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 Any children ages three and under that would like to take advantage of the nursery, you may do so at this time.

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 Looks like they've already made their exit, so they're welcome to stay in here or take advantage of the nursery, either one at your discretion.

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 But if you would, let's open up our Bibles this morning to Genesis chapter 18, and we're picking up halfway through in the second half of chapter 18

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 this morning in verse 16, going through the end of the chapter, verse 33. So Genesis chapter 18,

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 verses 16 through 33, and when you found that in your Bibles, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word this morning.

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 Then the men set out from there, and they looked down towards Sodom, and Abraham went with them to set them on their way.

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 The Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great

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 and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him. For I have chosen him,

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 that he may command his children and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord,

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 by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.

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 Then the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great,

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 and their sin is very grave,

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 I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me,

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 and if not, I will know. So the men turned from there and went towards Sodom,

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 but Abraham still stood before the Lord. Then Abraham drew near and said, Will you indeed sweep

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 away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then

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 sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing.

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 To put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked. Far be that

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 from you. Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is just? And the Lord said, If I find at Sodom

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 fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake. Abraham answered and said,

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 Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. Suppose five of the fifty

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 righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for the lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it

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 if I find forty-five there. Again he spoke to him and said, Suppose forty are found there. He answered, For

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 the sake of forty, I will not do it. And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry and I will speak. Suppose thirty

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 are found there. He answered, I will not do it.

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 He said, Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there. He answered, For

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 the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it. And then he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry and I will speak

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 again but this once. Suppose ten are found there. He answered, For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.

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 And the Lord went his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. And Abraham returned to his

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 place. The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever. Father God, we

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 are grateful, Lord, that you are a God who hears our prayers. And that you are a God that sees all and

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 that knows all, that you are a just and a holy God. And so we pray this morning, Lord, we pray

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 God, would you bless the preaching of the word this morning. Would you bring non-believers to faith and

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 would you bring believers to maturity this morning? We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. You may be seated.

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 It has been an interesting few weeks, to say the least. If you pay attention to the news and follow

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 the headlines that are put before us, you'll notice often it's very little good news, is it?

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 And this week, the headlines read, Shooter opens fire at ICE facility kills one detainee.

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 A week or so ago, the headlines were about a shooting at a school in Evergreen, Colorado,

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 and of course, Charlie Kirk at the campus of Utah Valley University. Before that, it was

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 Irina Zarutska, a refugee, stabbed on a train in Charlotte late August. It's really never much

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 good news that we get. And of course, it's not just here in our country. If you zoom out just a

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 little bit beyond our borders, you zoom out. You may not have even heard about this. I'm not even sure

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 if it made the major headlines or not. But just a few weeks ago, over 100 Christians were killed in the

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 Democratic Republic of Congo. They were gathered together worshiping at a funeral for one of their members

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 when a militant group from the Islamic State came in and began to open fire and wipe them all out.

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 And just before that, towards the end of July, about 200 Christians were murdered in Yelwada,

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 Nigeria. Very similar type of story. And this sort of wickedness is profound and it is widespread.

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 And you hear stories like this and oftentimes as Christians, we might wonder, well, how in the world

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 are we supposed to respond to the wickedness all around us? And what can we do as Christians all

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 the way here in all in all South Carolina for our brothers and sisters throughout the world who are

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 experiencing great and terrible wickedness? Well, there are many ways that we can respond, but I want to

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 show us one from our passage this morning. Our passage gives us one very simple way, and it's this.

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 God's people are called to pray. God's people are called to devote themselves to prayer.

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 In our passage this morning, Abraham shows us what it looks like for God's people to pray

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 in light of the wickedness all around us. And so what I'd like to do this morning as we look at our

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 passages. First, I want to just briefly try and explain what's going on here. We'll just kind of

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 review what's happening here in the passage. And then I want us to see five takeaways for our prayers.

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 Five takeaways, five ways to pray in light of the wickedness all around us. So first, let's take a

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 look at the passage here. And look there with me starting in verse 16. We're starting halfway through

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 the chapter this morning. Again, we saw last week, if you remember, these three men come and appear

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 before Abraham and Sarah in the first half of chapter 18. And if you remember, there's no doubt

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 that this is the Lord. This is another theophany. The Lord appears here in human form to Abraham.

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 And there are two angels there with him. They come and they promise him yet again,

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 this reminder of the promise of the coming birth of Isaac. That was last week. The verse 16 picks up

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 from here. And it tells us that the men set out from there. They're leaving and they they look down

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 towards Sodom. The Hebron, where they are, is up on a hill. Sodom is down by the Dead Sea. And so up in

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 Hebron, they have a pretty good vantage point where they can literally look down and see the city.

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 And as they make their way out, we're told Abram, he goes with them to send them on their way. And the

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 Lord, he begins to speak. He says, shall I hide from Abraham what I'm about to do? Why? Well, because

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 Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed

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 in him. I've chosen him that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way

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 of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has

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 promised him. We see right away a reminder of this special place that the Lord has has brought Abraham

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 into. All right. Why does the Lord want to fill Abraham in on his plans? Well, it's the same reason

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 why the Lord has appeared again and again and again and again to Abraham over these chapters, speaking with

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 him and making promises to him. Abraham, by God's grace, has been brought into this special

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 covenantal relationship with the Lord. And we see here Abraham enjoys this privileged relationship

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 with God. That's one thing we ought to notice. We also notice again, God is making here a distinction,

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 isn't he? God is marking off Abraham and his offspring from the wicked, in particular from the inhabitants

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 of Sodom. There's a distinction between the righteous and the wicked. Abraham and his children are to keep

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 the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and doing justice so that the Lord may bring to Abraham all

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 these promises. They are to be distinct. And the Lord, as we'll soon see, he certainly will do righteousness

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 and he will do justice and his people must also do the same. We see here God makes a distinction between

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 the righteous and the wicked. And ultimately, as we'll look ahead to next week, we see a distinction in

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 their end destination. The righteous are delivered by the grace of God, but the wicked are ultimately

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 destined for destruction. Well, the lesson for God's people here is do not be like Sodom. Be distinct.

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 In one way, a very clear way that we ought to respond to the wickedness around us, Christian, is to make

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 certain that we're not a part of it. We, as God's people, are called to stand out. We ought to stand

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 out and be distinct in the midst of great wickedness all around us. God's people are called to be light.

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 And so we see the Lord plans to go down and see what's going on there in Sodom. And verse 20 picks up

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 and explains the reason why. He says it's because this outcry has come against Sodom and Gomorrah.

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 And this outcry is very great and the sin is very grave. So I'm going to go down and I'm going to see

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 whether or not this outcry is true. And if it is, or if it's not, I will know. This is courtroom language

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 here. The outcry has come to the Lord. An accusation has been made. The charges have been filed.

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 Now this is the cry of somebody who has been oppressed and who needs justice. This outcry has come to the Lord,

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 the judge, and so the men go down and head towards Sodom. But look what happens here in verse 22.

