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 Well, good morning everyone, nice to see you.

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 And as always, look forward to chatting with you over tea and coffee.

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 Please don't rush away.

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 It's good to chat if you're able to stay.

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 Turn in your Bibles please to Colossians.

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 This is the letter we're looking at together this term.

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 Colossians chapter 1.

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 Last week we looked at chapter 1 verses 1 to 8 as we saw the beginning of this church

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 and how he was thanking God for their faith in Christ Jesus and the love that they had

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 for each other and the hope of heaven to come, this new community of believers.

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 And then this morning we're going to be looking at verses 9 to 14 which is a prayer, a prayer for the church.

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 And as we go through this morning, at different points I'm going to turn what we've looked at a section at a time into a prayer.

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 And the prayer will be on the screen.

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 You can verbally pray it out along with me if you want to or you can just pray quietly to the Lord.

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 But we're going to try and turn what we look at at different stages into prayer to make it practical and helpful.

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 So let's keep our Bibles open at Colossians 1 verses 9 to 14.

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 I'm going to pray and then we'll look at his words together.

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 Father, you have given to us all that we have.

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 There is nothing that we hold dear that is not a gift from you.

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 Thank you for all that you have blessed us with.

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 And we thank you that it is your desire to continue to give to your people and to your church

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 all that we need as we walk the Christian life.

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 So Father, we come in our weakness, our helplessness.

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 We come humbly before our great King and ask, give to us, your servants, what we need today.

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 Help us, we pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, if you could ask God for one thing and you knew you would receive it, what would you ask for?

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 If you could ask for one thing and you knew you would receive it, what would you ask for?

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 Or suppose somebody comes up to you over tea and coffee and they say to you,

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 Will you pray for me?

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 Pray for me this week.

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 What would you ask that person to pray for you?

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 Those are good questions to ask because the answer to those questions reveal

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 what is most valuable to us and what is most important to us.

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 How we answer those questions reveal what's most important to us.

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 So what would you ask God for?

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 Would it be for an increase in your salary at work?

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 Would it be for better health?

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 Would it be for a husband or a wife?

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 Maybe to pass your exams or win your match?

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 Or what would you pray for?

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 Well, in our text this morning, verses 9 to 14, the Apostle Paul writes what he is praying for these people.

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 Verse 9.

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 For this reason.

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 So he has been giving thanks for their salvation in Christ, their new beginning.

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 So for this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you.

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 Well, we know he prays.

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 He does so in his other letters.

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 But what does he pray for?

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 Well, surprisingly, he doesn't pray and ask,

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 Lord, make it less stressful for these people.

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 Or, Lord, give them an easier life so that they're not tired anymore.

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 He doesn't even ask for better health or greater prosperity.

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 Paul prays not what we want, but what we most need.

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 What we most need.

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 His prayer shapes how we as a church family can pray for one another.

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 The things that we most need.

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 There's three things that form our prayer for one another and for the church.

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 We pray that we would be filled by God,

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 strengthened with power,

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 and it to be received in thanks.

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 So something to be filled by,

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 something to be strengthened with,

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 and something to be received.

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 So let's look at each of these in turn.

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 First is a prayer to be filled by God.

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 Look at the rest of verse 9.

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 We continually ask God to fill you,

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 fill you with what?

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 With the knowledge of his will.

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 That's the prayer.

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 Lord, fill me with the knowledge of your will.

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 Now, knowing God's will is important to us.

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 In fact, it's something that kind of strikes a chord with us,

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 because we think of God's will in terms of our future, don't we?

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 We say things like,

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 it's God's will for me to move to Paris.

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 It's God's will that I should marry you.

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 It's God's will that I should work here.

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 It sounds very spiritual, doesn't it,

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 when we attach things that we desire with God's will.

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 But I think what we're really expressing is our own personal choices.

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 You see, God's will is not complex.

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 It's not something hidden that we have to discover.

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 It's not some kind of packaged personal plan that God has,

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 that we somehow have to prise open his hands

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 to get what God's will is for my life.

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 No, God's will has actually been revealed to us all.

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 God's will is what God wants and what God desires.

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 God's will is God's priority for our lives and for this world.

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 So you're asking the question,

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 as am I, well, how do we know what that will is?

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 What is it that God wants and God's desire?

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 Well, the primary way of knowing what God's will is,

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 is by the Spirit through Scripture.

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 By the Spirit through Scripture.

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 You see, God's will is revealed to us in the pages of Scripture.

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 The book that you have open in your hands there now

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 is the primary and fundamental things

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 that we need to know for our life and for this world.

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 That's how God communicates.

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 It's how God speaks to us.

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 It's how we hear God's voice.

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 If you want to be filled with God's desire and God's priorities,

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 if you want a knowledge of his will,

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 well, see this book, open it up and read it.

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 Let me show you God's revealed will for your life.

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 Have a look at chapter 1, verse 28.

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 This is God's will.

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 We're reading Scripture, God's word.

