WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.500 And turn, if you will, to Matthew chapter 6, Matthew chapter 6, verses 5 to 13. Matthew 6, which is on page 811 in your church. 00:00:14.500 --> 00:00:15.000 ! 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:33.260 So, we are in a series where we're looking at one of the different practices that we do Sunday by Sunday, when we get together in gathered worship. 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.379 Why do we do what we do? 00:00:36.380 --> 00:00:46.800 And thinking that these practices, they're not something that just we do each Sunday, but they are things that God is doing to us as we gather to worship. 00:00:48.180 --> 00:01:01.120 That as we pray, as we sing, as we hear God's word proclaimed, as we confess our sin, as we eat of the bread and drink of the wine, these practices become habits which shape us. 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:07.879 They shape what we love in life, what it is we value, and what it is we desire. 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:15.759 And it is really important, isn't it, what you love in life, because actually what you love in life determines how you view reality. 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:18.700 How you view life in general. 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:26.620 What you love shows what you hold to be the good life, and the life that you want, that we are pursuing and striving for. 00:01:26.620 --> 00:01:31.579 And so we thought of, what does it mean to be called to worship by God? 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:37.100 We thought about confession of sin and assurance, things we've already done. 00:01:37.380 --> 00:01:40.480 We will be thinking about the reading of scripture and preaching. 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:43.520 We thought about singing last week. 00:01:44.420 --> 00:01:48.520 And today we come to what we've done numerous times already this morning in our service. 00:01:48.900 --> 00:01:49.980 We've done it at least twice. 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:52.300 We're going to think about prayer. 00:01:53.260 --> 00:01:54.900 Prayer in gathered worship. 00:01:54.900 --> 00:02:07.219 In his book on gathered worship, Jamie Smith occasionally raises the question of what an imaginary visitor from another world, from another planet, would make of our practices on earth. 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:09.540 Something secular, something religious. 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:13.740 And he mentions these imaginary Martian visitors. 00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:18.439 As he considers we come to corporate worship and what we do. 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:19.300 Here's what he says. 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:27.520 We should perhaps try to appreciate how strange corporate worship might look to Martian anthropologists. 00:02:28.320 --> 00:02:36.800 For here is a group of what seem to be otherwise relatively normal people engaged in a conversation with someone who seems to be absent. 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:47.140 And this isn't like just listening to half a conversation on a mobile phone, where we can from experience postulate that there is another human being holding up the other end of the conversation. 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:58.560 Rather than the practice of prayer to particularly cynical Martians, it seems more like the scruffy bearded guy on the underground platform who's carrying on an animated conversation with himself. 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:28.539 It seems like that. 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:58.539 That we are not a person who's carrying on a person who's carrying on a person who's carrying on a person. 00:03:58.539 --> 00:04:28.539 The gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel of the gospel 00:04:28.540 --> 00:04:31.220 For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues 00:04:31.220 --> 00:04:32.540 And then tweet about it 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:34.319 And other street corners 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:35.760 So they may be seen by others 00:04:35.760 --> 00:04:38.500 Truly I say to you they've received their reward 00:04:38.500 --> 00:04:40.300 But when you pray 00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:42.480 Go into your room, shut the door, pray to your Father in heaven 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:43.180 Who is in secret 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:45.740 And your Father who sees in secret will reward you 00:04:45.740 --> 00:04:48.920 And when you pray do not heap up empty phrases 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:50.420 As the Gentiles do 00:04:50.420 --> 00:04:52.259 For they think that they will be heard 00:04:52.259 --> 00:04:53.879 By their many words 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:55.180 Do not be like them 00:04:55.180 --> 00:04:58.579 For your Father knows what you need before you ask him 00:04:58.579 --> 00:05:00.060 Pray like this 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:02.920 Our Father in heaven 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:06.840 Whenever you or I approach someone 00:05:06.840 --> 00:05:09.420 We make assumptions about them 00:05:09.420 --> 00:05:12.079 We make assumptions about them as we go up to them 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:14.720 About what kind of conversation we can have with them 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:16.800 How are we going to interact with this person 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:19.540 So after the service you will go up to somebody 00:05:19.540 --> 00:05:20.920 Hopefully you will have a conversation 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:22.620 And you will make an assumption 00:05:22.620 --> 00:05:24.780 About the kind of conversation that you have 00:05:24.779 --> 00:05:27.139 Let's say you've just moved to Ealing 00:05:27.139 --> 00:05:30.899 And you go to the farmer's market in West Ealing 00:05:30.899 --> 00:05:32.219 On a Sunday morning 00:05:32.219 --> 00:05:33.139 It's a good place to visit 00:05:33.139 --> 00:05:34.439 I want to say to you 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:35.619 That's quite a friendly place 00:05:35.619 --> 00:05:36.519 That farmer's market 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:39.399 You could stop someone at that farmer's market 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:41.279 And ask them for directions 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:43.000 For Southall or to Ealing Broadway 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:44.059 Or to Hanwell 00:05:44.059 --> 00:05:45.500 They will be okay with that 00:05:45.500 --> 00:05:47.679 That won't freak them out 00:05:47.679 --> 00:05:50.239 If you ask them for directions 00:05:50.239 --> 00:05:51.239 At that farmer's market 00:05:51.239 --> 00:05:54.259 They can handle that kind of interaction 00:05:54.259 --> 00:05:58.300 There's a basis for that interaction 00:05:58.300 --> 00:05:59.459 I don't know what it is 00:05:59.459 --> 00:06:00.839 But is it basic humanity? 00:06:01.779 --> 00:06:04.099 But it's a pretty slim basis 00:06:04.099 --> 00:06:04.740 Isn't it? 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:06.719 To have an exchange 00:06:06.719 --> 00:06:08.339 You don't know them 00:06:08.339 --> 00:06:10.219 But you assume you can have this interaction 00:06:10.219 --> 00:06:13.860 And you really can't go much beyond 00:06:13.860 --> 00:06:15.599 Can you ask them for directions? 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:17.319 Or the time? 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:19.899 Or something similar like that 00:06:19.899 --> 00:06:22.399 You can't go up to a stranger 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:23.239 In Eden Broadway 00:06:23.239 --> 00:06:24.439 And excuse me 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:24.659 And say 00:06:24.659 --> 00:06:26.439 Listen my rucksack has got a hole in it 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:27.620 Do you mind if I take yours? 00:06:27.699 --> 00:06:28.519 You can't do that 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:31.079 Or if it's checking it down with rain 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:31.399 You say 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:34.179 Do you mind if I just take your umbrella 00:06:34.179 --> 00:06:35.620 And see you later? 00:06:35.739 --> 00:06:36.739 You can't do that 00:06:36.739 --> 00:06:37.039 Can you? 00:06:37.099 --> 00:06:37.779 With a stranger 00:06:37.779 --> 00:06:41.079 You don't have that basis 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:43.199 For that kind of interaction 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:46.159 You know you can't do that 00:06:46.159 --> 00:06:48.099 Because the foundation of relationship 00:06:48.099 --> 00:06:49.159 Does not exist 00:06:49.159 --> 00:06:52.180 If you want to have a deeper relationship 00:06:52.180 --> 00:06:54.719 With this person 00:06:54.719 --> 00:06:55.699 You need to build it 00:06:55.699 --> 00:06:55.939 Don't you? 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:56.740 It takes time 00:06:56.740 --> 00:06:59.419 So as Jesus is introducing 00:06:59.419 --> 00:07:00.839 The subject of prayer 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:02.139 He is showing really 00:07:02.139 --> 00:07:03.379 That there are two basic ways 00:07:03.379 --> 00:07:04.459 That you can go to God 00:07:04.459 --> 00:07:06.800 And they are similar 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:08.279 To the two main ways 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:09.339 That we deal with each other 00:07:09.339 --> 00:07:11.659 Recognising that there are differences too 00:07:11.660 --> 00:07:13.400 So the two options 00:07:13.400 --> 00:07:14.260 You and I have 00:07:14.260 --> 00:07:15.180 Is that you can basically 00:07:15.180 --> 00:07:16.660 Have a business relationship 00:07:16.660 --> 00:07:18.220 With someone 00:07:18.220 --> 00:07:20.560 Or you can have a family relationship 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:21.180 With someone 00:07:21.180 --> 00:07:23.220 In a business relationship 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:24.520 The bottom line is 00:07:24.520 --> 00:07:25.140 You are saying 00:07:25.140 --> 00:07:27.760 I have something for you 00:07:27.760 --> 00:07:29.500 I've got something for you 00:07:29.500 --> 00:07:31.500 In a family relationship 00:07:31.500 --> 00:07:33.000 The bottom line is 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:35.240 I am someone to you 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:37.500 I'm someone to you 00:07:37.500 --> 00:07:39.280 In the business relationship 00:07:39.280 --> 00:07:41.460 It is all performance 00:07:41.459 --> 00:07:43.879 Here is what I can do for you 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:44.739 Here is the service 00:07:44.739 --> 00:07:45.739 That I offer you 00:07:45.739 --> 00:07:47.099 Here is what will happen 00:07:47.099 --> 00:07:48.620 If I perform for you 00:07:48.620 --> 00:07:50.779 But in a family relationship 00:07:50.779 --> 00:07:53.399 That basis is a commitment 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:55.560 Think about it too 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:56.519 In terms of a house 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:57.939 There are two ways 00:07:57.939 --> 00:07:58.599 You can live in a house 00:07:58.599 --> 00:07:58.819 Aren't there? 00:07:58.859 --> 00:08:00.439 Many of you are tenants 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:01.819 You live in a house 00:08:01.819 --> 00:08:02.639 That you rent 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:04.819 Or you can be a family member 00:08:04.819 --> 00:08:06.519 So as a tenant 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:07.740 If you are renting a house 00:08:07.740 --> 00:08:09.240 You live in that house 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:10.980 The person who owns that house 00:08:10.980 --> 00:08:12.000 Is your landlord 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:14.519 You can have a pretty good relationship 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:15.160 With your landlord 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:15.920 Hopefully you do 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:17.879 As long as you pay the rent 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:20.540 And you respect the property 00:08:20.540 --> 00:08:22.639 And as long as the landlord 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:24.060 Does what he is supposed to do 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:25.180 As long as he does 00:08:25.180 --> 00:08:26.759 Maintaining the property 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.180 And that is a good basis 00:08:29.180 --> 00:08:30.660 For mutual approach 00:08:30.660 --> 00:08:32.019 But your exchanges 00:08:32.019 --> 00:08:33.299 With your landlord 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:34.879 Well that would be 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:35.639 Pretty mechanical 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:36.099 Wouldn't they? 00:08:36.339 --> 00:08:37.500 That would be ones of goods 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:38.459 And services 00:08:38.459 --> 00:08:39.799 I pay my money 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:40.959 You do this 00:08:40.959 --> 00:08:42.259 Because I pay my money 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:43.979 But imagine you 00:08:43.979 --> 00:08:45.099 Are not living in the house 00:08:45.099 --> 00:08:46.019 As a tenant 00:08:46.019 --> 00:08:48.039 But you are living in the house 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:48.899 As a child 00:08:48.899 --> 00:08:51.159 That paradigm 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:52.379 Becomes very very different 00:08:52.379 --> 00:08:53.000 Doesn't it? 