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 As Chris already said, we are launching into three preacher's choice passages, if you like,

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 over the next couple of weeks.

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 And I decided today that we would have a look at prayer.

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 Prayer is something that I personally need to grow significantly in,

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 but it is something worth wrestling with for all of us, I thought.

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 So I'm not speaking today as somebody who is on top of it,

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 but someone who hopefully, like you, desires to get better at it

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 and to utilise the gift that God's given us.

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 So how about we pray and ask that God will help all of us as we work into it.

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 Father God, we thank and praise you for your incredible love for us.

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 We thank you for your grace that we were reminded of this morning by Josh,

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 that you use weak and unworthy vessels like us to achieve your purposes.

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 And Lord, I ask that you would use me in that way this morning.

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 I pray for all of us that we would have soft, teachable hearts to hear you speak.

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 Lord, and ultimately we ask that you would be glorified

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 as our lives are transformed.

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 Amen.

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 We have a unique ability to transform something that is given to us as a gift

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 into something that we think we are entitled to.

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 I've noticed this in a whole bunch of different spheres of life,

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 but in particular, in my previous ministry job,

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 I was working in a church in Castle Hill.

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 And we took all of our kids away for a camp in summer.

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 And it was quite a big camp.

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 We had over 400 people go away for the week.

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 And part of the week away was leadership training for our just graduated year 12s.

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 And we called them Servant Squad.

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 They referred to themselves as Slave Squad.

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 But we went for the more biblical word of servant.

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 And basically their job for the week was we wanted them to know that leadership is hard

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 and we wanted them to know that it involves doing the jobs that no one else wants to do.

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 So for them, camp started a day early when they had to drive down to the campsite

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 and turn an empty gymnasium into an auditorium to facilitate meetings for 400 people.

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 They had to, you know, abseil up onto the rafters to hang speakers

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 so that we could have a sound system.

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 They had to put all the chairs out.

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 But during the week, they did all of our mealtimes.

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 They would be the ones in the kitchen.

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 They would be the ones setting up.

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 They would be the ones cleaning up.

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 And whenever they had spare time, we would invent jobs for them to do.

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 One year, they spent seven days putting bark on the garden.

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 Even though it already had bark, it needed a bit of a freshen up.

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 So they were shoveling bark into bins,

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 walking it to the different parts of the gardens throughout the campsite,

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 and then spreading it out.

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 All along the way, opening the Bible to be reminded of what leadership looks like.

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 But one of the interesting side effects of this Servant Squad program that we had,

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 which was a really great thing,

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 was that after a couple of years,

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 we got to the point where kids on camp didn't want to do anything.

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 It used to be normal that as a kid, you went on camp,

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 and somewhere in the week, you would have to help clean up after a meal.

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 You would be on an orderly's roster.

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 And we thought, what a great way to bless them by taking that away

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 and having some people serve them.

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 And it was amazing how a few years down the track,

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 when we designed a special dinner for Servant Squad to say thank you,

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 the one night out of seven where they didn't have to do orderly's,

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 and the complaints we got from kids,

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 because one time out of 21 meals,

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 they had to go into the kitchen for 15 minutes

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 to just wash their plates off, put them into the dishwasher.

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 It is incredible how we can take something that is a gift

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 and suddenly think that it's something we deserve,

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 something we're entitled to.

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 I think that is the way that we have kind of taken the gift of prayer.

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 We have this thing that God has given to us,

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 this access to himself,

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 and somewhere in our minds, we have shifted from thinking,

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 what a privilege that I can speak to the creator of the universe.

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 And we have thought, why isn't he listening?

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 Why isn't he answering with what I want,

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 when I want at this particular time?

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 Why is he whinging about the way that I pray?

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 We have this sense that he should listen to me.

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 I've got important things to say.

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 There's major things happening in my life.

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 I mean, what, has he got better things to do?

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 And we take this gift,

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 and suddenly we pervert it,

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 and it becomes something that we think is a right.

