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 to them, which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, friend,

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 lend me three loaves for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey and I have nothing to

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 set before him.

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 And he will answer from within, do not bother me.

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 The door is now shut and my children are with me in bed.

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 I cannot get up and give you anything.

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 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend,

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 yet because of his impudence, he will rise and give him whatever he needs.

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 And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you.

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 Seek and you will find.

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 Knock and it will be opened to you.

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 For everyone who asks, receives.

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 And the one who seeks, finds.

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 And to the one who knocks, it will be opened.

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 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?

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 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

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 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,

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 how much more will the heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

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 This is God's authoritative word.

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 I have never in my life met a Christian who is stagnant, stuck,

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 perhaps even backsliding and beset with many sins,

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 that spends much time in prayer.

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 Other pastors have made the same observation.

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 19th century Anglican pastor J.C. Ryle puts it this way.

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 What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others?

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 I believe the difference in 19 cases out of 20 arises from different habits about private prayer.

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 I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little.

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 And those who are eminently holy pray much.

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 Most believers theoretically acknowledge the importance of prayer,

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 but functionally we disavow its importance by the lack of prayer.

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 Many of us know how prayer works, but we don't quite believe that it really works.

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 Why should we pray?

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 How should we pray?

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 And Jesus teaches us in this passage that we should pray boldly to God

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 because he is our heavenly father who is gracious to answer.

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 And we'll look at that in two parts.

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 First, how we should pray in verses 1 to 4

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 and why we should pray in verses 5 to 13.

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 Chapter 11 begins with these words,

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 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place.

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 More than any other gospel writer, Luke emphasizes the importance of prayer

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 as we've seen over and over again throughout this book.

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 In this gospel, every time before something happens that's very important,

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 Jesus is always seen praying.

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 After prayer, it was after prayer that Jesus was baptized

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 and the Spirit descended on him, anointed him,

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 and the voice of God the Father spoke,

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 affirming him as God's beloved son.

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 In Luke chapter 3.

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 After praying all night, it says Jesus chose his 12 disciples

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 who will become the apostles of the church, Luke chapter 6.

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 After he prayed, Peter made the breakthrough confession

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 that Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ of God.

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 And after prayer, Jesus was transfigured on the mountain

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 with the dazzling glory of his true sonship of God.

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 And then it's after prayer, here he says again,

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 Jesus was praying in a certain place.

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 That's a signal to us as we're reading this

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 that something significant is about to happen.

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 And what follows is Jesus' teaching of his disciples

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 on how to pray and why they should pray.

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 In Luke 10, if you recall, Jesus sent out 72 of his disciples

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 and they proclaimed the kingdom of God

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 and they healed the sick.

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 They returned triumphantly to Jesus saying,

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 even the demons are subject to us in your name.

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 But even these disciples who have experienced already

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 so much of God's power and so much of God's authority,

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 even after they have experienced so much ministerial success,

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 they see in Jesus something that they still lack.

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 They see in Jesus' habit of prayer

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 something that they still must learn.

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 They see that Jesus' authority, his power, his character,

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 his love flow from his communion with God in prayer.

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 And so in verse 1, they ask Jesus,

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 they wait till he's finished.

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 And when Jesus finished, one of his disciples said to him,

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 Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples.

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 This is the only place in the Gospels

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 where the disciples make such a direct request of Jesus

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 to teach them something.

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 They have been speaking to men throughout their ministry,

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 but they want to now learn to speak to God as Jesus did.

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 And so Jesus responds to them in verse 2,

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 and he said to them,

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 when you pray, say.

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 So that phrase, when you pray,

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 means when we pray, this is how we should pray.

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 Jesus is setting the course,

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 the direction for all of our future prayers.

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 And that's why churches for 2,000 years

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 have used this prayer, the Lord's Prayer,

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 as a part of their worship service

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 and to recite it during their worship service.

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 And it's not wrong to use the Lord's Prayer in that way.

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 But I do want to say this.

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 We need to be careful that praying the Lord's Prayer

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 does not become this mindless rote activity.

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 In Matthew 15a, Jesus denounces the Pharisees

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 by quoting Isaiah,

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 this people honors me with their lips,

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 but their heart is far from me.

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 God will not be fooled by empty lip service.

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 And likewise, he will not listen to prayers

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 that have form but no substance.

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 Prayers that have a lot of words but no heart,

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 no faith.

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 And by definition,

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 rote learning is based on repetition, right?

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 It's not based on comprehension necessarily.

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 You can repeat something by rote

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 without giving any thought at all

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 to what you are saying

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 and to what its meaning is.

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 But being able to rattle off a prayer

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 from memory is not enough.

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 We need to be able to understand it

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 and believe it.

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 And we can see that in the fact

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 that God's given us two different versions

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 of the Lord's Prayer.

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 One here in Luke chapter 11

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 and another one in Matthew 6.

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 There are overlaps

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 and the themes are very consistent and similar,

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 but they're not identical in their wording.

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 This shows us that what's critical

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 is not the exact words you say here,

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 but the themes, the subject matter,

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 how we are to approach God.

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 And so this Lord's Prayer

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 is not kind of a magical formula

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 or an incantation that you utter

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 word for word in order to be effective.

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 Jesus is not teaching us

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 what exactly to say every time we pray,

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 but he's teaching us how to pray.

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 This is the pattern,

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 a model that we are to follow.

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 So let's look at the prayer itself

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 in verses two to four.

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 It has a very simple structure.

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 It begins with an address of God,

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 Father,

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 followed by two second person declarations

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 that pertain to God.

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 Hallowed be your name,

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 your kingdom come.

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 And then those declarations,

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 those requests are then followed

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 by three first person plural supplications

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 that pertain to us as God's people.

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 Give us each day our daily bread

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 and forgive us our sins.

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 For we ourselves forgive everyone

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 who is indebted to us

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 and lead us not into temptation.

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 Notice that there isn't a single I

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 in this prayer.

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 This doesn't mean that we are not allowed

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 to pray for ourselves as individuals,

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 but it does highlight the importance

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 of praying to God as a community.

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 Even when we pray alone in our prayer closets,

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 we speak to God as members of the family of God.

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 Whenever we address God as Father,

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 we also remember the fact

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 that by virtue of our union with God,

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 union with Christ,

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 and adoption into God the Father's family,

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 we are united also to our brothers

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 and sisters in Christ.

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 So our prayers are always,

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 have a communal nature.

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 And that's the first feature of this prayer.

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 We have to address God as Father.

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 A Father is, of course, an authority figure.

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 So there should be an appropriate reverence for God

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 as we approach Him in prayer.

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 But a Father, the word is also an endearing term.

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 It's a relational term.

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 So there's a sense of intimacy

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 that comes with this as well.

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 And this, of course, implies that

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 if you do not have God as your Father,

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 then you can't pray to Him

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 and address Him as your Father.

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 Because in a general sense,

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 yes, it's true that all people,

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 Christians and non-Christians,

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 are offspring of God.

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 In the sense that we've all been created by Him.

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 So Paul uses it,

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 talks about it in that sense in Acts 17,

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 when he's addressing non-Christians,

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 he says, we are indeed His offspring.

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 But there is a special sense

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 in which only Christians,

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 those who confess Jesus Christ as their Lord,

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 are the children of God.

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 And that's the sense in which we address God

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 in our prayers as Father.

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 That's why it says

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 in John 1, verses 12-13,

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 but to all who did receive Him,

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 who believed in His name,

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 that's Jesus' name,

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 He gave the right to become children of God,

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 who were born not of blood,

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 nor of the will of the flesh,

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 nor of the will of man,

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 but of God.

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 Only those who believe in Jesus Christ

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 for salvation

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 are given the right to become

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 the children of God.

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 Scripture speaks repeatedly of the fact

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 that God does not hear the prayers

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 of the wicked.

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 Isaiah 59, 1-2,

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 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened

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 that He cannot save,

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 or His ear dulled that He cannot hear.

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 But your iniquities have made a separation

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 between you and your God,

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 and your sins have hidden His face from you

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 so that He does not hear.

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 It's our sins that separate us from God

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 so that He does not hear.

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 If you are not yet a follower of Jesus Christ,

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 you do not have this access to God the Father,

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 because you have been separated from Him

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 by your sins.

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 But there is one prayer

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 that you still yet can pray,

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 and that's the prayer

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 that God will always hear and answer,

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 and that's the prayer

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 of your repentance of sin

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 and your faith in Jesus Christ.

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 It's the prayer for surrender to God

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 and your dependence on God for salvation.

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 In the Gospel of Luke,

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 we see two prominent examples of prayers

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 that are uttered by unbelievers,

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 those who do not believe in Jesus yet.

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 In Luke 18,

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 the tax collector,

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 who is keenly aware of his own sinfulness

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 and unworthiness before God,

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 he says,

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 Standing far off,

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 he would not even lift his eyes to heaven

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 because he did not feel worthy,

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 but he beat his breast saying,

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 God, be merciful to me,

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 a sinner.

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 And Jesus says,

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 I tell you,

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 the man went down to his house justified.

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 He heard that prayer of

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 someone who did not know God yet.

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 Similarly, in Luke 23, 42,

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 the thief who is being crucified

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 next to Jesus on the cross

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 for his crimes,

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 says to Jesus,

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 Remember me when you come into your kingdom.

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 That's the prayer of surrender,

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 dependence on Jesus for salvation.

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 And Jesus replies,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 today you will be with me in paradise.

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 If you come to Jesus like that,

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 with that prayer of surrender and dependence,

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 he will not turn you away.

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 That's the prayer I urge all of you

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 who do not yet know Jesus Christ to pray,

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 even today.

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 It's an invitation.

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 It's an invitation.

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 Then when you pray that prayer,

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 give your life to God,

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 and you give a credible profession of faith

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 that you truly are a follower of Christ,

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 that's when you are baptized

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 into the body of Christ

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 and become a member of a local church.

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 And when that happens to you,

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 you're born again,

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 the Spirit of God indwells you,

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 and you can truly say to God,

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 my Father,

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 our Father in heaven.

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 And for those of you already

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 call God your Father,

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 this doesn't mean that we can never pray

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 directly to God the Son

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 or to God the Holy Spirit.

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 We see examples of people

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 in the New Testament

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 praying to the Lord Jesus directly

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 in Acts 1, 24, 759.

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 And even though there's no recorded prayers

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 addressed directly to the Holy Spirit,

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 we do see examples of prayer

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 addressed to the Holy Spirit

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 throughout church history.

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 But there is a pattern,

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 a dominant biblical pattern.

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 And we see that again and again

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 throughout Scripture.

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 And you can see this in John 16.

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 In that day you will ask nothing of me.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 whatever you ask of the Father

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 in my name,

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 He will give it to you.

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 Until now,

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 you have asked nothing in my name.

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 Ask and you will receive

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 that your joy may be full.

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 So we are to pray to God the Father

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 in the name of Jesus Christ the Son.

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 To pray in the name of Jesus

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 means to approach God through Jesus

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 by the virtue of our union

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 with Christ through faith.

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 We pray through Jesus

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 because He's our Savior,

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 because He's our mediator,

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 because He's our intercessor.

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 And that means Jesus is standing before God

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 and graciously gives,

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 He gives to those who repent of their sins

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 and trust in His name

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 this basis to approach God the Father

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 through Him.

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 And that's why we end most of our prayers

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 with the phrase,

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 in Jesus' name we pray.

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 To acknowledge the fact

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 that we do not approach God

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 on our own terms,

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 on our own merit,

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 but on the merits of Jesus,

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 with the standing of Jesus.

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 That doesn't mean you have to say the phrase

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 every time.

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 You can pray in the name of Jesus

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 without saying,

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 in Jesus' name we pray.

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 In fact, there's no prayer

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 recorded in the New Testament

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 that ends with,

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 in Jesus' name we pray.

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 But even when you don't say that,

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 you should mean that.

