WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.060 Good afternoon everyone. I'd repeat Fraser's warm welcome. Really good to have you with us today. 00:00:05.620 --> 00:00:12.500 As I said, we're starting a new series looking at the Lord's Prayer, this great pattern prayer that the Lord Jesus gave us. 00:00:12.859 --> 00:00:17.620 And today we're looking particularly at what it tells us about God's glory. 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:27.480 One of the great privileges of being a grandfather is that you get to do things you may not have done for many years. 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:33.340 One of these is Lego. Archie loves Lego and he also loves Batman. 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:37.359 So he was delighted when he got given a Batman Lego kit. 00:00:38.340 --> 00:00:41.120 The only problem was it was a little bit old for him. 00:00:41.740 --> 00:00:45.780 He would have struggled to make it by himself, so of course he came and said, Grandad, you do it. 00:00:46.620 --> 00:00:49.519 So we sat down together and we had a go. 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:51.679 There are two types of ways you can do Lego. 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:56.939 You can do kind of freestyle and build fancy towers or whatever it is and be really creative about it. 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:02.239 Or you can take the instructions that Lego give you and you can follow them to the letter. 00:01:02.879 --> 00:01:09.879 And if you want to build the model that you see in the picture in the box, then obviously you have to follow the instructions very carefully. 00:01:10.659 --> 00:01:17.620 And so Archie and I together, we followed the instructions and we just about managed to come up with the model that it was supposed to be. 00:01:17.620 --> 00:01:22.520 But we had to exactly do what it said in the instructions. 00:01:24.020 --> 00:01:27.620 And when some people look at the Lord's Prayer, that's how they would see it. 00:01:28.240 --> 00:01:37.340 It is a prayer that we should follow, that we should say, that we should repeat and go through it exactly the way that the Lord Jesus said it. 00:01:37.340 --> 00:01:46.200 Many churches, every week in their service, as part of their prayers in the service, the congregation would say together the Lord's Prayer. 00:01:46.579 --> 00:01:47.800 And in many ways, that's a good discipline. 00:01:47.880 --> 00:01:51.280 I think we could probably do it more often than we do. 00:01:51.939 --> 00:01:56.879 But it is taking the Lord's Prayer and saying it as Jesus told it. 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:02.540 Quite often in the slightly old-fashioned but very majestic language of the authorised version. 00:02:02.540 --> 00:02:07.580 So that is one way in which we can look at the Lord's Prayer. 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.040 This week I'm doing something else that I haven't done for many years. 00:02:12.379 --> 00:02:16.080 I'm doing a business presentation, but I'm not representing a business. 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:18.020 I'm doing it as myself. 00:02:18.379 --> 00:02:19.680 And in many ways, that's quite liberating. 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:26.060 I don't have to worry about whether what I'm saying ties in with what my employer's policy is. 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:28.300 But it does create its own challenges as well. 00:02:28.920 --> 00:02:31.780 And one of these is you need to develop your own PowerPoint. 00:02:31.780 --> 00:02:34.020 You can't just take the standard company one and use it. 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.219 You need to develop your own. 00:02:36.819 --> 00:02:40.819 So I spent a bit of time looking through Microsoft's templates. 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:45.060 And I decided this was the one that I was going to use. 00:02:45.939 --> 00:02:47.500 Except not quite. 00:02:48.139 --> 00:02:52.520 So I took that template and I adapted a bit to meet my needs. 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:54.860 Now you can see the shape is different. 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:56.420 The colours are different. 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:58.000 The border is different. 00:02:58.159 --> 00:02:59.099 The fonts are different. 00:02:59.099 --> 00:03:03.620 But I think it is still recognisably the same PowerPoint template. 00:03:04.219 --> 00:03:06.620 I've taken something that someone else had developed. 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.219 And I put my own stamp on it. 00:03:09.419 --> 00:03:12.840 And I've used it for something that is relevant for me. 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:17.319 And that ties in with the way that I would want PowerPoint to look. 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:21.620 And that's the second way that people can look at the Lord's Prayer. 00:03:22.239 --> 00:03:27.000 It's not necessarily just something that we have to go through and repeat exactly the words of Jesus. 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.359 It gives us a template, a pattern, a recipe. 00:03:30.500 --> 00:03:33.079 You can use different terms depending on what things you're interested in. 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:35.039 But it gives us something we can take. 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:37.419 The basic ingredients are there. 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:42.439 But we can adapt them to our needs and our circumstances. 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:49.919 And Graeme's very helpfully, as we've looked at this series, he divided the Lord's Prayer up into five headings. 00:03:50.020 --> 00:03:52.400 These are going to be the five weeks we look at it. 00:03:53.259 --> 00:03:58.020 And so he says, first part of the Lord's Prayer is about God's glory. 00:03:58.359 --> 00:04:03.900 It's about you recognising who God is and desiring that other people recognise it as well. 00:04:04.900 --> 00:04:06.180 It's then about God's will. 00:04:06.180 --> 00:04:13.840 It's about submitting to God, recognising that he is king, recognising that he deserves our obedience and saying, 00:04:14.219 --> 00:04:15.819 your will be done. 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:20.259 It then talks about provision, God providing for us. 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:27.620 Providing in the words of the Lord's Prayer our daily bread, but much wider than that, providing everything that we need. 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:30.240 It talks about our need for forgiveness. 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:38.100 That we're all sinners, that we do what is wrong, as we would seek to forgive others, so we seek God's forgiveness for us. 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.180 And then it talks about guidance. 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:49.800 About the fact that we need God's help and God's direction in our lives, particularly to avoid us falling into wrong ways. 00:04:50.900 --> 00:04:54.800 And these five headings can be part of any prayer. 00:04:54.800 --> 00:05:01.840 These are the five key things that we probably want to think about as we pray to God. 00:05:02.420 --> 00:05:03.379 To pray for his glory. 00:05:04.100 --> 00:05:06.319 To pledge our allegiance to him. 00:05:06.900 --> 00:05:11.040 To recognise that he gives us everything we need and without him we have nothing. 