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 But thankfully, God challenges us in his word,

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 and I want to have a look at the passage that Wendy read out for us,

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 and hopefully a passage that is fairly familiar for many of us,

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 because in it, Jesus teaches us how we should pray.

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 Say that again.

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 He teaches us how we should pray,

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 not necessarily what we should pray.

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 The Lord's Prayer is a good prayer to pray out loud,

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 but it begins in verse 9.

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 This is the prayer he used to teach his disciples how to pray,

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 not what to pray.

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 So, simple things.

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 We're going to go...

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 There's two points.

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 Because I'm time poor,

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 and I need to follow Josh's fantastic example of word efficiency,

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 I'm going to keep it very simple.

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 First thing we need to remember about prayer

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 is that, one, it is all about God.

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 Sounds simple, but have a look.

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 Verse 9.

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 This, then, is how you should pray.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 hallowed be your name.

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 There's two incredible tensions wrapped up in that verse there,

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 which we need to carry together

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 when we come before God in prayer.

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 Firstly,

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 God is our Father.

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 We have a free access to Him,

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 an intimate access to Him,

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 but that doesn't change the fact

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 that He is hallowed,

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 that He is holy,

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 that He is mighty,

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 that He is majestic,

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 that He is creator,

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 that He is judge,

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 that He is completely other than us,

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 that His perfection is so complete

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 that for us in our sinful state to come near Him

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 would be for us to burn up and be consumed.

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 The whole Old Testament reminds us

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 that there is a necessary distance

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 between a holy God and sinful people.

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 All of Israel's worship,

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 all of their gatherings,

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 were mediated.

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 They had priests between them and God

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 because God was so holy

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 that He would destroy them.

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 They had sacrifices

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 to try and appease their mistakes

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 and His holiness.

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 Isaiah, in chapter 6 of Isaiah,

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 feels that he is ruined

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 when he lays eyes on God

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 because he can see that God is perfect

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 and He is not.

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 And he knows that it would be good and right

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 for God to destroy him

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 simply for having seen

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 the perfection of God.

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 We need to remember

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 and we need to be reminded

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 that when we come to pray,

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 when we open our mouth

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 to speak to God,

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 we are not just speaking

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 to our Heavenly Father.

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 We are,

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 but He is still

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 the Holy Creator God.

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 I remember,

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 it's quite a few years ago now,

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 but I remember when President Obama

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 had just become president.

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 Now, like him or hate him,

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 he had just become

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 one of the most powerful men

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 in the Western world.

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 He suddenly was the commander-in-chief

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 of one of the most significant

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 military forces in the world.

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 He had the power

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 to do a whole bunch of harm

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 and a whole bunch of good.

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 But I remember a picture,

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 it was a news story or something,

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 and it wasn't him speaking to camera,

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 it was just footage of him.

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 And he was chatting

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 to some other politicians,

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 but his daughters came up to him.

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 And at that point,

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 he stopped talking

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 to those politicians

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 and he played with his kids

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 for just a second.

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 And I remember looking at it thinking,

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 wow, those girls are so lucky.

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 They get free access

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 to the most powerful man

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 in the Western world.

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 They can call him dad,

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 and I'm pretty sure

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 no one else gets away with that.

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 They get to just run up to him

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 and hug him

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 when he's in the middle of stuff

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 because they have

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 a special relationship with him

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 and they are entitled

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 to his access

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 in a way that no one else is

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 because they are his children.

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 But that doesn't change

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 who he is.

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 It doesn't change

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 the power that he has.

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 It doesn't change

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 the significance

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 of him being president.

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 It's just that they

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 are in a special relationship

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 with him

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 that means they get

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 to interact with him

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 in a unique manner.

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 But he is still

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 the president

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 with his finger

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 on the trigger

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 of nuclear weapons.

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 And it is helpful

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 for us to realize

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 that when we come

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 to pray to our heavenly father,

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 which is a special,

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 privileged relationship

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 where we can run

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 and we can call him dad

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 and we can hug him

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 and we can know

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 that he is willing to listen

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 and eager to listen,

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 that doesn't change

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 who God is.

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 He is still

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 the God who made us.