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 It says Abraham is still standing before the Lord. He doesn't just simply send them off and say

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 goodbye, does he? He stands there and he does something very bold here. He begins to bargain

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 with God. And so I want you to get this courtroom image in your mind, okay? Imagine a courtroom scene

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 with me here. God the judge sits with gavel in hand. He is ready to render the verdict.

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 He is ready to give a sentence of complete destruction on the entire city of Sodom. He's heard

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 the accusation. He's ready to render judgment. The people of Sodom sit there in their seat. They are

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 awaiting their sentence. But before that gavel can come down, Abraham stands up and he presents his case

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 to the judge. Abraham is serving as their defense attorney. But notice here who it is that he represents.

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 He doesn't represent all of Sodom without qualification, without distinction, does he? Who is he representing

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 here? He stands up to defend the righteous. His argument to the judge is that it would not be just for God,

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 the judge, to destroy the righteous with the wicked. You see that? Don't lump them all up together and

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 punish them all the same way. That would not be just. Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with

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 the wicked? He says, verse 23, surely not. And he begins to bargain him down. And suppose there are

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 50 there. Will you indeed sweep away the place for 50 and not spare the 50 righteous who are in it?

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 Far be that from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the

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 righteous fair as the wicked, far be that from you shall not the judge of all the earth do what is just. And we see

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 the Lord agrees. If I find that Sodom, even 50 righteous, he says, I will spare the whole place for their sake.

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 So Abraham keeps bargaining him down. He's like negotiating the price of a used car, isn't he? He's just whittling

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 him down little by little by little by little from 50 to 45, from 45 to 40, from 40 to

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 30, all the way down to 10. And God, the judge says, if I even find 10 there, Abraham, I promise you,

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 I will spare the whole city for their sake. Abraham stands here and intercedes for the righteous.

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 That's his primary aim. He's defending the righteous. He's praying for the righteous there in the city.

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 But do you notice how the wicked are blessed as well? His primary aim is to save the righteous.

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 But did you notice in preserving the righteous there in that city? Guess what? The whole place is spared

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 for their sake. The wicked also are blessed. You know, the same is true today. We know, Christian, that God has appointed

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 a day soon to come when God will judge the wickedness of all the world. But God delays his wrath

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 for the sake of the salvation of his people. And in this moment of God's patience, guess what?

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 Well, the wicked enjoy all sorts of blessings, don't they? The wicked enjoy all sorts of common grace gifts

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 from the Lord. They enjoy life and joy and children and family and riches and prosperity. But you know,

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 the most obvious blessing that the wicked enjoy in this moment of God's patience, do you know what it is?

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 It is the opportunity to repent and to come to the Lord so that they may no longer be counted in this

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 category of wicked, but may be included amongst the righteous. God will one day judge America and Nigeria and the

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 Democratic Republic of the Congo, but not before every last one of his people are redeemed. Until then, the wicked enjoy

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 many, many, many, many mercies that are called to repentance.

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 Here Abraham, he stands before the Lord and he intercedes on behalf of the people of God. He is praying

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 as mediator between God and man. Here he is standing in the gap and he's looking out in light of the

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 wickedness all around him and Abraham is interceding on behalf of the people of God. And now church and the

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 rest of our time together, what I want us to see is that we too are called to pray like this.

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 Five ways.

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 Because I'm sure you've noticed that Abraham is not the only one to live in a wicked world. Amen?

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 I mean, the wickedness that Abraham saw in Sodom, the wickedness that Abraham endured in a fallen world

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 thousands of years ago here in the book of Genesis, is it any different today?

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 We too live in a world that is cursed by sin. The curse of sin is just as real in our day now,

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 2025 as it was all the way back here in Genesis. So how should we pray? Five takeaways here. First, church,

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 we must pray in light of who God is. Pray in light of who God is. This is the foundation of our prayers.

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 God's character is the basis of our prayers. If Abraham thought for a second that the judge of all

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 the earth was corrupt, he wouldn't waste his time bringing his case before the Lord, would he? But because

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 he knows God's holy character, he pleads with him, he begs him, he brings his case before him. Church,

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 we pray because God is holy. Our God is perfectly righteous in all his ways. Our God is totally pure. God

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 delights in righteousness and God abhors wickedness. If we have any sort of anger in our hearts towards

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 towards the wickedness around us, if we look out and say, that's not right. If it makes you angry that

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 our brothers and sisters are put to death throughout the world, just think of the holy, righteous anger of

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 the Lord. If we are offended by sin, we can be certain that God who is holy, holy, holy does not take sin

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 lightly. He does not have a live and let live attitude towards sin. Not only this, we pray, because our God is

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 just. He is totally just in all his ways. This holy God will not let wickedness have the last word.

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 evil will not triumph. Our God will execute justice. Do you believe this?

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 Sometimes it's hard to believe this because we look around and it looks like evil is winning.

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 And sometimes it looks like we can't find justice. And sometimes church, I'll be honest with you,

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 we will not get justice on this side of glory.

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 But we know

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 in the end, our God will bring

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 justice. If not immediately in this life, then ultimately, certainly

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 at the return of Christ. So we pray

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 that our God is holy. Our God

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 is just. We also pray because our God is omniscient.

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 That's a big word.

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 God. It simply means that our God knows

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 everything.

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 We see that here in verse 21.

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 Don't we? He's heard this outcry.

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 He's going to see and

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 he will know.

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 Whatever is happening there in Sodom,

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 it is not a secret

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 to the Lord.

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 No sin, no

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 wickedness catches the Lord

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 by surprise. No

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 rebellion is a new

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 discovery for him. He sees

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 all. He knows

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 all. God knows

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 about all the evil in the world.

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 Sometimes in human courts, they get it wrong, don't they?

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 Sometimes evidence

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 is withheld.

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 Sometimes they don't have all the information

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 they need to render a proper

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 verdict. Sometimes they just

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 get it wrong. Sometimes people know,

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 they think they know what's going on,

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 but they're wrong. They really don't have a clue.

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 They don't have the knowledge to execute

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 justice.

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 Not

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 so

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 with God.

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 God knows.

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 We cry out to God

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 for justice because

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 He knows.

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 Some people take that as reason

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 not to pray.

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 Right?

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 If God already knows,

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 if He already sees what's going on,

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 why in the world would I pray to Him about it?

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 And may I just say

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 that that's not how Jesus sees it?

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 You know, the most

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 famous prayer in the Bible,

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 the Lord's Prayer,

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 we just had it read

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 earlier this morning.

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 Right before the Lord's Prayer,

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 what does He say?

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 Your Father in Heaven

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 knows what you need

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 before you ask Him.

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 Pray then like this,

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 He says.

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 His omniscience

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 is a reason to pray

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 with confidence

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 because God sees.

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 God knows.

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 But praise God,

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.180
 we also pray

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:07.759
 because our God

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:09.460
 is merciful

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:12.059
 and gracious.

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.720
 God is willing

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:17.519
 to be patient.

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.759
 Far more willing

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.539
 than you and I are.

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.900
 He is willing

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.839
 to delay

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:24.120
 His wrath

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.099
 for the sake

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:26.299
 of the salvation

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:27.720
 of His people.