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 Because we are incapable of pleasing God

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 on our own merits.

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 We are dead in sin,

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 incapable of pleasing God.

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 And it's because Jesus,

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 God's beloved Son,

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 died for our sins

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 on the cross

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 so that all who trust in Jesus

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 can be counted righteous

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 as He was.

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 That's why we have access to God

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 as our Father,

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 because of Jesus,

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 what He has done.

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 That's why we pray through Jesus.

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 And it's the Spirit of God

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 that helps us,

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 intercedes on our behalf,

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 helps us as we pray.

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 So we pray to God the Father

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 through Jesus Christ

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 and the Spirit of God

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 joins us in that.

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 So we pray with the Holy Spirit,

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 in the Holy Spirit.

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 That's the pattern we see

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 throughout Scripture.

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 It's hard for us to really

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 kind of fathom

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 the staggering implications of this.

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 Because this means

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 when we pray,

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 we're not just mumbling to ourselves

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 these half-coer words

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 that you wonder

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 whether we'll just vanish in thin air

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 and we'll ever be heard by anybody.

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 When you pray,

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 you get caught up

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 in the very communion

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 and the communication

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 of the triune God Himself.

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 We are translated in our prayers

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 to the throne room of God,

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 the Father,

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 speaking through Jesus,

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 our mediator,

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 with the Spirit of God

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 by our side helping us.

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 And if we just got a glimpse

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 of what a tremendous thing

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 it is to pray

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 and what is happening

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 as we're praying,

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 it'd be difficult

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 to get us to stop praying.

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 Prayer is quite simply

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 communication with God

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 in the context of communion with God.

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 Communication and communion,

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 speaking and sharing

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 in the life of the triune God.

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 After addressing God as Father,

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 we are to pray,

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 hallowed be your name.

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 This is the first of two requests

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 that pertain directly to God.

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 Hallowed be your name.

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 Your kingdom come.

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 And the name of God,

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 as I said earlier,

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 represents God.

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 It stands for who He is.

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 His character is all that He is.

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 So to pray,

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 hallowed be your name,

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 is to pray that God

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 would be honored as holy.

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 Holy means set apart

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 or consecrated.

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 We're praying that God's name,

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 that He will be recognized

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 as a person who is separate from us,

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 who is holy unlike us.

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 So that means prayer is not

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 about manipulating God

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 for our purposes.

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 It's not about finding

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 some kind of therapeutic catharsis.

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 Its purpose,

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 the purpose of prayer,

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 is to glorify God.

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 That means everything we say

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 in prayer,

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 our prayer for daily provision,

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 our prayer for pardon from sin,

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 our prayer for protection from evil,

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 has as its goal

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 to make much of God

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 and not make much of ourselves.

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 It's a common thread

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 that unites

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 all non-Christian prayers

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 is a way to exert control

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 over a deity,

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 to manipulate deity

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 for our purposes.

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 But Christian prayer

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 is not like this.

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 It's to submit to Him,

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 to say,

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 hallowed be your name,

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 your kingdom come.

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 The second request

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 of the prayer

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 is also about God.

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 It says,

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 your kingdom come.

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 The kingdom of God

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 is the realm of God's dominion.

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 It refers to God's rule

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 over His people.

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 So wherever there is

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 the people of God

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 who have submitted to His rule,

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 there is where

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 the kingdom of God is found.

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 And the prayer then

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 is for the culmination,

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 the fulfillment

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 of God's promised rule,

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 that God's kingdom program

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 would be worked out

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 in every corner of the earth,

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 that God's rule of justice

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 and righteousness

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 would be extended

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 over every area of life.

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 And we're asking

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 that God will do that.

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 God will bring up

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 the fulfillment

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 of the kingdom.

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 But frequently,

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 instead of saying,

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 your kingdom come,

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 prayers can sound more like,

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 let my kingdom come.

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 Make me successful.

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 Make me rich.

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 Make me powerful.

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 Make me desirable

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 and beautiful.

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 But because the purpose

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 of Christian prayer

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 is hallowed be your name,

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 the thesis of Christian prayer,

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 the main point of it is,

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 let your kingdom come,

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 is to seek God's will

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 to be done in our lives.

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 Prayer is not about

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 bargaining with God

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 to get what we want.

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 It's about surrendering

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 our wills

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 and conforming ourselves

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 to His kingdom agenda.

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 And so when we're praying rightly,

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 we are thinking

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 God's thoughts after Him.

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 We're loving the things

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 that He loves

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 and we're desiring

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 the things that He wills

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 and that's what we seek

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 in prayer.

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 That's why 1 John 5,

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 it says,

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 and this is the confidence

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 that we have toward Him,

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 that if we ask anything

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 according to His will,

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 He hears us.

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 And if we know

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 that He hears us

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 in whatever we ask,

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 we know that we have

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 the requests

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 that we have asked of Him.

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 when our prayers flow

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 from your kingdom come,

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 God answers all

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 of our requests.

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 A very practical

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 and helpful way

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 to practice

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 praying in this manner

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 is to pray

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 through the Scriptures.

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 I commend it

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 to all of you guys.

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 The Bible is God's

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 revealed will for us.

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 Everything we need to know

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 to be saved,

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 everything that we have

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 to know

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 to become mature Christians

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 are contained

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 here in the Scriptures.

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 And because prayer

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 is communication

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 and communion with God,

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 it makes sense

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 to hear from His Word

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 than to respond back

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 to God in prayer.

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 That's why we do,

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 that's what we do

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 whenever we respond

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 to the reading

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 and preaching

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 of God's Word

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 on a Sunday morning

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 with the corporate

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 prayer time.

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 That's why every Wednesday

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 during our corporate

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 prayer service,

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 we have a preaching

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 from God's Word

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 in Psalms

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 before we pray.

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 often believers

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 struggle in prayer

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 because they don't

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 know what to say.

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 They feel like

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 they're saying

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 the same old thing

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 over and over

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 and over again.

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 And that also

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 solves this issue.

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 If you're praying

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 through the Scriptures,

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 if you're meditating

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 on the Scriptures

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 and you take a verse

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 at a time,

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 you reflect on it,

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 see what God

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 would say to you

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 and for the church,

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 and then you respond

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 back to God

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 those things in prayer,

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 then you will find

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 that the time

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 will fly by the light

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 faster than you

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 are used to.

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 And you have

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.599
 no shortage

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 of things to pray for.

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 Now praying

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 your kingdom come

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 doesn't mean

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 that we can't

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 pray for anything

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 for ourselves.

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 Because there are

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 things that we need

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 in order to love

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 and serve God.

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 So this is also

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.159
 for His kingdom.

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 It is good and right

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 to pray for those things.

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 So the next three

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:23.060
 petitions in the Lord's

00:22:23.060 --> 00:22:23.779
 prayer are personal

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.320
 requests.

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 It goes from God's name

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 and God's kingdom

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 to give us,

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 forgive us,

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.720
 lead us.

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 And the content

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.580
 of our personal

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:34.440
 request to God

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.700
 has three parts.

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 It's provision,

00:22:37.060 --> 00:22:37.400
 pardon,

00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.340
 and protection.

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 And all our personal

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:40.800
 needs are accounted

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 for in these three

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.220
 petitions.

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 The first personal

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.600
 request is in verse

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.019
 three.

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 Give us each day

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.980
 our daily bread.

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.700
 It's God who

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.460
 sustains us,

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.360
 so we must come

00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:54.180
 to God for both

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:55.059
 physical and

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:56.140
 spiritual provision.

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 And a petition

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.480
 that says,

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.920
 give us each day

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:01.360
 our daily bread

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:02.819
 assumes that

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.620
 each day

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.660
 we are daily

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:06.059
 walking with God.

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.440
 That our companionship

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.940
 with Him

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.880
 is not something

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.480
 that we turn to

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.220
 just in times of

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.720
 crises,

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.759
 but it's something

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.559
 that we engage

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.579
 in every single day.

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.460
 And this prayer

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.480
 for daily bread

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.140
 has in view

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.839
 God's provision

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.559
 of manna

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.640
 in the wilderness

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.400
 for Israel.

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 Exodus 16

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.319
 tells us that

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 when Israel

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.440
 was going through

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.980
 the wilderness

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:27.360
 to their promised land,

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.380
 they had no food

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.720
 to eat,

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.720
 but God rained

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.240
 manna,

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.039
 which is a type

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.559
 of bread

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:34.319
 described as a

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.120
 fine flaky

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:35.740
 like thing,

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.539
 like coriander

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:36.960
 seed,

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.059
 white wafers

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.720
 made with honey.

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 He rained it

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 from heaven.

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 And he said

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.180
 that he did

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.960
 this daily

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.720
 with the dew

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.380
 of the morning.

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 And the Israelites

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.100
 were instructed

00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:47.640
 to collect

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.680
 a very specific

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.420
 amount depending

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.980
 on how many

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.960
 members they had

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.579
 in their families.

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.960
 And they recommended

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:54.000
 not to save

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.440
 any of it

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.200
 for the next day.

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 And they recommended

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.720
 not to collect

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:59.299
 more than they need.

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.220
 And the uncollected

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.019
 manna on the ground

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:03.059
 melted when the sun

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.140
 grew hot during the day.

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:06.079
 And the manna

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.500
 that they tried

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.860
 to save for the next day

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:09.000
 rotted with worms.

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 The point of it all

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.539
 was that God

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.720
 wanted Israel

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.740
 to live

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:16.240
 daily by faith

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.779
 in daily dependence

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.480
 on God

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.259
 for his provision.

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.339
 He's not going

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.900
 to give us

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.920
 a year's supply

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:25.000
 of spiritual blessings

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.619
 and food

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.880
 so that you can live

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.480
 without him

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.420
 for that next year.

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.819
 He wants us

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.380
 to come to him

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.460
 daily in dependence

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.140
 on him.

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.160
 And that's what

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.259
 Jesus teaches as well.

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.900
 He teaches this

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.819
 in Matthew 6

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:37.659
 31-34

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:38.460
 Therefore do not

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.019
 be anxious

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.500
 saying

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.659
 what shall we eat

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:41.819
 or what shall we drink

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:43.059
 or what shall we eat

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.960
 what shall we wear

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.379
 for the Gentiles

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:46.460
 seek after these things

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.439
 and your heavenly Father

00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:48.700
 knows that you need

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.200
 them all

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:51.159
 but seek first

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:52.159
 the kingdom of God

00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:53.220
 and his righteousness

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:55.700
 and all these things

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:57.159
 will be added to you.

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.839
 Therefore

00:24:58.839 --> 00:25:00.000
 do not be anxious

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.740
 about tomorrow

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.399
 for tomorrow

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:02.139
 will be anxious

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.859
 for itself.

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.819
 Sufficient

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:05.019
 for the day

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.679
 is its own trouble.

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.599
 Each day

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.819
 has enough trouble

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.439
 of its own.

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:14.039
 So God calls us

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.899
 to depend on him

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:16.240
 daily for those troubles

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.119
 and when we do

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.019
 he's promised

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.139
 to provide us

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.960
 and sustain us

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.859
 prove true.

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.879
 Sometimes

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:24.740
 we despair

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.679
 of the troubles

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.480
 and sufferings

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.599
 that fill our lives

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.439
 because we're worrying

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:29.159
 about tomorrow.

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.379
 Because we think

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.000
 to ourselves

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.640
 I can't keep going

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.119
 like this

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.319
 for another day

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.700
 another week

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:38.140
 another month

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:39.279
 another year.

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.519
 I don't know

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.940
 how I'm going

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.599
 to get food

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.019
 on the table

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.700
 for my family

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.700
 for the next month.

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.980
 I don't know

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.480
 how I'm going

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.960
 to last

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.000
 this entire winter

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.119
 with my depression.

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.900
 I don't know

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.319
 how I'm going

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.059
 to make it through

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.619
 the demanding

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.359
 early years

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.079
 of my children.

