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 So that's Luke chapter 11, it's on page 1042.

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 What are we reading? 1 to 13?

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 So Luke chapter 11, starting at verse 1.

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 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place.

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 When he finished, one of his disciples said to him,

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 Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.

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 He said to them,

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 When you pray, say,

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 Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come,

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 give us each day our daily bread,

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 forgive us our sins,

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 for we also forgive everyone who sins against us,

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 and lead us not into temptation.

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 Then he said to them,

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 Suppose one of you has a friend,

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 and he goes to him at midnight and says,

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 Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

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 because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me,

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 and I have nothing to set before him.

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 Then the one inside answers,

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 Don't bother me, the door is already locked,

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 and my children are in bed with me.

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 I can't get up and give you anything.

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 I tell you,

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 Though he will not get up and give him the bread,

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 because he is his friend,

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 yet because of the man's boldness,

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 he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

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 So I say to you,

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 Ask, and it will be given to you.

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 Seek, and you will find.

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 Knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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 For everyone who asks, receives.

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 He who seeks, finds.

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 And to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

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 Which of you fathers,

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 if your son asks for a fish,

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 will give him a snake instead?

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 Or if he asks for an egg,

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 will give him a scorpion?

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 If you then, though you are evil,

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 know how to give good gifts to your children,

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 how much more will your Father in heaven

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 give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

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 Thanks very much, Alex.

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 Well, it is a text and teaching on prayer.

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 So, why don't we pray

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 and ask for God's help?

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 Amen.

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 Our Father God, thank you for your word to us.

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 And thank you that you, by your Spirit,

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 speak to us through your word.

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 And thank you that through your word,

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 you tell us and remind us

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 and invite us

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 to talk to you,

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 to come with our requests,

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 to ask, to seek, to knock.

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 And so we come to you, Father,

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 and ask that you will give us

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 the wonderful gift of your Holy Spirit.

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 Pour out your Spirit upon us

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 so that we may understand your word,

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 not just intellectually,

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 not just intellectually,

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 but that we may experience it in our hearts

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 and in our lives,

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 that it may teach us afresh

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 the relationship that you call us to have with you.

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 Thank you that even as we talk to you now,

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 your Son

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 is taking these prayers

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 and speaking them also

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 to the Father

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 on our behalf.

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 We ask for your help to us.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I wonder when was the last time

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 you had a time of prayer

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 on your own?

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 What was it like?

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 Perhaps it started very well.

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 But after a couple of sentences,

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 your mind began to wander

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 and you were thinking about work

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 or college next week

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 or a friend that you had to meet

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 and before you knew it,

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 you'd actually forgotten

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 what you were doing.

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 Maybe as you sat down to pray,

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 you never really got going at all

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 because all of a sudden

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 you became very conscious

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 of a whole lot of sin in your life

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 and you just felt far too guilty

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 and you just thought,

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 there's no way I can talk to God.

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 Or maybe you've just given up

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 on prayer altogether.

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 You're disappointed

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 that things that you had asked God for

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 just never materialised

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 and you are really just fed up

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 with the idea of prayer.

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 Or maybe you've actually tried

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 to bring a bit of structure to it

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 and you've planned things out

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 and you said,

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 right, at this particular time

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 on each day,

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 I'm going to pray.

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 But after a couple of days,

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 it all stopped

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 as the busyness of life

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 overtook.

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 That's my experience.

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 And the fact is,

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 we all struggle to pray,

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 including the disciples.

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 So look at chapter 11, verse 1.

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 One day,

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 Jesus was praying

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 in a certain place.

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 When he finished,

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 one of his disciples said to him,

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 Lord,

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 teach us to pray.

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 Teach us to pray.

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 Just as John taught his disciples.

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 You see,

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 we know we should pray.

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 We know it's good to pray.

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 But we all find it so hard to pray.

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 In fact,

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 in our determination

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 to be people

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 who are better prayers,

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 it seems the more we try,

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 the more we fail.

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 As soon as we begin to pray,

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 our mind wanders

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 or we just find

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 there's something more important

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 to be doing.

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 So rather than prayer

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 being a privilege to enjoy,

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 it just becomes a duty

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 to perform.

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 Well,

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 as Jesus teaches

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 his disciples

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 about prayer,

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 he's bringing us back

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 to some very central themes

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 that encourage us

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 and remind us

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 that we can all pray.

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 And over the next

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 few weeks together,

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 we're going to look

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 at these three things.

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 Who we pray to,

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 how we pray,

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 and what we pray for.

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 Who we're praying to,

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 how we should pray,

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 and what we should be praying for.

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 And this morning,

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 we're going to start

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 with who we are praying to.

