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 Amen. Please, if you would, take your Bibles and open them up to the Gospel of Matthew.

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 We're walking through our mission and vision as a church family this month with an eye towards the theme of prayer.

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 Our mission, as we've said, is to magnify the glory of God in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And the three ways that we've identified that we do that is by enjoying the Lord, by equipping the saints, and by evangelizing the lost.

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 So last week we saw that we enjoy God in prayer.

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 And this week, our aim, as we look to the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6, verses 5-13, is that we might equip the saints to pray.

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 So if you would, follow along with me as I read our passage, Matthew 6, verses 5-13.

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 Pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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 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.

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 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

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 Pray then like this.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, we thank you for the gift of prayer.

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 Father, we praise you for the wonderful privilege that it is that we can speak to you, the God of gods.

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 And that you hear us.

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 That you answer our prayers according to your infinite wisdom.

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 And so we pray now, we ask, Father, as your disciples asked, would you teach us to pray?

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Amen.

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 In 1535, a simple question from a German barber inspired what I have found to be one of the most helpful and insightful works on prayer that I've ever read.

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 Peter the barber.

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 He probably saw plenty of customers come in and out of his shop, but he had the privilege of serving as barber to at least one name that most of you would probably recognize.

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 He was barber to the great reformer Martin Luther.

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 At this time, Martin Luther was not popular.

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 In fact, many wanted him dead for his teachings against the false doctrines of the Catholic Church.

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 In fact, I would not be surprised if many would have loved for Barber Pete to make a strategic slip of the razor and put an end to Luther's teachings once and for all.

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 But instead, as Luther sat himself down in the chair and placed himself at Pete the barber's mercy, Peter the barber made a confession.

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 He said, I am struggling to pray.

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 I don't know where to start.

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 I don't know how to begin.

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 I am worried about the coldness of my heart towards God.

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 I am worried about the distance, the weakness of my prayers.

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 And knowing that Luther was a man of prayer, he asked him for some help.

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 And as a result, Luther wrote the simple short treatise.

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 It is called A Simple Way to Pray, subtitled for Master Peter the barber.

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 In this little work, what Luther does is he recommends taking several key texts and Christian documents.

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 The Apostles' Creed is one.

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 The Lord's Prayer, our passage this morning, is another.

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 The Ten Commandments is another.

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 And he recommends that you take one line at a time, one phrase at a time, and use each line as a launching pad, as a starting point for prayer.

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 It is very helpful.

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 In fact, I would recommend that each one of you, if you go home and look it up, it'll be easy to find.

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 It's called A Simple Way to Pray.

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 I would recommend each of you find it and put it into practice.

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 Very helpful.

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 Because Master Peter's problem, I believe, is not uncommon.

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 I think that if you and I were honest, we would say that prayer does not always come naturally to us.

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 We often struggle, as Pete the barber did, with prayer.

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 And we wonder why.

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 Well, prayer is a little bit, our discipline of prayer is a little bit like a muscle.

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 Where if we train it, if we use it, if we strengthen that muscle, then we get used to it, we become stronger in it.

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 But if we don't use that muscle, if we don't use that discipline, what happens?

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 It begins to weaken.

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 It begins to atrophy.

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 If we use this muscle of prayer, one hour in prayer with the Lord can feel like just a moment.

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 And when we don't, one moment of prayer can seem to feel like a lifetime.

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 On top of this, as we know, of course, our enemy does not want us to pray.

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 He loves our self-sufficiency.

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 He loves our independence.

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 He loves for us to go throughout our day with little to no thought of God.

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 He loves our plans, our decisions, our autonomy, our self-sufficiency.

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 And on top of this, the age that we live in does not make it easy to be a man or a woman committed to prayer.

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 Our digital addictions make moments of quiet and solitude almost impossible to get.

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 And when we do get them, it makes them almost unbearable because we're so dependent on distraction.

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 We live in an age where we're accustomed to fast results.

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 Everything is microwaved.

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 And the pace of information that we receive day in and day out harms the patience that's required for prayer.

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 And if we're honest, I think we would say that many of us, when we go to pray, have a hard time shaking the nagging feeling that we really ought to be doing something a little more productive.

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 What we need, like Master Peter, like the Lord's disciples in our passage this morning, is once again to be taught, to be equipped, how to pray.