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.899
 I don't know

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.539
 how I can get

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.539
 through this illness.

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.759
 I don't know

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.179
 how I'm going

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:03.079
 to keep living

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.980
 with my difficult

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.559
 spouse.

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:08.179
 But God

00:26:08.179 --> 00:26:09.079
 is not asking

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:10.039
 us to worry

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.980
 about tomorrow

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:13.199
 or the next

00:26:13.199 --> 00:26:13.559
 week

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.659
 or the month

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.859
 or the next year.

00:26:15.939 --> 00:26:16.720
 He tells us

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.720
 to worry about

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.199
 today.

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.779
 Look to God

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.519
 for your help

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.299
 and ask for

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.939
 his sustaining

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:23.299
 grace for today

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.319
 and you will find

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.839
 that there is

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.919
 sufficient grace

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.659
 for you.

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.259
 Lamentations 3

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.299
 22-23

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.779
 The steadfast love

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.319
 of the Lord

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.519
 never ceases.

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.240
 His mercies

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.079
 never come

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.639
 to an end.

00:26:40.199 --> 00:26:41.379
 They are new

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:43.399
 every morning.

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.839
 Great is your

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.559
 faithfulness.

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.899
 As people

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.759
 who work hard

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.279
 to provide

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.879
 for ourselves

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.720
 and for our families

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.459
 we can forget

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.360
 to depend on God

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:56.140
 for daily bread.

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.180
 But we need

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.740
 to recognize

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.400
 that our daily

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.360
 provision comes

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.160
 from God

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.579
 even if we

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.500
 work really hard

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.059
 to get them.

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.539
 The intellect

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.299
 that we have

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.140
 the abilities

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:09.000
 that we have

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.900
 the opportunities

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.680
 that we have

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.340
 the jobs

00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:12.019
 that we have

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.819
 the health

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.440
 that we have

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.400
 that enable us

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:14.900
 to work

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.880
 where do you

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.460
 think they came

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.600
 from?

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.440
 They all came

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.039
 from God.

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.079
 God.

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.779
 So each day

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.399
 we go to work

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:21.680
 we should

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.559
 thank God

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.680
 for his

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.420
 daily provision.

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:27.139
 But more

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.599
 than just

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.440
 physical provision

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.960
 is in view

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.279
 here.

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.879
 Because in

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.559
 John 6

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.559
 Jesus says

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.379
 I am

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.960
 the bread

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.799
 of life.

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.700
 The true

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.220
 bread

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:38.399
 that the bread

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.920
 that Moses

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.420
 brought down

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:39.779
 from heaven

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.619
 pointed to.

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.639
 The fulfillment

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.200
 of it all.

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.879
 Jesus is the

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.379
 ultimate

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.240
 spiritual

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.980
 bread

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.019
 bread

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.740
 of life.

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.440
 He is the

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.860
 one who

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.860
 gives spiritual

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.319
 nourishment

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.120
 to us.

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.480
 Daily we

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.059
 should seek

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.620
 life,

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.420
 peace,

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.240
 and joy,

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.880
 and rest

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.299
 that come

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.000
 from only

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.579
 Christ

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:59.740
 to live

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.099
 in this

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.440
 world.

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.680
 Daily we

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.680
 need his

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.420
 strength to

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.519
 subdue our

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.279
 sinful flesh.

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.400
 Daily we

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.259
 need Jesus

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.299
 to cry out

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.599
 for him

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.059
 for his

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.480
 spiritual

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.960
 provision.

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.599
 Maybe

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.319
 some of you

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.500
 have been

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.079
 hungry for

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.420
 a while.

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:18.980
 Are you

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.940
 relying on

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.880
 the experience

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.500
 of God's

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.920
 grace

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.599
 yesterday

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:24.539
 or a

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.180
 year ago

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.259
 or when

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.740
 you first

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.259
 came to

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.640
 faith

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.880
 to sustain

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.339
 you now?

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.039
 God has

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.519
 new

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.319
 grace,

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.200
 new

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.279
 mercies

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.960
 sufficient

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.460
 for you

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.759
 today.

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.920
 So the

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.240
 first

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.059
 three

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.920
 petitions

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.759
 of the

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.079
 Lord's

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.360
 prayer

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.799
 that we've

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.360
 just seen

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.159
 hallowed

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.419
 be your

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:46.699
 name,

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.039
 your

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.319
 kingdom

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.639
 come,

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.039
 give us

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.299
 each

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.639
 day our

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:48.939
 daily

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.299
 bread.

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.779
 They

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.419
 mirror the

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:50.659
 three

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.319
 temptations

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.959
 that Jesus

00:28:51.959 --> 00:28:52.559
 faced in

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.000
 the wilderness

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.500
 in Luke

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.279
 4 in

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.659
 reverse

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.079
 order.

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.359
 The devil

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.799
 tempted

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.500
 Jesus to

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.159
 throw himself

00:28:59.159 --> 00:28:59.719
 down from

00:28:59.719 --> 00:29:00.219
 the pinnacle

00:29:00.219 --> 00:29:00.559
 of the

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.439
 temple in

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:01.899
 an attempt

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.740
 to force

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.539
 God's hand

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.279
 and make

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.019
 him demonstrate

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.599
 his care

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.279
 for Jesus.

00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:07.240
 But Jesus

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.759
 responded,

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.259
 you shall

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.959
 not put the

00:29:08.959 --> 00:29:09.419
 Lord your

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:09.859
 God to

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.419
 the test.

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.439
 Instead of

00:29:11.439 --> 00:29:11.959
 trying to

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.899
 manipulate God

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.360
 and use

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.660
 him to

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.140
 make much

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.280
 of

00:29:14.280 --> 00:29:14.900
 ourselves,

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.580
 see how

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.100
 loved I

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.300
 am,

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.860
 see how

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.500
 great I

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.780
 am.

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.580
 Jesus

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:21.380
 refused to

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.060
 test God

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:23.019
 because

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.460
 in the

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.780
 temple,

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.480
 that is the

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.880
 place where

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.400
 God's name

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.720
 should be

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.160
 hallowed.

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.620
 His name

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:29.920
 should be

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.540
 honored as

00:29:30.540 --> 00:29:30.920
 holy.

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:32.880
 The devil

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.500
 also tempted

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.080
 Jesus by

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.480
 showing him

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.940
 all the

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.600
 kingdoms of

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:35.980
 the world

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.280
 in a

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:36.660
 moment's

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.460
 time and

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.840
 saying to

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.000
 him,

00:29:38.060 --> 00:29:38.460
 to you,

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:38.800
 I will

00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:39.420
 give all

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.040
 this authority

00:29:40.040 --> 00:29:40.620
 and glory

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.400
 for it has

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.840
 been delivered

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.340
 to me and

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.559
 I will

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:42.819
 give it

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.119
 to whom

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.639
 I will.

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.599
 If you

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.339
 then will

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.919
 worship

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.559
 me,

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.720
 it will

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.099
 all be

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.480
 yours.

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.639
 But

00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:50.059
 Jesus

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.879
 resisted

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.240
 the devil

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.539
 saying,

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.119
 you shall

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.579
 worship

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.079
 the Lord

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.659
 your God

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:54.359
 and him

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:55.299
 only shall

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.000
 you serve.

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.379
 Instead of

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.919
 seeking the

00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:58.419
 glory and

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:59.539
 authority of

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.059
 the kingdoms

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.379
 for ourselves

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:02.539
 apart from

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:02.959
 God,

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.059
 we are to

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.500
 pray,

00:30:04.699 --> 00:30:05.399
 let your

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.159
 kingdom come

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.519
 God.

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.179
 And

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:10.579
 lastly,

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.000
 the devil

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.759
 tempted Jesus

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.139
 while he

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.700
 was hungry

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.120
 saying,

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.700
 if you

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:13.980
 are the

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.280
 son of

00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:14.560
 God,

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.060
 command

00:30:15.060 --> 00:30:15.720
 this stone

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.360
 to become

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.880
 bread.

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:17.940
 But

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.320
 Jesus

00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:19.100
 resisted

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:19.820
 and reaffirmed

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.300
 his allegiance

00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:20.820
 to God,

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.200
 depended on

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.280
 him to

00:30:24.280 --> 00:30:24.840
 live by

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.540
 every word

00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:26.080
 that proceeds

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:26.480
 from the

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:26.900
 mouth of

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.120
 God,

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.660
 to depend

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.100
 on his

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:28.540
 provision.

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.400
 So these

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.160
 three temptations

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.600
 that Jesus

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:33.060
 faced represent

00:30:33.060 --> 00:30:33.900
 the kinds of

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.560
 temptations that

00:30:34.560 --> 00:30:35.440
 we will face

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.200
 as his

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.860
 followers on a

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.700
 daily basis

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.600
 until the

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.020
 day we

00:30:39.020 --> 00:30:39.400
 die.

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.400
 God

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.700
 and these

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.240
 are the

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.720
 devil's

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.160
 main

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.960
 strategies

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.820
 to get

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.540
 us to

00:30:44.540 --> 00:30:45.019
 reject,

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.040
 to renounce

00:30:46.040 --> 00:30:46.420
 God,

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.880
 our allegiance

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.180
 to God

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.360
 and to

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.740
 live for

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.240
 ourselves

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.840
 and to

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.220
 go after

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.680
 the idols

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.019
 of this

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.400
 world.

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.280
 But in

00:30:51.280 --> 00:30:51.800
 our passage,

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.519
 Jesus is

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.220
 giving us

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.860
 a tool

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.680
 with which

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:54.980
 we can

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.759
 fight this

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.160
 spiritual

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.740
 battle to

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.620
 counteract the

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.220
 schemes of

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.720
 the enemy

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.980
 and that's

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.799
 by praying,

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.640
 Father,

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.400
 hallowed be

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.220
 your name,

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.240
 your kingdom

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.680
 come,

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.539
 give us

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.039
 each day

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.880
 our daily

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.579
 bread.

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.740
 And the

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.500
 fourth petition

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.980
 and the

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.819
 second personal

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.279
 request,

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.220
 it flows from

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.759
 these first

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.980
 three because

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.539
 as sinful

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.140
 people who

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.700
 are not yet

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.600
 perfected in

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:19.120
 the image of

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.500
 Christ,

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.779
 we will fail

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.240
 to follow

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.680
 God,

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.940
 we will fail

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.480
 to hallow

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.039
 God's name,

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.720
 we will fail

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.500
 to seek first

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.019
 his kingdom,

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.120
 we will fail

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.799
 to depend on

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.480
 him for daily

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:28.860
 bread.

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.680
 So it should

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.559
 be the habit

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.079
 of the

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.740
 Christian life

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.620
 to seek

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.099
 God's

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.500
 forgiveness.

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.660
 Verse 4

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:35.980
 says,

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.640
 and forgive

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.559
 us our

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.099
 sins,

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.099
 for we

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.640
 ourselves

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.240
 forgive

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.740
 everyone

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.200
 who is

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.700
 indebted

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.220
 to us.

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.680
 This verse

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.259
 reveals that

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.880
 the primary

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.680
 debt that

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.279
 Luke has

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.640
 in mind

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.019
 is not

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.860
 financial debt

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.339
 but it's

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.240
 spiritual debt,

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.059
 it's the

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.339
 debt of

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.700
 sin.

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.380
 We are to

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:54.920
 ask God

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.480
 for forgiveness

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.980
 for our

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.299
 sins.

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.460
 And the

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.200
 reason why

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.559
 we can

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.039
 approach

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.500
 God

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.740
 and seek

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:00.920
 his

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.299
 forgiveness,

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.140
 the reason

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.380
 that he

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.819
 gives here

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.140
 is that

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.380
 we

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:05.059
 ourselves

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.720
 forgive

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.500
 everyone

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.200
 who is

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.720
 indebted

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.259
 to us.