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 So,

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 who are we praying to?

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 Look at verse 2.

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 Jesus responds

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 to their question.

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 He said to them,

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 when you pray,

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 say,

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 Father.

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 Now,

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 it might seem so obvious

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 to us,

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 but we must understand,

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 we must know

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 who we are talking to.

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 We are talking to God

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 as Father.

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 And in a sense,

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 as Jesus teaches us,

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 he is inviting us

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 to join him

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 in relationship

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 with his Father.

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 Father.

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 The disciples

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 had heard Jesus pray,

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 they had watched Jesus pray

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 on many occasions,

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 and now they're wanting

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 to be able to pray

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 as Jesus did.

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 Go back to chapter 10,

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 verse 21.

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 Here they are watching,

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 and here they are listening

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 to Jesus pray.

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 So,

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 chapter 10,

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 verse 21.

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 At that time,

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 Jesus,

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 full of joy,

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 through the Holy Spirit,

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 said,

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 I praise you,

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 Father,

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 Lord of heaven and earth.

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 Verse 22.

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 All things have been committed

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 to me

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 by my Father.

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 No one knows

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 who the Son is

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 except the Father,

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 and no one knows

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 who the Father is

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 except the Son,

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 and those to whom

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 the Son chooses

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 to reveal him.

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 You see,

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 in that prayer,

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 we see that there is

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 a deep relational intimacy

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 between the Father

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 and the Son.

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 Only the Father

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 knows the Son,

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 and only the Son

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 knows the Father.

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 They are one together.

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 They have existed

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 in relationship

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 before time began.

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 They loved each other

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 before all eternity,

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 and now Jesus

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 is saying to his disciples,

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 you can call me

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 Father too,

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 or you can call him

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 Father too.

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 Jesus is inviting us

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 to join him

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 in relationship

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 with his Father.

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 But how can we join in

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 with this relationship?

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 How does it actually happen?

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 Well, look back at verse 21 again

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 of Luke chapter 10.

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 At that time,

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 Jesus,

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 full of joy

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 through the Holy Spirit,

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 said,

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 I praise you,

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 Father,

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 Lord and heaven and earth,

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 because

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 you have hidden

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 these things.

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 Hidden what things?

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 Hidden

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 this idea

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 that you can have

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 a relationship

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 with the Father.

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 He has hidden

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 these things

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 from the wise

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 and learned,

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 those who think

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 they know it all,

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 and think that they can

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 just have it

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 any way they want.

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 But he has revealed it

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 to little children,

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 people who come

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 in dependence.

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 Yes,

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 Father,

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 for this was your

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 good pleasure.

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 You see,

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 it's the Father's desire

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 that we should be

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 in relationship

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 with him.

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 It tells us there

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 that he takes

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 pleasure

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 and delight

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 in making himself

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 known to us.

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 it pleases the Father

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 that we should

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 know him.

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 So how can we

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 know the Father?

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 Well,

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 look down at verse 22

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 again.

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 The last part,

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 it says,

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 no one knows

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 who the Father is

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 except the Son

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 and those to whom

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 the Son chooses

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 to reveal him.

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 Jesus is the only one

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 who makes the Father

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 known to us.

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 It is through Jesus

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 that we get to know

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 the Father personally,

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 and intimately.

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 And we know

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 that when Jesus

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 died on the cross,

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 he was coming

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 into this world

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 to join

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 with us.

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 Joining with us

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 to become

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 like us,

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 to take the blame

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 for all the wrong

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 things that we have

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 done,

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 so that

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 we could join

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 him

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 in relationship

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 with the Father.

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 He joined

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 with us

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 so that we could

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 join with him.

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 It is summarised

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 for us very well

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 in Ephesians

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 chapter 2

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 verse 18.

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 No need to look it up,

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 I can read it out

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 to you.

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 Ephesians chapter 2

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 and verse 18

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 says this,

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 for through him,

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 that is,

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 through Jesus,

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 we both have access

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 to the Father

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 by one spirit.

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 And in Ephesians 3

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 verse 12

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 it says,

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 in him,

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 in Jesus,

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 and through faith

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 in Jesus,

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 we may approach

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 God,

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 our Father,

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 with freedom

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 and confidence.

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 Jesus

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 is the only one

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 who makes

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 the Father

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 known to us.

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 So when we pray,

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 we are talking

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 to the same

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 Father

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 that Jesus

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 talked to.

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 The relationship

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 that he enjoyed

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 with the Father

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 now becomes

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 our relationship.

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 The intimacy

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 that Jesus

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 enjoyed with the

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 Father

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 becomes ours

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 to enjoy.

