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 Now, Sabina, just before you sit down, I have one question for you.

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 How can we best be praying for you this week?

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 Well, I have a bit of a problem in that I really feel like I should donate to charity.

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 And it's either £2,000 or £3,000.

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 And I'm not quite sure.

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 We're saving for a house, so I'm tending more towards the £2,000.

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 But the charity does give you a lovely little emblem on their wall if you donate £3,000 or plus, which also sounds quite attractive.

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 And also, I mean, maybe you can join me just fasting about this topic.

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 It's weighing heavy on my heart.

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 And I know that fasting is really difficult.

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 And I'm not sure I'm even going to make it past the first day because it's just so exhausting with work and everything else that goes on.

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 And, you know, we need the energy and the food.

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 But maybe you'd like to join me in fasting too.

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 So I'd really appreciate that.

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 Now, I wonder if you were having that conversation with Sabina and she gave you that response.

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 What would you think her motives are?

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 So she's talking about doing good and doing right things, but for the wrong reasons.

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 And that's what we see this evening in our passage in Matthew chapter 6.

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 People are doing the right things, but for the wrong reasons.

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 So in chapter 5, Jesus was teaching the people about the law of God and correcting their misunderstandings and misapplications of the law.

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 And that part of the Sermon of the Mount ended with the command in chapter 5, verse 48.

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 You can look at there where it says,

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 Be perfect therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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 In the verses that we're looking at this evening, I hope that we will both be comforted and challenged.

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 Because Matthew 6 acts like a mirror for our motives.

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 We stand before it with all our religious and devotional practices.

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 And we see that we're either doing things to serve the Lord,

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 or we're doing them to be seen by others.

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 What will we find this evening?

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 Will we find a heart that desires to serve the Lord and therefore does the right things for the right reasons?

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 Or will we find a heart that is stained by sin and that does the practices of giving,

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 praying, and fasting, not for the glory and honor of God,

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 but instead to receive honor and glory from mankind.

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 So Jesus focuses on giving, praying, and fasting.

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 And he is teaching that as Christians, as people who want to live lives that glorify him in every way,

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 we need to do these things for the right reasons.

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 But why does Jesus pick these things in particular?

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 Why doesn't he focus on something else?

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 I think Jesus picked these three topics because they were the religious practices of the day that were being abused.

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 But these truths are timeless.

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 These practices can be misused just as much today as they were back then.

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 We can do and we should do the right things like giving, praying, and fasting,

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 but we need to be doing them for the right reasons.

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 And that is what Jesus is asking us this evening.

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 Are you doing the right things for the right reasons?

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 And look with me at verse 1.

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 Jesus starts with an introductory comment that summarizes pretty much everything we're going to be speaking about this evening.

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 In verse 1 he says,

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 Now this is a sober warning for every Christian.

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 The practices of righteousness that Jesus is speaking about are the religious act of devotion to God.

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 These practices should not be done so that other people can see us and give us praise,

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 but they are to be done for our Father in heaven.

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 Now this doesn't mean that people won't see us doing these things.

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 I hope that everyone on this earth sees or hears a Christian live out their faith during their everyday life.

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 Jesus isn't telling us to go run to the hills and hide in caves away from everyone else,

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 but he's shining light on our motives.

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 These practices of righteousness are the good and right things that Christians should be doing,

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 but we need to do them for the glory of our Heavenly Father.

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 And so in verse 2, and in verses 2 to 4, Jesus speaks about giving.

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 And he hones in on this topic, but do you notice he doesn't wade in gently.

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 There is no sugarcoating on this teaching.

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 It flies right in the face of the wrong motives and practices that were at play in his day and that are at play today.

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 This week I had a quick search on the internet and discovered that the two topics that make most British people feel uncomfortable,

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 the two topics that people try to avoid are religion and money.

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 We spend so much of our lives working, saving, budgeting, worrying about how much money we need to save for that house,

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 for that car, for that holiday.

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 And those are all good things.

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 But how often do we take time to think about giving?

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 Now this isn't talking about just giving a few pounds to a homeless person as you walk to work.

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 But this is calculated giving.

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 You've sat down and you've thought about it properly.

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 And notice how Jesus starts in verse 2.

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 When you give.

