WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.080 Hi everyone, I'm Linda. For those who don't know me, I'm going to read from Matthew chapter 6 from verses 5 to 15. 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:22.920 And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners that they may be seen by others. 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:26.859 Truly I say to you, they have received their reward. 00:00:26.859 --> 00:00:32.899 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:36.859 And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:44.480 And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 00:00:45.239 --> 00:00:49.159 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 00:00:49.939 --> 00:00:51.359 Pray then like this. 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.039 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 00:00:56.039 --> 00:01:01.119 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:08.819 Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 00:01:09.340 --> 00:01:12.960 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:19.120 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:25.100 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 00:01:25.099 --> 00:01:39.739 For if you do not know me, my name is Sam, and I am filling in for our regular preacher Dave Bott this morning. 00:01:39.739 --> 00:01:48.539 As Adam mentioned, this is week two of our holiday series, Big Prayers for a New Year. 00:01:48.540 --> 00:02:02.200 Last week, Bo took us through Psalm 90, in which Moses looks back on a life of challenge. 00:02:03.580 --> 00:02:09.280 Today, we're going to be looking ahead, looking ahead to the new year and asking the question, 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:11.919 what is our most urgent need? 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:15.560 What do we need to attend to first in 2025? 00:02:17.920 --> 00:02:26.420 So, we moved house toward the end of last year, and in almost every room, we have pictures on the wall, 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:33.039 things in their place, things put away, all except for two rooms. 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:38.019 The garage and the shed, and they have urgent need written all over them. 00:02:39.060 --> 00:02:43.919 I was in our shed this morning, and there's barely any floor space left, so that's quite urgent. 00:02:44.819 --> 00:02:48.900 As a family, we have a change of weekly routine this year, 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:57.199 which will need some practical wisdom and God's grace in our lives to be patient with each other, 00:02:57.780 --> 00:03:00.599 to love each other, and to show each other grace. 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:04.539 As a church, we have needs too, don't we? 00:03:05.979 --> 00:03:10.039 Staffing, relationships, care for one another, 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:16.579 ongoing mission to the community that was started with the carols night, 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.620 maintenance, car parking, 00:03:21.620 --> 00:03:26.400 and I'm sure for ourselves and for our friends and our families, 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.519 we could think of lots of needs too. 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:36.879 So, lots of needs, lots of plans, but what's most urgent according to Jesus? 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:40.039 That's our main task. 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:42.039 That's our main task today. 00:03:43.019 --> 00:03:46.000 And take it from me, the answer is a little surprising. 00:03:46.859 --> 00:03:51.039 So, let's pray for God's help to hear that answer this morning. 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:52.000 Let's pray. 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:58.719 Our Father, we ask for help this morning. 00:03:59.740 --> 00:04:02.080 We ask for help to hear this answer. 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:09.360 We ask for minds that are keen and hearts that are hungry to hear you speak to us. 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:11.900 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:12.319 Amen. 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:18.339 So, in your bulletin, there's a quick map of where we're going. 00:04:19.599 --> 00:04:23.620 And the prayer that Jesus teaches us consists of an address, 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.120 followed by six petitions or six requests. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:33.819 The first three petitions are big, bold, eternal petitions for eternity, 00:04:33.819 --> 00:04:36.839 and then the next three are petitions for each day. 00:04:37.779 --> 00:04:39.860 So, you'll see there's point one. 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:45.120 Point one will be the address, our Father in heaven in verse nine. 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:47.719 Point two will be petitions for eternity. 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:50.699 And point three will be petitions for each day. 00:04:52.259 --> 00:04:55.139 Most of our time is going to be spent in verse nine. 00:04:55.899 --> 00:04:59.060 So, if we get to the end of verse nine and you're wondering, 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.120 am I going to get out of here by 3 p.m.? 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:01.740 Don't worry. 00:05:02.219 --> 00:05:03.279 I'm about to hop down. 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:05.199 We're almost done. 00:05:05.300 --> 00:05:07.620 So, we're going to spend most of our time in verse nine. 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:16.079 Before the prayer begins, Jesus gives an instruction that you'll see in verse eight. 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:18.399 Oh, sorry, beginning of verse nine. 00:05:21.019 --> 00:05:23.279 He says to pray like this. 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:30.339 If I'm teaching Geordie some new skill to catch a ball or to ride a bike, 00:05:30.479 --> 00:05:33.279 I might say to her, do it like this, 00:05:33.819 --> 00:05:38.919 and then model what it is I'm teaching her after I've said that. 00:05:39.419 --> 00:05:42.459 So, if I'm teaching her to catch a ball, I might say, do it like this, 00:05:42.559 --> 00:05:46.379 and then say to her, hold out your hands in front of you, 00:05:46.859 --> 00:05:49.059 watch the ball, and watch it into your hands. 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:51.959 So, Jesus is doing a similar sort of thing here. 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:55.519 He's modelling to us how to pray. 00:05:56.379 --> 00:06:00.599 He's supplying a pattern from which our own prayers can be modelled. 00:06:02.259 --> 00:06:06.779 So, he hasn't put things together randomly. 00:06:07.740 --> 00:06:09.519 He's put things together deliberately. 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:13.979 The first things, then, are the things we need to ask for first, 00:06:14.479 --> 00:06:16.519 the things we need before anything else. 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:22.500 We'll get to the first request, but before we get there is the address, 00:06:22.579 --> 00:06:24.859 and Jesus chooses these words carefully too. 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.639 We're going to consider them, consider the address, 00:06:28.779 --> 00:06:33.019 because it's the basis for all of the subsequent requests. 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.199 So, we'll spend half our time in the address, 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:38.279 the first point in your bulletin. 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:42.459 Who do we address when we pray? 00:06:43.539 --> 00:06:46.239 Why this title, Father, and not another? 00:06:48.179 --> 00:06:51.799 This question might seem too basic for us this morning, 00:06:52.139 --> 00:06:55.299 but let's just pursue it for a moment and see what we can find. 00:06:55.300 --> 00:07:00.120 Some titles for God use picture language, 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:06.079 and in Exodus 15, where we spent a bit of time last year, 00:07:06.420 --> 00:07:09.879 Moses calls God a warrior, as in a fighter. 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:13.379 Does that mean God is a warrior? 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:19.199 No, it just means that during the Exodus, God was acting like a warrior. 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:24.699 It's a picture or metaphor that points us further back to something deeper 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:31.079 about who God is, that he leads, protects, and fights for his people. 00:07:32.180 --> 00:07:38.879 So, when we address God as Father, we do so because he is one. 00:07:40.339 --> 00:07:42.980 He's not merely acting like one. 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:46.579 He's not merely like one. 00:07:46.579 --> 00:07:50.459 It's not just picture language. 00:07:50.979 --> 00:07:54.279 We address God as Father because he is one. 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:04.579 And this wonderful truth that God is a father comes to us 00:08:04.579 --> 00:08:06.479 not because we're clever enough to work it out, 00:08:07.419 --> 00:08:09.399 but because the Son shows it to us. 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:11.899 John 1.18, 00:08:13.159 --> 00:08:15.899 No one has ever seen God. 00:08:16.579 --> 00:08:19.019 That's John speaking of the Father. 00:08:19.500 --> 00:08:20.719 Pretty absolute. 00:08:21.919 --> 00:08:27.379 But God, the one and only, who is at the Father's side, 00:08:27.919 --> 00:08:29.439 that's John speaking of the Son, 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.720 has made him known. 00:08:34.299 --> 00:08:36.139 The Son makes him known. 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:39.799 And the Son shows us there is a deeper, 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:43.240 more essential truth about God than this. 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:48.860 In John 17, skipping toward the end of the book of John, 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:51.080 17.24, 00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:54.860 Jesus is praying alone to the Father before his crucifixion. 00:08:55.620 --> 00:08:59.680 And in that moment, he prays for us on this basis. 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:05.319 Because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 00:09:06.059 --> 00:09:10.079 For all eternity, there was a Father loving his Son. 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:14.720 This truth doesn't point us back to something else. 00:09:15.259 --> 00:09:17.020 This is it. 00:09:21.740 --> 00:09:27.300 Not all of us have had the best earthly examples of fatherhood. 00:09:27.299 --> 00:09:31.859 I have, and I'm very grateful for that. 00:09:32.819 --> 00:09:35.599 But if your idea of fatherhood is tainted 00:09:35.599 --> 00:09:39.899 because of an abusive or distant earthly example, 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.240 realise your experience is not the template. 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:45.979 That's the template messed up. 00:09:46.819 --> 00:09:48.839 That's the piece of music played badly. 