WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:15.480 In our journey through the Gospel of Luke, 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:20.440 we've slowed down for Jesus to teach us to pray 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:23.960 using the beautiful words of the Lord's Prayer 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:26.179 that James just sang. 00:00:26.179 --> 00:00:31.120 I recall that last week as Jesus started that, 00:00:31.179 --> 00:00:34.619 He did so by telling us to pray to our Father. 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:39.539 That our miraculous, incredible relationship 00:00:39.539 --> 00:00:43.239 that we have with the person to whom we are praying 00:00:43.239 --> 00:00:46.920 is really what's at the heart of a life of prayer. 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:49.640 God has adopted us into His family. 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:54.439 He invites us therefore always, anytime, into His presence. 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:56.460 He loves us. 00:00:57.199 --> 00:01:01.820 He's interested in our hearts, not merely our words. 00:01:03.019 --> 00:01:05.179 And we're gonna see that again this morning. 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:09.379 As we run and jump in our Father's lap 00:01:09.379 --> 00:01:12.200 to talk with Him and listen to Him, 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:15.439 Jesus now begins directing us 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:18.680 in what should be on our hearts to ask Him 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:20.859 as we talk to Him. 00:01:20.859 --> 00:01:25.579 Let's read again this portion of God's inerrant Word. 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:28.680 Luke 11 at verse 1. 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:33.120 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:34.140 and when He finished, 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:36.239 one of His disciples said to Him, 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:38.599 Lord, teach us to pray 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:40.659 as John taught his disciples. 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:43.319 And He said to them, 00:01:43.759 --> 00:01:45.280 when you pray, say, 00:01:45.859 --> 00:01:48.560 Father, hallowed be Your name. 00:01:49.420 --> 00:01:50.620 Your kingdom come. 00:01:51.659 --> 00:01:53.700 Give us each day our daily bread 00:01:53.700 --> 00:01:56.159 and forgive us our sins 00:01:56.159 --> 00:01:58.599 for we ourselves forgive everyone 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:00.199 who is indebted to us 00:02:00.199 --> 00:02:03.640 and lead us not into temptation. 00:02:05.019 --> 00:02:05.780 Let's pray. 00:02:05.780 --> 00:02:12.560 Father, we do pray these things. 00:02:13.539 --> 00:02:15.180 We've said them already. 00:02:15.300 --> 00:02:16.060 We've sung them. 00:02:16.699 --> 00:02:18.400 We've heard them sung. 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:21.860 Would You make them not just words 00:02:21.860 --> 00:02:23.500 that often are on our lips, 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.900 but Father, as You work by Your Spirit 00:02:26.900 --> 00:02:28.120 among us this morning, 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.360 make them true in our hearts 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:32.920 that these would be the things 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:34.019 that we treasure, 00:02:34.179 --> 00:02:34.780 that we value, 00:02:34.899 --> 00:02:36.000 that we long for. 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:38.539 And then may we pray them more. 00:02:39.959 --> 00:02:40.979 Teach us, we pray. 00:02:41.619 --> 00:02:43.539 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:02:46.060 --> 00:02:48.919 If your prayers are anything like mine, 00:02:49.019 --> 00:02:49.659 often are, 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:51.959 they could probably be compared 00:02:51.959 --> 00:02:54.079 to Christmas shopping lists. 00:02:54.839 --> 00:02:56.099 You've made them before. 00:02:56.239 --> 00:02:57.739 I need help. 00:02:57.740 --> 00:03:01.960 I need to get some healing for them, 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:04.080 wisdom for him, 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:06.140 patience for her, 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:07.920 provision for them. 00:03:07.980 --> 00:03:09.420 The list goes on and on. 00:03:09.480 --> 00:03:11.879 All of the things that we need to get. 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:14.680 The natural tendency of our hearts 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:18.240 in prayer is for our prayers 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:20.520 to be about things that we need, right? 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:23.160 And I think our Heavenly Father 00:03:23.160 --> 00:03:25.900 is not frustrated by that at all. 00:03:25.900 --> 00:03:27.420 That we're bringing the needs 00:03:27.420 --> 00:03:28.379 of our hearts to Him. 00:03:28.420 --> 00:03:29.159 He loves that. 00:03:29.219 --> 00:03:30.879 He wants to hear them. 00:03:31.740 --> 00:03:33.620 So He doesn't want to drive us away 00:03:33.620 --> 00:03:34.540 in those moments, 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:36.200 but rather what He wants 00:03:36.200 --> 00:03:38.939 is to help us see even deeper needs, 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:42.060 things that we truly, truly need 00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:44.360 that we may not even know to ask for. 00:03:45.819 --> 00:03:47.340 We know that in general, 00:03:47.540 --> 00:03:49.780 out of the overflow of the heart, 00:03:49.920 --> 00:03:51.460 the mouth speaks. 00:03:52.939 --> 00:03:54.540 And that's true in prayer too, 00:03:54.539 --> 00:03:56.060 that what's in our heart 00:03:56.060 --> 00:03:58.039 is what comes out when we pray. 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:00.120 Prayer is not merely words 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:01.759 coming out of our mouths, 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:04.159 but actually longings 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:05.819 coming out of our hearts. 00:04:06.659 --> 00:04:08.079 We pray for things 00:04:08.079 --> 00:04:09.639 that we deeply desire, right? 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:11.560 That's why we're praying. 00:04:12.459 --> 00:04:13.819 And so we get this morning 00:04:13.819 --> 00:04:14.819 to what are called 00:04:14.819 --> 00:04:18.159 the petitions of the Lord's Prayer. 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:20.219 The things that we ask for 00:04:20.220 --> 00:04:23.240 when Jesus teaches us to pray. 00:04:24.080 --> 00:04:26.520 And we find out that Jesus is shaping 00:04:26.520 --> 00:04:27.940 not merely our prayers, 00:04:28.340 --> 00:04:30.180 not just trying to put some words 00:04:30.180 --> 00:04:30.960 on our lips, 00:04:31.340 --> 00:04:33.600 but really our priorities. 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:36.300 The passions of our hearts, 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.980 Jesus wants to shape with these. 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:43.060 God our Father desires to give us 00:04:43.060 --> 00:04:44.720 the desires of our hearts. 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:46.660 And He wants our hearts shaped 00:04:46.660 --> 00:04:47.760 to delight in the things 00:04:47.760 --> 00:04:48.780 that delight Him 00:04:48.780 --> 00:04:52.340 that are also what's good for us. 00:04:52.380 --> 00:04:53.060 Isn't that amazing? 00:04:53.520 --> 00:04:55.240 That He's that gracious and glorious, 00:04:55.460 --> 00:04:56.880 that the things that we're most 00:04:56.880 --> 00:04:58.080 supposed to long for 00:04:58.080 --> 00:04:59.480 are the things that delight Him 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:03.020 also are the things we really need. 00:05:04.260 --> 00:05:06.000 This morning we're gonna look 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:07.740 at the first two petitions. 00:05:08.940 --> 00:05:10.240 Hallowed be your name 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:13.340 and your kingdom come. 00:05:14.699 --> 00:05:16.740 Where does Jesus start 00:05:16.740 --> 00:05:18.920 as we bring our needs to our Father? 00:05:19.019 --> 00:05:19.400 As He says, 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:20.500 pray like this. 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:22.379 What is it we're supposed to pray for? 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:24.819 What's most on the heart of Jesus? 00:05:26.900 --> 00:05:28.220 Maybe not the things 00:05:28.220 --> 00:05:30.500 that make most of our Christmas lists. 00:05:31.840 --> 00:05:35.120 He starts with the glory of God's name 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:38.079 and the coming of God's kingdom. 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:38.199 kingdom. 00:05:38.779 --> 00:05:42.060 Both God-focused requests, right? 00:05:42.419 --> 00:05:44.000 Your name. 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:46.859 Your kingdom. 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:49.740 We know that these things 00:05:49.740 --> 00:05:51.500 are to be priorities for us. 00:05:51.579 --> 00:05:53.159 That's not new information 00:05:53.159 --> 00:05:54.279 here in the Lord's Prayer. 00:05:54.339 --> 00:05:56.319 All the way back to Psalm 115. 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:58.060 Not to us, O Lord. 00:05:58.139 --> 00:05:58.899 Not to us, 00:05:59.139 --> 00:06:01.699 but to your name give glory 00:06:01.699 --> 00:06:04.079 for your steadfast love 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:05.139 and your faithfulness. 00:06:05.139 --> 00:06:08.379 In fact, Matthew 6, verse 33, 00:06:08.539 --> 00:06:09.019 Jesus says, 00:06:09.300 --> 00:06:10.899 Seek first the kingdom of God 00:06:10.899 --> 00:06:12.159 and His righteousness 00:06:12.159 --> 00:06:13.500 and all these things 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:14.620 will be added to you. 00:06:15.039 --> 00:06:15.979 We're supposed to be, 00:06:16.060 --> 00:06:17.919 as Ron has led us already, 00:06:18.099 --> 00:06:20.219 about the glory of God, 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:22.639 the kingdom of God. 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:23.959 That's what it's about. 00:06:24.039 --> 00:06:25.699 These are to be our priorities. 