WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.040 Matthew chapter 6, around page 978 of the Church Bibles. 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:21.519 ! Matthew chapter 6, at verse 9, where Jesus has told us how not to pray. 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:24.879 ! And before we come into then how to pray. 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:29.980 Do not pray, he said, like the hypocrites, for they love you. 00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:33.660 To stand and pray in the synagogues, that was verse 5. 00:00:34.420 --> 00:00:40.399 And then in verse 7, and when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:44.620 for they think that they will be heard with their many words. 00:00:44.760 --> 00:00:48.780 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask. 00:00:48.780 --> 00:00:55.439 Pray then like this, our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 00:00:59.979 --> 00:01:02.559 So we're turning back to the Lord's Prayer. 00:01:02.779 --> 00:01:05.019 It's a prayer we're familiar with. 00:01:05.299 --> 00:01:09.259 We say these words mostly each Lord's Day. 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:11.500 We repeat the Lord's Prayer. 00:01:11.659 --> 00:01:15.879 We hear young and old alike repeating these words. 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:19.519 But what do they mean to us? 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:22.159 What do these words actually mean to us? 00:01:23.039 --> 00:01:29.979 They're not just words to be repeated, but they're really giving us a pattern to follow in prayer. 00:01:30.140 --> 00:01:35.359 Prayer is much more than just using these words that we have in the Lord's Prayer. 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:45.579 We can expand on these words, but there's a pattern in it that reminds us that we are looking and see that God, if you like, ranks first. 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:48.079 He comes first in this prayer. 00:01:48.579 --> 00:01:53.079 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 00:01:53.079 --> 00:02:02.219 And then we see that ourselves, we rank second as you move further down to verse 11. 00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:04.480 Give us this day our daily bread. 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:05.539 And so it goes on. 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:07.179 There's six petitions. 00:02:08.139 --> 00:02:13.280 Three looking to God and then three looking to ourselves. 00:02:14.900 --> 00:02:18.659 And so we're thinking about honoring his name. 00:02:18.659 --> 00:02:25.219 Giving glory to his name in this stanza, hallowed be your name. 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:31.979 There's no end to the number of ways that we are told how we can improve ourselves. 00:02:32.620 --> 00:02:37.199 Be it our looks, our wealth, our lifestyles. 00:02:37.359 --> 00:02:42.699 There's offers being thrown at us all the time on all of these things. 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:47.199 Offers saying we can be better than we are. 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:56.719 And you just look at society today, whether it's in schools or even in the workplace or just in our general day-to-day lives. 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:00.879 There's this kind of idea of being self-confident. 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:04.799 Of being able to manage by ourselves. 00:03:05.060 --> 00:03:06.919 To be strong in ourselves. 00:03:07.099 --> 00:03:07.879 To be bold. 00:03:08.139 --> 00:03:09.019 To be courageous. 00:03:09.259 --> 00:03:10.519 And all of these things. 00:03:11.139 --> 00:03:14.199 And in many ways it sounds very positive. 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:17.280 And it's no doubt it's something that we need. 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:20.339 Even as a Christian we need to be bold. 00:03:20.979 --> 00:03:21.979 We're taught that. 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:22.799 To be bold. 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:24.039 To be courageous. 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:25.119 To be all of these things. 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.159 But it's how it's taught. 00:03:28.019 --> 00:03:30.819 And where that courage, where that boldness comes from. 00:03:30.819 --> 00:03:34.280 And what its focus is on that's important. 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:41.400 You look at the kind of quotes that you find out there about how to be a better person. 00:03:41.539 --> 00:03:43.099 For example, Michael Jordan. 00:03:43.699 --> 00:03:45.479 Famous basketball player. 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:46.939 He once said this. 00:03:47.060 --> 00:03:48.300 Everybody has talent. 00:03:49.060 --> 00:03:51.719 But ability takes hard work. 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:53.979 And there's truth in that. 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:55.280 There's no doubt about that. 00:03:55.340 --> 00:03:56.039 Everybody has talent. 00:03:56.500 --> 00:03:58.599 But it takes hard work. 00:03:58.599 --> 00:03:59.599 Madonna. 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:01.599 Famous singer. 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:04.019 No matter who you are. 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:05.419 No matter what you did. 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:07.039 No matter where you've come from. 00:04:07.099 --> 00:04:08.379 You can always change. 00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:11.280 Become a better version of yourself. 00:04:13.099 --> 00:04:16.060 Again, you can see there's positives in that. 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:18.000 But it's where the focus is. 00:04:18.659 --> 00:04:21.019 And sadly, you hear it in preaching. 00:04:21.779 --> 00:04:24.600 When you look at the likes of prosperity ministry. 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:27.379 Someone like Joel Osteen. 00:04:27.379 --> 00:04:30.120 It can all sound very positive. 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:32.959 It can sound very focused on the scriptures. 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:35.420 But at the heart of it is self. 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.399 For example, he said, be happy where you are. 00:04:40.540 --> 00:04:41.959 But what does that mean? 00:04:42.779 --> 00:04:44.779 And what's behind it all? 00:04:45.139 --> 00:04:48.259 It's very much a focus on self. 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:51.819 So all these ideas, they have good intentions in many ways. 00:04:51.819 --> 00:04:58.519 But when we're focusing on self, that then takes our focus away from God. 00:04:59.740 --> 00:05:05.159 And as we come away from God, that leads us down the wrong paths. 00:05:05.860 --> 00:05:13.339 And so in prayer, and in the Lord's prayer as we're looking at it, it is really bringing our focus back on him. 00:05:13.339 --> 00:05:16.079 Our dependence on him. 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:20.159 If we are going to change, it has to be through him. 00:05:20.219 --> 00:05:23.759 If we are going to be a better people, it has to be through him. 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:27.919 Because that has to be the source of all of these things. 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:34.220 No matter how positive they may seem, the source has to come from God. 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:42.120 One of the best quotes you'll have about bettering yourself, if you like, is found in the scriptures. 00:05:42.840 --> 00:05:45.180 In John chapter 3, verse 30. 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.700 Where John the Baptist says, 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:52.280 He must increase, but I must decrease. 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:59.279 If you want to be better, if you want to be all of these positive things, he must increase. 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:01.119 God must increase. 00:06:01.779 --> 00:06:03.459 I must decrease. 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:08.299 And that's what Jesus is teaching here in the Lord's Prayer. 00:06:08.419 --> 00:06:11.219 There's a focus away from self towards God. 00:06:12.139 --> 00:06:12.979 Our Father. 