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.700
 So we pray

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:31.640
 because our God

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.519
 is not willing

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.840
 that any should perish

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:35.720
 but that all

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:37.319
 should reach repentance.

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.279
 So we see,

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:38.799
 first,

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.360
 Abraham,

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:41.259
 he speaks in light

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.519
 of God's character

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.960
 and so must we.

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.920
 We pray in light

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:46.900
 of who God is.

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.620
 Not only this,

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:47.940
 second,

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.700
 second,

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:51.059
 we pray in light

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.860
 of who we are.

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:55.340
 We must pray

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:56.039
 in light

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:57.700
 of who we are.

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.580
 are.

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.360
 And for one thing,

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.600
 we ought to recognize

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.759
 our unworthiness

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.420
 in prayer,

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:02.940
 church.

00:23:04.860 --> 00:23:06.120
 Abraham knows

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:07.380
 exactly who he is.

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.640
 Look there

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.400
 to verse 27.

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.420
 As he's reasoning

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:11.299
 with the Lord,

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.580
 as he's bargaining

00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:13.299
 with God,

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.900
 what does he say?

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 Behold,

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.140
 I have undertaken

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:17.680
 to speak to the Lord,

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:19.240
 I who am

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.460
 but dust

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.480
 and ashes.

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 I mean,

00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.420
 it's like he just

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.400
 recognized,

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.200
 I am talking

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.259
 with almighty

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.140
 God here.

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.920
 What have I gotten

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.660
 myself into?

00:23:32.040 --> 00:23:33.400
 This is the creator

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.720
 of the universe.

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.340
 This is the Lord

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:38.380
 of all the earth.

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.120
 This is the king

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.660
 of kings.

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 I'm face to face

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:43.259
 with God almighty.

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:46.380
 Who am I

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.160
 to speak

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.860
 to do something

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.420
 like this?

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.720
 This is dust

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.460
 and ashes

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.780
 speaking to the Lord.

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:54.099
 He recognizes

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:56.180
 his unworthiness.

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.559
 Church,

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.220
 I wonder,

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:59.680
 do you pray

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.319
 like this?

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.420
 Do you recognize

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.799
 your unworthiness

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.799
 before the Lord

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.299
 in prayer?

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.619
 I mean,

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.799
 don't pray to the Lord

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.299
 like you're just

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.160
 texting your buddy.

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.339
 We ought to pray

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:14.220
 as the Puritans

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.099
 prayed.

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.799
 Have you ever read

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.660
 some Puritan prayers?

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.920
 I love,

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.399
 there's this little

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:19.980
 prayer book,

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.319
 it's called

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.440
 The Valley of Vision.

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:23.059
 It's a collection

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.080
 of Puritan prayers

00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:25.220
 and in it

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.039
 there's this little

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.380
 prayer,

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.960
 it's called

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:28.420
 Self-Deprecation.

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.799
 Now if you want

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.600
 to be encouraged,

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.779
 go read

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:35.059
 Self-Deprecation.

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:36.220
 Let me read it to you.

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.160
 It's very encouraging.

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.880
 Oh Lord,

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.440
 my every sense,

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.580
 member,

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.019
 faculty,

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.820
 affection

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.539
 is a snare

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.980
 to me.

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.580
 I can scarce

00:24:46.580 --> 00:24:47.640
 open my eyes

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.160
 but I envy

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.059
 those above me

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.799
 or despise

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.380
 those below.

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:52.100
 I covet

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.620
 honor

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.500
 and riches

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.200
 of the mighty

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.060
 and I'm proud

00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:55.760
 and unmerciful

00:24:55.760 --> 00:24:56.440
 to the rags

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.000
 of others.

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.660
 If I behold

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.140
 beauty,

00:24:59.260 --> 00:24:59.680
 it's a bait

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.380
 to lust.

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.420
 If I see

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.100
 deformity,

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.760
 it stirs up

00:25:02.760 --> 00:25:03.380
 loathing

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:04.260
 and disdain.

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.700
 How soon

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.460
 do slanders,

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.900
 vain jests

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.720
 and wanton

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.200
 speeches

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.360
 creep into my heart?

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.080
 Am I comely?

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.540
 It's fuel for pride.

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.700
 Am I deformed?

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.740
 What an occasion

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.540
 for repining.

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.700
 Am I gifted?

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.300
 I lust

00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:18.320
 after applause.

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.140
 Am I unlearned?

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:21.140
 How do I despise

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.080
 what I have not?

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.740
 Am I in authority?

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:24.940
 How prone

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.560
 to abuse

00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.400
 my trust,

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.600
 make my will

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.320
 my law,

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.880
 exclude others'

00:25:30.040 --> 00:25:30.680
 enjoyments,

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:32.020
 serve my own

00:25:32.020 --> 00:25:32.480
 interests

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.220
 and policy.

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.700
 Am I inferior?

00:25:35.020 --> 00:25:35.940
 How much I grudge

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.960
 others' preeminence.

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.920
 Am I rich?

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:38.880
 How exalted

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.540
 I become.

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:39.960
 You see?

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.460
 You see the picture.

00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:43.780
 Thou knowest

00:25:43.780 --> 00:25:44.460
 that all these

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.120
 are snares

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:46.180
 by my corruptions

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.640
 and that my

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.680
 greatest snare

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.700
 is myself.

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.900
 I bewail

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.860
 that my apprehensions

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.580
 are dull,

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.480
 my thoughts mean,

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:56.340
 my affections stupid,

00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:58.299
 my expressions low,

00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:00.620
 my life unbeseeming.

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.180
 Yet what

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.539
 canst thou expect

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.560
 of dust

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:06.100
 but levity,

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.900
 of corruption

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.660
 but defilement?

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:11.259
 Keep me ever

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.200
 mindful of my

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.519
 natural state,

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.619
 but let me

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.519
 not forget

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.680
 my heavenly title

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.200
 or the grace

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:19.160
 that can deal

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:21.220
 with every sin.

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.799
 Do you pray

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.339
 like that?

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.079
 And maybe not

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:26.299
 quite like that

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.240
 but do you pray

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.460
 humbly

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:30.139
 recognizing

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:31.379
 your unworthiness

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.900
 and your

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.879
 weakness

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:34.119
 before the Lord?

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.680
 But did you catch

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.359
 the last line?

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.519
 He said,

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.339
 keep me ever

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.259
 mindful of my

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.400
 natural state

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.860
 but let me

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.680
 not forget

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.600
 my heavenly

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.420
 title

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:48.420
 or the grace

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.080
 that can deal

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.860
 with every

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.720
 sin.

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.820
 We see Abraham,

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:53.180
 he prays humbly,

00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:54.280
 he recognizes

00:26:54.280 --> 00:26:56.019
 his natural state

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.640
 that he is

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:58.280
 dust and ashes

00:26:58.280 --> 00:26:59.300
 but he also

00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:00.720
 prays boldly.

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.180
 Why?

00:27:01.780 --> 00:27:02.740
 Because of an

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.220
 awareness

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.420
 of his heavenly

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.100
 title

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:07.000
 and the grace

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.500
 of God

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:07.920
 that is

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:09.100
 for him.