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:55.719 In the business paradigm 00:08:55.719 --> 00:08:57.539 If you perform 00:08:57.539 --> 00:08:59.259 You do what you are supposed to do 00:08:59.259 --> 00:09:00.299 You pay your money 00:09:00.299 --> 00:09:01.579 You are accepted 00:09:01.580 --> 00:09:03.400 You pay the rent 00:09:03.400 --> 00:09:04.580 You take care of the property 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:06.180 The landlord accepts you 00:09:06.180 --> 00:09:07.920 In the family paradigm 00:09:07.920 --> 00:09:11.020 You are accepted already 00:09:11.020 --> 00:09:14.120 Because of that bottom line 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.040 Fundamental relationship 00:09:16.040 --> 00:09:18.259 You know I am accepted 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:19.440 I belong 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:22.060 And you perform because of that 00:09:22.060 --> 00:09:24.320 It's two isn't it? 00:09:24.400 --> 00:09:26.340 Very very different ways 00:09:26.340 --> 00:09:27.940 Of doing things 00:09:27.940 --> 00:09:30.400 All of that is to say this 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:33.220 Jesus makes the revolutionary observation 00:09:33.220 --> 00:09:35.059 Here that prayer 00:09:35.059 --> 00:09:36.059 For the Christian 00:09:36.059 --> 00:09:37.759 Is not on a business basis 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:39.139 It's on a family business 00:09:39.139 --> 00:09:41.480 That you and I 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:42.459 Come to God 00:09:42.459 --> 00:09:43.500 As those who are 00:09:43.500 --> 00:09:45.179 In Christ this morning 00:09:45.179 --> 00:09:46.419 In prayer 00:09:46.419 --> 00:09:48.120 And we address him 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:48.679 As 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:50.079 Father 00:09:50.079 --> 00:09:52.679 Our father in heaven 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:54.740 We talk to him 00:09:54.740 --> 00:09:56.340 As family 00:09:56.340 --> 00:09:58.899 Now one question 00:09:58.899 --> 00:10:01.340 That raises right at the front 00:10:01.340 --> 00:10:02.519 Right at the front 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:04.420 In the light of the Bible's verdict 00:10:04.420 --> 00:10:05.680 On how you and I 00:10:05.680 --> 00:10:06.940 Have treated God 00:10:06.940 --> 00:10:07.580 This week 00:10:07.580 --> 00:10:08.180 And in our lives 00:10:08.180 --> 00:10:08.820 How can that be? 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:11.680 How can you and I 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:12.379 Address 00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:14.220 The sovereign God 00:10:14.220 --> 00:10:14.960 Of the universe 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:16.040 The creator 00:10:16.040 --> 00:10:17.139 God of the universe 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:18.680 As father 00:10:18.680 --> 00:10:20.600 When your track record 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:21.740 And my track record 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:22.220 Is one of 00:10:22.220 --> 00:10:23.000 Scorning him 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:25.759 Of rebelling against his ways 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:27.639 Of going our own way 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:30.019 Wanting to make other things 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:31.460 The centre of our lives 00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:33.240 How can you call him father? 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:36.279 And the reason we can pray to God 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:36.899 As father 00:10:36.899 --> 00:10:38.320 Has everything to do with 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:38.659 Secondly 00:10:38.659 --> 00:10:39.820 Who we pray with 00:10:39.820 --> 00:10:42.340 Who we pray with 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:46.240 Who we pray to 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:48.399 Is determined by 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:49.600 Who we pray with 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:50.960 So look again 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:51.639 What Jesus says 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:52.440 In verse 9 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:55.320 Our father 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:57.600 In heaven 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:00.500 Every now and then 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.960 In church life 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:01.779 You come across somebody 00:11:01.779 --> 00:11:04.040 Who wants to be pretty smart 00:11:04.040 --> 00:11:04.700 About this prayer 00:11:04.700 --> 00:11:05.899 And they would say to you 00:11:05.899 --> 00:11:06.920 You do know 00:11:06.920 --> 00:11:08.200 That it is wrong 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:09.320 To call it 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:10.240 The Lord's Prayer 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:11.139 Do you know that? 00:11:11.300 --> 00:11:11.960 Have you met those people? 00:11:12.040 --> 00:11:12.620 Maybe you've said it 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:13.420 I used to say it 00:11:13.420 --> 00:11:15.220 It's not the Lord's Prayer 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:16.180 It's really 00:11:16.180 --> 00:11:17.379 The disciples' prayer 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:18.620 Because Jesus could never 00:11:18.620 --> 00:11:19.700 Have prayed these words 00:11:19.700 --> 00:11:21.939 And I know that those people 00:11:21.939 --> 00:11:22.779 Are trying to say 00:11:22.779 --> 00:11:23.860 And that they're trying to be smart 00:11:23.860 --> 00:11:24.939 Because I used to be one of them 00:11:24.939 --> 00:11:27.019 But here's part of the objection 00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:28.840 Jesus could never have prayed 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:29.960 This prayer himself 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:32.000 Because it would have been 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:33.120 Inappropriate for him 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:34.399 To pray the fifth petition 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:35.399 Do you see that? 00:11:35.460 --> 00:11:35.939 Verse 12 00:11:35.939 --> 00:11:37.580 Forgive us our debts 00:11:37.580 --> 00:11:40.439 Jesus did not really sense 00:11:40.439 --> 00:11:41.139 To be forgiven 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:43.659 He is the perfect son of God 00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:44.740 So you cannot call this 00:11:44.740 --> 00:11:45.759 The Lord's Prayer 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:48.620 In the end however 00:11:48.620 --> 00:11:49.700 It doesn't really matter 00:11:49.700 --> 00:11:50.899 What you call this prayer 00:11:50.899 --> 00:11:52.919 But you need to grasp this 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:53.840 It is 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:55.159 The Lord's Prayer 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:56.700 It is 00:11:56.700 --> 00:11:59.080 And what I mean by that 00:11:59.080 --> 00:11:59.759 Is that this prayer 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:01.039 Covers the kind of petitions 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:02.580 That you hear Jesus praying 00:12:02.580 --> 00:12:04.799 Over and over and over again 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:06.000 Throughout his life and ministry 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:08.299 As we read them in the Gospels 00:12:08.299 --> 00:12:09.779 As you read through the Gospels 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:11.080 You find Jesus praying 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:12.919 For God's will 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:14.179 To be done 00:12:14.179 --> 00:12:16.359 You find Jesus praying 00:12:16.359 --> 00:12:17.199 That God's name 00:12:17.199 --> 00:12:18.339 Would be hallowed 00:12:18.339 --> 00:12:18.819 And praised 00:12:18.819 --> 00:12:20.639 You find him praying 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.539 For daily bread 00:12:22.539 --> 00:12:25.319 You find him praying 00:12:25.319 --> 00:12:26.620 For protection 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:28.139 From temptation 00:12:28.139 --> 00:12:31.039 But the most fundamental thing 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:32.359 We see 00:12:32.359 --> 00:12:34.199 Why this is Jesus' prayer 00:12:34.199 --> 00:12:35.620 This is the Lord's Prayer 00:12:35.620 --> 00:12:36.339 It is in the opening 00:12:36.339 --> 00:12:37.079 Two words 00:12:37.079 --> 00:12:38.039 Can you see that? 00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:39.719 Our Father 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:43.160 With those two words 00:12:43.160 --> 00:12:44.720 Jesus is introducing 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:47.360 A whole new way 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:49.160 To relate to God 00:12:49.160 --> 00:12:50.740 As family 00:12:50.740 --> 00:12:52.680 The Old Testament 00:12:52.680 --> 00:12:53.980 Certainly had the idea 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:55.240 Of the Fatherhood of God 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.240 It is there 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:57.540 Occasionally you read 00:12:57.540 --> 00:12:59.300 That God is the Father of Israel 00:12:59.300 --> 00:13:01.040 But you will not find 00:13:01.040 --> 00:13:02.860 God referred to directly 00:13:02.860 --> 00:13:04.840 In prayer as Father 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:06.899 It is Jesus 00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:07.879 Who makes this 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:09.600 Fatherhood of God 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:11.700 Absolutely central 00:13:11.700 --> 00:13:12.420 To prayer 00:13:12.420 --> 00:13:15.100 Jesus calls God 00:13:15.100 --> 00:13:15.780 Father 00:13:15.780 --> 00:13:17.899 About 60 times 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:18.700 In the Gospels 00:13:18.700 --> 00:13:20.879 Here is the mind 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:21.639 Blowing thing 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:23.480 This is what Jesus 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:24.980 Has called God 00:13:24.980 --> 00:13:26.879 From all eternity 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:29.320 And think about this 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:30.500 Before God 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:31.720 Ever created 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:32.620 Anything 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:34.940 Before he was 00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:35.759 A creator 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:38.240 Before he ruled 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:39.580 Over anything 00:13:39.580 --> 00:13:41.480 Before he was 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:42.980 The ruler of the universe 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:45.519 God was a Father 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:47.580 Loving his Son 00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:50.259 Jesus himself says it 00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:50.600 Doesn't he 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:51.919 In John 17 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:52.659 Verse 24 00:13:52.659 --> 00:13:54.740 Father you loved me 00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:56.600 Before the creation 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:57.600 Of the world 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:59.680 And I think that is 00:13:59.680 --> 00:14:00.600 Really really important 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:01.039 For you and I 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:02.120 To get our heads around 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:05.779 Before all things 00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:08.480 God is a Father 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:11.620 He's not primarily 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:12.220 Creator 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:15.679 Not primarily ruler 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:18.340 