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:51.879 Because God is Father. 00:09:52.340 --> 00:09:54.620 He's the template to all earthly fathers. 00:09:55.040 --> 00:09:56.639 The piece of music to be played. 00:09:57.220 --> 00:09:58.379 Not the other way around. 00:09:59.160 --> 00:10:01.639 All human fathers are supposed to reflect him. 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:06.379 And isn't it a wonderful thing 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:09.220 when our kids learn from their fathers 00:10:09.220 --> 00:10:12.720 some aspect of what God is like? 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:16.460 Isn't that a great thing? 00:10:17.700 --> 00:10:18.899 But wonderful news. 00:10:19.019 --> 00:10:19.820 God is Father. 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:22.519 But he's not everybody. 00:10:22.820 --> 00:10:24.060 He's not everyone's Father. 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:27.279 Matthew 11, 27 says, 00:10:27.420 --> 00:10:30.139 No one knows the Father except the Son. 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:32.420 He's not everyone's Father. 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:34.820 He's the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:10:36.580 --> 00:10:37.580 Just for a moment, 00:10:37.580 --> 00:10:42.900 imagine you're taking a walk around your neighbourhood 00:10:42.900 --> 00:10:44.800 in the cool of the evening, 00:10:45.500 --> 00:10:47.340 walking the streets, 00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:49.180 and you come across an amazing garden, 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:54.520 sprawling green lawns and massive shade trees. 00:10:55.340 --> 00:10:56.700 It all looks very inviting. 00:10:56.700 --> 00:11:00.680 And so you decide to trespass 00:11:00.680 --> 00:11:03.000 and walk toward the house. 00:11:03.660 --> 00:11:04.960 The house is beautiful. 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:05.840 It's well kept. 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:07.879 The lights are on. 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:09.879 It's winter. 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:11.100 Smoke's coming from the chimney. 00:11:12.300 --> 00:11:13.420 And there's dinner smells wafting. 00:11:14.280 --> 00:11:15.960 And you glance through the window 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.660 into this warm family home. 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:21.500 But that's it. 00:11:21.700 --> 00:11:22.960 That's as far as you can go. 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:26.740 So that's us without Jesus. 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:30.100 Looking in from the outside, 00:11:31.180 --> 00:11:33.759 seeing this home is like seeing God the Father. 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:36.240 But he's not ours by birth. 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:39.980 And we have no right at all to be in his home, 00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:42.919 let alone in his garden. 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:44.879 At this point, 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:46.700 we're only looking in from the outside. 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:50.740 All right. 00:11:50.779 --> 00:11:53.059 We're up to 1B. 00:11:53.220 --> 00:11:54.840 So our Father in heaven. 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:56.980 So Jesus, 00:11:57.300 --> 00:11:58.780 who is God's eternal, 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:00.180 beloved son, 00:12:00.540 --> 00:12:01.360 tells his followers, 00:12:01.540 --> 00:12:03.300 those who trust him and love him, 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:06.680 to address God as our Father. 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:11.000 Jesus may well have just said, 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:13.120 you and me, 00:12:13.660 --> 00:12:14.620 we're brothers now. 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:18.160 My Father is your Father. 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:22.719 So you can call him our Father. 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:27.159 Galatians 4, 5 to 6 says, 00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:29.120 when the fullness of time had come, 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:31.399 God sent forth his son, 00:12:32.219 --> 00:12:33.079 born of a woman, 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:34.219 born under the law, 00:12:34.539 --> 00:12:36.379 to redeem those who are under the law, 00:12:36.959 --> 00:12:39.240 so that we might receive adoption as sons. 00:12:40.839 --> 00:12:42.459 We pray our Father, 00:12:43.459 --> 00:12:45.740 because we have received adoption as sons. 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:48.899 We now share in Jesus' life 00:12:48.899 --> 00:12:52.240 that he has had with the Father for eternity. 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:55.139 When Jesus says, 00:12:55.259 --> 00:12:55.639 our Father, 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:57.879 we're not just looking in from the outside now. 00:12:58.060 --> 00:12:58.680 We're inside. 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:02.700 And so, 00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:04.299 now to prayer. 00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:08.580 As Adam alluded to, 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:12.180 the answer to our reluctance, 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:13.259 our coldness, 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:14.600 our struggle, 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:16.840 is not to first try harder, 00:13:17.540 --> 00:13:18.920 although we do have to try. 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:22.279 The first thing 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:24.980 is to breathe in this gospel, 00:13:25.379 --> 00:13:25.960 our Father, 00:13:26.420 --> 00:13:27.659 and then breathe out prayer 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:29.200 to our Father in heaven. 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:32.659 Compare the address 00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:34.480 with how we're not to pray 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:35.960 in verse 5 to 7. 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:38.040 Have a little skim read, 00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:39.220 and what do you notice? 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:44.899 Lots of words 00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:48.920 to impress and gain favour 00:13:48.920 --> 00:13:50.440 of men and God. 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.019 How much does this contrast 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:56.139 with the address, 00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:57.040 our Father in heaven? 00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:59.560 We already have all the acceptance 00:13:59.560 --> 00:14:01.460 and favour of the Father 00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:03.740 that he has for his own eternal son, 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.800 because he's our Father. 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:07.879 We need not pray 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:09.579 to impress 00:14:09.579 --> 00:14:10.839 or be accepted. 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:15.219 In verse 5 to 7, 00:14:15.579 --> 00:14:16.899 when I read it first, 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:17.359 I thought, 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:18.759 those hypocrites 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.839 mentioned 00:14:19.839 --> 00:14:20.799 they're miles off 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:21.379 where we are, 00:14:22.479 --> 00:14:23.679 but I think 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:24.099 there's something 00:14:24.099 --> 00:14:25.139 to take heed of too, 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.779 because that's something 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:27.919 we can fall into, 00:14:28.059 --> 00:14:28.679 praying to him, 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:29.859 or praying or speaking 00:14:29.859 --> 00:14:30.799 to impress 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:31.559 or gain favour. 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:33.639 But the answer 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.319 to that 00:14:34.319 --> 00:14:35.419 is the same as well. 00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:36.159 Breathe in 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.939 the good news, 00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:37.659 our Father, 00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:39.279 then breathe out prayer 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:39.959 in private 00:14:39.959 --> 00:14:40.799 and in public. 00:14:42.839 --> 00:14:44.179 While we're in the context, 00:14:44.939 --> 00:14:45.559 check out 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:46.399 verse 8. 00:14:47.219 --> 00:14:48.279 If you're following 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:48.899 the bulletin, 00:14:48.979 --> 00:14:49.559 we're up to 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:50.579 the subheading 00:14:50.579 --> 00:14:51.099 He Knows, 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:51.739 So Ask. 00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:54.679 Verse 8 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:55.839 says, 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:57.519 Don't be like them, 00:14:57.939 --> 00:14:58.699 the hypocrites, 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:00.279 for God knows 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:00.959 what you need 00:15:00.959 --> 00:15:01.879 before you ask. 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:03.199 God knows 00:15:03.199 --> 00:15:04.939 He's omniscient. 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:06.079 He knows everything. 00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:07.759 How then 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.379 do you expect 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.419 verse 9 to begin? 00:15:12.459 --> 00:15:13.679 God knows everything, 00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.980 so you don't need 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:15.360 to pray. 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:18.360 God's got it covered, 00:15:18.839 --> 00:15:20.220 so we can just 00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:20.740 get back to 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.360 what we were doing. 00:15:23.539 --> 00:15:24.399 Verse 9 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:25.019 begins, 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:26.299 Pray then. 