WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.960 Please take out your copy of God's Word, which I hope you have with you, that is treasured in your heart and well read. 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:11.460 And turn with me to Matthew chapter 6. 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:15.960 We've been preaching through the Sermon on the Mount in the past months. 00:00:17.900 --> 00:00:23.359 And this morning's text is part of what is commonly referred to as the Lord's Prayer. 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:31.420 So we will be considering prayer this morning and next Lord's Day, and I have a feeling the one after that as well. 00:00:32.879 --> 00:00:40.239 Prayer is not really practiced by many religious people across all sorts and types of religions. 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:47.579 It's also practiced with some sense of regularity by non-religious people. 00:00:47.579 --> 00:00:54.659 The great crises of our day often turn people to some form of prayer. 00:00:55.640 --> 00:01:02.259 One study found that nearly 30% of atheists admitted that they prayed, quote unquote, sometimes. 00:01:04.039 --> 00:01:11.579 If this is true, then it is safe to say that prayer is something that is practiced with some sense of regularity 00:01:11.579 --> 00:01:17.859 by many people who we come into contact with day in and day out. 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:25.579 Just think about how often and how acceptable it is to say and to hear the phrase, 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:32.759 our thoughts and prayers go out to or offered to our thoughts and prayers. 00:01:33.180 --> 00:01:39.180 We hear this constantly in the media when something tragic happens in our nation. 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:48.660 So many people pray, but we must understand that not all prayer is the same. 00:01:49.660 --> 00:01:59.680 Many pray to gods that are not gods at all, and it is very possible, even plausible, to pray to the right god wrongly. 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:06.040 The scripture has much to say about prayers offered up in vain. 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:12.620 To stress the importance of our study this morning, I would like to show you some examples. 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:19.460 Some examples of the scripture speaking of prayers that God does not answer. 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:21.580 I'm going to give you a dozen. 00:02:22.900 --> 00:02:26.300 I'm going to give them to you fast so that we can get to our text. 00:02:26.379 --> 00:02:27.200 I'll read a few texts. 00:02:27.379 --> 00:02:29.719 I'll give you a couple of references for your later study. 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:38.219 God does not answer the prayer of those, number one, who have personal and selfish motives. 00:02:38.539 --> 00:02:40.319 James 4.3, James writes, 00:02:40.419 --> 00:02:46.539 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions. 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:53.979 God does not answer the prayer, secondly, of those who regard iniquity in their hearts. 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:57.039 See Psalm 66 and verse 18. 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:01.900 Third, those who remain in sin. 00:03:02.620 --> 00:03:04.780 Isaiah chapter 59 and verse 2. 00:03:05.299 --> 00:03:09.719 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:14.759 and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. 00:03:16.239 --> 00:03:21.000 Fourth, those who offer unworthy service to God. 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:25.180 See Malachi chapter 1 verses 6 through 8. 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:28.699 And the priests who prayers were not heard. 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:32.280 Fifth, those who forsake God. 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:37.020 See Jeremiah chapter 14 verses 10 through 12. 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:41.719 Six, those who reject God's call. 00:03:42.420 --> 00:03:47.539 See Proverbs 1 verse 24 and 25 and later verse 28. 00:03:47.539 --> 00:03:53.500 Seventh, those who will not heed God's law. 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:56.419 Proverbs 28 and verse 9. 00:03:56.500 --> 00:04:02.120 If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. 00:04:03.379 --> 00:04:07.000 See also Zechariah chapter 7 verses 11 through 13. 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:13.359 Eight, those who turn a deaf ear to the cry of the poor. 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:18.040 See Proverbs chapter 21 and verse 13. 00:04:19.500 --> 00:04:21.420 Ninth, we don't get this far very often, do we? 00:04:21.500 --> 00:04:23.199 Those who are violent. 00:04:24.259 --> 00:04:26.000 Isaiah chapter 1 and verse 15. 00:04:26.139 --> 00:04:29.220 When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. 00:04:29.780 --> 00:04:33.080 Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen. 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:36.900 Your hands are full of blood. 00:04:38.580 --> 00:04:41.819 Tenth, those who worship idols. 00:04:41.819 --> 00:04:45.480 See Jeremiah chapter 11 verse 11 through 14. 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:49.319 And Ezekiel chapter 8 verse 15 through 18. 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:52.300 Eleventh, God is not here. 00:04:52.719 --> 00:04:55.600 Those who have no faith. 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:58.279 James chapter 1 verses 6 and 7. 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.219 But let him ask in faith with no doubting. 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:06.180 For the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 00:05:06.180 --> 00:05:11.100 For that person must not suppose that you receive anything from the Lord. 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:22.300 And twelfth, and finally, at least in my summation of those who God will not hear, 00:05:22.899 --> 00:05:26.079 is those who are proud of heart. 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:28.899 James 4, 6 says, 00:05:28.899 --> 00:05:30.459 But he gives more grace. 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:31.259 Therefore, it says, 00:05:31.359 --> 00:05:33.779 God opposes the proud. 00:05:34.359 --> 00:05:35.979 But gives grace to the humble. 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:41.199 Now, none of these texts express the point explicitly. 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:49.199 But I think it is safe to see the aforementioned list as characterizing an unbeliever. 00:05:49.699 --> 00:05:53.019 One who is outside the faith. 00:05:53.699 --> 00:05:57.959 This is not to say that God cannot hear the prayers of those outside the faith. 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:08.079 But there is a particular listening to and answering of the prayers of those who are in Christ. 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:14.060 And so we want to be very careful at this point, don't we? 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:18.839 I looked for a good Baptist definition of prayer. 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:21.819 Historical Baptist definition of prayer. 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:22.879 But I couldn't find one. 00:06:22.939 --> 00:06:24.319 Please share it with me if you can find it. 00:06:24.379 --> 00:06:28.219 So I went to the Westminster Larger Catechism, as we sometimes do. 00:06:28.699 --> 00:06:31.120 And question 178 is, 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.019 What is prayer? 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:37.719 This is the Larger Catechism's answer. 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:38.280 Answer. 