00:05:11.939 --> 00:05:15.900 To seek his forgiveness and thank him that he gives it through the Lord Jesus. 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:22.560 And to ask for his guidance, particularly in being able to serve him and follow him. 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:25.540 It is a template prayer. 00:05:26.459 --> 00:05:32.939 Now I think both ways of using it are perfectly legitimate and we may do them both at different times. 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:39.300 But the key thing with both, which is what was in the video we saw a while ago, is it's universal. 00:05:40.220 --> 00:05:50.139 If we're repeating the Lord's Prayer as the Lord said it, then we can all identify with the words and understand them and think how that applies to me. 00:05:50.139 --> 00:05:59.379 If we're taking it and using it as a template, as an example prayer that we can use as we build our own thoughts and our own needs into it. 00:05:59.819 --> 00:06:04.639 We can also see these are the same needs that everyone in the world has. 00:06:05.419 --> 00:06:08.800 And so again it is a universal prayer. 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:15.420 And I hope over the next few weeks we will be able to identify with what the Lord Jesus says in his prayer. 00:06:15.780 --> 00:06:18.100 And to recognise their relevance to us. 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:26.319 And so that as we pray, whether we pray in the words of the Lord's Prayer or whether we use our own words in the spirit of the Lord's Prayer. 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:34.540 That we will pray believing that God hears and that God answers and that our prayers are powerful. 00:06:34.540 --> 00:06:43.760 So today we're looking at the very first part of the Lord's Prayer, which is in verse 9 of Matthew chapter 6. 00:06:44.280 --> 00:06:46.580 And it says quite simply, the Lord Jesus says, 00:06:46.960 --> 00:06:53.939 This then is how you should pray, Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 00:06:54.420 --> 00:06:56.920 And Graham's given this the title, God's Glory. 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:58.360 And I think that's entirely appropriate. 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:02.280 We see God's Glory in the description that is given to him at the beginning. 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:08.860 And we see our desire for God's Glory in our prayer that his name may be hallowed. 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:13.699 So let's take the two in turn. 00:07:14.460 --> 00:07:16.740 Our Father in heaven. 00:07:17.520 --> 00:07:20.439 Very simple introduction as we come. 00:07:20.840 --> 00:07:22.540 Very simple description of God. 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:24.699 And yet so, so profound. 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:29.939 So the first thing it says is God is our Father. 00:07:30.860 --> 00:07:33.860 He's not just the Father, our Father. 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:35.360 He is our Father. 00:07:35.779 --> 00:07:38.379 We could say he is my Father. 00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:43.939 Now let's remember the Lord Jesus is talking to people here who are his followers, his disciples. 00:07:44.740 --> 00:07:49.639 So he's not saying that God is the Father of everyone in the world. 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:55.019 Whether they believe in him, whether they've accepted him or rejected him, completely regardless. 00:07:56.120 --> 00:08:01.459 God is the Father of those who have chosen to trust him and to follow him. 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:06.379 And in particular, God is the Father of those who have come to him through the Lord Jesus 00:08:06.379 --> 00:08:11.740 and had forgiveness of sins through the Lord Jesus and his death on the cross for us. 00:08:11.740 --> 00:08:21.540 And so are able to call God our Father because of our relationship with Jesus and through that our relationship with God. 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:28.180 John in his first letter, he marvels at how great the love of God is for us. 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:33.060 That we should be called the children of God. 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:37.200 But he says that is what you, what we are. 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:43.900 If we know the Lord Jesus, if we are depending on him for our future, for our salvation, 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:46.120 then we are God's children. 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:48.259 God is our Father. 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:53.800 And we can come to him and address him as our Father, as my Father in our private prayers 00:08:53.800 --> 00:08:57.020 and know that he cares for us each individually 00:08:57.020 --> 00:09:01.320 and that he wants what is best for each of us as individuals. 00:09:01.560 --> 00:09:03.500 Our Father in heaven. 00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:07.519 Then God is our Father. 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:15.059 Now, I expect in a congregation like this, there are lots of different experiences of what a father is like. 00:09:15.779 --> 00:09:18.980 Some of us have had fathers who have been great examples to us, 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:22.519 who we've been able to look up to and whom we can respect 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:26.919 and see as people who we would want to be like. 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:34.399 And although not perfect, we can see, yes, that gives a little bit of a picture of what God is like for us. 00:09:35.079 --> 00:09:37.740 Other people, sadly, have had fathers who weren't so good. 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:41.339 And they may look back on their childhood with very unhappy memories 00:09:41.339 --> 00:09:46.099 and think that their father really didn't do what a good father should 00:09:46.099 --> 00:09:52.599 and isn't a very good person or a very good model that they should follow and respect. 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:54.639 Others may never have known your father. 00:09:54.639 --> 00:10:00.860 You may never have known him, so you don't have someone in that kind of role you can look back on. 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:08.720 Whatever our experience, we can take God as being the best father that there ever could be. 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:13.480 Showing love for us all individually and collectively. 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:17.600 And in particular, as I put up on the screen, doing two things. 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:21.759 He provides for us and he protects us. 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:25.179 These are two fundamental parts of the role of a good father, aren't they? 00:10:25.259 --> 00:10:28.539 Providing for you and protecting you. 00:10:29.419 --> 00:10:33.179 So we have, later in the Lord's Prayer, we have give us our daily bread. 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:36.279 That is God's provision for us. 00:10:37.220 --> 00:10:39.379 Without God, we have nothing. 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:42.460 Without God, we couldn't exist in this world. 00:10:42.460 --> 00:10:48.379 Without God, we would have none of the luxuries that most of us enjoy. 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.759 We wouldn't have the basics of daily life. 