But Father 00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:21.440 And so implicit in that 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:22.940 All his ways 00:14:22.940 --> 00:14:24.179 Are Fatherly 00:14:24.179 --> 00:14:26.759 It's not that God 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:28.039 Does this kind of thing 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:29.460 In his day job 00:14:29.460 --> 00:14:30.920 In his day job 00:14:30.920 --> 00:14:31.440 He's a Father 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:32.440 But then he kicks back 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:33.280 And says well I'm just 00:14:33.280 --> 00:14:34.620 Just plain old God 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.160 Tonight 00:14:35.160 --> 00:14:36.040 You know that's like 00:14:36.040 --> 00:14:36.560 He was a dad 00:14:36.560 --> 00:14:37.800 I am a dad 00:14:37.800 --> 00:14:38.379 But tonight 00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:39.160 I'm just 00:14:39.160 --> 00:14:39.800 My own 00:14:39.800 --> 00:14:40.600 I'm back to being 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:41.320 The single man 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:41.980 I was before 00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.420 I'm going to sit 00:14:42.420 --> 00:14:43.160 In front of the sofa 00:14:43.160 --> 00:14:44.480 And watch the telly 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:45.500 I'm not dad tonight 00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:46.340 God never does that 00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:49.080 I'll do the father 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:49.960 Again thing tomorrow 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:52.120 It's not that he is 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.800 God 00:14:52.800 --> 00:14:54.680 With a nice blob 00:14:54.680 --> 00:14:55.940 Of fatherly 00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:56.900 I sing on top 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.279 No 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:59.340 He is Father 00:14:59.340 --> 00:15:00.299 All the way down 00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:02.699 And that is all 00:15:02.699 --> 00:15:03.840 That Jesus has ever 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.399 Known 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.620 In terms of his 00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.559 Relationship with the 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:06.899 Father 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:08.779 With God 00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:10.959 And so he starts 00:15:10.959 --> 00:15:11.840 The Lord's Prayer 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:13.019 Calling God 00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:13.559 Father 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:15.480 Because he's never 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:16.259 Known God any other 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:16.600 Way 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.000 From all eternity 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:21.579 He doesn't say 00:15:21.579 --> 00:15:22.360 To his disciples 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:23.379 Though 00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.299 Do you see it 00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:25.819 Here is how I pray 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:29.040 Here is my 00:15:29.040 --> 00:15:29.640 Father 00:15:29.640 --> 00:15:32.340 No he begins 00:15:32.340 --> 00:15:33.840 Our Father 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:36.440 And the question is 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:38.020 How can he include 00:15:38.020 --> 00:15:38.840 Other people 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:39.740 In this prayer 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:42.420 We have not 00:15:42.420 --> 00:15:44.120 We have not 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:45.220 Been in an eternal 00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:46.600 Relationship with God 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.379 As Jesus has 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.920 In fact 00:15:49.920 --> 00:15:51.340 Our natural state 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:52.080 According to the Bible 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:53.780 Our natural state 00:15:53.780 --> 00:15:55.020 Is that of being orphans 00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:56.879 That we are like 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.799 The younger prodigal 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.759 Said in that story 00:15:58.759 --> 00:15:59.919 We have run away 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:00.600 From the Father 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.639 We have essentially 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.759 Wished our Father 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.439 Dead 00:16:03.439 --> 00:16:04.519 So we don't have to 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.000 Deal with him 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.840 Or answer to him 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:06.879 And Jesus knows 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:07.480 Our nature 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:10.379 We are orphans 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:11.340 But as he 00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:12.360 Prays this prayer 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.639 He is anticipating 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:14.039 Isn't he 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.720 What he has come 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:15.319 To do in his 00:16:15.319 --> 00:16:16.100 Mission on earth 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:17.960 That he came 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:18.720 Into this world 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.980 On a rescue mission 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:21.379 So that you and I 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.659 Could be reconciled 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.320 To the Father 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:25.180 So that we would 00:16:25.180 --> 00:16:26.000 Be adopted 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:26.940 Into his family 00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:29.700 So there is one 00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:30.539 Time isn't there 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:32.200 There is one time 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:32.980 Recorded in the 00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:33.519 Gospels 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:34.539 Where Jesus 00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.840 Does not use 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.720 The language 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:38.420 Of Father 00:16:38.420 --> 00:16:39.060 In prayer 00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:41.539 You read it 00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:41.800 Of course 00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:42.480 On the cross 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:44.300 When Jesus 00:16:44.300 --> 00:16:44.940 Cries out 00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.960 My God 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:47.900 My God 00:16:47.900 --> 00:16:48.759 Why have you 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.740 Forsaken me 00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:52.300 And that is 00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:53.340 Hugely significant 00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:55.780 Earth 00:16:55.780 --> 00:16:56.460 And heaven 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.300 Echo 00:16:57.300 --> 00:16:59.019 As Jesus 00:16:59.019 --> 00:16:59.620 Cries out 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.280 Those words 00:17:00.280 --> 00:17:01.420 My God 00:17:01.420 --> 00:17:03.259 My God 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:06.240 That Jesus 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:06.640 There 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:08.079 Is undergoing 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.640 Isn't he 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:09.940 The wrath of the 00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.059 Father 00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:10.559 We need to be 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.259 Very careful 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.779 But I think 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.640 We can say 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:13.440 There is a 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.140 Sense 00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:16.360 There is a 00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:16.960 Sense 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:19.080 In which 00:17:19.080 --> 00:17:19.520 Jesus 00:17:19.520 --> 00:17:20.440 Loses a 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:20.980 Sense 00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.620 Of the 00:17:21.620 --> 00:17:22.220 Fatherhood 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:22.800 Of God 00:17:22.800 --> 00:17:24.960 The first 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.160 Time 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:25.320 In the 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00:17:42.920 His 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.460 Relationship 00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.820 With God 00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:44.099 Is not 00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:44.559 Ruptured 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:44.980 In any 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:45.379 Way 00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:47.079 But he 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.619 Loses 00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:48.379 That sense 00:17:48.379 --> 00:17:48.659 Of the 00:17:48.659 --> 00:17:49.200 Fatherly 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:49.599 Care 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:52.619 That eternal 00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:53.399 Relationship 00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:53.700 That he's 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:53.960 Had 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.779 With the 00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.259 One he's 00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:55.539 Known 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:55.960 From all 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.519 Eternity 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.220 With the 00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.619 One he has 00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:57.859 Called 00:17:57.859 --> 00:17:58.339 Father 00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:58.759 From all 00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.379 Eternity 00:17:59.379 --> 00:18:01.039 But the 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.379 Whole thing 00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:01.659 Is this 00:18:01.659 --> 00:18:01.939 That he 00:18:01.939 --> 00:18:02.299 Did that 00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.579 For you 00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:02.819 And for 00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.159 Me 00:18:03.159 --> 00:18:06.279 I can be 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:07.019 So bold 00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.399 As to 00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:08.000 Say this 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.879 He lost 00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:09.059 The 00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.279 Father 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.639 So you 00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:09.919 And I 00:18:09.919 --> 00:18:10.119 Could 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:10.339 Gain 00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:10.519 The 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:10.839 Father 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:13.240 So that 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.480 You and 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:13.599 I 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:13.819 Could be 00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.399 Adopted 00:18:14.399 --> 00:18:16.799 He was 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.679 Forsaken 00:18:17.679 --> 00:18:19.839 