00:06:39.400 --> 00:06:46.480 Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God in the name of Christ, 00:06:46.980 --> 00:06:49.220 by the help of His Spirit, 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:54.540 with confession of our sins and thankful acknowledgement of His mercies. 00:06:55.400 --> 00:06:59.920 I think that is a fantastic definition of prayer. 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:07.520 I hope this morning that you know your great need of God's presence and power in your life. 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:12.080 And therefore, your great need to pray. 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:17.759 To plead your cause and the cause of others before our God. 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:25.399 So let's consider how we ought to pray to the right God rightly. 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:31.959 Our text this morning is Matthew chapter 6, verses 9 and 10. 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:36.799 However, I would like to read a bit more for the broader context. 00:07:36.799 --> 00:07:41.919 So we will read Matthew chapter 6, verse 5 through 13. 00:07:42.719 --> 00:07:45.719 Before I begin reading in verse 5, let me remind you, beloved. 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:51.880 This is God's word to us, written for His glory and our good. 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:59.220 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands. 00:07:59.220 --> 00:08:02.520 Matthew chapter 6, verse 5 and following. 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:04.720 Jesus said, 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:08.260 And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, 00:08:08.340 --> 00:08:11.560 for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.020 that they may be seen by others. 00:08:14.760 --> 00:08:18.240 Truly I say to you, they have received their reward. 00:08:19.180 --> 00:08:23.320 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. 00:08:23.860 --> 00:08:27.280 And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:31.779 And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, 00:08:31.899 --> 00:08:35.019 for they think they will be heard for their many words. 00:08:35.939 --> 00:08:41.220 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:43.579 Pray then like this. 00:08:44.419 --> 00:08:47.259 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 00:08:48.199 --> 00:08:52.939 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:08:53.839 --> 00:08:56.579 Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts 00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:59.360 as we also have forgiven our debtors. 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:04.440 And lead us not in temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:09:06.580 --> 00:09:09.860 Before I make any points from our text this morning, 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:14.500 I would first like to draw your attention to the little word in verse 9, 00:09:15.340 --> 00:09:15.820 like. 00:09:15.820 --> 00:09:22.060 I am not against the recitation of the Lord's Prayer. 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:23.400 Absolutely. 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:25.860 I have participated in this. 00:09:25.940 --> 00:09:30.620 You have probably been to a place where the Lord's Prayer is recited together. 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:36.100 The recitation of Scripture is always to be commended. 00:09:36.460 --> 00:09:41.080 It is a wonderful thing to have this prayer memorized and to be able to say it. 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:47.740 But I do not believe that Jesus is trying to give us material for our corporate liturgy. 00:09:48.660 --> 00:09:54.980 He is instead modeling a pattern for us to pray by. 00:09:55.460 --> 00:09:59.040 He does not say, pray this. 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:04.199 He says, pray then like this. 00:10:04.860 --> 00:10:11.719 That we would see the attitude and the intentions of the Lord's Prayer 00:10:11.719 --> 00:10:15.339 and therefore model our praying after it. 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:19.019 We can become over-reductionary at this point. 00:10:19.439 --> 00:10:22.120 And some do this very thing where they would say, 00:10:22.219 --> 00:10:24.139 look, we're not supposed to heap up empty phrases. 00:10:24.139 --> 00:10:29.019 We're merely meant to say this thing that Jesus said. 00:10:29.439 --> 00:10:33.539 We have the example in the Scripture of Jesus spending all night in prayer. 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:39.879 And I am confident that He did not repeat these verses over and over and over again. 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:43.340 So pray then like this. 00:10:43.980 --> 00:10:48.100 That is a very important distinction for us to consider. 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:59.500 So first point for this morning is pray like Jesus, our Father in heaven. 00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:03.320 This is the first half of verse 9. 00:11:04.460 --> 00:11:06.480 Our Father in heaven. 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:11.040 First, let's think about the phrase, our Father. 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:18.240 Jesus tells us that our prayer should begin with the recognition that God is our Father. 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:23.799 Beloved, this is an astounding truth. 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:29.879 It is a truth that I hope is true of each and every person in my hearing. 00:11:31.299 --> 00:11:38.899 Prayer that is acceptable to God begins with a positional reality that God is our Father. 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:46.199 If you have been saved by Christ, then you have been adopted into the family of God. 00:11:46.439 --> 00:11:56.100 You have Jesus as your brother, God as your Father, and all the blessed access to Him that comes with your adoption. 00:11:57.240 --> 00:12:05.000 We have relational intimacy with the Creator of heaven and earth. 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:09.639 Paul wrote in Galatians chapter 4 and verse 6. 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.100 Because you are sons. 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:18.860 And ladies, I want to always remind you that it was appropriate for them to write in this way. 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:20.720 Sons received all the inheritance. 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:22.820 And you can think that's unfair of their day. 00:12:23.340 --> 00:12:25.879 But they're trying to communicate something in your day. 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:28.559 Ladies, you're also sons receiving inheritance. 00:12:28.940 --> 00:12:30.919 So read it in that light. 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:37.759 Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts crying, 00:12:38.459 --> 00:12:40.559 Abba, Father. 00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:47.339 What a thing this is that having been adopted by God in Christ, 00:12:47.439 --> 00:12:49.179 we get to cry out to Him, 00:12:49.899 --> 00:12:52.240 Our Father. 00:12:52.240 --> 00:13:00.200 John Calvin and the Christian Institutes in comments on Galatians chapter 4 verse 6 wrote the following. 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:03.500 John Calvin is a scary name to you. 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:04.820 Read John Calvin. 00:13:06.700 --> 00:13:09.580 Wealth of richness for your soul. 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:11.720 He wrote this, and I quote, 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:17.279 With what confidence would anyone address God as Father? 