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:28.539 And so if those things 00:06:28.539 --> 00:06:29.419 are our priorities, 00:06:29.419 --> 00:06:32.719 it will change what we ask for 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:33.900 in prayer. 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:37.000 And also, in many cases, 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:38.700 we'll still bring the same 00:06:38.700 --> 00:06:40.860 particular needs to God 00:06:40.860 --> 00:06:42.360 and find it will just change 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:44.460 how we pray 00:06:44.460 --> 00:06:45.460 for the things 00:06:45.460 --> 00:06:47.580 that we're already praying for. 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:51.000 A loved one has cancer 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:53.460 and you pray for healing, right? 00:06:53.840 --> 00:06:54.800 Anything else? 00:06:56.940 --> 00:06:58.920 Your marriage is struggling 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:01.720 and you pray for restoration. 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:04.280 Anything else? 00:07:06.379 --> 00:07:08.960 Kids, you may have this other kid 00:07:08.960 --> 00:07:09.439 at school, 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:10.920 maybe someone in your class 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:13.340 who's just being unkind to you 00:07:13.340 --> 00:07:14.120 over and over 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:15.860 and it's really starting to bother you 00:07:15.860 --> 00:07:17.980 and you pray that you will grow up 00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:19.220 to be bigger and stronger 00:07:19.220 --> 00:07:20.460 so you can beat him up. 00:07:22.280 --> 00:07:23.819 Anything else you would pray? 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:24.780 I hope so. 00:07:24.779 --> 00:07:27.739 Well, we have needs. 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:29.139 We bring them to our Father 00:07:29.139 --> 00:07:30.659 but these priorities 00:07:30.659 --> 00:07:32.019 are going to shape 00:07:32.019 --> 00:07:33.179 the way we pray 00:07:33.179 --> 00:07:34.439 for everything. 00:07:34.699 --> 00:07:35.379 We're gonna come back 00:07:35.379 --> 00:07:37.599 to all three of those situations 00:07:37.599 --> 00:07:38.799 and think practically 00:07:38.799 --> 00:07:40.039 about how we pray 00:07:40.039 --> 00:07:42.119 the way Jesus teaches us. 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:44.159 But first, let's look at 00:07:44.159 --> 00:07:46.219 each of the two petitions briefly. 00:07:46.459 --> 00:07:47.759 What priorities is Jesus 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:49.039 teaching us to have 00:07:49.039 --> 00:07:50.479 as we pray? 00:07:51.419 --> 00:07:52.359 The first one 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:54.259 is God's name. 00:07:55.220 --> 00:07:58.040 Hallowed be your name. 00:07:58.639 --> 00:07:59.120 Father, 00:07:59.740 --> 00:08:01.540 hallowed be your name. 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:05.199 Some of you have great names. 00:08:06.620 --> 00:08:07.900 Others of us 00:08:07.900 --> 00:08:09.560 regularly get mail 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:11.139 addressed to Mr. Stink. 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:13.920 It's not funny. 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:14.879 You shouldn't laugh 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:16.220 at people who go through this. 00:08:16.660 --> 00:08:18.360 It's really discouraging 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:19.199 actually, right? 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:20.939 Now, nine out of ten of them 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:21.960 it's junk mail. 00:08:23.080 --> 00:08:25.040 Because if you don't care enough 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:25.980 to know my name 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:26.580 or at least know 00:08:26.580 --> 00:08:27.699 that it's not Stink, 00:08:28.620 --> 00:08:30.180 then probably we don't have 00:08:30.180 --> 00:08:31.460 a deep personal relationship. 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:33.060 It's probably an indication 00:08:33.060 --> 00:08:34.600 the way you think about my name 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:36.019 whether or not you're caring 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:37.300 for me personally. 00:08:37.800 --> 00:08:39.000 If you don't know my name 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:40.100 you're not really concerned 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:41.620 about me usually, right? 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:43.379 Because what's our name? 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:44.800 It represents something 00:08:44.800 --> 00:08:45.899 more than that, doesn't it? 00:08:46.980 --> 00:08:48.340 It's our person. 00:08:49.060 --> 00:08:50.600 It's our character. 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:53.279 Our reputation perhaps. 00:08:53.860 --> 00:08:55.120 And we're very concerned 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:56.700 about protecting our good name, 00:08:56.779 --> 00:08:57.159 aren't we? 00:08:57.340 --> 00:08:58.399 Especially if you have one. 00:08:59.800 --> 00:09:01.560 About having a good reputation 00:09:01.560 --> 00:09:02.740 with people. 00:09:03.620 --> 00:09:04.680 All the way back 00:09:04.680 --> 00:09:05.940 to the Tower of Babel 00:09:05.940 --> 00:09:07.399 people have been seeking 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:09.300 to make a name for themselves, 00:09:09.500 --> 00:09:11.820 to bring glory to themselves, 00:09:11.940 --> 00:09:13.600 to be great and mighty. 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:15.580 We're pretty passionate 00:09:15.580 --> 00:09:17.160 about our names. 00:09:18.820 --> 00:09:20.560 I'm not sure many of us 00:09:20.560 --> 00:09:21.960 are equally passionate 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.220 about the name of God, 00:09:24.820 --> 00:09:26.460 about His glory. 00:09:27.900 --> 00:09:30.920 We may know the Reformation mantra, 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:32.360 soli Deo gloria. 00:09:32.900 --> 00:09:33.560 You may even know 00:09:33.560 --> 00:09:35.080 what those Latin words mean. 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.379 To God alone, the glory. 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:40.600 But we often live with our glory 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:41.860 at the front of our minds, 00:09:41.940 --> 00:09:42.300 don't we? 00:09:42.299 --> 00:09:46.519 Our reputations need to be protected. 00:09:46.779 --> 00:09:50.159 Our honor needs to be defended. 00:09:51.699 --> 00:09:52.939 But Jesus says, 00:09:53.299 --> 00:09:55.039 pray, Father, 00:09:55.319 --> 00:09:57.959 hallowed be Your name. 00:09:58.859 --> 00:10:00.719 Not what will people think of me, 00:10:00.899 --> 00:10:03.120 but what do people say of Yahweh, 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:07.639 the God and King of all? 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:10.919 Hallowed is one of those words 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:13.039 that we don't use a lot these days. 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:13.759 At least I don't. 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:14.419 Maybe you do. 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:16.740 I remember when I was a kid, 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:17.480 first of all, 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:18.580 I thought it was hollow. 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:20.319 And I didn't really understand 00:10:20.319 --> 00:10:21.259 what it meant for a name 00:10:21.259 --> 00:10:21.860 to be hollow. 00:10:22.199 --> 00:10:23.299 And then for many years, 00:10:23.379 --> 00:10:24.220 I thought it was connected 00:10:24.220 --> 00:10:24.919 to Halloween. 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:27.279 And so Halloween 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:28.620 and the Lord's Prayer 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:30.340 were really connected in my mind. 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:32.679 Kids, I suspect some of you 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:34.259 may have made that same connection. 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:35.659 And you may not know 00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:36.620 what it means to pray, 00:10:37.019 --> 00:10:38.500 hallowed be Your name. 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:41.000 So if it connects to Halloween for you, 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:42.600 let me see if I can help a little bit 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:43.399 so you can remember. 00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:45.079 What's Halloween about? 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:46.259 You know. 00:10:47.699 --> 00:10:48.179 Candy. 00:10:48.659 --> 00:10:50.600 You getting candy. 00:10:51.079 --> 00:10:51.219 Okay? 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:54.139 Hallowed is different. 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:55.980 Hallowed is not about 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:57.419 you getting candy. 00:10:57.600 --> 00:10:59.839 It's about God getting glory. 00:11:00.659 --> 00:11:01.500 Not candy. 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:02.459 God doesn't need candy. 00:11:02.959 --> 00:11:03.480 Glory. 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:05.659 God getting glory. 00:11:05.920 --> 00:11:06.560 In other words, 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:09.240 it's saying that God is special 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:12.759 and worthy of all of our praise. 00:11:12.920 --> 00:11:15.440 That He is absolutely unique. 00:11:16.300 --> 00:11:18.240 For God's name to be hallowed 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:20.460 means He's honored as holy 00:11:20.460 --> 00:11:22.920 and worthy and glorious 00:11:22.920 --> 00:11:24.759 beyond anyone else. 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:26.740 Completely set apart. 00:11:27.779 --> 00:11:28.820 And you may be thinking, 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:30.600 but isn't God already holy 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:32.539 and worthy in all of those things? 00:11:32.539 --> 00:11:33.099 Yes. 00:11:33.860 --> 00:11:34.459 He is. 