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:55.660 We depend on God's provision entirely. 00:10:56.360 --> 00:11:00.660 And God is the great father who provides abundantly what we need 00:11:00.660 --> 00:11:07.540 and who is always kind and always caring and always doing what is best for us. 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.860 And our father in heaven, too, is one who protects us. 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:17.279 Again, it comes in the prayer when it talks about delivering us from the evil one. 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:22.180 And if we have our lives in God's hands, whatever may happen to us, 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:24.279 whatever circumstances we may face, 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:28.379 we can be confident that he will work them for our good, 00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:30.539 that his will is best, 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:37.279 and that if we just willingly submit to him and allow him to direct our ways, 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:39.279 then he will give us what is best. 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:40.500 He will protect us. 00:11:40.699 --> 00:11:46.819 He will bring us safely to be ultimately with the Lord Jesus when we leave this world. 00:11:47.439 --> 00:11:52.139 He is a father who provides for us and who protects us 00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:55.279 and does it, as we said, for each of us personally. 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:58.259 But it's not just our father. 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:00.379 Sometimes we just say these words, our father. 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:02.399 Perhaps we should say the full words. 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.019 He is our father in heaven. 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:08.860 Now, in heaven isn't meant to be just a geographical comment. 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:10.120 We're here on earth. 00:12:10.419 --> 00:12:11.299 God's up in heaven. 00:12:11.579 --> 00:12:12.659 He's a long way away. 00:12:12.779 --> 00:12:16.459 That is not at all what the meaning of it is. 00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:20.500 Again, I think there are two things that are really important 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:23.779 from the fact that he is our father in heaven. 00:12:24.439 --> 00:12:26.799 The first is that he is holy. 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:31.979 Holy really just means different, separate, of a different kind. 00:12:33.379 --> 00:12:37.579 And I think part of the reason why the Lord Jesus said our father in heaven 00:12:37.579 --> 00:12:43.259 was as a reminder that we are not to become too familiar with God. 00:12:43.779 --> 00:12:47.979 Take God for granted, almost as if he was one of us. 00:12:48.579 --> 00:12:50.579 When we come before God in prayer, 00:12:50.859 --> 00:12:55.099 we come before the great creator and sustainer of the universe. 00:12:55.100 --> 00:13:00.139 We come in front of the one who is all-powerful, all-loving, 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:03.899 and holy, you can't even look on sin. 00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:07.779 And coming to God as our father is a wonderful privilege 00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:13.240 that is only possible because we come through the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:13:13.940 --> 00:13:18.320 And so we need to come to him with reverence, with awe, 00:13:18.680 --> 00:13:24.160 and with an understanding of just how great this God whom we are praying to is. 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:27.139 Doesn't mean we don't come to him as our father. 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:29.060 And that is still the case. 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:32.000 And we know that he loves us and he cares for us. 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:36.879 But we come recognizing that we are weak, we are insignificant, 00:13:37.540 --> 00:13:44.420 and God's glory is so great that we can only begin to scratch the surface of it in our thoughts. 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:46.120 He is holy. 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:51.639 I think Father in heaven too is the idea of the power of God. 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:56.799 A human father, however loving, however caring they may be for their children, 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:03.840 there's no way they can do everything the children need or be everything to their families. 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:06.179 And yet God can. 00:14:06.860 --> 00:14:07.940 God is all-powerful. 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:10.259 There's nothing that is too difficult for God. 00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:12.919 And when we come to this God in prayer, 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:15.980 we come to the one who is the master of all things, 00:14:16.100 --> 00:14:23.600 who is able to do everything and to do much more than we could ever think or expect from him. 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:28.159 So we come with awe, but we should also be coming with expectation, 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:32.980 recognizing that God is so powerful that nothing is beyond him, 00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:36.519 that nothing is too difficult for him. 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:40.039 So we come to our Father in heaven, 00:14:40.439 --> 00:14:42.879 our glorious almighty Father, 00:14:43.439 --> 00:14:47.340 but our Father who cares for each of us individually and intimately 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:51.960 and wants the best for all of us as a good Father does. 00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:55.639 And we come with confidence that he is glorious 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:58.720 and that he will glorify his name 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.360 and even that he will do it through us, 00:15:01.819 --> 00:15:04.419 weak and sinful as we are. 00:15:04.419 --> 00:15:07.599 He is our Father in heaven. 00:15:09.839 --> 00:15:10.959 Then the Lord says, 00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:12.559 Hallowed be your name. 00:15:13.319 --> 00:15:15.759 Now I suspect this is the part of the Lord's Prayer 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:17.799 that even in the modern translations, 00:15:18.339 --> 00:15:20.659 people struggle a little bit to understand. 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:23.360 Although in the New International Version 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:25.099 they try to use modern English, 00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:28.579 the word hallowed isn't really one that trips off your tongue 00:15:28.579 --> 00:15:31.120 as something that we use in everyday life. 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:35.019 It is slightly archaic in many ways. 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.840 We could paraphrase this, 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:40.259 May your name be revered. 