WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.299 Familiarity breeds contempt. 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:11.599 This is a concept that says that when we are so close to someone or something, 00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:18.320 we lose respect for them or we don't have the appropriate awe that we should. 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:22.640 I was reading about famous celebrities recently 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:26.960 whose kids just knew them as mum or dad. 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:31.359 And some of them could never understand the fascination with their parents. 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:33.759 I remember reading about Michael Jackson 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:41.460 and his son just couldn't understand why people wanted to come and get a photo with his dad. 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:42.480 His dad was just dad. 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:44.700 Why would you want to get a photo with him? 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:49.140 But then years later they would have a realisation, a shock. 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:52.100 Oh, dad is someone famous. 00:00:53.299 --> 00:00:56.219 I think this is true for many parts of our lives. 00:00:56.219 --> 00:01:02.560 There's things we have and things we see every day and they become normalised 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:05.620 and we don't realise how amazing they are. 00:01:06.620 --> 00:01:08.879 We're currently in a series on prayer 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:14.359 and we've seen that the world is crying out for an experience of God. 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:17.379 Prayer is a global phenomenon 00:01:17.379 --> 00:01:24.859 and people all across the world want to talk to a God who listens and responds. 00:01:25.979 --> 00:01:31.539 Because in all of us there is that nagging feeling that there is more to this life. 00:01:32.420 --> 00:01:35.780 And so people go chasing for spiritual experiences 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:38.659 because we crave more than this life. 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:42.479 People go up mountains, they cross the world, 00:01:42.939 --> 00:01:44.939 seeking and never finding. 00:01:44.939 --> 00:01:51.359 What if the way to experience and talk to this God 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:53.259 was right in front of us? 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:56.060 But we had become so familiar with it 00:01:56.060 --> 00:01:58.539 that we've just discarded it. 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:00.920 I'm talking about the Lord's Prayer, of course, 00:02:01.039 --> 00:02:02.759 which Debbie just read for us. 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:06.180 It is such a classic and simple prayer. 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:08.640 It's easy for a child to pray. 00:02:09.200 --> 00:02:10.060 It's pervasive. 00:02:10.500 --> 00:02:12.900 It's set at weddings and funerals. 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:14.159 It's in movies. 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:16.719 But is it possible 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:19.900 that we don't really even look at it anymore? 00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:22.659 Our eyes just glance over it 00:02:22.659 --> 00:02:25.020 looking for something more spiritual, 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:26.460 something deeper. 00:02:26.460 --> 00:02:28.439 For Christians, 00:02:28.900 --> 00:02:33.060 there is a longing to draw closer to the God of this universe 00:02:33.060 --> 00:02:35.680 who shows us His love through His Son. 00:02:36.060 --> 00:02:38.140 A longing to come before our Father, 00:02:38.420 --> 00:02:40.240 to pour our hearts out to Him 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:43.219 and to know that He listens and responds and loves us. 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:46.520 But is it possible that the Lord's Prayer 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:48.920 has become so familiar with it 00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:50.540 that we've discarded it? 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:52.920 Maybe not from our lips, 00:02:53.640 --> 00:02:55.219 but maybe from our hearts. 00:02:56.460 --> 00:02:58.219 Today, we are going to stop 00:02:58.219 --> 00:03:00.580 and we're going to take a few moments 00:03:00.580 --> 00:03:02.920 to look at the words of this prayer. 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.819 It was a prayer that was taught to the disciples by Jesus 00:03:07.819 --> 00:03:09.560 and if it was good enough for them, 00:03:09.939 --> 00:03:12.060 it is more than good enough for us too. 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:16.159 We're going to be learning how to pray, 00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:17.900 how to talk to God, 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:19.840 and we don't want to forget the very things 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:21.640 that Jesus taught us to do. 00:03:22.219 --> 00:03:24.140 So today, we're going to walk through the Lord's Prayer, 00:03:24.139 --> 00:03:27.819 maybe like the celebrity's children, 00:03:27.959 --> 00:03:30.859 there'll be a moment of shock and recognition for us 00:03:30.859 --> 00:03:33.259 as we see this prayer anew. 00:03:34.699 --> 00:03:37.519 My prayer is that it will encourage us to pray. 00:03:38.699 --> 00:03:41.779 And I'm hoping and praying that it draws us 00:03:41.779 --> 00:03:44.319 to talk with God as He is, 00:03:44.359 --> 00:03:45.000 as a Father, 00:03:45.339 --> 00:03:46.459 and come before Him. 00:03:46.460 --> 00:03:48.120 So as we have a look at this prayer, 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:51.080 it's only appropriate that we do indeed pray. 00:03:51.180 --> 00:03:51.820 So let's pray. 00:03:53.620 --> 00:03:57.819 God, we thank You that You are our Heavenly Father 00:03:57.819 --> 00:04:00.680 and we thank You for the privilege it is 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:03.100 that we can come and talk to You as Father. 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:05.140 Be with us this morning 00:04:05.140 --> 00:04:07.920 as we look at this wonderful prayer 00:04:07.920 --> 00:04:09.520 that Jesus taught us to pray. 00:04:10.140 --> 00:04:12.879 Help us to reconsider what it means for us 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:15.719 and help us to use it 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:18.079 to talk to You and draw closer to You, Lord. 00:04:18.579 --> 00:04:19.000 Amen. 00:04:20.159 --> 00:04:22.000 And so the context of this prayer 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.060 is that Jesus is teaching His disciples to pray, 00:04:25.719 --> 00:04:29.540 not like the pagans who babble on and on and on, 00:04:29.699 --> 00:04:31.699 and not like the Pharisees, 00:04:32.339 --> 00:04:34.480 who are the hypocrites who get their reward 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:35.839 by praying out in open. 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:40.659 And the prayer starts in a completely radical way. 00:04:40.660 --> 00:04:44.480 The great and awesome and majestic 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:46.680 and all-powerful God of the heavens, 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:50.540 the one who created the world and sustains it, 00:04:50.880 --> 00:04:52.800 who knows every living being, 00:04:53.060 --> 00:04:56.020 who placed the stars across the sky, 00:04:56.140 --> 00:04:59.140 knows how many pieces of hair is in this very room, 00:04:59.900 --> 00:05:02.360 we get to call Him Father, 00:05:03.100 --> 00:05:05.000 our Father in heaven. 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:09.019 This is the God who couldn't be approached 00:05:09.019 --> 00:05:10.860 by the priests in the Old Testament 00:05:10.860 --> 00:05:13.279 without blood of a sacrifice 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.199 so that they wouldn't die. 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:19.860 And Jesus teaches us to call this God Father. 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:24.100 Father, it's not just the position of authority in a family, 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:26.180 it is also one of intimacy. 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:30.199 And so we're called to call God Father. 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.099 It is an incredible privilege 00:05:33.099 --> 00:05:36.199 that Jesus tells us to call God Father. 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:38.579 But the flip side of this is 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:41.379 we can become too familiar with God. 00:05:42.139 --> 00:05:43.399 As a heavenly Father, 00:05:43.500 --> 00:05:46.639 we can forget the awesomeness of God, 00:05:46.740 --> 00:05:48.860 just like with those celebrity kids. 00:05:50.339 --> 00:05:53.219 Now, the only reason that we can indeed call Him Father 00:05:53.220 --> 00:05:56.640 and not tremble guilty before Him 00:05:56.640 --> 00:06:00.500 as one who is guilty before a judge 00:06:00.500 --> 00:06:03.640 is because we pray in Jesus' name. 00:06:04.580 --> 00:06:07.000 Jesus, the Father's Son, 00:06:07.080 --> 00:06:09.940 the one who was raised to God's right hand, 00:06:10.700 --> 00:06:12.800 He is now intervening for us. 00:06:13.100 --> 00:06:13.800 He's saying, 00:06:14.400 --> 00:06:15.220 these ones, 00:06:15.820 --> 00:06:17.980 these ones I've adopted into my family, 00:06:18.260 --> 00:06:19.100 these ones, 00:06:19.220 --> 00:06:21.000 even these ones in Chatswood, 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:22.560 I have died for them. 00:06:23.220 --> 00:06:25.800 These ones come into our family. 00:06:26.940 --> 00:06:30.360 The only reason that we can call God Father 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.920 is because we approach Him in Jesus' name. 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:37.120 That's why when we often finish praying, 00:06:37.280 --> 00:06:37.820 we say, 00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:39.860 in Jesus' name, 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:40.760 Amen. 00:06:41.660 --> 00:06:43.800 It's not some kind of magic formula 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.420 that makes God have to hear us. 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:49.620 It's because of the finished work of Jesus. 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:49.780 Jesus, 00:06:50.259 --> 00:06:53.399 we are adopted into God's family. 00:06:54.280 --> 00:06:56.620 How else could we approach God 00:06:56.620 --> 00:07:00.220 other than by being adopted into His family? 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:02.420 And so this prayer, 00:07:02.540 --> 00:07:04.139 this first line of the prayer, 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:06.759 sets us up for the whole prayer. 00:07:07.459 --> 00:07:09.680 It recalls God's position as Father. 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.540 It reminds us of the Son's work in salvation, 00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:16.700 and so we come adopted into His family 00:07:16.700 --> 00:07:18.879 with the rights of a son. 00:07:20.460 --> 00:07:23.360 We could be coming to God as a harsh judge 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:25.260 who may listen to us, 00:07:25.400 --> 00:07:27.420 who may give us mercy and forgiveness, 00:07:28.200 --> 00:07:30.680 but the God that Jesus reveals 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:32.020 is not like that. 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:34.120 He is a loving Father 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.060 who delights to hear the rest of our prayers 00:07:37.060 --> 00:07:38.879 because we're one of His kids. 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:40.340 We're part of the family. 00:07:40.339 --> 00:07:43.879 And so if we were to look at nothing else, 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:45.479 if we were to pray nothing else, 00:07:46.099 --> 00:07:49.719 if we were just to dwell on this one line 00:07:49.719 --> 00:07:50.819 of the Lord's Prayer, 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:55.399 it would begin to implant in our hearts 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:58.259 a comforting trust of God. 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.559 That the God that Jesus reveals to be our Father, 00:08:01.659 --> 00:08:02.659 He is not distant, 00:08:03.259 --> 00:08:05.179 but He is close to us. 00:08:06.479 --> 00:08:08.379 When we are struggling, 00:08:08.379 --> 00:08:11.180 when we can pray nothing else in our lives, 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:13.279 when we are crying out to God, 00:08:13.620 --> 00:08:15.459 sit on this one line, 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.060 that God is our Father, 00:08:18.459 --> 00:08:21.500 and that because of His grace and love for us, 00:08:21.899 --> 00:08:25.000 we can indeed come before Him. 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:28.860 And so we have this introductory first line, 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:30.680 our Father in Heaven. 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:33.759 And after that, we have our first request, 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:37.200 that God's name would be hallowed. 