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 He is still the God

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 who is perfect

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 in every way.

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 He is still the God

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 who will not let

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 the guilty go unpunished.

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 He is still the God

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 of absolute holiness

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 and inapproachable light.

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 He is still God.

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 Secondly,

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 in being all about God,

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 verse 10,

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 your kingdom come,

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 your will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 Don't underestimate

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 what is said

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 in those two lines.

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 That is a scary

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 prayer to pray.

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 It's a great prayer

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 to pray,

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 but when you say

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 your kingdom come,

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 you are saying

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 Jesus come back

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 and everything

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 that goes with that.

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 You are inviting

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 Jesus to come back

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 and subdue his enemies

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 and inaugurate his kingdom

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 for those who belong to him.

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 That is an exciting day,

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 but that is a terrifying day

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 for those who do not

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 know the King of Kings.

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 That is a scary prayer

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 to pray,

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 but it is a great prayer

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 to pray

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 because Jesus encourages us to.

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 But understand

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 the weight of it.

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 So often we go

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 through the motion

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 of saying the Lord's Prayer

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 in church

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 without maybe realizing

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 the significance

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 of what we say.

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 When you pray

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 for God's will

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 to be done

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 on earth

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 as in heaven,

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 are you actually prepared

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 for what that will

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 might cost you?

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 When you pray

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 for God's will

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 to be done,

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 are you praying,

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 God,

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 do whatever you want

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 with me,

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 even if that means

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 taking everything

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 away from me

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 like you did Job

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 so that you can

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 be glorified?

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 Is that a prayer

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 you want answered?

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 Because that's what

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 you're saying

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 when you say

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 your will be done.

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 You're saying,

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 God,

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 whatever you want

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 for your purposes,

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 your way,

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 because you're God

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 and I'm not.

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 We need to be

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 very aware

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 of what we say

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 when we pray

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 because prayer

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 is all about

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 God's agenda.

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 It's all about

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 who He is.

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 It's all about

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 what He wants to do

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 and we're reminded

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 in those just two lines,

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 your kingdom come,

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 your will be done,

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 that prayer

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 is powerful.

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 I mean,

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 it seems almost trivial

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 to pray for the little things.

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 We pray for a parking spot.

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 We pray for good weather

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 for our picnic.

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 We pray for all these things

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 and look,

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 they're not bad things.

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 They're good things

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 but do you ever think

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 maybe God is sitting up

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 on His throne

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 and thinking,

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 is that all?

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 That's easy.

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 Haven't you got something

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 significant

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 that you want me to do?

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 The world is mine.

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 I made it.

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 Everything is accountable to me

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 and I'm encouraging you

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 to pray for my kingdom.

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 I'm encouraging you

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 to pray for everything.

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 There is a challenge

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 in this prayer

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 to lift our eyes

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 beyond our immediate.

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 There's nothing wrong

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 with praying

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 for your sick auntie

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 or uncle

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 or husband

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 or wife

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 or grandson.

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 Those are good prayers

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 but God has a bigger vision

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 for the part

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 that prayer might play

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 in our life.

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 He wants us

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 to be desperate

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 for His desire.

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 He wants us

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 to see nations

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 that don't know Him yet

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 and come before Him

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 and beg Him

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 to do the miraculous.

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 He wants us

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 to look for the completely

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 unlovable,

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 unsavable,

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 for the Catherine Devonies

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 of the world

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 and He wants us

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 to see His desire

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 that she might come

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 to know forgiveness

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 and salvation

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 and He wants

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 that to fill

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 our prayers.

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 His kingdom,

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 His will,

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 prayer is always

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 about God.

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 We're encouraged

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 in Ephesians 3

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 that God can do

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 immeasurably more

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 than we ask

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 or imagine

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 and we have

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 the smallest requests.

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 We have a catchphrase

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 that we use

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 in our youth ministry team

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 which is

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 ask big

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 and expect bigger.

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 prayer.

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 Let's lift our eyes

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 to what God sees

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 when He looks

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 at the world

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 and what His desire is

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 and know that He can

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 do immeasurably more

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 than even that.