So we 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:20.220 Could be 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:20.759 Forgiven 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:22.799 And adopted 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.240 Into his 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:23.639 Family 00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:25.720 So I 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.059 Think there 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.319 Is a 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:26.740 Sense in 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.199 Which this 00:18:27.199 --> 00:18:27.599 Prayer 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:28.179 The Lord's 00:18:28.179 --> 00:18:28.279 Prayer 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:28.939 Jesus does 00:18:28.939 --> 00:18:29.759 Include himself 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.559 In the 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:31.019 Petition 00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.579 And forgive 00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:31.959 Us our 00:18:31.959 --> 00:18:32.419 Debt 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:34.560 Jesus of 00:18:34.560 --> 00:18:34.700 Course 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.100 He had 00:18:35.100 --> 00:18:35.580 No sins 00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:35.800 Of his 00:18:35.800 --> 00:18:36.060 Own 00:18:36.060 --> 00:18:37.680 But the 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:37.920 Reason 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:38.580 Jesus came 00:18:38.580 --> 00:18:38.920 Into the 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.039 World 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.340 Was to 00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:39.840 Assume 00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:40.120 Our 00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.360 Debt 00:18:40.360 --> 00:18:40.840 God 00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:41.279 Made him 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.680 Who knew 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.580 No sin 00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:43.880 To be 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:44.340 Sin for 00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:44.840 Us 00:18:44.840 --> 00:18:46.940 So that 00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.400 When Jesus 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:48.259 Christ died 00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:48.539 On the 00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:48.740 Cross 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.340 Was he 00:18:49.340 --> 00:18:49.940 Not asking 00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.160 The 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:50.400 Father 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:50.840 At least 00:18:50.840 --> 00:18:51.140 In his 00:18:51.140 --> 00:18:51.560 Actions 00:18:51.560 --> 00:18:52.060 If not 00:18:52.060 --> 00:18:52.779 With his 00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.279 Words 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:54.019 He is 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.440 Crying 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:54.700 On the 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:54.980 Cross 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.360 Forgive 00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:55.600 Us 00:18:55.600 --> 00:18:55.820 Our 00:18:55.820 --> 00:18:56.200 Debt 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:58.080 That's 00:18:58.080 --> 00:18:58.380 Exactly 00:18:58.380 --> 00:18:58.700 What he's 00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:58.920 Doing 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:01.180 He was 00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.740 Not seeking 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.380 Forgiveness 00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:02.920 For his 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.280 Own 00:19:03.280 --> 00:19:03.780 Sins 00:19:03.780 --> 00:19:05.160 But for 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.460 Our 00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.020 Sins 00:19:06.020 --> 00:19:07.660 Sins 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.040 That he 00:19:08.040 --> 00:19:08.240 Has 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:08.820 Taken 00:19:08.820 --> 00:19:09.060 Upon 00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:09.540 Himself 00:19:09.540 --> 00:19:10.000 That have 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.120 Been 00:19:10.120 --> 00:19:10.680 Imputed 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.040 To his 00:19:11.040 --> 00:19:11.440 Account 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:13.760 Forsaken 00:19:13.760 --> 00:19:15.860 So that 00:19:15.860 --> 00:19:16.060 You and 00:19:16.060 --> 00:19:16.280 I can 00:19:16.280 --> 00:19:16.400 Be 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.780 Forgiven 00:19:16.780 --> 00:19:18.020 And 00:19:18.020 --> 00:19:18.560 Restored 00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:18.740 And 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.380 Adopted 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:20.900 So that 00:19:20.900 --> 00:19:21.220 In these 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.800 First two 00:19:21.800 --> 00:19:22.080 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00:22:55.740 Singing 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.319 Saviour 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.079 He 00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.339 Is 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.720 The 00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.039 Preaching 00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.419 Saviour 00:22:58.419 --> 00:22:58.619 And 00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:58.839 Now 00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:58.980 He 00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.339 Invites 00:22:59.339 --> 00:22:59.500 Us 00:22:59.500 --> 00:22:59.619 To 00:22:59.619 --> 00:22:59.779 See 00:22:59.779 --> 00:22:59.980 That 00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.379 Right 00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.799 Now 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.480 Right 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.720 This 00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.099 Morning 00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:03.279 Jesus 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.819 Is 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.559 Serving 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:06.259 In 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.359 The 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.559 Holy 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.019 Place 00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.359 The 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:08.619 True 00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.059 Tent 00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:10.399 In 00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.799 Heaven 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:12.119 Where 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.279 It 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.579 Says 00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:12.579 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.419 The 00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:16.419 00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:17.019 The 00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.959 Worship 00:23:17.959 --> 00:23:18.299 Leader 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.980 Jesus 00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.319 Is 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.459 The 00:23:19.459 --> 00:23:19.740 Worship 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.139 Leader 00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.539 Who 00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:21.699 Is 00:23:21.699 --> 00:23:21.919 Our 00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:22.220 High 00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.599 Priest 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:22.779 Who 00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:22.919 Is 00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:23.759 Interceding 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.179 For 00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:24.419 Us 00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:24.939 Who 00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.099 Is 00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.519 Praying 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:25.879 For 00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.299 Us 00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:29.159 which is such a beautiful thought 00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.659 isn't it? 00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:33.099 that there is not a moment of any 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:35.259 day where Jesus 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.759 is not interceding 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:39.119 I'm praying to the Father for you and for me 00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:43.220 you young people 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.480 when you're in French 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:47.559 and you're despairing of French 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:49.779 like I used to despair of French 00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:51.139 the Lord Jesus 00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:53.139 is interceding 00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:55.299 I'm praying to the Father for you 00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:57.639 when you're in the office 00:23:57.639 --> 00:24:01.019 he is praying for us 00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:04.079 but the point of Hebrews 8 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.779 is not just that he is praying for us 00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.779 but he is praying with us 00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:09.180 he is our worship leader 00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:11.859 he is the liturgist every time we gather together 00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:14.799 it's like we are swept up into this heavenly sanctuary 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:17.279 we are lifted up to the saints in heaven 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:20.180 and Jesus invites us to join with him in prayer 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.960 and he says 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:23.500 ok, let's all say it together 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:25.000 our Father in heaven 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:26.960 that's what happens on Sunday morning 00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:29.160 our Father 00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:31.700 and we join with the saints 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:33.779 around the world 00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:37.700 so the reason we can pray to God as Father 00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:39.339 is everything we do with the one we pray with 00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:41.099 we pray with the one who has made it possible 00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:43.940 we pray with Jesus 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:47.519 but we've also got to see that we pray with one another 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:51.559 but when Jesus is asked by his disciples 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.339 how to pray 00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:54.220 his default is not 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:56.220 to personal private prayer 00:24:56.220 --> 00:25:00.220 his default is to corporate 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:02.599 gathered prayer with the people of God 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:06.720 he assumes that you and I are going to pray together 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:09.960 so let me just say that 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.960 as a Christian 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:12.639 who are you praying with? 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:14.800 pray with us 00:25:14.800 --> 00:25:15.220 come Sunday 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.800 by Sunday 00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:17.700 I hope you come to pray with Jesus 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.980 who are you praying with? 