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:36.120 And what we're praying for 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:37.059 when we say this 00:11:37.059 --> 00:11:38.919 is that more and more 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:41.500 He would be honored as such. 00:11:42.319 --> 00:11:44.299 Recognized as such. 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:46.559 More and more in this world. 00:11:48.319 --> 00:11:49.620 Puritan Thomas Watson 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:50.659 goes through a list 00:11:50.659 --> 00:11:52.179 of those who dishonor 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:54.000 the name of God. 00:11:54.620 --> 00:11:56.379 The God who's uniquely holy 00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:58.019 and the only true God. 00:11:58.459 --> 00:11:59.740 And Watson writes a paragraph 00:11:59.740 --> 00:12:00.840 about Muslims. 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:03.480 He writes a paragraph 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:04.539 about Jews. 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:06.680 He writes a paragraph 00:12:06.680 --> 00:12:07.840 about Catholics. 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:11.580 And then He writes multiple pages 00:12:11.580 --> 00:12:13.120 about Protestants. 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:15.000 His own people. 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.259 And how we dishonor 00:12:18.259 --> 00:12:19.180 the name of God. 00:12:19.259 --> 00:12:21.740 Fail to hallow His name. 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:23.320 And we do it with our lips, 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:24.539 He says, 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:25.980 in speaking God's name 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:27.919 carelessly or irreverently. 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:29.299 I mean, after all, 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:30.639 doesn't everyone these days? 00:12:30.719 --> 00:12:31.319 We can even do it 00:12:31.319 --> 00:12:32.659 in Facebook shorthand. 00:12:32.839 --> 00:12:33.019 We can, 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:34.459 there's a lot of ways 00:12:34.459 --> 00:12:35.860 that we can throw 00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:36.839 God's name around, 00:12:36.939 --> 00:12:37.899 but we'd never stand 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:38.799 for someone to treat 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:40.179 our names carelessly 00:12:40.179 --> 00:12:41.699 and disparagingly. 00:12:43.379 --> 00:12:44.399 More often though, 00:12:44.439 --> 00:12:46.459 that's not the deepest issue. 00:12:47.319 --> 00:12:48.799 The issue is even more serious 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:49.979 in our lives. 00:12:50.479 --> 00:12:51.319 Because remember, 00:12:51.459 --> 00:12:53.199 it's not just a name, right? 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:54.580 It's not just the letters 00:12:54.580 --> 00:12:56.400 and the word that they spell. 00:12:56.680 --> 00:12:57.900 It's the person 00:12:57.900 --> 00:13:00.420 that that name represents. 00:13:01.040 --> 00:13:02.100 Our Father. 00:13:03.400 --> 00:13:04.180 God Himself. 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:06.060 Because God's name 00:13:06.060 --> 00:13:07.940 is about His entire person, 00:13:08.420 --> 00:13:09.180 Watson says, 00:13:09.700 --> 00:13:11.340 we fail to hallow it 00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:13.800 when we fail to acknowledge God 00:13:13.800 --> 00:13:14.840 before others. 00:13:15.780 --> 00:13:17.759 When we fail in our lives 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:18.780 to trust Him 00:13:18.780 --> 00:13:20.180 to provide for us 00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:21.859 as a good father would, 00:13:21.939 --> 00:13:23.859 we're not hallowing His name. 00:13:25.299 --> 00:13:27.000 When we fail to praise Him 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:28.000 for good gifts 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.239 that He's given us, 00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:30.479 all of these ways 00:13:30.479 --> 00:13:32.239 where we fail to acknowledge 00:13:32.239 --> 00:13:33.819 God's unique greatness, 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:37.539 we fail to hallow His name. 00:13:37.859 --> 00:13:38.879 So when we pray 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:40.859 for God's name to be hallowed, 00:13:41.219 --> 00:13:42.659 we pray that in our hearts 00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:44.219 and in our lives, 00:13:44.699 --> 00:13:45.919 God's glory would be 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:48.299 our first priority. 00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:51.739 In the second petition, 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:53.339 Jesus teaches us 00:13:53.339 --> 00:13:54.279 another priority. 00:13:54.439 --> 00:13:56.459 Again, it's focused on God. 00:13:57.299 --> 00:13:59.779 Your kingdom come. 00:14:01.219 --> 00:14:02.439 And in the same way, 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:03.639 just as God's name 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:04.679 is already holy 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:06.959 but it's not honored as such 00:14:06.959 --> 00:14:07.939 all the time, 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:10.679 so God is the king. 00:14:11.699 --> 00:14:13.679 There's no question about it. 00:14:13.739 --> 00:14:14.919 God is the king 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:17.359 but His reign is not evident 00:14:17.359 --> 00:14:19.399 everywhere, is it? 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:22.679 Think back to the book of Judges 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:24.399 all the way back 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:25.279 in the Old Testament. 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.519 Time after time, 00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:28.439 it says there was no king 00:14:28.439 --> 00:14:29.100 in Israel 00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:30.199 and what happened 00:14:30.199 --> 00:14:31.120 as a result of that? 00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:33.500 Everyone did what was right 00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:34.639 in his own eyes. 00:14:35.459 --> 00:14:36.899 Sadly, what was right 00:14:36.899 --> 00:14:37.699 in their own eyes 00:14:37.699 --> 00:14:38.819 led to all sorts 00:14:38.819 --> 00:14:40.939 of horrific acts. 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:43.819 The same is true today 00:14:43.819 --> 00:14:45.919 when God's not honored 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:46.899 as king. 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:49.079 Where the reign 00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:50.099 of the true king 00:14:50.099 --> 00:14:51.419 is not evident, 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:53.299 where we and those 00:14:53.299 --> 00:14:54.099 around us 00:14:54.099 --> 00:14:55.120 like the Israelites 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:56.919 deny God's authority 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:58.659 and reject His rule. 00:14:59.959 --> 00:15:01.299 Ron said earlier 00:15:01.299 --> 00:15:02.179 as he was leading us 00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:02.819 in confession, 00:15:03.319 --> 00:15:04.699 we saw this happening 00:15:04.699 --> 00:15:06.439 in the awful, 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.299 heartbreaking events 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:10.219 in Charlottesville 00:15:10.219 --> 00:15:10.799 this weekend. 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:13.120 Listen, 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:17.019 there is but one king. 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:20.419 There is one God 00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:22.479 who has the supremacy, 00:15:22.979 --> 00:15:24.759 Colossians chapter 1. 00:15:25.079 --> 00:15:27.079 He alone has supremacy, 00:15:27.079 --> 00:15:28.240 not white people. 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:30.919 And when He is seated 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.299 on His throne, 00:15:32.719 --> 00:15:33.759 when that king 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.639 is on the throne, 00:15:34.939 --> 00:15:36.859 people from every race, 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:38.899 every tribe and tongue 00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:40.279 and people and nation 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:41.419 gather together 00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:42.799 to worship Him. 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.159 Amen? 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:45.699 That's the good news 00:15:45.699 --> 00:15:46.360 of the gospel. 00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:49.519 Any other group 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.639 claiming supremacy, 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:52.079 setting themselves up 00:15:52.079 --> 00:15:52.759 above others, 00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.899 is in rebellion 00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:55.340 against the true king. 00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:57.220 And any individual, 00:15:58.439 --> 00:15:58.819 me, 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.819 or you, 00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:03.220 who is 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:05.240 pursuing his own desires 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:06.179 and his own plans 00:16:06.179 --> 00:16:07.899 instead of God's laws 00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:08.919 and decrees, 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.480 is in rebellion 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.600 against the true king. 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.500 Luke has shown us 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.139 repeatedly 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:18.819 that the kingdom comes 00:16:18.819 --> 00:16:20.179 in the person 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:21.860 of Jesus. 