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 And so following Luther's wisdom this morning, I want us to consider what Jesus teaches us and what he says about how we ought to pray by looking to the Lord's prayer.

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 So let's ask the question along with Pete, how do we pray?

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 How do we pray?

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 Well, first, very briefly here, Jesus tells us first how not to pray.

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 He gives us two ways not to pray here in verses 5 through 8.

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 He says, when you pray, don't pray hypocritically and don't pray ritualistically.

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 He says, don't pray hypocritically.

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 Look there to verse 5.

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 He says, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites.

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 For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners that they may be seen by others.

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 Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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 We saw last week, didn't we, that the aim of prayer is delight in the Lord himself.

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 The aim of prayer is the enjoyment of God.

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 It's not a tool to be used to draw attention to yourself.

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 In fact, this whole chapter, Matthew chapter 6, with all of its instructions for giving to the poor,

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 for praying, for fasting, these practices of Christianity,

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 he starts it off with this preface here in verse 1.

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 He says, beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them.

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 For then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

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 In other words, if all you want is man's approval and man's attention,

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 then you can have it.

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 And that's all that you will have.

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 But he says, if your aim in prayer is to seek God's approval,

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 if your aim in prayer is to seek God's wisdom, God's will,

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 he says, when you pray, go into your room and shut the door.

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 And pray to your Father who is in secret.

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 And your Father who is in secret will reward you.

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 Now, of course, I think I need to say this.

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 This means, of course, that you shouldn't ever,

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 it does not mean that you shouldn't ever pray in public.

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 It does not mean that you shouldn't ever read your Bible in public,

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 that you shouldn't practice Christianity out in public.

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 I think it's a word of caution,

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 especially for people like myself who have a very public ministry of the word and prayer.

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 It's a word of caution that we have to constantly make sure

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 that the aim of our hearts in doing these things is not the approval of man,

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 but the approval of God.

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 Don't pray hypocritically.

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 But he also says, don't pray ritualistically.

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 What do I mean?

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 Look there to verse 7.

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 He says,

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 If praying hypocritically is using prayer to get other people to like you,

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 then praying ritualistically is using prayer to get God to like you.

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 If I just use the right words,

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 if I just have the right turn of phrase,

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 if I say the right words in the right combination,

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 then maybe, just maybe, God will listen to my prayers,

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 pay attention to my request,

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 and I will get what I want.

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 But he says, he makes it clear,

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 God isn't moved by the length of our prayers.

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 God isn't moved by the sum total of our words.

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 What's he moved by?

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 He's moved by the genuineness of our heart.

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 And he gives an excellent reason here

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 to pray simply and directly to the Lord, doesn't he?

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 He says,

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 Do not pray like them,

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 for your Father knows what you need

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 before you ask Him.

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 Your Father knows what you need

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 before you ask Him.

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 I've heard people ask before

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 in objecting to God's sovereignty,

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 meaning His complete knowledge of all things

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 and His complete control of all things,

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 that He is totally sovereign.

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 They say, well, if that's true,

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 if God is totally sovereign,

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 why pray?

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 If God is in total control,

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 why would I offer up any request to Him at all?

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 Well, Jesus says,

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 well, you've got that all backwards.

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 He says, because God already knows what you need,

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 pray.

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 And pray then like this,

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 not ritualistically,

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 but confidently and simply and clearly

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 with the confidence that our prayers

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 are not breaking news for God.

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 We aren't telling Him anything

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 that He doesn't already know.

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 We aren't tasked with coming up

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 with the right words

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 and the right order

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 and the right combination

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 to make Him pay attention

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 to our problems.

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 That's not the aim of our prayer.

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 It's not a ritual.

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 Don't pray hypocritically.

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 Don't pray ritualistically.

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 So then how are we to pray?

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 He tells us,

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 starting in verse 9.

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 Here's where we'll spend

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 the majority of our time together

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 this morning.

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 Second, He says,

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 pray then like this.

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 Verses 5 through 8

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 were how not to pray.

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 Now in verses 9 through 13,

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 Jesus instructs us how to pray.

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 The theologians have traditionally

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 divided these requests up

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 into six petitions.

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 This morning, what I want us to do

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 is I want us to think in terms

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 of two categories here.

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 The posture of our prayers

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 and the provision of our prayers.