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:40.000 It's a strange word. 00:08:40.160 --> 00:08:42.180 The only other time I can think of it 00:08:42.180 --> 00:08:44.360 is in one of the Harry Potter books. 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:46.580 It's a strange word, 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:48.780 but it just effectively means holy. 00:08:49.640 --> 00:08:52.120 This is not a prayer for God's name 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:53.220 to be holy or special. 00:08:53.540 --> 00:08:55.640 God's name already is holy. 00:08:55.639 --> 00:09:01.960 But this is a request that we recognize who God is. 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:07.659 That He is a Father that we only come to as children, 00:09:07.659 --> 00:09:10.779 and we want Him to be seen for who He is. 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:13.100 We want Him to be seen as holy. 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:16.019 And so hallowed be your name is a request. 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:22.059 It's a request that we would make God seen to be holy. 00:09:22.059 --> 00:09:25.899 May my words and actions show you, God, 00:09:25.979 --> 00:09:26.979 that you are holy. 00:09:27.699 --> 00:09:30.319 As a Christian, I'm a bearer. 00:09:30.419 --> 00:09:32.779 We are bearers of God's name. 00:09:32.859 --> 00:09:34.099 We are carriers of His name. 00:09:34.179 --> 00:09:34.579 Christians. 00:09:35.339 --> 00:09:38.099 God, keep me from dishonoring your name. 00:09:40.239 --> 00:09:42.799 Praying this places us in a position 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:47.179 where we're not desiring that our names would be famous, 00:09:47.179 --> 00:09:49.120 but that God's name would. 00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:54.679 It shows a heart that is captivated by God's awesomeness 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:58.239 and a desire for others to see Him. 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:01.639 It's not a desire that people would see how great I am. 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:03.459 It's not that, you know, James Barnett, 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:05.699 that name, that person, he's great. 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:07.419 No, no, no. 00:10:07.899 --> 00:10:10.099 It's that God's name would be great. 00:10:11.859 --> 00:10:15.339 But we don't always hallow God's name. 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:18.519 It's more than taking God's name in vain. 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:21.060 It's even more than blaming God. 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:24.540 But it's far worse when we forget who He is. 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:28.639 It's the lack of gratefulness and gratitude 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:30.660 that springs from a selfish heart. 00:10:31.780 --> 00:10:35.519 And so to hallow God's name as this second request prays of us 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.340 is not just to show that God is good and holy, 00:10:38.980 --> 00:10:43.680 but to have a heart that is full of joy and gratitude towards Him. 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:48.639 And so far in these two first lines of the Lord's Prayer, 00:10:49.199 --> 00:10:51.159 we come to God as a Father, 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:53.199 grateful to Him, 00:10:54.199 --> 00:10:57.979 and then we request that God's kingdom would come. 00:10:58.839 --> 00:11:01.919 Now, God is, of course, ruling right now. 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:03.739 He is ruling in His kingdom. 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:07.199 This is not a request that God would come, 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:09.219 as if He isn't ruling now, 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:15.040 but it's a request that God's kingdom would come into our lives 00:11:15.040 --> 00:11:17.300 and into the rest of the world. 00:11:18.340 --> 00:11:19.899 This prayer is one of lordship. 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:23.080 God, I want you to be the Lord of my life. 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:25.279 You are a loving Father 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:28.540 because of your son I'm adopted into your family. 00:11:29.460 --> 00:11:31.220 And so this part of the prayer asks 00:11:31.220 --> 00:11:35.040 that we would live as one of His kids in His family. 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:40.039 It's a prayer that God would extend His lordship 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:42.279 over all of our lives. 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.079 It's a yearning that God would have lordship 00:11:46.079 --> 00:11:48.879 over every part of our lives 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:51.639 so fully that we'd want to obey Him 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:53.219 with all of our hearts 00:11:53.219 --> 00:11:54.719 and with all of our minds 00:11:54.719 --> 00:11:56.539 and with our bodies with joy. 00:11:57.500 --> 00:12:00.259 Because we are made to serve God. 00:12:00.259 --> 00:12:02.600 We are made to serve Him with our bodies, 00:12:02.860 --> 00:12:03.700 with our hearts, 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:04.960 with our desires, 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:05.799 with our spirit. 00:12:06.899 --> 00:12:11.419 But we can choose to let God's kingdom reign in our lives. 00:12:12.179 --> 00:12:15.500 We can let Him partially reign in our lives. 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:20.439 It would be like someone that appears to be a model citizen. 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:22.100 I'm going to pick on Dan 00:12:22.100 --> 00:12:23.519 because Dan's in front of me 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:27.919 and because he's reporting to me now as a U13er. 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.019 So, you know, I think that's okay. 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:29.720 Is that okay, Dan? 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:33.019 Let's say Dan is a model citizen of Australia. 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:34.700 Upstanding citizen. 00:12:35.139 --> 00:12:36.679 What does an upstanding citizen do? 00:12:36.980 --> 00:12:38.559 He always follows the road rules. 00:12:39.220 --> 00:12:40.360 He never speeds. 00:12:40.659 --> 00:12:42.399 He never risks a parking fine. 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:44.200 He's always back to his car early. 00:12:45.939 --> 00:12:48.059 So he looks like a model citizen, 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:49.720 always paying his tax on time. 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:51.319 Have you ever paid tax, Dan? 00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:52.500 You probably will this year. 00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:55.220 Do you remember what that was like? 00:12:55.220 --> 00:12:59.100 So he appears to be a model citizen. 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:00.680 But at home, 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:04.620 he flaunts the rules. 00:13:05.620 --> 00:13:08.379 You know, there's other people's mail that comes to his house 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:10.120 and he's always opening it up, 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:11.700 which is illegal, it turns out. 00:13:13.040 --> 00:13:16.240 He's illegally downloading videos and movies 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:18.720 out of impatience for them to be released here. 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:21.000 He's making counterfeit money on the side. 00:13:22.060 --> 00:13:23.580 He'll pay tax out of that, I'm sure. 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:27.960 It appears that he's a very good citizen of Australia, 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:29.519 but secretly, 00:13:30.060 --> 00:13:34.420 he's just out to make his own patch a little better 00:13:34.420 --> 00:13:37.279 at the expense of everyone else. 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:40.720 It's not that hard to imagine for us. 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.879 We all have those nooks and crannies, 00:13:45.379 --> 00:13:46.620 those parts of our lives 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:48.899 that we don't want other people to look into. 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.860 Parts of our lives that either fill us with pride 00:13:52.860 --> 00:13:54.879 so we don't want to hand that over to God, 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.519 or maybe it brings us shame. 00:13:58.459 --> 00:14:01.819 And so we don't want the light of day to be shone on it. 00:14:01.820 --> 00:14:07.260 But this part of the prayer calls for God's kingdom to come 00:14:07.260 --> 00:14:09.980 into all of our life. 00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:14.540 Our actions, our words, our feelings, our desires, 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:17.560 even our secret desires. 00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:20.760 And we can only do that, 00:14:20.800 --> 00:14:22.820 we can only bring this prayer to God 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:25.379 because he is, as that first line said, 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.400 he is an approachable father. 00:14:28.900 --> 00:14:31.740 But that's not the only aspect to God's kingdom coming. 00:14:32.300 --> 00:14:34.820 We want to see God's lordship extend 00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:38.240 over our lives, but also across the world. 00:14:38.760 --> 00:14:40.900 To see the whole world 00:14:40.900 --> 00:14:44.100 know the love that we have as God's children. 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:46.879 It truly is a wondrous gift. 00:14:47.800 --> 00:14:50.320 It's not one that's diminished when we share it, 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:53.220 but it instead grows from us 00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:54.780 out to the rest of the world. 00:14:55.760 --> 00:14:58.060 It was Isaac's birthday during the week, 00:14:58.059 --> 00:15:00.519 and it's always interesting watching 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:04.039 other kids on one of the kids' birthdays. 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:06.059 If you've got more than one kid, 00:15:06.119 --> 00:15:07.519 you would know what this is like. 00:15:08.339 --> 00:15:09.779 Because our other two, 00:15:11.199 --> 00:15:12.679 well, one of them in particular, 00:15:13.119 --> 00:15:14.619 felt like they were missing out. 00:15:15.459 --> 00:15:17.279 You know, one has all of these presents. 00:15:17.819 --> 00:15:19.039 Where is my present? 00:15:20.339 --> 00:15:22.119 They feel like they're missing out 00:15:22.119 --> 00:15:23.959 because presents can't be shared 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:25.180 on a birthday. 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:27.660 But that's not the gift of the gospel. 00:15:28.560 --> 00:15:29.960 It actually grows 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:31.500 as we share it. 00:15:32.780 --> 00:15:34.600 We don't, you know, 00:15:34.660 --> 00:15:36.060 want to need to hold on to it 00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:38.259 because it will be 00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:40.019 stolen by someone else. 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:42.660 This gift that God has given us 00:15:42.660 --> 00:15:43.860 to be brought into his family 00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:45.780 grows and extends 00:15:45.780 --> 00:15:46.860 as we share it. 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:48.139 We don't need to be selfish 00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:48.879 with this gift. 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:51.120 So as we start, 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:51.860 we pray 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:53.820 to an approachable, 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:54.779 awesome, 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:56.080 and holy Father. 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.800 We want to place ourselves 00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:58.860 into his family 00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:01.080 under his rules 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.820 with his kingdom 00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:03.120 extending over our lives 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:04.019 and we want to see 00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:06.120 this kingdom spread out. 00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:09.460 And so being in God's kingdom 00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:11.180 means that we will then pray 00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:13.860 your will be done. 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:16.360 Jesus teaches 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:17.379 the disciples 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.800 and us 00:16:17.800 --> 00:16:18.659 this final 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:19.960 part of the prayer 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:21.480 that orients us to God. 00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:23.139 These opening parts 00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.560 of the prayer 00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:24.620 are all about us 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.320 and God. 