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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Come with me this morning to Luke chapter 11, Luke 11.

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 This is our last week in our mini-series on prayer.

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 As we've been looking at this passage where Jesus himself is praying and a disciple comes to Jesus and asks him to teach them to pray.

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 And Jesus does that beginning with the Lord's Prayer.

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 We've seen over the last few weeks what he teaches them in this special prayer that we use often.

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 To pray, Father, that God adopts us into his family.

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 Invites us into his presence.

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 And then he shows us what our priorities are to be.

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 That his glory and his kingdom would be at the forefront of our minds.

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 And in all of life, those would shape our hearts.

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 And we would treasure them.

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 And he says, ask for daily bread.

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 Highlighting our relationship with God.

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 One of constant, communal dependence upon God.

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 Next, we saw that God forgives our sins and pays our debts so that we too can forgive others.

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 And finally, that through prayer we battle against sin and Satan by turning to our strong Father.

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 Leaning on that relationship.

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 So if you've missed the last five weeks, now you're caught up.

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 You got it all right there.

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 But before Jesus stops this lesson on prayer, he has one more thing to say.

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 He's going to emphasize one aspect of the Lord's prayer above all the others one more time.

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 Let's read at verse 5 and see what that is.

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 Luke 11 at verse 5.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 And he, Jesus, said to them,

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

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 Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey,

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 and I have nothing to set before him.

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 And he will answer from within,

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 Do not bother me.

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

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 I cannot get up and give you anything.

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

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

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

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 Seek and you will find.

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 Knock and it will be opened to you.

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 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds,

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 and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

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 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish,

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 will instead of a fish give him a serpent?

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

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

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

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 This is God's word.

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 Let's ask for his help as we study it together.

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 Father, thank you for your word.

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 Thank you that you teach us things that are not natural for us.

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 And so we pray again one more time during this season.

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 Lord, teach us to pray.

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 Not just what about it, but teach us how to pray.

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 Make us prayerful people.

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 Teach us to pray that we might know you,

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 and love you, and trust you more.

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 We ask it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Phone helplines are one of my areas of expertise.

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 Because of my lack of expertise on anything technological or mechanical,

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 I can't fix anything.

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 I don't know how anything works.

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 And so I call and ask for help a lot.

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 And if you do that, you'll know that sometimes you call,

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 and you find out that the person on the other end of the line

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 just doesn't really understand your problem.

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 That there's nothing they can do to fix it, perhaps.

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 Or sometimes they actually can.

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 They're quite capable and knowledgeable,

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 but you don't understand them very well.

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 And it's frustrating, and you think,

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 I can't get the help that I need,

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 and so you just eventually give up

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 and awkwardly try to get off the phone as quickly as you can.

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 Other times, however, you get someone who is really helpful

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 on the other end of the line.

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 I called about a late fee on my cell phone bill a couple of years ago,

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 and I got a guy and was talking to him,

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 seeing if he could take care of the late fee,

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 and that was all I wanted.

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 And while he is taking care of the late fee for me,

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 he says, oh, and by the way,

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 I see a way I can get you a better plan

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 where you get more data and save $10 a month.

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 Would you like me to put you on that plan?

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 Yes, absolutely.

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 Tell me why not.

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 There's no reason.

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 You should want it.

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 And what happens then?

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 Now all of a sudden I realize,

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 oh, someone is for me.

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 I have an advocate.

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 I'm not in a hurry to get off the phone.

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 What are all my other questions about my cell phone account

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 that I've always wanted to have answered

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 because I've found someone who can really help, right?

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 I want to stay and talk to him

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 and see how else he might be able to help me.

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 The character, the helpfulness

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 of the person we're talking to

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 makes all the difference, doesn't it?

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 The same is true with prayer.

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 And that's what Jesus wants us to remember one more time

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 before we leave the subject of prayer,

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 at least in sermons.

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 Who is it that we're praying to?

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 This is, remember, the most shocking part

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 of Jesus' whole model prayer

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 that we are praying to our Father.

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 It's what drives all the petitions he tells us to pray,

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 the things he tells us to ask for.

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 It's the fact that we're actually talking to our Father,

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 a Father who is infinitely good

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 beyond anyone we know or can imagine

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 and delights to help us.

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 That's the essence of these verses

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 that follow the Lord's Prayer.

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 They focus on the identity

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 and character of the one hearing our prayers.

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 Nothing else could motivate us to pray

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 more than that.

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 I think Jesus is going to talk about it again

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 because we have such a hard time

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 practically believing it

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 that we pray to our Father

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 and that he's infinitely good

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 and loves to help.

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 What Jesus does is he tells two brief parables,

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 two somewhat hypothetical stories

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 to emphasize God's infinitely good character.

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 The first one is a bit complex

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 because the rhetorical question is so long.

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 It starts in verse five.

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 Jesus says,

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 Which of you who has a friend

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 will go to him at midnight

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 and say to him,

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 Friend, lend me three loaves

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 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey

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 and I have nothing to set before him.

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 Now this is only the first part of the question.

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 He's not finished with the question yet.

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 But what you need to understand

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 that this might not seem too dramatic to you

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 in Jesus' culture,

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 this is a crisis.

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 It is a hospitality crisis,

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 a culture crisis

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 at the level of wearing seersucker

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 after Labor Day.