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 We firmly believe

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 in our youth ministry

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 that we have

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 the teenagers

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 that God can

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 and will use

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 to transform

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 the earth.

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 Not to transform

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 our church,

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 not to transform

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 our suburb,

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 to transform

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 the earth.

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 That's what we're

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 asking God to do

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 and we know

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 He can do more.

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 So we're asking

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 big and we're expecting

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 bigger because

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 prayer is about God

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 it's not about me.

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 Prayer is about

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 what He wants

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 it's not about

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 what I want.

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 Prayer is about

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 what He can do

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 not what I think

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 He can do.

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 God is unlimited

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 in His power

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 and we need to

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 lift our eyes

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 and remember

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 that this gift

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 of prayer

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 is a connection

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 to the supreme

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 being

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 and utilize

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 that incredible gift.

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 First one was

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 prayer is all

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 about God.

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 Second one,

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 this then

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 is how

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 you should pray.

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 The Lord's Prayer,

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 verse 9 again,

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 this then

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 is how

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 you should pray.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 hallowed be Your name,

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 Your kingdom come,

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 Your will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 Give us today

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 our daily bread,

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 forgive us our debts

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 as we also have

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 forgiven our debtors

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 and lead us

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 not into temptation

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 but deliver us

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 from the evil one.

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 How should you pray?

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 Regularly.

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 Give us today

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 our daily bread.

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 Just catch that.

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 Today,

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 what I need for today.

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 It might include bread

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 but that phrase

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 is kind of

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 whatever you need

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 to be alive today

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 and to do what God

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 needs you today,

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 ask today

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 for what you need today

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 which means tomorrow

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 you're going to need

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 to ask tomorrow

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 for what you need tomorrow

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 and the next day

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 you're going to have

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 to ask again.

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 God is saying

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 prayer is not a one-off

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 God can you just

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 cover me from here on in

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 and I probably won't need

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 to sit down

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 and pray anymore.

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 Now that's a valid prayer

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 and God can quite

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 capably answer that

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 but that's not

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 how prayer works.

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 Prayer is an opportunity

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 for us to come before God

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 and admit that we need Him.

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 It's not even that

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 in praying

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 we begin to need Him.

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 We need Him.

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 He sustains all things.

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 Prayer is His gift

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 to remind us

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 that we need Him.

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 It's His gift

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 for us to be able

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 to talk to Him

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 and just sit down

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 and say

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 God I actually can't

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 do anything without you.

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 I need you for sunshine

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 for the picnic.

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 I need you for oxygen

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 so I can breathe

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 and be alive.

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 I need you for energy

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 to do my job.

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 I need you to sustain me

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 for anything

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 and everything

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 because all things

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 come from the hand

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 of our Creator.

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 So if you need anything

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 He is the place

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 that you can get it.

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 So you should go to Him

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 regularly

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 and ask Him.

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 This prayer

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 is so all encompassing.

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 It includes material things.

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 It includes spiritual things.

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 There in verse 11 to 13

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 you've got daily bread

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 but then you've also got

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 the forgiveness

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 of debts and debtors.

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 You've got

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 leading away from temptation.

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 What should you be praying for?

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 Everything.

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 Anything.

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 Pray for that parking spot.

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 Pray for Catherine Devaney.

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 Pray for those

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 struggling with hunger

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 and oppression

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 and suffering.

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 Pray for sickness.

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 Pray for money.

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 Pray for health.

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 Pray for the unsaved.

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 Pray for an end to poverty.

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 Confess your sin.

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 Pray for wisdom.

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 Pray for strength

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 when you're struggling.

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 Pray that you can

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 resist temptation.

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 Pray in thankfulness.

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 Pray to praise God.

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 Pray for everything

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 because when we ask

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 we exalt God.

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 We say God

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 you are the one

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 who gives me everything.

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 You are the one

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 that I need

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 for my life.

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 I remember when I was younger

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 as a teenager

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 being told

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 asking is great in prayer

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 but don't ask too much.