00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:23.819 In word 00:16:23.819 --> 00:16:25.299 and in deed. 00:16:25.439 --> 00:16:26.399 Over and over again, 00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:27.220 we've read it, right? 00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:28.399 We've seen it happen 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:29.879 as Jesus shows up. 00:16:30.199 --> 00:16:31.299 When faith in Him 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:33.299 displaces unbelief, 00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:34.740 when the light 00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:35.600 of His presence 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:37.139 drives out darkness 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:38.120 and demons, 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:40.100 when His salvation 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:40.939 is proclaimed 00:16:40.939 --> 00:16:41.899 and His power 00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:42.639 is displayed, 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:44.080 Jesus and His disciples 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.379 say, 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:45.299 the kingdom of God 00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:46.360 has come upon you. 00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:48.139 The kingdom of God 00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:49.000 is at hand. 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:53.539 In Matthew's gospel, 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.919 we get further explanation 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:57.220 of this petition 00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:58.679 for God's kingdom 00:16:58.679 --> 00:16:59.480 to come. 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:00.720 Jesus adds, 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:02.660 Your will be done 00:17:02.660 --> 00:17:03.680 on earth 00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:05.100 as it is 00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.799 in heaven. 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.480 Jesus taught 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.680 often on prayer 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:09.380 so it shouldn't 00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:10.360 surprise us 00:17:10.360 --> 00:17:12.400 that these passages 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:13.559 in Matthew and Luke 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.579 look a little different. 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.200 They're clearly 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:17.000 from different times 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:18.200 in Jesus' ministry. 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:20.319 There's slight differences there. 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.079 Matthew usually 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:22.200 includes a little bit more 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:23.140 in His account 00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:24.620 here in the Lord's Prayer. 00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:26.799 But that helpful 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.659 explanation 00:17:27.659 --> 00:17:29.199 of 00:17:29.199 --> 00:17:30.579 Thy kingdom come 00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.939 meaning Thy will be done 00:17:31.939 --> 00:17:32.359 on earth 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:33.339 as it is in heaven 00:17:33.339 --> 00:17:35.299 helps us understand 00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:36.039 that God's 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:37.399 kingdom coming 00:17:37.399 --> 00:17:38.500 involves 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.339 His rule 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:40.539 being more 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.279 and more evident 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:42.859 as we follow 00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:43.599 His will 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.259 more and more 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.979 faithfully 00:17:44.979 --> 00:17:46.419 here on earth. 00:17:46.899 --> 00:17:47.479 That's what it means 00:17:47.479 --> 00:17:48.119 for His kingdom 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.679 to come. 00:17:49.699 --> 00:17:50.459 Warren Wiersbe 00:17:50.459 --> 00:17:51.159 says this 00:17:51.159 --> 00:17:52.379 really helpfully 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:52.919 I think. 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:55.180 the purpose of prayer 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:56.259 is not to get 00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.240 man's will 00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:58.360 done in heaven 00:17:58.360 --> 00:17:59.580 as we often 00:17:59.580 --> 00:18:00.460 think it is 00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:00.740 right? 00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.940 But to get 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:03.160 God's will 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.060 done 00:18:04.060 --> 00:18:05.279 on earth. 00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.500 In other words 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.340 not to get 00:18:07.340 --> 00:18:09.039 God on our agenda 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:10.080 here's the things 00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:10.960 you need to be doing 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.480 God 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:14.580 but to get us 00:18:14.580 --> 00:18:16.019 on God's agenda 00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:17.440 to have our hearts 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.460 redirected 00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:19.580 toward God's 00:18:19.580 --> 00:18:20.180 priorities 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:21.160 toward a kingdom 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:21.960 of justice 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:22.900 and righteousness 00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:24.180 and peace 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:25.400 that He's the 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:26.019 King of 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:27.680 where every person 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.759 flourishes the way 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:30.000 God created them 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:31.160 to and fills 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:31.880 the earth with 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.640 His glory 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.120 the way He 00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:34.040 always designed. 00:18:36.300 --> 00:18:37.280 When we pray 00:18:37.280 --> 00:18:38.200 for God's kingdom 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:38.920 to come 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:40.540 in the words 00:18:40.540 --> 00:18:41.400 of our catechism 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:42.259 we pray for 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:43.360 Satan's kingdom 00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:44.620 to be destroyed 00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:46.120 and the kingdom 00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:46.900 of grace 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:48.080 to be advanced. 00:18:49.580 --> 00:18:50.500 That prayer 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.880 is a declaration 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.819 of war. 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.819 A declaration 00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.740 of war 00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.559 on Satan 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.660 and his kingdom. 00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.680 As Pastor Eugene 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.579 Peterson says 00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.759 it's a subversive 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.400 activity 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.559 that involves 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.599 a more or less 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.660 open act of 00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:06.400 defiance 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.900 against any claim 00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.619 by the current 00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.259 regime. 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:10.980 Prayer's not 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.539 passive 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.279 is it? 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:14.319 You can feel 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.839 that way 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.559 sometimes 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:16.079 it's not 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.700 true at all. 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.480 It's actually 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.359 featured in the 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.279 armor of God 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:20.079 passage 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.819 about our 00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.859 spiritual warfare. 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.759 Prayer is how 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.440 we fight. 