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:23.200 Who would break forth into such rashness as to claim for himself the honor of a son of God 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:28.980 unless we had been adopted as children of grace in Christ? 00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:35.600 But because the narrowness of our hearts cannot comprehend God's boundless favor, 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:40.120 not only is Christ the pledge and guarantee of our adoption, 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:45.299 but He moves the Spirit as witness to us of the same adoption, 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:50.700 through whom with free and full voice we may cry, 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:56.340 Abba, Father, our Father, who art in heaven. 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:05.039 What an astounding reality it is that we are given the permission to call God our Father. 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:10.919 And God is very pleased to have us call Him our Father 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:15.459 because it is consistent with His purpose that we do so. 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:19.980 Paul again, this time in Ephesians chapter 1 verse 5 wrote, 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:26.079 He predestined us for adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus Christ, 00:14:26.599 --> 00:14:30.360 according to the purpose of His will. 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:34.500 So when we call God our Father, 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:39.259 we are recognizing His boundless mercy and grace to us 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:42.139 in the person and work of Jesus Christ. 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:47.000 This is a profound title to utter to God in our prayers, 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:51.460 and it is the basis for our confidence in approaching Him. 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:54.940 In my very imperfect fathering, 00:14:55.519 --> 00:15:00.519 I always want my children to know that they have full access to me. 00:15:00.660 --> 00:15:03.519 And this just isn't always true, is it? 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:07.580 My very physical presence is not always with my children, 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.780 and they can put in a phone call if I'm not in a meeting 00:15:10.780 --> 00:15:12.600 and can take it at that time. 00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:17.320 Sometimes when I'm home, I'm not always mentally present. 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:21.900 Those of you with children know the yeah-yaz or that's cool, 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:25.720 and sometimes I don't know what I agree to 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:28.280 when my children are speaking to me. 00:15:28.420 --> 00:15:31.120 So in my very imperfect fathering, I want it to be true, though. 00:15:31.180 --> 00:15:33.720 I want my kids to know that I love them and I care for them, 00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:37.540 and they can come to me with each and every little thing. 00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:45.939 But God, our father, the perfect father, 00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:48.679 is never unavailable. 00:15:49.459 --> 00:15:51.819 He's never too preoccupied, 00:15:52.439 --> 00:15:55.719 never unable to hear our petitions, 00:15:56.379 --> 00:16:01.259 and never lacks the power to do something about them. 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:04.099 This is astounding. 00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:05.879 This is astounding. 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:12.320 On your bulletin this morning is a bit of a quotation from J.I. Packer 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:16.419 from a really wonderful book he wrote called Knowing God. 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:22.200 And I'm going to read what's on your bulletin, 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:23.439 and I'm going to read a bit beyond it, 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:26.899 but it was just too much to fit on your bulletin this morning. 00:16:28.340 --> 00:16:33.100 I have been mulling over this quotation quite a bit over the past weeks. 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.659 He wrote this. 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:39.720 If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:45.700 find out how much he makes of the thought of being God's child 00:16:45.700 --> 00:16:48.980 and having God as his father. 00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:53.200 So get in and really try to understand of a person 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:58.539 how much he understands his position as a son or daughter 00:16:58.539 --> 00:17:02.419 and having God as father. 00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:07.200 And I would encourage you to take some time really considering that for yourself. 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:11.039 What does it mean for me to be a child of God? 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:14.240 What does it mean for him to be my father? 00:17:14.639 --> 00:17:19.460 How does that shape my thinking about who I am and who he is 00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:21.519 and the way I am meant to live in this world 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:24.700 and how it is I am to pray? 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:29.279 So I quote further from J.I. Packer in Knowing God. 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:33.660 If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship 00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:37.460 and prayers and his whole outlook on life, 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:43.680 it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all. 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:46.140 For everything that Christ taught, 00:17:46.320 --> 00:17:50.860 everything that makes the New Testament new and better than the old, 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:56.279 everything that is distinctly Christian as opposed to merely Jewish, 00:17:56.900 --> 00:18:01.440 is summed up in the knowledge of the fatherhood of God. 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:06.740 Father is the Christian name for God. 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.019 Isn't that beautiful? 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:17.200 So Jesus tells us our prayer should begin with the recognition that God is our father. 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:21.920 And we should ask that question of ourselves this morning. 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:24.000 Am I a child of God? 00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:26.559 Is God my father? 00:18:26.879 --> 00:18:31.359 Have I been adopted into the family of God? 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:33.960 And this is a work of God on our behalf. 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:38.960 It happens by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. 00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:44.599 If there's any prompting in you this morning to repent of your sin and turn to Christ, 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:48.339 I would encourage, I would plead with you to do so today, 00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:51.940 that you might call God your father. 