WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:18.240 Good evening. 00:00:20.379 --> 00:00:21.059 Welcome. 00:00:21.859 --> 00:00:22.780 Welcome, everybody. 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:24.240 It's good to see you all tonight. 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:27.699 I guess I'll open this up by praying for us. 00:00:30.899 --> 00:00:33.679 Lord, you've given us your word. 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:43.259 You've given us instruction on how to live, how to think, how to relate to you. 00:00:44.939 --> 00:00:51.519 And I just pray that tonight we would continue to dive deeper into that, 00:00:51.519 --> 00:00:56.640 that in our daily living we would be looking to honor you, to serve you, to love you, 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:09.260 to know who you are and how that affects us and how that to be the goal of what we're doing here, 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:14.620 to seek you out, to know you as believers, as Christ followers. 00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:26.760 And that in that, Lord, we would see your gloriousness, your might, your majesty, your love for us, 00:01:27.540 --> 00:01:35.159 that we continue to be built up, to be rooted in this word that we cling to. 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.840 May it be in our lives, power to us. 00:01:38.939 --> 00:01:48.459 May it be needful in how we interact with others and in how we grow as a body. 00:01:48.459 --> 00:01:58.379 And as we talk about prayer tonight, Lord, that we would see something of its richness, 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:03.039 not only in form, but in its function as well. 00:02:04.259 --> 00:02:06.459 And I pray all these things in Christ's name. 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:07.459 Amen. 00:02:07.459 --> 00:02:13.599 So tonight we turn back to Matthew. 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:18.180 We continue in our series on the Sermon in the Mount. 00:02:19.859 --> 00:02:24.219 And tonight we're going to be looking at the Lord's Prayer and how that fits into this sermon 00:02:24.219 --> 00:02:28.519 and how it fits into what Jesus has been teaching us so far. 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:37.139 So if you want to pick up with me in verse 7 of chapter 6, Matthew, we'll start reading there. 00:02:37.460 --> 00:02:37.659 Amen. 00:02:40.460 --> 00:02:44.040 And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, 00:02:44.200 --> 00:02:47.180 for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:52.819 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 00:02:53.700 --> 00:02:54.900 Pray then like this, 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:58.379 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 00:02:58.800 --> 00:02:59.980 Your kingdom come. 00:03:00.620 --> 00:03:03.020 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:03:03.900 --> 00:03:05.439 Give us this day our daily bread 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:09.599 and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:12.000 And lead us not into temptation, 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:13.939 but deliver us from evil. 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:16.620 For if you forgive others that trespass, 00:03:16.699 --> 00:03:18.500 your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:21.539 But if you do not forgive others that trespass, 00:03:22.219 --> 00:03:24.439 neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:34.079 And tonight we see how Jesus teaches his disciples to pray. 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:37.320 And I guess kind of growing up in the South, 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:39.500 I'm not sure how that worked out in the Northeast. 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:41.440 Like, everybody knew the Lord's Prayer. 00:03:42.180 --> 00:03:45.020 It was said by football teams on Friday nights. 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:46.960 It was said at social gatherings. 00:03:47.180 --> 00:03:49.100 It was used for family prayers. 00:03:49.220 --> 00:03:51.540 It was used at church and so on and so forth. 00:03:51.539 --> 00:03:54.659 So, growing up, I heard it everywhere I went. 00:03:56.239 --> 00:03:58.180 And yet it lacked little meaning to me. 00:03:58.859 --> 00:04:01.479 It wasn't of any use in my daily life. 00:04:02.819 --> 00:04:04.159 It was just kind of something that, 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:06.739 if somebody had some kind of moral inkling, 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:08.079 they knew the Lord's Prayer, 00:04:08.259 --> 00:04:08.959 they were Christian, 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.379 that's what kind of life you just kind of lived. 00:04:13.640 --> 00:04:15.540 It was kind of like saying God bless you, 00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:16.480 like when somebody sneezed. 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:18.439 It was just like something that you kind of did, 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:19.579 like, flippantly offhand 00:04:19.579 --> 00:04:22.920 and just kind of culturally became conditioned to say. 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:25.680 You just kind of knew the words. 00:04:25.740 --> 00:04:27.060 You just kind of followed along. 00:04:27.579 --> 00:04:29.460 And for me, it was just like, 00:04:29.540 --> 00:04:30.900 I did this without questioning 00:04:30.900 --> 00:04:33.259 if it had any worth or any value. 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:37.040 And kind of looking on that, 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:39.700 it's just like, there's so much of a tragedy now. 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:41.439 And what I've been studying 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:42.900 and been learning about this prayer, 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:45.600 it's just so much richness in these phrases 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:49.420 that we can tend to kind of say sometimes 00:04:49.420 --> 00:04:50.340 just mindlessly. 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:54.060 And this is one of the most perfect 00:04:54.060 --> 00:04:55.080 and complete prayers 00:04:55.080 --> 00:04:56.680 that we see throughout the Bible. 00:04:57.220 --> 00:04:59.400 It's one that Jesus instructs us to pray. 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:01.840 It has everything in these six petitions 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:03.379 that we need to pray. 00:05:03.379 --> 00:05:08.139 And if we think that God is far off, 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:09.719 it starts off our Father. 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:12.699 If you have any questions about his divinity 00:05:12.699 --> 00:05:13.860 or his majesty, 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:15.980 it says in heaven, 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:17.680 it says hallowed be. 00:05:18.540 --> 00:05:19.620 If you have any questions 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:20.899 about how the Lord provides, 00:05:20.980 --> 00:05:22.219 he says give us, 00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:23.560 lead us, 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:25.040 deliver us, 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:26.079 forgive us. 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:29.259 We don't just learn this 00:05:29.259 --> 00:05:30.579 as some kind of protocol 00:05:30.579 --> 00:05:32.899 for a prayer we pray. 00:05:34.039 --> 00:05:35.199 What we see in it 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:37.079 is the truth about who God is. 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.300 And that's why we don't need to babble. 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:43.680 We don't need to stand on street corners. 00:05:44.979 --> 00:05:46.680 Both in Jesus' instruction 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:48.139 and in our very doing, 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:51.879 these words lead us to God honoring prayer. 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:54.259 But why pray anyway? 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:56.480 If God is who he says he is, 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:57.279 he's omnipresent, 00:05:57.860 --> 00:05:58.779 he's omnipresent, 00:05:59.719 --> 00:06:01.560 he already knows what I'm going to say. 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:04.319 And you will see Jesus say here, 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:05.219 he says, 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:06.819 your Father knows what you need. 00:06:10.019 --> 00:06:12.139 But since God is who he said he is, 00:06:12.459 --> 00:06:13.719 his thoughts is above our thoughts, 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:15.819 his ways are above our ways, 00:06:15.819 --> 00:06:20.680 and we can only go so far 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:22.379 in what he's revealed to us. 00:06:22.899 --> 00:06:25.060 We can only use what he sets before us. 00:06:25.599 --> 00:06:27.839 And he's given us this great gift of prayer 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:29.839 as a way to communicate with him, 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:31.199 to commune with him, 00:06:31.259 --> 00:06:32.139 to have this fellowship 00:06:32.139 --> 00:06:33.600 and this relationship with him. 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:36.259 And with that, 00:06:36.420 --> 00:06:37.680 I've been asking my questions 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:38.959 as I search through this is, 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:40.199 so like, 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.539 how do we pray if God knows our needs? 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:44.259 How do we pray? 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:45.180 Why do we pray 00:06:45.180 --> 00:06:46.560 if this is the case? 00:06:48.340 --> 00:06:50.620 And I think as Jesus gives these examples here 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:51.819 of this Pharisee 00:06:51.819 --> 00:06:53.379 and of these pagans, 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:54.519 he starts off as, 00:06:54.740 --> 00:06:56.699 don't Bible like pagans when you pray. 00:06:58.500 --> 00:06:59.420 And we see here, 00:06:59.500 --> 00:07:00.920 they heap up many phrases. 