WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.200 We live in a culture, in a world, that judges things by appearance. 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:08.380 We do that all the time, I think. 00:00:08.540 --> 00:00:14.220 I always judge a book by its cover, or a movie poster, or a person even. 00:00:15.019 --> 00:00:15.919 We do it so often. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:18.039 We judge things by their appearance. 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:23.960 And I think one of the great proofs of this in our culture is in advertising. 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:29.260 If you ever watch much TV at all, and you haven't quite converted to Netflix yet, 00:00:29.260 --> 00:00:36.020 then you will know that every second ad on TV is basically helping you shape your image. 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:42.700 Every ad is trying to give you something that will affect the way that people see you. 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:50.200 Now, there are the classic things, like makeup and fashion items and hair transplants, 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.600 that, yeah, they're very clear about shaping your image and how people perceive you. 00:00:55.600 --> 00:01:02.920 But then we get told that the car that you drive will greatly affect the way people view you and think about you. 00:01:03.500 --> 00:01:06.460 It will show off the things that you value in life. 00:01:07.620 --> 00:01:12.280 The type of beer that you drink says a lot about you, apparently, and what people might think of you. 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:20.859 We live in a culture that judges by appearances all the time. 00:01:21.859 --> 00:01:27.659 And we are so often concerned with shaping how people perceive us. 00:01:28.299 --> 00:01:32.359 That we might put it on the appearance so that people will see what we want them to see. 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:36.420 We do that in our culture all the time. 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:45.219 And we would be really, really foolish if we didn't also believe that we did it in church. 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:53.340 In fact, this is exactly what Jesus confronts in our passage this evening. 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:55.500 If you've got a Bible open, that'd be super helpful. 00:01:55.500 --> 00:02:01.579 I want to take you back a few verses from before where Nick read to chapter 6, verse 1, 00:02:01.739 --> 00:02:05.700 where Jesus shapes this whole chapter in what he's talking about. 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:07.819 Here's what he says in chapter 6, verse 1. 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:09.580 He says, 00:02:09.580 --> 00:02:29.620 So straight away, Jesus is concerned about the way that we might seek to shape the appearances we put on 00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:32.180 that affect how people view us. 00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:36.000 And he spells out here in this chapter three particular areas. 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:41.159 The way that we give, the way that we fast, and prayer. 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:45.340 And we're going to particularly just focus on the prayer issue tonight. 00:02:46.620 --> 00:02:52.159 So I want to say three lessons I think we learn from this passage. 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:58.800 And there are hundreds of them because there's such a richness to this teaching from Jesus. 00:02:59.020 --> 00:03:00.620 I want to highlight three for you tonight. 00:03:00.620 --> 00:03:03.219 The first one is this. 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:10.599 Prayer is not about our actions, but our hearts. 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.780 Prayer is not about our action, but our hearts. 00:03:16.020 --> 00:03:21.200 We see this as Jesus begins by teaching us how not to pray. 00:03:22.219 --> 00:03:23.800 Have a look with me from verse 5. 00:03:23.939 --> 00:03:24.480 Jesus says, 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:39.659 And down to verse 7. 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:40.359 He says again, 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:55.220 Prayer is not about our actions, but about our hearts. 00:03:55.219 --> 00:04:07.419 Have you ever noticed that people are far more patient in a church car park than they are at the Chatswood Chase car park? 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:14.020 I have never in my life heard anyone beeping their horn in a church car park. 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:16.720 It just doesn't happen, does it? 00:04:17.960 --> 00:04:23.620 Ironically, I said that this morning, and someone had an accident in the car park, and I thought they probably should have beeped their horn in the car park. 00:04:23.620 --> 00:04:35.780 But isn't it amazing that we think it's really important that we look a particular way, calm and collected and not angry when we're in the church car park. 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.360 But it's so easy to throw all that out the window at the shops. 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:43.660 And to get really angry that somebody took your spot. 00:04:45.180 --> 00:04:47.340 Have you ever been angry someone took your spot at church? 00:04:48.259 --> 00:04:49.580 Seems a bit weird, doesn't it? 00:04:52.220 --> 00:04:55.580 But we love to play the appearance game, don't we? 00:04:57.020 --> 00:05:01.020 And on Sundays, when you come to church, it's actually really easy to do. 00:05:01.019 --> 00:05:06.419 To come to church and for an hour or so, you can hide your sin. 00:05:07.219 --> 00:05:11.399 And you can put on a nice smile and say, yeah, life's pretty good, I'm going alright. 