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 You need to make sure

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 you balance out

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 the asking with the thanks

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 as if God needs to be

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 kind of placated

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 if we're going to ask

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 for things.

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 There's lots of acronyms

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 for prayer.

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 Things like acts,

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 adoration,

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 confession,

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 thanksgiving

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 and supplication

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 which no one ever understood

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 so we called it shopping list.

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 And it had to come last.

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 You had to make sure

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 you'd done your adoration,

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 your confession,

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 your thanksgiving

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 before you gave God

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 your shopping list.

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 And look,

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 I understand the sentiment

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 and it is good for us

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 to praise God

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 and do all those sort of things

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 but asking

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 is what this prayer

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 that Jesus teaches

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 is full of.

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 Have a look at it.

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 Your kingdom come.

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 He's saying

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 God,

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 God,

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 please bring your kingdom.

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 That's a request.

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 Your will be done.

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 Give us our bread.

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 Forgive us.

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 Lead us.

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 Deliver us.

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 It's asking.

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 It's requests.

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 You do praise God.

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 You do adore God

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 when you ask him for things

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 because what you're saying is

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 God,

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 you're the one who provides.

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 You're the good God

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 who gives.

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 You're the heavenly Father

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 who loves me enough

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 to want to give me good things.

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 Asking is good

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 and right

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 and appropriate

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 and it shows

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 that we are depending

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 on God.

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 We need Jesus

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 for everything.

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 For breath.

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 For life.

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 And of course

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 for doing God's will.

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 I firmly believe

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 after reflecting on this prayer

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 and reflecting on scripture

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 that

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 fundamentally

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 the beginning of sin

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 is not praying.

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 Say that again.

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 Fundamentally

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 I believe

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 that the beginning of sin

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 is not praying

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 because the second

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 you choose not to pray

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 you reject God

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 as the one

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 that you need.

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 You reject him

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 as the one

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 who sustains you.

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 You reject him

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 as the one

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 who holds

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 all of the earth

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 in his hands.

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 You reject him

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 as the one

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 to whom you are

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 accountable

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 for your whole life

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 and you become

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 self-dependent

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 which is sin.

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 Prayer could not

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 be more significant.

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 It is a gift

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 from God

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 to us

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 for our sake.

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 He is sovereign.

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 He knows

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 what we're going to ask.

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 This passage even says it.

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 Don't babble

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 like the pagans.

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 They think

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 they'll be heard

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 because of their many words.

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 Verse 8.

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 Do not be like them

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 for your father

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 knows what you need

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 before you ask.

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 He doesn't give us

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 prayer so that we can

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 remind him of things

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 that are going on.

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 He dwells in us

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 and he knows us

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 intimately

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 but he gives us

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 prayer

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 so that we might

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 be reminded

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 that we need him.

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 So that we might

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 verbalize

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 that we need him.

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 So that we might

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 express

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 that we

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 need

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 him.

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 How do you pray?

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 Pray regularly

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 because you need

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 Jesus

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 always.

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 Secondly

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 pray with

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 integrity.

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 It's really easy

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 to say things

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 without actually

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 having any meaning

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 or weight

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 behind those words.

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 I remember

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 as a teenager

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 occasionally

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 I would have

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 a romantic

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 relationship

00:18:56.340 --> 00:18:57.660
 that didn't work

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 out the way

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 that I anticipated

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 that it would

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 at the start.

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 As a teenager

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 for me

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 a long romantic

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.940
 relationship

00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.400
 was about

00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:05.100
 three weeks.

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 That's not

00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:07.160
 what I set

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.740
 out to do

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 but that's

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.660
 just the way

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.060
 it panned

00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:09.360
 out.

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 And I remember

00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.160
 the conversation

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.580
 that you would

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 have as a

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 relationship

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:14.180
 would break

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 down.

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 And it's

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.000
 amazing

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.700
 the words

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 that you

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 would say

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 in order

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 to try

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.660
 and prevent

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 tears

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 on the other

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 side of

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 the conversation

00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.540
 when in

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 reality

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.720
 it's not

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 exactly

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:23.600
 what you

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 were thinking.