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:03.180 They think they'll be heard 00:07:03.180 --> 00:07:04.199 for their many words. 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:08.300 And we see here 00:07:08.300 --> 00:07:10.319 that their view of prayer, 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:13.060 prayer that they're presenting 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:14.680 is kind of mindless, 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:15.879 it's kind of thoughtless. 00:07:17.420 --> 00:07:18.720 And we see here, 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:20.639 as he gives us these examples, 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:22.319 he's telling us something about that. 00:07:22.340 --> 00:07:23.819 He's saying God's definition of prayer 00:07:23.819 --> 00:07:25.280 isn't meaningless. 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:26.920 It isn't mechanical. 00:07:28.019 --> 00:07:29.480 It's not self-centered 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:30.899 as the Pharisees were. 00:07:30.899 --> 00:07:33.179 prayer is not thoughtless 00:07:33.179 --> 00:07:35.179 as the pagans practice it. 00:07:36.679 --> 00:07:38.060 We shouldn't be praying 00:07:38.060 --> 00:07:40.159 for the approval of people around us. 00:07:40.539 --> 00:07:41.379 Prayer isn't just judged 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:43.539 by how many Christian-sounding words 00:07:43.539 --> 00:07:44.439 we can use 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.219 or the length that our prayer goes 00:07:47.219 --> 00:07:50.979 or by what people around us 00:07:50.979 --> 00:07:53.279 tend to think when we pray. 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:59.019 And we see Jesus telling them here, 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:00.859 their prayer needs to be sincere. 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:02.000 It needs to be thoughtful. 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:06.079 There has to be some weight behind 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:07.119 what we're praying 00:08:07.119 --> 00:08:08.219 and what we're saying. 00:08:08.359 --> 00:08:10.679 They're not just a list of things 00:08:10.679 --> 00:08:11.659 that we're just kind of 00:08:11.659 --> 00:08:12.659 throwing out there. 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:15.899 Some translations use the thing 00:08:15.899 --> 00:08:16.819 vain repetition. 00:08:16.819 --> 00:08:20.180 And as you kind of look at that, 00:08:20.579 --> 00:08:20.740 like, 00:08:21.579 --> 00:08:22.939 we may think of, like, repetition, 00:08:23.219 --> 00:08:23.360 like, 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:24.639 should we be repeating 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:25.579 the same things over here? 00:08:25.659 --> 00:08:27.040 But I guess here, 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:28.579 the emphasis seems to be 00:08:28.579 --> 00:08:30.139 on the vain part of it. 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:34.220 Because we look at Paul's famous words 00:08:34.220 --> 00:08:35.319 in 2 Corinthians, 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:35.939 where he says, 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:37.799 three times I've pleaded with the Lord 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:38.460 about this, 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:39.580 that it should leave me. 00:08:40.539 --> 00:08:41.580 And we see Jesus 00:08:41.580 --> 00:08:43.120 in the Garden of Gethsemane. 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.159 And we see what Mark says about that. 00:08:46.820 --> 00:08:47.900 And about this account. 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:48.560 And he says, 00:08:48.680 --> 00:08:49.860 he went away and prayed, 00:08:50.300 --> 00:08:51.560 saying the same words. 00:08:53.860 --> 00:08:56.240 And true prayer isn't chance. 00:08:56.340 --> 00:08:57.780 It isn't elevator pitches. 00:08:58.620 --> 00:09:00.000 It's not defined by its length 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:00.980 or its articulation, 00:09:01.160 --> 00:09:02.340 but by its sincerity 00:09:02.340 --> 00:09:03.900 and its thoughtfulness. 00:09:06.180 --> 00:09:08.040 And that brings us to our next point. 00:09:08.100 --> 00:09:09.680 If we were to pray sincere 00:09:09.680 --> 00:09:10.700 and thoughtfully, 00:09:11.300 --> 00:09:12.220 we have to know 00:09:12.220 --> 00:09:13.160 who we're praying to. 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:15.320 And in this passage, 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:16.340 Jesus makes a point 00:09:16.340 --> 00:09:17.860 to refer to God 00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:18.780 as the Father. 00:09:18.860 --> 00:09:19.180 He says, 00:09:19.280 --> 00:09:19.800 your Father. 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:20.540 He says, 00:09:20.660 --> 00:09:21.220 our Father. 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:23.720 And that's the link 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:24.460 he makes here. 00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:26.780 And if we were to pray, 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:29.040 as God knows our needs, 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:29.960 we need to pray to him 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:30.420 as Father. 00:09:30.940 --> 00:09:31.580 And that removes 00:09:31.580 --> 00:09:34.139 some of that impersonalness 00:09:34.139 --> 00:09:35.220 that we kind of 00:09:35.220 --> 00:09:36.019 can get into. 00:09:36.540 --> 00:09:37.500 It removes that kind of 00:09:37.500 --> 00:09:38.500 genie mentality 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:39.700 that God is just there 00:09:39.700 --> 00:09:40.900 to give us what we want. 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:42.700 We're just coming to him 00:09:42.700 --> 00:09:43.740 with our three wishes, 00:09:43.740 --> 00:09:45.080 and that's it. 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:48.080 But we can rejoice 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:49.799 in the fact that God is there. 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:50.560 He's here us. 00:09:51.060 --> 00:09:52.639 He's using this term Father, 00:09:52.779 --> 00:09:53.980 which should be a reality 00:09:53.980 --> 00:09:54.659 in our lives, 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:56.000 to draw us to him. 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:58.259 And it should draw up 00:09:58.259 --> 00:09:58.799 in our minds 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:00.379 the image of a protector 00:10:00.379 --> 00:10:01.600 and a provider. 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:01.680 Father. 00:10:02.779 --> 00:10:03.580 And he's not just 00:10:03.580 --> 00:10:05.139 an invisible force 00:10:05.139 --> 00:10:07.060 that stands between us 00:10:07.060 --> 00:10:08.180 and the things 00:10:08.180 --> 00:10:08.800 that we desire 00:10:08.800 --> 00:10:09.980 to gain through prayer. 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:13.440 And the term Father, 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:14.820 it isn't figurative. 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:17.019 It isn't symbolic 00:10:17.019 --> 00:10:17.820 of something. 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:20.420 But in our lives, 00:10:20.500 --> 00:10:21.620 it should be a reality. 00:10:23.300 --> 00:10:23.879 And it exists 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:25.820 in the truth 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:27.019 of who God revealed 00:10:27.019 --> 00:10:28.120 himself to be. 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.320 And we see that. 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:33.080 And we see him 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:34.100 revealing himself 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:35.820 and more and more 00:10:35.820 --> 00:10:36.919 through the New Testament 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:38.419 and through the Old Testament 00:10:38.419 --> 00:10:40.019 as he brings up 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:41.340 this fatherly imagery 00:10:41.340 --> 00:10:42.460 of him shepherding 00:10:42.460 --> 00:10:43.060 and caring 00:10:43.060 --> 00:10:43.679 and providing 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:45.120 for his people. 00:10:47.460 --> 00:10:50.360 And as we look on that, 00:10:50.419 --> 00:10:51.000 we see Jesus 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:52.299 extensively speaking 00:10:52.299 --> 00:10:53.200 of this unity 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:54.379 he has with the Father. 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:56.060 Especially we see that 00:10:56.060 --> 00:10:57.360 in the Gospel of John. 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:00.419 And here in his fatherhood 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:01.700 we can be comforted. 00:11:01.779 --> 00:11:03.080 We can be assured 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:04.120 that we can come 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:04.879 to him in prayer. 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:07.679 Yet at the same time 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:08.620 he's holy. 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:11.379 And Jesus makes mention 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:11.779 of that 00:11:11.779 --> 00:11:13.259 all in his first line. 00:11:13.340 --> 00:11:13.740 He says, 00:11:13.899 --> 00:11:14.480 Our Father 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:15.340 in heaven. 00:11:16.899 --> 00:11:18.159 So he makes 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:19.519 this claim, 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:20.860 this assertion 00:11:20.860 --> 00:11:22.080 that not only 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:23.019 is God our Father 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:24.060 but he's in heaven. 