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.500
 Earlier

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.500
 in Luke

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.259
 chapter 6

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:15.120
 verse 31,

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.580
 Jesus

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:16.220
 commanded us,

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.660
 as you

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.220
 wish that

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.559
 others

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.960
 would do

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.319
 to you,

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.779
 do so

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.200
 to them.

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.140
 And then

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.720
 he explained

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.279
 this in

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:22.240
 verses 37

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.819
 to 38,

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:24.119
 judge not

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.419
 and you

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.799
 will not

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.339
 be judged,

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.439
 condemn not

00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:26.740
 and you

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.159
 will not

00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:27.899
 be condemned,

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.059
 forgive and

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.799
 you will be

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.339
 forgiven,

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.539
 give and

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.200
 it will be

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.839
 given to

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.179
 you.

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:35.259
 The implied

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.000
 subject of

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.539
 all of these

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.519
 passive verbs

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.099
 is God.

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.339
 So if we

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.399
 do not judge

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:41.679
 others wrongly,

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.319
 God will not

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.939
 judge us.

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.980
 If we forgive

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.779
 them, God

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.439
 will also

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:47.899
 forgive us.

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:49.420
 This is

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.280
 not because

00:32:50.280 --> 00:32:51.200
 our doing

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.040
 good works

00:32:52.040 --> 00:32:52.660
 in like

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.060
 forgiving

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:53.519
 others

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.400
 becomes the

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.000
 basis for

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.560
 salvation.

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.380
 Rather,

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.940
 these good

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.380
 works that

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:57.740
 we do,

00:32:57.820 --> 00:32:58.340
 us forgiving

00:32:58.340 --> 00:32:58.940
 other people

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.400
 is the

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.120
 evidence of

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.720
 our salvation

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.759
 because salvation

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.320
 is a gift

00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:02.920
 from God.

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.080
 We're saved

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.680
 by God's

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.420
 grace through

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.080
 faith in

00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.680
 Jesus Christ

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.300
 but those

00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:07.840
 who are

00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:08.620
 saved by

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.300
 Jesus Christ

00:33:09.300 --> 00:33:10.000
 do good

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.500
 works.

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.660
 And part

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.060
 of that good

00:33:12.060 --> 00:33:12.920
 works is how

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.300
 we extend

00:33:13.300 --> 00:33:13.980
 forgiveness to

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.360
 others.

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:16.100
 That's why

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.759
 in Ephesians

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.240
 4,

00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:17.840
 32,

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.240
 it says

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.940
 we are

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.380
 committed to

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.080
 forgive one

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:21.840
 another as

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:23.580
 God in

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:24.660
 Christ forgave

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.040
 you.

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.340
 It's because

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:26.759
 God has

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.640
 already forgiven

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.280
 us that we

00:33:28.280 --> 00:33:28.920
 are to forgive

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.500
 one another.

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.360
 God's forgiveness

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:31.080
 is the basis

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.500
 for our

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.860
 forgiveness.

00:33:32.780 --> 00:33:33.259
 And for that

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.180
 reason, if we

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:35.000
 don't forgive

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.880
 other people,

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:38.160
 God will

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.960
 judge us as

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.640
 unforgiven

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.019
 people.

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.800
 We will not

00:33:43.800 --> 00:33:44.420
 receive his

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.240
 ultimate forgiveness

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.860
 on the day of

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.180
 judgment.

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:48.039
 So we

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.580
 can only

00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.080
 pray to

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.400
 God,

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.640
 forgive us

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.460
 our sins

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:53.000
 if we are

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.240
 also honestly

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.840
 willing to

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.539
 extend the

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.279
 same forgiveness

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.019
 that we expect

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.700
 of God to

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.120
 others.

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.440
 Unforgiveness

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.140
 is a grave

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.480
 sin.

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.720
 It imprisons

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.539
 us to anger

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.120
 and bitterness

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.860
 and resentment.

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:09.059
 It cannibalizes

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.680
 our joy.

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.860
 It spells our

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.740
 ultimate doom.

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:13.739
 God's

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.139
 sin.

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.619
 Because only

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.059
 those who

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.719
 forgive will

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.319
 be finally

00:34:16.319 --> 00:34:16.899
 forgiven.

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.479
 And the

00:34:20.479 --> 00:34:21.139
 final petition

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.639
 in Luke's

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.099
 version of

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.479
 the Lord's

00:34:22.479 --> 00:34:23.199
 prayer is

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.500
 for protection,

00:34:24.879 --> 00:34:25.199
 spiritual

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.739
 protection.

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.099
 Lead us

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.899
 not into

00:34:27.899 --> 00:34:28.459
 temptation.

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.639
 The prayer

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.319
 for pardon

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:32.199
 from sin

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:33.119
 flows naturally

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.519
 into this

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.879
 prayer for

00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:35.139
 protection so

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.539
 that we might

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.039
 be kept

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.719
 from further

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.179
 sins.

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:41.059
 This doesn't

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.379
 mean that

00:34:41.379 --> 00:34:41.819
 God's the

00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:42.119
 one that

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.460
 leads us

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.980
 to temptation.

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.299
 James 1.13

00:34:44.299 --> 00:34:44.899
 says clearly

00:34:44.899 --> 00:34:45.359
 that God

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:46.079
 tempts no

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.299
 one.

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.319
 But because

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:48.940
 it is in

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.819
 his power

00:34:49.819 --> 00:34:50.559
 to fortify

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:50.899
 us and

00:34:50.899 --> 00:34:51.299
 guide us

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:51.759
 away from

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.139
 sin,

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.219
 we should

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.739
 pray to

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.099
 him in

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.519
 this way.

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:54.899
 It's an

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:55.619
 admission of

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:55.980
 our own

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.419
 weakness.

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.199
 We're

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.739
 acknowledging

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.359
 that apart

00:34:59.359 --> 00:35:00.119
 from God's

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.819
 powerful

00:35:00.819 --> 00:35:01.399
 intervention

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:01.819
 on our

00:35:01.819 --> 00:35:02.219
 behalf,

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.099
 we are

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:05.339
 powerless to

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:06.079
 withstand the

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.619
 temptations

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:07.059
 that come

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.440
 our way.

00:35:08.859 --> 00:35:09.219
 Christians

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.739
 are not

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.880
 self-confident

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:12.639
 and self-righteous

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.079
 people,

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:15.279
 but people

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:15.719
 who are

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.079
 humbly

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.719
 dependent

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.500
 on God

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.619
 in prayer.

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.380
 This is

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.779
 how we

00:35:21.779 --> 00:35:22.259
 should pray.

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.719
 Then in

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.380
 verses 5

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.960
 to 13,

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.279
 Jesus teaches

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.980
 us why

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.440
 we should

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.739
 pray.

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:28.739
 And Jesus

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.239
 sets out

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:29.980
 this hypothetical

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.819
 scenario in

00:35:30.819 --> 00:35:31.339
 verses 5

00:35:31.339 --> 00:35:31.799
 to 7.

00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:32.739
 Which of

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.139
 you who

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.539
 has a

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.139
 friend will

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.759
 go to

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.159
 him at

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.679
 midnight and

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.039
 say to

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.299
 him,

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.059
 friend,

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.579
 lend me

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.359
 three loaves,

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.059
 for a

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.400
 friend of

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.960
 mine has

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.559
 arrived on

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.019
 a journey,

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.719
 and I

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.079
 have nothing

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.460
 to set

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.079
 before him.

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.759
 And he

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.239
 will answer

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.799
 from within,

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.139
 do not

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.619
 bother me,

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:45.940
 the door

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.239
 is now

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.579
 shut,

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:46.880
 and my

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.199
 children

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.559
 are with

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.819
 me in

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.079
 bed.

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:48.500
 I

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.739
 cannot

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.199
 get up

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.500
 and give

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.619
 you

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.000
 anything.

00:35:51.359 --> 00:35:51.799
 Hospitality,

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.159
 as we've

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.639
 been seeing,

00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.539
 was prized

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.259
 very highly

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:54.579
 in the

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.880
 ancient

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.420
 world,

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.079
 and it

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.539
 was this

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:56.940
 man's

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.519
 obligation,

00:35:57.759 --> 00:35:58.299
 even if

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:58.739
 his guest

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.440
 arrived really

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.839
 late at

00:35:59.839 --> 00:36:00.079
 night,

00:36:00.359 --> 00:36:00.639
 midnight,

00:36:00.799 --> 00:36:01.059
 like in

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.519
 this case,

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.239
 to still

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:02.679
 set out

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.159
 food for

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:06.980
 two

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.599
 unideal

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:07.940
 options.

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.319
 The first

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:08.960
 option was

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.799
 to say,

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.000
 hey,

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.299
 sorry,

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.099
 don't have

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.380
 food,

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.199
 just wait

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.619
 till tomorrow

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:12.960
 and be a

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.500
 bad host.

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.139
 That's the

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.619
 first option.

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.579
 The second

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.099
 option is

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.799
 to be a

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:17.420
 rude neighbor

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.420
 and go to

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.719
 a neighbor

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.079
 and be like,

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.259
 hey,

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:20.000
 I don't have

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.539
 food and I

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.940
 have a guest,

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.460
 please give me

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.839
 some food.

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.460
 So you

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.259
 either got to

00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:23.659
 be a rude

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.279
 neighbor or

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:25.079
 a bad

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.420
 host,

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.099
 so not good

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.559
 options on

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.039
 either side.

00:36:28.359 --> 00:36:29.099
 And so he

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.400
 goes,

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.139
 he opts for

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.599
 the second

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.000
 option,

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.599
 he opts to

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:32.960
 be a rude

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.239
 neighbor,

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.859
 so he goes

00:36:33.859 --> 00:36:34.239
 over to his

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:34.539
 neighbor and

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.659
 says,

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:34.919
 hey,

00:36:34.979 --> 00:36:35.159
 man,

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.579
 I'm in a

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.039
 real pickle

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.379
 here.

00:36:36.899 --> 00:36:37.279
 I have a

00:36:37.279 --> 00:36:37.679
 buddy in

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:37.859
 town,

00:36:37.919 --> 00:36:38.119
 but I

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.419
 don't have

00:36:38.419 --> 00:36:38.819
 any food

00:36:38.819 --> 00:36:39.299
 to serve

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.579
 him.

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.299
 Please

00:36:40.299 --> 00:36:40.659
 just give

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.059
 me three

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.500
 loaves.

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.079
 I'll make

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.559
 sure to pay

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:43.979
 you back.

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.659
 Look at the

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.000
 words of

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.079
 you.

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.359
 He says,

00:36:45.459 --> 00:36:46.359
 lend me

00:36:46.359 --> 00:36:47.519
 three loaves.

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.419
 It's like

00:36:48.419 --> 00:36:48.879
 a technical

00:36:48.879 --> 00:36:49.339
 business

00:36:49.339 --> 00:36:49.859
 transaction.

00:36:49.979 --> 00:36:50.239
 He wants

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.539
 to pay

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:50.919
 him back.

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:52.979
 And then

00:36:52.979 --> 00:36:53.559
 Jesus then

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:53.979
 asks,

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.799
 do you

00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:55.359
 think this

00:36:55.359 --> 00:36:55.859
 friend will

00:36:55.859 --> 00:36:56.439
 reply?

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.659
 Do not

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.319
 bother me.

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.039
 The door

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.359
 is not

00:36:59.359 --> 00:36:59.779
 shut and

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.339
 my children

00:37:00.339 --> 00:37:00.779
 are with

00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:01.079
 me in

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.279
 bed.

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.439
 I

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.700
 cannot

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.159
 get up

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.480
 and give

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:02.619
 you

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.000
 anything.

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:03.960
 Do you

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.360
 think that

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.880
 this person

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.380
 will respond

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.800
 that way?

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.099
 So this

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.500
 seems to

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.780
 be a

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.059
 typical

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.400
 ancient

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.740
 house

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.059
 where the

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.340
 whole

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:09.740
 family

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.220
 sleeps

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.619
 on

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:10.920
 one

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.300
 mat.