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:43.539 May your name be held in the highest esteem. 00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:48.379 May your name be seen as important as it is 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:50.659 and never abused. 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:52.460 That is the import, 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:55.680 that is the thought of what is being said here. 00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:59.419 Now we just know when we talk about the name of God, 00:15:59.419 --> 00:16:01.599 it's not just thinking of the letters G-O-D. 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:03.819 It's not just thinking of the name 00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:07.479 as we might think of someone's name in our society today. 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:09.759 Rather in Jewish culture, 00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:13.179 the name stood for the whole of the person. 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:16.719 And the name of God speaks for all of God's personality 00:16:16.719 --> 00:16:18.059 and character, 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.139 his power, 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:20.000 his glory, 00:16:20.339 --> 00:16:21.240 his excellence. 00:16:21.459 --> 00:16:25.120 All of that is encompassed in his name. 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:27.200 And so really the prayer is 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:30.000 that God himself may be revered 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:31.200 and worshipped 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:33.700 and that people may recognise him 00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.919 for who he is. 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.360 Starting with me, 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:37.940 that I may recognise God 00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:39.620 as the great God of heaven 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:42.200 and that also those round about me 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.299 may come to understand that as well. 00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.659 But what does it mean, 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:49.080 your name be revered? 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:50.340 In practice, what does it mean? 00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:52.039 Well, let me suggest three things. 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:55.279 It will affect what we say, 00:16:55.719 --> 00:16:56.439 our speech. 00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:59.120 Now, the most basic of levels. 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:01.179 In our society today, 00:17:01.599 --> 00:17:03.740 the name of God is most often used 00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.899 as an expletive. 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:07.899 It's used as an expression of shock 00:17:07.899 --> 00:17:09.440 or of anger 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:11.559 or of something equivalent. 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.639 I think it goes without saying 00:17:13.639 --> 00:17:14.819 that if we are Christians, 00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:16.399 if we're followers of the Lord Jesus, 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:19.119 we would not want to use God's name 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:20.299 in that way. 00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:22.899 That would not be revering God's name. 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:24.339 It would also be contrary 00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:25.299 to the third commandment 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:28.399 which says that we shouldn't misuse 00:17:28.399 --> 00:17:29.659 the name of God. 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:31.279 Can I go a bit further? 00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:34.379 I think we shouldn't just accept 00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:35.960 that that's the way things are 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:37.000 in our society. 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.839 That everyone else uses the name of God 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.419 in that way 00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:43.159 and we just have to live with it 00:17:43.159 --> 00:17:45.859 and there's nothing we can do about it. 00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.700 Now, I'm not saying every time 00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:49.420 someone abuses the name of God 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:51.400 that we immediately need to jump on them 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.860 and criticise them 00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:54.460 and put them down 00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:55.980 in some kind of way. 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.720 But if we're Christians, 00:17:57.840 --> 00:17:59.440 if we're followers of the Lord Jesus, 00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:01.279 I think it's important 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.940 that people realise 00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:04.759 that when they use God's name 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:06.160 in a way that is inappropriate, 00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:08.720 that that is hurtful to us. 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.279 It is not something 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:12.299 that we feel is acceptable. 00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:13.799 And there will, I'm sure, 00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:15.240 be opportunities at times 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.599 when we can talk to people 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:18.279 and explain why it is 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.440 that it's inappropriate 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:22.000 to use God's name in that way. 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:23.160 In some ways, 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:24.039 that is what it means 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.240 to be salt and light 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.620 in our world. 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:28.539 That we show the example 00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:30.140 by our own speech 00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:31.960 of how we should speak 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:33.339 and how we should avoid 00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:34.779 abusing God's name. 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.039 But also, 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.839 that we explain to other people 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.819 why it is 00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:40.420 that it's inappropriate. 