00:11:25.580 --> 00:11:26.399 He's sacred. 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:27.579 He's set apart 00:11:27.579 --> 00:11:28.220 from us. 00:11:31.659 --> 00:11:32.860 And so his name 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:33.860 should be hollowed. 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:37.459 And Martin Lord 00:11:37.459 --> 00:11:38.259 Jones defines 00:11:38.259 --> 00:11:39.519 this hollowing, 00:11:39.779 --> 00:11:41.240 this hollowing 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:41.959 the name of God 00:11:41.959 --> 00:11:42.980 as sanctifying, 00:11:43.100 --> 00:11:43.799 as revering, 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:45.699 to make deep, 00:11:45.959 --> 00:11:47.459 to make and to keep holy. 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:50.759 And this term 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:52.980 not only refers 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:53.800 to God 00:11:53.800 --> 00:11:55.220 as some type of name 00:11:55.220 --> 00:11:56.660 but this phrase 00:11:56.660 --> 00:11:57.180 where he says, 00:11:57.259 --> 00:11:57.960 Our Father in heaven 00:11:57.960 --> 00:11:59.259 hallowed be your name. 00:11:59.500 --> 00:12:00.700 Your name representing 00:12:00.700 --> 00:12:01.920 all who God is 00:12:01.920 --> 00:12:02.580 and has revealed 00:12:02.580 --> 00:12:03.340 himself to be. 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:07.800 And to simply put it, 00:12:08.800 --> 00:12:10.320 to say that God is, 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:11.700 his name is to be made holy, 00:12:11.800 --> 00:12:12.480 it says that 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:13.780 all that God is 00:12:13.780 --> 00:12:15.060 and revealed himself to be 00:12:15.059 --> 00:12:17.500 is to be more than 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.559 just highly regarded, 00:12:18.739 --> 00:12:19.719 it's to be kept sacred, 00:12:19.839 --> 00:12:20.519 it's to be something 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:22.479 that we should stand in awe 00:12:22.479 --> 00:12:22.619 of, 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:23.619 something we should 00:12:23.619 --> 00:12:25.659 just treasure up 00:12:25.659 --> 00:12:26.339 in our hearts 00:12:26.339 --> 00:12:27.519 and to remember 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:29.119 every time we pray. 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:33.079 And Jesus shows us here 00:12:33.079 --> 00:12:35.799 how all the characteristics 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:37.099 of God are Mary, 00:12:37.199 --> 00:12:38.159 like in his divinity 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:39.439 and in his perfect nature 00:12:39.439 --> 00:12:40.119 and his love 00:12:40.119 --> 00:12:40.799 and his mercy, 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:42.059 like all these things 00:12:42.059 --> 00:12:42.819 come together, 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:44.779 come together in the Father. 00:12:45.059 --> 00:12:46.739 Like he's not just judge, 00:12:47.500 --> 00:12:49.019 he's not just 00:12:49.019 --> 00:12:51.500 all these other things, 00:12:51.619 --> 00:12:53.079 he's Father as well 00:12:53.079 --> 00:12:55.059 and that's something 00:12:55.059 --> 00:12:55.879 that we need to 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:57.479 keep in our minds 00:12:57.479 --> 00:12:59.739 and we see Jesus here 00:12:59.739 --> 00:13:00.500 pointing that out 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:02.019 first and foremost 00:13:02.019 --> 00:13:03.839 as he instructs 00:13:03.839 --> 00:13:05.199 his disciples to pray. 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:07.059 And as we continue 00:13:07.059 --> 00:13:07.959 to talk about this 00:13:07.959 --> 00:13:09.339 fatherly characteristic 00:13:09.339 --> 00:13:09.959 of a God 00:13:09.959 --> 00:13:12.339 and how this theme 00:13:12.339 --> 00:13:13.039 just continues 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:14.500 to run throughout 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.319 the whole Bible, 00:13:16.719 --> 00:13:17.539 it talks about, 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:19.419 it talks about 00:13:19.419 --> 00:13:19.919 in the sense 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:21.179 that we've been adopted, 00:13:21.959 --> 00:13:22.759 that we've been made 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:23.759 citizens in heaven, 00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:25.779 that we've been transferred 00:13:25.779 --> 00:13:26.899 from one kingdom 00:13:26.899 --> 00:13:27.599 to another. 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:30.700 in all that, 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:33.800 we see something 00:13:33.800 --> 00:13:34.519 coming about, 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:35.639 we see change 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:36.019 coming about, 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:37.240 we see heart change, 00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:39.240 we see, 00:13:40.040 --> 00:13:43.420 we see our affections 00:13:43.420 --> 00:13:43.680 changing, 00:13:43.800 --> 00:13:44.800 we see our desires 00:13:44.800 --> 00:13:45.220 changing, 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:47.100 we see everything 00:13:47.100 --> 00:13:48.060 about us 00:13:48.060 --> 00:13:49.480 just fundamentally 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:50.460 changing 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:51.040 as we, 00:13:51.040 --> 00:13:52.440 as we take on 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:53.480 this new image 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:54.340 in Christ. 00:13:54.340 --> 00:13:56.680 in Colossians 00:13:56.680 --> 00:13:57.100 says, 00:13:57.820 --> 00:13:58.259 our minds 00:13:58.259 --> 00:13:58.879 should be set 00:13:58.879 --> 00:13:59.800 on things above 00:13:59.800 --> 00:14:00.860 and it also says 00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:02.480 where Christ is, 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:04.180 when Christ 00:14:04.180 --> 00:14:05.120 our life appears, 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.639 then you also 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.160 will appear 00:14:07.160 --> 00:14:08.000 with him in glory, 00:14:08.860 --> 00:14:09.560 with Christ 00:14:09.560 --> 00:14:10.340 our life. 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:13.180 When Christ 00:14:13.180 --> 00:14:14.440 our life appears, 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.340 our life being 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:16.019 hid in Christ, 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:16.980 us being a part 00:14:16.980 --> 00:14:17.320 of him. 00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:20.620 With that in mind, 00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:21.259 pray like this, 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:22.300 your kingdom come, 00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:23.560 your will be done 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:24.459 on earth as it is 00:14:24.459 --> 00:14:24.899 in heaven. 00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:29.919 And as we look 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:30.479 at God, 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:31.259 the Father, 00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:33.000 we also look 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.739 at another aspect 00:14:33.739 --> 00:14:35.019 of him being king, 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:36.079 him being sovereign, 00:14:36.719 --> 00:14:37.439 him ruling over 00:14:37.439 --> 00:14:37.939 everything. 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:40.139 And we know 00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.759 as he comes, 00:14:40.859 --> 00:14:41.799 that's a far more 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:42.479 better kingdom 00:14:42.479 --> 00:14:43.679 than that's here 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.199 on earth. 00:14:44.459 --> 00:14:45.539 And as we look 00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:46.539 at Ephesians, 00:14:47.939 --> 00:14:49.119 as Paul talks 00:14:49.119 --> 00:14:50.259 about this kingdom 00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:50.559 of, 00:14:50.939 --> 00:14:51.859 as Paul talks 00:14:51.859 --> 00:14:52.559 about this kingdom 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:53.539 of darkness, 00:14:55.119 --> 00:14:55.599 as he talks 00:14:55.599 --> 00:14:56.439 about these rulers 00:14:56.439 --> 00:14:58.199 and cosmic powers, 00:14:58.699 --> 00:14:59.219 things ruling 00:14:59.219 --> 00:14:59.979 here on earth. 00:15:01.239 --> 00:15:01.859 And then we look 00:15:01.859 --> 00:15:02.839 at our own government 00:15:02.839 --> 00:15:04.039 that doesn't run 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:04.779 so efficiently 00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.959 all the time. 00:15:07.839 --> 00:15:08.699 And as Jesus 00:15:08.699 --> 00:15:09.439 is telling us 00:15:09.439 --> 00:15:10.179 to pray here, 00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:11.239 it's not because 00:15:11.239 --> 00:15:11.859 the Father's 00:15:11.859 --> 00:15:13.019 going to come 00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:14.319 and throw off 00:15:14.319 --> 00:15:15.159 all these things, 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:15.259 things. 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:18.139 But there is 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:19.219 something long-term 00:15:19.219 --> 00:15:19.620 that we are 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.139 looking at, 00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:21.319 something to come 00:15:21.319 --> 00:15:21.899 in the future 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:23.259 that's being made 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:24.059 manifest now 00:15:24.059 --> 00:15:24.539 as well. 