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 Showing up at a tailgate party

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 and there's no food.

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 Like that's the,

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 there's something really wrong here.

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 Something needs to be addressed.

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 That's what's happening

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 in this culture.

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 Of course you would go

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 if you didn't have food

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 to a friend nearby

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 to help you.

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 What Jesus is saying

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 is actually the end of the question.

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 Let's finish it.

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 Which of you has someone

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 that the situation will be

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 that he'll answer from within,

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 Don't bother me.

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 The door's shut

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 and my children are with me in bed.

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 I can't get up and give you anything.

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 Nothing.

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 The answer to that question is

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 none of us.

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 No one has a situation like that.

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 Because,

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 though he will not get up

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 and give him anything

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 because he's his friend,

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 because of his impudence,

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 he will rise

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 and give him whatever he needs.

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 That's the answer

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 to Jesus' rhetorical question.

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 No.

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 This would never happen.

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 Nobody would ever sit

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 and not answer the door.

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 Not just because

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 you're such a good friend

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 and everyone always helps you out,

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 but because it would be disgraceful

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 for your neighbor

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 to decline to help you.

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 His shame in the neighborhood,

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 in the town,

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 would be even greater than yours

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 for not having food

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 that he had

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 and did not help you.

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 That word translated impudence

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 here in the last line.

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 It's a difficult word

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 to translate it.

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 It means shamelessness

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 because you haven't used

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 impudence recently, right?

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 It means shamelessness

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 or wanting to avoid disgrace

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 or dishonor.

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 Trying to protect one's honor.

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 And while it's true

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 of the one looking for help

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 in this parable,

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 I believe the emphasis

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 is actually not on the impudence

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 of the one looking for help,

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 but rather on the desire

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 to avoid dishonor

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 and disgrace

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 of the one who's asleep in bed

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 being asked for help.

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 He will do it

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 to protect his honor.

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 Of course all your neighbors

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 would help,

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 Jesus is saying.

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 That reading fits

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 with the point of the easier

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 to understand parable

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 at the end.

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 Verse 11.

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 Jesus says,

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 What father among you

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 if his son asks for a fish

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 will instead of a fish

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 give him a serpent?

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 Or if he asks for an egg

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 will give him a scorpion?

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 Or birthday cake

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 would give him broccoli?

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 He would have included that.

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 Ran out of room.

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 If you then who are evil

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 know how to give good gifts

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 to your children,

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 how much more

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 will the heavenly Father

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 give the Holy Spirit

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 to those who ask him?

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 One of the reasons

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 this one's easy to understand

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 is Jesus tells us the point, right?

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 If you then who are evil,

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 you evil parents,

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 sermon on total depravity

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 saved for another day,

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 if you give good gifts,

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 how much more

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 will your heavenly Father,

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 your infinitely good,

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 perfect heavenly Father

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 give good gifts?

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 See, that's what he's saying

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 in the first story too, right?

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 If any of your neighbors

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 would get up and help you,

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 God would too.

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 If they would defend their honor

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 and help their neighbor

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 in crisis,

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 how much more

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 would God defend his honor

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 and help you in crisis?

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 The point Jesus is making

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 is about God's character.

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 God is good all the time.

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 All the time.

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 God is good.

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 He's a loving Father

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 who gives good help,

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 who loves to answer prayer.

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 God is good,

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 gracious,

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 merciful,

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 faithful,

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 never failing,

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 unchanging.

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 His character is spoken of that way

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 over and over

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 in the Scriptures.

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 And in particular,

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 it's demonstrated

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 as he answers

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 the prayers of his people.

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 The Bible doesn't just assert

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 that God is this way,

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 it shows him being this way

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 to his people.

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 And I've just picked a few

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 this morning,

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 thinking back of God's answers

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 to prayers of his people

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 in the Bible.

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 Think all the way back

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 to Abraham

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 who needs a ram

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 in the thicket

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 when his son Isaac

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 is about to be sacrificed

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 and God provides.

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 And Abraham prays

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 that God would heal

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 Abimelech

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 and his household

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 and God heals them.

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 The people of God

00:12:56.940 --> 00:12:58.040
 later are in Egypt

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 and they cry out

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 for deliverance

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 and God answers

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 their prayers

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 and then later gives them

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 water and manna

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 in the wilderness

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 for 40 years.

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 God answers the prayers

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 of Moses.

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 Many times it's to

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 forgive this people

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 and not wipe them

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 off the face of the earth

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 as they deserve.

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 Samson,

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 who's become a blind judge,

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 prays for strength

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 one more time

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 that he might testify

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 to God's glory

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 and God answers.

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 The woman,

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 Hannah,

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 cries out

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 praying before God

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 over and over

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 in the temple

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 and God answers

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 her prayer

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 and gives her

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 a child,

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 Samuel.

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 Elijah prays to God

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 and in one situation

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 a young boy

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 is raised

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 from the dead.

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 In another,

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 God pours down

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 fire from heaven

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 in response

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 to Elijah's prayers

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 and to show

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 his greatness

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 compared to the

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 prophets of Baal.

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 You can think of

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 Hezekiah and

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 Jehoshaphat

00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:06.319
 and other kings

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 who pray for

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 military deliverance

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 and God provides.