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:28.399 God knows 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:29.120 what you need, 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:30.919 so ask Him. 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.240 God's sovereign, 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.159 so pray. 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:38.139 He knows, 00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:39.960 so ask. 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:43.539 God's omniscience 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:44.899 is never an excuse 00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:45.539 not to pray, 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.139 it's actually 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:47.240 an incentive here. 00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:50.440 If you've come 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:51.659 hoping for an explanation 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.220 this morning, 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:54.180 I can't give you one, 00:15:54.179 --> 00:15:56.059 but I've found 00:15:56.059 --> 00:15:56.479 it helpful 00:15:56.479 --> 00:15:57.099 this week, 00:15:57.979 --> 00:15:59.019 thinking about this, 00:15:59.139 --> 00:15:59.939 to remember 00:15:59.939 --> 00:16:02.000 my identity 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.659 in Christ. 00:16:04.359 --> 00:16:05.120 Listen to 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.179 Romans 8, 17. 00:16:07.979 --> 00:16:08.739 And if children, 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.639 then heirs, 00:16:09.979 --> 00:16:10.799 heirs of God 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.899 and fellow heirs 00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:12.620 with Christ, 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.719 heirs of the world 00:16:14.719 --> 00:16:15.179 to come 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:16.259 with Christ. 00:16:17.839 --> 00:16:19.240 Colossians 3, 1. 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:21.139 If then 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:21.899 you have been 00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:23.080 raised with Christ, 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:24.060 seek the things 00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:24.779 that are above, 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:26.620 where Christ is, 00:16:27.060 --> 00:16:27.960 seated at the right 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:28.320 hand. 00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:30.360 Where's Christ? 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:32.840 Seated at the right 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.200 hand. 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:34.600 Where are we? 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:36.680 With Him. 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.220 Where He is. 00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:41.460 Now I think 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:41.899 I've actually 00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:42.480 given you two 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.080 things that I 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:43.639 can't explain. 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:45.800 But put them 00:16:45.800 --> 00:16:46.180 together, 00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:47.160 and they have 00:16:47.160 --> 00:16:48.460 helped me a little 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:49.080 bit as I've 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.560 thought about 00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:50.779 why I can 00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.899 sometimes excuse 00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.560 my lack of 00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:53.740 prayer with the 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.399 fact that God 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.060 knows everything. 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.920 And I think 00:16:56.920 --> 00:16:57.340 one of the 00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:58.080 reasons I do 00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.879 this is because 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:00.580 I forget the 00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:01.379 privileged place 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.120 that I occupy 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:03.000 in God's 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.379 plans. 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.339 I'm not 00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:06.180 always praying 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:07.000 from the 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.880 identity that 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:08.360 God has 00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:08.840 given me. 00:17:10.080 --> 00:17:10.880 God has 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.340 made us 00:17:11.340 --> 00:17:12.040 His sons 00:17:12.040 --> 00:17:13.440 and fellow 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:13.960 heirs. 00:17:14.580 --> 00:17:15.240 We're with 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:15.840 Him who 00:17:15.840 --> 00:17:16.280 is seated 00:17:16.280 --> 00:17:17.000 at the right 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.640 hand of God. 00:17:19.080 --> 00:17:19.980 In Jesus 00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:22.280 we have a 00:17:22.280 --> 00:17:23.040 telephone line, 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.760 if you will, 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.760 into the 00:17:25.760 --> 00:17:26.260 throne room. 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:28.520 Our prayers 00:17:28.520 --> 00:17:29.180 are a means 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.920 by which God 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.440 works out 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.000 His plans 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.440 here on 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:31.740 earth. 00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.600 So grab 00:17:33.600 --> 00:17:34.240 hold of who 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:35.020 we are in 00:17:35.020 --> 00:17:35.440 Christ, 00:17:36.120 --> 00:17:36.700 pray aright 00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.440 as Jesus 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:38.120 tells us 00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:38.759 and God 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.519 will graciously 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.620 work out 00:17:40.620 --> 00:17:41.779 His purposes 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.460 in me 00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:43.000 and through 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.600 our prayers. 00:17:44.620 --> 00:17:45.279 He knows, 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:45.980 so ask. 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.500 The last 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.180 point about 00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:51.720 the address 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:54.279 is He's 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:55.019 our Father 00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:56.660 in heaven, 00:17:57.600 --> 00:17:58.680 not far 00:17:58.680 --> 00:17:59.820 away from 00:17:59.820 --> 00:18:00.180 us, 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.340 but far 00:18:01.340 --> 00:18:02.160 above us 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:02.820 in greatness. 00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:05.619 have you 00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:06.319 had an 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.000 experience 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:07.639 and a 00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.079 frustrating 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:08.960 experience 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:09.399 on a 00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:09.879 phone call 00:18:09.879 --> 00:18:10.220 where 00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:11.899 maybe to 00:18:11.899 --> 00:18:12.200 a help 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:12.500 desk 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:12.819 and you've 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:13.399 spent five 00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:13.679 minutes 00:18:13.679 --> 00:18:14.240 explaining 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:15.099 your 00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:15.659 situation 00:18:15.659 --> 00:18:16.559 only to 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.099 find out 00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:17.839 that they 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.319 didn't have 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:19.039 the authority, 00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:19.899 the knowledge 00:18:19.899 --> 00:18:22.839 to help 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:23.079 you? 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.159 Or the 00:18:25.159 --> 00:18:25.399 opposite 00:18:25.399 --> 00:18:26.079 experience 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:26.819 where you've 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.460 been pleasantly 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:28.220 surprised 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:29.700 because the 00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.339 person has 00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:31.240 had more 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:32.319 authority and 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:32.799 knowledge than 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.900 you're expecting 00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:36.259 and they were 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:36.980 able to solve 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:38.019 what it is you 00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.380 were calling 00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:38.720 about. 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:41.880 Our Father 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.980 is in 00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.319 heaven, 00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:44.880 far above 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.339 us in 00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.600 authority and 00:18:46.600 --> 00:18:47.120 greatness, 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.400 ruling the 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:48.920 universe. 