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:42.359 Perhaps something to take away 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:42.979 and think about 00:18:42.979 --> 00:18:44.219 during this week. 00:18:44.679 --> 00:18:45.459 But it's wider than that 00:18:45.459 --> 00:18:45.899 in our speech, 00:18:45.979 --> 00:18:46.759 isn't it as well? 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:49.399 It is not just the pure situation 00:18:49.399 --> 00:18:50.119 where God's name 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:51.419 may not be revered 00:18:51.419 --> 00:18:52.139 as in his name, 00:18:52.199 --> 00:18:52.859 the word God, 00:18:52.959 --> 00:18:53.899 or in his name Jesus. 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:55.779 It is also in the way 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:57.119 that we generally speak 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.059 and talk to other people. 00:18:59.679 --> 00:19:00.579 And perhaps particularly 00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.839 the way that we talk to him 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.579 about God, 00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:03.719 if we do. 00:19:04.439 --> 00:19:05.539 We need to make sure 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.539 that when we do that, 00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.979 that we're not too familiar 00:19:07.979 --> 00:19:09.679 or that we're not too light 00:19:09.679 --> 00:19:10.839 in the way that we use 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:12.439 God's name and talk about him. 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:14.179 That people recognize 00:19:14.179 --> 00:19:15.159 that here is someone 00:19:15.159 --> 00:19:16.119 who is really, 00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:17.819 really important to us, 00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:19.319 the most important person, 00:19:19.679 --> 00:19:20.799 God and the Lord Jesus 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.939 in our whole lives. 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.740 And we talk about him 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:26.159 in a way that reflects that. 00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.500 Through our speech, 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:29.319 we need to revere, 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:32.259 to hallow the name of God. 00:19:33.919 --> 00:19:35.319 And then there are attitudes. 00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.579 Sometimes it seems 00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.319 that people's attitude 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:39.240 is not so much 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.960 hallowed be your name 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:43.379 as hallowed be my name. 00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:45.720 That people are very self-centered 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:46.339 and it can happen 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:47.559 to Christians as well. 00:19:47.899 --> 00:19:48.399 That we're so, 00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.779 so centered in ourselves 00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:51.579 and what people think of us 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:53.000 and our reputation 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:54.480 that we forget 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.859 that much more important 00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:57.139 is what they think 00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:58.179 about the Lord Jesus 00:19:58.179 --> 00:20:01.519 and how they view our God. 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.939 And by our attitudes of life, 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.799 by the humility 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:06.039 that we display, 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.720 if we know the Lord Jesus, 00:20:08.379 --> 00:20:09.799 by our attitudes towards others, 00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:11.220 but particularly by the way 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.599 that we show our attitudes 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:14.000 towards God. 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:16.639 We can hallow his name 00:20:16.639 --> 00:20:18.059 through our lives 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:20.099 and we can encourage others 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:21.500 to do the same. 00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:24.799 And then finally, 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.960 there are our actions. 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:29.139 What we do. 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:31.480 What we do in so many ways 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:33.279 defines how people look at us 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.899 and view us? 00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.359 What are our priorities? 00:20:36.899 --> 00:20:38.200 What are the kind of things 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:39.079 that we enjoy 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:41.139 and seem to relish the most? 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.339 Are these things 00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:44.379 which are consistent 00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:46.059 with revering, 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.379 with hallowing 00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:49.440 the name of God? 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:52.279 What I do on a Monday 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.980 or on a Friday evening 00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.259 or on a Saturday, 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:57.240 if other Christians 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:58.279 were to see it, 00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.279 would they feel 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.819 that was an appropriate thing 00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:02.299 for someone who is a follower 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:03.659 of the Lord Jesus 00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.919 to be doing? 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.599 Or sometimes, 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:08.000 do I pay homage 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.939 to the Lord Jesus 00:21:08.939 --> 00:21:10.179 and to God the Father 00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:11.559 on a Sunday 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:13.659 and in what I see in church? 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:14.639 And yet, 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.139 at times, 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.099 if you looked at my life 00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:17.119 the rest of the week, 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.839 it would be very different 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:20.599 and I wouldn't be 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.759 hallowing God's name. 