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 Daniel is a man

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 of prayer

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 and in response

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 to his prayer

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 God gives him

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 interpretation

00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:17.299
 of dreams.

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 He gives him

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 visions of the future

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 even to comfort him

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 and assure him

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 in great difficulty.

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 In the New Testament

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 the apostles

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 in the early church

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 pray

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 and a child

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 is raised

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 from the dead again.

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 The members

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 of the church

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 gather and pray

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 and apostles

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 are released

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 from prison

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 miraculously

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 delivered into

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 their midst.

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 The church

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 is built up

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 through the prayers

00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:47.399
 of God's people

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 over and over

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 and over.

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 This is what

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 our Father is like,

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:52.620
 right?

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 We don't stop

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 to think

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 how he's shown

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 himself to be

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 this kind of God

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 but he loves

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 to give good gifts

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 to his children.

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 You've seen it

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 personally in your life.

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 We've seen it

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 corporately

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 as a church.

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 When you think

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 about this reality

00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:10.700
 it's really remarkable

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 either way

00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:12.320
 you think about this

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 either to think

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 that our Father

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.019
 is infinitely good

00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:19.580
 is amazing

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 or to think

00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:21.899
 that the one

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 out of all people

00:15:23.079 --> 00:15:24.059
 who is infinitely

00:15:24.059 --> 00:15:24.600
 good

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 is our Father.

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 It's equally

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 remarkable.

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 It's incredible

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 but it's true.

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 This is who God is.

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 This is his

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 great character

00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:35.799
 over and over

00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:36.600
 and how he acts

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 toward us

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 and so we pray.

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 That's to be

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 the result.

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 And so we pray

00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:48.939
 tucked between

00:15:48.939 --> 00:15:50.399
 these two stories

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 highlighting the

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 character of God

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 is the intended

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 result

00:15:54.079 --> 00:15:55.980
 in our lives.

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 Jesus says

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 because we pray

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 to an infinitely

00:15:59.439 --> 00:16:00.879
 good Father

00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:01.939
 we must pray

00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:02.600
 desperately

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:04.419
 persistently

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 and expectantly.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 I tell you

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 ask

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 and it will be

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 given to you.

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 Seek

00:16:13.660 --> 00:16:14.060
 and you will

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 find.

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 Knock

00:16:15.260 --> 00:16:15.580
 and it will

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 be opened

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 to you.

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 For everyone

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 who asks

00:16:18.560 --> 00:16:19.060
 receives

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 and the one

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 who seeks

00:16:20.160 --> 00:16:20.920
 finds

00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:21.680
 and to the one

00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:22.380
 who knocks

00:16:22.380 --> 00:16:23.680
 it will be

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 opened.

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 This is

00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:25.900
 praying, right?

00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:26.580
 Asking,

00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.180
 seeking,

00:16:27.540 --> 00:16:27.820
 knocking

00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.780
 in this context

00:16:28.780 --> 00:16:29.980
 is prayer.

00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.520
 There are three

00:16:30.520 --> 00:16:31.360
 things at least

00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:32.120
 we learn about

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.220
 how we must

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:33.620
 pray

00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:35.279
 because of

00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:36.060
 the one

00:16:36.060 --> 00:16:36.899
 to whom

00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:38.419
 we pray.

00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.799
 Because of

00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.340
 who God is

00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:40.720
 first

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.580
 we pray

00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.299
 desperately.

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:44.679
 Ask,

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.139
 seek,

00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:45.759
 and knock

00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.139
 have a

00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:47.120
 progression

00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:48.299
 to them

00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:48.679
 as though

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.100
 the one

00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:49.620
 asking

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.240
 is getting

00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:51.060
 needier

00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:51.740
 and needier

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:53.320
 by the moment.

00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.720
 Like the host

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.779
 in the first story

00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.700
 who's seeking

00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.419
 where to find

00:16:57.419 --> 00:16:57.799
 bread,

00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.240
 begging,

00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:59.000
 pleading,

00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.500
 please help me,

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.600
 I'm in a crisis

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:03.600
 in dire need.

00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:05.740
 That's who we are,

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.000
 right?

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.119
 Desperately

00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:09.079
 dependent upon

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.440
 God,

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.319
 helpless,

00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.799
 apart from

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.180
 Him.

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.799
 We should pray

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.539
 like that

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:16.920
 because that's

00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.460
 who we are.

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.779
 We should believe

00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.180
 it's true

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:20.039
 because it is

00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.720
 true.

00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:21.900
 We're helpless

00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:22.720
 apart from

00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:22.900
 Him.

00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.880
 I was praying

00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:24.619
 just this week

00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.460
 and I said

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:25.779
 the word,

00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.099
 Father,

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:27.599
 we really need

00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:28.180
 You in this

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.740
 situation.

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:30.880
 And I just

00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.480
 stopped and

00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:31.900
 chuckled

00:17:31.900 --> 00:17:33.279
 and said,

00:17:33.619 --> 00:17:34.699
 Father,

00:17:34.939 --> 00:17:36.259
 we really

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:36.919
 need You

00:17:36.919 --> 00:17:38.099
 all the time.

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.099
 It's just

00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:39.779
 right now

00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.500
 we really

00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.179
 are aware

00:17:41.179 --> 00:17:42.059
 of how much

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:43.199
 we need You.