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:27.620 We've reminded ourselves 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.139 that God, 00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.060 he's the Father, 00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:30.240 he's awesome, 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:32.039 his kingdom should be 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:33.039 over our lives 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:34.080 and the whole world 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:36.000 and now Jesus says 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.659 to ask 00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:38.000 for God's help 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.980 to do his will 00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:40.879 and not our will. 00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:43.320 This is incredibly hard. 00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:45.779 because I like 00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:46.639 doing my will. 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.820 I'm sure it's true 00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.639 for all of us. 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.120 If you've ever 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.259 tried to 00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:53.419 choose a movie 00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:54.080 to watch 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:54.620 or 00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:56.159 a place to go 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:56.500 and eat 00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.560 with a group of people, 00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:59.080 you will know 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:00.460 how hard it is 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:02.320 when everyone 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.000 wants their will 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.640 to be known 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:05.519 above others. 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:07.980 the only way 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.519 to pray 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.279 this prayer 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.259 your will 00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:10.799 be done 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:12.839 with any meaning 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:14.579 is if we remember 00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.440 the one we are 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.139 praying to. 00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:17.559 And there'll be a quote 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:17.980 on the screen 00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:18.559 from Tim Keller. 00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:20.200 He says, 00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:22.119 unless we are 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:23.700 profoundly certain 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:25.079 God is our 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.480 Father, 00:17:25.879 --> 00:17:26.700 we will never 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.700 be able to say 00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.900 thy will be done. 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:29.920 Unless we are 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:31.160 profoundly certain 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:32.059 God is a Father, 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.059 we will never 00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:34.079 be able to say 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:35.559 thy will be done. 00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:36.359 Otherwise, 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.299 God is just going 00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.279 to be some kind 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:40.039 of impersonal cloud 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:41.659 forcing us 00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:42.899 to obey Him 00:17:42.899 --> 00:17:43.659 out of some 00:17:43.659 --> 00:17:44.779 mysterious will 00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:46.379 or nefarious plot. 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.720 Like a child 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.960 submitting to a parent 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.819 out of fear 00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:52.119 of punishment, 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.859 we'll only obey 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:55.740 this distant God 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:57.000 until we can flee. 00:17:58.539 --> 00:18:00.000 But a child 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.240 will submit 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:02.019 out of love 00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.899 and trust 00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:04.580 and they'll 00:18:04.580 --> 00:18:05.420 continue to come 00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:07.180 back if the 00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:07.800 parent is a 00:18:07.800 --> 00:18:08.519 loving Father, 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.620 if our God 00:18:09.620 --> 00:18:10.480 is a loving 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.900 Father. 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:12.680 If we can't 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.900 say your will 00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:14.720 be done from 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.580 the depths of 00:18:15.580 --> 00:18:16.180 our heart, 00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:17.580 we will never 00:18:17.580 --> 00:18:18.259 know peace. 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:21.240 We will always 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:22.600 be trying to 00:18:22.600 --> 00:18:23.840 enforce our 00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:24.740 will onto the 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.920 world and the 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.940 people around 00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:27.380 us. 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:29.019 But that is 00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.780 beyond us. 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:31.720 Only God 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.700 has that kind 00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:33.620 of control 00:18:33.620 --> 00:18:34.519 and that's 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.079 why we 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:35.640 submit to 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:35.860 Him. 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.500 These first 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:39.880 petitions bring 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:41.120 us before God 00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:41.839 as a Father 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.900 who is awesome, 00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.400 whose kingdom 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:44.880 we want to 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.400 spread across 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:46.240 our lives 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:48.799 and it's all 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:49.900 about God. 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:51.120 It's a God 00:18:51.120 --> 00:18:51.980 centered prayer. 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.259 It protects 00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.180 our hearts 00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:55.799 from self 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.460 centeredness. 00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:57.680 Otherwise, 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.860 when we pray, 00:18:58.859 --> 00:19:00.019 we would 00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.619 just start 00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:01.359 by praying 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:01.859 for the 00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:02.419 things that 00:19:02.419 --> 00:19:03.319 we want 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:04.740 and that 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.159 list could 00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:05.679 be unlimited. 00:19:07.979 --> 00:19:08.199 And so 00:19:08.199 --> 00:19:08.879 Jesus has 00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.399 taught us 00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:10.019 in this first 00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.559 half of the 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.299 way to pray 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:12.119 that it's 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:13.019 about recognizing 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.519 that God 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:13.899 is our 00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.619 true food, 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.299 He is our 00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:15.799 wealth, 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:16.899 He is our 00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:17.359 happiness, 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.740 and now 00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:21.039 recognizing who 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.679 our God 00:19:21.679 --> 00:19:23.039 is and what 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.699 He has done 00:19:23.699 --> 00:19:24.159 for us, 00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:25.599 now we bring 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:26.919 our list of 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.440 prayers to 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:27.779 God. 00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:29.100 But this 00:19:29.100 --> 00:19:30.340 is in 00:19:30.340 --> 00:19:30.800 light of 00:19:30.800 --> 00:19:31.080 who He 00:19:31.080 --> 00:19:31.259 is, 00:19:31.300 --> 00:19:31.560 it's a 00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:32.140 new frame 00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:32.640 of heart. 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:33.720 And so 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.320 we pray, 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.640 give us 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:36.480 today our 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.560 daily bread. 00:19:38.560 --> 00:19:39.100 It's a 00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:39.519 prayer for 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.360 necessity, 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.320 it's not a 00:19:41.320 --> 00:19:41.680 prayer for 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.100 luxury. 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.600 Bread was 00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.240 a staple, 00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:45.100 much like 00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:45.920 rice is 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.620 for many 00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.120 cultures, 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.080 it's not 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:48.660 fancy, 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.680 it's basic, 00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.920 it's a 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.340 way of 00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:52.279 asking God 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.800 for our 00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.300 basic 00:19:53.300 --> 00:19:54.039 needs. 00:19:55.320 --> 00:19:55.840 The early 00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.120 church 00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:56.500 father, 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.380 Augustine, 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:57.940 thought that 00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.599 this prayer 00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:59.019 was a 00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.680 smaller part 00:19:59.680 --> 00:19:59.920 of a 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.380 prayer from 00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:00.859 Proverbs 00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.460 30 verse 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.720 8. 