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:59.279 But we're not just to pray our father, but also our father in heaven. 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:02.460 Our father in heaven. 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:05.840 I believe that we are to pray our father in heaven, 00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:08.220 lest we become too chummy. 00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:11.000 It's the best word I could think of there. 00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:17.620 Too chummy with the one who created heaven and earth and all that is in them. 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:20.559 Have you seen the Jesus is my homeboy shirts? 00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:23.779 Kind of hope that trend has died out. 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.539 Out. 00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:28.940 Our father in heaven. 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:34.879 Lest we forget that he is God and we are not. 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:41.039 We should be careful that we do not become overly casual in our prayer. 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:43.740 Some will say prayer is just talking to God. 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:46.440 Yes and no. 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:48.960 At the same time. 00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:53.640 We ought to approach God with boldness as his children, 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:57.940 but also with reverence and awe. 00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:58.599 Right? 00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:00.660 Boldness as his children. 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.779 Our father. 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:08.059 But also with reverence and awe in heaven. 00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:13.339 Hebrews chapter 12 verse 28 verse 29 says, 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:22.759 Let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe for our God is a consuming fire. 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:34.440 I hope that you can see the very careful balance that Jesus is teaching us in beginning our prayer with this attitude of our father in heaven. 00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:38.019 Allow me to read you an example. 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:42.779 This text is from the Valley of Vision, which is a collection of Puritan prayers. 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:48.720 If you're not familiar with them, I hope you will make yourself familiar with them. 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:51.420 Listen to the beauty of this prayer. 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:59.819 Eternal Father, it is amazing love that you have sent your son to suffer in my stead. 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:04.480 That you have added the spirit to teach, comfort, guide. 00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:08.779 That you have allowed the ministry of angels to wall me round. 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:14.240 All heaven subserves the welfare of a poor worm. 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:22.539 Permit your unseen servants to be ever active on my behalf and to rejoice when grace expands in me. 00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:30.460 Suffer them never to rest until my conflict is over and I stand victorious on salvation's shore. 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:40.460 Grant that my proneness to evil, deadness to good, resistance to your spirit's motions may never provoke you to abandon me. 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:46.299 May my hard heart awake your pity, not your wrath. 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:52.799 And if the enemy gets an advantage through my corruption, let it be seen that heaven is mightier than hell. 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:56.579 That those for me are greater than those against me. 00:21:57.240 --> 00:22:00.700 Arise to my help in richness of covenant blessings. 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:04.980 Keep me feeding in the pastures of your strengthening word. 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:08.840 Searching scripture to find you there. 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:16.099 If my waywardness is visited with a scourge, enable me to receive correction meekly. 00:22:16.419 --> 00:22:18.839 To bless the reproving hand. 00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:21.099 To discern the motive of rebuke. 00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:24.359 To respond promptly and do the first work. 00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:29.119 Let all your fatherly dealings make me a partaker of your holiness. 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:33.539 Grant that in every fall I may sink lower on my knees. 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:38.079 And that when I rise it may be to loftier heights of devotion. 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:41.200 May my every cross be sanctified. 00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:42.839 Every loss be gained. 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:45.519 Every denial a spiritual advantage. 00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:49.420 Every dark day a light of the Holy Spirit. 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:53.200 Every night of trial a song. 00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:54.579 Amen. 00:22:55.940 --> 00:23:01.480 Now, I don't intend to read that that your prayers would sound like this. 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:04.759 We use much simpler language in our day. 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:07.059 And that's entirely okay. 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:12.940 The song that was sung during the offering had lots of layered metaphor in it. 00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:15.740 And some of you may have been scratching your head. 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:17.519 What is all this wooden nails talk? 00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:21.099 I'm trying to catch the picture of what it means. 00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:23.019 And it keeps switching on me. 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:25.860 And that's the beauty of beautiful language. 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.240 Right? 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:29.339 That we would have our minds pressed in this way. 00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:33.299 So reading old prayers like this can be a help to us in that way. 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:40.240 But we are not called to pray as the Puritans prayed in word form. 00:23:40.699 --> 00:23:43.079 But in attitude. 00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:49.980 I hope you picked up some of the balance that was struck from this Puritan prayer. 00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:52.659 This Our Father in Heaven. 00:23:52.660 --> 00:24:01.259 This prayer for the loving kindness of God struck against His holiness. 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:07.019 His demand placed on the life of one of His followers. 00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:12.080 We ought to approach God in this very same way. 00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:15.759 Our Father in Heaven. 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:18.680 When we pray together. 