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.640 Are our 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.299 prayers big 00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:51.620 enough? 00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.200 Do we 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.140 ask enough? 00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:57.400 Next 00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:57.779 week, 00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.380 if I think 00:18:59.380 --> 00:19:00.160 the plan is 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:00.480 still the 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:00.720 same, 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.339 Adam will 00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:01.720 take us 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.039 through a 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.600 passage in 00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:03.200 which Paul 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:04.220 tells us to 00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.759 intercede or 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.920 pray for 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:07.600 all people, 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:09.019 not just 00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.619 the people 00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.099 we know, 00:19:10.699 --> 00:19:11.079 but for 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.659 all people. 00:19:13.919 --> 00:19:14.480 Thankfully, 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.919 Jesus knows 00:19:15.919 --> 00:19:16.299 we need 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:17.599 help and 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:18.059 so the 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.799 next three 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:20.779 requests or 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.679 petitions provide 00:19:21.679 --> 00:19:22.339 a model for 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:23.539 big, bold 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.879 prayer that 00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.439 Jesus is 00:19:25.439 --> 00:19:26.439 calling us 00:19:26.439 --> 00:19:26.659 to. 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.839 So prayers 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.459 for eternity 00:19:28.459 --> 00:19:29.099 as a second 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.719 point on your 00:19:29.719 --> 00:19:30.339 handout says. 00:19:33.419 --> 00:19:34.399 So remember 00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:35.119 Jesus is 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:35.459 modelling 00:19:35.459 --> 00:19:35.859 prayer, 00:19:36.439 --> 00:19:36.980 like teaching 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.339 a new 00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.720 skill to 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.159 a child, 00:19:38.959 --> 00:19:39.359 and the 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.079 first things 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:42.359 are what we 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:42.759 need to do 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.179 first. 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.279 So from 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:46.119 verse 9b, 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.379 hallowed be 00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:47.939 your name. 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.740 What we 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.379 need most 00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:51.079 is for 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.699 God's name 00:19:51.699 --> 00:19:52.019 to be 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.419 hallowed. 00:19:53.699 --> 00:19:54.500 Let's just 00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.379 unpack it a 00:19:55.379 --> 00:19:55.559 bit. 00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:56.899 Hallow is 00:19:56.899 --> 00:19:57.779 not a word 00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.399 we use very 00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:58.699 often. 00:19:58.959 --> 00:19:59.359 I think the 00:19:59.359 --> 00:19:59.759 only other 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.379 time we use 00:20:00.379 --> 00:20:01.119 it is for 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:01.480 Halloween. 00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:02.959 But hallow 00:20:02.959 --> 00:20:03.659 means to 00:20:03.659 --> 00:20:04.319 make holy 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:05.000 or consider 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.339 holy. 00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.759 So we 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.339 could say 00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.240 considered 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.019 holy be 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.459 your name. 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.639 The second 00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.199 bit to tell 00:20:12.199 --> 00:20:12.679 someone your 00:20:12.679 --> 00:20:13.679 name is to 00:20:13.679 --> 00:20:14.220 make yourself 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.699 known because 00:20:15.699 --> 00:20:17.000 names have 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.259 meaning in 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:18.639 the Bible. 00:20:19.699 --> 00:20:20.079 So putting 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.539 these two 00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.099 things together 00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:21.879 we might say 00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.399 hallowed be 00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:22.939 your name 00:20:22.939 --> 00:20:24.480 means make 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.279 yourself known 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:26.299 so that you 00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.839 are considered 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.259 holy. 00:20:28.399 --> 00:20:29.220 Make yourself 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.819 known so that 00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.379 you're considered 00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:30.740 holy. 00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:30.779 holy. 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.599 The first 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:33.400 petition, the 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.140 thing we need 00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:35.420 most according 00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:36.960 to Jesus is 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.880 that God would 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.599 make himself 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:40.140 known and 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.559 would be 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.019 considered 00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.440 holy. 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.920 This has 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:47.160 surprised me 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:49.299 because I 00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.980 mean in lots 00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.559 of ways it's 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.200 not even about 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.500 me. 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.180 Does that 00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:55.059 start to 00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:56.079 surprise you? 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:57.039 Maybe invert 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.799 things a little 00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.380 bit for you? 00:20:58.380 --> 00:20:59.880 I think 00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:00.360 that's 00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.680 Jesus' 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.180 intention 00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.560 here. 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.320 But 00:21:05.320 --> 00:21:05.800 holiness, 00:21:06.560 --> 00:21:07.420 what is 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.840 holiness? 00:21:11.560 --> 00:21:12.380 What does 00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:13.200 it mean to 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.980 consider that 00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.420 God is 00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.720 holy? 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.500 It can be a 00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.080 hard concept 00:21:17.080 --> 00:21:17.660 to put into 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:19.080 words like 00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.860 what exactly 00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.260 are we 00:21:20.260 --> 00:21:21.160 revering about 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.520 God? 00:21:22.520 --> 00:21:23.140 Or perhaps 00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.540 if we're 00:21:23.540 --> 00:21:25.120 honest and 00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:25.980 not saying 00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:27.540 this is a 00:21:27.540 --> 00:21:27.800 blanket 00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.500 thing, 00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:29.119 perhaps 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.500 something 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:29.879 that's 00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:30.399 maybe not 00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:30.799 all that 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.480 attractive to 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:33.639 us and 00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:33.919 therefore 00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:34.539 something we 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:34.859 don't want 00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.200 to ask 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.480 for, 00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.119 something that 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.720 suggests 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:39.359 indifference, 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.899 maybe 00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:43.019 distance and 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.680 aloofness, 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:45.139 or even 00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.819 maybe 00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:47.220 pettiness or 00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.220 mean-spiritedness. 