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.559 Let me 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:02.960 read, 00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:04.599 it's a 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.160 request of 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:05.480 God, 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.259 keep 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.160 falsehood 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:08.339 and lies 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:09.019 far from 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.319 me, 00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.599 give me 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:10.900 neither 00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.599 poverty 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:13.200 nor riches, 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.480 but give 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.180 me only 00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.839 my daily 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.259 bread, 00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:16.900 otherwise 00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.460 I may 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:17.940 have too 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.500 much and 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.940 disown 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.240 you and 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.400 say, 00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:19.819 who is 00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:19.960 the 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.279 Lord? 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.920 Or I 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.539 may become 00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.079 poor 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.859 and steal 00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.640 and so 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.339 dishonor 00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:26.119 the name 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:26.699 of my 00:20:26.699 --> 00:20:27.119 God. 00:20:27.699 --> 00:20:28.159 It's a 00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:28.579 prayer with 00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.079 such a 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.519 recognition 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:29.979 of our 00:20:29.979 --> 00:20:30.679 failures, 00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.979 that we 00:20:31.979 --> 00:20:32.599 are weak 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:33.019 if we 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.339 have a 00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:33.559 little, 00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.739 and we 00:20:34.739 --> 00:20:35.279 are weak 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.679 if we 00:20:35.679 --> 00:20:36.039 have a 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.399 lot. 00:20:37.459 --> 00:20:37.879 God, 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.959 only give 00:20:38.959 --> 00:20:39.299 me as 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.659 much as 00:20:39.659 --> 00:20:40.039 I can 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.459 handle. 00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.779 Have 00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.059 any of 00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.679 us prayed 00:20:43.679 --> 00:20:44.239 like that 00:20:44.239 --> 00:20:44.699 before? 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.339 Can any 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.599 of us 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.119 actually say 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:47.439 we've 00:20:47.439 --> 00:20:48.139 limited 00:20:48.139 --> 00:20:49.239 how much 00:20:49.239 --> 00:20:49.479 we've 00:20:49.479 --> 00:20:49.979 requested 00:20:49.979 --> 00:20:50.699 of God? 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:50.740 God? 00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.240 I'm 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.120 sure my 00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:53.559 prayers 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:53.860 and our 00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:54.240 usual 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.799 prayers 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.240 are more 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.720 God, 00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.519 please bless 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:56.799 me, 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.620 bless me 00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.180 more and 00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.539 more, 00:20:59.319 --> 00:20:59.819 money's 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.180 tough, 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:00.840 fix that 00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.200 problem, 00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:01.720 bless me 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.299 financially 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:02.840 please. 00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:05.059 But this 00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:06.039 is a 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.799 prayer that 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.319 is such 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.980 a reminder 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.900 of what 00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.480 we already 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.000 have. 00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.200 That we 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.360 have 00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:11.740 everything. 00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.000 We've 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.380 been adopted 00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:14.059 into God's 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.380 family, 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:14.799 we have 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.440 God 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.000 himself. 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.759 what do 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.160 we need 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:18.400 more 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:19.619 zeros in 00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.099 our bank 00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.460 statement 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.839 for, 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:22.480 for however 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.200 many years 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:23.559 we have 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:23.980 left on 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.299 earth? 00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.759 Because 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.180 ultimately 00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.799 we don't 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.400 need 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.900 status and 00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:29.319 comfort 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.859 here. 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:31.319 We need 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:32.599 God as 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:32.960 our Lord 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.519 and Father. 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:36.079 And so 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.559 we move 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:38.299 from requesting 00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.700 the basic 00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.220 things that 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.900 we need 00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.839 and we 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.220 move to 00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.700 requesting 00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.539 relationships. 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.000 Firstly, 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.859 with God, 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.980 and then 00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.519 with others. 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.059 Forgive us 00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.000 our debts 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.420 as we 00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:52.140 have also 00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.660 forgiven 00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.779 our debtors. 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.900 To request 00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.480 that our 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.920 debts 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:58.480 from God 00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:58.900 would be 00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.279 forgiven. 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:01.000 This is 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.819 still mind 00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.299 boggling for 00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.440 me. 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.140 To actually 00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.700 say to 00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.299 God, 00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.440 you should 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.200 forgive me. 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:06.839 You should 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:08.519 forget all 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.200 the times 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.839 I've wronged 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.019 you. 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.059 We can 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.839 only do 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:14.099 that because 00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.859 of the one 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.979 that we 00:22:15.979 --> 00:22:16.279 are in 00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.759 debt to. 00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.299 Jesus' 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.199 sacrificial 00:22:19.199 --> 00:22:19.839 death on 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.259 the cross 00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.000 is the 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.759 only way 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.399 to approach 00:22:22.399 --> 00:22:23.159 God as 00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.819 a father 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.679 and for 00:22:24.679 --> 00:22:24.979 us to 00:22:24.979 --> 00:22:25.279 have the 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.979 audacity, 00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:27.299 the shamelessness 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.799 to say, 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.579 God, 00:22:28.699 --> 00:22:29.419 please forgive 00:22:29.419 --> 00:22:29.859 me. 00:22:30.719 --> 00:22:31.539 Forget all 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.299 the times I've 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.759 wronged you. 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.879 Please forget 00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.559 all the times I 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.419 will wrong you. 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.419 This brings 00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.339 an amazing 00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:38.839 freedom. 