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.780 of course he's not ruling out 00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:23.420 personal prayer 00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:23.860 not at all 00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:25.040 Jesus prayed on his own 00:25:25.040 --> 00:25:27.920 he expects us to pray on our own 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.560 to the Father 00:25:28.560 --> 00:25:29.680 that relationship 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.380 individually 00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:32.880 but also 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:34.080 he expects us to pray 00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:35.660 in gathered worship 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:38.240 prayer that is frequent 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.980 and ongoing 00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:41.120 but surely the fact that Jesus 00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:43.460 as he gives us a model for prayer here 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.440 and he begins it 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:47.259 indicates that prayer is not just to be 00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.579 a private thing 00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.819 no Jesus says 00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:51.279 my people are to pray together 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:53.519 our Father 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:57.940 here's a poem that I read this week 00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.960 from rugged individuals 00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:01.620 you cannot pray the Lord's Prayer 00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:03.480 and even once say I 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:06.759 you cannot say the Lord's Prayer 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:08.620 and even once say my 00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:10.919 nor can you pray the Lord's Prayer 00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:12.319 and not pray for one another 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:14.839 for when you ask for daily bread 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:16.399 you must include your brother 00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:18.219 for others are included 00:26:18.219 --> 00:26:19.419 in each and every plea 00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:21.359 from the beginning to the end of it 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.159 it never not once 00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:24.359 says me 00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:26.579 it's that profound poetry 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:29.039 Sunday by Sunday 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.859 we gather together 00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:31.919 and one of the things we do 00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:33.039 is we pray corporately 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:35.619 we pray with Jesus 00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:37.839 and we pray 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.919 with each other 00:26:38.919 --> 00:26:41.239 and we pray for one another 00:26:41.239 --> 00:26:42.939 now the corporate prayers 00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:43.919 on Sundays tend to be led 00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:45.099 by one person 00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.239 but these prayers 00:26:46.239 --> 00:26:46.799 are in a sense 00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:48.059 somebody said to me this week 00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.079 they are in a sense 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:50.699 training for the rest of the week 00:26:50.699 --> 00:26:52.819 so football players 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:54.019 they train six days 00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:55.319 to perform on one day 00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.500 as Christians 00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.539 we gather to worship 00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.879 on one day 00:26:58.879 --> 00:27:00.099 to train 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:02.379 to perform on the other six days 00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:04.440 in other words 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.220 these practices 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.260 in gathered worship 00:27:06.260 --> 00:27:07.360 train us 00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:08.880 how we are going to live 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:10.940 in our scattered worship 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:13.460 they give us a model 00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.700 for how we are going to live 00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:16.660 when we leave this place 00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.840 and knowing that 00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:19.060 that relationship with God 00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:20.360 is not based on a performance 00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:22.980 it's not based on what I do 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:25.360 but it's based on Jesus' death 00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:26.660 and on the cross in my place 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.620 that gives me 00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:29.440 unbelievable freedom 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:31.680 in how we pray 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.960 we are praying 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.160 to our heavenly father 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:37.580 and Jesus wants us 00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:38.440 to be without pretense 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.980 when we can 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:41.960 instead we often come 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.279 don't we 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.240 wanting to be something 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:44.000 that we're not 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:46.560 the problem of trying 00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.440 to be spiritual 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:49.940 we don't need 00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:51.140 to clean up our act 00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:52.120 in order to become a Christian 00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.920 but when it comes to 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.680 praying with each other 00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.960 we certainly think we need to 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:58.480 if we try to fix ourselves up 00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.660 well in contrast 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:01.279 Jesus wants us to come like 00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.420 well look 00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.940 verse 9 00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.779 like little children 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:06.779 to our father 00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.960 now that's the bulk of the sermon 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.960 and we carry two words 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.599 alright 00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:12.339 Jesus says 00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.000 when you pray 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.799 pray our father 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.839 now what do you pray for? 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.440 what do you pray for? 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.819 let's look at the rest of that line 00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.819 our father in heaven 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:24.379 let's face two words 00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.000 in the Lord's Prayer 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.399 they highlight intimacy 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:29.259 the security 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.400 of a relationship 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:32.080 with God as father 00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:34.240 the delight 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.259 of a relationship 00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:37.500 that we now enjoy 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.160 with God 00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:40.060 because of Jesus 00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:42.800 but the second two words 00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:44.880 of that first line 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.560 of the Lord's Prayer 00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.420 tell us 00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.140 indicate to us 00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.080 that we are coming to a father 00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:48.860 who is almighty 00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:51.640 who is sovereign 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:54.000 who is powerful 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:56.220 who's got the resources 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:58.740 beyond our wildest imaginations 00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.560 at his disposal 00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.660 that this God 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.259 is holy 00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.080 and majestic 00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:03.540 he is the God 00:29:03.540 --> 00:29:04.140 of heaven 00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:06.040 he is the almighty 00:29:06.040 --> 00:29:07.800 he is God 00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:08.259 over heaven 00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.700 and earth 00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.340 and there's nothing 00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:10.420 we can ask of this God 00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.040 that is beyond 00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:11.940 his capabilities 00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:14.200 there is nothing 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.680 impossible 00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.360 with God 00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:17.360 and those four words 00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:18.640 set up 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.120 everything 00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.740 that is to come 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.660 in the Lord's Prayer 00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:23.700 they set up 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.339 the context 00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:25.380 for every time 00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.500 you come to God 00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.000 in prayer 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:29.519 because every time 00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.180 we pray 00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.240 we are praying 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.400 to the all loving 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.120 father 00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:35.140 and the all powerful 00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.559 Lord 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:38.000 he has the power 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.779 to do all things 00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:41.460 and yet 00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.200 he constrains 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.740 his power 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:45.819 he only uses it 00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:47.539 in the loving way 00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.160 that the greatest 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.259 father possibly could 