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:10.759
 church,

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.939
 we pray

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:13.259
 with boldness

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.119
 before the Lord,

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.219
 we come to him

00:27:15.219 --> 00:27:16.059
 with confidence

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:17.519
 because of our

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.799
 heavenly title

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.659
 in Christ.

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.919
 God has brought

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:23.000
 Abraham into this

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:24.000
 covenant relationship

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.879
 with himself

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.759
 and church,

00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:26.839
 in Christ

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:28.259
 we have

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.899
 this access.

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:33.380
 when we pray,

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.720
 yes,

00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:34.240
 we pray in

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.560
 light of

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:35.000
 who we

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.500
 are

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.100
 and that

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:37.080
 includes

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:38.120
 who God

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.660
 has made

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.460
 us to be.

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.420
 Yes,

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.360
 we are unworthy

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.019
 by our own

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.980
 right but God

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.080
 by his grace

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:46.000
 has given us

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.600
 this access

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.200
 in Christ.

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.620
 We are his

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.140
 children

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:51.560
 in Christ.

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.440
 We are

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.000
 declared

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.620
 righteous

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.940
 by faith

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.580
 in Christ.

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:58.359
 we are

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.799
 washed

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.399
 clean

00:27:59.399 --> 00:27:59.879
 of every

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.359
 sin.

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.740
 We are

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.619
 adopted

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.179
 into his

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.599
 family.

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.000
 We are

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.500
 given

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.220
 full

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.779
 access

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.480
 to God

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.099
 the Father

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.240
 in Christ.

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.939
 Christ Jesus

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:09.059
 died and rose

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.740
 to buy this

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.899
 access for us.

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.199
 But we can

00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:14.139
 pray with boldness

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:14.740
 because of who

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.519
 we are

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.759
 in Christ.

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.220
 In Christ

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.779
 Jesus.

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.659
 Church,

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.519
 we are

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.159
 his chosen

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:21.599
 people.

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.799
 We are

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.359
 the children

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.000
 of Abraham.

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.819
 we are

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:28.539
 his privileged

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.680
 his chosen

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.740
 his beloved

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.359
 children

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.319
 in Christ.

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.400
 This preferred

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.740
 privileged place

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.740
 is ours

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.460
 in Christ.

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:40.039
 Do you realize

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.480
 what an

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.900
 extraordinary

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.759
 privilege that

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.059
 is?

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.500
 Anytime

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.220
 you want

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.640
 you can

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.759
 bow your

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.259
 head and

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.019
 speak to

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.039
 God Almighty

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.559
 and be

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.160
 welcomed

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.539
 as his

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.140
 own child.

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.259
 God.

00:28:54.020 --> 00:28:54.820
 So we

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.380
 pray in

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:55.780
 light of

00:28:55.780 --> 00:28:56.759
 who God

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.020
 is.

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.440
 We pray

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.840
 in light

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:58.980
 of who

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.680
 we are

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.100
 third.

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.900
 We pray

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.880
 in light

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.880
 of God's

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.860
 purposes.

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.820
 Look at

00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.700
 what Abraham

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.500
 asks God

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:06.840
 to do

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.060
 here.

00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:08.960
 And notice

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.560
 again his

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.340
 concern is

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:11.440
 primarily for

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.220
 the salvation

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.120
 of the

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.480
 righteous.

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.480
 That's his

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.440
 primary argument

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.759
 here.

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:16.520
 Don't sweep

00:29:16.520 --> 00:29:17.000
 the righteous

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.560
 away with

00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:17.940
 the wicked.

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.220
 Right?

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:20.040
 Abraham does

00:29:20.040 --> 00:29:21.420
 not argue

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.080
 the fact

00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.900
 that the

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.680
 wicked have

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.340
 earned God's

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:24.680
 judgment.

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.759
 He doesn't

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.120
 even bring

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.620
 that up.

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.320
 He doesn't

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:30.000
 say a word

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.440
 about it.

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.259
 He knows

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.660
 that they

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.100
 deserve

00:29:32.100 --> 00:29:32.560
 judgment.

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.880
 But he

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:35.200
 also knows

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.600
 that God

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.279
 will certainly

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.000
 save his

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.400
 people.

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.820
 So he

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:40.580
 speaks with

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.620
 this big

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.420
 picture in

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.960
 mind.

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:43.320
 Church,

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:43.660
 and so

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.220
 must we.

00:29:44.300 --> 00:29:44.620
 When we

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.160
 pray,

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.279
 we need

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.940
 to pray

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.800
 in light

00:29:47.800 --> 00:29:48.680
 of God's

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.320
 heart,

00:29:49.820 --> 00:29:50.400
 God's

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.060
 plan,

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:52.139
 God's

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:53.000
 purposes.

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:53.899
 And we

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.240
 know,

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.619
 don't we,

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:54.940
 with even

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.759
 greater clarity

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.399
 than Abraham,

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.359
 we know

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:59.720
 that God

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.599
 has appointed

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.500
 a day

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:03.259
 when Christ

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.299
 will return

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:06.440
 and all

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.500
 his people,

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.539
 the righteous,

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.700
 those who

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.000
 have put

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.559
 their faith

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.399
 in Christ,

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:11.859
 those who

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.440
 have been

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.779
 made righteous

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.559
 by faith

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.019
 in him,

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.139
 all of his

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.899
 people will

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.659
 be redeemed.

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:19.740
 and ultimately

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.620
 we know

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:22.200
 all of

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.880
 the wicked,

00:30:23.540 --> 00:30:24.900
 those outside

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:26.060
 of Christ,

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.779
 will be

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.779
 judged.

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.500
 As we

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.120
 pray in

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.500
 light of the

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.080
 wickedness all

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.640
 around us,

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.920
 as we see

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:36.580
 wickedness in

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.180
 our town,

00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:37.940
 in our nation,

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:38.300
 in our

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:38.759
 community,

00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:40.400
 in our life,

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.120
 it is good

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.960
 and right for

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.800
 us to pray

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.319
 that that

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.980
 ultimate,

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.960
 final judgment

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.759
 would break

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.559
 into the

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:47.960
 present.

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.619
 And so

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.139
 we pray,

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.960
 God,

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.319
 judge the

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.599
 wicked.

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.000
 Of course,

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.899
 when we pray

00:30:58.899 --> 00:30:59.700
 for the wicked,

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.599
 our first

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.419
 inclination

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:03.319
 ought to be

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.899
 to pray

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.259
 that the

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.980
 Lord God

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.359
 would be

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.259
 gracious to

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.819
 them as

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.279
 he has been

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.019
 gracious to

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.500
 us.

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:09.419
 Amen?

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.799
 That in

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.419
 this moment

00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:12.980
 of delay,

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.720
 this moment

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.220
 of God's

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.680
 patience,

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.799
 our first

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.880
 prayer ought

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.279
 to be,

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.720
 God,

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.140
 would you

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:19.339
 redeem them?

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.700
 Would you

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.620
 save them?

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:20.960
 Would you

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.740
 give them

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.380
 the gift of

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.700
 faith?