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:41.119 And yet 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.439 we can 00:22:41.439 --> 00:22:42.199 find it 00:22:42.199 --> 00:22:42.720 difficult 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.220 to come 00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.079 before God 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.339 and to 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:47.059 confess 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:48.419 because that 00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:48.740 means we 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.059 need to 00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.500 admit that 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.859 we've done 00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.619 something wrong 00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:52.159 to someone 00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.899 outside of 00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.240 us, 00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:55.079 that we 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:56.159 can't cope 00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:56.740 on our 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.079 own, 00:22:57.179 --> 00:22:57.699 we can't 00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.279 be good 00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.819 enough on 00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.339 our own. 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.139 No one 00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:02.139 likes that 00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:02.659 feeling of 00:23:02.659 --> 00:23:03.159 being wrong, 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.639 no one 00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:04.159 likes that 00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:04.759 feeling of 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.639 admitting to 00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.359 someone else 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:07.740 that we 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.179 have been 00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.839 wrong and 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.319 yet this 00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.859 prayer 00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:11.379 embraces it. 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.799 God, 00:23:12.939 --> 00:23:13.839 I have 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.159 wronged 00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:14.419 you. 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:17.099 I am 00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.579 the one 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.279 to blame. 00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.879 I am 00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.459 the one 00:23:20.459 --> 00:23:20.879 who has 00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.699 broken this 00:23:21.699 --> 00:23:22.419 relationship 00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:22.899 with you, 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.259 God, 00:23:23.979 --> 00:23:24.619 and yet 00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:25.599 you offer 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.240 to forgive 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.539 me. 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.339 Martin 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.959 Luther said 00:23:28.959 --> 00:23:29.459 that if we 00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:30.559 find confession 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.240 difficult, 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.199 the heart 00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:34.019 is not right 00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.579 with God 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.679 and cannot 00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.059 draw 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.599 confidence 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.319 from his 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.659 gospel. 00:23:38.919 --> 00:23:39.200 If we 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.940 find confession 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.440 difficult, 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.559 the heart 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.919 is not 00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:42.319 right with 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.819 God and 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.220 we cannot 00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.960 draw confidence 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.480 from his 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.859 gospel. 00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.700 Confession 00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.960 should bring 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.879 confidence and 00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.759 joy because 00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.460 it sends us 00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.039 back to our 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.579 need for 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.259 God's 00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.980 grace, 00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.599 the very 00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.539 heart of 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:56.960 the Christian 00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.399 faith. 00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.859 And here, 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.460 Jesus rightly 00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.019 links our 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.679 relationship with 00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:03.859 God with 00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.460 our relationship 00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.819 with other 00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.200 people. 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.580 forgive us 00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.140 our debts 00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.440 as we 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.259 forgive those 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.200 who we 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.759 are indebted 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.100 to. 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.340 And so 00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:11.700 if we 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.299 have seen 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.319 our sin 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.580 and God's 00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:15.240 radical 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.779 forgiveness 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.759 of us, 00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:18.340 we will be 00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.720 able to 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.400 forgive others. 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.200 God 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.100 reconciles 00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.660 and heals 00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.519 our relationship 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.160 with him, 00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:26.000 but he does 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.360 that with 00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:27.200 people too. 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.240 Our God 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.000 is one who 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.019 reconciles 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.580 and heals 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.299 relationships. 00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:33.279 He heals 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:34.399 us and 00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:34.960 makes us 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.720 able to 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.679 forgive and 00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:37.679 reconcile with 00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:39.199 others, to 00:24:39.199 --> 00:24:40.039 be a community 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.980 that is 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.559 treasuring 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.399 Jesus 00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:42.980 together. 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:46.139 But if 00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.740 we haven't 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.919 fully understood 00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:48.559 our sin 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.879 and the 00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:51.559 gift of 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.619 grace and 00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.259 sought forgiveness 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.839 from God, 00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.939 we are not 00:24:54.939 --> 00:24:55.480 going to be 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.599 able to forgive 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.000 others. 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.819 not even 00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.440 that, maybe 00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.859 we won't 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.480 even see 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.039 the need 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.519 to forgive 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.240 other people. 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.740 Wouldn't it 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.559 be a terrible 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:05.720 shame if 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.480 people were 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.119 to describe 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.960 us as 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.519 people who 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.440 held grudges? 00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.079 I'm not 00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.640 sure if you 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.200 know someone 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.660 who holds 00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.339 grudges or 00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.859 whether that's 00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.440 been said of 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:16.180 you, he 00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.880 always holds 00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.400 grudges. 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.259 That guy, he 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.819 just doesn't 00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.700 forgive anything. 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.819 Imagine if 00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:23.720 God held 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.319 grudges 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.339 against us. 00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:28.000 And yet 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.019 our self 00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.459 righteous 00:25:29.459 --> 00:25:31.559 hearts and 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.059 the hardness 00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.759 of hearts 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:34.079 gets in the 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.579 way of 00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.199 understanding 00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:35.839 what God 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.299 has given 00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.379 to us and 00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.039 the forgiveness 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.959 he offers. 00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:42.179 And it 00:25:42.179 --> 00:25:42.819 stops us from 00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.599 holding out 00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.399 that love to 00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.859 others. 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.839 Our Father 00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.339 is a God 00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.819 who heals 00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.359 relationships 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.039 with us and 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:50.019 him and us 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.639 and other 00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:52.220 people between 00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.059 one another. 