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:23.200 I wouldn't be showing reverence 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.359 for my God 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:27.200 or being obedient to him. 00:21:27.659 --> 00:21:28.859 I think there's a challenge there 00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:30.019 for all of us. 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:32.279 How do we view our God 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:34.440 and how does that impact 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.339 in our speech, 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.839 our attitudes 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.460 and our actions? 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.319 And frankly, 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.500 we can't really begin 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.759 to start praying properly 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.480 for others 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:45.220 and that they will revere, 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.940 hallow the name of God 00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:48.660 unless we have shown 00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.740 in our own lives 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.660 the importance 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.839 that he has to us 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:53.139 and our desire 00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.099 to follow him 00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:55.819 and to live for him 00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:57.299 and that his name, 00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.240 that his glory 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.559 may be revealed 00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.279 to others 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.920 through us. 00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.500 Let's this week 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.980 very consciously think 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.180 in what I say 00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:08.559 and how I treat others 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:10.200 in my actions. 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:12.059 Are these things 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:13.620 bringing reverence 00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.640 to the name of God? 00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.700 Do they make me 00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.579 a good ambassador 00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:18.059 for the Lord Jesus? 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.900 Or are there some things 00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:21.140 I need to change 00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.900 in my life 00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:23.200 so that I may truly 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:24.060 be able to pray, 00:22:24.560 --> 00:22:27.540 hallowed be your name? 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:30.880 We started with instructions 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:32.460 and with a template. 00:22:33.280 --> 00:22:34.460 Let's end with something 00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.940 that I think 00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:36.220 is even more powerful, 00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.620 a role model. 00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.040 So here's someone 00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:39.960 who's a great role model 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.820 in many ways. 00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.200 You probably recognise 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.080 Roger Federer. 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:43.840 Federer, 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.820 probably the greatest 00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:46.700 male tennis player ever. 00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:48.740 Someone who is known 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:50.339 for his skill, 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.000 his fitness, 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.099 his dedication, 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.220 his focus, 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.680 his style, 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:58.059 and his good attitude 00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:59.859 in many ways to things. 00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.420 Someone who, 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:02.079 an aspiring tennis player, 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.980 would do well 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.920 to look up to 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:05.220 and to copy, 00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:06.599 not just in the ways 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.440 he plays tennis, 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.900 but also in the way 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.940 he lives his life 00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.920 and the way 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.420 he treats others. 00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:15.720 a good role model. 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:18.279 And the question then is, 00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:21.300 am I a good role model? 00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:24.519 Can people look at me 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.880 and when they see 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.860 how I am 00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:28.560 and the way that I speak 00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:29.900 and the way that I act, 00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.680 can they see something 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:33.340 of the Lord Jesus in that? 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.880 Can they see something 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:36.860 that is worth following? 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.900 Or do they sometimes 00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.740 look at me and say, 00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:41.100 I'm not wanting anything 00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:42.360 to be anything like that. 00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.900 That's what a Christian's like. 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.440 I don't want to be 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:47.060 part of it. 00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:48.400 All of us, 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.759 if we know the Lord Jesus, 00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.300 we're called to be 00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:53.360 role models for others. 