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.019
 Would you

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.539
 bring them

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.279
 to repentance?

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:24.960
 Would you

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.420
 bring them

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.120
 out of the

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.799
 category of

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.160
 the wicked

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.000
 and into

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.640
 the category

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.039
 of the

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.400
 righteous?

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.440
 But if

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.100
 not,

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.819
 it is

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:35.039
 good and

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.960
 right to

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.640
 pray for

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.259
 justice.

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.160
 Now,

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.559
 the Psalms

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.160
 are not shy

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.880
 about this.

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:44.360
 you read

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:44.640
 through the

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.400
 Psalms and

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.660
 you will

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.840
 find David

00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:47.840
 praying that

00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.460
 God would

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.820
 bring justice

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.400
 here and

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.620
 now,

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.680
 this ultimate

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.860
 picture of

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.240
 justice,

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.520
 that it

00:31:53.520 --> 00:31:54.100
 would break

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.920
 into the

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:57.040
 present moment.

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:00.180
 Psalm 58,

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:02.180
 he says

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.820
 things like,

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:04.080
 break the

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.720
 teeth in

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.340
 their mouths.

00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:06.420
 Psalm 58.

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.200
 We hear that,

00:32:08.260 --> 00:32:08.420
 we say,

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.060
 that doesn't

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.500
 sound very

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.879
 nice.

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.619
 Let them

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.379
 vanish like

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.079
 water that

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.899
 runs away.

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.319
 That sounds

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.720
 mean,

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.200
 doesn't it?

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.200
 Let them

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.859
 be like the

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.639
 snail that

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.440
 dissolves into

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.220
 slime.

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:24.579
 We don't

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.940
 talk like

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.139
 that,

00:32:25.179 --> 00:32:25.419
 do we?

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.279
 Could you

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.619
 imagine,

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.139
 Treg comes

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.500
 up for the

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.879
 pastoral

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.359
 prayer and

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:29.659
 he starts

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:29.940
 praying,

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.359
 let them

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.759
 be like

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.419
 the snail.

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.339
 Pour some

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:33.960
 salt on

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.079
 them,

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.480
 God.

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.519
 God.

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.519
 We live

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.740
 in a

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:40.259
 world that

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.460
 doesn't

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.960
 think anybody

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.559
 deserves

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.500
 judgment.

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.420
 Church,

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.700
 we know

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.039
 better,

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.059
 don't we?

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.819
 We know

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.400
 the wicked

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.640
 deserve

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.400
 judgment.

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.480
 And we

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.120
 know that

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.539
 we,

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.160
 by our

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:55.059
 natural state,

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.880
 belong to

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.460
 the category

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.960
 of the

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.200
 wicked,

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.000
 that we

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.860
 are rightfully

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.640
 deserving of

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.000
 God's

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.380
 judgment.

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.079
 But by

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.980
 his grace,

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.539
 Christ paid

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.319
 the price

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.940
 for our

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.440
 sin.

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.680
 The only

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.759
 reason that

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.319
 we are not

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.559
 in the

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.259
 category of

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.680
 the wicked,

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.779
 bound for

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.119
 hell,

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.859
 is that

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:14.139
 Christ endured

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.799
 the wrath of

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.259
 God for

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.519
 us.

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:15.920
 That's the

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.659
 only reason.

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:17.920
 We don't

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.720
 pray from a

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.539
 moral high

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.180
 ground saying

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.879
 we are better

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.440
 than you.

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.339
 We pray,

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.680
 God,

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.019
 would you

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.700
 save them?

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:23.980
 And if

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.299
 not,

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:24.539
 Lord,

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.599
 judge the

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.159
 wickedness of

00:33:26.159 --> 00:33:26.599
 the world.

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.399
 God,

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.960
 judge the

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:30.000
 wicked and

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.659
 God,

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.819
 save your

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.480
 people.

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.420
 God,

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.700
 would you

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:36.019
 redeem your

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.559
 elect?

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.000
 Would you

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.659
 rescue them

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:40.059
 from the

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.700
 schemes of

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.119
 the evil

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.359
 one?

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.659
 God,

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:42.940
 would you

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:44.059
 protect them?

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.420
 Would you

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.599
 help them?

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:45.920
 Would you

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:47.220
 bless them?

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.500
 Would you

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.279
 turn the

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.799
 plans of

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.139
 the wicked

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.500
 on their

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.139
 own heads?

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.759
 You think

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.240
 again of the

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.680
 persecuted

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.019
 church in

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.480
 the Congo

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:57.079
 and places

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.720
 of China

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.759
 and Sudan.

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.960
 It is right

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.539
 to pray,

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.119
 Lord,

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.539
 would you

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:03.139
 shield,

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.599
 be a

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.180
 shield for

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.700
 your people?

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.639
 Would you

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:07.359
 protect them

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.740
 as they

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.279
 gather in

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:08.739
 a dangerous

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.300
 place?

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.900
 Would you

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.719
 preserve their

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.119
 lives,

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.739
 protect their

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.199
 families,

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.300
 protect the

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.199
 believers there?

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.019
 And Lord,

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.840
 would you

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:18.699
 just put an

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.059
 end?

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.320
 Would you

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.019
 capture the

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.639
 murderers?

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.460
 Would you

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.279
 bring justice

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:23.759
 to them?

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.000
 Would you

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.679
 put a stop

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.059
 to their

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.400
 evil?

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.300
 Would you

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.840
 draw them

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.380
 to faith

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.139
 in Christ

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.500
 and be

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.579
 merciful to

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:29.840
 them?

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.240
 But Lord,

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.539
 would you

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.860
 bring

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.820
 justice?

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.059
 Church,

00:34:35.100 --> 00:34:35.320
 we are

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.940
 called like

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.760
 Abraham to

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:38.200
 intercede on

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:38.980
 behalf of

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:40.019
 God's people.

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.600
 We're called

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:41.460
 to pray for

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.280
 the church

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.220
 to be built

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:44.019
 amongst all

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.660
 nations.

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.500
 This is the

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.260
 big picture

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.760
 plan of

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.200
 God.

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.700
 We have

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.519
 the responsibility

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.320
 and the

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.220
 blessing of

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:54.760
 interceding for

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.180
 our brothers

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.800
 and sisters

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:57.039
 before the

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.360
 Lord.

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.680
 Church,

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:57.960
 are you

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.400
 praying for

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.740
 your brothers

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.160
 and sisters

00:34:59.160 --> 00:34:59.760
 in Christ?

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:03.579
 Start right

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.960
 here.

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.300
 I would

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.740
 encourage you

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.059
 to start

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.700
 right here

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.079
 in this

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.100
 church family.

00:35:07.200 --> 00:35:07.460
 You look

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.700
 around.

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.059
 This isn't

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.340
 a big

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.079
 room.

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:10.800
 You look

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.340
 around here.

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:11.960
 Start right

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.200
 here.

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:13.160
 You recognize

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:13.960
 the schemes

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.539
 of the

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.860
 wicked would

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.480
 love to

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.579
 destroy the

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.140
 righteous in

00:35:18.140 --> 00:35:18.559
 this room.