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.839 So Samuel 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.399 Chadwick 00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:27.519 says the devil 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.519 laughs at our 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.420 toil when we 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.480 work hard. 00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:32.240 He mocks at our 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:33.099 wisdom when we 00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.619 think we can 00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.720 out think him. 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:37.279 but he trembles 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:38.920 when we pray. 00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:41.539 Do you believe 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:41.900 that? 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.880 Does getting 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.819 down on your 00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:47.200 knees feel 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:48.200 like taking 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.779 out your 00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.200 sword? 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.680 You tapping 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.339 into something 00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:51.900 powerful? 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.660 Are you fighting 00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:54.059 for the kingdom 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.940 when you pray? 00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.480 Let me just 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.059 speak my heart 00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.720 to you for 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.700 just a minute. 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:02.440 I hope 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:03.000 Lord willing 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.660 to be here 00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.279 with you all 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.740 for a long 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.100 time. 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.840 And it's not 00:20:06.840 --> 00:20:07.540 just because I 00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:07.980 enjoy hanging 00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.460 out with you. 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:08.960 It's not just 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.420 because I want 00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.220 the years to 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:11.220 pass and us 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.700 to make 00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.680 memories together 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.300 and build 00:20:13.300 --> 00:20:14.000 big houses 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:15.759 and all of 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.000 that. 00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:16.800 Although I do 00:20:16.800 --> 00:20:17.480 love making 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:17.960 memories. 00:20:18.120 --> 00:20:18.460 It's a lot 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:18.860 of fun. 00:20:20.580 --> 00:20:20.940 Listen, 00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:21.779 here's why I 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.019 want to be 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.120 here. 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.880 I want to 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:24.180 storm the 00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:25.380 gates of hell 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:26.080 with you. 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.740 I want to be 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.600 about something 00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:29.240 bigger than 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.940 just me and 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.360 seeing if I 00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:31.200 can make it 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.800 through for a 00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:32.259 little while and 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.800 if we can be a 00:20:32.800 --> 00:20:33.259 little happier 00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.680 than we were 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.140 yesterday. 00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:35.940 I want to see 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.440 the gates of 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:38.480 hell stormed. 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.839 Souls who are 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.799 facing certain 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.779 death brought 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.440 back to 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:44.359 everlasting life. 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:46.140 To see broken 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.740 and hurting 00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.480 people in 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.480 these pews 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.839 and in those 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:51.220 streets to 00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:52.660 experience the 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.799 healing and 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:55.220 the peace of 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.680 God. 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.900 To see our 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:58.259 city transformed 00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:00.259 one relationship, 00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:02.500 one system and 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.180 situation, 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.859 at a time, 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.579 to be a 00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.220 place where 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:06.420 justice and 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.359 righteousness 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:09.000 rule and are 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.859 evident everywhere. 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.420 I want to see 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.599 our kids grow up 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.680 in a community 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:15.519 of brothers and 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.079 sisters and 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.839 friends and 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:18.140 neighbors that 00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.660 are teaching 00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.519 them, pointing 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.279 them to Jesus, 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.660 teaching them to 00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.640 pour their lives 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.299 out for each 00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.859 other, not just 00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.400 to live for 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.960 themselves. 00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.039 I want to see 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.759 this sanctuary 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:29.599 full of rich 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:31.220 and poor and 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.400 black and white 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.340 and young and 00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:35.140 old because all 00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.900 of those things 00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:37.480 are a taste of 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.160 God's eternal 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.600 kingdom. 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.920 I want to have 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:42.300 that with y'all. 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.720 And I'm more and 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.960 more convinced that 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.900 there's one thing 00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.540 more than anything 00:21:46.540 --> 00:21:47.700 else that we need 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.740 to be doing if 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.759 that's our passion 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.440 and if that's what 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:50.860 we want to 00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.420 experience. 00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:52.759 If we're going to 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.880 advance the kingdom 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:55.940 of God, our vision 00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.900 tells us that's what 00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:59.420 we're here for, we 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:01.740 must fervently pray. 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.440 And that may seem 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.620 strange to some of 00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:05.740 you. 00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:07.140 Of all the things 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.740 that we could be 00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:11.120 doing, we must pray 00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:12.840 individually and 00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.560 corporately. 