00:05:13.819 --> 00:05:16.979 You might brag about your kids and how good they were at daylight savings. 00:05:18.299 --> 00:05:23.719 You can do a lot to look quite impressive in an hour, hour and a half on a Sunday night. 00:05:24.919 --> 00:05:26.459 It's actually not that hard. 00:05:26.459 --> 00:05:37.379 But when we do that, when we put on this appearance that our life is okay, our hearts are so far from God. 00:05:39.099 --> 00:05:40.240 And that's the problem. 00:05:42.479 --> 00:05:47.859 A friend of mine has a, his two-year-old daughter, Georgia, is learning how to pray. 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:53.939 And loves to pray and gets praise, as is appropriate when you're a parent, to praise your kids for doing good things. 00:05:53.939 --> 00:05:57.680 But it's got to the point now where Georgia will pray. 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:00.819 And when she's finished saying, she says, amen. 00:06:01.019 --> 00:06:04.360 And then she turns to her dad and says, daddy, say good girl. 00:06:05.899 --> 00:06:07.920 Daddy, say good girl, tell me I did a good job. 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:12.120 And he says to me, it's so great she's praying. 00:06:13.159 --> 00:06:17.860 But I'm really worried that she's actually just praying to get my praise. 00:06:19.159 --> 00:06:21.620 He says, I'm worried my daughter's turning into a Pharisee. 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:24.280 A two-year-old's really easy to read. 00:06:25.899 --> 00:06:30.100 We are so much better at hiding what's going on in here. 00:06:31.259 --> 00:06:33.840 We don't come out and ask for praise, do we? 00:06:34.540 --> 00:06:36.340 We just kind of hope it comes. 00:06:38.459 --> 00:06:42.980 It's so easy for us to do things because we want to be seen doing them. 00:06:42.980 --> 00:06:48.780 We want to appear that we are godly rather than actually be godly. 00:06:50.400 --> 00:06:51.660 Let me ask you this. 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.960 Do you pray so that people might think that you sound holy and righteous? 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:04.500 Do you pray and try and use big words or throw in a couple of Bible verses that people might be impressed? 00:07:04.500 --> 00:07:09.720 Do you end up just praying to other people instead of to God? 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:13.839 Do you pray because you have to? 00:07:13.939 --> 00:07:18.740 Because you're on the roster at church or you're at Bible study and it's kind of expected of you. 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:21.939 Are you saying grace before a meal and someone's got to do it? 00:07:25.339 --> 00:07:26.319 Maybe you do the reverse. 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:30.680 Maybe you don't pray because you're worried about what people will think. 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:34.620 Maybe you think, I don't have the right words. 00:07:34.699 --> 00:07:35.680 I'm not very eloquent. 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:42.060 I've got a bit of a stutter and I just, I can't really string a sentence together. 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:50.819 Are you so worried about how people will think of you when they see you that you don't pray? 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:59.259 Now, should we wait till our hearts are right and pure 100% before we pray? 00:07:59.379 --> 00:07:59.920 Well, no. 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:05.699 That would be kind of silly because we would never pray if we had to wait till our hearts were pure. 00:08:07.860 --> 00:08:12.920 And when Jesus says in this passage, in verse 6, he says, 00:08:13.019 --> 00:08:17.319 When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father who is unseen. 00:08:18.300 --> 00:08:21.800 Then your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:26.460 Now, Jesus here is not saying that we shouldn't pray publicly. 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:29.199 That you should always pray in a closet. 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:34.039 No, rather he's saying, as we come back to verse 1, 00:08:34.620 --> 00:08:38.539 Do not pray so that your righteousness will be seen by others. 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:41.259 Don't pray to be seen. 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:44.679 Just pray and you might actually be seen. 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:50.779 And in fact, it's really, really important and helpful for us to pray publicly. 00:08:50.779 --> 00:08:57.139 It's a great encouragement to hear others praying and to be prayed for. 00:08:57.139 --> 00:09:04.699 Of course, our kids will only learn how to pray by hearing us pray. 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:07.879 And by hearing other members of our church praying. 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:14.879 There's something really edifying and encouraging being in a group where you get to pray with and for each other. 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:24.439 It is better to pray with a conflicted heart than to not pray at all. 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:47.040 There's our first lesson. 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:48.519 A kind of what not to do. 00:09:49.139 --> 00:09:50.879 Prayer is not about our actions. 00:09:51.579 --> 00:09:53.059 It's about our hearts in here. 00:09:55.099 --> 00:09:59.779 Here's the second thing we learn as we move on to what Jesus teaches us about prayer. 