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 This is what it says, chapter 1, verse 28.

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 He, that is Christ, is the one we proclaim,

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 admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom,

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 so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.

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 That's God's will for your life,

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 that you would become mature in Christ,

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 that you would grow in Christ-likeness.

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 Let me show you another one.

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 Chapter 2, verse 2.

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 Again, he's speaking of the church.

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 You see, that's God's will for us,

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 that together as a church we would be united together

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 in love for Jesus and love for one another.

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 You see, God's will isn't very complex, is it?

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 It's really quite simple.

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 We just open up the Bible and read.

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 That's God's will for your life.

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 But, to see that will applied to our lives,

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 and to see our priorities change,

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 and our desires to match up with God's desires,

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 we need the help of the Spirit.

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 Look at the rest of verse 9.

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 We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will

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 through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives.

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 You see, the Spirit gives us wisdom and understanding

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 to apply God's revealed will to our lives.

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 As we read the Bible, we're learning what God's will is,

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 we're being filled with his knowledge,

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 and the Spirit is at work within us,

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 giving us wisdom and understanding

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 to apply all of that word

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 to our lives and to our day-to-day situations.

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 And so,

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 our first prayer,

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 you can follow on the screen.

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 Father God,

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 as we read your word,

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 fill us with a knowledge of what you want

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 and you desire,

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 and by your Spirit,

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 give us wisdom and understanding

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 to apply your truth

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 to our lives.

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 Amen.

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 So, we ask God to fill us,

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 and there's a reason,

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 there's a big reason

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 why we need to be filled with God's knowledge

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 and for the Spirit to be at work in us,

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 so that

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 we might please God.

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 Let's look at the end of verse 9.

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 We'll read that into verse 10.

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 We continually ask God

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 to fill you with the knowledge of his will

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 through all the wisdom and understanding

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 that the Spirit gives,

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 so that

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 you may live a life worthy of the Lord

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 and please him in every way.

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 So, you see that little phrase,

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 to live a life worthy of God?

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 Well, that's to live a life that pleases God.

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 If you want to live a life that's worthy to God,

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 it means to live a life that pleases God.

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 And how we please him

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 is further explained in verse 10.

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 Bearing fruit in every good work

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 and growing in the knowledge of God.

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 Bearing fruit

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 and growing.

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 That's what it is to please God.

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 In fact, as we read through Colossians,

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 we're shown what some of this fruit looks like.

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 The kind of things that we should be doing

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 if we're to please God.

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 So, just for example,

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 have a look at chapter 3, verse 5.

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 I wonder what you have in your mind

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 when you think of bearing fruit in every good work.

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 Something to please God.

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 Well, here it is.

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 Some examples.

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 Chapter 3, verse 5.

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 Here's a good fruit.

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 Put to death, therefore,

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 whatever belongs to your earthly nature.

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 Sexual immorality,

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 impurity,

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 lust,

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 evil desires,

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 and greed,

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 which is idolatry.

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 That's a lovely fruit, isn't it?

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 Fight sin.

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 Put it to death.

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 Or another one,

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 verse 13.

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 Bear with each other

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 and forgive one another

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 if any of you has a grievance

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 against someone.

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 You've got a grievance

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 against someone here today?

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 Maybe your spouse,

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 maybe your children,

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 maybe a neighbour.

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 I don't know.

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 Do we forgive them?

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 It's a beautiful fruit.

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 Or verse 16.

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 Let the message,

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 or the word of God,

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 the message of Christ,

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 dwell among you richly

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 as you teach

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 and admonish one another

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 with all wisdom

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 through psalms,

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 hymns,

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 and songs from the Spirit,

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 singing to God

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 with gratitude in your hearts.

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 That's another lovely fruit.

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 That's what we were practising.

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 That was some of the good work

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 we were doing

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 as we gathered this morning.

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 We were singing songs.

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 Why?

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 Because as we sing,

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 we're not singing just to God.

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 We're singing to each other

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 and we're teaching

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 and we're admonishing

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 and reminding each other

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 of who God is,

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 that he is good,

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 that he's paid it all,

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 and that we have access to

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 a God in heaven.

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 These are the kinds of fruits

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 that are to be in display

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 in our lives.

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 They're attractive and beautiful.

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 It is pleasing to God.

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 But we're not just to bear fruit.

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 We're also, verse 10,

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 to grow in knowledge.

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 And this growing in knowledge

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 is not just to kind of puff our heads up

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 and fill as much theology

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 as we possibly can

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 and just cram it in

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 so we've got this big theological head

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 that's so big

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 and so deep.

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 That's good.

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 But it's really about

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 putting it into practice.

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 Growing in knowledge

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 is obeying God's will

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 for my life.

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 You see,

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 that's the way we please God,

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 is hearing his word

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 and doing it.

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 And so,

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 to our second prayer,

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 we pray,

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 Father,

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 fill us with a knowledge

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 of your will

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 so that we might live

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 a fruitful life,

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 putting sin to death,

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 loving each other,

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 and encouraging one another

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 with the word of Christ

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 so that we please you.