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 Again,

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 this father-child

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 relationship

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 is very well

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 illustrated for us

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 in Luke chapter 15.

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 The well-known

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 story of the

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 two lost

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 sons

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 in Luke chapter 15.

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 The first part

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 of the story

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 tells us about

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 a son

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 who had wished

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 that his father

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 was dead,

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 wished that he

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 had been buried

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 and that he could

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 now have his share

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 and inheritance

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 and basically

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 he takes it

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 and he leaves

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 home.

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 But after a life

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 of self-indulgence

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 and ruining

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 his life,

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 he now begins

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 to return home

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 broken

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 and ruined

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 and we pick it up

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 in Luke 15

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 verse 18.

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 I will set out

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 the son,

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 this is the son

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 speaking,

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 I will set out

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 and go back

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 to my father

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 and say to him,

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 Father,

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 I have sinned

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 against heaven

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 and against you.

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 I am no longer

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 worthy to be called

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 your son.

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 Make me like

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 one of your hired men.

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 Maybe he'll just

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 take me back

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 so I could just

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 work in the fields

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 or something.

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 So he got up

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 and he went

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 to his father

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 but while he was

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 still a long way up

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 his father saw him.

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 The idea there

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 that the father's

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 looking out for him

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 and he was filled

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 with compassion for him

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 and he ran

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 to his son

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 and he threw

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 his arms around him

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 and kissed him

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 and the son

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 said to him,

00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:30.819
 Father,

00:14:31.459 --> 00:14:32.279
 I have sinned

00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:33.059
 against heaven

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 and against you.

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 I am no longer

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 worthy to be called

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 your son

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 and before he could

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 give any other

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 words of explanation,

00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:41.839
 verse 22,

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 but the father

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 said to his servants,

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 Quick,

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 bring the best robe

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 and put it on him.

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 Put a ring

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 on his finger

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 and sandals

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 on his feet.

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 All signs

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 and symbols

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 of the fact

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 that he is now

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 part of the family.

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 Bring the fattened calf

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 and kill it.

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 Let's have a feast

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 and celebrate

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 for this son of mine

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 was dead

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 and is alive again.

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 He was lost

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 and is found.

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 So they began

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 to celebrate.

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 The point is so clear

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 that when we repent

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 and turn to God

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 the father,

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 he forgives us,

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 he welcomes us,

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 he accepts us

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 and he treats us

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 as his own son

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 so that we can be

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 in relationship

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 with him.

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 This is what it means

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 to talk to God

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 as father.

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 father.

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 There's a very famous

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 picture,

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 have it on the screen

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 there,

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 we've seen it before,

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 of President JFK

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 and here he is

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 sitting at his desk

00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:54.519
 in the Oval Office,

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 the Presidential Suite,

00:15:57.500 --> 00:15:58.460
 perhaps the most

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 guarded room

00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:00.620
 possible

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 and here he is,

00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.340
 the President,

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 the most protected

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 person,

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 but sitting underneath

00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:08.980
 his desk

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:11.299
 is his little son,

00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:12.480
 JFK Jr.

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 The office is the centre

00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:17.080
 of all power

00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.940
 and authority.

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 Here is where

00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:21.120
 everybody who's important

00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.700
 gets to be invited.

00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:24.720
 National and international

00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:26.240
 decisions are made

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.240
 in this office

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:29.139
 and nobody is allowed

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.740
 in there.

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.759
 It's off limits.

00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:32.600
 Access is denied

00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:33.820
 and if you tried

00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:34.759
 to force your way

00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.159
 in there,

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:36.360
 you would be arrested

00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.159
 or perhaps you'd

00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:37.860
 even be killed.

00:16:40.060 --> 00:16:40.960
 But yet,

00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:41.800
 because of this

00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:43.720
 unique relationship

00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.919
 between father

00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:45.860
 and son,

00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:49.580
 Junior has access

00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:51.279
 to his father.

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.000
 Now,

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.879
 through Jesus,

00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:56.600
 we have been given

00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.800
 access to

00:16:57.800 --> 00:16:59.000
 the father.

00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.600
 He alone

00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.139
 is the one

00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:01.779
 who reveals

00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.700
 the father to us.

00:17:02.920 --> 00:17:03.759
 The father who is

00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.880
 Lord of heaven

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:05.420
 and earth.

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.539
 the creator,

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.600
 the sustainer,

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:09.380
 the ruler of all things.

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.880
 And just as Jesus

00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:12.980
 talked with his father

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:14.740
 and had that intimate

00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:15.840
 relationship with him,

00:17:16.100 --> 00:17:18.259
 so we can talk to our father

00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.279
 without fear,

00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:21.120
 in freedom

00:17:21.120 --> 00:17:23.279
 and in confidence.