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.840
 The enemy

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.660
 would love

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.800
 if the

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.340
 righteous were

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.980
 swept away

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.320
 with the

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:26.120
 wicked in

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:26.680
 this room.

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.600
 Would you

00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:29.240
 pray for one

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.579
 another?

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.539
 Would you

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.860
 pray for

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.140
 me?

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.720
 Pray for

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.260
 your pastor?

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.559
 You see

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.640
 another pastor

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.680
 seems almost

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:38.300
 weakly,

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.440
 failing because

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.800
 of some

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:41.160
 disqualifying

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.700
 sin.

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.100
 Church,

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:42.640
 I realize

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:43.220
 I am

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:44.240
 but dust

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.740
 and ashes.

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.360
 Would you

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.800
 pray that

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.260
 your pastor

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.600
 would not

00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:48.079
 be swept

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.559
 away with

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:48.880
 the wicked?

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.880
 Would you

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.280
 take your

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.620
 membership

00:35:51.620 --> 00:35:52.519
 directory and

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.920
 pray this

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.320
 for one

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.780
 another?

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.860
 Pray that

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.200
 the Lord

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.860
 would preserve

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.380
 you by

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:57.019
 his grace,

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.300
 that he

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.440
 would

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.320
 finally

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:59.079
 rescue

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.519
 his

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.239
 people

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.039
 from the

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.480
 wickedness

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.739
 of this

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.019
 world?

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.360
 Would you

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.840
 pray that

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.199
 for each

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.420
 other?

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.259
 We are

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:06.739
 called to

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.400
 intercede

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.500
 like Abraham

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.159
 for others

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:10.199
 around us.

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.559
 And again,

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:10.840
 church,

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.400
 what a privilege

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.000
 that is to

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.280
 pray.

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:15.099
 We stand

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.759
 in the gap,

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.659
 intercede

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.599
 on behalf

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.259
 of God's

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:20.079
 people.

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.599
 But notice

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:20.980
 also,

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.440
 fourth,

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:23.340
 notice how

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.860
 specific

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.260
 Abraham

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.920
 is here.

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.900
 You notice

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.200
 that?

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.820
 How specific

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.400
 he is with

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.860
 his prayers?

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.519
 This is the

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.079
 fourth way

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.280
 we are

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.680
 called to

00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:32.900
 pray.

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.140
 We are

00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:33.559
 called to

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.880
 pray boldly

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:36.019
 and specifically

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.960
 before the

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.220
 Lord.

00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:38.960
 Just look

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.559
 there with

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.860
 me at how

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.420
 specific he

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.559
 is.

00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.079
 He doesn't

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.620
 say,

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.320
 God,

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.300
 spare the

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.140
 righteous in

00:36:44.140 --> 00:36:44.620
 Sodom.

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.940
 Although that

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.200
 would have

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:46.760
 been perfectly

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:47.200
 fine.

00:36:48.160 --> 00:36:48.620
 What does

00:36:48.620 --> 00:36:49.059
 he say?

00:36:49.600 --> 00:36:49.900
 God,

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.180
 if there

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.900
 are 50

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.260
 there,

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.579
 would you

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.039
 spare them?

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:53.679
 God,

00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:53.980
 let me,

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:55.219
 five more.

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.639
 If there

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.179
 are 45

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.659
 there,

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:56.880
 God,

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.199
 would you

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.779
 spare them?

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.340
 All the

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.940
 way down

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.500
 to 10.

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.759
 God,

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.019
 if there

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.500
 are 10

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.779
 there,

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.139
 would you

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.699
 spare them?

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.599
 He is

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:06.139
 being direct

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:07.599
 and specific

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.639
 with what

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.219
 he wants

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.759
 the Lord

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.440
 to do.

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.440
 How specific

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.880
 are your

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.219
 prayers?

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.320
 A pastor

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.579
 named

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.199
 Justin

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.860
 Dillehay,

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.460
 he wrote

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.880
 an article

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:21.440
 reflecting on

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.980
 this passage

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.380
 and he

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.000
 brought up

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.699
 George

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.119
 Mueller.

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.380
 Do you

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.579
 know the

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:24.880
 story of

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.099
 George

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.360
 Mueller?

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.119
 George

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:28.119
 Mueller is

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.800
 famous for

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.760
 running several

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:31.519
 orphanages and

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.139
 he said this,

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.440
 he said,

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.179
 instead of

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:34.420
 vague requests

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.860
 like,

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:35.380
 Father,

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.119
 please provide

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.500
 for our

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.000
 needs,

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.500
 Mueller's

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.199
 prayers tended

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.760
 to sound

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.780
 more like,

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.760
 Father,

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.219
 we need

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:43.460
 110 loaves

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.940
 of bread

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.679
 and 75

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.340
 pairs of

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.840
 shoes

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:47.320
 by tomorrow

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.719
 morning.

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:51.239
 he shared

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:51.599
 how one

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.059
 time he

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.759
 was sailing

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:53.519
 to America

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.939
 for a

00:37:53.939 --> 00:37:54.179
 preaching

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.819
 crusade

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:55.659
 and his

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.159
 ship was

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.719
 stuck in

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.159
 a dense

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.219
 fog threatening

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.919
 to derail

00:37:58.919 --> 00:37:59.480
 his entire

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.279
 preaching tour

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:01.199
 and according

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:01.579
 to the

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.099
 captain,

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:03.699
 Mueller knelt

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.379
 down on his

00:38:04.379 --> 00:38:04.799
 knees and

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:05.179
 prayed,

00:38:05.399 --> 00:38:05.959
 oh Lord,

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.019
 if it is

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:08.019
 consistent with

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.619
 thy will,

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.959
 please remove

00:38:09.959 --> 00:38:11.179
 this fog in

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:12.039
 five minutes.

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:15.739
 He could

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.059
 have said,

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.320
 God,

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.219
 just get us

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:18.000
 through this.

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.639
 God,

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.199
 remove the

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.519
 fog,

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:20.840
 please,

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.300
 as soon as

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.699
 possible,

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.860
 but five

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.420
 minutes,

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.840
 he thought

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.420
 five minutes

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.279
 was perfectly

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:27.400
 possible for

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:27.800
 the Lord.

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.920
 He figured

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.239
 he'd be

00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:29.679
 specific.

00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:31.659
 And of

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:31.940
 course,

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.599
 that's exactly

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.320
 what God

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:33.739
 did.

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:36.000
 Exactly as

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.360
 Mueller

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:37.639
 asked,

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.199
 church,

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.400
 as we

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:41.039
 pray,

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.599
 in light of

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.199
 the wickedness

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:43.820
 all around

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.099
 us,

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.380
 friend,

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.659
 let me

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.159
 encourage you

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.759
 to pray

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.940
 specifically.

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.900
 God knows

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.800
 exactly what

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.400
 you need.

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.639
 Ask him.

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:56.019
 Ask him.

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.699
 Ask him

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:58.440
 specifically,

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.199
 pointedly,

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:00.880
 directly.

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.820
 Put a

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.440
 number on

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.559
 it,

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.860
 a time on

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:04.960
 it.