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:45.059
 We really

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.679
 need Him

00:17:45.679 --> 00:17:46.759
 all the time,

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.239
 right,

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:48.439
 for every breath

00:17:48.439 --> 00:17:49.719
 that we take.

00:17:50.199 --> 00:17:50.579
 Isn't that

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.000
 the truth?

00:17:51.959 --> 00:17:53.119
 We always

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.719
 are crisis level

00:17:54.719 --> 00:17:56.219
 needy for God,

00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:57.419
 dependent on Him

00:17:57.419 --> 00:17:58.139
 and because

00:17:58.139 --> 00:17:58.799
 He's the good

00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:00.059
 Father who provides,

00:18:00.219 --> 00:18:01.419
 we must remember

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:02.660
 our need

00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.180
 for Him.

00:18:05.060 --> 00:18:05.519
 Secondly,

00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:06.259
 we must pray

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:07.180
 persistently.

00:18:08.300 --> 00:18:08.700
 Ask,

00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:09.120
 seek,

00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.640
 and knock

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.400
 are present

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:11.560
 tense verbs

00:18:11.560 --> 00:18:12.759
 with the idea

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.100
 that we would

00:18:13.100 --> 00:18:13.680
 not just pray

00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:14.300
 one time

00:18:14.300 --> 00:18:15.440
 but that we

00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:16.080
 would continue

00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:16.580
 to pray

00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:17.180
 repeatedly

00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:18.440
 over and

00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:18.960
 over,

00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:19.820
 constantly.

00:18:20.340 --> 00:18:20.759
 Of course,

00:18:20.820 --> 00:18:21.300
 we're told

00:18:21.300 --> 00:18:21.800
 in the Bible

00:18:21.800 --> 00:18:22.180
 to pray

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:23.120
 without ceasing

00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:24.019
 and we all

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.500
 do that,

00:18:24.560 --> 00:18:24.759
 right?

00:18:24.840 --> 00:18:25.600
 You're always

00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.259
 praying.

00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:26.820
 People think

00:18:26.820 --> 00:18:27.240
 you're talking

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.860
 to yourself

00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:28.380
 sometimes.

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.340
 Now,

00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.160
 what's going

00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:30.540
 on there?

00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.040
 What is it?

00:18:31.080 --> 00:18:31.740
 The implication

00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.759
 of this

00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.480
 is that

00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.600
 God is good

00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:35.360
 and will

00:18:35.360 --> 00:18:36.160
 give the good

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.680
 gift

00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:38.519
 but when

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.100
 or how

00:18:39.100 --> 00:18:39.620
 He does

00:18:39.620 --> 00:18:40.080
 that may

00:18:40.080 --> 00:18:40.680
 be unclear.

00:18:42.300 --> 00:18:42.880
 We don't

00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:43.320
 just pray

00:18:43.320 --> 00:18:43.800
 once and

00:18:43.800 --> 00:18:44.120
 say that,

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.420
 did it?

00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:47.600
 We are

00:18:47.600 --> 00:18:48.240
 to keep

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.900
 praying.

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.540
 We could

00:18:49.540 --> 00:18:49.980
 say we

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.840
 must pray

00:18:50.840 --> 00:18:51.480
 and we

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.100
 must not

00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:52.640
 quit

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.259
 praying

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.900
 and if

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.220
 we have

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.560
 stopped

00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:55.000
 we must

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.300
 start

00:18:55.300 --> 00:18:55.620
 praying

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.180
 again.

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:57.740
 That's

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.180
 what Jesus

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.900
 means,

00:18:59.040 --> 00:18:59.460
 ask,

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.080
 seek,

00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:01.320
 and knock.

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.380
 The passage

00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:02.980
 is clear

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.400
 that the

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:04.220
 one who's

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.720
 listening

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:06.120
 is infinitely

00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:07.120
 good.

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.620
 So let

00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.360
 that encourage

00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:10.259
 us to

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 pray and

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 to keep

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 praying even

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 when it

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 feels like

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 and looks

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 like He's

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 not answering

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 it.

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 Even when

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 it feels

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.720
 your prayers

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.100
 are hitting

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 the ceiling

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 and bouncing

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 back like

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 no one

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 cares,

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 Jesus says

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 He does.

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 He will

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 act.

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 He does

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 love you.

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 God

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 we have

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 to remember

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 that the

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 heart of

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 prayer

00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:32.440
 is not

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.240
 getting

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.920
 things we

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 want.

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 It's our

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 relationship

00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:37.960
 with God,

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 right?

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 We've said

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 this every

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 week.

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 It's praying

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 without ceasing.

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 Constantly

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 talking to

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 God,

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 living dependent

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 upon Him

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 moment by

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 moment.

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 I'd suggest

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 you think of

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 it like that

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 friend that

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 you text

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 throughout the

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 day.

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 You have a

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 friend like

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.220
 that.

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 You just

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 text them

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 several times

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 through the

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.380
 course of

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 the day,

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 something pops

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 in your

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 head,

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 you text

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 it to

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 them,

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:00.819
 you send

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 them a

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 question,

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 you tell

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 them what

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 you're up

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 to,

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 you ask

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 them for

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 something that

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 you need,

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.539
 can they help

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 out with

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 something,

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 you just are

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 naturally

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 comfortable

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:09.440
 talking with

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 them.