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:51.599 so as you pray 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.240 the Lord's Prayer 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.799 you pray with complete 00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.420 confidence 00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.259 and trust 00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.359 we say 00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.619 your kingdom 00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.319 come 00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.819 your will be done 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:01.059 because we completely 00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.859 trust that the 00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:03.019 father in heaven 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:04.299 his will is going 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.960 to be perfect 00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.980 his kingdom 00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.420 is going to be 00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.160 glorious 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:10.180 we come to him 00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.660 with complete 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.319 dependence 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:13.359 as we pray 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.319 for our daily bread 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.119 because we know 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:16.619 that the almighty 00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.599 father is the one 00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.159 that supplies 00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:19.419 all our needs 00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:21.759 and we pray 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.299 for forgiveness 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.519 and protection 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.319 from temptation 00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.519 because he is 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.279 more than able 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:27.719 and he is more 00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:28.179 than willing 00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:30.559 and through all 00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:30.939 the prayer 00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.879 we pray to God 00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.539 who is father 00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.619 who is almighty 00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:35.019 with great boldness 00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:37.759 and because of who 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.539 we are praying to 00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.639 we will increasingly 00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.539 pray 00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:42.719 what one writer 00:30:42.719 --> 00:30:43.740 calls frontline 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:43.939 prayers 00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.740 prayers 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:46.180 as opposed 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.880 to maintenance 00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.600 prayers 00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:50.000 maintenance prayers 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.420 are the more 00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.820 mechanical things 00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:53.880 they are focused 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.480 on our physical 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.019 needs 00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:56.640 on the physical 00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.160 needs of the 00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.720 church 00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:59.039 and of course 00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.600 God wants you 00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.240 to pray for those 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.580 things 00:31:00.580 --> 00:31:02.600 it's why he gives 00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.320 us the petition 00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:05.039 give us our 00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.820 daily bread 00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:08.019 but in a sense 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.759 as you look at 00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.320 the Lord's Prayer 00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:10.840 you see the balance 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:12.699 but what Jesus 00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:13.819 does is he front 00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.959 loads the Lord's 00:31:14.959 --> 00:31:15.319 Prayer 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:17.599 with frontline 00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.399 prayers 00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:20.559 for his kingdom 00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.220 to come 00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:23.740 pleading with God 00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.599 that his will 00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.359 would be done 00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.079 on earth 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.359 praying that his 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.980 church would 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.959 flourish 00:31:28.959 --> 00:31:31.220 that our friends 00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.119 and neighbours 00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:33.179 would come into 00:31:33.179 --> 00:31:33.679 the kingdom 00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:35.259 and that the 00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.079 gospel would go 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:37.259 deeper into our 00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.939 lives 00:31:37.939 --> 00:31:39.720 so that we would 00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.579 live increasingly 00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.299 radically 00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.279 transformed 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.679 lives 00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.779 you read Paul's 00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.339 letters 00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.919 and that's where 00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:46.379 you find Paul 00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:46.879 praying about 00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.099 you 00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:49.559 you find that 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.939 they are the 00:31:49.939 --> 00:31:50.740 great examples 00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.379 of frontline 00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:51.839 prayers 00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.419 that the gospel 00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:53.259 would bear more 00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.059 and more fruit 00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.859 in our lives 00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.519 and in the lives 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.179 of others 00:31:56.179 --> 00:31:58.000 that we want 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.000 God to work 00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.839 miraculously 00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.779 to bring people 00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.339 to faith 00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:03.279 and we see the 00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.839 gospel going 00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.779 deeper and deeper 00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.980 frontline prayer 00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.839 works 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:09.740 but then it 00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.339 realised the 00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.899 gospel is so 00:32:10.899 --> 00:32:11.339 powerful 00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:13.059 that this 00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.699 loving father 00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.579 is so almighty 00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.419 that God 00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:16.279 is so gracious 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.259 he is so 00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.859 caring 00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:19.199 that there is 00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:19.919 no marriage 00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.539 that is beyond 00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.159 God's ability 00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.839 to save it 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.679 there is no 00:32:22.679 --> 00:32:23.559 addict who is 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:25.039 in too deep 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.799 that God 00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.539 cannot rescue 00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.379 there is no 00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:27.919 resentment 00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.740 or bitterness 00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:30.279 that is in our 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.019 heart that cannot 00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.779 be dealt with 00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.720 by the loving 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.139 father 00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:36.880 and no person 00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:38.740 no person 00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.440 is unreachable 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.960 by the grace 00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.440 of God 00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:43.080 and why can 00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.360 we pray 00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.759 with such 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.200 confidence 00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:45.180 because of 00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.660 who we are 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.360 praying to 00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:47.360 our father 00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.880 in heaven 00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:51.060 lastly all 00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.360 through this 00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.759 series I've 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.020 been trying 00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:52.360 to say 00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:53.180 what we do 00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.759 on Sundays 00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.800 shapes us 00:32:54.800 --> 00:32:56.820 it forms 00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.300 us 00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:59.639 it moulds 00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.599 our identities 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:03.319 and we just 00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.700 need to think 00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.019 for a moment 00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.299 how does 00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.720 prayer do 00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.039 that 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:06.899 as we pray 00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.579 together each 00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:07.899 Sunday 00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.740 speaking the 00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.299 language of 00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:10.079 our