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:27.079 And we ought to, 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:28.059 and in this, 00:15:28.199 --> 00:15:28.839 we're to pray 00:15:28.839 --> 00:15:30.759 for God's fame 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.699 to be made known, 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:32.719 for him, 00:15:32.719 --> 00:15:34.159 his fame to increase 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:35.019 in all the earth 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:35.939 as his kingdom 00:15:35.939 --> 00:15:36.500 comes. 00:15:38.819 --> 00:15:40.279 And we ought to watch 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:40.919 and to pray 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:41.740 for this king 00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:42.439 who's coming 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:43.760 as we think about 00:15:43.760 --> 00:15:44.700 Christ's second coming. 00:15:45.800 --> 00:15:46.180 As we, 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.880 as he, 00:15:47.400 --> 00:15:48.260 as we think about 00:15:48.260 --> 00:15:49.260 this kingdom coming 00:15:49.260 --> 00:15:50.580 and his will being done 00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:52.300 and how perfectly 00:15:52.300 --> 00:15:53.340 in heaven 00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:54.260 God's will, 00:15:54.380 --> 00:15:55.220 will is done. 00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:58.000 And we are to desire 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.880 that here on earth. 00:15:58.980 --> 00:15:59.640 We are to desire 00:15:59.640 --> 00:16:01.840 that same will 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:02.580 that's being done 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.000 in heaven 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:04.280 to be done here on earth. 00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.540 And we were just 00:16:07.540 --> 00:16:08.380 to stop here. 00:16:09.100 --> 00:16:09.900 You could probably 00:16:09.900 --> 00:16:10.680 draw some pretty, 00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:11.420 pretty logical 00:16:11.420 --> 00:16:12.340 application from 00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:12.879 these verses. 00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:14.019 Don't, 00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:15.340 don't Bible like pagans. 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:16.840 When you pray, 00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:18.080 just pray about God 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:19.379 and what he wants. 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:22.100 But we see Christ 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:22.980 keep going there. 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.800 And it doesn't 00:16:24.800 --> 00:16:25.620 just stop there. 00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:26.720 It's a little bit 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.780 more involved. 00:16:29.280 --> 00:16:30.440 In every religion 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:30.720 there, 00:16:30.780 --> 00:16:31.460 there's prayer, 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.620 there's meditation, 00:16:33.660 --> 00:16:33.980 there's, 00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:34.800 there's all these things. 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:34.980 So, 00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:36.100 so what separates us 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:36.379 Christians? 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.040 How we count, 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.100 how can we distinguish 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:39.940 ourselves in this? 00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:42.680 And I believe 00:16:42.680 --> 00:16:43.360 this in the fact 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:43.640 that, 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.640 that our father's 00:16:44.640 --> 00:16:45.340 omniscient 00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:47.100 and knows what we'll ask 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.920 and yet he still 00:16:47.920 --> 00:16:49.040 bids us to ask it. 00:16:51.540 --> 00:16:52.480 And I hope that, 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.420 and that resonates 00:16:53.420 --> 00:16:54.180 in our minds 00:16:54.180 --> 00:16:55.320 and continues to, 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:57.220 to frame how we pray, 00:16:57.300 --> 00:16:58.000 that God knows 00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.960 the words we'll say, 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.760 yet he still bids us 00:17:00.760 --> 00:17:01.480 to speak them. 00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:04.000 Prayer isn't profitable 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:05.340 because we get stuff, 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.460 it's because we get God, 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.460 we get to communicate 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.120 with God. 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.000 And, 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.740 and that's the basis 00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:11.220 of our, 00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.360 our prayer as Christians. 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:15.360 And with that in mind, 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:16.460 with that in mind, 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:17.039 we get a father 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:18.160 who cares about our needs. 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:19.900 He encompasses all this 00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:20.180 in, 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:21.380 in our daily bread. 00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:23.200 Jesus is telling us 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:24.279 to pray for everything 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.840 we need. 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:27.620 And I guess sometimes 00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:28.319 we have a tendency 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:28.640 to, 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:29.120 to hyper, 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:30.779 hyper spiritualize this 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.420 and to be like, 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.059 well, 00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:32.960 he's just telling us 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.259 to pray for spiritual food 00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.900 and to pray for 00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:35.840 spiritual things. 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:38.980 And I think we do 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:40.179 ourselves a disservice 00:17:40.179 --> 00:17:41.000 in that and, 00:17:41.379 --> 00:17:41.959 and we do God 00:17:41.959 --> 00:17:42.899 a disservice in that 00:17:42.899 --> 00:17:43.359 because we're, 00:17:43.459 --> 00:17:44.359 we're not allowing him 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:45.579 to provide for everything 00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:46.059 in us. 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:47.139 I mean, 00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:47.639 after all, 00:17:47.699 --> 00:17:48.480 he created us, 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:48.639 so, 00:17:48.699 --> 00:17:49.879 so how couldn't he know 00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.179 that, 00:17:50.439 --> 00:17:51.259 that we need things 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:51.799 here on earth? 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:54.000 And I mean, 00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.240 he, 00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:55.299 he cares as much 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:57.199 about a dentist appointment 00:17:57.199 --> 00:17:59.059 at 1115 on a Tuesday 00:17:59.059 --> 00:17:59.939 as he does about 00:17:59.939 --> 00:18:00.740 our Bible reading. 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.159 And, 00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.379 and with that, 00:18:04.419 --> 00:18:04.740 we just, 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.779 we just need to remember 00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.019 that, 00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:06.599 that our Father, 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.539 he cares about it all. 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:09.079 He cares about every aspect 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.900 of our lives. 00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:11.819 And I think that's what 00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:12.920 Jesus is driving, 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.880 driving home 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:14.200 in, 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:16.240 in these few words 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:17.099 that he's put here 00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:18.220 about give us this day 00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:19.319 our daily bread 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:21.660 as he instructs us 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.000 to pray. 00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:22.200 He, 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:23.319 he doesn't mean for this 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:23.519 to, 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.579 to be exhaustive, 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:26.720 but for this to be 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.900 the, 00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.839 kind of the stimulus 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.720 or the primer 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.019 that, 00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:30.940 that gets us to, 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:32.539 to come before God 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:32.759 and, 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.339 and to pray. 00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:36.619 And Luther reminds us, 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:38.519 he says, 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.539 but our praying, 00:18:40.159 --> 00:18:41.059 we are instructing 00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:42.659 ourselves more than him. 