, 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.240 Says this, 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.920 A request, 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:31.460 In the name of Jesus, 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.120 Is a request, 00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:33.920 In keeping, 00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:35.140 With the character, 00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.160 And mission, 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.240 Of Jesus, 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:40.299 Asking in Jesus name, 00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.519 Is like a safety net, 00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.480 On all our prayers, 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.720 To say, 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:46.920 Only give me this, 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:49.100 If it lines up, 00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:50.240 With what you say, 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.960 Is best, 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.079 Jesus, 00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:54.279 For me, 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.680 For this world, 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:59.579 And when our prayers, 00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.900 Do align, 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.500 With God's perfect will, 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.539 We will receive it, 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.160 From the father, 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:11.460 Tim Keller says this, 00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:13.100 God, 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.840 Will either give us, 00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:16.180 What we ask, 00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:18.700 Or give us, 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.940 What we would have asked, 00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:21.580 If we knew, 00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.980 Everything he knew, 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:27.980 If we knew, 00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.940 God's perfect, 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.200 Unchanging plan, 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.640 For our lives, 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.299 And our world, 00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:35.320 We must believe, 00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.600 That we would want that too, 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.720 Even, 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:40.120 When trouble, 00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:40.980 And pain, 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.180 Is part, 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.100 Of his will, 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:48.419 We come to prayer, 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.939 As Jesus taught us to pray, 00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.740 Remember in the Lord's prayer, 00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:55.079 Your kingdom come, 00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:58.199 Your will be done, 00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.119 On earth, 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.219 As it is in heaven, 00:25:01.219 --> 00:25:05.240 Now here's where the mystery, 00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.199 Of prayer deepens, 00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.919 Because we might say, 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.500 Well why bother even praying, 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:12.000 If God has an unchanging plan, 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:13.059 For all of history, 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.380 Surely my little prayers, 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:17.000 Don't make any difference, 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.819 Well James says, 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.440 In scripture, 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:21.859 He says, 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:23.039 You do not have, 00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:25.559 Because you do not ask God, 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.539 Scripture shows us, 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:29.000 That there are actually things, 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.559 That God wills, 00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:33.720 Which won't happen in this world, 00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.720 Until, 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:36.200 His people, 00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.539 Have prayed for them, 00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.180 To happen, 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:42.079 Isn't that amazing? 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.319 And we know from elsewhere, 00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:46.500 God is teaching us, 00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.980 In this process, 00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:48.720 He's teaching us, 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.559 To have faith, 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.420 In prayer, 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.519 Not the size of our faith, 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.099 That matters, 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.720 Jesus says, 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:56.299 Faith as small as a mustard seed, 00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.099 Can move mountains, 00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:59.059 It's the object of our faith, 00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.599 That counts, 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.720 Is our faith in Jesus, 00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.680 As we pray, 00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:03.579 That he really can, 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.000 Do anything, 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:08.220 God is also teaching us, 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.019 Perseverance, 00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.200 In prayer, 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:13.259 It may be, 00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.519 That a friend you prayed for, 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.200 Consistently, 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.000 For 50 years, 00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.859 Comes to know Jesus, 00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.700 Question is, 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.980 Why didn't the father, 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.859 Answer that prayer, 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.400 On year one, 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.660 Not year 50, 00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:24.460 That's a mystery, 00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.759 Right? 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:28.380 God must be teaching us, 00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.640 Perseverance, 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.880 In prayer, 00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:34.380 Depending on him, 00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.920 In all those years, 00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:40.100 But here's the main gift, 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.740 That prayer, 00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.400 Gives to us, 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.480 That God gives to us, 00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:46.000 In prayer, 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.200 And it's joy, 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:50.680 And Jesus says, 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.840 At the end of verse 24, 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.160 He says, 00:26:52.280 --> 00:26:53.520 Ask and you will receive, 00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.540 And your joy, 00:26:55.540 --> 00:26:56.540 Will be complete, 00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:59.120 So Jesus says, 00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:01.240 When you ask for things, 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:03.759 That align with my will, 00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:06.000 The father will give them to you, 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:08.620 And that will make your joy, 00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.599 Overflow, 00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:12.220 It could be a brother, 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.620 Persevering through a trial, 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.880 That you've prayed for, 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.079 It could be, 00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.880 A sister, 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.539 Returning from sin, 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.079 It could be a house, 00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:21.440 Provided for someone in need, 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:23.359 A friend coming to Jesus, 00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:25.140 A sickness healed, 00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:27.259 If it's God's perfect will, 00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:29.700 We will receive it from the father, 00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:31.299 And what joy, 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.100 Will be ours in that moment, 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.519 Right? 