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 So Jesus expects people to give of their finances as a sign of their devotion to and love for the Lord.

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 He could have started with if you give.

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 But he started with when you give.

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 And two kinds of giving are mentioned here.

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 Religious giving in verse 2 and giving to the needy in verse 3.

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 So for us you have giving to the church and giving to those in need.

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 In verse 2, read along with me.

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 He says,

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 When you give, do not announce it with trumpets as the hypocrites do.

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 Now why do they announce it with trumpets?

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 To be honoured by others.

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 We've all seen this, haven't we?

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 Companies that have billions of billions of pounds in revenue

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 hold a press conference to hand over a check to a charity.

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 Celebrities take selfies in soup kitchens on Christmas day.

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 Or more everyday examples.

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 People bragging about how much they donate to charities

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 or casually dropping it in a conversation here and there.

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 Or people going forward during collection in a church,

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 not once, not twice, but three times,

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 making sure that people see them.

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 Now these are all good things that we should be doing,

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 but are they being done for the right reason?

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 Jesus says that people do this to be honoured by others.

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 And the original word there that the NIV translates as honoured

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 is better translated as praise or worship.

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 So these hypocrites want to be worshipped for their giving.

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 They're seeking the attention and glory instead of giving it to God.

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 But I think if we're all honest, we struggle with this one.

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 Our sinful hearts want to receive all the praise from those around us.

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 We don't want to naturally give it to God.

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 In verses 3, Jesus says,

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 When you give, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

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 so that your giving may be in secret.

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 Now people have used this verse to argue for absolute secrecy.

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 But if you look at it in its context of the whole chapter,

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 you see Jesus warning people not to glorify or draw attention to their giving.

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 So it's not that we need to hide our giving and almost be ashamed of it,

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 but we aren't to draw attention to it.

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 Jesus is saying, forget about yourself when you give.

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 Instead, give to and give for God.

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 Do not glorify your service to God, but glorify God as you serve him.

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 Now we can look at this passage and we can think,

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 well, I never do any of those things.

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 But how often do we walk past a homeless person

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 or a person in need on the street without thinking?

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 How often do we think more about our savings

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 than we do our spendings for the kingdom of God?

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 Or flip that on its head.

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 Have you ever given thanks publicly

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 for how God has been blessing you,

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 maybe financially or spiritually,

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 since you started giving more to the church?

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 What are the real motives in our hearts at those times?

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 Are we really doing the right things for the right reasons?

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 All of our money comes from God.

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 It is not our own.

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 And so our attitude should be that of sacrificial giving

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 for the good of the kingdom,

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 for the good of people,

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 and to glorify God in every single way.

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 That's what giving for the right reason looks like.

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 And then in verses five to eight,

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 Jesus speaks about praying.

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 Now notice again the same expectation

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 that Jesus has of his followers in verse five.

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 When you pray, do not.

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 So Jesus is warning his listeners and us today

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 of the dangers of doing the right things

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 for the wrong reasons.

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 There are some, like Jesus says in all three of these sections,

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 who are hypocrites.

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 They love to stand in the public eye

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 and pray for all to see and hear.

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 This doesn't mean that it's wrong to pray standing up

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 or to pray in public.

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 That was common practice among Jews in Jesus' time.

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 A devout Jew would have prayed

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 during three set times a day.

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 And that would mean that you probably would see

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 at some point people praying in the street.

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 That isn't the problem.

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 Jesus isn't condemning public prayer.

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 But notice that four letter word in verse five, love.

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 These hypocrites love to be seen praying publicly.

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 They stand up and make themselves stand out

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 to be praised by others.

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 So the problem isn't public prayer,

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 but it's the reason behind it.

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 And the challenge for us is to reflect

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 on our own prayer lives.

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 Do you pray out loud in a church meeting

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 so that you can use that new theological word

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 that you've been sitting on for two weeks?

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 Or to use that passage

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 that you've just spent a month memorizing from scripture?

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 Now, all of these are good things

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 that we should be doing.

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 But our motivation,

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 if our motivation is to be praised by others,

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 then we're doing the right thing for the wrong reason.

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 One element of a healthy prayer life

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 is submission to God

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 and recognition that we can do nothing outside of him.

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 And these hypocrites were doing the exact opposite.