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:02.579 Come with me to verse 9. 00:10:03.379 --> 00:10:04.299 Jesus then says, 00:10:04.299 --> 00:10:18.359 Here's our second lesson. 00:10:20.219 --> 00:10:23.699 Prayer is an overflow of relationship. 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:28.219 Prayer is an overflow of our relationship with God. 00:10:28.220 --> 00:10:37.879 Emily, my almost three-year-old daughter, is learning that mum and dad have many ways in which they could be called. 00:10:38.040 --> 00:10:39.220 Other than just mum and dad. 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:40.540 Like, we have first names. 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:44.899 She's also recently learned that dad is a man and mum is a woman. 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:47.980 And all of this is right and appropriate. 00:10:49.060 --> 00:10:55.600 But because she's not quite three years old, she can still sometimes use correct words but in the really wrong context. 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:59.860 So the other day she was having breakfast with her mother. 00:11:00.420 --> 00:11:07.360 And she got to a point where she often loves, halfway through the food, someone helping her. 00:11:07.420 --> 00:11:10.060 She just kind of gets lazy and someone else can feed me and I'll just sit here. 00:11:10.700 --> 00:11:12.159 And she got to the point and she said, 00:11:13.019 --> 00:11:14.200 Come and feed me, woman. 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:21.759 Which was kind of technically true, but that's not really the right way to say it, is it? 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:25.259 Come and feed me, mum would have been better. 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:28.460 Come and feed me, woman doesn't quite work. 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:31.259 Even though mummy's a woman and she knew what she meant. 00:11:32.920 --> 00:11:36.700 Now there are lots of words and names that God has. 00:11:38.300 --> 00:11:39.620 There are plenty in the Bible. 00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:46.460 And some of them are more suitable and appropriate than others when it comes to addressing God in prayer. 00:11:46.460 --> 00:11:54.940 And here in this great prayer that Jesus teaches us, he instructs us to call God Father. 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:59.960 It's not the only name we can use for God in prayer, but it's a significant one. 00:11:59.960 --> 00:12:04.580 Because Father is a relational word. 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:07.480 That we are his children. 00:12:09.820 --> 00:12:17.400 And prayer is supposed to be this deep conversation we have, like we might have with a spouse or a great friend of ours. 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:24.659 And you know when you have that great conversation with someone, you feel better and you feel closer to that person. 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.220 And prayer is supposed to do that too. 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:37.019 Now if you're anything like me, you very quickly forget that prayer is about an overflow of relationship. 00:12:38.620 --> 00:12:45.639 Prayer really easily becomes just a chance to give God a bit of a pat on the back and give him my list of requests for the week. 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:49.080 So a prayer might sound like this. 00:12:50.340 --> 00:12:52.919 God, thank you for helping me pass my exam. 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:55.139 Thanks for making me healthy again. 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:57.319 And thanks for this food I'm about to eat. 00:12:58.460 --> 00:12:59.939 Please help Caitlin to get better. 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:01.299 Please help Matt find a job. 00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:07.460 And please somehow get Kirsten either out of my life or just stop her from just annoying me generally. 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:14.299 Can you imagine if you spoke to a spouse or a friend like that? 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:16.879 Is that going to end well? 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:19.960 No, it's not. 00:13:20.299 --> 00:13:22.480 Please don't speak to a spouse or a friend like that. 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:27.360 Imagine if I went to my wife Jennifer and I said, come home after work, open the door and say, 00:13:27.419 --> 00:13:33.620 hey Jen, thanks for feeding the kids today, thanks for reading them, thanks for training them and for putting them to bed. 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:39.279 Could you please wash these clothes, clean up these dishes, put the rubbish out, call my mum for me because I don't really want to talk to her 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:42.139 and let me know when you've got some spare time, you can come fix my neck for me. 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:43.460 I'll see you tomorrow. 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:47.639 That's not going to end well for me. 00:13:49.299 --> 00:13:51.159 That's not the way to speak to a spouse. 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:56.899 Because my relationship with Jen is much more significant than that. 00:13:56.899 --> 00:14:02.659 And our relationship with God is also much more significant than that. 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:08.100 And prayer should be an overflow of that relationship. 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:15.100 See, we pray for the things that we believe will make us happy. 