00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.799 What a joy, 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:38.240 To watch God, 00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:39.539 Directly grant, 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:41.440 A prayer that you've brought to him, 00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:44.600 That is one of the most exhilarating, 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.980 Encouraging experiences, 00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.180 In this life, 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.039 If you're a Christian, 00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.019 Any amount of time, 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.700 You'll know this, 00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:52.700 You'll have experienced that, 00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:54.759 What joy, 00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:54.759 00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.580 Is ours, 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.440 When the father, 00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.279 Hears, 00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.480 And gives us, 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.319 What we've asked for, 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:03.259 To look back, 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.740 And think, 00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.680 God chose, 00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.380 To involve, 00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.860 My little prayers, 00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.240 And the carrying out, 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.680 Of his, 00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:12.279 Big purpose, 00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:14.660 Think about that, 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:16.000 That the God, 00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.799 Of the universe, 00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.840 Chose to involve, 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.500 You, 00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.740 And me, 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.019 In the unfolding, 00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.720 Of his cosmic plan, 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.459 For the world, 00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.639 You prayed, 00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.119 He acted, 00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:30.000 What a joy, 00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:31.119 What a joy, 00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:33.439 Still a mystery, 00:28:33.939 --> 00:28:35.419 We'll never quite understand it, 00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:37.799 What a joy, 00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:39.959 He gives to us, 00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:40.939 In prayer, 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:44.120 So I think, 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:45.140 There's an application here, 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.279 And it simply does, 00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.680 I think we lose out on joy, 00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.440 When we don't pray, 00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.799 When we're not praying, 00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.980 In Jesus name, 00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:53.700 Regularly, 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:56.259 God is your father, 00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:57.680 He beckons you to come, 00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:02.640 By his spirit, 00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:04.340 To ask him for things, 00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.620 In Jesus name, 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:07.160 So come and ask, 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.640 That's the invitation, 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:11.800 And be diligent about it, 00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.560 Don't, 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.620 Try and set a time, 00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.340 Have a place, 00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:20.700 Plan out, 00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.800 What you want to pray about, 00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.300 Over time, 00:29:23.520 --> 00:29:25.040 Keep track of it, 00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.840 Pray with faith, 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.560 In Jesus, 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:31.120 That he really can do anything, 00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:32.020 There's nothing that's, 00:29:32.020 --> 00:29:33.080 Too hard for him, 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:37.500 Pray his words, 00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.080 From scripture, 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.540 Into your life, 00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.580 And the lives of others, 00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:43.280 And as we do that, 00:29:44.020 --> 00:29:46.000 The promise is that our joy, 00:29:46.280 --> 00:29:47.180 Will increase, 00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.640 And overflow, 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:55.060 As we walked in, 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.740 Here today, 00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:57.080 We all brought with us, 00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.980 Our own set of troubles, 00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:01.740 And we will walk out the door, 00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.180 With them, 00:30:03.040 --> 00:30:03.400 Again, 00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:04.540 Same way we walked in, 00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:08.920 Is it possible, 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:10.480 To have joy, 00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:12.039 In those troubles, 00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:14.859 Well I think Jesus has shown us today, 00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.379 It is, 00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:18.819 Because our troubles, 00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.859 Do not define us, 00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.159 No, 00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.579 It's our relationship, 00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.259 With the father, 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.279 And the son, 00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.460 That defines, 00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.899 Who you are, 00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.960 You, 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:29.100 You, 00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:30.200 Have a joy, 00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:31.320 In the father and son, 00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.400 That no one, 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.380 Can take away, 00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.440 Joy, 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.240 Joy, 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:36.280 Joy, 00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.560 Is more than possible, 00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:40.160 In the deepest trouble, 00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:40.980 And pain, 00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.660 So remember, 00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.860 Those two foundations, 00:30:43.540 --> 00:30:44.420 For your joy, 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.279 