00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.240 By our lives, 00:23:55.320 --> 00:23:56.980 to show who we love, 00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:58.300 who we serve, 00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.740 and who we want others 00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:01.240 to come to know. 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:03.400 We're called to be those 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:04.900 who through the way we live 00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:06.279 and the way we act, 00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.680 we bring glory 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.880 to the name of God 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:11.519 and we attract others to him 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:13.299 as they see the difference 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.519 that he makes 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.980 in our lives. 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.759 So I leave the challenge 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.240 with you. 00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.539 Are you, 00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.359 if you're a Christian, 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.539 are you a role model? 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.599 Are you someone others 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.519 can look up to 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:25.799 and can see something 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.980 of Lord Jesus in 00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:28.019 and can think, 00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:29.299 I want to be like that 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.539 because of the way 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.819 this person lives. 00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:33.480 I want to give glory 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.179 to God 00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:36.019 for the fact 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.619 that he has made 00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.639 such a difference 00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:39.059 in their lives. 00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.720 I kind of come back 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.539 finally to what 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.439 I talked about 00:24:42.439 --> 00:24:43.379 a little bit earlier, 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:45.000 which is that we need God 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:47.519 to be our personal father. 00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.619 It's not enough to say 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.720 that God is the father 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.379 of the world 00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:52.980 or to think God is the father 00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.720 of all mankind 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.980 or whatever. 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.879 We need to have 00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:58.559 that personal relationship 00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.319 with God 00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:01.179 through the Lord Jesus. 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:03.200 We need to recognise 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.059 our fear, 00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:05.039 our need for forgiveness, 00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:06.299 which is in the Lord's Prayer. 00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:07.099 We need to recognise 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:08.039 that Jesus' death 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.179 is the only way 00:25:09.179 --> 00:25:10.119 we can be forgiven 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:11.720 and we need to come 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:13.859 and to trust in him. 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.779 And only when we do that 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:17.240 can we fully understand 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:19.159 the glory of our God. 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:21.099 And only when we do that 00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:22.359 can we fully come 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.579 to appreciate 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:25.279 all that the Lord Jesus 00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.079 has done for us, 00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:27.720 all that God has done for us 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:29.179 and all that he can 00:25:29.179 --> 00:25:31.379 continue to do for us. 00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.060 Let's make sure 00:25:32.060 --> 00:25:32.680 we're trusting 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:34.100 in the Lord Jesus 00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:35.760 and let's this week 00:25:35.760 --> 00:25:36.300 go out 00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:37.960 and seek to live lives 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.380 that bring praise 00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.420 and glory 00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.780 to our God. 00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.900 We're going to pray now 00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:45.040 and at the end 00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.640 of the prayer 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.760 I'd invite us all 00:25:46.760 --> 00:25:47.280 to say 00:25:47.280 --> 00:25:48.720 the Lord's Prayer together. 00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:49.320 We're going to do it 00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:50.840 in the modern version 00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:52.140 rather than the additional one 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.460 and the words 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.060 will be up 00:25:54.060 --> 00:25:54.900 on the screen. 00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.700 So if you're comfortable 00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.960 please join in 00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.060 as we say together 00:25:58.060 --> 00:25:59.400 the words of the Lord's Prayer 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:01.180 after I've prayed 00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:02.080 to begin with. 00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:03.120 Let's pray together. 00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.080 Our Father 00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.700 we thank you 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.820 that you are a great 00:26:08.820 --> 00:26:10.060 a mighty 00:26:10.060 --> 00:26:11.759 and awesome God. 