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 Their prayers didn't humble them,

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 but they puffed them up.

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 So we need to watch our motives

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 because this is a very, very easy trap

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 for us to fall into.

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 We start to think

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 how others are hearing our prayers

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 rather than how our Heavenly Father

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 is hearing our prayer.

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 And in verse seven,

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 look with me,

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 you get another when you do not.

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 Now this verse suggests

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 that the hypocrites filled their prayers

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 with worthless words.

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 Jesus uses the illustration of pagans

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 because when they prayed,

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 they would have repeated the names

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 of their gods and other words

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 over and over and over again.

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 We'd probably call it chanting today

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 rather than praying.

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 If you want an example of this,

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 go home and read 1 Kings chapter 18,

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 where the prophets of Baal and Elijah

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 are on top of a mountain

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 and they're testing who has more power,

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 the God of Israel

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 or the false god Baal.

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 And so they kill a bull

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 and they put it on top of some wood

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 and the prophets of Baal

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 go in circles,

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 chanting,

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 beating themselves,

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 calling and begging

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 for their false gods

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 to answer them

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 for hours on end.

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 But nothing happens.

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 And Elijah throws water on the wood

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 and prays

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 and in seconds,

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 God answers.

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 There are religions today

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 where people pray

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 and repeat certain phrases

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 or have certain stances

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 when they pray.

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 They raise their voice,

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 they cut themselves,

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 they make parades

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 and hold huge feasts

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 for false gods

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 who have no ears to hear,

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 who have no eyes

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 to see what their people are doing

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 and who have no mouths

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 to eat or to speak to them.

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 So the hypocrites of Jesus' day

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 were piling tons of eloquent phrases

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 into their prayer,

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 almost mindlessly repeating things

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 in order to be seen by others.

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 But do you see

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 how in this whole bit

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 there is no mention

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 of their private prayer life?

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 They seem to only reserve their prayers

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 for when they're in public,

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 for when people are around

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 and people can hear them.

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 They're praying to people,

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 they're not praying to God.

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 And I don't think we can sit back

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 and think that this is irrelevant for us.

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 This should challenge

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 the way we view

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 and practice prayer.

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 Prayer is the way we communicate

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 with our Heavenly Father.

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 And so our attitude to

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 and our prayer lives

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 should be one of devotion to God

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 and a desire to glorify Him

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 in every way.

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 So how is your prayer life?

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 It's easy, isn't it,

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 to convince people around us

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 that we're doing well

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 and that we pray regularly.

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 We tell people

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 that we'll pray for them

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 as we leave the Sunday services.

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 But do we actually do it?

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 Now maybe we don't fill our prayers

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 with meaningless repetition,

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 but how often do we use

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 beautiful language

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 that we know people want to hear?

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 Instead of thinking

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 how others see our prayer life,

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 we should focus on

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 how God sees our prayer life.

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 That means that we shouldn't shy away

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 from praying publicly

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 because we maybe feel inadequate

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 or we feel that we don't pray

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 beautifully enough.

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 Instead, we should focus on God

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 and praying to Him

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 like we would if we were sitting

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 at our kitchen table at home

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 reading our Bibles in the morning.

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 We should be doing the right things

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 for the right reasons.

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 We should be praying to God

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 because we are told to in His Word

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 and we should be doing it

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 both publicly and privately.

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 And the two should be the same.

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 We should not,

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 we should be coming before the Lord,

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 laying ourselves bare before Him,

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 confessing our sins,

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 praising Him for His goodness,

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 bringing our daily needs before Him

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 and in assurance,

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 knowing that He is a Father

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 who loves,

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 who cares,

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 and who listens to us.

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 in the case of public prayer,

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 we need to forget ourselves

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 and focus on glorifying God.

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 That is what it means

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 to do the right thing

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 for the right reason.

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 And then in verses 16 to 18,

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 Jesus speaks about fasting.

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 Now fasting is a topic

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 that seems to be sidelined

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 in many churches today.

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 And I wonder if the majority

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 of Christians around the world

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 live as if these verses don't exist.

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 But fasting is a religious

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 and devotional practice

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 that we see in the Bible.

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 We cannot ignore it.

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 We see it in the Old Testament law.

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 Israel were to fast

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 for certain days a year.