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.380
 Ask him

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:06.039
 specifically

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.460
 for what

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.800
 you like

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.099
 to see

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.579
 him do.

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.139
 So let's

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:11.199
 get specific.

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.840
 Church,

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.360
 it is

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:14.280
 good and

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:15.240
 right to

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:15.920
 pray for

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.460
 an end

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:16.820
 to

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.380
 abortion.

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.519
 It is

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:21.019
 better to

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.420
 pray,

00:39:22.140 --> 00:39:22.420
 God,

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:22.840
 would you

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.559
 bankrupt

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.460
 Whole Woman's

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.740
 Health

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.180
 Abortion

00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:25.800
 Clinic in

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.320
 Charleston

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.900
 this year?

00:39:28.620 --> 00:39:29.079
 Would you

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.440
 provide

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.079
 counseling

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:31.200
 and help

00:39:31.200 --> 00:39:31.539
 for the

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.019
 mothers in

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.620
 need this

00:39:32.620 --> 00:39:32.840
 year?

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.320
 Would you

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.100
 raise up

00:39:34.100 --> 00:39:34.700
 more Christian

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:35.500
 families who

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:35.720
 would be

00:39:35.720 --> 00:39:36.160
 willing to

00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:37.180
 foster and

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:37.980
 adopt in

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.579
 my community?

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:40.920
 it is

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.860
 good to

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.199
 pray,

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:42.619
 God,

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:42.960
 would you

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.599
 save my

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.139
 family and

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:44.619
 friends?

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.460
 It is

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.539
 better to

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:47.819
 pray,

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.159
 God,

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.519
 would you

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.559
 give me an

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.319
 opportunity to

00:39:50.319 --> 00:39:50.659
 share the

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:51.199
 gospel with

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:51.679
 my brother

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.159
 tomorrow?

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.440
 And then

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:53.699
 would you

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.139
 give him

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.559
 ears to

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.059
 hear it

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.659
 and a

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.059
 heart to

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.779
 receive it?

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:58.000
 It is

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.380
 good to

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:58.579
 pray,

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:58.960
 God,

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.380
 God,

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.900
 bless my

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.400
 daughter as

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:00.759
 she goes

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.299
 to college.

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.579
 It is

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.059
 better to

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.299
 pray,

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:02.619
 Lord,

00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:03.039
 send a

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.400
 campus

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:04.119
 minister to

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.679
 her dorm

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.259
 room door

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.920
 this week.

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:08.699
 It is

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:09.000
 good to

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.219
 pray,

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.639
 Lord,

00:40:09.839 --> 00:40:10.599
 bless your

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.000
 church.

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.259
 Would you

00:40:11.259 --> 00:40:11.579
 bless

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:12.259
 Seawee Bay?

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.059
 It is

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.539
 better to

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:14.799
 pray,

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.139
 God,

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.500
 would you

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.339
 send us

00:40:16.339 --> 00:40:17.159
 50 children,

00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:20.059
 five more

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.500
 elders?

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.960
 God,

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.179
 would you

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.519
 give us

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.380
 the funds

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:24.699
 and the

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:25.440
 resources to

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.239
 expand this

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:26.799
 room and

00:40:26.799 --> 00:40:27.440
 add a

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:27.900
 hundred more

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.299
 seats?

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:28.639
 And God,

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:28.880
 would you

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.659
 fill every

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:30.319
 single one?

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.059
 Not for

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.579
 our sake,

00:40:32.859 --> 00:40:33.039
 Lord,

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.339
 but for

00:40:33.339 --> 00:40:33.839
 your sake,

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.360
 because we

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:34.720
 know,

00:40:35.100 --> 00:40:35.700
 big picture,

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.200
 you are

00:40:36.200 --> 00:40:36.840
 committed to

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:37.460
 build your

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:37.940
 church,

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.300
 magnify the

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:39.900
 glory of

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.600
 God in

00:40:40.600 --> 00:40:41.140
 the gospel

00:40:41.140 --> 00:40:41.640
 of Jesus

00:40:41.640 --> 00:40:42.100
 Christ.

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:42.700
 That's what

00:40:42.700 --> 00:40:43.240
 we want to

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.720
 see happen.

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:47.100
 Church,

00:40:47.160 --> 00:40:47.320
 would you

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:47.920
 be bold

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:49.460
 and specific

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.480
 with your

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:50.860
 prayers?

00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:51.539
 Finally,

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.579
 as we

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:52.900
 pray,

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.680
 number five,

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.880
 pray in

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.480
 a posture

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:58.220
 of trust.

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:00.140
 Look how

00:41:00.140 --> 00:41:00.500
 the passage

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:00.900
 ends,

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:01.880
 verse 33.

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:04.320
 Abraham

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:04.740
 here,

00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:05.340
 he's done

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:06.180
 negotiating,

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:07.420
 he's said

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:08.000
 his piece,

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.480
 he's gotten

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.100
 it all

00:41:09.100 --> 00:41:09.579
 out,

00:41:09.640 --> 00:41:09.860
 and then

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.400
 what happens?

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.240
 The Lord

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.740
 goes his

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:13.140
 way,

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.900
 and Abraham

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.620
 goes back

00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:15.920
 home.

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.880
 And we

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.260
 have to wait

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:18.720
 until next

00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:19.519
 week to see

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:21.240
 what happens.

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:23.600
 All Abraham

00:41:23.600 --> 00:41:24.340
 knows at the

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:24.820
 close of our

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:25.420
 passage this

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.960
 week is he

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.720
 has spoken

00:41:26.720 --> 00:41:27.160
 with the

00:41:27.160 --> 00:41:27.440
 Lord.

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.760
 He has

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:31.480
 spoken with

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:32.460
 God who

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:33.420
 is just,

00:41:34.180 --> 00:41:34.660
 who is

00:41:34.660 --> 00:41:35.600
 holy,

00:41:36.540 --> 00:41:37.080
 God who

00:41:37.080 --> 00:41:38.540
 sees all

00:41:38.540 --> 00:41:39.340
 and knows

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:40.100
 all and

00:41:40.100 --> 00:41:41.120
 will do

00:41:41.120 --> 00:41:41.900
 what is

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:42.400
 right.

00:41:43.100 --> 00:41:43.540
 He's been

00:41:43.540 --> 00:41:44.180
 as specific

00:41:44.180 --> 00:41:44.880
 as he can

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.180
 in his

00:41:45.180 --> 00:41:45.520
 prayers.

00:41:45.640 --> 00:41:46.020
 He's laid

00:41:46.020 --> 00:41:46.520
 it all

00:41:46.520 --> 00:41:47.040
 out.

00:41:47.160 --> 00:41:47.340
 And so

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.900
 now,

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.680
 Abraham can

00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:50.100
 go back

00:41:50.100 --> 00:41:50.600
 home in

00:41:50.600 --> 00:41:51.380
 confidence

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:52.940
 that God

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:54.020
 will do

00:41:54.020 --> 00:41:54.500
 what is

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:54.960
 right.

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:55.000
 right.