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 Amen.

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 Now that's a great prayer,

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 isn't it?

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 To be filled by God

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 and given his spirit

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 so that we can please him

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 in our life.

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 But how are we going to do it?

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 Because all of that fruit

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 and all of that knowledge

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 is difficult.

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 So here's the second part

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 of the prayer.

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 A prayer to be strengthened

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 with power.

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 You see,

00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:30.139
 without God,

00:17:30.919 --> 00:17:33.279
 there can be no spiritual fruit.

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 There can be no growing.

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 There can be no obedience.

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 There can be no pleasing God.

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 So we come to God

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 humbly,

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 admitting our weakness

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 and helplessness,

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 and ask him

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 that he would strengthen us

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 by his power.

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 So look at verse 11.

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 being strengthened with all power

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 according to his glorious might.

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 What a great prayer.

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 To be strengthened

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 with all power

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 according to his glorious might.

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 Now that power,

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 the power we're talking about here,

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 is nothing less

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 than God's creation

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 resurrection power.

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 Let's look at what scripture says.

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 I've got these verses

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 on the screen.

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 Here's the first one,

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 which talks about

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 God's creation power.

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 Sovereign Lord,

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 you have made the heavens

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 and the earth

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 by your great power

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 and outstretched arm.

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 Immense power, isn't it?

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 To bring the universe

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 into existence

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 and to hold it all together.

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 God's power,

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 God's power,

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 God's power,

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.640
 God's power,

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 God's power,

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 God's power,

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 God's power,

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 is the same as the mighty strength

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 he exerted

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 when he raised Christ from the dead

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 and seated him in the heavenly realms.

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 Isn't that an extraordinary power?

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 The power that raised Jesus from the dead

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 and put him into the heavenly realms,

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 ruling over all people

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 and all things.

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 That power

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 is available

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 for you and for me.

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 The power that brought

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 the universe into existence,

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 the power that raised Christ,

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 his glorious might

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 is at work within us.

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 Verse 11,

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 being strengthened with

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 how much power?

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 All power.

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 This is God's full

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 and complete,

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 unlimited

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 and eternal power.

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 You see,

00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:00.299
 what God asks of us

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:02.259
 to please him in every way,

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 oh, it's so difficult,

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 isn't it?

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 But he makes it all possible

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 by giving to us

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 his glorious might.

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 One writer put it like this,

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 we are strengthened by God

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 with the greatest strength imaginable.

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 And so we pray again,

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 Father God,

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 help us to see our weakness

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 and our helplessness.

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 We come to you asking

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 that you will strengthen us

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 with your power

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 so that we might obey

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 your will.

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 Now this being strengthened

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 with power

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 is filled out

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 in a purpose

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 and a reason

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 why we need this power.

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 And here it is,

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 so that

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 you and I

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 can keep on going.

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 That we'll keep on

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 persevering

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 in the Christian life.

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:06.980
 Verse 11,

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 being strengthened

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 with all power

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 according to his

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 glorious might

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 so that

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 you might have

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 great endurance

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 and patience.

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 The Christian life,

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 it's difficult,

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.060
 isn't it?

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 It's tough.

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 And to enable us

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 to keep going,

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 to keep walking

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 and following Jesus,

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 we're given his power.

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 And this is seen

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 in two ways.

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 When we receive his power,

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 look at verse 11,

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 the end of verse 11,

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 we have great endurance

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 and patience.

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 Because that's what

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:44.519
 the Christian life requires,

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.400
 endurance.

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 It's not a sprint.

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 It's a marathon.

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 We don't just receive

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 Christ,

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:54.159
 we continue

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 with Christ.

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 And that's hard

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 for us

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 as we go to work

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 or as we go to our school,

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 as we live our life out.

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 There are all kinds

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 of pressures

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 which are pushing

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 in upon us

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 to conform

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 not to God's will

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 but to the world's will.

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 That I would seek

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.039
 my will

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 rather than God's will.

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 That I would follow

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 my desires

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 rather than submit

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 to God's desires.

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 That's always

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 crushing in on us.

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 And so we ask

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 to be strengthened

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:27.079
 with his power

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 so that we will endure.

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:33.259
 And the Christian life

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:35.000
 also requires patience.

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:38.799
 We want everything now.

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:41.240
 We're an instantaneous culture.

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:43.259
 We want our struggles

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.819
 to end now.

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 Trials to be over now.

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 We want all of heaven

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.400
 and the joy of heaven

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 now.

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.620
 Well, longing for heaven

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.080
 is good.

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 I hope you are longing

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 for it.

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 But we've got to learn

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.860
 patience.

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 It's coming.

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:06.500
 Verse 5 tells us that.

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 Doesn't it?

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.660
 Have a look back up

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.559
 at verse 5.