00:06:13.919 --> 00:06:15.279 That's not looking to ourselves. 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:18.739 That's lifting our eyes to him. 00:06:18.740 --> 00:06:22.360 And that's what the first three parts of this prayer are about. 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:24.439 Centered on God. 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:26.819 And this evening we're looking at, 00:06:26.960 --> 00:06:29.660 Hallowed be your name. 00:06:31.300 --> 00:06:32.579 C.S. Lewis once said, 00:06:32.660 --> 00:06:36.660 A proud man is always looking down on things and people. 00:06:37.420 --> 00:06:39.240 And of course, as long as you are looking down, 00:06:39.400 --> 00:06:42.220 you cannot see something that is above you. 00:06:43.400 --> 00:06:45.160 And that's how we are to pray. 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:47.680 Humbly. 00:06:48.740 --> 00:06:49.840 Coming before him. 00:06:49.840 --> 00:06:52.720 Not looking down on things and people, 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:54.400 but looking up. 00:06:55.579 --> 00:06:56.879 Looking down on ourselves, 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:58.400 perhaps bringing ourselves down. 00:06:58.540 --> 00:07:00.240 We must decrease. 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:02.980 And he must increase. 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:07.439 So, Hallowed be your name. 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:10.060 What does Hallowed mean? 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:12.439 How do you do this? 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:14.680 What's in his name? 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:18.139 These are the things that we're going to think about this evening. 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:19.900 Beginning with that word, 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:20.600 Hallowed. 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:23.100 Hallowed be your name. 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:25.780 We say this in prayer often. 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:29.100 How many times have you repeated these words? 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:30.560 Hallowed be your name. 00:07:31.379 --> 00:07:33.560 Have you ever paused and just thought, 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:35.100 what does it actually mean? 00:07:36.100 --> 00:07:38.780 And what does it mean to you personally? 00:07:39.379 --> 00:07:42.240 What difference should this make in your life? 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:43.480 If this is how we are to pray, 00:07:43.620 --> 00:07:45.480 what difference does this make? 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:47.459 Hallowed be your name. 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:51.579 God is a priority in our prayers at all times. 00:07:51.579 --> 00:07:54.560 Because if our focus is not on him and through him, 00:07:54.620 --> 00:07:57.919 then our prayers are not lifted up to what is above, 00:07:58.019 --> 00:07:59.859 to our Father in heaven. 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:02.159 And here he is saying, 00:08:02.379 --> 00:08:05.219 Hallowed be your name. 00:08:05.919 --> 00:08:08.560 What does that word, Hallowed, mean? 00:08:09.159 --> 00:08:13.079 It's maybe not a word we're overly familiar with, 00:08:13.159 --> 00:08:16.079 but we do hear it in some different contexts. 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:19.079 For example, in a traditional way, 00:08:19.159 --> 00:08:21.879 you can sometimes hear that word, Hallowed. 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:26.500 We must protect the Hallowed traditions of our community. 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:30.500 There's that sense of something that's important, 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:32.000 something that's precious. 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:33.579 Hallowed traditions. 00:08:34.819 --> 00:08:36.819 It's used metaphorically. 00:08:37.939 --> 00:08:41.059 You often hear it about football teams 00:08:41.059 --> 00:08:43.139 or teams that play in stadiums. 00:08:43.139 --> 00:08:48.120 The teams stepped onto the Hallowed turf of the stadium. 00:08:48.259 --> 00:08:49.960 The Hallowed turf, that pitch, 00:08:50.220 --> 00:08:51.879 it's almost like it's sacred. 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:53.779 It's special. 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:55.899 There's something about it. 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:58.460 But as we're looking at it here, 00:08:58.860 --> 00:08:59.419 when it's saying, 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:01.259 Hallowed be your name, 00:09:01.319 --> 00:09:03.299 it means so much more. 00:09:05.460 --> 00:09:07.059 That traditional sense, 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:09.340 or in that metaphorical sense, 00:09:09.439 --> 00:09:12.759 there's that sacred or that revered kind of nature to it. 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:14.879 And there's that with God, 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:16.600 that sacred, that revered. 00:09:17.059 --> 00:09:18.419 But there's so much more. 00:09:19.319 --> 00:09:23.679 Because here it's really meaning to sanctify your name. 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:27.019 That your name be holy. 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:30.659 That we give that holy nature to God. 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:33.659 But we cannot give it to him, 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:35.419 because he is already holy. 00:09:35.419 --> 00:09:39.279 So it's not something that is missing in God, 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.479 that we are to seek to pray for him, 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:42.439 that he will have. 00:09:43.179 --> 00:09:44.759 He is already holy. 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:47.240 So what does it mean as we are praying, 00:09:47.439 --> 00:09:49.639 Hallowed be your name? 00:09:50.719 --> 00:09:54.120 Well, it's about honoring his name. 00:09:56.179 --> 00:09:57.559 Honoring his name. 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:00.259 Giving glory to his name. 00:10:00.259 --> 00:10:04.039 This is what hallowed means in this sense. 00:10:04.740 --> 00:10:08.019 Giving honor and glory to God. 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:11.419 If left to our own devices 00:10:11.419 --> 00:10:14.240 and our own self-help methods, 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:19.039 then the name of God would not be given honor and glory. 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:22.620 And there's always a danger of that in our prayers. 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:25.419 Where instead of starting, 00:10:25.620 --> 00:10:25.959 like I say, 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:28.079 this is a pattern for prayer. 00:10:28.199 --> 00:10:30.759 Instead of starting with our Father in heaven. 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:32.059 Instead of starting with God, 00:10:32.439 --> 00:10:34.240 giving glory and honor to him. 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:36.079 We start with self. 00:10:37.659 --> 00:10:40.719 And we start with the second half of this prayer. 00:10:40.959 --> 00:10:41.740 Give us. 00:10:41.740 --> 00:10:44.759 We were looking to God in that way. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:45.519 Straight away. 00:10:46.180 --> 00:10:47.740 Our focus is on ourselves. 00:10:47.940 --> 00:10:50.120 God, answer my demands. 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:51.419 Answer my needs. 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:54.940 Answer my prayers the way I want you to. 00:10:55.019 --> 00:10:56.180 We begin with self. 00:10:56.580 --> 00:10:58.220 We end with self. 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:02.399 And that's not the way that we are taught to pray. 00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:05.000 Because you see in scriptures, 00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:08.060 when people turn to their own ways, 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:10.399 turn to their own wisdom, 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:15.360 the blessing of God is so often lost or departs from them. 00:11:16.539 --> 00:11:17.519 The phrase, 00:11:17.980 --> 00:11:20.679 everyone did as they saw fit, 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:23.259 or everyone did as they thought right, 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:26.019 is a repeated phrase in scripture. 