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:20.119 When we meet in this way. 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:23.660 We want to model for you praying. 00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:26.819 We do it better at times than others. 00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:29.279 And I would include myself in that. 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:32.420 Sometimes we kind of wander into our prayers. 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:35.099 And give them very little thought out in advance. 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.420 But when we pray together. 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:40.980 We want to elevate these qualities of God to us. 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:43.940 Begin our prayers in this way. 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:46.779 You'll hear me often pray Father God. 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:48.700 That is my recognition of this. 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:51.059 Our Father in Heaven. 00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:56.600 Seeing Him both as Father and as God. 00:24:57.340 --> 00:25:00.200 We want to model that for you in our praying. 00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:04.940 I would like to make one additional note on this phrase. 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.160 This point. 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.320 Our Father in Heaven. 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:12.079 Notice that the prayers of God's children begin with. 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:14.220 Our Father. 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.740 Our Father. 00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:19.759 It's a plural pronoun being used here. 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:25.939 I believe that the meaning of the use of the plural pronoun our is layered. 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:28.079 It's got some multiple meanings to it. 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:30.480 But certainly in our corporate prayers. 00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:32.579 It is proper for the one who is leading the prayer. 00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:34.099 To pray for us. 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.839 On our behalf. 00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:38.359 Even as we join in the prayer. 00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:40.220 We ought to use plural pronouns. 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:42.000 As we're praying together. 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:43.599 One person voicing the prayer. 00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:45.799 And others joining in that. 00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:51.039 But I also think there is a further meaning. 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:58.920 Jesus has just instructed times of secret prayer. 00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.000 Has He not? 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.319 So in the context. 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:09.059 What does the Our Father mean in your private prayers? 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:13.359 I suggest to you that Jesus intends that we not forget. 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.619 Even in our moments of solitude. 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:19.000 That God has saved a people. 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:22.359 He has certainly saved you. 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:24.259 If you can cry out to Him. 00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.579 Our Father. 00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.900 But more importantly than that. 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.779 He has saved a people. 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.819 It seems to me good. 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.720 That whenever we pray. 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:39.420 We recognize that God is the Father of the Church. 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.599 Global. 00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:45.460 He is bigger than just our day. 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:48.400 And while He is concerned with my affairs. 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.759 And with yours. 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:56.420 His purpose in the world extends far beyond us. 00:26:57.840 --> 00:27:01.160 And this thought leads me to my second point. 00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:02.860 So firstly we're going to pray like Jesus. 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:04.220 Our Father in heaven. 00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:05.800 Second. 00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:08.380 Pray like Jesus. 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.840 Hallowed. 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.840 Be your name. 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.100 The last half of verse. 00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.700 Nine. 00:27:14.780 --> 00:27:15.180 Hallowed. 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.800 Be your name. 00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:20.639 The first petition of Jesus. 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:23.919 The first thing that He has asked of His heavenly Father. 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:27.819 Is not for Himself. 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.579 But that God's name. 00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:32.099 Would be hallowed. 00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:36.059 To hallow something is to honor it. 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.440 As holy. 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:41.460 So Jesus asks first and foremost. 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:44.340 That God's glory. 00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.539 Would be known. 00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:48.059 That His praise would be. 00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:49.360 Some. 00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:52.019 This is His first petition. 00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.720 The first thing that He asks. 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.320 Of His heavenly Father. 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:57.180 That His heavenly Father would. 00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:58.080 Be. 00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.400 Known. 00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:01.560 That people would behold Him. 00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:02.660 As He is. 00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.780 And praise Him. 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.540 For who. 00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.300 He is. 00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:07.800 Beloved. 00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:09.600 If only we would begin our prayers. 00:28:09.800 --> 00:28:10.519 In this way. 00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.280 I believe. 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.420 That we would pray. 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.420 Much. 00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.700 Differently. 