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.319 And so, 00:18:44.399 --> 00:18:45.179 as we look at 00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:46.319 how we instruct 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:46.980 ourselves 00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.839 and what we pray, 00:18:47.919 --> 00:18:48.439 we need to 00:18:48.439 --> 00:18:49.859 make forgiveness 00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.939 a big part of that 00:18:50.939 --> 00:18:51.639 as he comes to 00:18:51.639 --> 00:18:52.419 in verse 12. 00:18:53.159 --> 00:18:53.619 And he says, 00:18:53.679 --> 00:18:54.559 forgive our debts 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:56.099 as we forgive our debtors. 00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.839 And he doesn't just 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.319 leave it there. 00:18:58.379 --> 00:18:59.579 He comes back to this point 00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.699 in verses 14 00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.580 and 15. 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.700 For if you forgive 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.799 others their trespasses, 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.640 your heavenly father 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:06.500 will forgive you. 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.880 But if you not forgive 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.759 their trespasses, 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.840 neither will your father 00:19:09.840 --> 00:19:11.200 forgive your trespasses. 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:14.019 And he makes forgiveness 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:15.080 a big part 00:19:15.080 --> 00:19:15.720 of this prayer. 00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.680 And we all may say, 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:17.940 well, 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.259 well, 00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:18.660 yes, 00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:20.080 forgiveness is a big part 00:19:20.080 --> 00:19:20.380 of this. 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.539 Christ forgave us. 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:24.180 Is that like another term 00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:24.740 we just kind of 00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.380 throw out there 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:26.200 is just so easily 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.940 to say 00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.440 and to, 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:28.759 and to repeat? 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.820 Are we just kind of 00:19:30.820 --> 00:19:32.740 babbling when we say that? 00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:36.220 Do we know how hard 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.840 like forgiveness 00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:37.880 can be sometimes 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.299 and 00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:39.680 how 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:41.039 ingenuine 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.759 it can sound? 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:45.200 I mean, 00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.799 we can just 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.660 throw out apologies. 00:19:46.820 --> 00:19:47.680 People go around 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.080 all the time 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:48.620 just saying, 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.460 I'm sorry, 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.039 I'm sorry. 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.299 We, 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.500 we see in the media 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.980 somebody does something 00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:53.320 and 00:19:53.320 --> 00:19:54.580 they just 00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:55.580 come out with this 00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:56.799 rehearsed statement 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.799 to tell people 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.259 they're sorry 00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:58.519 for, 00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.359 for what they've done. 00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:03.019 Do we just kind of 00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.839 make it another way 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.099 to, 00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:05.139 to say excuse me? 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.779 My bad. 00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.059 I, 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:07.240 I don't even really 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.019 mean to do that. 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.919 And even as little kids, 00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.799 like we've all 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:12.619 had those instances 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:14.200 with sibling, 00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.139 cousin, 00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:16.819 friend, 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.299 they needed some 00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.359 parental mediation. 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:22.000 And in that, 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.919 like your parents, 00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.099 they, 00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:23.759 they want you to 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.859 say you're sorry to, 00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:26.039 they want you to 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:27.319 make amends 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.779 with your, 00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.399 with whoever 00:20:28.399 --> 00:20:28.960 you're having 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.200 this, 00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.079 this conflict with. 00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:31.899 But isn't in the end 00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:32.639 it's just kind of like 00:20:32.639 --> 00:20:33.559 forced and, 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.279 and mumbled 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:36.000 and you just say it 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.799 so you can just 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.599 go about your day 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.619 and go back to 00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:38.980 playing with your 00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.359 Hot Wheels 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:40.180 or whatever you were 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.460 doing. 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.220 Is forgiveness 00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:43.399 like that to us? 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:44.839 And, 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:47.019 and I guess 00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.220 as, 00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.920 as we continue 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.139 to, 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:48.940 to look at forgiveness, 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.619 like our forgiveness 00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.279 of new creations 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.319 should exceed that 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.700 of what, 00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:52.599 what culture 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:52.920 and, 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.720 and our religious 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.659 cliches kind of 00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.180 bring about, 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.200 like as we look 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.640 at the, 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.720 the whole of the 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.519 Sermon on the Mount, 00:20:59.380 --> 00:21:00.380 we see that like 00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:01.100 what we're doing 00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:02.380 is exceeding 00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:02.660 what, 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.759 what, 00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.700 what is going on. 00:21:05.300 --> 00:21:06.220 He's saying like 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.759 their righteousness 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.700 is exceeding 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.640 that of the Pharisees, 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.279 like they're going 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.560 above and beyond. 