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 That's the

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 kind of

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 relationship

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 that we are

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 to have

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.460
 with God,

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 praying

00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:14.620
 without

00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:15.559
 ceasing

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.740
 all the

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.220
 time.

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.079
 So how

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.240
 do you

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.640
 get there?

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.620
 How do

00:20:22.620 --> 00:20:23.360
 you develop

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:24.140
 that kind

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 of

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:25.079
 relationship

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:26.099
 you have

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 with your

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 friend?

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 My guess

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 is that if

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.659
 you have

00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.099
 a friend

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.799
 like that

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.259
 at some

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.819
 point in

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 time,

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 you spent

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 meaningful

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 time together,

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 set aside

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.519
 some time

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.399
 and just

00:20:38.399 --> 00:20:38.859
 got to

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.259
 know each

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.500
 other,

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:39.879
 right?

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.619
 You sat

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.099
 down and

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.680
 were together

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.220
 regularly,

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:43.759
 got to

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.200
 know about

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.639
 each other

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 and committed

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.379
 that time

00:20:46.379 --> 00:20:47.500
 to that

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:49.000
 so that

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.619
 eventually you

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.059
 can flow

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.819
 naturally in

00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.200
 and out of

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.799
 conversation

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.720
 without anxiety

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.259
 because you've

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.639
 got to know

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.020
 each other

00:20:54.020 --> 00:20:54.400
 and you've

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 connected.

00:20:56.520 --> 00:20:57.100
 That's how

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:57.600
 I'd encourage

00:20:57.600 --> 00:20:58.120
 you to think

00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:59.440
 about developing

00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.200
 your prayer

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.680
 life.

00:21:01.520 --> 00:21:02.220
 The goal

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.780
 is that

00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:03.680
 moment by

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.120
 moment,

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.180
 comfortable,

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 dependent

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.200
 relationship

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.860
 with God,

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.620
 with your

00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:09.080
 Father,

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.759
 that you can

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.120
 tell Him

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:11.180
 about anything,

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.140
 talk to Him

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:13.520
 anytime about

00:21:13.520 --> 00:21:14.120
 whatever is

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.440
 on your

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:14.840
 heart.

00:21:16.300 --> 00:21:17.200
 So the goal

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.580
 is not

00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:18.500
 setting aside

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.340
 five or

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:21.020
 15 or even

00:21:21.020 --> 00:21:22.000
 60 minutes

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.759
 every morning

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.160
 to say

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.759
 I prayed

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.059
 and now

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.319
 I can

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:24.660
 check it

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.019
 off my

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 list

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.539
 and get

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:25.900
 on with

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:26.400
 my day.

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:26.799
 That's

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.079
 not the

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.420
 goal.

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:29.880
 But in

00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:30.539
 my experience

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:30.920
 that's a

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.319
 good place

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.920
 to start.

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.400
 If you

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.160
 don't have

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.740
 that kind

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.400
 of relationship,

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:35.819
 if you

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.200
 feel like

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.720
 you don't

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.200
 know a

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.680
 father you

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.119
 could talk

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.539
 to like

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.759
 that,

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.099
 start by

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.900
 setting aside

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.680
 that time,

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.339
 even if it

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.759
 just be a

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.140
 little bit,

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.640
 to get

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.740
 to know

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.000
 Him.

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.299
 If you

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.700
 don't feel

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.039
 like you

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:49.380
 have a

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:49.799
 daily

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.599
 relationship

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.339
 with God,

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.879
 a lifestyle

00:21:52.879 --> 00:21:53.740
 of prayer,

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.139
 let me

00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:55.240
 encourage you

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.839
 not to leave

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.579
 six weeks

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.240
 of sermons

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.980
 on prayer

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.619
 and just

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.859
 carry on

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.440
 like that.

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:01.680
 Oh,

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.299
 I talk about

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.839
 a relationship

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.399
 with God

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:03.940
 but honestly

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.299
 I don't even

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.720
 know what

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.059
 that would

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.460
 mean.

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.859
 I'd encourage

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.359
 you not just

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.440
 to be satisfied

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.399
 and leave it

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:09.639
 there.

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.740
 Your father

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.399
 wants to

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:11.879
 hear from

00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:12.119
 you.

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.339
 I'd suggest

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.899
 just picking

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.659
 one small

00:22:15.659 --> 00:22:16.139
 step.

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.339
 Perhaps

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.200
 set time

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.600
 aside

00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.279
 to pray

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.559
 through

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.100
 the prayer

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.480
 guide

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.140
 each week.

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.080
 We send

00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:23.580
 these out

00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:24.299
 for that

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.660
 reason.

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.120
 They're here

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.779
 but you

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.039
 get it

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.400
 in email

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.039
 every Friday

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.360
 morning.

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.700
 There's a

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.220
 reminder to

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.580
 pray,

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:28.940
 right?

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.100
 Maybe

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:30.700
 commit to

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.039
 praying

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:32.000
 through this.

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:32.920
 Or you

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.539
 could join

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:33.960
 us at

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.539
 830 on

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:34.880
 Sunday

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.200
 mornings

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.600
 to pray

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:35.980
 together

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.319
 if it

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.620
 helps you

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:36.819
 to have

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.259
 other people

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.779
 with you.

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.539
 We love

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.059
 to pray

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.000
 with you.