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:28.240
 but what kind of father

00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:31.000
 are we talking to?

00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:33.720
 Well,

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:35.379
 we are talking to a father

00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:36.559
 who listens

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:38.940
 and answers.

00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.720
 A father who listens

00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.259
 and answers.

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:42.119
 Go back to

00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:43.599
 Luke 11.

00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.920
 Let's pick it up

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.840
 in verse 5.

00:17:52.300 --> 00:17:53.420
 Jesus tells

00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:54.660
 a story.

00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:56.640
 Verse 5,

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.480
 he said to them,

00:17:57.840 --> 00:17:58.860
 suppose one of you

00:17:58.860 --> 00:17:59.600
 has a friend.

00:18:00.300 --> 00:18:01.420
 And he goes to him

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:01.900
 at midnight

00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.440
 and says,

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.200
 friend,

00:18:03.360 --> 00:18:04.360
 lend me three loaves

00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:04.840
 of bread

00:18:04.840 --> 00:18:06.080
 because a friend

00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:06.620
 of mine

00:18:06.620 --> 00:18:07.500
 on a journey

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.460
 has come to me

00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:09.560
 and I have nothing

00:18:09.560 --> 00:18:10.779
 to set before him.

00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:12.660
 Now,

00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.620
 as we read this,

00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:15.100
 we've got to remember

00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:16.159
 that people then

00:18:16.159 --> 00:18:17.839
 lived in very basic

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.539
 accommodation.

00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.980
 It wasn't all very

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:21.519
 kind of separate rooms

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.579
 as we have today.

00:18:22.679 --> 00:18:23.199
 The kitchen

00:18:23.199 --> 00:18:24.799
 was simply the living room

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.899
 and the living room

00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:27.719
 became the bedroom.

00:18:28.659 --> 00:18:29.879
 So we can imagine

00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.659
 the scene here,

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.859
 we've got this family

00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:33.699
 all snuggled up

00:18:33.699 --> 00:18:35.219
 in the one room,

00:18:35.719 --> 00:18:37.419
 all nice and warm

00:18:37.419 --> 00:18:38.539
 and then this neighbour

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.219
 comes along

00:18:39.219 --> 00:18:40.179
 and starts knocking

00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:40.799
 on the door

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.359
 at midnight.

00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:44.019
 Well,

00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:45.399
 maybe if I stay quiet

00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:46.339
 he'll go away.

00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:49.219
 But the knocking persists,

00:18:49.479 --> 00:18:50.000
 verse 7.

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.859
 Then one inside,

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.899
 then the one inside

00:18:52.899 --> 00:18:53.439
 answers,

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:55.039
 don't bother me,

00:18:55.679 --> 00:18:56.559
 go away.

00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:58.439
 The door's already locked

00:18:58.439 --> 00:18:59.139
 and my children

00:18:59.139 --> 00:19:00.199
 are with me in bed.

00:19:00.399 --> 00:19:01.579
 I can't get up

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.659
 and give you anything.

00:19:03.479 --> 00:19:03.779
 You see,

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:05.099
 he knows if he gets up

00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:06.359
 to answer the door,

00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.519
 the whole family

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.779
 are going to be woken up

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.619
 and then the baby's

00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.500
 going to start crying

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.279
 and will need fed

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.920
 and then the kids

00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:12.660
 will need the loo.

00:19:13.139 --> 00:19:14.079
 Why don't you try

00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:15.500
 Brennan's next door?

00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:17.920
 Verse 8.

00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.940
 I tell you,

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.839
 though he will not

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.940
 get up and give him

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:23.599
 the bread

00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:25.279
 because he is his friend,

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:28.220
 yet because of the man's

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:29.279
 boldness.

00:19:30.639 --> 00:19:30.980
 Now,

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.279
 commentators,

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 when you read this

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:34.000
 passage here,

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.819
 will all say that

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.920
 that's not a very helpful

00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:36.559
 translation,

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.399
 boldness.

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.480
 It should really be

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.619
 something like

00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:40.279
 shamelessness.

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:41.920
 Yet,

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:43.000
 because of the man's

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.960
 shamelessness,

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:45.680
 he will get up

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.799
 and give him

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:48.639
 as much as he needs.

00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.619
 Now,

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.740
 when it says here,

00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:53.139
 because of the man's

00:19:53.139 --> 00:19:53.980
 shamelessness,

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:55.180
 it can refer,

00:19:55.379 --> 00:19:56.160
 and we need to follow

00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:57.279
 this through very carefully,

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.500
 it can refer to either

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.059
 the man

00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:00.879
 knocking on the door

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 or it can refer to

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:04.859
 the man on the inside.