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.180 We thank you 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.880 that you are holy 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.040 that you are separate 00:26:15.040 --> 00:26:16.820 from everything else 00:26:16.820 --> 00:26:17.540 and that you are 00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:19.500 above everything else. 00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.320 And yet we thank you 00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.680 that too 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.340 that you are 00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:23.200 our Father. 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.380 That if our trust is in Jesus 00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.380 we can come to you 00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.220 as your children 00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.600 and we can know 00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.319 that you care 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.680 for our every need 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:32.120 and that you are eager 00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.920 for your children 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:34.059 to bring our praise 00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:35.880 and our request to you. 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.559 Our Father 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.079 this morning 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.380 we would want to pray 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.180 that your name 00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:41.420 may be hallowed 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:43.620 that it may be revered 00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:45.000 that it may be 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.539 seen for what it is 00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:48.160 and that you may be 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.500 recognized as the great 00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:51.519 and the glorious God. 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.039 We pray that that will happen 00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:54.319 first in our own lives 00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:56.899 that through our faith 00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.759 in the Lord Jesus 00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.019 and through seeking 00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.819 to follow him 00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.579 and by the power 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.519 of your Holy Spirit 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:03.319 that we may live 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.039 as those 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.519 who are a good role model 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.159 for others 00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:08.159 and to glorify God 00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:09.500 through what we say 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.879 and what we do. 00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.579 And we pray too 00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.240 that there may be 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.939 a greater reverence 00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:16.439 for your name 00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:17.659 in our land. 00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.720 That there may be 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:20.359 a turning back to you. 00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:22.119 That there may be 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:24.139 a recognition 00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:25.519 of how far 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.239 we have fallen 00:27:26.239 --> 00:27:27.599 as a nation 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:29.139 and that there may be 00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:30.099 a real desire 00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.479 that your name 00:27:31.479 --> 00:27:32.500 may be hallowed, 00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.179 revered 00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:34.299 throughout our land 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.479 and not just used 00:27:35.479 --> 00:27:36.859 as an expression 00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.619 of irritation 00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.439 or a shock 00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:40.039 or something else. 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.519 We pray that you will 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.519 move in our land 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.179 that your name 00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:44.959 truly may be hallowed, 00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:46.439 may be revered, 00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:48.239 may be respected. 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.419 And we ask this 00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.880 in the name 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.680 of the Lord Jesus 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.779 and we now pray 00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.180 the prayer 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:55.039 that he has given to us. 00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:57.300 Our Father in heaven, 00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:59.759 hallowed be your name. 00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.800 Your kingdom come. 00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.820 Your will be done 00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:05.019 on earth 00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:06.080 as in heaven. 00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:08.259 Give us today 00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.640 our daily bread. 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.720 Forgive us our sins 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:13.060 as we forgive 00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:14.740 those who sin against us. 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.259 Lead us not 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.160 into temptation, 00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.940 but deliver us 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.559 from evil. 00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.960 For the kingdom, 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.259 the power, 00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:23.299 and the glory 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.019 are yours 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.400 now and forever. 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.840 Amen.