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:32.860 It appears at times when God's name was not being glorified. 00:11:33.779 --> 00:11:36.159 Where his name was not being hallowed. 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:37.740 But instead, 00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:40.740 self-importance was greater. 00:11:41.719 --> 00:11:43.279 You see it in Romans. 00:11:43.839 --> 00:11:46.139 Everyone did what was right in their own eyes. 00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:49.120 They turned to their own ways, 00:11:49.219 --> 00:11:49.459 thinking, 00:11:49.959 --> 00:11:51.360 we know better than God. 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:53.919 We're not going to give God glory. 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:56.079 We're going to glorify ourselves. 00:11:57.079 --> 00:11:59.959 And we take God out of everything. 00:11:59.960 --> 00:12:03.960 You can look at an example in our own society, 00:12:05.019 --> 00:12:05.120 with, 00:12:05.820 --> 00:12:06.200 for example, 00:12:06.300 --> 00:12:07.780 the girl guides. 00:12:08.420 --> 00:12:09.960 They were set up in 1910. 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:14.660 And as part of becoming a girl guide, 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:16.139 you had to take an oath. 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:17.980 And part of the oath was, 00:12:17.980 --> 00:12:19.920 to love my God. 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:25.440 But in their wisdom in 2013, 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:27.100 they changed that. 00:12:27.800 --> 00:12:28.460 And it became, 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:30.060 to be true to myself, 00:12:30.680 --> 00:12:32.519 and develop my beliefs. 00:12:33.620 --> 00:12:35.120 To be true to myself. 00:12:36.620 --> 00:12:38.620 Instead of to love my God, 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:40.920 it's to be true to myself. 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:43.159 God is just taken out. 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:45.440 In just a few words, 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:47.200 totally removed. 00:12:47.980 --> 00:12:51.200 So instead of God being set apart, 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:52.879 in this way of being holy, 00:12:53.019 --> 00:12:54.759 his name being sacred, 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:56.220 his name being precious, 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:58.360 his name is removed. 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:01.320 There's no glory given, 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:02.399 there's no honour given, 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:03.840 to the name of God. 00:13:03.940 --> 00:13:05.700 It's to be true to myself. 00:13:05.860 --> 00:13:07.539 And it's not just with the girl guides. 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:10.300 That becomes prevalent, 00:13:10.300 --> 00:13:12.340 in so many areas of life. 00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:14.480 Where God is removed, 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:17.440 and it's all about self. 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:19.960 And so here we are learning, 00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:22.680 when Jesus is teaching us to pray, 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:25.080 as we are praying to our Father in heaven, 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:26.259 we are doing it, 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:28.759 that his name may be glorified. 00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:30.980 His name may be honoured. 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:33.539 Hallowed be your name. 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:37.820 God is set apart as holy. 00:13:37.820 --> 00:13:40.860 As we read in Isaiah 45, 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:42.160 we were just seeing there, 00:13:42.160 --> 00:13:43.460 how God was speaking, 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:46.160 about the glory that was due to him. 00:13:47.180 --> 00:13:47.540 I, 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.480 I am the Lord, 00:13:48.900 --> 00:13:50.060 there is no other. 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:52.000 That's what you see repeated, 00:13:52.460 --> 00:13:53.740 through Isaiah 45. 00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:55.780 There is no other. 00:13:57.980 --> 00:14:00.060 And so here we are being reminded as well, 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.379 it is his name, 00:14:01.780 --> 00:14:03.460 that is going to make all the difference. 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:05.519 Giving glory to his name, 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:07.960 because there is no other. 00:14:09.180 --> 00:14:11.300 God is set apart. 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:14.560 That is what the first commandments teach us. 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:18.240 You will have no other gods before me. 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:22.100 He is the most important one. 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:24.180 You see it in the third commandment, 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:25.580 which is so close to this, 00:14:25.660 --> 00:14:26.740 hallowed be your name. 00:14:27.280 --> 00:14:29.500 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:30.180 thy God, 00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:31.219 in vain. 00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:35.620 We are to glorify his name. 00:14:35.699 --> 00:14:38.599 His name is treated differently. 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:40.159 His name is precious. 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.059 Look, 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:43.179 when you look at Psalm 145, 00:14:43.259 --> 00:14:45.899 as we sang it in the Sing Psalms version, 00:14:46.459 --> 00:14:47.219 you have that, 00:14:47.439 --> 00:14:48.079 these words, 00:14:48.239 --> 00:14:49.039 oh my God. 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:51.120 Now, 00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:53.679 how often do you hear that phrase repeated today? 00:14:54.339 --> 00:14:56.919 You hear it probably every day of life. 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.939 But how is it used? 00:14:58.940 --> 00:15:04.080 Is it used in the sense of his name being hallowed, 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:05.980 his name being glorified, 00:15:06.160 --> 00:15:07.240 his name being honoured? 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:08.320 It's not. 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:11.800 It's often a curse. 00:15:12.880 --> 00:15:16.520 It's often just a phrase that comes off the lips of people. 00:15:16.880 --> 00:15:17.800 Oh my God. 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.080 And yet, 00:15:19.140 --> 00:15:19.980 as we sang there, 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:21.360 I will exalt you. 00:15:21.760 --> 00:15:22.820 Oh my God. 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:23.920 And King. 00:15:24.400 --> 00:15:26.760 It's not about a curse that we need to use. 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:27.660 It's a plea. 00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:31.759 And that's what this is reminding us here. 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:33.059 Hallowed be your name. 00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:36.039 We are making that plea to God. 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:40.059 Because we depend on him. 00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:44.519 But it's also more than just words. 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:48.299 This is not just a word prayer. 