00:25:53.439 --> 00:25:54.059 Praying this 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.459 prayer, 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:56.079 pushes us 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.880 to go and 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.579 seek forgiveness 00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.440 from others. 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:02.240 To forgive 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.480 others in 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.500 light of 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.100 God's 00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.960 radical 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.539 forgiveness. 00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.000 We've 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.819 prayed so 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.500 far to God 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.579 requesting bread, 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.480 asking God 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.259 help me depend 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.019 upon you for 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.680 all things. 00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.259 We've 00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.660 prayed, 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.360 Father 00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.500 forgive me 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.920 when I 00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.700 don't depend 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.340 on you. 00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:24.199 and now 00:26:24.199 --> 00:26:24.720 we pray 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.299 lead us 00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.839 not into 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.419 temptation, 00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.319 deliver us 00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.699 from the 00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:29.279 evil one. 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.899 This prayer 00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.639 is acknowledgement 00:26:31.639 --> 00:26:33.299 of all that 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.159 is in between, 00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.399 that life 00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.419 is one of 00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:37.079 temptation 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:38.759 and responses 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.379 to it. 00:26:40.439 --> 00:26:41.220 The Bible 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.799 tells us that 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.299 God will 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.119 test us 00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:44.159 to craft 00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:44.919 us into 00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.619 his people, 00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.359 burning off 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.539 our selfishness 00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.240 to reveal 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.879 humility, 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:51.420 burning off 00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.140 ignorance 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:53.180 to reveal 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.840 knowledge 00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:55.100 of God. 00:26:55.800 --> 00:26:56.540 But this 00:26:56.540 --> 00:26:57.100 is a prayer 00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.640 that we 00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.000 would 00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:00.220 not walk 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.260 into temptation, 00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:02.640 that we 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.120 would not 00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.760 actively 00:27:03.760 --> 00:27:04.420 entertain 00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.240 sin. 00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:07.060 From one 00:27:07.060 --> 00:27:08.000 side comes 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.020 the temptation 00:27:09.020 --> 00:27:10.080 of riches 00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:11.420 and power 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.740 that makes 00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.300 us forget 00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:13.880 God 00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.560 and our 00:27:14.560 --> 00:27:14.980 need for 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.180 him. 00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:15.960 The opposite 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.480 is a 00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.020 temptation 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.180 of poverty 00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.539 and thinking 00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.000 that God 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.299 is not 00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.680 there, 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.259 he is not 00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.759 listening. 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.980 The other 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.480 way is 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.900 temptation 00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.460 of the 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.879 flesh 00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:26.740 that says 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.339 what my 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.660 body 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.480 craves 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.240 is better 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.619 than what 00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:29.859 God 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.220 wants 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.599 for me. 00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.420 This 00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:32.759 prayer 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.339 asks 00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:34.720 that we 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.180 would walk 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.819 a narrow 00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.799 line 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.220 between 00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.680 all of 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.079 these. 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.599 That we 00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.180 would walk 00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.980 close to 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.240 him, 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.400 turning the 00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:42.900 eyes of 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.519 our hearts 00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.259 away from 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.500 these 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.200 temptations 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.000 and drawing 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.619 closer to 00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:46.879 him. 00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.660 And when 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:48.940 we've 00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.279 moved 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.859 through 00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.400 all of 00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.819 the steps 00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.180 of this 00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.519 prayer, 00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.339 it indeed 00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.160 helps us 00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.579 to do 00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:53.879 so. 00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.500 So we 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.900 pray to 00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.680 an amazingly 00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:58.139 loving, 00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.220 approachable 00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.700 father who 00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.460 is awesome 00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.220 and holy. 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.740 We want 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.180 to place 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.779 ourselves in 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.539 his family 00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.740 to be 00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.079 spreading 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.779 his kingdom 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:09.440 in the 00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.079 knowledge that 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.299 he provides 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.119 all that is 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.660 necessary, 00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.960 especially 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.519 forgiveness 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:16.119 and relationship 00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:16.759 with others. 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.519 Jesus 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.019 so that we 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.940 can then 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.059 walk 00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.680 his way. 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.539 Jesus 00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.200 didn't teach 00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.900 this to be 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.500 a formula 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.160 for us. 00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.000 It is a 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.359 wonderful 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:27.839 prayer, 00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.180 but it's 00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.559 not that we 00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.240 should just 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.299 say these 00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.059 words and 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.579 think job 00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.000 done, 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:33.720 tick. 00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.519 More than 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.920 that, it 00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.639 contains a 00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.700 structure, a 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.339 pattern for 00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.420 us, which is 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.119 really helpful 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.980 to bring 00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.700 before God. 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.319 Martin 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.720 Luther 00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.440 described 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.859 praying 00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.219 through the 00:28:44.219 --> 00:28:44.479 Lord's 00:28:44.479 --> 00:28:44.959 prayer is 00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:46.119 riffing on 00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.639 the Lord's 00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:46.979 prayer. 