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 In Isaiah chapter 58,

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 God corrects Israel

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 for how they had twisted fasting

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 and used it to lord themselves

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 over others.

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 The Pharisees fasted twice a week.

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 John the Baptist's followers

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 fasted often.

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 Jesus himself fasted for 40 days

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 and 40 nights in the wilderness.

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 He teaches on fasting

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 in these verses

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 and in Matthew 9,

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 verses 14 to 17.

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 In Acts and in the New Testament letters,

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 we see examples

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 of the apostles' fasting.

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 So we cannot ignore this topic.

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 And again,

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 Jesus starts in verse 16

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 with the same expectation.

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 When you fast,

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 do not.

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 And it's very basic definition.

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 Fasting is the abstinence from food.

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 The Bible uses different ideas

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 of why we should fast

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 and its purpose.

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 So we fast in eager anticipation

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 of Jesus' return.

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 We fast as an example

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 of our self-discipline

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 and self-denial.

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 We fast as a way

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 of humbling ourselves

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 which leads us to rely

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 and depend more on God.

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 And we fast

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 so that we can spend more time

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 in God's word

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 and praying to him.

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 But the hypocrites

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 that Jesus is speaking to

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 had distorted fasting

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 for their own glorification.

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 read with me

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 verse 16.

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 When you fast,

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 do not look somber

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 as the hypocrites do

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 for they disfigure their faces

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 to show others

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 they are fasting.

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 The word used in the NIV

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 for somber

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 could be translated

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 as gloomy.

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 So the hypocrites

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 were doing

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 a religious

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 act of devotion

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 but you can imagine

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 them walking down

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 the street one day

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 clutching their stomachs

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 moaning

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 every second

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 until someone

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 finally asked

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 the question

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 they've been waiting for.

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 What's wrong

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 with you today?

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 And then they kick in.

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 Oh, I'm just fasting.

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 Don't you worry about me.

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 I'm just giving up food

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 as a sign

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 of how holy I am

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 and to prove to God

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 that I can do it.

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 And then come the comments.

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 Oh, good for you.

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 You're such a good Christian.

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 I wish I could do that.

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 I can't even go one hour

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 without food.

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 Never mind one day.

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 But they took it even further.

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 It appears from verse 17

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 that they purposefully

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 did not wash their face

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 or make themselves presentable

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 because they wanted people

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 to ask them

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 what was wrong.

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 They wanted an excuse

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 to toot their own horn

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 about how holy they are.

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 So instead of

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 what we would normally do

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 before we leave the house

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 checking in the mirror

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 making sure we're okay

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 and we look presentable,

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 they checked the mirror

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 before they left

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 to make sure

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 they were scruffy enough.

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 Much like the children's story

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 of Snow White

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 and the queen

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 who had a mirror

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 and that she looked in

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 every day

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 and asked mirror,

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 mirror on the wall

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 who is the fairest

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 of them all.

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 All is well

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 as long as the mirror

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 replies you are.

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 But when the mirror

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 responds one day

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 with Snow White is,

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 the truth comes out

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 and reveals the wickedness

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 and jealousy

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 of the queen.

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 The mirror revealed

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 inner ugliness.

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 And these hypocrites

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 did the opposite.

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 They looked in the mirror

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 to make sure

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 they did not look nice.

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 To make sure

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 that people could tell

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 they were fasting.

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 Their mirror

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 would display

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 outward signs

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 of ugliness.

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 But it revealed

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 the same thing.

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 They had ugliness

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 of the heart.

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 Their hearts

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 were in the wrong

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 and they focused

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.980
 on themselves

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 not on God.

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 Jesus says

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 let your fasting

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 go unseen

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.799
 by others

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 because the only one

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 who matters

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.620
 is God

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 and he sees

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.380
 everything.

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.740
 Jesus says

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:55.460
 forget about yourself

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:57.319
 and fast

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 for God

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.839
 and his glory.

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 So the challenge

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.559
 here is

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.559
 do you fast?

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:06.859
 Jesus expects

00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:07.440
 his followers

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.779
 to.

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.940
 Now he doesn't

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:11.019
 give us a timetable

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:12.019
 or a set period

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.859
 that we need

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.519
 to fast for

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.079
 but the truth

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.599
 is that he

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.659
 expects us to

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:17.039
 and that means

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.819
 we cannot ignore

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.399
 these verses.