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.760
 So he

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.039
 has

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.440
 children

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:13.920
 with him

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.400
 in bed.

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.059
 And the

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.700
 doors shut

00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:15.980
 and the

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.480
 doors in

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.039
 this context

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.320
 would have

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.860
 had a

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.159
 wooden

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:19.059
 or iron

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.820
 bar placed

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.260
 through these

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:20.860
 rings on

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.179
 the door

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:21.579
 panels.

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.220
 So it

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.440
 would have

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.039
 created a

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.440
 lot of

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.860
 creaking

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.200
 wood

00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:24.700
 noise as

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:25.000
 well as

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.440
 clanking

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.840
 metal

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.260
 noise.

00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:27.059
 And if

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.500
 you know

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.039
 about

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.820
 children and

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.200
 sleeping,

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:29.480
 no

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.820
 children

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.099
 want

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.320
 to

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.659
 sleep.

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.760
 It's a

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.260
 struggle to

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:34.539
 put them

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:34.840
 to bed

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.460
 sometimes.

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.519
 He's

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.940
 lying with

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.099
 his

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.519
 children

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.740
 in bed

00:37:40.740 --> 00:37:42.360
 and rude

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.719
 knock on

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:42.980
 the door

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.159
 at

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.480
 midnight.

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.360
 You can

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.780
 imagine

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.300
 the tension.

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:47.699
 This guy's

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.679
 understandably

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:48.940
 upset.

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.320
 But do

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.880
 you think

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:51.579
 this man,

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:55.159
 this man,

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.639
 this friend

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.019
 had the

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.679
 audacity,

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.000
 the

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:58.099
 shamelessness

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:59.079
 to come

00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:00.219
 disturb

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:00.480
 their

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.819
 peaceful

00:38:00.819 --> 00:38:01.239
 night,

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:01.779
 and do

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.259
 you think

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:02.920
 this friend

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.900
 will refuse

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.239
 this

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:04.779
 shameless

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.219
 man?

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.699
 And Jesus

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.139
 gives the

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.599
 answer in

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:07.980
 verse 8,

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.880
 I tell you,

00:38:09.299 --> 00:38:09.659
 though he

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.340
 will not

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:10.900
 get up

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.299
 and give

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.519
 him

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.980
 anything

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.420
 because

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.880
 he is

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.059
 his

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.539
 friend,

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:15.279
 yet because

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:15.980
 of his

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.860
 impudence,

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.579
 he will

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.259
 rise and

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.679
 give him

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.279
 whatever he

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.679
 needs.

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.059
 Isn't that

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.319
 true?

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:21.960
 I mean,

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.400
 he's already

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.360
 disturbed them

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.759
 and bothered

00:38:23.759 --> 00:38:24.139
 them and

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.400
 probably

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.759
 woken up

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:24.900
 his

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.159
 children.

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.299
 This friend

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:27.779
 will get up

00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:28.039
 and give

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.400
 the man

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:28.760
 the bread

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.240
 he needs

00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:29.639
 out of

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.019
 sheer

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:31.139
 disbelief,

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:32.160
 probably

00:38:32.160 --> 00:38:33.099
 scowling at

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.360
 him,

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.180
 shaking his

00:38:34.180 --> 00:38:34.539
 head and

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.160
 thrusting the

00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:35.559
 bread to

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.800
 him.

00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:36.559
 Here,

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.300
 take it.

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.000
 Now leave

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.480
 me alone.

00:38:40.660 --> 00:38:41.340
 We're so

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:42.019
 familiar with

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.539
 the concept

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.260
 of prayer,

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.519
 so familiar

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:44.860
 with the

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.220
 Lord's

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.579
 prayer that

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:46.300
 the audacity

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.940
 of it all

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.800
 doesn't shock

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.360
 us like it

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.700
 should.

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.700
 Because all

00:38:50.700 --> 00:38:51.380
 the petitions

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.000
 in the Lord's

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.200
 prayer,

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:52.660
 if you look

00:38:52.660 --> 00:38:52.960
 at them,

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.460
 they're all

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.380
 imperatives,

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:56.519
 they're

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.280
 commands.

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.159
 Jesus'

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:00.940
 prayer is

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.659
 not full

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.460
 of ifs

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:03.420
 and woulds

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:04.659
 and mights.

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:06.960
 Rather,

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.280
 they are

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:08.000
 bold,

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.500
 direct,

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.619
 hallowed

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:11.880
 be your

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.199
 name,

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.880
 your kingdom

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.519
 come,

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.380
 give us

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:16.000
 each day

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.579
 our daily

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.039
 bread,

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:17.960
 forgive us

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.659
 our sins,

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.380
 lead us

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.760
 not into

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.280
 temptation.

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.760
 These are

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.420
 bold,

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:22.139
 bracing

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.720
 prayers.

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.260
 And that's

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:24.659
 how God

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.180
 wants us

00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:25.619
 to pray

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.119
 to Him.

00:39:29.700 --> 00:39:30.220
 Isaiah

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:30.880
 62

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.920
 says,

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.559
 you who

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.099
 put the

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.599
 Lord in

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:34.180
 remembrance,

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:35.079
 those who

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.420
 put the

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.780
 Lord in

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.180
 remembrance

00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:36.840
 are those

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.320
 who pray

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:37.780
 to God

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:38.500
 and bring

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.019
 to God

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.639
 to remember

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:40.119
 the things

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.360
 that He

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:40.800
 promised

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.059
 Him.

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:41.579
 God,

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.019
 remember

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.519
 you said

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:42.940
 this to

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.280
 us?

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:43.940
 Remember

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.559
 you promised

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:44.940
 this to

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.079
 us?

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.280
 We're

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:45.639
 asking

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:46.019
 you.

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.780
 We're

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.079
 bringing

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.519
 to your

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.099
 remembrance.

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:48.780
 He

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:48.960
 says,

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.340
 you who

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:49.720
 put the

00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:50.119
 Lord in

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.619
 remembrance,

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.619
 take no

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.940
 rest and

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:54.119
 give God

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:55.139
 no rest

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:56.559
 until He

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.559
 establishes

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.659
 Jerusalem and

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.739
 makes it a

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.940
 praise in

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.559
 the earth.

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:03.119
 This is how

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:04.019
 God's Word

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.900
 teaches us

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.420
 to pray.

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.980
 Give God

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:08.000
 no rest.

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:10.299
 Prevail

00:40:10.299 --> 00:40:11.019
 upon Him.

00:40:11.799 --> 00:40:12.380
 Remind

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.139
 Him of

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:13.799
 the promises

00:40:13.799 --> 00:40:14.619
 contained in

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.159
 His Word.

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.139
 Approach

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.440
 Him in

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:17.900
 prayer with

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.500
 shameless

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.440
 audacity.

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.659
 go to

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:20.820
 Him

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.340
 frequently

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.700
 and at

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:21.940
 all

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.460
 times

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.920
 and

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.300
 don't

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:23.599
 let

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:23.960
 Him

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.300
 off

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:24.500
 the

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:24.800
 hook.

00:40:25.720 --> 00:40:26.320
 Persevere

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:27.220
 in your

00:40:27.220 --> 00:40:27.599
 prayers

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.280
 until He

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:28.920
 grants it

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.260
 to you.

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.599
 That's how

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.200
 the saints

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:34.039
 have prayed

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.559
 in ages

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.039
 past.

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.400
 Jacob,

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:38.019
 he says

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.440
 in Genesis

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.720
 30,

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.619
 he wrestled

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.300
 with God

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:41.639
 all throughout

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:42.179
 the night

00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:43.500
 saying to

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:43.900
 God,

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:45.200
 I will

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:45.980
 not let

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.480
 you go

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.559
 unless you

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.380
 bless me.

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:53.380
 Colossians

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:53.780
 4,

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.119
 12,

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:54.660
 Paul says

00:40:54.660 --> 00:40:54.920
 this,

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.720
 Epaphras,

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.320
 who is

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:56.660
 one of

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:56.860
 you,

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.400
 a servant

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:57.900
 of Christ

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.340
 Jesus,

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.780
 greets

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.099
 you,

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:00.280
 always

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:01.500
 struggling

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.380
 on your

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.039
 behalf

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:03.780
 in His

00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:04.280
 prayers

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:05.480
 that you

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.440
 may stand

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:07.039
 mature

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:08.039
 and fully

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.680
 assured

00:41:08.680 --> 00:41:09.619
 in all

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:10.260
 the will

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:11.099
 of God.

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:13.280
 The word

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:13.920
 struggle

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:15.220
 is the

00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:15.500
 word,

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.039
 same word

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.300
 that is

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:16.640
 used to

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.440
 describe a

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.859
 wrestling

00:41:17.859 --> 00:41:18.559
 contest,

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.440
 an

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.920
 athletic

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:21.099
 contest.

00:41:23.359 --> 00:41:24.359
 Do you

00:41:24.359 --> 00:41:25.119
 wrestle with

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.639
 God in

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.179
 your prayers?

00:41:27.339 --> 00:41:28.339
 Do you

00:41:28.339 --> 00:41:29.099
 wrestle with

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:30.000
 God on

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:31.039
 behalf of

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.480
 your brothers

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:32.119
 and sisters

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.519
 that they

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:33.319
 might stand

00:41:33.319 --> 00:41:34.159
 mature before

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:34.639
 God?

00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:37.159
 Well,

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:37.559
 how I

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.119
 wish

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:44.339
 all of

00:41:44.339 --> 00:41:44.819
 us,

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:47.000
 if I

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.179
 had

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.500
 people

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:47.679
 who

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:47.819
 were

00:41:47.819 --> 00:41:48.420
 wrestling

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.839
 on my

00:41:48.839 --> 00:41:49.159
 behalf

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.639
 this way,

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:04.339
 there are

00:42:04.339 --> 00:42:04.579
 people

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:04.960
 wrestling

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.299
 for you

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:05.440
 in

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:05.679
 prayer.

00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:10.239
 Hannah

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:10.500
 and I

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:10.739
 wrestle

00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:11.139
 for you

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:11.299
 in

00:42:11.299 --> 00:42:11.559
 prayer.

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.039
 Our

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.539
 elders,

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:13.500
 our

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:13.819
 leadership

00:42:13.819 --> 00:42:14.179
 team,

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:14.599
 we

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.039
 wrestle

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:15.920
 for you

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.179
 in

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:16.519
 prayer.

00:42:17.359 --> 00:42:17.719
 Do you

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:18.000
 wrestle

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.480
 for one

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:18.759
 another

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:19.019
 in

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.239
 prayer?

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.579
 There's

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:27.759
 no

00:42:27.759 --> 00:42:28.239
 victory,

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.759
 there's

00:42:29.759 --> 00:42:29.940
 no

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.380
 blessing,

00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:32.119
 there's

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.299
 no

00:42:32.299 --> 00:42:32.839
 progress,

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.159
 no

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:33.539
 growth,

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:33.779
 no

00:42:33.779 --> 00:42:34.460
 sanctification,

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:34.940
 some of

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.359
 that falls

00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:35.960
 on us.

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:40.000
 when you

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.480
 see a

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.859
 brother or

00:42:40.859 --> 00:42:41.079
 sister

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:41.639
 struggling

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:42.019
 with the

00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:42.460
 besetting

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:42.819
 sin,

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.339
 do you

00:42:43.339 --> 00:42:43.799
 wrestle

00:42:43.799 --> 00:42:44.119
 with

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:44.440
 God?

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:44.940
 God,

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.159
 you

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:45.980
 promised,

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:47.039
 you

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.819
 promised

00:42:47.819 --> 00:42:48.380
 that you

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.859
 give

00:42:48.859 --> 00:42:49.460
 him

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.099
 power

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:50.599
 to be

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.199
 victorious.

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:52.739
 Why

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:53.039
 aren't

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:53.219
 you

00:42:53.219 --> 00:42:53.519
 giving

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:53.699
 it

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:53.839
 to

00:42:53.839 --> 00:42:54.000
 him?