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.240
 You can

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.580
 take this

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:41.980
 bulletin

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.299
 home.

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.019
 You didn't

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.259
 get an

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.920
 outline this

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.259
 morning,

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:46.180
 mostly because

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.039
 I was behind.

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.740
 But also,

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.359
 so I could

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.660
 give you

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.799
 this tool.

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.140
 It's just

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.500
 some of the

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.099
 questions we've

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.539
 been talking

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.120
 about each

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:53.420
 week.

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.000
 There are

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.319
 five sections

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.839
 that we've

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.220
 talked to

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.440
 of the

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.740
 Lord's

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.019
 prayer.

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.620
 You could

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.059
 take that

00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.559
 home and

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.279
 just five

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.880
 minutes each

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.259
 morning,

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.099
 Monday through

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.559
 Friday,

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.620
 take one of

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.880
 these and

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.220
 let these

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:05.140
 questions spark

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.940
 your prayers

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.799
 to your

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.559
 Father and

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.319
 just start

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.960
 getting to

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.319
 know Him

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.740
 and learning

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.299
 to talk

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.700
 with Him.

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.880
 He's so

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.200
 good.

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.180
 He's so

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.059
 eager to

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.480
 give.

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.140
 How could

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.740
 we not be

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.279
 asking

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.599
 persistently?

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.660
 Finally,

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.200
 we must

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.599
 pray

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:24.299
 expectantly.

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.980
 Look back

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.339
 at verse

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.660
 10.

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.259
 For

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.339
 everyone who

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:29.960
 asks

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.839
 receives.

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.740
 The one

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.460
 who seeks

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.200
 finds.

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:33.879
 And to

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.240
 the one

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.960
 who knocks,

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.819
 it will

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.379
 be opened.

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.119
 No strings

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.680
 attached.

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 No

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.899
 disclaimers.

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:43.139
 Just God

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:44.119
 answers

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.779
 prayers.

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:45.759
 Right?

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.680
 I don't

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:46.940
 want to

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.839
 soften the

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.579
 glory of

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:48.960
 that,

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.039
 lessen the

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.059
 goodness and

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.700
 the promise

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.099
 of that.

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.420
 I'm not

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.640
 going to

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.240
 explain it

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.559
 away.

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.480
 Briefly,

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.000
 of course,

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.539
 it's not

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.319
 just name

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.700
 it and

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.220
 claim it

00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.920
 theology.

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.299
 It's not,

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.619
 oh,

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.200
 that's cool.

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:02.839
 God,

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.420
 I'd like a

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.000
 new car,

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.000
 a million

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.480
 dollars,

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.079
 and for my

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.379
 team to

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:06.640
 win the

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.000
 game.

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.079
 And it's

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.299
 going to

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.579
 happen.

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.440
 Just like

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.619
 that.

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.640
 That's not

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.039
 what it

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.299
 means.

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:11.700
 That's a

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.400
 transaction

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:14.099
 rather than a

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.700
 relationship.

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:17.019
 That's God

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.279
 as the

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.099
 magic lamp

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.920
 whom you

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.920
 control as

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.779
 you wish.

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.400
 In context

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.359
 here of a

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:25.019
 relationship,

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.740
 this is the

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.160
 things we're

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.819
 asking for,

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.680
 seeking for,

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.740
 knocking for,

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.539
 being the

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.079
 things Jesus

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.740
 has told us

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.440
 to ask in

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.819
 the Lord's

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.099
 prayer,

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.420
 right?

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:35.259
 We are

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.759
 dependent

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.259
 there,

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.200
 and God

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.579
 is the

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:37.960
 one in

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.319
 control,

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.980
 not the

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.500
 other way

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.079
 around.

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.119
 The problem

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.640
 with name it

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.220
 and claim it

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.119
 theology is it

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.940
 focuses on the

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.579
 one asking

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:45.699
 thing.

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.019
 If you

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.419
 don't get

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:48.740
 what you

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.179
 asked for,

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.559
 where's the

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.899
 problem?

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.359
 It's with

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.599
 you.

00:24:51.699 --> 00:24:51.960
 You don't

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.379
 have enough

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:52.740
 faith.

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.159
 You haven't

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:53.720
 asked hard

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.339
 enough or

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.899
 long enough.

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.759
 This says

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.319
 the focus

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.899
 is on the

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.779
 one hearing

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.799
 the prayer,

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.419
 on the

00:24:59.419 --> 00:25:00.359
 prayer hearing

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:01.240
 answering

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.419
 God.

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.980
 God answers

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.659
 because of

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.539
 who He is

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.179
 as the

00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:07.299
 infinitely good

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.899
 Father,

00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:09.039
 so we pray

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:10.119
 expectantly.

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.480
 Remember how

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.779
 we talked

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.220
 with the kids

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.019
 earlier about

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.559
 even human

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.099
 parents?

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.879
 We are

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.799
 far from

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.399
 infinitely

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:18.899
 good,

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.539
 but we

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:19.740
 do

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.439
 sometimes

00:25:20.439 --> 00:25:21.139
 give them

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:22.740
 something even

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.279
 better than

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.619
 what they

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.279
 ask for.