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.279 holiness. 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:53.980 So, 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.440 holiness. 00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.279 There's a 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.740 decisive 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.880 moment where 00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.600 God's holiness 00:21:58.600 --> 00:21:59.400 is demonstrated 00:21:59.400 --> 00:21:59.960 in the Old 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.299 Testament. 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.339 And we're 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.539 going to go 00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.120 back to the 00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:03.380 book of 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:03.680 Exodus. 00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.519 It's fairly 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.319 recent for us. 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.519 And the 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.940 moment we're 00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.539 going back to 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.880 is the 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.440 crossing of 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.819 the sea. 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.880 And remember 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.480 this whole 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:14.279 thing is 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.759 really a 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.380 one-sided 00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:15.900 arm wrestle. 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:17.420 So, 00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:17.940 like an 00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.400 arm wrestle 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.920 between a 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.759 dad and 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.140 a young 00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.500 son, 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.500 where the 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:22.940 dad is 00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.540 just drawing 00:22:23.540 --> 00:22:24.300 out the 00:22:24.300 --> 00:22:25.140 arm wrestle, 00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.680 that is until 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.380 the son grows 00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.980 up and the 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.780 son gets 00:22:28.780 --> 00:22:29.280 just as 00:22:29.280 --> 00:22:29.880 big of 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.340 muscles as 00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:30.560 dad. 00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:31.900 It's a 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.860 one-sided 00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.360 arm wrestle. 00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.280 And God's 00:22:34.280 --> 00:22:34.960 drawing out the 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.800 confrontation with 00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:36.500 Pharaoh so 00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:38.560 that God 00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:38.880 will be 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.160 known. 00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.660 The arm 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.440 wrestle ends 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.580 and all 00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:44.440 Israel has 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.480 crossed the 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.780 sea. 00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:47.080 And they've 00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.720 reached dry 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.080 ground. 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.500 They get to 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.780 the other 00:22:50.780 --> 00:22:52.560 side and 00:22:52.560 --> 00:22:53.519 they look 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.280 back on the 00:22:54.280 --> 00:22:55.080 Egyptian army 00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:57.220 dead on 00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.840 the seashore. 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.080 It's 00:22:59.080 --> 00:22:59.480 finished. 00:23:01.320 --> 00:23:01.980 Then Moses 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.780 and all 00:23:02.780 --> 00:23:03.160 Israel 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.560 sang. 00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.560 Pause for a 00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:07.160 moment and 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.560 imagine, 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.180 put yourself 00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.519 there. 00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:10.480 Relief, 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.680 a lot of 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.019 shock, 00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.480 and then as 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:14.940 the shock 00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:16.340 subsides and 00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:16.940 things sink 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:18.100 in, a 00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:18.600 sense of 00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.320 jaw-dropping 00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:20.960 awe about 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:22.279 who this 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.880 God is 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:24.320 because of 00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:24.620 what he's 00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:24.960 done for 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.140 them. 00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.039 In the 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.000 middle of 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.500 this song 00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.019 they sing, 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:33.019 it goes, 00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.860 who is like 00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.700 you, O 00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.920 Lord, among 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.440 the gods? 00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.920 Who is like 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.059 you, majestic 00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.700 in holiness, 00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.100 awesome in 00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:41.940 glorious deeds, 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.799 doing wonders? 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:46.599 Moses is 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:51.639 reaching for 00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.279 words and 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.619 he really 00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.119 can't get 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.579 higher than 00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.379 this, majestic 00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:55.000 in holiness. 00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.419 So what has 00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.200 Moses witnessed 00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.500 that leads him 00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.799 to this 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.319 conclusion, 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.279 majestic in 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.559 holiness? 00:24:02.899 --> 00:24:03.680 Moses has 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.680 seen two 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.899 things, he's 00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:06.579 seen judgment 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.619 but he's 00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.440 seen rescue, 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.480 rescue through 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.079 that judgment. 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.620 And Moses 00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.059 has just 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.120 witnessed this 00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.980 awesome but 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.759 terrible judgment 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.279 through which 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.920 Israel was 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.140 rescued and 00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.759 in it he 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.660 sees God's 00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:22.220 holiness shining 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.900 brightly. 00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:28.040 What does a 00:24:28.040 --> 00:24:28.920 holy God do 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.460 with evil? 00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.300 What would 00:24:31.300 --> 00:24:31.880 a holy 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:33.920 father do 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.860 with persistent 00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.700 rebellion that 00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.440 seeks to take 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.800 his place and 00:24:37.800 --> 00:24:39.840 replace his 00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:41.220 fatherly care with 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.680 oppression, 00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.160 abuse and 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.640 slavery? 