00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:20.920 We ask God to remove the bad things, get them out. 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:26.419 And we pray for the good desires or outcomes that we hope will make us happy. 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:32.500 But it might be that we're actually just treating God like our own personal genie. 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:36.840 That he'll just grant us the wishes that we ask for. 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:41.500 But God is not our personal genie. 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:44.779 He is our father in heaven. 00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:49.679 He is king of an everlasting kingdom. 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:54.799 And he invites you and I to pray to him. 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:58.779 Not because he can do things for us, although of course he can. 00:14:58.779 --> 00:15:02.000 But he invites us to pray to him. 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:06.860 Because he wants you and I to enjoy our relationship with him. 00:15:07.819 --> 00:15:10.159 To see that he is a good father. 00:15:11.339 --> 00:15:13.799 That he loves to listen to us. 00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:19.860 That he wants us to hand over the stresses and burdens in our life. 00:15:20.819 --> 00:15:23.139 He wants to carry those for us. 00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:28.259 He wants us to see how much he loves us. 00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:33.960 He wants us to trust him with the things that concern us. 00:15:35.439 --> 00:15:38.259 And he does that because he loves us. 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:39.879 He's in relationship with us. 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:41.819 He is our heavenly father. 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:46.899 See, prayer is an overflow of relationship. 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:56.379 Here's our third lesson from the end of this prayer. 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:06.299 Prayer reminds us that life is about God and not about us. 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:12.899 Prayer reminds us that life is about God and not about us. 00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:23.480 So Jesus teaches this prayer, not because these words have special kind of power in being recited. 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:29.699 But because these words are a model for how we should pray. 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:37.159 Did you notice in the first half of this prayer, it's all about praising God for his name. 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:41.319 Praying that his will might happen on earth. 00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:50.759 And the prayer is already half over before we even get to thinking about ourselves. 00:16:55.399 --> 00:17:01.759 I think this prayer models for us and reminds us that instead of prayer being about giving God a list of, 00:17:02.079 --> 00:17:04.839 here's God, here's my request for the week. 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:11.160 Instead, we should first reflect on the things that delight God. 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:15.920 We should reflect on the things that grieve God. 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:21.740 We should reflect on what it is that God wants for this world. 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:27.700 And let those things shape our prayers. 00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:35.880 Then we get to the second half of this prayer. 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:40.460 And you might be thinking for a second, now I can talk about myself. 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:43.620 Except it doesn't quite work like that either. 00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:50.279 Do you notice that all of this second half of the Lord's Prayer is actually really, really humbling? 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.680 Have a look with me from verse 11. 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:56.539 The first thing is, give us today our daily bread. 00:17:58.140 --> 00:18:00.700 Not riches, not status, not desires. 00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:02.700 Just what I need today. 00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:07.160 It's a prayer for our needs, not for our greed. 00:18:09.380 --> 00:18:11.039 And then verse 12, we go on. 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:14.759 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:19.920 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:24.519 That is, we acknowledge our sin. 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:29.680 And we acknowledge our struggle with sin, with temptation. 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:34.779 And when you pray this, it's just an acknowledgement to say that you are not good. 00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:38.400 That you actually need forgiveness. 00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:46.259 And if you pray this prayer out loud, if you list your sins, 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:50.720 people are not going to hear you and think, wow, you're an awesome person. 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:54.600 You've done some amazing things. 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:58.319 You are so holy and righteous. 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:04.119 They're not going to think that at all, because you've just told them all the things that are wrong with you. 