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 These two categories here,

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 how to pray,

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 the posture,

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 how we are to go about prayer,

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 and the provision,

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 what we are to pray for.

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 First, let's think about

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 the posture of our prayers

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 because how we posture ourselves

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 in prayer matters, doesn't it?

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 The posture of our heart

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 matters just as much,

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 if not more,

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 than the words that come out

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 of our mouth

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 when we come to pray.

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 Jesus, of course,

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 He knows this

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 and so He tells us here

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 in verse 9

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 that we ought to pray

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 first in the posture

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 of a relationship.

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 The posture of a relationship

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 of a child

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 to a father.

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 Look there with me.

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 He says,

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 Pray then like this.

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 Our Father in heaven.

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 Our Father in heaven.

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 You know, we should marvel

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 at this.

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 The grace,

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 the gift that we

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 can call God

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 our own Father.

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 You know,

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 that's exactly the privilege

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 that we've been given

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 through the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 This is right at the core,

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 at the essence

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 of what it means

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 to be a Christian.

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 Now, whether or not

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 you've been coming to church

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 all your life

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 or maybe this is

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 new information to you,

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 I want you to know

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 this is at the very center

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 of what we believe

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 means to be a Christian.

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 To be a Christian

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 is to be an adopted

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 son or daughter

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 of God Himself

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 through faith

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 in the person

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 and work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Galatians chapter 4,

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 it tells us,

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 when the fullness

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 of time had come,

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 God sent forth

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 His Son,

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 born of a woman,

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 born under the law

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 to redeem those

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 who were under the law

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 so that we might receive

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 the adoption

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 as sons.

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 And because you are sons,

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 God has sent

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 the Spirit

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 of His Son

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 into our hearts,

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 crying,

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 Abba,

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 Father.

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 So you are no longer

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 a slave,

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 but a son.

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 And if a son,

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 then an heir

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 through God.

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 Do you pray

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 with the posture

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 of a child?

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 With the freedom

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 and the privilege

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 and the joy

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 of a child

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 coming to speak

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 with His Father?

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 J.I. Packer

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 in his wonderful book,

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 it's called

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 Knowing God,

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 he says this,

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 he says,

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 You hear that?

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 He goes on,

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 he says,

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 if this is not

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 the thought

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 that prompts

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 and controls

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 his worship

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 and prayers

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 and his whole

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 outlook on life,

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 it means that

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 he does not

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 understand Christianity

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 very well at all.

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 The simple posture

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 of a child

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 speaking with his

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 Father in Heaven,

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 that ought to be

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 our posture

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 in prayer.

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 And yet,

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 even so,

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 I want to

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 caution you

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 for a moment

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 that even though

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 we pray as

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 children of God,

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 we should not

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 ever mistake

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 the familiarity

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 of prayer

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 with flippancy,

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 with irreverence

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 to the Lord

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 in prayer.

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 This is our second

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 posture

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 in prayer.

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 We must pray

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 with a posture

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 of reverence,

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 the reverence

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 of a sinner,

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 in the presence

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 of a holy God.

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 And that's why

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 he tells us here

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 to pray

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 to our Father

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 in Heaven,

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 high and exalted,

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 far above

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 our greatest

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 imaginations,

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 far above

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 any earthly father

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 that we may have

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 had here in this life.

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 He says,

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 pray our Father

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 in Heaven,

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 hallowed be

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 your name.

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 Now your Bible

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 might have a note

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 there that explains

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 the meaning

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 of that phrase,

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 hallowed be your name.

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 That's not a word

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 or a term

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 that we tend to use

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 in our everyday life.

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 And my Bible

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 has a note there

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 that defines it.

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 It says,

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 let your name

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 be kept holy

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 or let your name

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 be treated

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 with reverence.

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 So we ought to pray

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 with the relationship

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 of a child

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 to a father

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 and we pray

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 with the reverence

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 of a sinner

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 to a holy God.

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 There has to be

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 a balance here

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 of both.

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 See,

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 God is not so far

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 from us

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 that sinners

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 can't speak

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 with him.

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 Christ solved

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 that problem

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 for us

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 and yet

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 he is not

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 so like us

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 that we ought

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 to speak

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 with him

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 carelessly

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 or irreverently.

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 He's still God.

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 That's what makes

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 the access

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 that we have

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 to him

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 in the name

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 of Christ

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 so incredible.