00:19:24.560 --> 00:19:24.920
 Phrases

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 like

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 I'm just

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 not ready

00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.400
 for a

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 relationship

00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:28.620
 right now.

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 It's not

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.060
 you

00:19:30.060 --> 00:19:30.700
 it's me.

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:32.900
 Now

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.860
 when I say

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 I'm not

00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:34.460
 ready for

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.040
 a relationship

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.639
 what I mean

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 is

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:37.019
 until I

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 find somebody

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 who I

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 actually

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.480
 like

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 I'm not

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.159
 ready for

00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:39.720
 a relationship

00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.299
 right now.

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.599
 And when I

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.059
 say it's

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.379
 not you

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.859
 it's me

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 I mean

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 it's you

00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:44.399
 who makes

00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:45.139
 me annoyed.

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 So you

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 can actually

00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.700
 say the

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.099
 words

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:50.019
 but there's

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:51.019
 no integrity

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.700
 behind them.

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.619
 You don't

00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:53.220
 mean it.

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.440
 It's like

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:54.879
 the kid

00:19:54.879 --> 00:19:55.279
 who says

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:55.599
 sorry

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:55.920
 when they

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.440
 get caught

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.059
 waits for

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.259
 you to

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.480
 leave

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:57.920
 and starts

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.180
 doing

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.579
 exactly

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:58.980
 the same

00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.319
 thing.

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 It matters

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.720
 that we

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.440
 pray

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.880
 with

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.420
 integrity.

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.400
 That what

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.680
 we are

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.019
 saying

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:06.360
 with our

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:06.720
 words

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.299
 reflects

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.759
 the

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.100
 posture

00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:08.299
 of

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:08.440
 our

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.820
 heart.

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.420
 In

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:10.980
 verse 12

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.279
 we are

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:11.680
 encouraged

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.180
 to pray

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.779
 forgive us

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.279
 our debts

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.640
 as we

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.360
 also have

00:20:14.360 --> 00:20:14.740
 forgiven

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.700
 our debtors.

00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:17.340
 If we are

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:17.539
 going to

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.059
 approach

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.539
 God

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.700
 requesting

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.480
 and embracing

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 and rejoicing

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.640
 in his

00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.180
 grace and

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.559
 forgiveness

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.240
 to us

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:23.920
 we are

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.360
 challenged

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:24.799
 here

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:26.080
 that to

00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:26.600
 ask for

00:20:26.600 --> 00:20:27.019
 something

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:28.400
 that we

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:28.620
 are not

00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:29.019
 willing to

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.400
 offer

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:30.799
 is

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.460
 inconsistent.

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.740
 Prayer is

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.039
 not a

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.299
 vending

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.660
 machine

00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.180
 for us

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.539
 simply

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.079
 to gain

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.640
 things.

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.400
 Prayer is

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:37.840
 a means

00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.220
 of us

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.500
 growing

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:38.920
 closer

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.120
 to

00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:39.460
 God

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.620
 and

00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:40.860
 part

00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:40.940
 of

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.059
 that

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:41.180
 is

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.340
 our

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.600
 heart

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:41.860
 being

00:20:41.860 --> 00:20:42.279
 shaped

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.519
 to

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:42.920
 reflect

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.140
 him

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.319
 as

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:43.579
 well.

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.440
 It's

00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:44.600
 not

00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:44.799
 that

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.100
 us

00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:45.460
 forgiving

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:45.940
 others

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.420
 earns

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:46.620
 our

00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:46.980
 forgiveness

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.240
 from

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.480
 God

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.640
 in

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:47.960
 prayer.

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.799
 It's

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:48.960
 not

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.160
 like

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:49.299
 if

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.400
 you

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:49.579
 have

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:49.860
 failed

00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:50.059
 to

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.299
 forgive

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.620
 someone

00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:50.779
 and

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:50.900
 you

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.079
 come

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.259
 and

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:51.480
 pray

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:51.640
 and

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:51.840
 ask

00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:52.000
 God

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.160
 for

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.460
 forgiveness

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:52.660
 he

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:52.779
 will

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:52.980
 say

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.299
 no.