00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:16.820 And I don't just mean reciting. 00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.200 Hallowed. 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.720 Be your name. 00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:19.400 And then launching into whatever it is. 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.960 That's present. 00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:20.759 On your mind. 00:28:21.280 --> 00:28:22.500 But coming to prayer. 00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:23.640 With this attitude. 00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:26.600 Our Father in Heaven. 00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:28.300 Puts the Gospel. 00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.600 At the very forefront. 00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:31.100 Of our thinking. 00:28:31.540 --> 00:28:32.820 I was once an enemy of God. 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.759 I have now been called. 00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.420 His friend. 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:37.540 I was once a person. 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.620 Without a people. 00:28:38.780 --> 00:28:40.060 Now I have been grafted in. 00:28:40.320 --> 00:28:40.980 To the family. 00:28:41.520 --> 00:28:42.020 Of God. 00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:43.360 And that turns us. 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.100 To say. 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.180 Oh. 00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.160 That your name. 00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.440 Would be praised. 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.580 As it should. 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.880 Amongst all. 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.480 Peoples. 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:53.740 If we would begin. 00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.740 With a great concern. 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.559 For God's name. 00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.259 To be honored. 00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:58.099 This would inform. 00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.900 How we pray. 00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:00.200 For all things. 00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.799 That concern us. 00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.620 This would lift. 00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.279 Our gaze. 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.200 Beyond the troubles. 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.920 Of today. 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.640 To a more glorious. 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.279 Reality. 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.480 Of who God is. 00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:11.180 And how he is working. 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.380 In the world. 00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:15.120 I want to show you this. 00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.839 As an example. 00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.860 From the life. 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.519 Of Moses. 00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.559 So I want you to mark. 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.700 Matthew chapter 6. 00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:22.140 I think we are going to get back into it. 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.140 If we have time. 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.340 So mark. 00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.200 Matthew chapter 6. 00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.759 With a finger. 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.779 Or a handy ribbon. 00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.539 Or a. 00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.920 Digital bookmark. 00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.559 Of some kind. 00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.220 And turn with me. 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.799 To Exodus chapter 33. 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:45.080 This is why I still like my hard copy Bible. 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.019 Because it is really hard to. 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.140 Put your finger. 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.440 In an iPhone. 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.940 Someone. 00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.779 Someone after this. 00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.759 Gathering is going to show me. 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.460 How cool it is. 00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.559 How you can mark stuff. 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.840 In a digital Bible. 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.460 I just know it. 00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.279 We are going to read. 00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:11.059 Verses 11. 00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.519 Through. 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.559 17. 00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.640 Of Exodus chapter 33. 00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.039 Now. 00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.200 This is after. 00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:17.019 Moses has come down. 00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.839 From Mount Sinai. 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.539 He has got the. 00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.440 The tablets. 00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.500 That the Ten Commandments. 00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.599 Have been carved in by God. 00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:24.180 He discovers the Israelites. 00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:26.160 Worshipping the golden calf. 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.759 He destroys. 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.779 The Ten Commandments. 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.700 He is so angry. 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:31.000 That he breaks them. 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.779 But this is before. 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.940 He has gone back. 00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.139 And gotten the new. 00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.859 Tablets. 00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.519 This is this. 00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.799 In between time. 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.700 This. 00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.519 This episode. 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.039 Happening. 00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:43.000 Exodus chapter. 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.200 33. 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.680 I begin reading. 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.539 Verse 11. 00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.059 Thus the Lord. 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.259 Used to speak to Moses. 