00:28:47.439 --> 00:28:47.939 To take 00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.399 the words, 00:28:48.439 --> 00:28:49.159 it's like a 00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:50.899 musician like 00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.659 the Andy, 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:53.459 playing around 00:28:53.459 --> 00:28:54.379 on a chord, 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.959 moving around, 00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.899 to take the 00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.879 words of the 00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.559 Lord's prayer 00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.939 and to pray 00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.859 around them, 00:29:02.479 --> 00:29:03.559 to riff on 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.099 the Lord's 00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.399 prayer. 00:29:05.479 --> 00:29:05.759 And so 00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.519 even something 00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.479 simple like 00:29:07.479 --> 00:29:09.359 praying for 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.959 our daily 00:29:09.959 --> 00:29:11.039 bread, well 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.599 this is a 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.359 prayer that says 00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:13.159 thank you God 00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.579 that I have 00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:15.359 a job, so 00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.899 that I have 00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.899 money, so 00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.519 I can go to 00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.579 the shop and 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.159 buy bread. 00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.159 Thank you 00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:22.459 for our 00:29:22.459 --> 00:29:24.559 society that 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.339 has farmers 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.500 and produces 00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.839 wheat to 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.759 make bread 00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.419 and that these 00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:30.179 shops can be 00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:30.819 open when I 00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.240 need it. 00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:32.000 It is a 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.899 prayer that 00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.779 thanks God 00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.719 for all of 00:29:34.719 --> 00:29:35.879 these conditions 00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:38.159 that can 00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:39.079 sustain us 00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.719 and cares 00:29:39.719 --> 00:29:40.359 for us. 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:43.240 this stands 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.799 in contrast 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.500 to the way 00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.119 we might 00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:47.099 ordinarily 00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.740 pray, the 00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.639 way we might 00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.299 default to 00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.599 prayer. 00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.219 Often our 00:29:51.219 --> 00:29:51.899 prayers can 00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.159 just be 00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:52.839 completely made 00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.219 up on the 00:29:53.219 --> 00:29:53.539 spot. 00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.359 Maybe it's 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.079 not reflecting 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:57.079 the God 00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.859 who is 00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.619 revealed in 00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:58.979 the word 00:29:58.979 --> 00:29:59.479 to be, 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.259 but our 00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.759 prayer just 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.399 comes from 00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:03.339 our needs 00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.599 and who 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.679 we are. 00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.259 We can 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.879 get carried 00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.479 away with 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.059 what we 00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.579 think we 00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.440 need and 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.099 forget what 00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.620 we already 00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.140 have. 00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.059 If left to 00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.460 ourselves, 00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:14.960 we'll just 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.380 pray what 00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.819 comes into 00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.519 our mind 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.680 and then 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.000 we'll get 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.720 distracted with 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.120 what comes 00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.480 into our 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.799 mind. 00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.420 If we 00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.079 take the 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.740 structure of 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.299 the Lord's 00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:24.160 prayer and 00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.900 riff on it, 00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.720 maybe say 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.400 the line and 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.220 then pray 00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.940 based upon 00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.380 that, 00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.339 it forces 00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.940 us to use 00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.559 the full 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.500 language of 00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:33.900 prayer, 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.660 of confession, 00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.960 of praise, 00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.900 of request. 00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.920 Praying the 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.380 Lord's prayer 00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.140 requests that 00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.539 the gospel 00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.940 would be 00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.840 moved forward. 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.840 It pushes 00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.279 us to 00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.920 accept from 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.319 God what 00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.920 he chooses 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:49.120 to confess 00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.799 even when 00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.360 we don't 00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:50.860 want to. 00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.799 Praying the 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.440 Lord's prayer 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.120 like this 00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:55.680 forces us 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.420 to look for 00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.140 things and 00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.640 to thank 00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.519 God and 00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.120 praise him 00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.680 in good 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:02.140 times and 00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.860 in bad 00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.420 times. 00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.779 It presses 00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.600 us to 00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.779 repent and 00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.500 seek forgiveness 00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.039 during 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.500 prosperity and 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.160 success. 00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.660 It disciplines 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.460 us to keep 00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:14.000 every part of 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.599 our lives and 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.339 to give every 00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.859 part of our 00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.319 lives to 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.619 God. 00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.359 It combines 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.579 the warmth 00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.819 and comfort 00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:22.240 of praying to 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.079 a God who 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.720 is a father 00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:25.399 with passionate 00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:26.859 pleas for 00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.500 our desperate 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.079 needs. 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.259 I think this 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.940 prayer is like 00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.240 a really full 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:34.359 meal that 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:36.319 has vegetables 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.959 that are good 00:31:36.959 --> 00:31:37.399 for building 00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.659 up the 00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:38.039 function of 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.500 the brain 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.799 and the 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.159 body. 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.899 It's got 00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.759 protein for 00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.240 muscles. 00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.099 It's got 00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:43.240 carbohydrate for 00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.740 energy. 00:31:44.159 --> 00:31:44.819 And it's a 00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.359 good meal that 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.000 has all of 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.459 these in the 00:31:46.459 --> 00:31:47.000 right amounts. 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.439 Can anybody 00:31:47.439 --> 00:31:47.939 think of a 00:31:47.939 --> 00:31:48.579 good meal like 00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.939 this? 00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.539 Anybody? 00:31:52.959 --> 00:31:53.399 Sorry? 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.139 What's a good 00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:56.319 meal that's got 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.079 all of these in 00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:59.099 good parts? 00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:01.859 I've heard 00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.519 someone say a 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:04.259 Big Mac and 00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.819 I want to slap 00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.419 that person on 00:32:05.419 --> 00:32:05.819 the wrist. 