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 He's been talking

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 about their faith

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 and love

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 that spring from

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 the hope

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 stored up for you

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 in heaven

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 about which you've

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.420
 already heard

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 in the true message

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 of the gospel.

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 For God's children

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 we're looking forward

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 where there will be

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 no struggles

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 and there will be

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.579
 no trials.

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 But we've got to learn

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.799
 patience.

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 It is coming.

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 And so we pray

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 for power

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.040
 and strength

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 to be faithfully

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.519
 following

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:46.480
 and to do that

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.040
 patiently.

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 And so we pray

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.720
 again

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:50.500
 how good it is

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.120
 to pray

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 because as we pray

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.660
 God gives.

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 Here's the prayer.

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:57.019
 Father God

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:59.000
 strengthen us

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.660
 with your glorious

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.820
 might

00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:02.820
 the power

00:24:02.820 --> 00:24:03.560
 that brought

00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:04.279
 the universe

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.340
 into existence

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:07.299
 and the power

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.159
 that raised

00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:09.439
 Christ from the dead

00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:11.599
 so that we will

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.220
 endure

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.139
 in the face

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.779
 of trials

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:16.319
 and have patience

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:18.019
 while we wait

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.599
 for heaven.

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.759
 Amen.

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.720
 What a great prayer.

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:26.339
 So we ask God

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.139
 to fill us.

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.500
 We ask to be

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.799
 strengthened with power.

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:34.500
 But are you sure

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:36.440
 God is going to

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.220
 give you what you

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.619
 need?

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:40.059
 Are you sure

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:41.980
 that God our

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.319
 Father will give you

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.519
 all that we've been

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.400
 praying for this

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.740
 morning?

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.000
 Well,

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:50.440
 I think we can be.

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.660
 A prayer

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.700
 to be received

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.259
 in thanks.

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.240
 Look at verse 12.

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.079
 He's been praying

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.720
 for different things

00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:00.180
 and then he kind of

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.019
 changes tack

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.779
 and he bursts

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:03.640
 into a prayer

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.640
 of thanksgiving.

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.660
 Verse 12.

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.720
 And giving

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:09.200
 joyful thanks

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.280
 to the Father.

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.700
 Why?

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.460
 Because he has

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.500
 qualified you

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.200
 to share

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.240
 in the inheritance

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:19.340
 of his holy people

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.620
 in the kingdom

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.280
 of light.

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.460
 What's the

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.660
 greatest gift

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:27.160
 you could

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.259
 possibly have?

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.180
 What do you

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.000
 dream of

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.059
 if you were

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.599
 to receive

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.140
 a gift?

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.619
 Well,

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.279
 if you are

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.880
 a Christian,

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.799
 you have

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.619
 the greatest

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.859
 gift that

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.259
 you could

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.519
 possibly ever

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.119
 imagine.

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.140
 You have

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:43.099
 the gift

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.660
 that trumps

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:46.319
 every other

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.440
 gift imaginable.

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.400
 Did you see it

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:50.400
 there in verse 12?

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.460
 You share

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.819
 in the

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.519
 inheritance

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:57.000
 of his

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.799
 holy people.

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:57.859
 people.

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.639
 That

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.379
 inheritance

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:01.680
 is something

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.299
 we have

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.359
 now and

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:03.799
 it will

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.779
 be experienced

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.460
 in all

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.000
 its fullness

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.680
 to come.

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.639
 So what

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.180
 will it be

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.460
 like?

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.899
 What is

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:11.180
 this inheritance

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.059
 going to look

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.319
 like?

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:12.819
 Well,

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.619
 it's described

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.319
 in the same

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:16.039
 verse as

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.659
 the kingdom

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.559
 of light.

00:26:18.919 --> 00:26:19.859
 That is a

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:21.460
 kingdom ruled

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.379
 by God

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:23.759
 where there

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.220
 is no

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.720
 darkness,

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:26.600
 no sin,

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.220
 no evil,

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.319
 no wickedness,

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.480
 no suffering,

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.200
 no sickness.

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.799
 It will be a

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.420
 life with

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.620
 Christ for

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.799
 all eternity

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:37.600
 who will

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.420
 continue to

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.100
 fill us with

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:40.319
 joy and

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.500
 peace never

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.940
 ending.

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.620
 It will be

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.600
 our forever

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:46.740
 home marked

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.660
 by beauty

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.980
 and harmony.

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:51.460
 This is

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.500
 God's gift

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.700
 to you.

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:55.100
 can you

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.539
 think of

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.980
 a better

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.460
 gift you

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.100
 could possibly

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.519
 have?

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.799
 This is

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.600
 your

00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:00.400
 inheritance.

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.319
 This is

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.819
 what is

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:04.059
 written for

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.740
 you in

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.420
 God's

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.120
 will.

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.759
 Now to

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.420
 share in

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.660
 this

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.200
 inheritance

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:13.059
 we have

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.680
 to qualify

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.319
 don't we?

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:17.100
 So what

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.480
 does that

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.940
 mean for

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.100
 me?