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:52.259 This is a prayer that is to be lived. 00:15:53.439 --> 00:15:55.579 Hallowed be your name. 00:15:56.459 --> 00:15:58.779 It's about these words being said, 00:15:58.939 --> 00:16:01.120 but about our attitude changing 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:03.919 and our behaviour as well. 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:06.959 If we are crying out to our Father in heaven, 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.919 hallowed be your name. 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.939 How are we doing that? 00:16:11.079 --> 00:16:13.519 How are we living that out? 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:17.559 There are many ways in which we make gods in our lives. 00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:21.299 The Bible speaks about it so often. 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:23.740 Isaiah 45 spoke about it. 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:26.379 How the nation has their gods, 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:28.299 but none can help. 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:32.279 All other gods are idols dumb. 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:35.959 But we have a God, 00:16:36.319 --> 00:16:37.720 a Father in heaven, 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:40.120 whose name we are to hallow. 00:16:40.459 --> 00:16:43.079 And that is not to be just spoken. 00:16:43.339 --> 00:16:44.339 It is to be lived. 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:46.360 So that even in our thoughts, 00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:53.000 even in how we live our attitudes and everything, 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.980 it is to be with that sense of, 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:57.720 Lord, help me to glorify you. 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:00.759 Help me to honour you. 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:05.500 Because we are helpless ourselves. 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:11.680 The danger that we have is we make ourselves God 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:13.940 before God himself. 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:15.839 And it's easily done. 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:20.059 All these self-help kind of attitudes, 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:22.660 the assertiveness, the boldness, 00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:24.900 the courage that comes from self, 00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:27.660 that's putting ourselves in place of God. 00:17:27.780 --> 00:17:30.060 That's a change in our attitude, 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.259 in our minds. 00:17:32.280 --> 00:17:35.019 But it's taking us away from God. 00:17:35.780 --> 00:17:37.860 So even in the way that we think, 00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:40.120 we are to glorify God, 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.480 to hallow his name. 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:46.240 So it's our attitudes we are to honour him with, 00:17:46.320 --> 00:17:48.780 but it's also our behaviour. 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:52.280 Hallowed be your name. 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:55.279 In the way we live. 00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:58.539 So our actions, 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:01.359 everything that we do, 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:04.420 we are asking that his name be hallowed, 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:07.279 his name be glorified in everything that we do. 00:18:07.379 --> 00:18:07.899 So is it? 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:11.559 Is your life lived like that, 00:18:11.639 --> 00:18:13.160 where you hallow his name 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:15.240 in the way that you live? 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:18.519 Is his name hallowed 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:20.759 in the way that you speak? 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:23.960 In the words that you use? 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:28.200 It so easily could be us that's saying, 00:18:28.620 --> 00:18:29.359 oh my God, 00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:31.620 in that flippant way, 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:34.380 and that's our witness to those around us. 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:37.039 Instead of that plea, 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.039 Lord, 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.859 you're my king, 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:41.160 you're my God, 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.000 you're my father. 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.019 So in the way that we speak, 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:46.740 what about in the way that we work? 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:51.519 Are we hallowing his name in that sense? 00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.720 Are we honouring his name? 00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:54.460 Are we glorifying his name 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:56.339 in the way that we work? 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.640 Honouring our employers, 00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.740 honouring our time, 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.599 honouring our attitudes, 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.740 and that as well. 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:08.960 In the way that we treat others. 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.960 It's so important. 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:14.460 So if we're praying, 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:16.120 hallowed be your name, 00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.759 and we're mistreating 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:19.920 or misspeaking towards others, 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:22.120 that is not hallowing his name. 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:24.400 That is not giving glory to his name 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:25.640 and honour to his name. 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.640 It is dishonour. 00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:30.380 And so that's why this is so important 00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:31.620 to pray. 00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:35.519 Hallowed be your name. 00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:39.419 So as you pray this prayer, 00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:42.199 as we repeat these words, 00:19:42.419 --> 00:19:44.319 think about your attitude, 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.439 your conduct, 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.759 your speech, 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.979 everything, 00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:50.059 your mind, 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.899 your prayers. 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:56.819 Is it hallowing the name of God? 00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:58.459 Because as we do, 00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.479 we realise that we are 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.960 depending on him 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.099 for everything. 00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:04.019 We are depending 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:05.480 on his son, 00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:07.680 on the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:09.940 Are we glorifying his name 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:12.000 by glorifying our saviour? 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.839 By honouring him? 