father 00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.759 in heaven 00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:13.059 the almighty 00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.680 God who 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.279 reigns and 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.019 rules 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:17.000 in a sense 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.480 what we're 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.980 doing is we 00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.700 are pressing 00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.680 the reset 00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.119 button 00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:21.919 on how we 00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.519 do God 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:25.180 because through 00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.659 the week we 00:33:25.659 --> 00:33:26.460 are bombarding 00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.720 aren't we 00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.600 we are tested 00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:30.799 our hearts 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:32.140 so wicked 00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.839 so corrupt 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:34.839 think wrong 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.600 thoughts about 00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.059 God 00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.940 we hear other 00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.519 people say 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.059 stuff 00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:40.539 and this prayer 00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.019 is like the 00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.779 reset button 00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:43.940 where we come 00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.380 and we say 00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:45.100 no this is 00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.440 who I'm 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.940 praying to 00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:47.720 this is who 00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.420 I worship 00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:50.220 and every time 00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.740 you pray to 00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.259 God using 00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.779 this kind 00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.519 of language 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:55.079 and that is 00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.579 important isn't 00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:55.920 it because 00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.580 your view of 00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:56.960 God 00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:58.840 determines how 00:33:58.840 --> 00:33:59.259 you are going 00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.720 to live your 00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.200 life this 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.480 week 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.800 if you go 00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:03.279 into this 00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.580 week 00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:04.680 banking your 00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.440 life on the 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.000 God who has 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.960 revealed himself 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.960 as father 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.579 almighty 00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.980 it's going to 00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.300 change how 00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.680 you live 00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:12.980 it's going to 00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.300 change how 00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.740 you deal with 00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.220 pressure 00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:16.079 and anxiety 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:18.079 and fear 00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:19.920 and it's going 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.300 to change you 00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.760 the better 00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:24.080 I've stolen 00:34:24.080 --> 00:34:24.560 this phrase 00:34:24.560 --> 00:34:25.000 but I can't 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.400 remember where 00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.080 I've stolen 00:34:26.080 --> 00:34:26.460 it from 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.820 in our prayers 00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.780 we worship 00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:30.300 God with 00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.960 pendulum 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:32.120 prayers 00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:34.120 pendulum 00:34:34.120 --> 00:34:34.900 prayers 00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:37.380 until we 00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:38.180 are humble 00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:39.400 and bold 00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:41.420 at the same 00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.019 time 00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:44.660 we will not 00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.180 know the joy 00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:45.760 of prayer 00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:47.400 what do I 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.960 mean by 00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.380 pendulum 00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.900 prayers 00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:50.520 think about 00:34:50.520 --> 00:34:50.840 the opening 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.480 line in 00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.020 this Lord's 00:34:52.020 --> 00:34:52.340 prayer 00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.720 our praise 00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:54.360 really operates 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.600 like a 00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:54.880 pendulum 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.140 if you know 00:34:55.140 --> 00:34:55.360 what a 00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.720 pendulum is 00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:56.780 it's a 00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.440 weight on 00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:59.520 a rope 00:34:59.520 --> 00:35:01.000 it swings 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.700 from one 00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:02.400 side of the 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.580 back 00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:03.000 you got it 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:05.040 so our 00:35:05.040 --> 00:35:05.760 praise operates 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.080 like a 00:35:06.080 --> 00:35:06.320 pendulum 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.760 we are 00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.460 praying our 00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.200 father on 00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:08.520 the one 00:35:08.520 --> 00:35:08.780 hand 00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.160 aren't we 00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:10.679 we are 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.059 thinking 00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.519 we are 00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.879 praying 00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.179 we are 00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.619 meditating 00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:12.980 we are 00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.319 rejoicing 00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:14.000 how loving 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.639 God is 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:16.420 how merciful 00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.980 God is 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.980 how gracious 00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.500 God is 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.819 how sacrificial 00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:20.759 God was 00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.659 in giving up 00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.299 his son 00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:23.500 so that we 00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.019 could become 00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.659 sons and 00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.139 daughters 00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:27.059 but then the 00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.299 pendulum 00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.859 swings to the 00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:28.519 other side 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:30.019 and we think 00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.420 about our 00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.099 father who is 00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:32.000 in heaven 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:33.779 and we're 00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.139 thinking about 00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.879 how majestic 00:35:34.879 --> 00:35:36.019 how holy 00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:37.219 how high 00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:38.519 how lofty 00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.460 how powerful 00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.400 how other 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.159 he is 00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:43.059 and the thing 00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.400 is about 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.900 pendulum 00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.659 praise 00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.860 is it's 00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.320 constantly 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.840 swinging 00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.960 from one 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.699 side to 00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.099 the other 00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:50.179 and back 00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:50.480 again 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:52.519 and every 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.179 single one 00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.480 of us has 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.019 got a tendency 00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.599 to tie the 00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.099 pendulum out 00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.559 to one 00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.940 side 00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:57.860 you either 00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.079 want to 00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.360 think of 00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.639 God as 00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.400 more loving 00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.219 more than 00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:00.559 holy 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.920 or you want 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.119 to think 00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.480 he is more 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.940 holy than 00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.300 loving 00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:05.219 but the thing 00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:05.880 about pendulum 00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.679 praise is you've 00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.199 got to let it 