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.440
 Do I

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.819
 have to

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.319
 achieve

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.660
 some

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.100
 certain

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.620
 standard

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.240
 of holiness

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.059
 to kind

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.539
 of somehow

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.180
 get into

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.500
 the

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.019
 holy

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.519
 joe

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.960
 club?

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.740
 Do I

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.019
 have to

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.359
 somehow

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:29.359
 prove

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:29.940
 myself

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.500
 to God

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.900
 that he

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.079
 will

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.759
 accept me?

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.559
 What is it

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.140
 I have to

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:34.640
 do to

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.599
 qualify for

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.839
 this amazing

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.380
 inheritance?

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.460
 What do you

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.059
 have to do?

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.000
 Nothing

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.759
 except

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.700
 receive it

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.740
 in faith.

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.500
 Look at

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.140
 verse 12.

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.380
 Who's

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:51.859
 qualified

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.279
 you?

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.440
 The

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.220
 Father

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.579
 who has

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.019
 qualified

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.559
 you.

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.759
 The

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.359
 Father

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.599
 qualifies

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.160
 us.

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.339
 It's not

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.940
 what we

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:04.000
 do but

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.740
 what God

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.420
 has done

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.799
 for us.

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.680
 He tells

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.019
 us what

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.440
 he's done

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.799
 for us.

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.619
 Verse 13

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.759
 He has

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.920
 rescued

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.920
 God

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.259
 has

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.840
 rescued

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:16.519
 He's

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.000
 rescued

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.519
 us from

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.360
 the dominion

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:18.920
 the rule

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.519
 of darkness

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.880
 and brought

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.620
 us into

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.360
 the kingdom

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:23.300
 of the

00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:23.840
 Son He

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.380
 loves.

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.900
 Transferred

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.320
 from a

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:26.860
 kingdom of

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.300
 darkness

00:28:27.300 --> 00:28:28.400
 into a

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.940
 kingdom of

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.360
 light

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:30.500
 a kingdom

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.240
 of love

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.220
 with His

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.560
 Son

00:28:32.560 --> 00:28:34.360
 in whom

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.880
 we have

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.720
 redemption

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:37.700
 set free

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:39.700
 from our

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.240
 past

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.840
 our guilt

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.480
 and shame

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:43.620
 and receiving

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.440
 the forgiveness

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:46.240
 of sins.

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.400
 You see

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:50.519
 we were

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.380
 lost in a

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:51.940
 kingdom of

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.519
 darkness

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:54.200
 empty and

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.819
 hopeless

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:56.920
 bound to

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.519
 the ruler

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.180
 of this

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.079
 dark kingdom

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.620
 Satan

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.220
 himself

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.120
 enslaved

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.880
 to a

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.400
 life of

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.759
 sin.

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.299
 There was

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.860
 no way

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.240
 for us

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.940
 to escape

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.400
 or get

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.839
 out of

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.079
 this

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.940
 dark

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.519
 kingdom.

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:10.099
 in fact

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.660
 the Bible

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.220
 tells us

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.519
 that we

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.960
 even had

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.799
 no desire

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.680
 to escape.

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.799
 But God

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.420
 takes the

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:16.879
 initiative

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:18.019
 and God

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.660
 comes and

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.400
 intervenes

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:19.900
 into our

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.200
 life

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.160
 through His

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.440
 Son

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.420
 and He

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.539
 rescues

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:23.900
 us.

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.519
 He

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.579
 makes a

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.139
 way so

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.660
 we can

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.900
 escape

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:29.759
 and enter

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.299
 into a

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.819
 kingdom of

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.299
 light.

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.019
 Enter into

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.519
 the kingdom

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.960
 of the

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.660
 Son He

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.279
 loves.

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.700
 He

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.319
 takes us

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.819
 from our

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.980
 self-destructive

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.200
 hell-bound

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.259
 life and

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.059
 gives us a

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.799
 glorious

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.539
 inheritance.

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:48.500
 We receive

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.819
 it in

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.579
 thanks.

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.319
 And so

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.899
 we pray

00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:53.420
 again.

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.700
 Father God

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.500
 we thank

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:58.099
 you that

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.680
 you have

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.779
 qualified us

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.559
 to share

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.059
 in your

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.740
 glorious

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.319
 inheritance.

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.660
 Thank you

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.779
 for rescuing

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.879
 and redeeming

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:07.119
 us and

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.940
 forgiving us

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.660
 of all

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.319
 our sin.

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.539
 We receive

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.559
 your gift

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:14.160
 with joyful

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.819
 thanks.

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.599
 Isn't that

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.099
 amazing?

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:21.339
 Which helps

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.180
 us to see

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:24.059
 that as we

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.539
 come in

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.220
 thanksgiving

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:27.559
 it leads

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.200
 to a

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.700
 humble

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:30.059
 confidence.

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.579
 We receive

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.819
 in thanks

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:35.079
 thanks so

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.539
 that we

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.379
 can ask

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.319
 confidently.