00:21:11.040 --> 00:21:11.720 There's something 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.600 deeper here 00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.880 to be discovered 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.920 and to be had 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.279 and, 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.040 and that's our, 00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:17.100 that's your heart 00:21:17.100 --> 00:21:18.060 changing in this. 00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:22.240 and in our 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.599 forgiveness, 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:22.980 like, 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:24.599 we, 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.480 we should be 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.000 seeing, 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.899 seeing the depth 00:21:26.899 --> 00:21:27.440 that we've, 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:28.139 we've included 00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:28.899 and I like 00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:29.960 that he used 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.539 that word here, 00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.579 this depth, 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.519 that this sin 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:33.720 that, 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.460 that we do 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:36.099 is a price 00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.960 to pay for it. 00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.899 And that should 00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.379 cause us 00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:43.539 to, 00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.299 to have mercy 00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:45.119 on those around us. 00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:46.039 That should cause us 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.119 to forgive those 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.879 around us. 00:21:49.199 --> 00:21:49.779 And like in the 00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.219 Paralels, 00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:51.419 the Unforgiving Servant, 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.339 Jesus says, 00:21:52.459 --> 00:21:53.219 forgive your brother 00:21:53.219 --> 00:21:54.039 from your heart. 00:21:55.979 --> 00:21:57.399 He just doesn't say it, 00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.699 forgive your brother 00:21:58.699 --> 00:21:59.699 so, 00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.779 so everybody can see 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.619 what a nice person 00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.199 you are 00:22:02.199 --> 00:22:03.439 and how you forgive them. 00:22:03.459 --> 00:22:03.839 He says, 00:22:03.939 --> 00:22:04.399 forgive them 00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:05.079 from your heart. 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.279 And you can't 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.159 begrudgingly 00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:10.459 forgive somebody 00:22:10.459 --> 00:22:10.979 and, 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.239 from this same 00:22:12.239 --> 00:22:12.939 tainted 00:22:12.939 --> 00:22:14.219 and unloving heart, 00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.879 expect God 00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.619 to forgive you. 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:18.199 How can you 00:22:18.199 --> 00:22:18.899 receive something 00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.699 you're not willing 00:22:19.699 --> 00:22:20.239 to give? 00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.539 How, 00:22:20.739 --> 00:22:21.179 how, 00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:22.079 how can that be? 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.719 And just as we move 00:22:26.719 --> 00:22:27.239 through this prayer, 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.179 just beginning 00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:28.439 to, 00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:29.899 to feel the effects 00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.359 and, 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:32.319 on our hearts 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.559 and, 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.659 and how it draws us 00:22:33.659 --> 00:22:34.139 to the Father, 00:22:34.219 --> 00:22:35.439 how it assures us 00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:36.219 of, 00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.279 of hope to come, 00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:38.899 how it gives us room 00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.139 to, 00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:40.359 to ask for what we need, 00:22:40.459 --> 00:22:41.939 how it gives us 00:22:41.939 --> 00:22:42.699 reasons to, 00:22:42.699 --> 00:22:44.139 to search our hearts out, 00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:46.280 all in this one prayer. 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:49.040 And if it's doing 00:22:49.040 --> 00:22:49.460 these things, 00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:50.259 it's doing what 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.500 it promised to do. 00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:53.380 And now as we look 00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.259 at the last petition, 00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.740 we see, 00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:57.340 we see some of the 00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.420 same goals in mind. 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:58.820 He says, 00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:00.220 lead us not in temptation, 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.680 but deliver us 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.220 from evil. 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.900 The key to us 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.600 having a fellowship 00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:07.100 with God 00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:07.740 is for us 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:09.280 to be away from sin, 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.680 for us to put off sin, 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.720 for sin to be put to death. 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:16.420 And how can we have that 00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.839 if we're, 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.799 we're beset by these 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.519 temptations? 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:18.860 And, 00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.220 in some translations 00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.600 it's translated from evil 00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.920 as from the evil one. 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.500 And we know 00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.380 we're going to be tested, 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.880 we know we're going to be tried. 00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:32.299 And this is, 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.700 this is not an assurance 00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:33.980 that, 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.279 that life is going to be easy. 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.759 It's not 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:37.980 that we're commanding God 00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:39.220 to take all the bad things 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.940 out of our life. 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:42.539 But we know 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:42.900 there's, 00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.460 there's evil 00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.200 outside of us. 00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.420 There, 00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.140 there's Satan. 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.180 There's Satan. 00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:46.480 And, 00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:48.240 and he isn't for our 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.200 fellowship with the Father. 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.600 And we know 00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.680 that there's sin within. 00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.500 We know that there's, 00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.080 there's, 00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:55.559 there's sin in our life. 00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.460 We know that there's, 00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.700 those things often 00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.779 don't push us 00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.580 towards stronger 00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:01.200 fellowship with God 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.900 or communion with God. 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.880 We know those things 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:05.460 tend to pull us back. 00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.720 They tend to condemn us. 