00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.160 Rule that can 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.120 just murder a 00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.759 generation of 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.160 infants. 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.160 What does 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:52.880 a holy God do 00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:55.960 would a 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.720 holy father 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:58.120 allow this to 00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:59.160 continue indefinitely? 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.680 After much 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.519 patience on 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.180 God's part, 00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:03.860 when it fell, 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.460 the judgment 00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.600 on Pharaoh and 00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:06.340 his army was 00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:06.820 fierce. 00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:09.360 Fierce because 00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.900 while he 00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.900 graciously delayed 00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.620 when it fell, 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:14.340 it fell and 00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.019 fell quickly. 00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.300 It was pure 00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:18.740 because God 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.040 in his 00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:19.740 holiness could 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.380 not continue 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.140 to overlook 00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.500 such evil. 00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:25.480 God 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.560 Moses sees 00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:27.259 God's 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.940 holiness in 00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.280 judgment. 00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:30.460 I think our 00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.220 average person 00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.780 today might 00:25:31.780 --> 00:25:32.400 struggle to 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.800 sing with 00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.180 Moses. 00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.900 I think I 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.480 might struggle 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:36.200 because we 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:37.620 don't like a 00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.040 God that 00:25:38.040 --> 00:25:38.440 judges, 00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:39.780 though we're 00:25:39.780 --> 00:25:40.480 actually happy 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.120 to judge 00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:42.300 ourselves. 00:25:43.780 --> 00:25:44.600 Listen to 00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:45.060 this quote, 00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:50.559 God's 00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:52.559 anger must 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.220 rise from 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.740 that love. 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.899 Thus his 00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.519 anger is 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.980 holy, set 00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.559 apart from 00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.980 our temper 00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.279 tantrums. 00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:01.059 It's how he 00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.619 in love 00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.159 reacts to 00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.440 evil. 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.480 Far from 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.139 aloofness, 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.319 mean-spiritedness, 00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.440 God's holiness 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.139 in judgment 00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:09.359 is good and 00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.700 right. 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:12.960 But there's 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.279 more. 00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:15.140 Moses' 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.720 conclusion, 00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:16.440 majestic in 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:16.759 holiness, 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.580 was not just 00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:18.019 because of 00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.380 judgment. 00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:21.059 God's holiness 00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:22.140 shines in their 00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.779 rescue too. 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.160 Remember what 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.880 initiated the 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.180 rescue? 00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:27.620 God is 00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.360 described as 00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:28.940 hearing their 00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.980 groaning and 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.460 then he 00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:32.080 remembered the 00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:33.120 covenant that 00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.600 he had made 00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.000 with them. 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.460 And all 00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.079 that follows 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.740 is a picture 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.940 of what love 00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.660 from a holy 00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.740 father to 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.299 people he 00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.720 has committed 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.220 himself to 00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.099 looks like. 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.039 It's fierce 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:46.460 because he 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.000 protects, 00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.759 leads and 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.599 even gets 00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.240 in the fire 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.920 with them. 00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.000 It's pure 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.039 because he 00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.799 doesn't overlook 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.440 their suffering. 00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.279 Ultimately 00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.680 though, 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.799 Exodus is a 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.220 book that 00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.880 points forward. 00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:03.980 In the 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.800 death and 00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:05.480 resurrection of 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.840 the Lord 00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.180 Jesus, 00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.760 here we 00:27:06.760 --> 00:27:07.500 see completed 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.300 what the 00:27:08.300 --> 00:27:09.260 Exodus only 00:27:09.260 --> 00:27:09.660 promises. 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.560 In the 00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:15.220 death and 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.820 resurrection of 00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.200 the Lord 00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.520 Jesus, 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.660 we see the 00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.180 same two 00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.600 things. 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.020 We see 00:27:19.020 --> 00:27:19.740 judgment and 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.100 rescue. 00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:22.560 In 00:27:22.560 --> 00:27:22.920 judgment, 00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.640 God as a 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.220 holy father 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.040 cannot overlook 00:27:25.040 --> 00:27:25.380 sin. 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.560 As God, 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.080 the son, 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.220 bears the 00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.000 sin of his 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.640 people on the 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:30.880 cross, 00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.600 the father's 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.259 judgment is 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.819 fierce and 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.179 pure. 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.799 The cross 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.539 leaves us in 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.039 no doubt 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.839 that God 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.480 is holy. 