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.500
 You see

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.799
 he's not

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.899
 just stopping

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.960
 asking God

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.359
 and then

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:43.179
 suddenly going

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:43.679
 into a

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.159
 prayer of

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.700
 thanks.

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:46.220
 I think

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.679
 it's a

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.200
 prayer of

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.980
 thanks to

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.679
 help us

00:30:48.679 --> 00:30:49.779
 see that

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.200
 we can

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.240
 ask God

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:52.279
 confidently.

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.700
 You see

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.259
 think of it

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.779
 this way.

00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:56.419
 If God

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:56.879
 has given

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.359
 us the

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.799
 greatest

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.659
 gift ever

00:30:58.659 --> 00:31:00.059
 being

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:01.099
 qualified to

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.619
 share in

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:01.859
 his

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.459
 inheritance

00:31:02.459 --> 00:31:04.639
 how much

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.419
 more

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:07.000
 will he

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.619
 give to

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.559
 us all

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.099
 that we

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:10.199
 need as

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:10.799
 we wait

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.319
 for our

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.899
 inheritance.

00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:13.500
 If our

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.699
 inheritance is

00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:15.699
 guaranteed,

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.739
 it's stored

00:31:16.739 --> 00:31:17.299
 up, it's

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.179
 coming, you

00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:18.899
 will receive

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.739
 it, how

00:31:19.739 --> 00:31:20.319
 much more

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.599
 will he

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:20.959
 give us

00:31:20.959 --> 00:31:21.919
 everything we

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:24.039
 need while

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.719
 we're waiting?

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.979
 Or think of

00:31:26.979 --> 00:31:27.559
 it this way,

00:31:27.939 --> 00:31:28.659
 if God

00:31:28.659 --> 00:31:29.839
 gave us the

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.619
 greatest gift

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.419
 for which

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:32.019
 we never

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.259
 asked or

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.559
 desired, but

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.319
 he gave it

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:37.240
 to you, how

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.379
 much more

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:39.519
 will he

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.379
 give what

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:41.079
 we do

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:42.299
 need when

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.859
 we humbly

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.359
 ask?

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.379
 If he

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.980
 gave you the

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.720
 greatest gift

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:46.980
 and you

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.759
 never asked

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.379
 for it,

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.399
 how much

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:50.799
 more will

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.139
 he give

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:52.279
 you what

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:53.099
 you need

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:54.419
 today and

00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:54.879
 tomorrow

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:56.639
 because we

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.039
 humbly

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.599
 ask?

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:59.879
 you see

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.599
 sometimes we

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.139
 view God

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:01.619
 like some

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:02.019
 kind of

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.019
 magic genie,

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.279
 a God

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.559
 who we

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:04.859
 have to

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.500
 desperately

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.179
 try and

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.799
 please and

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.579
 with some

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.059
 kind of

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:09.399
 magic prayer

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:10.639
 formula, we

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.659
 prize out of

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.419
 God's hands

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:13.179
 the things

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:13.519
 that we

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.019
 want.

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.419
 Repetition,

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.599
 same prayer

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.019
 over and

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.539
 over again.

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.559
 No, God

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.159
 isn't like

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:20.639
 that.

00:32:21.419 --> 00:32:22.219
 God is a

00:32:22.219 --> 00:32:22.699
 generous

00:32:22.699 --> 00:32:24.019
 Father who

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.819
 always gives

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.399
 to us what

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:25.899
 is best.

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.800
 He's not

00:32:26.800 --> 00:32:27.820
 tight-fisted

00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:28.920
 or mean-hearted.

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.040
 Just have a

00:32:30.040 --> 00:32:30.560
 look back at

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:31.140
 the end of

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:32.180
 verse 2,

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:33.000
 chapter 1,

00:32:33.540 --> 00:32:34.019
 the last

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.480
 part of

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.060
 verse 2.

00:32:36.300 --> 00:32:37.080
 This shows

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.420
 us how

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.240
 generous our

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.019
 Father is.

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.040
 Grace

00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:42.860
 and peace

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.440
 to you

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.820
 from God

00:32:44.820 --> 00:32:45.400
 our Father.

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.320
 These are

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.740
 the gifts

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.180
 he gives

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.560
 to his

00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:48.980
 children,

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.560
 grace

00:32:50.560 --> 00:32:52.120
 and peace

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:53.660
 and all

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.080
 that we

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:55.440
 need as

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.920
 we wait

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.320
 our

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.900
 inheritance.

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.279
 So we

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.779
 come in

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.200
 humble

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.799
 confidence

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.620
 knowing that

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.880
 he will

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.799
 always give

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.600
 what is

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:04.200
 right and

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.580
 best.

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:06.019
 So we

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.460
 pray.

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.759
 Father,

00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:10.920
 we humbly

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:12.680
 ask that

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.039
 you will

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.460
 give to

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.100
 us all

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:14.820
 we need

00:33:14.820 --> 00:33:15.880
 as we

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.299
 live the

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.680
 Christian

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.180
 life.