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:07.399
 And I think here,

00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:08.439
 it's primarily about

00:20:08.439 --> 00:20:10.179
 the man who's on the inside,

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:12.379
 who's asleep with his family.

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.339
 So,

00:20:14.419 --> 00:20:15.219
 the reason

00:20:15.219 --> 00:20:16.500
 the neighbour

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.839
 gets bread

00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:19.879
 is not because

00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.779
 he keeps on

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.959
 knocking shamelessly

00:20:21.959 --> 00:20:23.159
 whatever time of the night

00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:23.599
 it is,

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.740
 and he won't give up

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.159
 knocking,

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:27.399
 but because the man

00:20:27.399 --> 00:20:28.679
 on the inside

00:20:28.679 --> 00:20:30.500
 does not want to be

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.299
 shamed

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:33.179
 by his neighbour.

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:35.340
 His reputation,

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.759
 his integrity

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.920
 is at stake.

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 You see,

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:40.200
 if he doesn't get up

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.100
 and answer the door,

00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:42.600
 if he doesn't get up

00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.500
 and help his neighbour,

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:45.000
 then the whole village

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.820
 is going to know

00:20:45.820 --> 00:20:46.720
 how stingy

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.980
 and selfish he is,

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 and he's going to bring

00:20:49.060 --> 00:20:50.759
 shame on the whole community.

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.420
 So,

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.420
 verse 8,

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.860
 yet because

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:58.039
 of the man's

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:59.960
 sense of shame,

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:01.720
 he will get up

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.759
 and give him

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.500
 as much

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.559
 as he needs.

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:05.920
 You see,

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.740
 the point of this

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.900
 little story here

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:09.099
 is not to make

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.879
 comparisons,

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.740
 but it's to draw

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.819
 a contrast.

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.740
 Jesus is not

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.359
 saying

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.420
 God is like

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.660
 some reluctant neighbour

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.700
 and you have to

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.579
 keep on nagging

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.099
 and knocking

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:21.019
 and keep on

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:22.000
 banging on the door

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.819
 until eventually

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.579
 he answers.

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.059
 No,

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.460
 it's saying the opposite,

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.240
 that God is

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:28.500
 always attentive,

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.859
 he is always

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.839
 listening to our

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.599
 every cry,

00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:32.679
 and he will

00:21:32.679 --> 00:21:33.299
 answer

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.959
 because

00:21:33.959 --> 00:21:35.679
 his integrity

00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:37.339
 is at stake.

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.799
 To avoid

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:40.000
 being shamed,

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.379
 he will hear

00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:42.480
 and he will

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.139
 answer.

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.059
 In other words,

00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:45.939
 if a reluctant

00:21:45.939 --> 00:21:46.579
 neighbour

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:48.259
 would listen

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.980
 and would

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.579
 answer,

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.439
 how much

00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.159
 more

00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:53.519
 will your

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.719
 Father in Heaven

00:21:54.719 --> 00:21:55.539
 listen

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.559
 and answer?

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:58.259
 Father in Heaven

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.819
 So we must

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.599
 never think

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.399
 that God

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.139
 is asleep

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.740
 and that

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.200
 he can't

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.039
 be disturbed.

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:03.899
 He's never

00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:04.339
 asleep.

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.379
 We must

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.899
 never think

00:22:05.899 --> 00:22:06.319
 that God

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.179
 is so tied

00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:07.859
 up that

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.319
 he mustn't

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.440
 be inconvenienced.

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.220
 He is

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.279
 never put

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.980
 out with

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.440
 our coming

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.919
 to him.

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.639
 We must

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.339
 never think

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.779
 that God

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.839
 is uninterested

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.759
 in our affairs

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.279
 or he wouldn't

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.839
 be bothered

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.299
 with us.

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:18.960
 He is

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.579
 deeply

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.619
 concerned.

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:22.639
 And so

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.439
 the invitation

00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:24.479
 is to come

00:22:24.479 --> 00:22:25.059
 and talk

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.939
 to our

00:22:25.939 --> 00:22:26.679
 Father

00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:28.039
 any time,

00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:29.019
 anywhere,

00:22:29.239 --> 00:22:30.359
 about anything

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.399
 because he

00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:32.399
 is always

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.359
 listening

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.559
 and he

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.539
 will always

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.819
 answer.

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.279
 That is the

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.759
 character

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:40.419
 of Father

00:22:40.419 --> 00:22:41.379
 God,

00:22:41.979 --> 00:22:42.619
 one who

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.259
 listens and

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.759
 answers.