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:41.279 Like Exodus, 00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.559 this one act 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.379 was rescue as 00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:44.619 well, in 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.059 which his 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.980 holiness shines. 00:27:47.459 --> 00:27:48.480 Because rather 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.319 than pour out 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.240 his anger on 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.740 the guilty, 00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.139 he turns it 00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.539 inwards. 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.079 The son 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.759 willingly 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.879 takes our 00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.339 place, 00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:59.039 dies and is 00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.799 raised by the 00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.079 spirit. 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.139 spirit. 00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.139 All this is 00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.779 what love 00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.740 looks like 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.619 from a 00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.659 holy God. 00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:07.259 Fierce. 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.779 Jesus' 00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:09.419 body was 00:28:09.419 --> 00:28:10.019 bloodied for 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.399 us. 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.519 Pure. 00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:12.960 He didn't 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.759 overlook sin. 00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:14.799 And 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.259 complete. 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.279 He was 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.740 judged, 00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.079 righteous by 00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.579 the father 00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.399 and his 00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:20.879 body was 00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.460 raised by 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.919 the spirit. 00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.960 For us. 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.960 God's 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:33.819 holiness for 00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.480 what it is. 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.420 With 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.019 nothing to 00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.340 fear. 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.740 It's 00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.220 good, 00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.120 it's 00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.500 right, 00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:39.900 it's 00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.319 just, 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.819 and it's 00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.100 lovely. 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.920 Let me 00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.480 read this 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.680 one more 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:45.960 quote. 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.539 There's 00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.900 nothing 00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.360 grubby 00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.460 or abusive 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.200 about the 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.620 love of 00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.160 this God. 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.160 God's 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.220 love of 00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.420 God. 00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:52.620 Thus he 00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.080 is holy. 00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.620 My love 00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.259 is naturally 00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.320 all perverse 00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:57.480 and misdirected, 00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:58.300 but his love 00:28:58.300 --> 00:28:59.200 is set apart 00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.279 from mine 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.960 in perfection. 00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.820 Incidentally, 00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:05.439 the holiness 00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:06.259 of God's 00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.740 love for 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.480 us is 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.500 what keeps 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.399 us till 00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:10.319 the end. 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.179 John 17 00:29:12.179 --> 00:29:12.879 verse 11, 00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.399 if you'd 00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.799 like to 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.779 look that 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.099 up this 00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.539 afternoon. 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.579 So pray 00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.559 then like 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:18.980 this. 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.220 Our most 00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.919 urgent need 00:29:20.919 --> 00:29:22.059 in 2025, 00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.079 according to 00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.399 Jesus, 00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.619 is for God 00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.019 to make 00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.679 himself known 00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.579 that we 00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.119 would consider 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.799 him holy, 00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.299 that we 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.799 would know 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.599 him as 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.259 our holy 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.700 father. 00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:31.819 father. 00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.319 This is 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:36.220 also not 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.720 just our 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.480 most urgent 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.980 need this 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.220 year, 00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.640 but it's 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.319 the boldest 00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.799 prayer we 00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.240 can pray, 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.940 because it's 00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.559 not just a 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.400 request for 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:43.840 us, 00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.720 it's a 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.960 request for 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.340 the whole 00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:46.759 earth, 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.620 one way or 00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:48.880 another, 00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.759 to be filled 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.360 with this 00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:50.880 knowledge of 00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.160 God. 00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.400 One of the 00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.299 minor prophets, 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.460 Habakkuk, 00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.819 gives a glimpse 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.380 of where 00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.920 history is 00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.160 headed. 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.360 So Habakkuk 00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:01.100 2.14, 00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:02.359 for the 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.679 earth will 00:30:03.679 --> 00:30:04.339 be filled 00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.899 with the 00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:05.579 knowledge and 00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.299 glory of 00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.740 the Lord 00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.259 as the 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.819 waters cover 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.279 the sea. 00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:11.199 So to 00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.679 pray this 00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.019 prayer, 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.039 hallowed be 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.579 your name, 00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.359 is to pray 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:14.899 with the 00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.539 grain of 00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.899 history. 00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.279 That's where 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.079 history is 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.299 headed. 