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:17.840 Day and night, in 00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:19.259 the prayer room, in 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.820 the hallways, with 00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:21.759 our neighbors, with 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:23.400 our coworkers, we 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:25.519 must pray because of 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:27.519 this because God is 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.799 the one who advances 00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.500 his kingdom. 00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.480 Wow, that was 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.940 profound. 00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.019 Like you didn't know 00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.480 that, right? 00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.680 Who's the king? 00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:37.039 Who's the one that 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.740 moves the kingdom 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.160 forward? 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.279 He is. 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.900 Francis Schaeffer 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.900 used to always say, 00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.200 we don't advance 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.859 God's kingdom. 00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.599 God is building his 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.759 kingdom and we are 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:49.059 praying for the 00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:50.000 privilege of being 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.619 involved. 00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:53.639 And he delights to 00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.759 use us in that, to 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.500 allow us to be 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.119 a part of it. 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.420 He's building his 00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.759 kingdom. 00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.839 So the first thing we 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:01.400 can do is to pray and 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.940 to plead to see it 00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.319 happen. 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.880 It's why we say in our 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:06.019 core commitments as a 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:07.140 church that we don't 00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:08.279 just pray for the work 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:10.380 of the church, prayer is 00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:12.019 the work of the church 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.920 because it's weak people 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:16.019 prevailing upon the one 00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:17.619 strong person we have, 00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:20.319 our strong father, to do 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:21.960 mighty things in us and 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:23.859 through us and in spite of 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:26.479 us because he's at work. 00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:29.319 See, the church of Jesus 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:32.000 Christ is the beachhead of 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.439 the kingdom. 00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:35.219 It's where it begins and 00:23:35.219 --> 00:23:36.659 from which it does all of 00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:38.039 its work moving forward. 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.659 It's the place where the 00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:41.819 king is trusted, where his 00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:43.779 grace and his power are to 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:45.659 be demonstrated and where 00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.859 all other kingdoms, 00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:48.819 including my personal one 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.879 where I'd like to build my 00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:51.920 own things and Satan's 00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:53.740 competing one, all of 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:55.080 those other kingdoms are 00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:56.120 demolished. 00:23:58.040 --> 00:23:59.860 So if you want to storm the 00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:01.820 gates of hell, if you want 00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:03.240 to be about something as 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:05.300 exciting and as big as 00:24:05.300 --> 00:24:06.540 that, you're in the right 00:24:06.540 --> 00:24:07.260 place. 00:24:08.540 --> 00:24:10.100 Connect to the church. 00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.700 Support the church. 00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:14.100 Remember, because of the 00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:16.900 might of her king, let's be 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.840 really clear where the 00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.860 strength comes from. 00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:20.859 Because of the greatness of 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:25.199 Jesus, the gates of hell 00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:27.479 will not prevail against 00:24:27.479 --> 00:24:27.859 whom? 00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.659 The church. 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:34.319 We will storm the gates of 00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:36.119 hell and so to do so, we 00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.919 take out our swords and we 00:24:37.919 --> 00:24:39.919 kneel down and pray, 00:24:40.939 --> 00:24:42.659 Thy kingdom come. 00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:46.279 And Satan trembles. 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:50.180 And God moves and he conquers 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:52.899 our hearts and our city and 00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:54.519 our world and you don't 00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:56.180 recognize any of us or any of 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.720 it when he gets through. 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:04.119 That seems like a lot to pray 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.460 for. 00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.960 It is. 00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:09.240 I need to remind you who we're 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.940 praying to. 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:14.420 Our father, the one we started 00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:16.039 this prayer with last week, is 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:18.799 the king over all kings. 00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:21.799 He is the king of kings. 00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:25.140 Thou art coming to a king. 00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:28.500 Large petitions with thee 00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.900 bring. 00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:31.779 For his grace and power are such 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:34.920 none can ever ask too much. 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.380 That's John Newton. 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.500 Amazing grace. 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:40.819 See, God-centered priorities 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:44.099 change what we pray about. 00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:47.000 They lift our eyes beyond our 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:49.119 petty preferences and our 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:52.460 personal gripes to long for 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:55.460 his glory and desire his 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.220 kingdom. 00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:59.880 To pray for faith to come in 00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:01.519 our most hated enemies. 00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:04.480 To pray for healing in the most 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.720 hopeless cases. 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:07.900 To pray for justice in the most 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.180 evil situations. 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:13.660 That's why this prayer guide we've 00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:15.420 started printing and emailing to 00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.120 you every week. 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:18.180 It always starts on the first 00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:20.880 page with prayers that are for 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:22.700 the advancement of God's kingdom 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:24.480 in our church and around the 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.980 world with our ministry partners. 00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:28.420 To help us remember the priority 00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:32.059 of praying big picture and for 00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.720 kingdom movement everywhere. 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.319 Everywhere. 