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 I'd encourage

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.539
 you to go home

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.679
 and think about this.

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 Read Isaiah 58.

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:26.019
 Read Jesus' words

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.940
 in Matthew 9

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.960
 and with wisdom

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:30.299
 put into practice

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.879
 what Jesus

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:32.079
 is teaching us here.

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:35.559
 Now these are

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.939
 three big

00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:37.799
 and practical

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.419
 topics

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.220
 that Jesus

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.240
 expects us

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.599
 to do

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.379
 as his followers.

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.879
 Giving

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.720
 praying

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.619
 and fasting

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 are the right

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 things for us

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.939
 to do as Christians

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:49.639
 but are we

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.019
 doing them

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.460
 for the right

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:50.839
 reasons?

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.519
 We should

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.240
 forget about

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.859
 ourselves

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.699
 and focus

00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:56.419
 on God.

00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:58.319
 Doing

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.159
 these things

00:23:59.159 --> 00:23:59.699
 for the right

00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:00.639
 reasons mean

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.799
 that we do

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.539
 them for God

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.940
 and not

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.480
 for the praise

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:03.960
 of others.

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:07.059
 But this

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.940
 also means

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:09.099
 that it is

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.759
 not our

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.579
 place to

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.039
 question

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.940
 other people's

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.379
 motives.

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.339
 Jesus is

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.799
 challenging

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.980
 every individual

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.700
 to look in

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.220
 themselves.

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.480
 It is not

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.859
 our place

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.339
 to stand

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.859
 in judgment

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.379
 of someone

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.139
 else's motives.

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.680
 The question

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.180
 that we need

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.839
 to walk away

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.339
 from this

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.639
 evening

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.200
 from Matthew

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.000
 chapter 6

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.000
 is are we

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.419
 doing the

00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:28.240
 right things

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.240
 for the

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.980
 right reasons?

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.039
 Let's pray

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.400
 together.

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.500
 Father, we

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.980
 come before

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.400
 you the

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.980
 God who

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.500
 sees, who

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.779
 knows all

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.240
 things.

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.740
 You know

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.359
 our thoughts,

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.759
 you know

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.400
 our actions

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.059
 and you know

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.700
 our motives.

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:51.860
 and we

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.319
 ask you

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.920
 for forgiveness

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.500
 for the

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.019
 times that

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.299
 we have

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.980
 done good

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.620
 things,

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.340
 right things

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:58.160
 for the

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.940
 wrong reasons.

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.059
 We pray

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.360
 that you

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:01.779
 would help

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.259
 us leave

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.819
 this building

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.440
 this evening

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:05.140
 encouraged by

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.799
 our discussions,

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.240
 uplifted by

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.660
 our prayer

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.100
 time,

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:11.120
 and with a

00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.840
 new desire

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.759
 to do

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.700
 right things

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.680
 for the

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.460
 right reasons.

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:17.420
 that

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.360
 everything we

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:18.779
 do would

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.100
 be done

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.559
 for your

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.980
 glory,

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.000
 for the

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.380
 upbuilding

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:21.799
 of your

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.100
 kingdom,

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.360
 and for

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 the praise

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 of your

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 holy and

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 precious name.

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 Amen.

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 We're going

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 to have a

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 few minutes

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 break now

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 where you

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 can grab a

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 tea or

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 coffee and

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 then we're

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 going to

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 come back

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 and have

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 a discussion.

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 So I've

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 got two

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 questions for

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 us to think

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 about when we

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 come back

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 and they

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 are,

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 why can

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 these

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 three topics

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 be difficult

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 to live

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 out and

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 which is

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 most difficult

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 for you

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 and why?

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 So I kind

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 of cheated

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 there's three

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 questions in

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 that one but

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 we'll pass it

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 off as one

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 question.

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 And then the

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 second one,

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 what are

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 other righteous

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 acts that we

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 can do today

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 for the wrong

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 reasons?

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 So just take a

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 few minutes,

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 go grab tea,

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 coffee and I

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 think there's

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 still some

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 nibbles back

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 there and then

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 I'll call us

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 all back for

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 discussion around

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 our tables.