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.980
 Please

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.480
 fill us

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.860
 with the

00:33:19.860 --> 00:33:20.420
 knowledge of

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.880
 your will,

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.019
 strengthen

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.559
 us with

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.320
 all power

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:24.299
 so that

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.480
 we

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.079
 please

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.379
 you

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.679
 in

00:33:25.679 --> 00:33:26.019
 all

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.599
 things.

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.799
 We

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.399
 receive

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.799
 these

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.339
 gifts

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.919
 in

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:30.500
 thanks.

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.759
 What a

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.259
 tremendous

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.879
 prayer.

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.139
 But you

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.500
 know what?

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.059
 This is a

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.599
 prayer we

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:40.200
 pray as

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.879
 a church.

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.799
 These

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.259
 aren't just

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.980
 individual

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.679
 prayers.

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:44.879
 Look back

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.259
 at verse

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.899
 9 there

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.679
 with me.

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.759
 He says,

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.879
 we have

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.440
 not

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.200
 stopped

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.879
 praying

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:53.180
 for you.

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:54.940
 Paul is

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.740
 praying on

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.579
 behalf of

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.119
 the church.

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.819
 He is

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.700
 interceding

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.500
 on behalf

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.000
 of these

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.440
 people.

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.379
 So this

00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:02.700
 is a

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:02.900
 prayer.

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.420
 What we've

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:03.819
 been looking

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.660
 at is

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:04.940
 our

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.599
 encouragement

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.359
 to pray

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.059
 this prayer

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.559
 for one

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:07.900
 another.

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.179
 So think

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.440
 of it

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.159
 like this.

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.780
 Imagine

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.199
 you're on

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.780
 a plane

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:15.239
 going off

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.559
 to,

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.659
 because it's

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.039
 God's

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.280
 will,

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.179
 Paris.

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.100
 Just

00:34:19.100 --> 00:34:19.520
 imagine.

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.900
 You're

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.180
 on a

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:21.720
 plane and

00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:22.420
 suddenly you

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.420
 experience a

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:23.860
 loss of

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.180
 cabin

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:24.700
 pressure.

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.380
 Immediately

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.620
 those oxygen

00:34:27.620 --> 00:34:28.380
 masks just

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:29.120
 pop down.

00:34:30.160 --> 00:34:30.520
 And if

00:34:30.520 --> 00:34:31.020
 you're sitting

00:34:31.020 --> 00:34:32.200
 beside someone

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.180
 who can't

00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:33.700
 manage a

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.360
 younger person

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.720
 or for

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.380
 whatever reason

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.940
 they can't

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.480
 put it on,

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.520
 it's your

00:34:37.520 --> 00:34:38.320
 responsibility

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:40.460
 to put that

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.060
 mask on

00:34:41.060 --> 00:34:41.500
 them so

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.840
 that they

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.600
 can breathe.

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:45.500
 Well,

00:34:45.560 --> 00:34:45.900
 aren't there

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.760
 times when

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.600
 we are so

00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:48.520
 overwhelmed

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.159
 with the

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.800
 pressures of

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.239
 life.

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.900
 Trials,

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.300
 struggles,

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:56.079
 and it

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.679
 feels like

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.159
 we've run

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.500
 out of

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.940
 oxygen,

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.340
 we're

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.860
 choking,

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.639
 we're

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.500
 suffocating,

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:02.280
 we can't

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.699
 cope,

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.519
 we can't

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.119
 even

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:06.079
 pray.

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:09.019
 So we

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.460
 go to

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.019
 someone and

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.500
 we say,

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.780
 will you

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.280
 pray for

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:13.500
 me?

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:16.380
 will you

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.880
 pray on

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.679
 my behalf?

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.099
 What a

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:21.360
 great request

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.719
 that we

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.239
 are a

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.860
 family,

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.019
 brothers and

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.380
 sisters,

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.219
 who can

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:27.059
 pray for

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.579
 each other

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.340
 so that

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.860
 we can

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.840
 ask God,

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.500
 our generous

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.900
 Father,

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.820
 to give to

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.300
 our brothers

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.960
 and sisters

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.960
 all that

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.559
 we need.

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.079
 Fill them

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.400
 with the

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.880
 knowledge of

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.260
 your will,

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:38.280
 strengthen

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.800
 them with

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.500
 your faith,

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:41.260
 and give

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.619
 them a

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.000
 renewed

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.639
 confidence

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.199
 that they

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.679
 too can

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:45.719
 ask and

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.079
 they will

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.699
 receive.

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.619
 Your

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.320
 prayers

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:50.699
 for

00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:51.400
 each

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.920
 other

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:53.780
 will help

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.719
 them breathe

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.619
 again.

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.420
 This

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.800
 week,

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.699
 we're going

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:01.280
 to gather

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:02.639
 as a

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:02.880
 church

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.340
 family.