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.559
 And second,

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.699
 the Father

00:22:46.699 --> 00:22:47.439
 that we pray

00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:48.159
 to is a

00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:48.739
 Father who

00:22:48.739 --> 00:22:49.919
 gives good

00:22:49.919 --> 00:22:50.579
 gift.

00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:51.939
 Look down

00:22:51.939 --> 00:22:52.739
 at verse 11.

00:22:53.479 --> 00:22:53.839
 Here he

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.659
 tells another

00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.199
 story,

00:22:55.939 --> 00:22:56.459
 which is

00:22:56.459 --> 00:22:57.099
 again quite

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.959
 humorous.

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.379
 Which of

00:22:59.379 --> 00:23:00.279
 you fathers,

00:23:00.459 --> 00:23:00.939
 he says,

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.579
 verse 11,

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.279
 if your

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.939
 son asks

00:23:02.939 --> 00:23:03.319
 for a

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.679
 fish,

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:04.839
 we'll give

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.119
 him a

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:05.459
 snake

00:23:05.459 --> 00:23:05.939
 instead.

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.619
 Or if

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.099
 he asks

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.759
 for an

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.239
 egg,

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.419
 we'll give

00:23:10.419 --> 00:23:10.739
 him a

00:23:10.739 --> 00:23:11.359
 scorpion.

00:23:12.699 --> 00:23:13.079
 Now what

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.539
 kind of

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.399
 father would

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:14.899
 treat his

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:15.519
 child like

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.939
 that?

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.399
 Could you

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:18.199
 imagine a

00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:19.399
 father who

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:19.959
 goes and

00:23:19.959 --> 00:23:20.599
 buys a

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.279
 poisonous

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.240
 rattlesnake

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.719
 for his

00:23:22.719 --> 00:23:23.159
 son's

00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:23.579
 birthday

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.519
 instead of

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:24.959
 giving him

00:23:24.959 --> 00:23:25.339
 a nice

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:25.619
 little

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.079
 tropical

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.639
 fish?

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.500
 Or could

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.099
 you imagine

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.740
 a father

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.819
 who serves

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.240
 up a

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.279
 live scorpion

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.000
 underneath

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.819
 some lettuce

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.579
 to his

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.199
 daughter who

00:23:35.199 --> 00:23:35.679
 would ask

00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.240
 for egg

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.699
 salad?

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.659
 No father

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.199
 would do

00:23:40.199 --> 00:23:40.719
 that to

00:23:40.719 --> 00:23:41.439
 their child.

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.740
 Verse 13,

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.599
 if you

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:48.019
 know how

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.599
 to give

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.259
 good gifts

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.640
 to your

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.319
 children,

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.460
 how much

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.120
 more,

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.480
 how much

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.559
 more will

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.259
 your father

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.940
 in heaven

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.680
 give the

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.359
 Holy Spirit

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:58.920
 to those

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.980
 who ask

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.319
 him?

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.400
 Again,

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.880
 the point

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.160
 of the

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.599
 story,

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.440
 like the

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.900
 other one,

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.980
 is to

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.980
 draw a

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.920
 contrast,

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:08.120
 not a

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.700
 comparison,

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.319
 a contrast.

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.319
 If our

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:11.839
 earthly

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.500
 fathers,

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.679
 even though

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.039
 they are

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.419
 evil,

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.799
 in other

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:14.980
 words,

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.399
 even though

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:15.980
 they mess

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.379
 up and

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.899
 get things

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.319
 wrong and

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.679
 they're not

00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:18.740
 perfect people,

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.299
 even though

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.359
 earthly fathers

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.439
 would never

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:23.480
 give such

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.139
 a dangerous

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.559
 and a

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:24.879
 horrible

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.519
 gift to

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:25.720
 their

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.220
 children,

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.079
 how much

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.939
 more will

00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:31.579
 your heavenly

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.200
 father,

00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:33.220
 who is

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:34.240
 perfect,

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.000
 give good

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.619
 gifts?

00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:39.759
 Sometimes we

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.279
 may feel

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.740
 that God

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.059
 is out

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.539
 to harm

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.859
 us or

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.279
 to trick

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.700
 us,

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.119
 telling us

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.819
 one thing

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:47.099
 but then

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.779
 doing another.

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.059
 Maybe we

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.640
 see God

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.019
 as some

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.460
 kind of

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.000
 practical

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.000
 joker who

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.920
 promises us

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.720
 all kinds

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.059
 of good

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:56.079
 things but

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.420
 then they

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.920
 only turn

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.359
 out to be

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.680
 bad.

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.200
 But nothing

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.619
 could be

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.140
 further from

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.640
 the truth.

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.379
 He is

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:03.859
 always generous,

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.420
 always good,

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.879
 always kind.