00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:22.119 I'll cover 00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.599 the rest 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.459 very quickly. 00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.679 We've got to 00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.139 the end of 00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.659 verse 9. 00:30:27.439 --> 00:30:28.079 That's about 00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.119 all we're 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.439 going to do 00:30:29.439 --> 00:30:29.699 today, 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.000 but I'm 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.199 going to 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.580 cover the 00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:31.200 rest of 00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.740 the Lord's 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.259 prayer, 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.559 that he 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.319 teaches us 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.319 quickly in 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.779 a prayer that 00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.299 we can echo 00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.960 in our own 00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.819 minds if we 00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.039 want. 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.539 But before we 00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.840 do that, 00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.519 I'd just like to 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.880 draw your 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.500 attention to 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.100 point 3, 00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.600 prayers for 00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.100 each day. 00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.779 That is 00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.740 requests for 00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.100 bread, 00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.240 forgiveness and 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.660 protection. 00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.299 Things we need 00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.900 each day. 00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.779 Our Father is 00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.180 in heaven, 00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.039 so we pray 00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.900 boldly, 00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.940 but we also 00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.779 keep our feet 00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:58.259 on the ground 00:30:58.259 --> 00:31:01.039 asking and 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.660 knowing that we 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.119 need these 00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.799 basics each 00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.099 day. 00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.839 By way of 00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.339 encouragement, 00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.420 God uses 00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.139 ordinary people 00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:09.019 like us with 00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.119 basic needs for 00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.500 bread, 00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.399 protection and 00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:13.779 forgiveness to 00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.819 pray these big, 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.879 bold, 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:17.240 eternal prayers of 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.139 verse 9 to 10 00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:19.740 that will usher in 00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.240 the world to 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.460 come. 00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:22.299 So to 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.640 finish, 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:25.039 find prayer a 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.319 struggle, 00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:27.340 breathe in the 00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.819 good news. 00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.779 Jesus teaches us 00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.500 to pray our 00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.860 Father. 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.680 In 2025, 00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.880 let's keep our 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.360 feet on the 00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:33.640 ground, 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.259 but pray big, 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.860 bold, 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.799 eternity-shaped 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.640 prayer to our 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.120 Father in 00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.340 heaven. 00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.380 Alright, 00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.360 let's pray to 00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:41.660 finish. 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.299 Our Father in 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.519 heaven, 00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:49.440 your rule and 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.279 reign is 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.960 perfect and 00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.200 good. 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:54.079 We ask then 00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:55.160 that your 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.899 kingdom come. 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.160 We ask for 00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.879 the Lord Jesus, 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.879 our King, 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.180 our Judge and 00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.539 brother, 00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.579 to return. 00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.960 Today we see 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:10.240 opposition to 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.980 your kingdom in 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:12.359 the world and 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:13.759 struggle in us. 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.940 We ask that 00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:17.579 soon your will 00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.259 would be done 00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.160 on earth as it 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.779 is in heaven. 00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.480 with no 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.379 struggle in us 00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:23.500 and no 00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.519 opposition in 00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.839 the world 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.379 against it. 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.240 In our 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.259 church, I 00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.839 pray that you 00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.519 would transform 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.559 us so that we 00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.139 would know your 00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.819 will and 00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.559 delight in it. 00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.139 Father, give us 00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.960 what we need to 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:39.279 live for our 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.079 bodies and minds 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.599 to work. 00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.440 We'll be wise 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.039 and put money 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.039 aside by trusting 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.960 you to supply 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.099 our needs each 00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:47.200 day in 2025. 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:49.900 forgive us as 00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.360 we forgive 00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.799 others. 00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.720 Like sheep, 00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.440 we can't rely 00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.319 on ourselves to 00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.759 stay out of 00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.640 situations that 00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.400 will lead us to 00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.259 sin and danger. 00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.920 So guide us, 00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.100 shepherd us, 00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.759 and give us 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.380 good friends. 00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.519 Lead us to 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.120 green pasture. 00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:07.239 Amen. 00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.939 Amen. 00:33:07.939 --> 00:33:08.799 Amen. 00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:10.199 Amen. 00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.599 Amen. 00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.479 Amen. 00:33:12.479 --> 00:33:13.199 Amen. 00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:15.379 Amen. 00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:15.739 Amen. 00:33:15.739 --> 00:33:16.939 Amen. 00:33:16.939 --> 00:33:17.059 Amen. 00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.939 Amen. 00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.539 Amen.