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:16.400 By giving glory to him 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:17.940 in all that we do? 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:20.420 There are so many ways 00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:22.180 that we don't. 00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:24.299 But we are to say, 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:26.360 hallowed be your name 00:20:26.360 --> 00:20:27.860 in every way. 00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:32.819 But then that leads us secondly 00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:34.639 to your name. 00:20:35.659 --> 00:20:37.939 What is in this name? 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:42.559 His name is precious. 00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:45.639 His name is important. 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.899 We all have a name. 00:20:49.399 --> 00:20:51.219 We are all identified by a name. 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:52.359 Our birth certificates 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.939 give us a name. 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:57.640 But our name doesn't tell us much 00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.799 about the kind of person 00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.519 that we are. 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.440 There are many people 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:03.960 in the world, 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.960 there are many people 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:06.000 in our island 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:07.019 with the same name. 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.840 But not every Donald, 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.940 not every Callum, 00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:12.320 not every Mary, 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:14.100 they're not all the same. 00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.960 We're all different. 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:18.059 We've all got our different traits. 00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:20.279 We've all got our different attitudes. 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.920 We've all got our different behaviors. 00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:24.180 Characters are very different. 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:26.559 But here we are looking 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.799 at the name of God. 00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:30.079 Hallowed be your name. 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:34.099 And his name has much more substance. 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:36.359 It has much more meaning 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:37.700 than our names. 00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.819 And what does it mean? 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:42.079 What does his name mean? 00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:44.779 Well, as we read in Isaiah 45, 00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:46.119 we see the significance 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:47.319 of his name. 00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:50.339 As we read in Isaiah 45, 00:21:50.419 --> 00:21:50.939 verse 5, 00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:52.139 I am the Lord 00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:54.240 and there is no other. 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:56.299 There is his name, Lord. 00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:57.899 Apart from me, 00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.000 there is no God. 00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.859 I will strengthen you, 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.699 though you have not acknowledged me. 00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.779 There is this grace. 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:06.919 In verse 23 00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:08.480 of the same chapter, 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:21.400 And you look at that 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.460 in the New Testament 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:24.279 where it's talking about 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.279 every knee shall bow 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:27.220 and every tongue confess what? 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:30.180 That Jesus Christ is Lord. 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.980 And that's his name. 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.380 He is Lord. 00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:38.040 So to recognize the name of God 00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:41.020 is to recognize all that God is. 00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:45.260 That we are given such a clear picture 00:22:45.260 --> 00:22:47.840 of who he is throughout his word. 00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:50.300 So many things are revealed to us 00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:51.780 by his name. 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:54.400 By who he is 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:56.380 and all that he has done. 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:00.040 Just think of Jesus himself, 00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:01.840 how he prayed to the Father. 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.139 We read this the last time 00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:04.539 in John 17, 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.139 that prayer of Jesus. 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.559 How does he pray 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:10.480 there in verse 17? 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:13.079 Holy Father, 00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:16.159 keep them in your name. 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.059 Holy Father. 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:21.079 It's the same word 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:22.259 as hallowed. 00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.599 Hallowed Father. 00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:27.019 Holy Father. 00:23:27.699 --> 00:23:28.539 And he's praying 00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.659 to the Father, 00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.820 keep them 00:23:30.820 --> 00:23:32.200 in your name. 00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:34.180 He is praying 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.820 for his people. 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.400 And then you look at 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:41.019 how the name of God 00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.880 is used. 00:23:42.340 --> 00:23:43.140 Maybe especially 00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:43.900 as you go through 00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:45.360 the Old Testament. 00:23:45.540 --> 00:23:47.100 You see all the different meanings 00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:48.740 behind his name. 00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:50.820 And we are reminded there 00:23:50.820 --> 00:23:52.060 as we are praying 00:23:52.060 --> 00:23:53.440 hallowed be your name. 00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.940 How it's not just 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:56.000 our words 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:57.920 but everything about us. 00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.860 our attitudes, 00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.800 our actions, 00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:01.100 all of these things. 