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.779
 Now of

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.200
 course that

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.819
 doesn't mean

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.259
 that we

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.080
 get everything

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:11.480
 that we

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.259
 ask for.

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.840
 We'll look

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:14.779
 at this in

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.960
 detail next

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.400
 week.

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.299
 God doesn't

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.860
 give in to

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.660
 our spiritual

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.779
 tantrums just

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.319
 because we

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.819
 nag and

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.319
 shout and

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.880
 whine and

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.460
 whinge.

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.200
 He's not

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.980
 swayed by

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.700
 our selfish,

00:25:26.100 --> 00:25:27.180
 sinful desires.

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.160
 But he

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:30.240
 always gives

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.920
 us what is

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.940
 right and

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.580
 what is best

00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:32.940
 for us.

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 He is the

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.680
 perfect father

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.500
 who does

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.440
 not withhold

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.960
 what is

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.500
 good for

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.759
 us.

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 And if

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:40.039
 it isn't

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.559
 good for

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:40.980
 us,

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.480
 then he's

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:42.900
 not going

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.220
 to give

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.559
 it to

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:43.900
 us.

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.100
 He will

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.640
 withhold

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.680
 something if

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.059
 it's not

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.519
 going to be

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.940
 good for

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.240
 you.

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.220
 Again,

00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:51.640
 this is

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.320
 summarised for

00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:52.960
 us so well

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.480
 in Romans

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.900
 8.

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.580
 Let me

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.039
 read those

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.340
 verses.

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.180
 Romans 8

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.880
 verse 15.

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 It says

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:02.540
 there, it's

00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:03.200
 talking about

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.040
 the relationship

00:26:04.040 --> 00:26:04.820
 that we now

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.540
 have with

00:26:05.540 --> 00:26:06.380
 God the

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:07.140
 Father through

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.560
 Jesus.

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.040
 He says,

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.620
 For you did

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.900
 not receive a

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.500
 spirit that

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.120
 makes you a

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.920
 slave again to

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:13.500
 fear, but

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.180
 you received

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.960
 the spirit of

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.800
 sonship.

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.700
 And by him

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.420
 we cry

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.740
 Abba, which

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:21.040
 means Father.

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.460
 Verse 32,

00:26:24.020 --> 00:26:25.260
 He who did

00:26:25.260 --> 00:26:26.360
 not spare his

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.160
 son, so the

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.820
 Father.

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.400
 who did

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.060
 not spare

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.860
 his son, but

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.640
 gave him up

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.260
 for us all,

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:33.260
 how will he

00:26:33.260 --> 00:26:34.160
 not also,

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:35.020
 along with

00:26:35.020 --> 00:26:36.500
 him, graciously

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.840
 give us all

00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.760
 things?

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.160
 You see, this

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.140
 is the relationship

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:43.000
 that we have.

00:26:43.260 --> 00:26:43.840
 He has given

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.740
 us the greatest

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.800
 gift possible,

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.860
 the Lord Jesus

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.300
 Christ.

00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:48.100
 So if he's

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.760
 given us the

00:26:48.760 --> 00:26:49.520
 greatest gift,

00:26:49.780 --> 00:26:50.300
 how will he

00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:50.900
 not also,

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.380
 along with

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:51.780
 him, give

00:26:51.780 --> 00:26:52.300
 us everything

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:53.240
 else that we

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.740
 need?

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.700
 Our Father

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.340
 will not

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.280
 withhold what

00:26:58.280 --> 00:26:58.860
 is right

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.819
 and best

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.539
 for us.

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.179
 And so the

00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:03.119
 invitation is

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.759
 to come and

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.659
 talk to

00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:05.699
 our Father,

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:06.839
 who gives

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.659
 good gifts

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:08.899
 to his

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.359
 children.

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.199
 So,

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:17.859
 talk to

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.439
 the Father.

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.379
 Talk to

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.619
 him.

00:27:21.959 --> 00:27:22.539
 One of the

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.299
 reasons I think

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.079
 we all find

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:25.199
 prayer so hard

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:27.039
 is because we

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.680
 see it as

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.220
 something that

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.860
 we have to

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.340
 do.

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.100
 It's like a

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:31.920
 duty that we

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.319
 have to

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.880
 perform.

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.980
 A little box

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.519
 that we have

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.120
 to tick.