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.500
 God,

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.179
 you

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:55.759
 promised

00:42:55.759 --> 00:42:56.079
 that you

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:56.239
 will

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:56.599
 help

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:56.839
 her

00:42:56.839 --> 00:42:58.619
 when

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:58.839
 she

00:42:58.839 --> 00:42:59.059
 is

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.739
 anxious.

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:02.239
 Why

00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:02.679
 don't

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:02.940
 you

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.359
 help

00:43:03.359 --> 00:43:03.539
 her,

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:03.819
 God?

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.380
 Do you

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:04.759
 wrestle

00:43:04.759 --> 00:43:05.139
 with

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.619
 God?

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:14.799
 prayer

00:43:14.799 --> 00:43:15.199
 is the

00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:15.659
 stuff

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:16.239
 of

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:16.679
 battle

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:18.539
 and

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:18.759
 it's

00:43:18.759 --> 00:43:19.039
 in

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.359
 the

00:43:19.359 --> 00:43:19.839
 struggle

00:43:19.839 --> 00:43:20.119
 of

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:20.440
 prayer

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:20.679
 that

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:21.039
 kingdoms

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:21.319
 of

00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:21.719
 darkness

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.239
 fall.

00:43:24.259 --> 00:43:24.839
 It's

00:43:24.839 --> 00:43:24.960
 in

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.119
 the

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:25.440
 struggle

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:25.619
 of

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:25.920
 prayer

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.159
 that

00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:26.619
 spiritual

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.239
 victories

00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:27.480
 are

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:27.859
 won

00:43:27.859 --> 00:43:28.380
 and

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:28.599
 no

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:29.039
 wonder

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:29.319
 of

00:43:29.319 --> 00:43:29.699
 course

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:29.940
 it's

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.199
 hard

00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:30.380
 to

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:30.699
 pray

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:32.599
 because

00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:32.839
 our

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.199
 enemies

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:33.779
 oppose

00:43:33.779 --> 00:43:33.920
 it

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.099
 with

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.460
 all

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:34.679
 their

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:35.119
 might.

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:38.659
 But

00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:38.759
 you

00:43:38.759 --> 00:43:38.920
 don't

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:39.380
 skip

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:39.579
 it

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:39.759
 just

00:43:39.759 --> 00:43:40.039
 because

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:40.259
 it's

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:40.579
 hard.

00:43:41.279 --> 00:43:41.480
 We

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:41.799
 must

00:43:41.799 --> 00:43:42.159
 pray.

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:45.279
 Our

00:43:45.279 --> 00:43:45.679
 monthly

00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:45.980
 three

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.259
 days

00:43:46.259 --> 00:43:46.420
 of

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:46.599
 prayer

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:46.759
 and

00:43:46.759 --> 00:43:47.099
 fasting

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:47.579
 begins

00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:47.980
 tomorrow.

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:48.199
 It

00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:48.619
 concludes

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:48.960
 with

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:49.159
 our

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:49.480
 weekly

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.239
 prayer

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:50.639
 service

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:50.859
 on

00:43:50.859 --> 00:43:51.859
 Wednesdays.

00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:53.559
 Those

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:53.679
 are

00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:53.920
 ways

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.039
 you

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:54.139
 can

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:54.299
 get

00:43:54.299 --> 00:43:54.599
 involved

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:54.759
 to

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:54.920
 pray.

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.059
 You

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:55.179
 can

00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:55.539
 find

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:55.799
 a

00:43:55.799 --> 00:43:56.059
 prayer

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:56.359
 guide

00:43:56.359 --> 00:43:56.559
 on

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:56.699
 our

00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:57.119
 website

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:57.619
 tomorrow.

00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:01.000
 Prioritize

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.199
 those

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.400
 things.

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:01.599
 Come

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:01.779
 to

00:44:01.779 --> 00:44:02.039
 pray

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:02.400
 before

00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:02.599
 the

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:03.059
 service.

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:04.000
 Join

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.179
 the

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:04.519
 prophecy

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:04.819
 team

00:44:04.819 --> 00:44:04.980
 to

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.219
 pray

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:05.380
 at

00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:05.619
 9.

00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:06.000
 15

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.460
 a.m.

00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:07.719
 Pray

00:44:07.719 --> 00:44:07.920
 in

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.039
 your

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:08.280
 own

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:08.739
 private

00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:09.559
 prayer

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.139
 closets.

00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:11.719
 Find

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:12.219
 accountability

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:12.940
 and pray

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:13.840
 shamelessly,

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.539
 boldly,

00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:14.760
 and

00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:15.239
 frequently,

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:15.559
 and

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:16.420
 persistently,

00:44:16.739 --> 00:44:17.340
 and you

00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:18.119
 will see

00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:19.420
 life and

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:19.699
 fruit

00:44:19.699 --> 00:44:20.239
 come from

00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:20.519
 that.

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:25.880
 Even

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.300
 this

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:26.800
 friend

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:28.639
 gave

00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:28.840
 the

00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:29.340
 villager

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:29.940
 the

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:30.159
 three

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:30.440
 loaves

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:30.579
 of

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:30.860
 bread

00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:31.619
 so

00:44:31.619 --> 00:44:31.900
 that

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:32.179
 he

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:32.619
 wouldn't

00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:32.940
 be

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:33.239
 bothered

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:33.679
 anymore.

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:34.039
 How

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.320
 much

00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:34.619
 more

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:34.820
 than

00:44:34.820 --> 00:44:35.199
 will

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.860
 God

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.440
 who

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:36.579
 is

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:36.740
 our

00:44:36.740 --> 00:44:37.440
 gracious

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.380
 loving

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:38.820
 father

00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:39.140
 give

00:44:39.140 --> 00:44:39.500
 us

00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:39.800
 what

00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:40.039
 we

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.340
 pray

00:44:40.340 --> 00:44:40.579
 for.

00:44:40.680 --> 00:44:41.059
 That's

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.500
 Jesus'

00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:42.099
 logic

00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:42.360
 in

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:42.579
 verses

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.300
 9-10.

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:44.019
 And I

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.640
 tell you

00:44:44.640 --> 00:44:45.320
 ask

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.700
 and it

00:44:45.700 --> 00:44:45.960
 will

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:46.240
 be

00:44:46.240 --> 00:44:46.519
 given

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:46.720
 to

00:44:46.720 --> 00:44:46.940
 you.

00:44:47.140 --> 00:44:47.460
 Seek

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:48.039
 and you

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.380
 will

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.960
 find

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.480
 knock

00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:49.820
 and it

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:50.059
 will

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:50.300
 be

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:50.579
 opened

00:44:50.579 --> 00:44:50.760
 to

00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:51.019
 you.

00:44:51.140 --> 00:44:51.360
 For

00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:51.760
 everyone

00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:52.000
 who

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:52.340
 asks

00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:52.860
 receives

00:44:52.860 --> 00:44:53.200
 and the

00:44:53.200 --> 00:44:53.380
 one

00:44:53.380 --> 00:44:53.559
 who

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:53.860
 seeks

00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:54.380
 finds

00:44:54.380 --> 00:44:54.960
 and to

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:55.059
 the

00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:55.240
 one

00:44:55.240 --> 00:44:55.400
 who

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:55.800
 knocks

00:44:55.800 --> 00:44:56.000
 it

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.220
 will

00:44:56.220 --> 00:44:56.460
 be

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:56.960
 opened.

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.460
 So

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:58.920
 simple

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.220
 isn't

00:44:59.220 --> 00:44:59.380
 it?

00:44:59.460 --> 00:44:59.840
 Ask

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:00.579
 and it

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:00.720
 will

00:45:00.720 --> 00:45:00.900
 be

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:01.180
 given

00:45:01.180 --> 00:45:01.400
 to

00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:01.680
 you.

00:45:02.599 --> 00:45:03.079
 But we

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:03.500
 like to

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:04.039
 qualify

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.420
 that,

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:05.019
 complicate

00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:05.280
 that,

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:05.760
 and nuance

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:06.539
 that until

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.160
 it virtually

00:45:07.160 --> 00:45:07.940
 nullifies

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.539
 the amazing

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:09.220
 promise that

00:45:09.220 --> 00:45:09.880
 it contains.

00:45:14.680 --> 00:45:15.160
 Yes,

00:45:15.200 --> 00:45:15.660
 it does

00:45:15.660 --> 00:45:16.599
 presume that

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:16.960
 we are

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:17.519
 praying for

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:17.900
 what is

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:18.200
 good.

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:19.920
 Because in

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.320
 the following

00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:20.639
 verses,

00:45:20.800 --> 00:45:21.639
 Jesus explicitly

00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:22.119
 says,

00:45:22.240 --> 00:45:22.740
 I will not

00:45:22.740 --> 00:45:23.099
 give you

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:23.400
 what is

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:23.900
 not good.

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:27.220
 We might

00:45:27.220 --> 00:45:27.740
 think something

00:45:27.740 --> 00:45:28.019
 is good

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:28.360
 for us.

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:28.619
 It might

00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:29.000
 actually be

00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:29.360
 bad for

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:29.680
 us.

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:32.940
 That's

00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:33.279
 true.

00:45:33.679 --> 00:45:34.259
 But this

00:45:34.259 --> 00:45:34.699
 promise

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:35.000
 still

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:35.559
 stands.

00:45:36.139 --> 00:45:36.639
 Ask

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.599
 and it

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:37.940
 will

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:38.719
 be

00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:39.559
 given

00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:39.799
 to

00:45:39.799 --> 00:45:39.940
 you.

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:40.199
 Jesus

00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:40.699
 continues

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:40.879
 in

00:45:40.879 --> 00:45:41.079
 verses

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:41.779
 11-13,

00:45:41.899 --> 00:45:42.159
 What

00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:42.639
 father

00:45:42.639 --> 00:45:42.960
 among

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:43.319
 you,

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:44.199
 if his

00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:44.480
 son

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:44.879
 asks

00:45:44.879 --> 00:45:45.059
 for

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.279
 a

00:45:45.279 --> 00:45:45.599
 fish,

00:45:46.019 --> 00:45:46.139
 will

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:46.440
 instead

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:46.599
 of

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:46.799
 a

00:45:46.799 --> 00:45:47.139
 fish

00:45:47.139 --> 00:45:47.659
 give

00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:47.799
 him

00:45:47.799 --> 00:45:48.039
 a

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:48.399
 serpent?

00:45:48.899 --> 00:45:49.199
 Or

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:49.339
 if

00:45:49.339 --> 00:45:49.460
 he

00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:49.819
 asks

00:45:49.819 --> 00:45:50.019
 for

00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:50.199
 an

00:45:50.199 --> 00:45:50.480
 egg,

00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:50.719
 will

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:51.019
 give

00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:51.179
 him

00:45:51.179 --> 00:45:51.419
 a

00:45:51.419 --> 00:45:52.079
 scorpion?

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:52.859
 If

00:45:52.859 --> 00:45:53.119
 you

00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:53.379
 then

00:45:53.379 --> 00:45:53.519
 who

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:53.639
 are

00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:54.319
 evil

00:45:54.319 --> 00:45:55.819
 know

00:45:55.819 --> 00:45:56.000
 how

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.139
 to

00:45:56.139 --> 00:45:56.319
 give

00:45:56.319 --> 00:45:56.599
 good

00:45:56.599 --> 00:45:56.899
 gifts

00:45:56.899 --> 00:45:57.039
 to

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:57.159
 your

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:57.519
 children,

00:45:57.639 --> 00:45:57.759
 how

00:45:57.759 --> 00:45:58.000
 much

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.279
 more

00:45:58.279 --> 00:45:58.519
 will

00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:58.679
 the

00:45:58.679 --> 00:45:58.940
 heavenly

00:45:58.940 --> 00:45:59.340
 father

00:45:59.340 --> 00:45:59.619
 give

00:45:59.619 --> 00:45:59.780
 the

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:00.000
 holy

00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:00.340
 spirit

00:46:00.340 --> 00:46:00.519
 to

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:00.780
 those

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:00.940
 who

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:01.300
 ask

00:46:01.300 --> 00:46:01.500
 him?