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.180 Face to face. 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.740 As a man. 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.420 Speaks. 00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.980 To his friend. 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.220 When Moses. 00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.940 Turned again. 00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.819 Into the camp. 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.619 His assistant. 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.079 Joshua. 00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:58.019 The son of none. 00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.700 A young man. 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.279 Would not depart. 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.599 From the tent. 00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.240 Moses said. 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.859 To the Lord. 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.079 See. 00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.579 You say to me. 00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.140 Bring up this people. 00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.480 But you have not. 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.140 Let me know. 00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.619 Whom. 00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.500 You will send. 00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.640 With me. 00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.680 Yet you have said. 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.579 I know you by name. 00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.559 And you have also. 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.420 Found favor. 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.000 In my sight. 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.779 Now therefore. 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.779 If I have found favor. 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.400 In your sight. 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.259 Please show me. 00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.579 Now your ways. 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:27.220 That I may know you. 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:28.519 In order to find favor. 00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.160 In your sight. 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.799 Consider too. 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.859 That this nation. 00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.779 Is your people. 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.440 And so. 00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.640 Moses. 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.619 In the opening here. 00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.240 Of his prayer. 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.660 Is praying God's word. 00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.559 Back to him. 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.619 God is very pleased with this. 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.500 We see a pattern of it. 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.799 Throughout. 00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.759 The scriptures. 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.240 He says. 00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.379 You have said. 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.779 Show me how this. 00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.919 Is going to come. 00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:48.879 To pass. 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.740 How is it. 00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:51.500 That people are going to know. 00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.200 That I. 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.279 And your people. 00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.559 Have found favor. 00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.579 In your sight. 00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:57.159 Remember what they've just done. 00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.639 Right. 00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.200 How are they. 00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.559 To know. 00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.679 And God replies. 00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.740 In verse 14. 00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.539 And he said. 00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:06.619 My presence. 00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.279 Will go. 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.599 With you. 00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.960 And I. 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.379 Will give you. 00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.960 Rest. 00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.539 This is his response. 00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.859 To that. 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.759 My presence. 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.240 Will go. 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.700 With. 00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.680 You. 00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:19.180 Singular pronoun. 00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.159 And I. 00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.079 Will give you. 00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.019 Rest. 00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.460 Listen to Moses. 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.240 Reply. 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.099 Verse 15. 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.399 And he. 00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.079 Said to him. 00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.399 Moses. 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.279 Said to God. 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:30.339 If your presence. 00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.920 Will not. 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.379 Go. 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:31.960 With. 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.819 Me. 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.559 It seems like he. 00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.819 Missed the point. 00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.460 All together. 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.160 But. 00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.379 Moses intention. 00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.099 Is to stay. 00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:41.059 With the people of God. 00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.519 If your presence. 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:42.960 Will not. 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.599 Go with me. 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.420 Do not. 00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:44.879 Bring. 00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:45.799 Us. 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.759 Up. 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.279 From here. 00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.039 And he goes back. 