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.380
 But

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:54.539
 there

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:54.660
 is

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:54.860
 this

00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:55.120
 sense

00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:55.320
 that

00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:55.620
 as

00:20:55.620 --> 00:20:55.759
 we

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:55.920
 are

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.300
 forgiven

00:20:56.300 --> 00:20:56.580
 by

00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:57.100
 God

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:57.980
 we

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.300
 begin

00:20:58.300 --> 00:20:58.560
 to

00:20:58.560 --> 00:20:58.920
 lose

00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.120
 the

00:20:59.120 --> 00:20:59.600
 ability

00:20:59.600 --> 00:21:00.400
 to

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:00.660
 not

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:00.880
 show

00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.300
 forgiveness.

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.340
 Suddenly

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:03.900
 we realise

00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.279
 we are

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.860
 completely

00:21:04.860 --> 00:21:05.660
 unworthy

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.220
 selfish

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:07.000
 sinful

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.940
 despicable

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.340
 human

00:21:08.340 --> 00:21:08.720
 beings

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:08.900
 who

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.180
 God

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.400
 loves

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:09.820
 anyway

00:21:09.820 --> 00:21:10.540
 and

00:21:10.540 --> 00:21:10.640
 it

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:10.800
 gets

00:21:10.800 --> 00:21:11.140
 really

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.440
 hard

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.620
 to

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:11.759
 look

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:11.980
 down

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.100
 on

00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.259
 other

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.640
 people.

00:21:13.600 --> 00:21:14.120
 We

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.259
 need

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.380
 to

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:14.560
 pray

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 with

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 integrity

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 as

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 we

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 come

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 to

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 God

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 and

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 request

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 his

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 goodness

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 reflect

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 on

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 our

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 own

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 lives

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 parts

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 of our

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 lives

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 that

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 may

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 not

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 line

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 up

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 with

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 what

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 it

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 means

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 to

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 follow

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 Jesus.

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 We

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 need

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 to

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 be

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 willing

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 to

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 confess

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 honestly

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 and

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 openly

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 where

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 we've

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 fallen

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 short

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 and

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 cry

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 out

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 for

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 God's

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 guidance

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 willing

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 to

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 pay

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 the

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 cost

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 when

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 he

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 guides

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 us

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 maybe

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 where

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 we

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 didn't

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 want

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 to

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 go.