00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.880 swing back 00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.420 and forth 00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.940 back and 00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.280 forth 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:10.960 and the 00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.420 beauty of 00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.900 this is that 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.460 the further 00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.200 you let it 00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:14.780 go on the 00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.440 one side 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:17.440 the further 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.980 it swings 00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.720 to the 00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:19.280 other side 00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:21.320 and so the 00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.700 more that you 00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:22.180 are able to 00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:22.680 see the love 00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:22.980 of God 00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.559 the father 00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.320 and what he's 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:24.820 done for you 00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.400 out of that 00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.000 love 00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:27.340 the more 00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.900 then that his 00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.780 might and his 00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.740 holiness and his 00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:30.599 justice and his 00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.139 power they 00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.720 come into 00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.440 greater for you 00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:34.659 and the more 00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:35.200 that you pray 00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.760 and meditate 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.360 and reflect 00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:37.039 and praise him 00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.539 for his might 00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.079 and his holiness 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.739 and his justice 00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.480 and his righteousness 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.820 the more beautiful 00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.800 appears his love 00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:43.940 back and forth 00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.759 back and forth 00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.279 back and forth 00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:46.259 that prayer will 00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:47.099 change you 00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:48.800 because as you 00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.480 reflect on his 00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.239 might and holiness 00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:51.000 it humbles you 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:52.099 you realise how 00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.739 undeserving you are 00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:55.480 face to face 00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.400 with this glorious 00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.940 God 00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.860 and yet it gives you 00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.759 incredible boldness 00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:00.159 that you are 00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:00.679 cherished 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.179 and you are 00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.940 delighted in 00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:03.539 by the God 00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.119 of this universe 00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.559 and we are 00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.079 changed 00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:06.940 we are changed 00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.500 by how we 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.900 pray 00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:09.619 and that 00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:09.980 change is 00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.460 then how we 00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:10.760 pray 00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:12.400 it takes us 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:12.679 deeper 00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.039 deeper 00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.500 deeper 00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.840 into the 00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.159 gospel 00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:15.760 there's a 00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.240 story of 00:37:16.240 --> 00:37:16.860 Alexander the 00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.099 Great 00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.840 it's probably 00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.440 apocryphal 00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.200 and it goes 00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:19.539 like this 00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.159 Alexander the 00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.460 Great was 00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:21.159 once asked 00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.619 by one of 00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.599 his generals 00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.920 for an 00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.800 enormous sum 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.240 of money 00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:26.840 that's what 00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.440 the general 00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:27.760 wanted 00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.460 an enormous 00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.240 sum of 00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:29.539 money 00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.719 so that 00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:30.960 he can 00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.219 marry 00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.639 his daughter 00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.059 off 00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.679 and Alexander 00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.079 the Great 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.579 says 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.960 ok 00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.639 I'll give 00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.380 it to you 00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:37.039 his treasurer 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.679 gets wind 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.079 of it 00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.779 as treasurers 00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.159 do 00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:40.099 and the 00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.460 treasurer 00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.940 isn't too 00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.320 happy 00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:42.500 and he 00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.860 comes to 00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.179 Alexander 00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.519 the Great 00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.739 and he 00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:43.900 says 00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.539 why on earth 00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:44.739 are you 00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.179 giving this 00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.579 man so 00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.000 much money 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.699 don't you 00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.039 realise 00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.400 it's 00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.420 ten times 00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.800 more 00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.920 than anyone 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:51.059 has ever 00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.619 paid to 00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:51.860 marry 00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.179 someone 00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.599 off 00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.579 this is 00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.259 ridiculous 00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:55.860 Alexander 00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.159 the Great 00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.380 says 00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.659 don't you 00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.219 understand 00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:59.139 this man 00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.519 asks for 00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.659 this 00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.119 ridiculous 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:00.739 sum of 00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:00.960 money 00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.319 and as 00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:01.679 he does 00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:01.960 so he 00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.319 gives me 00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:03.039 great honour 00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:05.440 what are you 00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:06.099 talking about 00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.539 Alexander 00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:08.359 Alexander 00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:08.639 says 00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.159 by asking 00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.579 for such 00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.019 a ridiculous 00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.319 amount 00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:10.719 of money 00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.239 the general 00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.819 shows that 00:38:11.819 --> 00:38:12.379 I am both 00:38:12.379 --> 00:38:13.000 rich 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:15.000 and generous 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:17.900 and so it 00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.199 is that 00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:18.639 John Newton 00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.279 wrote this 00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:20.139 you are 00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.599 coming 00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.619 to a 00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:21.940 king 00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:23.639 large 00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.319 petitions 00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:25.980 would you 00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.379 bring 00:38:26.379 --> 00:38:28.119 for his 00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.719 grace 00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:30.359 and power 00:38:30.359 --> 00:38:31.000 are such 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.559 no one 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:34.119 can ever 00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.659 ask too 00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.019 much 00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:36.819 Amen