00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.399 The sugar to 00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.559 carb content to 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.319 protein vegetable 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.119 is way out. 00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.419 I like to think 00:32:11.419 --> 00:32:12.059 of like a nice 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.319 roast because 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.599 my family comes 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.039 from England 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.319 and the Sunday 00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:17.319 roast you've got 00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.740 some kind of 00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.699 meat, you've 00:32:19.699 --> 00:32:20.699 got green 00:32:20.699 --> 00:32:22.359 vegetables, you've 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:23.059 got maybe some 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.939 kind of white 00:32:23.939 --> 00:32:25.319 potato carb or 00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:26.399 sweet potato or 00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:27.139 pumpkin, that kind 00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.539 of thing. 00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.839 I also see 00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.480 wonderful different 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.139 types of hot 00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:32.139 pot that do 00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.639 this. 00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.980 It's veggies, 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:35.000 it's meat, it's 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.819 carbs, it's 00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.279 balanced. 00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.659 But sometimes, 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.680 I think that's 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.700 what a good 00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.559 prayer should be 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:42.920 like. 00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:45.119 It's not just 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:46.000 one type of 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.899 prayer, it's a 00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.519 full prayer. 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.740 But sometimes 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.920 we pray like 00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:52.180 fast food. 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.659 It's the, 00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.720 whoever said 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.379 that, the 00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:56.159 Big Mac of 00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:56.539 prayer. 00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.879 You know, we're 00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.839 tired, we're 00:32:58.839 --> 00:33:00.740 busy, we don't 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:02.279 really care about 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.720 what we're 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.579 praying, and so 00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.740 we quickly grab 00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:06.000 that Big Mac and 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.920 it's gone in three 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.359 seconds. 00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.799 It doesn't cost us 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.779 much, but it 00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.680 gives us even 00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.159 less. 00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:13.079 It doesn't 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:14.299 satisfy the body 00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.259 and it just 00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.119 leaves you feeling 00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:17.740 hungry, maybe a 00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.379 little bit sick. 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.799 It's okay to have 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.399 fast food 00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:23.379 occasionally, but 00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.440 imagine if it was 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.519 just Big Macs. 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.440 I'm pretty sure 00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.000 there's a movie 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:28.220 made about this 00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.279 where a guy only 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.279 ate fast food. 00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.599 Imagine what it 00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.139 would do to your 00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.559 health. 00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.240 It would be 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:37.420 terrible if we 00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:39.299 just prayed fast 00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.319 food prayers, 00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:42.740 focused on us. 00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.240 Our spiritual 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.039 health would be 00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.359 terrible. 00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.079 If it was just, 00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.859 I'm too busy, I 00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.839 don't have time to 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:51.000 pray a full prayer, 00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.160 I'm just going to 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.099 quickly fire something 00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.379 up. 00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:55.920 Our prayer, our 00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.760 relationship with 00:33:56.760 --> 00:33:57.380 God will be 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.740 shallow. 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.080 Our prayer life 00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.580 would be 00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:03.440 unsatisfying and 00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.380 it would leave us 00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:05.140 wanting more. 00:34:06.040 --> 00:34:07.160 We wonder why we 00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:08.099 don't have healthy 00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.119 relationships with 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.420 God, but look at 00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.340 what we are putting 00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:12.800 into our prayer 00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.240 lives. 00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:17.340 Don't forget the 00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.640 awesomeness of the 00:34:18.640 --> 00:34:19.740 Lord's prayer out of 00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:20.240 familiarity. 00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.780 Pray the Lord's 00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.440 prayer because it 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.540 is a full meal 00:34:24.540 --> 00:34:26.380 that will sustain 00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:28.040 our souls and 00:34:28.040 --> 00:34:28.580 bring us into 00:34:28.580 --> 00:34:29.280 relationship with 00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.860 God closer. 00:34:30.060 --> 00:34:30.660 Let me pray. 00:34:34.060 --> 00:34:35.019 Heavenly Father, 00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:37.380 I thank you that 00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:38.760 we have the joy 00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:40.980 of calling you 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.720 Father and that 00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.640 we have this 00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:45.720 wonderful full 00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.780 meal of a 00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:48.500 prayer from your 00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.140 son Jesus. 00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:51.119 God, help us 00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:53.859 not to forget 00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:54.659 what this prayer 00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.279 is out of 00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:55.879 familiarity. 00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.599 But Lord, we 00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.579 ask that we 00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.960 would use this 00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:01.739 prayer not 00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.500 just as a 00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.679 structure, not 00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.639 just as words 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.940 to say, but 00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:07.000 as a way to 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.900 remember who 00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.699 you are and 00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.199 what you have 00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:11.079 done and all 00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:12.019 of the wonderful 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.900 gifts that you 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.739 give to us 00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.559 every day. 00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:17.259 Father, help us 00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:18.740 to constantly 00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.960 be reminded 00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:22.240 of who you 00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:22.940 are and the 00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.480 fact that we 00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:25.260 can bring our 00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:26.460 requests and our 00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.500 desires to you 00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.200 and that you 00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:29.580 love us and that 00:35:29.580 --> 00:35:30.420 you listen to us 00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.360 and you respond. 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.420 God, it will not 00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:36.560 be easy starting 00:35:36.560 --> 00:35:37.240 to pray. 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:39.080 Lord, we need to 00:35:39.080 --> 00:35:40.200 learn how to pray. 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:42.659 give us the 00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.559 encouragement and 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.599 the comfort to 00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.379 challenge one 00:35:45.379 --> 00:35:46.759 another, to be 00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.659 talking about our 00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.480 prayer lives with 00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.579 one another, that 00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.699 it would not just 00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:52.079 be a secret thing, 00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:53.480 but it would be a 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.579 thing we do as 00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:56.719 family as we 00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.819 seek to know you 00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.739 and to draw closer 00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.480 to you, Lord. 00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:00.899 We ask this in your 00:36:00.899 --> 00:36:01.460 son's name. 00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:02.179 Amen. 00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:05.039 As Nick said, I'll 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:06.119 be at Pishon 00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:07.419 Cafe this Wednesday 00:36:07.419 --> 00:36:08.599 morning at 7 a.m. 00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.619 if you would like 00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.739 to join me to 00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.880 continue learning 00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.360 how to pray.