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 When

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 you

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 ask

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 for

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 God's

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 will

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 to

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 be

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 done

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 do

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 you

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 say

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 those

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 words

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 with

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 integrity

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 ready

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 to

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 follow

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 wherever

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 he

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 might

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 when

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 you

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 ask

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 him

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 to

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 use

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 your

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 life

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 as

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 he

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 pleases

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 do

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 you

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 mean

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 it

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 and

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 if

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 not

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 confess

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 it

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 acknowledge

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 that

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 you

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 are

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 failing

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 in

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 that

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 and

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 ask

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 that

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 God

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 would

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 shape

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 your

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 heart

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 so

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 you

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 can

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 pray

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 those

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 words

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 confidently

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 lastly

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 on

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 integrity

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 we need

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 to pray

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 out of

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 our

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 hearts

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 let me

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 read

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 verse

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 5

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 to

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 8

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 again

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 when

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 you

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 pray

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 do

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 not

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 be

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 like

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 the

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 hypocrites

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 for

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 they

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 love

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 to

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 pray

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 standing

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 prayer

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 is not

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 an

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 exercise

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 in

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 showing

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 off

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 prayer

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 is not

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 an

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 exercise

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 in

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 practicing

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 your

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 communication

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 skills

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 prayer

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 is an

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 exercise

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 in

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 trust

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 in

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 Jesus

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 it

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 is

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 an

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 active

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 expression

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 of

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 faith

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 God

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 already

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 knows

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 your

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 words

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 before

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 you

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 open

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 your

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 mouth

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 so

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 don't

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 fluff

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 about

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 tell

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 him

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 what

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 you

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 want

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 I

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 was

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 challenged

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 recently

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 that

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 often

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 we

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 try

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 and

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 do

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 the

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 holy

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 version

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 of

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 prayer

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 dear

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 God

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 I

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 have

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 a

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 sick

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 grandmother

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 so

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 if

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 it's

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 your

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 will

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 make

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 it

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 better

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 if

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 not

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 help

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 me

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 to be

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 okay

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 with

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 that

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 now

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 that's

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 not

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 a

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 wrong

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 prayer

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 but

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 what

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 do

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 I

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 really

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 want

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 I

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 want

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 my

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 grandmother

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 to be

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 better

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 I

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 want

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 that

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 sickness

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 to be

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 fixed

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 God

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 knows

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 that's

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 what

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 I

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 want

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 it's

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 not

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 like

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 that

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 extra

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 half

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 sentence

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 has

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 tricked

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 God

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 into

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 thinking

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 I'm

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 holier

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 than

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 I

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 really

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 am

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 be

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 honest

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 day

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 ooh

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 be

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 honest

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 to

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 trust

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 him

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 anyway

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 to

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 trust

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 in

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 his

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 goodness

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 and

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 rejoice

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 in

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 the

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 fact

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 that

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 I

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 already

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 prayed

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 that

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 he

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 is

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 God

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 and

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 I

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 am

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 not

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 and

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 I

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 need

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 to

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 trust

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 that

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 his

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 will

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 is

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 been

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 done

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 and

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 not

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 mine

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 pray honestly from your heart let the way we pray in public whether it's leading at the front

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 whether it's in small groups whether it's in our bible studies be an overflow of the way we cry out

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:29.019
 to god regularly and honestly in our own day-to-day devotions and finally how do you pray pray intimately

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 prayer is no longer our phone line to a distant god off in heaven somewhere

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 we're reminded in ephesians that those of us who were far have been brought near by the blood of

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:51.700
 jesus because jesus has died and jesus has risen and he sits on the throne now we are told in the

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 new testament that we sit in the heavenlies that we are sitting in the throne room of god right now

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 and we have free access to our heavenly father so you can cry out daddy you can cry out father

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:13.000
 you can pray direct jesus our brother

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 jesus god the son pleads on our behalf and so we pray confident that our loving heavenly father answers

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 we pray thankful even before he answers because we know from romans 8 that he's always working for our

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 good

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 so we can have an honest regular and intimate relationship with the god of heaven

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:43.860
 we need jesus for everything especially for our prayer

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 prayer is a gift in which god gives us free access to our holy god

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:57.099
 even with him it's not a right it's a gift

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 it's a gracious invitation from our heavenly father

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 prayer is an expression of faith prayer is praise prayer is dependence on god prayer is love for god and

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:15.779
 it's love for one another prayer is a gift in which god gives us free access to himself and so we

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 must pray

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 we need to

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 let's do that now

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 father god we want to acknowledge that so often we misuse good things that you give us

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 so often we waste opportunities

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 but lord we ask that you would change us that you would shape our hearts to recognize that we need you

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 to make us people who rejoice in the fact that we need to fall on our knees and cry out to you for even the most

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 minuscule task in our lives

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 because everything that we have comes from you

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 we want to thank and praise you for jesus

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 who has died on the cross and risen so that we have clear and free access to you in heaven

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 god i pray that we would be people

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 who come before you regularly

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 and with integrity and desperately and intimately

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:20.579
 and cry out to you to have your way in our lives

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 who plead with you that you would bring your kingdom on the earth

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 that your will would be done

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 lord give us eyes to see what it is that you are doing

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 that we might rejoice thankfully

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 give us confidence to bring our anxieties and our burdens to you

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 knowing that you're here

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 and you promise to answer

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 father when we open our mouths to speak to you

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 may we grasp the gravity

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 of what it is to speak

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 with the creator

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 may we grasp

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 the love that you have shown us

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 that we call you

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 father and friend

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 father thank you for this gift

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 thank you for all that you give us and all that you do

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 please glorify yourself in us

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 amen