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.300 And it's showing 00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:03.279 our dependence 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.240 on his name. 00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.860 So you look through 00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:07.000 the names of God 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.860 in the Old Testament. 00:24:08.060 --> 00:24:09.259 I've got a few of them 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.640 here to share with you. 00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:12.279 Genesis 22, 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.259 verse 14. 00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.920 Jehovah Jireh. 00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:19.000 The Lord will see to it 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.380 or the Lord will provide. 00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.000 That's the meaning. 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:24.220 So as we're saying 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.660 hallowed be your name, 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:27.720 we are honoring God 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.519 by remembering 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:30.160 the Lord will provide. 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.220 We are depending 00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.640 on the Lord. 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.299 Exodus 17, 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.220 verse 15. 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:39.200 Jehovah Nisi. 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.279 The Lord is our banner 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.599 or our victory. 00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:45.359 David prayed and said 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:48.039 his banner over us 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.619 is love. 00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.699 But there's that idea 00:24:49.699 --> 00:24:50.799 of the Lord 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:52.139 is our banner. 00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.839 So as we're praying 00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:57.000 hallowed be your name, 00:24:57.679 --> 00:24:58.579 we are remembering 00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.859 that we are honoring God 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.559 by remembering 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:02.379 he is over us. 00:25:03.479 --> 00:25:04.219 He is the one 00:25:04.219 --> 00:25:05.899 who gives victory. 00:25:07.979 --> 00:25:09.500 Jehovah Shalom. 00:25:10.479 --> 00:25:12.639 The Lord is our peace. 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.939 That is where peace 00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.579 is found. 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:17.980 Not in self-help. 00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:20.079 Not in self-change. 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:22.019 But in dependence on him. 00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.319 Honoring him. 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.579 Honoring his name. 00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:26.059 Glorifying his name. 00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.859 We find our peace 00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.919 in him. 00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.659 Jehovah St. Kenyut. 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.599 Jeremiah 23, 00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.359 verse 6. 00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:35.099 The Lord who is 00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.939 our righteousness. 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.699 So again, 00:25:39.159 --> 00:25:39.659 hallowed, 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:41.199 glorify his name. 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.799 Honor his name. 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:45.539 Because he is your righteousness. 00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:49.099 He is the one 00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.200 who gives us 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.039 that righteousness 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.039 through his son, 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.940 the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.359 Psalm 23, 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.980 verse 1. 00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:58.099 The Lord my shepherd. 00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.259 Jehovah-rohi. 00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:02.019 The Lord is my shepherd. 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.659 Glorify his name. 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.799 Honor his name. 00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:06.779 Because he is shepherding you. 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.839 He is leading you. 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:10.039 Through the still 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:11.419 and the calm waters. 00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.439 Through the valley 00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:13.500 of the shadow of death. 00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:15.179 Every step of your life. 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.359 We are depending 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.279 on him in prayer. 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.720 Honoring his name 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.539 by walking 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.559 with him, 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.959 the Lord my shepherd. 00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.799 Exodus 15, 00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.639 verse 26. 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.619 Jehovah-rohi. 00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:29.419 The Lord our healer. 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.359 Again, 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.519 we look for 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:34.299 all these healing ways 00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.159 in this world. 00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.519 But God is 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.560 the great physician. 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.420 And we pray to him. 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:41.120 Hallowed be your name. 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:43.040 Glorify your name. 00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:44.600 Honor your name 00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:46.360 in all that we are doing 00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.240 where the Lord 00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.360 is able to heal. 00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.100 Where the Lord 00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:51.279 is able to help. 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.820 Jehovah-shammah. 00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:57.240 The Lord is there. 00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.480 That's his name. 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.320 He never leaves. 00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:02.300 He never forsakes 00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:02.980 his people. 00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:04.539 There's that confidence 00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.120 as we pray 00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:06.559 Hallowed be your name. 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.900 The Lord is there. 00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.599 He's listening. 