00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:02.619
 There

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:02.699
 are

00:46:02.699 --> 00:46:02.940
 several

00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:03.420
 important

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:04.119
 contrasts

00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:04.219
 that

00:46:04.219 --> 00:46:04.460
 Jesus

00:46:04.460 --> 00:46:04.679
 is

00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:04.920
 making

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.139
 here.

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:05.420
 First,

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:05.599
 he

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:06.280
 contrasts

00:46:06.280 --> 00:46:06.440
 the

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:06.860
 father

00:46:06.860 --> 00:46:07.179
 among

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:07.440
 us,

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:07.780
 earthly

00:46:07.780 --> 00:46:08.380
 parents,

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.199
 from

00:46:09.199 --> 00:46:09.420
 the

00:46:09.420 --> 00:46:09.719
 heavenly

00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:10.219
 father.

00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:11.440
 And

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:11.739
 Jesus'

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.280
 assessment

00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:13.119
 of

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.380
 earthly

00:46:13.380 --> 00:46:13.780
 fathers

00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:14.000
 is

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:14.199
 not

00:46:14.199 --> 00:46:14.320
 at

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:14.519
 all

00:46:14.519 --> 00:46:14.980
 flattering.

00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:15.820
 He

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:16.079
 says,

00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:16.259
 if

00:46:16.259 --> 00:46:16.739
 you,

00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:17.840
 then

00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:17.980
 who

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.139
 are

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.579
 evil,

00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:21.699
 know

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:21.900
 how

00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:22.019
 to

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:22.199
 give

00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:22.460
 good

00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:22.719
 gifts

00:46:22.719 --> 00:46:22.859
 to

00:46:22.859 --> 00:46:23.000
 your

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:23.359
 children,

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:25.739
 Sean,

00:46:25.839 --> 00:46:26.119
 you're

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:26.319
 an

00:46:26.319 --> 00:46:26.799
 evil

00:46:26.799 --> 00:46:28.759
 parent,

00:46:29.139 --> 00:46:30.000
 but you

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.239
 still

00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:30.559
 know how

00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:30.819
 to give

00:46:30.819 --> 00:46:31.019
 good

00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:31.219
 gifts

00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:31.439
 to your

00:46:31.439 --> 00:46:31.639
 children,

00:46:31.739 --> 00:46:31.939
 and that's

00:46:31.939 --> 00:46:32.199
 true.

00:46:32.399 --> 00:46:32.659
 I give

00:46:32.659 --> 00:46:33.000
 them a lot

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:33.219
 of good

00:46:33.219 --> 00:46:33.500
 gifts.

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.939
 You

00:46:35.939 --> 00:46:36.739
 think I,

00:46:36.919 --> 00:46:37.179
 as your

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:37.480
 heavenly

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:37.839
 father,

00:46:37.899 --> 00:46:38.359
 will not

00:46:38.359 --> 00:46:38.819
 give you

00:46:38.819 --> 00:46:39.159
 good

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:39.539
 gifts

00:46:39.539 --> 00:46:39.819
 that you

00:46:39.819 --> 00:46:40.099
 ask

00:46:40.099 --> 00:46:40.339
 for?

00:46:47.339 --> 00:46:48.099
 This is

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:49.139
 referring to

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:49.299
 the

00:46:49.299 --> 00:46:50.059
 spiritual

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:51.559
 blessings,

00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:51.860
 because

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:52.360
 earlier in

00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:52.799
 Luke 10

00:46:52.799 --> 00:46:53.199
 19,

00:46:53.420 --> 00:46:53.699
 Jesus

00:46:53.699 --> 00:46:54.159
 gave

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:54.299
 his

00:46:54.299 --> 00:46:54.719
 disciples

00:46:54.719 --> 00:46:54.900
 the

00:46:54.900 --> 00:46:55.299
 authority

00:46:55.299 --> 00:46:56.000
 to tread

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:56.420
 upon

00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:57.039
 serpents

00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:58.000
 and scorpions

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.639
 and over

00:46:58.639 --> 00:46:59.099
 all the

00:46:59.099 --> 00:46:59.559
 power of

00:46:59.559 --> 00:46:59.980
 the enemy.

00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:00.980
 So the

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:01.380
 serpents

00:47:01.380 --> 00:47:02.079
 and scorpions

00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:02.579
 are both

00:47:02.579 --> 00:47:03.099
 venomous

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:03.480
 beasts

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:03.759
 that

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:04.480
 symbolize,

00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:05.099
 represent

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:05.739
 the

00:47:05.739 --> 00:47:06.219
 poisonous

00:47:06.219 --> 00:47:06.779
 power

00:47:06.779 --> 00:47:07.139
 of the

00:47:07.139 --> 00:47:07.599
 enemies

00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:08.179
 of God.

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:09.039
 And

00:47:09.039 --> 00:47:09.199
 they're

00:47:09.199 --> 00:47:09.400
 being

00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:10.179
 contrasted

00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:10.320
 here

00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:10.639
 with the

00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:10.920
 good

00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:11.299
 gifts

00:47:11.299 --> 00:47:11.539
 which

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:11.779
 is

00:47:11.779 --> 00:47:12.159
 summed

00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:12.360
 up

00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:12.719
 in

00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:12.900
 the

00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:13.179
 Holy

00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:13.840
 Spirit.

00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:16.759
 He's

00:47:16.759 --> 00:47:17.119
 not

00:47:17.119 --> 00:47:17.579
 going to

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:17.920
 give

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:18.179
 you

00:47:18.179 --> 00:47:18.599
 bad

00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:19.159
 things.

00:47:20.099 --> 00:47:20.619
 Maybe

00:47:20.619 --> 00:47:21.219
 you think

00:47:21.219 --> 00:47:21.699
 that God's

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:22.139
 handing you

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:22.779
 over to

00:47:22.779 --> 00:47:23.359
 the devil.

00:47:23.919 --> 00:47:24.399
 He is

00:47:24.399 --> 00:47:24.799
 never

00:47:24.799 --> 00:47:25.259
 going to

00:47:25.259 --> 00:47:25.699
 hand you

00:47:25.699 --> 00:47:26.139
 over to

00:47:26.139 --> 00:47:26.500
 the devil.

00:47:26.759 --> 00:47:26.980
 He's

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:27.279
 never

00:47:27.279 --> 00:47:27.739
 going to

00:47:27.739 --> 00:47:28.099
 make you

00:47:28.099 --> 00:47:28.739
 subject to

00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:29.019
 his

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:29.359
 power

00:47:29.359 --> 00:47:29.980
 influence

00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:30.539
 when you

00:47:30.539 --> 00:47:31.039
 ask him

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:31.399
 for good

00:47:31.399 --> 00:47:31.639
 things.

00:47:31.699 --> 00:47:31.819
 He's

00:47:31.819 --> 00:47:32.079
 not

00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:32.439
 going to

00:47:32.439 --> 00:47:32.679
 leave

00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:32.819
 you

00:47:32.819 --> 00:47:33.239
 alone

00:47:33.239 --> 00:47:33.619
 and

00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:34.019
 abandon

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:34.219
 you

00:47:34.219 --> 00:47:34.419
 to

00:47:34.419 --> 00:47:34.879
 suffer

00:47:34.879 --> 00:47:35.439
 under

00:47:35.439 --> 00:47:35.879
 his

00:47:35.879 --> 00:47:36.299
 death

00:47:36.299 --> 00:47:36.599
 grip.

00:47:36.779 --> 00:47:37.119
 He's

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:37.359
 going

00:47:37.359 --> 00:47:37.559
 to

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:37.779
 give

00:47:37.779 --> 00:47:37.939
 you

00:47:37.939 --> 00:47:38.319
 good

00:47:38.319 --> 00:47:38.699
 gifts.

00:47:38.839 --> 00:47:39.039
 He's

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:39.299
 our

00:47:39.299 --> 00:47:39.739
 good

00:47:39.739 --> 00:47:40.179
 and

00:47:40.179 --> 00:47:40.639
 gracious

00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:41.299
 Father.

00:47:43.899 --> 00:47:44.299
 And

00:47:44.299 --> 00:47:44.459
 the

00:47:44.459 --> 00:47:44.799
 Spirit

00:47:44.799 --> 00:47:45.279
 of God

00:47:45.279 --> 00:47:45.539
 is the

00:47:45.539 --> 00:47:45.859
 sum of

00:47:45.859 --> 00:47:46.419
 all of

00:47:46.419 --> 00:47:46.679
 his

00:47:46.679 --> 00:47:47.219
 blessings.

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:48.279
 Our

00:47:48.279 --> 00:47:48.779
 union

00:47:48.779 --> 00:47:49.039
 with

00:47:49.039 --> 00:47:49.399
 Christ

00:47:49.400 --> 00:47:49.700
 comes

00:47:49.700 --> 00:47:49.860
 through

00:47:49.860 --> 00:47:50.039
 the

00:47:50.039 --> 00:47:50.340
 Spirit.

00:47:50.539 --> 00:47:50.740
 Our

00:47:50.740 --> 00:47:51.200
 adoption

00:47:51.200 --> 00:47:51.519
 into

00:47:51.519 --> 00:47:51.680
 his

00:47:51.680 --> 00:47:52.000
 family

00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:52.340
 comes

00:47:52.340 --> 00:47:52.500
 through

00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:52.700
 the

00:47:52.700 --> 00:47:53.019
 Spirit.

00:47:53.400 --> 00:47:53.539
 The

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:53.980
 joy

00:47:53.980 --> 00:47:54.260
 and

00:47:54.260 --> 00:47:54.800
 comfort

00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:55.820
 peace

00:47:55.820 --> 00:47:56.059
 and

00:47:56.059 --> 00:47:56.420
 rest

00:47:56.420 --> 00:47:56.639
 we

00:47:56.639 --> 00:47:57.180
 experience

00:47:57.180 --> 00:47:57.380
 in

00:47:57.380 --> 00:47:57.740
 Jesus

00:47:57.740 --> 00:47:58.220
 they

00:47:58.220 --> 00:47:58.539
 come

00:47:58.539 --> 00:47:58.960
 through

00:47:58.960 --> 00:47:59.559
 the

00:47:59.559 --> 00:47:59.880
 Holy

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:00.280
 Spirit.

00:48:01.240 --> 00:48:01.740
 He

00:48:01.740 --> 00:48:01.920
 will

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:02.320
 give

00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:02.480
 you

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:02.639
 the

00:48:02.639 --> 00:48:02.880
 Holy

00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:03.380
 Spirit

00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:05.680
 make

00:48:05.680 --> 00:48:06.000
 you

00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:06.220
 a

00:48:06.220 --> 00:48:06.559
 child

00:48:06.559 --> 00:48:06.760
 of

00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:07.039
 God.

00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:10.019
 And

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:10.360
 all

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:10.500
 of

00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:10.720
 these

00:48:10.720 --> 00:48:11.200
 privileges

00:48:11.200 --> 00:48:12.619
 are

00:48:12.619 --> 00:48:13.139
 ours

00:48:13.139 --> 00:48:15.400
 because

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:15.960
 of what

00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:16.340
 Jesus

00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:16.660
 has

00:48:16.660 --> 00:48:16.840
 done

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:17.039
 for

00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:17.380
 us.

00:48:19.400 --> 00:48:21.480
 we

00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:21.760
 were

00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:22.099
 not

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:22.539
 worthy

00:48:22.539 --> 00:48:22.780
 to

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:23.119
 be

00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:23.700
 his

00:48:23.700 --> 00:48:24.079
 children.

00:48:24.660 --> 00:48:25.360
 We

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:25.900
 failed.