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:37.740
 Somehow we

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.160
 think we

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.860
 must do

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.740
 something to

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:41.180
 better ourselves,

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.700
 to kind of

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.519
 dress ourselves

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.279
 up before we

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.960
 come to God,

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.620
 or that we

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:44.940
 have to

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.860
 improve our

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.600
 technique,

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.660
 or maybe we

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.080
 need a little

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:49.019
 bit of soft

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.880
 music, or a

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.559
 few candles,

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.799
 what do we

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.240
 need to

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.000
 somehow that

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.579
 God would

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.220
 hear me and

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.980
 see me and

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.259
 accept what

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.980
 I'm saying.

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.419
 But prayer

00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.599
 is not a

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.619
 duty to

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.259
 perform.

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.299
 It is a

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.179
 relationship

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:05.899
 to enjoy.

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.119
 Jesus is

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.179
 inviting us to

00:28:08.179 --> 00:28:09.299
 join him in

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.359
 relationship with

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.139
 his Father,

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:13.079
 the Lord of

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.639
 heaven and

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.299
 earth, who

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.079
 is always

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.839
 listening and

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.639
 answering, and

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.839
 he only gives

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.460
 what is good

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.220
 and right to

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.619
 us.

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:21.000
 And because

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:22.019
 of our faith

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.639
 in Jesus, the

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.839
 relationship that

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.839
 Jesus had with

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.919
 his Father is

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.699
 now our

00:28:27.699 --> 00:28:28.399
 relationship.

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.759
 The intimacy

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.799
 that he enjoyed

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.779
 is now ours

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.500
 to enjoy.

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.519
 So it's not

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.359
 about us trying

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.019
 to better

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.699
 ourselves.

00:28:36.979 --> 00:28:37.679
 It's not about

00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:38.339
 us trying to

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.019
 improve our

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.899
 technique in

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.159
 prayer.

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:41.059
 It's not

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.759
 anything to

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.159
 do about

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.819
 what we

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.299
 do.

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.679
 It's all

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:45.219
 about what

00:28:45.219 --> 00:28:45.799
 we now

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:47.839
 have because

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.919
 of Jesus.

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.500
 we are

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:52.000
 already in

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.500
 the

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.239
 relationship.

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.639
 So when

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.339
 the disciples

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:57.539
 ask Jesus,

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.679
 Lord, teach

00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:59.059
 us to

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:01.319
 pray, he

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.219
 simply starts

00:29:02.219 --> 00:29:02.879
 by saying,

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.079
 when you

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:06.319
 pray, say,

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.479
 Father.

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.759
 Say,

00:29:09.959 --> 00:29:10.319
 Father.

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:13.019
 Prayer starts

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.419
 when we

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:15.279
 understand that

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.099
 it is not a

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.699
 duty to

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:18.980
 perform, but

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.779
 a relationship

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.900
 with our

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.600
 Father in

00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:23.220
 Heaven that

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.680
 we can

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.279
 enjoy.

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.480
 Let's pray

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:29.200
 to our

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.860
 Father now.

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:30.920
 Amen.

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.480
 Father,

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:45.860
 we're sorry

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:47.180
 we confess

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.839
 that we

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.720
 complicate

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.259
 prayer.

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.440
 We're

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.120
 sorry that

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:55.099
 we make

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.839
 excuses

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:57.200
 about prayer.

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.019
 And we're

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.720
 sorry that

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:03.660
 we treat

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.279
 prayer in

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.599
 the wrong

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:04.920
 way.

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.360
 Thank you

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:09.059
 for showing

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.660
 us through

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.259
 your word

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:13.480
 afresh of

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.400
 the relationship

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.099
 that we can

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.660
 have with

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.299
 you through

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.859
 your Son

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.259
 Jesus.

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.299
 Thank you

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:21.960
 that you

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:24.579
 are the

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.140
 ultimate

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:26.539
 and perfect

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.220
 Father.

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.779
 Thank you

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.299
 that you

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:31.420
 are always

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:33.720
 listening and

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.140
 that you

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:35.819
 always answer

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.859
 our every

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:38.180
 cry and

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.619
 our every

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.039
 call.

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:42.839
 thank you

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.339
 that you

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:43.720
 are a

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.700
 father who

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.879
 only gives

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:47.339
 good gifts

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.740
 to us.

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.659
 Teach us

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:57.019
 to pray.

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.759
 Teach us

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:01.480
 to enjoy

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.859
 our relationship

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.740
 with you.

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:06.220
 and may

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.900
 this week

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.339
 be a

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:09.019
 week of

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.500
 deep

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.339
 intimacy

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:12.660
 of talking

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:14.160
 to God

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.039
 as

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.500
 father.

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.400
 Please

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.099
 help us.

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.720
 In

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.460
 Jesus name

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.019
 we pray.

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.420
 Amen.

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:29.080
 we're going

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.580
 to sing

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.759
 for us.

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:32.759
 Thank you

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:32.860
 for us.