00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:10.460 Our Father in heaven 00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:12.420 hears our prayers. 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.420 And the Lord is there 00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.860 with us 00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.880 every step 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:17.259 that we take. 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.579 Final one. 00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.240 Isaiah 37, 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:22.160 verse 16. 00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:24.220 Jehovah-sebath. 00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:26.360 The Lord of hosts 00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:28.539 or the Lord of battles. 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:31.460 He fights our battles. 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:33.180 He's victorious 00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.680 as we saw earlier on. 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.160 Jehovah-nessi. 00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.720 But he also 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.920 is the one 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:40.019 who fights for us. 00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:43.500 Jehovah-sebath. 00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:46.640 So you have his name. 00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.779 Throughout all of Scripture 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:50.200 you've got all of these names. 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:52.680 Hallowed be your name. 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.819 Glorify his name. 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.340 Honor his name 00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:57.500 in all of these ways. 00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.720 He is mighty. 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.339 He is powerful. 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.700 He is able 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:04.759 to keep all of his promises. 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:07.019 So do you find comfort 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:08.279 in that? 00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.740 Do you find comfort 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.960 in these few words? 00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:15.500 Hallowed be your name. 00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.480 There's a challenge 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:19.779 because it reminds us 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.500 it's not just words. 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.819 It's our attitude. 00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.539 It's our behavior. 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:26.259 And sometimes 00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.680 that needs to change. 00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.879 But it changes 00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.819 through God 00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:33.559 working in us 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:35.279 by his Spirit. 00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:37.299 Not self-help. 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:39.500 Not self-confidence. 00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:41.019 But confidence 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:42.220 in him. 00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:45.019 And it changes us 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.599 in a way 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:47.480 that we repent 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.879 of our sin 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:50.900 and that we seek 00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.640 to hallow 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.920 to honor 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:54.060 to glorify 00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:55.260 his name. 00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:57.120 And there we find 00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:58.120 comfort. 00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.640 That's what 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:01.200 Isaiah was saying 00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:02.240 in Isaiah 45. 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.640 I 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:05.300 I am the Lord. 00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.420 There is 00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.480 no other. 00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.240 The people 00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.940 were going away 00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:10.180 seeking their own gods 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.580 being 00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:11.980 their own gods. 00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:13.860 But he is always saying 00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.500 return. 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.240 Return to me. 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:18.240 Turn to me 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.200 and be saved 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:20.319 all you 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.420 ends of the earth 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.700 for I am God 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:24.140 and there is 00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:25.380 no other. 00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.500 And so 00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.359 will we bow 00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:29.799 before him? 00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.599 Will 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:33.140 we decrease 00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.480 and he 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.259 increase 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.740 as we pray 00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.480 these words 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.279 Our Father 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.299 in heaven 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.019 hallowed 00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:41.460 be your name. 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.620 Let us glorify 00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.259 his name. 00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.160 Let us 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.619 honor 00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.460 his name. 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.799 Let us 00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.440 remember 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.619 his name 00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.519 and all of 00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.220 these precious 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.839 ways 00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.500 that he 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.220 reminds us 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.559 that he is 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.180 victorious. 00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.619 He will 00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.279 provide. 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.759 He is our 00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.279 peace. 00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.039 He is our 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.500 righteousness. 