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.780
 In your

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.480
 notice sheet

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.820
 at the

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.219
 back of

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.420
 it,

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.000
 you'll

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.480
 see the

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.159
 timetable

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.519
 there,

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.400
 or if

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.559
 you've

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:09.940
 got the

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.259
 book,

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.099
 as Ralph

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.679
 was pointing

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.039
 out,

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.360
 the different

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.219
 occasions we

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:15.840
 can gather

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:17.019
 to pray.

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.539
 And my

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.119
 encouragement

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.820
 to you,

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.480
 as it is

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.219
 to myself,

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.420
 we're not

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.860
 saying you'll

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.420
 be there at

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.920
 every prayer

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.519
 event,

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:27.019
 but just

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.860
 highlight it,

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.420
 mark it

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.699
 off,

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.840
 plan.

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:30.980
 If you

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.579
 don't plan,

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.019
 it's not

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.300
 going to

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.619
 happen.

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.219
 Come along

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.820
 if you can't

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.380
 be there at

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.840
 the exact

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.239
 time,

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.840
 just come

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.400
 soon after.

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.900
 Come when

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.519
 you can,

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.980
 leave when

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.340
 you have

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.519
 to.

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.079
 If you're

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.380
 there for

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.940
 10 minutes,

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.660
 15 minutes,

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.320
 that's fine.

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.700
 Come when

00:36:44.700 --> 00:36:45.220
 you can,

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.260
 leave when

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:46.599
 you have

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:46.840
 to.

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.500
 And if

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.920
 you find

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.340
 praying

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:48.940
 difficult,

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.220
 and you're

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:50.840
 not always

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.360
 sure what

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.780
 to pray

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.240
 for,

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.579
 so we'll

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.160
 be using

00:36:54.160 --> 00:36:55.119
 these prayers

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.360
 as a guide,

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.360
 to be

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.880
 praying for

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.480
 the areas

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.780
 of the

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.160
 life of

00:36:59.160 --> 00:36:59.780
 the church,

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.260
 the community

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:01.760
 in which

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.280
 we're in,

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.800
 and our

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.880
 mission

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.519
 partners.

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:05.739
 others.

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.320
 So,

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.259
 let's

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:09.519
 use this

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:11.039
 to pray

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.579
 for one

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:11.960
 another,

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:14.820
 to pray

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.280
 and ask

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:15.780
 God that

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.099
 he will

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.519
 give to

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.139
 us all

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.519
 that we

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.940
 need

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:19.059
 as we

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.599
 live the

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.079
 Christian

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.820
 life.

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.579
 Well,

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.139
 before we

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.440
 sing,

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:25.679
 let's

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.019
 pray

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.920
 together.

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:40.000
 our

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.380
 Father

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.840
 God,

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.800
 thank you

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.460
 that you

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.840
 are

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.680
 generous

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:44.980
 and

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:46.260
 exceedingly

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:47.380
 good,

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:49.599
 and that

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:49.880
 you

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:51.099
 always

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:52.480
 and only

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.059
 give

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:54.960
 the very

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.740
 best

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.400
 gifts

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.440
 to your

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.960
 children.

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.840
 Thank you

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.420
 for the

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.059
 gift of

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.659
 prayer,

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.220
 that we

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:03.659
 can come

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.220
 and talk

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:04.639
 to you

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.039
 as we

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.760
 are now,

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:07.740
 and ask

00:38:07.740 --> 00:38:08.360
 you that

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:09.139
 the power

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.220
 you used

00:38:10.220 --> 00:38:11.159
 to bring

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.900
 this world

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.599
 into being,

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.480
 the power

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.220
 that raised

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.900
 Christ from

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.360
 the dead

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:16.460
 and defeated

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.960
 death

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 and gives

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.720
 life,

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.500
 that we

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.119
 might have

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.760
 that power

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.480
 so that we

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.300
 would please

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.780
 you in

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.480
 every way.

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.559
 encourage

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.880
 us to

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 be people

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.119
 of prayer

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:30.760
 for our

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.079
 church

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.579
 family,

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.320
 especially

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:35.240
 for those

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.960
 who are not

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.500
 able to

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:36.980
 pray or

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.360
 are going

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:38.260
 through trials.

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 May we

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.679
 pray on

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.500
 their behalf,

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:42.880
 knowing

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.800
 that you

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.360
 will give.

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.840
 Thank you,

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:48.179
 Father,

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.440
 for teaching

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.179
 us today.

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.659
 Amen.

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:58.420
 Well, we're

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.679
 going to

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:58.980
 sing.

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.280
 What a

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:06.079
 friend we

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.659
 have in

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:07.019
 Jesus.

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:08.119
 He's with

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.860
 us and

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.760
 for us,

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:11.019
 not against

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.420
 us.

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.519
 All our

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:14.159
 sins we

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:14.760
 can bring

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:16.659
 and he

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.480
 will forgive.

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.240
 take

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:44.380
 fire and

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:44.599
 the