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.220
 They may

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.539
 ask for

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.279
 another piece

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.699
 of birthday

00:25:27.699 --> 00:25:28.220
 cake for

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.539
 the fifth

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:28.899
 time,

00:25:29.699 --> 00:25:30.539
 and their

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.139
 father may

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.599
 know that

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:31.839
 there's

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.240
 actually

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.699
 something

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.139
 better

00:25:33.139 --> 00:25:35.000
 for them.

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.619
 I love

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:36.879
 the way

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.579
 John Calvin

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:39.019
 explains this

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.699
 about God's

00:25:39.699 --> 00:25:40.099
 ultimate

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.539
 goodness.

00:25:40.699 --> 00:25:41.079
 Even when

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.519
 it doesn't

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.359
 seem like

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:42.779
 He answers

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.259
 our prayers

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.539
 that He

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.039
 is still

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.740
 saying yes

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.160
 to these

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.460
 prayers.

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.500
 God grants

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.019
 our prayer

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.440
 He says

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.299
 even if He

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.660
 does not

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.460
 always respond

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.779
 to the

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.839
 exact form

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.879
 of our

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.440
 request.

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.819
 It may not

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.299
 look exactly

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.779
 like what you

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.420
 expected but

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.639
 God answers

00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:57.759
 and Tim Keller

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.440
 says it this

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.700
 way,

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.519
 God will

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.119
 either give

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.740
 us what we

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.559
 ask or

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.180
 give us what

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.859
 we would have

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.740
 asked if we

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.559
 knew everything

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.359
 He knew.

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.779
 If we were

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:09.180
 omniscient and

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.359
 perfectly good,

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.359
 this is what we

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.779
 would have been

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.559
 asking for.

00:26:13.199 --> 00:26:13.859
 That's so

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.279
 helpful.

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.679
 I could only

00:26:16.679 --> 00:26:18.000
 find one other

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.500
 guy who said

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.899
 it better.

00:26:21.479 --> 00:26:22.279
 I'm sorry,

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.619
 I just,

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.199
 I couldn't

00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:23.859
 resist this

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.240
 slide.

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.539
 It's the

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.139
 Presbyterian

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:25.899
 trifecta

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:28.699
 where I'm

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:29.399
 standing in

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:29.879
 for C.S.

00:26:29.939 --> 00:26:30.199
 Lewis.

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.319
 Our infinitely

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.179
 good Father

00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:34.740
 answers prayers

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.019
 infinitely better

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.339
 than we ask

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.579
 them.

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.479
 That's the

00:26:39.479 --> 00:26:40.500
 heart of what's

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.299
 happening here

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.599
 because He's

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.740
 so good.

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.099
 We pray

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.099
 expectantly.

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.599
 Not hedging

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.159
 our bets.

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.619
 I need to

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.839
 grow so much

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.720
 in this area.

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.299
 We're so

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:52.099
 conditioned to

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.359
 expect only

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.019
 what we can

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.700
 control or

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.220
 explain,

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.639
 aren't we?

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.659
 Never expect

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.419
 anything else.

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.700
 Just what we

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.659
 could reasonably

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.680
 be in control

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.579
 of or explain

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.339
 how it happened

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.180
 some other way.

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.000
 And God

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.339
 says,

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.519
 no,

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.399
 that's not in

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:06.659
 here.

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.700
 Ask.

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:09.019
 I answer.

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:11.639
 The answer

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.379
 may not look

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.400
 good to you

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.319
 but you can

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.980
 trust me.

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.339
 So ask me

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.220
 and then

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:18.279
 trust me.

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.579
 I've got even

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.319
 better than you

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.940
 can imagine

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.839
 in store

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:23.079
 for you.

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.119
 In fact,

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.859
 one last look

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.819
 at verse 13.

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:28.679
 If you then

00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:29.200
 who are evil

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.639
 know how to

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.059
 give good

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.480
 gifts to

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.059
 your children,

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.679
 how much

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.200
 more will

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.700
 the heavenly

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.659
 father give

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:35.240
 the Holy

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.720
 Spirit

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:37.599
 to those

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.019
 who ask

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.240
 him?

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.220
 The Holy

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.559
 Spirit?

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.919
 Is that the

00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.299
 only thing

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.619
 you've ever

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.099
 asked for?

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.399
 You pray

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.700
 for the

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:42.879
 Holy

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.220
 Spirit?

00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:45.159
 Why?

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.279
 God doesn't

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.919
 promise merely

00:27:46.919 --> 00:27:47.639
 good gifts

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.200
 here as he

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:49.179
 does elsewhere

00:27:49.179 --> 00:27:50.139
 but the

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.859
 Holy Spirit.

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.919
 In Luke,

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.299
 we've seen

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.659
 the Holy

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.460
 Spirit a lot.

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.279
 When God

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.899
 says he will

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.300
 give the

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:56.060
 Holy Spirit,

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.080
 that means

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:58.180
 his presence

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:59.180
 with us.

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.240
 It means

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.140
 his promises

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.180
 we can trust

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.140
 and rely on,

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.000
 all of them.

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.380
 And it means

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.380
 his very

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.680
 person,

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.120
 the one

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:09.640
 who is

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.320
 himself,

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.600
 the ultimate

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.460
 good.

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.920
 God always

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:15.300
 gives himself

00:28:15.300 --> 00:28:17.140
 to those

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:18.320
 who ask.