00:48:27.200 --> 00:48:27.880
 We

00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:28.139
 brought

00:48:28.139 --> 00:48:28.680
 shame

00:48:28.680 --> 00:48:29.200
 to our

00:48:29.200 --> 00:48:29.460
 heavenly

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:29.880
 father.

00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:31.460
 But

00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:31.940
 because

00:48:31.940 --> 00:48:32.480
 he

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:32.860
 loved

00:48:32.860 --> 00:48:33.320
 us

00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:34.019
 and

00:48:34.019 --> 00:48:34.160
 he

00:48:34.160 --> 00:48:34.400
 wanted

00:48:34.400 --> 00:48:34.639
 to

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:34.940
 bring

00:48:34.940 --> 00:48:35.180
 us

00:48:35.180 --> 00:48:35.320
 and

00:48:35.320 --> 00:48:35.639
 restore

00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:35.980
 us

00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:36.160
 to

00:48:36.160 --> 00:48:36.380
 his

00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:36.880
 family

00:48:36.880 --> 00:48:37.860
 restore

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:38.200
 us

00:48:38.200 --> 00:48:38.539
 as

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:38.780
 his

00:48:38.780 --> 00:48:39.340
 heirs

00:48:39.340 --> 00:48:40.519
 God

00:48:40.519 --> 00:48:40.920
 sent

00:48:40.920 --> 00:48:41.380
 his

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:41.940
 beloved

00:48:41.940 --> 00:48:42.519
 son

00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:43.019
 the

00:48:43.019 --> 00:48:43.539
 perfectly

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:44.180
 obedient

00:48:44.180 --> 00:48:44.760
 son

00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:45.220
 and

00:48:45.220 --> 00:48:45.660
 he

00:48:45.660 --> 00:48:46.440
 took

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:46.940
 our

00:48:46.940 --> 00:48:47.539
 shame.

00:48:48.539 --> 00:48:49.260
 He

00:48:49.260 --> 00:48:49.800
 died

00:48:49.800 --> 00:48:50.060
 for

00:48:50.060 --> 00:48:50.440
 our

00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:51.080
 sins

00:48:51.080 --> 00:48:53.320
 but

00:48:53.320 --> 00:48:53.660
 he

00:48:53.660 --> 00:48:53.940
 was

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.440
 worthy

00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:56.940
 and

00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:57.280
 because

00:48:57.280 --> 00:48:57.720
 Jesus

00:48:57.720 --> 00:48:57.940
 was

00:48:57.940 --> 00:48:58.340
 worthy

00:48:58.340 --> 00:48:58.520
 he

00:48:58.520 --> 00:48:58.720
 was

00:48:58.720 --> 00:48:59.100
 raised

00:48:59.100 --> 00:48:59.300
 from

00:48:59.300 --> 00:48:59.440
 the

00:48:59.440 --> 00:48:59.740
 dead

00:48:59.740 --> 00:49:01.080
 because

00:49:01.080 --> 00:49:01.280
 he

00:49:01.280 --> 00:49:01.460
 was

00:49:01.460 --> 00:49:01.900
 righteous

00:49:01.900 --> 00:49:02.440
 death

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:02.640
 could

00:49:02.640 --> 00:49:02.800
 not

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:03.040
 hold

00:49:03.040 --> 00:49:03.180
 him

00:49:03.180 --> 00:49:03.580
 down

00:49:03.580 --> 00:49:04.160
 and

00:49:04.160 --> 00:49:04.280
 he

00:49:04.280 --> 00:49:04.440
 was

00:49:04.440 --> 00:49:04.920
 raised

00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:05.160
 and

00:49:05.160 --> 00:49:05.460
 those

00:49:05.460 --> 00:49:05.660
 who

00:49:05.660 --> 00:49:06.180
 trust

00:49:06.180 --> 00:49:06.360
 in

00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:06.620
 Jesus

00:49:06.620 --> 00:49:07.140
 are

00:49:07.140 --> 00:49:07.560
 united

00:49:07.560 --> 00:49:07.760
 to

00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:08.060
 him

00:49:08.060 --> 00:49:08.580
 so

00:49:08.580 --> 00:49:08.760
 that

00:49:08.760 --> 00:49:09.140
 those

00:49:09.140 --> 00:49:09.420
 who

00:49:09.420 --> 00:49:09.840
 call

00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:10.300
 Jesus

00:49:10.300 --> 00:49:10.820
 Lord

00:49:10.820 --> 00:49:11.240
 can

00:49:11.240 --> 00:49:11.680
 call

00:49:11.680 --> 00:49:12.200
 his

00:49:12.200 --> 00:49:12.900
 father

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:13.800
 our

00:49:13.800 --> 00:49:14.780
 father

00:49:14.780 --> 00:49:17.680
 that's

00:49:17.680 --> 00:49:18.140
 what

00:49:18.140 --> 00:49:18.560
 enables

00:49:18.560 --> 00:49:18.780
 us

00:49:18.780 --> 00:49:18.920
 to

00:49:18.920 --> 00:49:19.180
 pray

00:49:19.179 --> 00:49:22.919
 I

00:49:22.919 --> 00:49:23.139
 went

00:49:23.139 --> 00:49:23.339
 to

00:49:23.339 --> 00:49:23.759
 a

00:49:23.759 --> 00:49:24.379
 birthday

00:49:24.379 --> 00:49:24.719
 party

00:49:24.719 --> 00:49:25.039
 recently

00:49:25.039 --> 00:49:25.359
 for

00:49:25.359 --> 00:49:25.819
 a

00:49:25.819 --> 00:49:26.179
 toddler

00:49:26.179 --> 00:49:28.559
 and

00:49:28.559 --> 00:49:29.980
 whenever

00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:30.259
 you go

00:49:30.259 --> 00:49:30.379
 to

00:49:30.379 --> 00:49:30.579
 something

00:49:30.579 --> 00:49:30.819
 like

00:49:30.819 --> 00:49:31.000
 that

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 it's

00:49:31.159 --> 00:49:31.579
 crazy

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 there's

00:49:33.799 --> 00:49:34.039
 a lot

00:49:34.039 --> 00:49:34.159
 of

00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:34.599
 crying

00:49:34.599 --> 00:49:35.219
 wailing

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 there's

00:49:35.579 --> 00:49:35.879
 a lot

00:49:35.879 --> 00:49:36.099
 of

00:49:36.099 --> 00:49:36.460
 giggling

00:49:36.460 --> 00:49:37.179
 and laughing

00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:37.539
 a lot

00:49:37.539 --> 00:49:37.679
 of

00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:38.159
 screaming

00:49:38.159 --> 00:49:39.079
 a lot

00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:39.199
 of

00:49:39.199 --> 00:49:39.779
 scolding

00:49:39.779 --> 00:49:41.759
 but

00:49:41.759 --> 00:49:41.980
 what's

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:42.440
 amazing

00:49:42.440 --> 00:49:43.699
 is

00:49:43.699 --> 00:49:44.119
 the

00:49:44.119 --> 00:49:44.659
 parents

00:49:44.659 --> 00:49:45.239
 in

00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:45.500
 this

00:49:45.500 --> 00:49:46.159
 cacophony

00:49:46.159 --> 00:49:46.399
 of

00:49:46.399 --> 00:49:46.980
 noise

00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:48.659
 they

00:49:48.659 --> 00:49:49.000
 hear

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:49.240
 their

00:49:49.240 --> 00:49:49.800
 child

00:49:49.800 --> 00:49:50.280
 cry

00:49:50.280 --> 00:49:51.760
 and

00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:51.940
 they

00:49:51.940 --> 00:49:52.539
 know

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:53.440
 right

00:49:53.440 --> 00:49:53.740
 away

00:49:53.740 --> 00:49:54.119
 it's

00:49:54.119 --> 00:49:54.519
 their

00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:55.039
 child

00:49:55.039 --> 00:49:55.559
 out

00:49:55.559 --> 00:49:55.659
 of

00:49:55.659 --> 00:49:55.800
 the

00:49:55.800 --> 00:49:56.219
 dozens

00:49:56.219 --> 00:49:58.559
 they

00:49:58.559 --> 00:50:00.719
 hear

00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:01.360
 their

00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:01.719
 child

00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:01.940
 cry

00:50:01.940 --> 00:50:02.719
 and they

00:50:02.719 --> 00:50:04.059
 know

00:50:04.059 --> 00:50:04.440
 when

00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:04.800
 their

00:50:04.800 --> 00:50:05.260
 children

00:50:05.260 --> 00:50:05.719
 cry

00:50:05.719 --> 00:50:06.179
 this

00:50:06.179 --> 00:50:06.719
 has

00:50:06.719 --> 00:50:06.860
 been

00:50:06.860 --> 00:50:07.360
 demonstrated

00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:07.760
 over the

00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:08.059
 years

00:50:08.059 --> 00:50:08.340
 people

00:50:08.340 --> 00:50:08.500
 have

00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:08.840
 studied

00:50:08.840 --> 00:50:09.039
 it

00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:09.539
 it's

00:50:09.539 --> 00:50:09.880
 true

00:50:09.880 --> 00:50:13.160
 why

00:50:13.160 --> 00:50:15.440
 because

00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:15.840
 they

00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:16.280
 are

00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:16.740
 familiar

00:50:16.740 --> 00:50:17.099
 with

00:50:17.099 --> 00:50:17.260
 the

00:50:17.260 --> 00:50:17.640
 voice

00:50:17.640 --> 00:50:17.800
 of

00:50:17.800 --> 00:50:17.940
 their

00:50:17.940 --> 00:50:18.300
 children

00:50:18.300 --> 00:50:19.420
 because

00:50:19.420 --> 00:50:19.720
 they're

00:50:19.720 --> 00:50:20.280
 attentive

00:50:20.280 --> 00:50:20.800
 to

00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:21.000
 the

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:21.400
 voice

00:50:21.400 --> 00:50:21.840
 of

00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:22.000
 their

00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:22.360
 children

00:50:22.360 --> 00:50:22.820
 and

00:50:22.820 --> 00:50:23.000
 our

00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:23.340
 heavenly

00:50:23.340 --> 00:50:23.820
 father

00:50:23.820 --> 00:50:24.160
 is

00:50:24.160 --> 00:50:24.660
 attentive

00:50:24.660 --> 00:50:24.940
 to

00:50:24.940 --> 00:50:25.160
 your

00:50:25.160 --> 00:50:25.660
 voice

00:50:25.660 --> 00:50:27.880
 our

00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:28.160
 heavenly

00:50:28.160 --> 00:50:28.619
 father

00:50:28.619 --> 00:50:28.940
 is

00:50:28.940 --> 00:50:29.420
 familiar

00:50:29.420 --> 00:50:30.039
 with

00:50:30.039 --> 00:50:30.220
 your

00:50:30.220 --> 00:50:30.720
 voice

00:50:30.720 --> 00:50:31.200
 when

00:50:31.200 --> 00:50:31.380
 you

00:50:31.380 --> 00:50:31.720
 pray

00:50:31.720 --> 00:50:32.000
 he

00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:32.599
 hears

00:50:32.599 --> 00:50:33.400
 and

00:50:33.400 --> 00:50:33.559
 he

00:50:33.559 --> 00:50:34.059
 promised

00:50:34.059 --> 00:50:34.599
 ask

00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:35.059
 and

00:50:35.059 --> 00:50:35.200
 it

00:50:35.200 --> 00:50:35.360
 will

00:50:35.360 --> 00:50:35.640
 be

00:50:35.640 --> 00:50:35.900
 given

00:50:35.900 --> 00:50:36.119
 to

00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:36.559
 you

00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:40.799
 so

00:50:40.799 --> 00:50:41.219
 seek

00:50:41.219 --> 00:50:41.500
 God

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:41.659
 in

00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:41.960
 prayer

00:50:41.960 --> 00:50:42.739
 through

00:50:42.739 --> 00:50:43.199
 Jesus