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:10.359 And then we would avoid the problem of the hypocrites. 00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:13.799 In verse 5, where Jesus said, 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:25.119 No one wants to air all of their sins to the world. 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:30.259 And yet we are invited to confess. 00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:34.799 To acknowledge our need for forgiveness. 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.980 It's very humbling. 00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:41.440 That we are not people who have it all together. 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:46.660 We are broken and in such great need. 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:59.559 Prayer is such a wonderful privilege. 00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:06.720 It's such a wonderful opportunity that there is a God in the universe who spoke everything to existence. 00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:11.320 And he actually wants us to speak to him. 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:14.299 He longs for it. 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:18.559 Jesus came to teach us how to speak to him. 00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:23.940 To praise God for who he is and how amazing he is. 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:27.759 To realise our own fallen position before him. 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:31.820 Our need for forgiveness and grace and mercy. 00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:36.720 What a wonderful privilege we get to speak to that God. 00:20:37.439 --> 00:20:39.720 Who loves to show mercy and grace. 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:43.600 And so I want to encourage you tonight. 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:48.079 To enjoy the wonderful gift that is of prayer. 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:52.539 To enjoy praying in a closet if that's your thing. 00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:56.339 But also to enjoy praying together. 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:59.799 Pray in your homes as families. 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:02.740 Pray as Bible study groups. 00:21:03.179 --> 00:21:04.099 Pray as a church. 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.539 Pray wherever you are. 00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:11.159 What a wonderful gift to encourage each other with our words of prayer. 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:14.940 As we entrust all that we are concerned with to God. 00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:19.319 As we praise God for all the wonderful blessings he pours on us. 00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:22.759 Prayer is such a wonderful gift. 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:28.619 And whether you have great words that sound amazing and someone should write a book with your prayers. 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:33.019 Or that no one's going to remember your prayer 30 seconds after you said it. 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:36.000 It doesn't actually matter. 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:39.619 Prayer is not about using great words. 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:44.440 It's about enjoying the wonderful relationship with our Father in heaven. 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:50.960 About enjoying the fact that God sees our hearts in the deepest, darkest places of them. 00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:54.400 And he still longs for us to be in relationship with him. 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:57.360 And so we should do that. 00:21:58.580 --> 00:21:59.840 What a wonderful privilege. 00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.720 And let's do that now. 00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.259 Let's pray. 00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:05.779 And thank God. 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.820 Father, we thank you so much. 00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:17.679 That you're a God who knows each and every one of us in this room. 00:22:19.179 --> 00:22:21.819 You know the good things about us and the bad. 00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:25.099 You know the things we try and keep hidden. 00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:29.559 You know the things that we try and get praised for. 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.819 God, you know it all. 00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:35.339 And you still invite us to be in relationship with you. 00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:39.119 You invite us to pray to you. 00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:41.460 And you promise to listen to us. 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:46.099 God, thank you that you are our Father in heaven. 00:22:48.439 --> 00:22:53.359 Please help us to see the great joy it is to pray to you. 00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:57.119 Help us to love prayer. 00:22:58.399 --> 00:23:00.460 And to love encouraging each other. 00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:04.599 As we enjoy together our relationship with you. 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.379 Amen. 00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:06.480 Amen.