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:57.300
 The judge

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.619
 of all

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.099
 the earth

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.820
 will do

00:41:58.820 --> 00:41:59.579
 what is

00:41:59.579 --> 00:41:59.980
 just.

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.420
 He doesn't

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:00.780
 have to

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.360
 worry about

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:02.019
 the results,

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.480
 does he?

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:03.539
 That's in

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:04.360
 God's hands.

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.360
 Church, you

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:07.099
 realize prayer

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:07.519
 is where

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.300
 worry goes

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:08.840
 to die,

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.300
 don't you?

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:11.539
 Because we

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:12.079
 pray with

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.720
 confidence

00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:13.920
 and trust

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:15.039
 that the

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:16.179
 Lord will

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:17.340
 do what

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:18.079
 is right.

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:18.880
 Church, do

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:20.500
 you pray

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:21.220
 like this?

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:24.460
 When we

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:24.920
 come before

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.360
 the Lord

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:25.720
 and bring

00:42:25.720 --> 00:42:27.599
 our request

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:28.260
 to him,

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.519
 you may

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.240
 get what

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:31.019
 you ask

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.400
 for in

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:31.900
 this life

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.159
 and you

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.679
 may not.

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:35.340
 You may

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.900
 see the

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:36.519
 Lord move

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:37.440
 quickly and

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:38.220
 immediately

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:38.820
 and you

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:39.460
 may not.

00:42:41.199 --> 00:42:42.280
 You may

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:43.380
 get justice

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:44.199
 in this

00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:45.340
 life and

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:46.159
 you may

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:47.159
 not.

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:47.699
 But church,

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:48.559
 in every

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.360
 case, when

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:50.079
 we get up

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:50.659
 off of our

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:51.300
 knees and

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:51.940
 when we say

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:53.220
 amen, we

00:42:53.220 --> 00:42:53.880
 can leave

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.760
 in confidence

00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:55.940
 and trust

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.300
 that we

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:56.960
 leave it

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.539
 in the

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.079
 hands of

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.599
 a fully

00:42:58.599 --> 00:42:59.519
 good and

00:42:59.519 --> 00:42:59.900
 capable

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.360
 God.

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:02.760
 We can

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.360
 trust that

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:03.800
 the judge

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:04.099
 of all

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.500
 the earth

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:05.039
 will do

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:06.460
 what is

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:07.000
 just.

00:43:07.160 --> 00:43:07.340
 Do you

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:07.880
 believe this?

00:43:11.200 --> 00:43:11.860
 I want to

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.280
 close with

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:12.559
 Jesus'

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:13.700
 parable from

00:43:13.700 --> 00:43:14.320
 Luke chapter

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:15.700
 18 as we

00:43:15.700 --> 00:43:16.260
 end our

00:43:16.260 --> 00:43:16.860
 time together.

00:43:17.180 --> 00:43:17.539
 It says,

00:43:17.720 --> 00:43:19.800
 Jesus told

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.140
 them a

00:43:20.140 --> 00:43:20.740
 parable to

00:43:20.740 --> 00:43:21.200
 the effect

00:43:21.200 --> 00:43:21.619
 that they

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.300
 ought always

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:23.080
 to pray

00:43:23.080 --> 00:43:23.640
 and not

00:43:23.640 --> 00:43:23.940
 lose

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.420
 heart.

00:43:25.640 --> 00:43:26.380
 He said,

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:26.820
 in a certain

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.440
 city there

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:27.760
 was a

00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:29.400
 judge who

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:30.000
 neither feared

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.660
 God nor

00:43:30.660 --> 00:43:31.240
 respected

00:43:31.240 --> 00:43:31.680
 man.

00:43:32.560 --> 00:43:33.180
 There was

00:43:33.180 --> 00:43:33.660
 this widow

00:43:33.660 --> 00:43:34.440
 in that

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:34.860
 city who

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.340
 kept coming

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:35.740
 to him

00:43:35.740 --> 00:43:36.160
 and saying,

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:36.880
 give me

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.440
 justice

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:38.180
 against my

00:43:38.180 --> 00:43:38.780
 adversary.

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.380
 For a

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:40.860
 while he

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.519
 refused,

00:43:41.620 --> 00:43:42.080
 but afterward

00:43:42.080 --> 00:43:42.519
 he said

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:42.840
 to him,

00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:43.800
 though I

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.680
 neither fear

00:43:44.680 --> 00:43:45.220
 God nor

00:43:45.220 --> 00:43:46.000
 respect man,

00:43:46.080 --> 00:43:46.660
 yet because

00:43:46.660 --> 00:43:47.140
 this widow

00:43:47.140 --> 00:43:47.960
 keeps bothering

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:49.320
 me, I

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:49.700
 will give

00:43:49.700 --> 00:43:50.480
 her justice

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:51.679
 so that

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:51.880
 she will

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.800
 not beat

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:53.320
 me down

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:53.659
 by her

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:54.139
 continual

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:54.539
 coming.

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.860
 The Lord

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.260
 said,

00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:58.539
 hear what

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.300
 this unrighteous

00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:00.240
 judge says,

00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:02.440
 and will

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:03.139
 not God

00:44:03.139 --> 00:44:03.880
 give justice

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:04.340
 to his

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:05.980
 elect who

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.500
 cried to

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:06.940
 him day

00:44:06.940 --> 00:44:07.460
 and night?

00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:07.840
 Will he

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:09.019
 delay long

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.940
 over them?

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:12.199
 I tell you,

00:44:12.240 --> 00:44:12.900
 he will give

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.599
 justice to

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:14.639
 them speedily.

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:16.699
 Nevertheless,

00:44:17.699 --> 00:44:18.320
 when the

00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:18.840
 son of man

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.460
 comes,

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:21.120
 will he

00:44:21.120 --> 00:44:21.880
 find faith

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:22.980
 on earth?

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:25.980
 Father,

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:28.960
 you are

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.460
 good and

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:29.740
 you are

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:30.400
 holy.

00:44:31.180 --> 00:44:31.740
 You are

00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:32.240
 righteous in

00:44:32.240 --> 00:44:32.539
 all your

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:32.960
 ways.

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:33.600
 We praise

00:44:33.600 --> 00:44:33.840
 you,

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:34.039
 Lord,

00:44:34.100 --> 00:44:34.300
 that you

00:44:34.300 --> 00:44:35.019
 hear us

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:35.300
 and you

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:36.180
 love us

00:44:36.180 --> 00:44:36.840
 in Christ.

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 And we

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 pray now,

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 even as

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 we've heard

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 from your

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 word,

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 God,

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 would you

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 take it

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 and would

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 you cause

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 it to

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 bear fruit

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 in us

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 this morning?

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 Specifically,

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 God,

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 specifically,

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 we ask,

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 would you

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 bring

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 some

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 this morning

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 who are

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 in this

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 category

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 of the

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 wicked?

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 And would

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 you bring

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 them to

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 faith and

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 repentance

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 this morning?

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 And for

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 your church,

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:58.640
 God,

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 we pray that

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 each of us

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 would go from

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 here,

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 Lord,

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 praying in

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 confidence that

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 the judge of

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 all the earth

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 will do

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 what is just.

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 We pray this

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.