In Christ, 00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:46.160 All that the son, 00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.759 Is for you, 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:48.720 All that the father, 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.560 Is for you, 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.220 The son, 00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:51.640 Because Jesus is risen, 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.980 He's defeated, 00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.820 Your sin and death, 00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.900 And he's overcome, 00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:57.060 This world, 00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.860 He's walked, 00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.820 The path of trouble, 00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.779 And pain ahead of you, 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.560 And remember, 00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.500 The foundation of joy, 00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.140 In the father, 00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.720 Because he is your father, 00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:10.240 And he will answer, 00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.920 Your prayers, 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.740 As you pray, 00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:14.019 In Jesus name, 00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.100 Amen, 00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.100 00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.100 00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.100 00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:18.960 Let's pray together, 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:26.440 And maybe in the silence, 00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.080 You could, 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.540 Talk to God yourself, 00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.840 What is it that has, 00:31:31.040 --> 00:31:32.040 Stuck out to you today, 00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:33.000 From his word, 00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:35.560 Which one of these, 00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.620 Foundations for joy, 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:39.000 Most speaks to your heart, 00:31:39.540 --> 00:31:40.300 And maybe you can say, 00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.040 Thank you to God, 00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:41.540 For that now, 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:58.519 Thank you, 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.519 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.519 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.519 00:31:58.519 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00:31:58.519 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.519 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.519 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.519 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.519 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.519 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.519 00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:07.599 we thank you 00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.519 father 00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:11.299 that you have given us 00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.059 your son 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:16.379 and we thank you that he 00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:19.379 walked the path of trouble and pain 00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:20.139 ahead of us 00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:25.259 we thank you 00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:27.039 for the gift of your spirit 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:29.339 who reminds us 00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:30.720 of everything we are 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:32.539 in you 00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:34.039 and in Jesus 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:39.799 comfort us 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.259 in our trouble and pain 00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:45.339 thank you that you do not downplay it 00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:47.159 you understand 00:32:47.159 --> 00:32:51.240 and you have come 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.980 that we might have 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.839 joy 00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:55.960 that our joy 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:57.460 may be complete 00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:59.640 help us 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.180 day by day 00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.680 to meditate 00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.539 on 00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:03.620 all that you are 00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.240 for us 00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.900 Lord Jesus 00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:07.319 that you are risen 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:08.079 and victorious 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:09.340 over our sin 00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.799 and death 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:12.079 may that just give us 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.759 strength 00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:14.600 as we face 00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.539 the trouble we face 00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:17.819 remind us of all 00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.900 the father is for us 00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:20.120 that he is our father 00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:22.579 we are safe 00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.239 in his arms 00:33:23.239 --> 00:33:26.259 and he longs 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.839 to hear our requests 00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:31.759 Lord help us to pray 00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.959 without ceasing 00:33:32.959 --> 00:33:35.179 in Jesus name 00:33:35.179 --> 00:33:36.539 and to watch 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.339 as you provide 00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.839 Lord 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:39.599 make our joy complete 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.599 as we do this 00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:43.819 we ask all these things 00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:45.139 in Jesus name 00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:47.000 and for your glory 00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.039 amen 00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:50.920 we are going to sing 00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.579 a great song now 00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.039 it is called 00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:53.099 Christ our hope 00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.400 in life and death 00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:55.440 in the last verse 00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.259 there is a line that says 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:58.440 and we will feast 00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.839 in endless joy 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:01.720 when Christ is ours 00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.559 forevermore 00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.880 it is not just joy 00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.460 in this world 00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.920 this text ultimately 00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.740 points us forward 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:08.420 to the fulfillment 00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.199 of our joy 00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.619 in heaven 00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:13.199 when the trouble 00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.980 and pain part 00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.659 is going to be taken 00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.440 out of the equation 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:18.340 and we will just 00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.380 have joy 00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.940 in Christ forever 00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:22.380 so let's think about that 00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.820 as we sing 00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:25.119 please stand 00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.740 if you're able