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:20.000
 That's why

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.140
 prayer is about

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:22.259
 relationship.

00:28:22.780 --> 00:28:23.320
 It's about

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:24.600
 getting God

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.439
 our Father

00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:26.379
 himself.

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.379
 I can't

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.740
 think of

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.659
 anything more

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.279
 important to

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.019
 tell you about

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.480
 prayer.

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.659
 And apparently

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:33.159
 Jesus doesn't

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.779
 either.

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.859
 He wants you

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.779
 to know you

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.539
 can have

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.919
 God

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.879
 himself

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:40.519
 when you

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.939
 ask.

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.019
 Sometimes

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.480
 instead of

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.899
 calling a

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.399
 helpline,

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.699
 I call a

00:28:45.699 --> 00:28:46.319
 friend here

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.059
 in town while

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.939
 I'm working

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.639
 on a project

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.139
 under the

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.419
 sink.

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.059
 And sometimes

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.519
 instead of

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.079
 just giving me

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.899
 advice on what

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.720
 to do next,

00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:54.900
 he shows up

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 at my front

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 door,

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 rings the

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 doorbell,

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 says,

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 hand over

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 the tools,

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 let me

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 handle this

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 for you.

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 He shows

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 up in my

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 mess,

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 wallowing

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 under the

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 sink,

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 knee deep

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 in water,

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 and says,

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 let me take

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 care of this

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 for you.

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 That's a

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.940
 good friend,

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 right?

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 Our Father

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 is infinitely

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 good.

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 So God

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 gives

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 himself

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 to us.

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 It's the

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 essence of

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 this table,

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 isn't it,

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 that we

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 come to

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 this morning.

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.779
 That God

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 gave himself

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 to us.

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 First in

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 the person

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 of his

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 son who

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 came in

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 the flesh

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 and laid

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 down his

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 life for

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 us.

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 And then

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 God gives

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 himself to

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 us in

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 his Holy

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 Spirit to

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 live in

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 us and

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 dwell with

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 us.

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 us so

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 that finally

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 and forever

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 God the

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.660
 Father gives

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 himself to

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 us in

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 relationship

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 forever where

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 he is the

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 lamp of the

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 eternal city

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 and we

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.500
 celebrate that

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.359
 relationship with

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 him forever that

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 we already

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:02.539
 experience now

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 that we sit

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 and stop

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.799
 with him.

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 We are in

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 fellowship

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:09.259
 with him.

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 At this

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.259
 table we

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.079
 celebrate that

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 God always

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 gives us

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 himself.

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 if God

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 did not

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.940
 withhold his

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.180
 own son

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:20.259
 from us

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 how will

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.500
 he not

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.480
 graciously

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.680
 along with

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 him give

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:27.059
 us all

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 things as

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 we pray

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 desperately

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 persistently

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 and expectantly

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 to our

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 infinitely

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 good

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.759
 Father.

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 Take a

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.059
 moment

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 consider the

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.400
 goodness of

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.879
 our Father

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.799
 as we

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.379
 prepare to

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 come to

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 this family

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.379
 dinner to

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 his table.

00:30:45.759 --> 00:31:07.879
 Paul writes

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 I receive

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.920
 from the

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.420
 Lord what I

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.200
 also delivered

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.579
 to you that

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 the Lord Jesus

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 on the night

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 when he was

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.799
 betrayed took

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:15.000
 bread and when

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:20.700
 he'd given thanks he broke it and said this is my body which is for you do this in remembrance of me

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:26.380
 in the same way also he took the cup after supper saying this cup is the new covenant in my blood

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 do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me for as often as you eat this bread and drink

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:40.140
 the cup you proclaim the lord's death until he comes this table is not a southwood table

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:48.520
 or presbyterian table it is the lord's table and our good father sets the feast before us

00:31:48.520 --> 00:31:56.820
 and invites all who are his children by faith in jesus christ to come and to feast we're going to

00:31:56.820 --> 00:32:02.759
 do something a little different this morning as we celebrate together as you come up the elder who

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:10.080
 is serving you is going to pray with you and then serve you the elements so for sake of time and

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 instead of coming up one or two at a time we're going to have about 10 gather around together

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:18.720
 as we take communion and it's going to remind us of two really important things

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:28.419
 the first is that we come together to our father connected to everyone else who comes to god by

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:34.199
 faith we're in a family together and it's going to remind us of that and then it's going to remind

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:41.600
 us that we come to him and to this table completely utterly dependent upon our infinitely good father

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:47.420
 and his provision for us we're going to rejoice in that as we celebrate let's pray and we'll come to

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 the table father for your goodness we are grateful and for these gifts we give you thanks

00:32:54.900 --> 00:33:02.140
 and ask that you would use them for a sacred purpose in our hearts that we might know you and trust you

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:09.660
 more in jesus name amen our lord jesus on the night he was betrayed took bread and broke it

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:14.960
 and gave it to his disciples as i'm ministering in his name give this bread to you he said take

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:23.420
 eat this is my body broken for you do this in remembrance of me and in the same way after supper he took the cup

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:29.960
 and said this cup is the new covenant in my blood shed for many for the forgiveness of sins drink from it

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:38.640
 all of you our host team will usher you to tables forward or back come together in groups and we will

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:47.259
 celebrate together for more information visit us online at southwood.org

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.460
 you