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:10.539 And right here we, 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.839 in this prayer it says, 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:14.339 lead us not into some things, 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.720 deliver us from evil. 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.039 We're to, 00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:19.160 we're supposed to be 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.480 separating from those things. 00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:20.740 So, 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.620 so this relationship 00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.279 with the Father 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.200 continues to grow 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.100 and continues to, 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:25.160 to thrive. 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.000 So, 00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:31.259 so as we pray for, 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.940 for what we need, 00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:34.460 as we pray to a God 00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:34.660 who, 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.779 who knows what we need, 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:38.039 we need to be praying 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.079 sincerely and, 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.160 and praying thoughtfully. 00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.079 We need to know 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.420 that we're, 00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.519 we're praying to a loving 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.000 Father. 00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:46.160 And we need to be 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.180 simply asking, 00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:48.399 asking for what we need. 00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:51.059 And some of you may be, 00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.160 be doubting this whole 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.480 prayer, 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.200 prayer thing. 00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.480 You may have been 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.519 asking what you need 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.339 for a long time. 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.920 You've been, 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:59.420 been asking and, 00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.779 and asking and asking 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:02.500 with your repetition 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.879 and, 00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.859 and nothing's happening. 00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:06.500 But are, 00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.159 are you merely 00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:08.399 praying for what you need 00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:08.699 or, 00:25:09.179 --> 00:25:09.740 or are these 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:11.559 things you desire? 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.459 Or your expectation 00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:14.979 has been, 00:25:14.979 --> 00:25:15.659 been shattered 00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:17.019 by some bad theology 00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.539 that you, 00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.259 you've picked up 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.839 on prayer. 00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.219 That you're not 00:25:20.219 --> 00:25:21.240 mustering up enough 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:22.519 faith to get 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.159 what you want. 00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.279 And either way, 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.959 we need to start 00:25:26.959 --> 00:25:27.899 examining ourselves 00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.319 through the, 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:28.819 through the lens 00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.359 of scripture 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.719 and, 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.479 and discerning 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:30.779 what's, 00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.360 what's needful 00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:31.940 for us. 00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:35.039 And we can desire 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:36.539 only the best things. 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.180 We can desire 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.339 all these good things. 00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.700 But, 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.700 but outside of God, 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.480 those things are just 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.360 stumbling blocks 00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:43.579 and, 00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.319 and distractions. 00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:46.000 Outside of knowing 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.099 the kingdom has come, 00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.740 outside of knowing 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.400 God's kingdom come, 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.720 these desires in our mind 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:52.140 may be only, 00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.160 the only thing that matter. 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.099 We may set those things 00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.900 up on pillars, 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.779 pillars and, 00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.079 and make those things 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.539 idols. 00:25:57.539 --> 00:26:00.000 And that's how 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.519 our self-declared 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.720 needs to throne God. 00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.659 That's how he's not, 00:26:03.659 --> 00:26:05.180 not hollowed in our lives. 00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.779 And we need to know 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.579 God is close. 00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.879 Not that he's seemingly 00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.639 close or, 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.099 or we're experiencing 00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.960 his closeness. 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.279 We need to grasp 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.740 that this, 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.700 this closeness 00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.480 is a reality, 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.539 is a truth that, 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.440 that we need to be 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.859 believing. 00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.879 And for some, 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:23.139 it may be a little bit 00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.940 harder than others. 00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.180 You, 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.920 you may have never 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:26.440 known your father. 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.519 You may not, 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.259 particularly have a 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.039 close relationship 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.879 with your father. 00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.500 But in light of the gospel 00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.160 and what, 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.119 and what's that's doing 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.519 for us, 00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:35.839 this, 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.279 this reconciliation 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.660 that it talks about, 00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:41.799 this relationship is, 00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.740 it's like no other 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.559 we should have. 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.000 It can only be 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.059 likened to other things. 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.839 It can only be 00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:48.099 likened to marriage. 00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.059 It can only be 00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:50.920 likened to a shepherd 00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.579 and his sheep. 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:51.879 But, 00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.000 it's just so much 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.779 more in there. 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:53.899 prayer. 