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.559 We don't want to miss the 00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:37.400 priority of those prayers. 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:39.240 It changes what we pray for. 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:42.200 But what's even more exciting to 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:44.140 me, what God's been teaching me so 00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:46.799 much in the last few months, is 00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:49.440 that this priority changes how we 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:51.480 pray for the things we're already 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.140 praying for. 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:55.279 Let's go back to those examples we 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.819 had earlier. 00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.819 If you look on the second page of 00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.839 this where we put some of our 00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:00.559 specific needs, I know you're not 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:02.059 holding it right now, but if you 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:03.379 look on it sometime, you'll see 00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:05.460 particular things like pray for 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:08.039 Mike Stanfield as he undergoes 00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:10.720 stem cell treatment this week for 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.299 his cancer. 00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.639 Pray for Mike. 00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:16.859 Sure, sure, I'll pray for Mike. 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.700 Pray what for Mike? 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:20.299 This is shorthand. 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:22.299 Pray for Mike Stanfield. 00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:25.399 If our priorities are God and his 00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:26.879 glory and his kingdom, what do we 00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.720 pray for Mike? 00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:31.480 I talked with Mike this week before 00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:34.839 he went in for his treatment, and it 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:36.839 won't surprise those of you who know 00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:39.519 him to know that he's praying for 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.880 healing. 00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:42.880 He wants healing from this cancer. 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:45.660 But what he asked me particularly to 00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:49.100 pray for was that he would learn more 00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:51.660 of who God is in the midst of this 00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:54.660 situation and God's daily fatherly 00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:56.160 care for him. 00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:59.480 And then he said, pray that others 00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:02.380 would be impacted for Christ and for 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:05.360 his kingdom as I undergo this treatment. 00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:09.200 Do you see how God-centered priorities 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:12.940 make a difference in how we pray for 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.640 those things? 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:17.200 Mike is asking for the name of God, 00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:19.840 for the kingdom of God to be promoted 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:22.659 even through this difficulty he didn't 00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:23.959 ask for. 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:26.419 Hallowed be your name. 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:30.220 Your kingdom come in my cancer, 00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:34.720 in my struggling marriage. 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.079 How about that? 00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:39.519 How do you pray for that one? 00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:42.559 Do you just pray God fix him or fix her 00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:44.899 or fix us because this is miserable? 00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:48.299 And I want us to stay together? 00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:54.159 Or could we pray, Father, how are you 00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:57.119 teaching me to trust you more in this 00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:58.399 difficult relationship? 00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:01.799 Father, please give us forgiveness for 00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.339 each other. 00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:04.259 Not just so our life is better. 00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:06.779 Not just so our kids can be happy. 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:10.119 But because it's about your glory. 00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:13.259 So your glory is on display as we forgive 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:15.659 and love the way you designed us to in 00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:15.939 marriage. 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:17.159 That's what our marriage was about. 00:29:17.199 --> 00:29:18.980 I remember back in those days. 00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.620 It's about your glory. 00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.779 It's about showing your love. 00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:23.220 God, would you help us do that? 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:29.700 How about that classmate being unkind to you? 00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.319 What do you think, kids? 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:34.660 Is it wrong to pray that God would make 00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:36.519 that mean kid start being nice 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:39.759 so that you can enjoy school more? 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.700 No, that's a good prayer. 00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:44.620 God loves to hear that prayer. 00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:46.639 What else could you pray for? 00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:50.879 What about praying that God would teach you 00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:56.219 more about how Jesus suffered for us? 00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:59.859 The pain and the difficulty he went through. 00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:01.799 What if you prayed that God would teach you 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:05.119 patience and teach you to trust him 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:08.139 in a really hard situation like that? 00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:11.320 What if you even prayed that God would help you 00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:14.480 show his love to that kid? 00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:19.200 That that kid would actually know the love of King Jesus 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:22.259 because he experienced some of it from you. 00:30:22.580 --> 00:30:24.580 That'd be a kingdom prayer, wouldn't it? 00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:29.860 That King Jesus would be seen in your life. 00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:34.139 It's easy to say those things. 00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:37.879 It's hard for that to be what we actually want, 00:30:37.979 --> 00:30:38.740 isn't it, kids? 00:30:39.459 --> 00:30:41.059 When what we really want is to be able to beat him up. 00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.799 Seems quicker and easier. 00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:47.159 But this is part of how God's shaping our hearts. 00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:49.719 It's what Jesus is doing as he teaches us to pray. 00:30:50.199 --> 00:30:52.619 Shaping our hearts to seek first his kingdom 00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:55.259 and live for his glory. 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:57.519 He's teaching us what to love, 00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.960 what to long for, 00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:01.539 what to hold as highest priority. 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:05.720 And isn't that the way Jesus not only prays 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:07.779 but also lives? 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.139 Think about it. 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:12.019 Think about the life of Jesus. 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:14.180 For all those times we fail 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:16.299 to seek first God's kingdom, 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:21.099 we need to remember Jesus' faithfulness to do so. 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.279 From his temptation, 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:26.420 when Satan offered him his own kingdom 00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:28.660 instead of trusting his father's way. 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:31.000 A chance to make his own name great 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:33.100 instead of exalting God's name. 00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:36.720 And Jesus trusts God. 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:39.680 Jesus hallows God's name. 00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:42.420 All the way to the Garden of Gethsemane 00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:46.039 where his passion for the father's will to be done 00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:49.100 surpasses all his other desires. 