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.720 To the plural. 00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.019 Pronoun. 00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.660 Right. 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.579 I'm staying with. 00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.720 The Israelites. 00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.440 If your presence. 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.819 Will not. 00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.460 Go with me. 00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.059 Do not. 00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.379 Bring. 00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.759 Us. 00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.059 Up. 00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.559 From. 00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.099 Here. 00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.959 Number 16. 00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.439 Is key. 00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.439 For how. 00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:02.679 Shall it be known. 00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:03.959 That I have found favor. 00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.679 In your sight. 00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.240 I. 00:33:05.459 --> 00:33:05.779 And. 00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.379 Your. 00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:07.480 People. 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.119 Is it not. 00:33:09.219 --> 00:33:09.779 And you're going. 00:33:09.939 --> 00:33:10.639 With us. 00:33:10.959 --> 00:33:12.699 So that we are distinct. 00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:13.339 I. 00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.859 And. 00:33:13.959 --> 00:33:14.119 Your. 00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.579 People. 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:14.879 From. 00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.439 Every. 00:33:15.699 --> 00:33:15.980 Other. 00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:16.959 People. 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.339 On the face. 00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.000 Of the earth. 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:22.059 What is Moses. 00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.379 Praying. 00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.119 Here. 00:33:25.959 --> 00:33:26.480 God. 00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:26.879 You've made. 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.839 Promises. 00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:30.039 To make us. 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.559 A distinct. 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.000 People. 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.119 To show your favor. 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.819 To us. 00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:34.279 What is he concerned about? 00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.899 About himself. 00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:38.159 God has already said to him. 00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.740 I will go with you. 00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:41.480 This is not a. 00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.519 Moses. 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.179 Centered. 00:33:43.179 --> 00:33:43.779 Prayer. 00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:45.339 This is an altogether. 00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.059 God. 00:33:46.419 --> 00:33:46.779 Centered. 00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:47.699 Prayer. 00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.519 Moses says. 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.919 Our father. 00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.720 In heaven. 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.160 Hallowed. 00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.279 Hallowed. 00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:56.299 Be your name. 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.339 You have said. 00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.079 You would do a thing. 00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.779 With the people. 00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:01.140 You have delivered us. 00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.759 From Egypt. 00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.880 If you abandon us. 00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.579 Now. 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.579 How. 00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.819 Will people know. 00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.039 Who you. 00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.019 Are. 00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.820 Catch that. 00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.579 Verse 17. 00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.800 And the Lord said to Moses. 00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.480 This very thing. 00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.260 That you have spoken. 00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.780 And I. 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.880 Will. 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.720 Do. 00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.480 For you have found favor. 00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.260 In my sight. 00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.180 And I know you. 00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.580 By name. 00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:24.400 I would strongly encourage you. 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.280 To read the rest of the account. 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.240 It was so hard to stop. 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.900 At verse 17. 00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.480 But. 00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.420 To make. 00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:29.140 The point. 00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:29.960 For this morning. 00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.480 Right. 00:34:30.600 --> 00:34:31.800 Moses models for us. 00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.580 This kind. 00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.980 Of praying. 00:34:34.540 --> 00:34:36.040 His primary concern. 00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:37.680 Is the praise. 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.340 Of God. 00:34:38.580 --> 00:34:38.980 Amongst. 00:34:39.120 --> 00:34:39.520 Peoples. 00:34:39.640 --> 00:34:40.640 As he is the God. 00:34:40.640 --> 00:34:41.440 Of this. 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.320 People. 00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:45.240 And we ought to pray. 00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:46.639 In the very. 00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:48.000 Same way. 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.379 We should pray like Jesus. 00:34:51.459 --> 00:34:51.959 Our father. 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.679 In heaven. 00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.579 We should pray like Jesus. 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.519 Hallowed. 00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.659 Be your name.