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.720 And in this language 00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.440 of father, 00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:58.779 we, 00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.980 we should be 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:01.099 desiring this 00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:02.160 intimate relationship. 00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.740 And it can only be 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.460 had through prayer. 00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.660 We only can communicate 00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.619 through God 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.079 through prayer 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.819 because that's the only 00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.500 vehicle he's, 00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.099 he's given us 00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:10.160 to communicate with him. 00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.879 Like he, 00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:13.099 we can't send him emails, 00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.259 we can't text him, 00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.819 we can't give him 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.539 phone calls. 00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.200 Like he's given us 00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.420 this, 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.660 this, 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.700 this great gift 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:20.059 to dialogue with him. 00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:22.819 And like, 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.500 and just finally, 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.399 let's look at Jesus. 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:24.819 Let's, 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.619 let's look at him 00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.440 and look at the life 00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.059 he lives. 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.259 In my intro, 00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:29.659 I was, 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.500 I was talking about 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.940 how his instruction 00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:33.019 in the Lord's prayer 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:34.099 and in our doing 00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.419 and, 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.359 in our praying 00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.039 these words 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.399 and, 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.379 and meditating 00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.240 about these phrases, 00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:40.039 how that leads us 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:41.059 to God honoring prayer. 00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.119 Let's look, 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.559 let's look at Jesus' life. 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.619 And we see from, 00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.839 from the age of 12 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:48.059 up until the ascension, 00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:49.379 like he lived out 00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:50.120 all of these things, 00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.020 all of these things 00:27:51.020 --> 00:27:51.600 in this prayer. 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.700 We see his life 00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.880 reflecting those things. 00:27:54.820 --> 00:27:55.820 And by no means 00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:56.980 are we that perfect. 00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.380 By no, 00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.580 by no means do, 00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.880 do we have that type 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.620 of perfection 00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.040 to us 00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:02.240 to, 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.740 to live out 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.400 all these things 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.900 perfectly. 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.380 But we can live 00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.180 in a way that 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.680 our words 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.160 make, 00:28:09.260 --> 00:28:09.960 make our prayers 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.520 meaningful. 00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.620 So, 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.780 so I'll pray for us. 00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.740 Heavenly Father, 00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.539 as we 00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:21.759 look to, 00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.900 to commune with you, 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.500 to have 00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.740 better relationships 00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.400 with you, 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.420 strong and, 00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.120 and thriving 00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.700 relationships 00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.480 with you, 00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.200 let us neglect, 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.480 let us not neglect 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.480 prayer and, 00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:34.079 and what's to be had 00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.440 in it. 00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.960 Let us not 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:39.160 neglect that, 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:41.819 that you've given us 00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.819 such a great gift, 00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.519 you've given us 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.620 such great instruction. 00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.359 you, 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:49.159 you've laid out 00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.939 for us 00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:52.819 how it looks 00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.019 to, 00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:54.139 to come before you. 00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:57.679 But we know you, 00:28:57.719 --> 00:28:58.619 you sit on a throne 00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.139 of grace. 00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.399 We, 00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.919 we know that you, 00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.959 you hear our prayers. 00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.699 We know that 00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:05.159 you desire to, 00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:06.699 for us to come to you 00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:06.899 with, 00:29:06.979 --> 00:29:07.979 with all our needs. 00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:12.539 and I pray that our, 00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.620 our hearts would desire 00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.079 that your, 00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:15.099 your kingdom come, 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.420 your, 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.799 your will not only be done 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.420 in our lives, 00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.279 but in this world. 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:23.740 and that, 00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:25.859 and that we would just 00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:28.680 revere you 00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.059 and, 00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:31.559 and respect you 00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:31.779 and, 00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.440 and love you 00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.619 and, 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:34.079 and cherish who you are 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.339 and, 00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.799 and all that you say you are 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.019 and, 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:39.240 and how you reveal your, 00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.200 yourself to us 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.099 on a daily basis, 00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:42.879 whether it's mundane 00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:45.500 or in spectacular ways, 00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:45.759 Lord, 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:48.000 but that you would just 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:49.259 be hollowed in our lives, 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.579 and, 00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.559 and in our prayers. 00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.559 I pray all these things 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.240 in Christ's name. 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.039 Amen.