00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:54.539 including avoiding excruciating pain and suffering. 00:31:54.719 --> 00:31:57.659 He wants God's will to be done. 00:31:59.059 --> 00:32:00.639 Then all the way to the cross 00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:05.539 where he even lays down his very life 00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:08.119 to see the kingdom of God built up 00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:11.240 and you and me brought in to be a part of it. 00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:16.779 That's how passionately he lived for God's kingdom. 00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:21.559 His success where we failed 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:25.319 is what welcomes us to this table. 00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:28.960 We celebrate at this table this morning 00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:32.139 a Savior who prayed and lived, 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:34.279 hallowed be your name, 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:36.700 your kingdom come. 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:39.799 And so we come to rest in him, 00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:43.539 to feast on and find life in him, 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:46.740 and to be strengthened by the body and blood 00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:48.539 he gave for us 00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:53.019 to make his priorities our priorities too. 00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:57.480 As we prepare our hearts to come to this table, 00:32:57.720 --> 00:33:00.319 we're going to practice praying again 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.119 as Jesus is teaching us. 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.339 Here are three questions again 00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:06.299 to guide our hearts as we pray. 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:10.319 Three questions, they're printed there in your bulletin 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.759 if you want to be able to take them home. 00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:15.220 What things fight for priority over God's glory 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.980 in your heart and life? 00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:18.399 We often call these idols. 00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:23.079 Secondly, where do you groan 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:26.919 against evil and injustice in the world? 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:31.779 Do you see wickedness in your own heart? 00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:34.919 Do you think of human trafficking, poverty? 00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.220 Do you think of Charlottesville? 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:38.339 Do you think of things closer to home 00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:40.839 and your heart longs for something different? 00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:45.120 Finally, how do you long to see 00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:48.440 the gospel and the church advance? 00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.960 Where do you want it individually? 00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:54.600 In each of us and in others? 00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:57.240 What about in us as a body together? 00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.860 How are you praying for God 00:33:58.860 --> 00:34:01.740 to move his kingdom forward through us? 00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:04.220 Take a minute, just contemplate 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:06.240 contemplate these words that are coming up 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.980 on the screen now for just a moment. 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:09.179 We're gonna pray them together 00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:11.440 as we prepare to come to this table. 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.519 Amen. 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.940 Amen. 00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.440 Amen. 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.440 Amen. 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.519 Amen. 00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.599 Amen. 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:13.659 Amen. 00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:13.699 Amen. 00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:13.760 Amen. 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:13.840 Amen. 00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:13.860 Amen. 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:13.880 Amen. 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.280 Amen. 00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.380 Amen. 00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.400 Amen. 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.440 Amen. 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.500 Amen. 00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:46.039 Amen. 00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.059 Amen. 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.159 Amen. 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.299 Amen. 00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:46.779 Amen. 00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.199 Amen. 00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.079 Amen. 00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.000 Join me as we pray 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.619 and I'll give you three chances 00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:52.599 to stop and pray silently as well. 00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:53.779 Let's pray. 00:34:53.780 --> 00:35:00.340 Holy Father, there is no other God besides you 00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:05.019 who is like you, majestic in holiness, 00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:09.460 awesome in glory, working wonders. 00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:13.519 You alone are worthy of our praise. 00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:16.760 May your glory fill the whole earth, 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:19.600 every people and every heart. 00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:23.340 Father, the affections of our hearts 00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:26.280 are pulled after so many other things. 00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:28.900 And we confess these to you now. 00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:59.780 Join me again. 00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:05.100 Father, the sinfulness of our hearts 00:36:05.100 --> 00:36:08.900 and the brokenness of this world are evil. 00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:12.980 We cry out to you for these things now. 00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:14.240 Amen. 00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:16.260 Amen. 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:18.740 Amen. 00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:23.559 Amen. 00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:27.559 Amen. 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:55.539 Join with me. 00:36:55.539 --> 00:37:05.539 Father, may your rule and reign come powerfully in the hearts of those we love, in the church 00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:07.420 and community we love. 00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:40.259 Join me. 00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:52.020 At this table, may we see you as holy, our sin as heinous, your kingdom as gracious and 00:37:52.020 --> 00:37:52.620 glorious. 00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:53.660 Amen. 00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:53.859 Amen. 00:37:56.139 --> 00:38:00.579 Our Lord Jesus, on the night that he was betrayed, took bread. 00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:06.879 He broke it and gave it to his disciples as I ministering in his name, give this bread 00:38:06.879 --> 00:38:07.440 to you. 00:38:07.839 --> 00:38:09.500 And he said, take, eat. 00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:12.179 This is my body broken for you. 00:38:12.899 --> 00:38:15.339 Do this in remembrance of me. 00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:18.420 And after supper, he took the cup. 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:24.120 He said, this cup is the new covenant in my blood, which was shed for many for the remission 00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:24.740 of sins. 00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:27.039 Drink from it, all of you. 00:38:27.620 --> 00:38:29.160 This is the Lord's table. 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:35.460 We come, not just those who are members of this church, Southwood Presbyterian, but we 00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:39.200 come, all those of us trusting the Lord to his table. 00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:47.239 Those of us clinging to King Jesus as our only hope, committing to make his kingdom and his 00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:49.239 name the focus of our lives. 00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:54.239 We come here to feast and to be strengthened to that end. 00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:58.759 If you know him, come and celebrate with us. 00:38:58.799 --> 00:39:03.839 If you don't know him, don't come to this table, but we'd love to tell you more about King 00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:06.259 Jesus so that you could come and know him. 00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:11.920 Our host team will usher you to tables forward and back. 00:39:12.520 --> 00:39:18.940 We will celebrate together the love of our King for us, that he gave his life in our place. 00:39:19.620 --> 00:39:20.620 Let's do that now.