00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.059 He is our 00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.579 shepherd. 00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.400 He is our 00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.819 healer. 00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.940 He is there. 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.500 That is who 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.299 we are praying 00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.819 to. 00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.519 That is the 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:05.879 one 00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:07.019 who is with 00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.420 us. 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.619 And may we 00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.119 know him 00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.660 with us 00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.440 constantly 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.700 as we do 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.480 seek him 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.660 in prayer. 00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.660 And let us 00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:14.940 pray. 00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.000 Lord our 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.980 gracious God 00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.360 we do 00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.160 thank you 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.640 for all of 00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.339 these promises 00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.099 we find 00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:23.140 in your 00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.440 name. 00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.620 We thank 00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:24.920 you for 00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.860 the reminders 00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.500 that we 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.259 are helpless 00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.440 but that you 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.039 are the one 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.720 who helps. 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.519 That you 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.940 are the one 00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.640 who fights. 00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.480 That you 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.960 are the one 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.200 who is 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.860 victorious. 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.519 That you 00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.160 are the one 00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.960 who gives 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.579 peace. 00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.440 That you 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.880 are the one 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.700 who provides. 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.059 The one 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.599 who is with 00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:39.920 us. 00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.759 We thank 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.299 you for all 00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.759 of these 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.200 things. 00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.019 May we 00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.740 grasp them 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.180 and see 00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.559 them as 00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.039 precious 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.980 every day 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.940 of our 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.420 lives. 00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:47.879 May we 00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.660 understand 00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.940 these words 00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.559 even more 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:50.920 as we 00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.539 pray them. 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.200 Our 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.940 Father who 00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.359 art in 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.619 heaven 00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.299 hallowed 00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:55.519 be your 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.859 name. 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.740 We pray 00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:56.940 that you 00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.480 would help 00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.319 us not 00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.700 just to 00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.400 say these 00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.000 words but 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.680 to show 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.379 out these 00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.059 words as 00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.599 we live 00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.559 in our 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.039 minds, 00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:04.640 in our 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.619 attitudes and 00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:06.099 in all 00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.640 the ways 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.440 that we 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.000 seek to 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.680 give glory 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.740 to your 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.099 name. 00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.240 So Lord 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.660 we offer 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.140 up that 00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.960 praise to 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.240 you. 00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.140 We offer 00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.160 ourselves to 00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.640 you Lord. 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.359 Take us 00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.359 and help 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:18.440 us, shape 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.079 us and 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.660 mould us 00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:19.980 as you 00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.400 would have 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.960 us to 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.240 be. 00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.000 For we 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.440 ask it 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.839 all with 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.339 the forgiveness 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.960 of our 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.240 sin. 00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.779 In Jesus' 00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.200 name. 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.120 Amen.