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 We have free access

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 to speak

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 with God himself

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 in Christ

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 but we shouldn't

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 speak with him

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 and treat him

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 so casually

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 that we forget

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 the reverence

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 and awe

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 that he's owed.

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 I had a seminary

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 professor

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 who was speaking

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 on prayer

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 and he said

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 one thing

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 that helped him

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 as a busy man

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 with a family,

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 a busy man

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 with a wife,

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 with children,

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 a busy man

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 with responsibilities

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 at the seminary

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 as a professor,

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 a busy man

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 as a pastor

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 of a church,

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 he made appointments

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 and he kept them.

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 He had to be very strategic

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 with his time

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 and when he had

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 an appointment

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 on his calendar

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 he made sure

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 that in that hour

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 in that 30 minutes

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 whatever it may be

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 whoever he was

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 sitting across the table

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 with had his full attention

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 for that moment.

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 He said

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 it's helpful for me

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 even in planning out

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 my prayers

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 with the Lord

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 to imagine

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 and to pretend

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 as if this is

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 a holy appointment

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 with God himself

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 and the respect

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 that I would give you

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 if you were in my office

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 sitting across from me

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 speaking with me

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 listening to me

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 interacting with me

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 I wouldn't be

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 checking my phone

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 I wouldn't be

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 aimlessly wondering

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 in my mind

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 you would have

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 my full attention

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 for the hour

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 of that appointment

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 he said

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 it's helpful for me

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 to schedule

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 appointed times

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 with the Lord

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 in prayer

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 and to know

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 that this holy appointment

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 is to be treated

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 with reverence

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 pray with a posture

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 of respect

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 and reverence

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 to the Lord

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 not only this

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 one more posture

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 here

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 he says

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 pray with the posture

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 of release

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 pray with the posture

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 of release

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 look there at verse 10

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 this is what he tells us

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 he says

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 we are to pray

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 your kingdom come

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 your will be done

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 not my kingdom come

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 not my will be done

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 your kingdom come

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 your will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is

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 in heaven

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 that's a prayer

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 of release

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 isn't it

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 release from our desires

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 our wants

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 our world

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 our kingdom

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 our plans

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 our hopes

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 in our way

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 and in our time

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 and instead

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 submitting it

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 into the hands

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 of a good

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 and holy God

00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:19.940
 we are called

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 to pray

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 submitting all

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 of our requests

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 whatever they may be

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 all of the requests

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 for provision

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 that we will see here

00:20:26.340 --> 00:20:27.000
 in just a moment

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 whatever they may be

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 with open hands

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 and not

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 controlling them

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 tightly

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 like we tend

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 to want to do

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 and not

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 gripping them

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 controlling them

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 not demanding

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 that they be answered

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 the way we want

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 in our way

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 but submitting them

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 to a good

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 and sovereign God

00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:49.300
 handing them back over

00:20:49.300 --> 00:20:50.120
 to your father

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 in heaven

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:52.420
 who loves you

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 and cares for you

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 who always knows

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 best

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 your kingdom come

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 your will be done

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.620
 on earth

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 as it is

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 in heaven

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 here in all and all

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 as it is

00:21:03.760 --> 00:21:04.800
 in heaven

00:21:04.800 --> 00:21:06.620
 here at Seaweed Bay

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:08.100
 as our church family

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 here in this place

00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:09.780
 among us

00:21:09.780 --> 00:21:10.480
 as it is

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 in heaven

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 in my life

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 in my family

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 in the lives

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 of my children

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 in the plans

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 that I have

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:18.059
 as it is

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 in heaven

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 do you pray

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 with an open

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 grip

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 on all of your plans

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:26.340
 easier said

00:21:26.340 --> 00:21:26.720
 than done

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 isn't it

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 I don't think

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 we have a better

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 example

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 anywhere

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 than

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 the prayer

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 of our Lord

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 himself

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:36.019
 in the garden

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.840
 of Gethsemane

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 at the moment

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 of his death

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.679
 was drawing near

00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:41.079
 Jesus

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:42.699
 being fully God

00:21:42.699 --> 00:21:43.539
 and fully man

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 he prayed

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 Lord

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 if it is possible

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:47.699
 take this cup

00:21:47.699 --> 00:21:48.439
 from me

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 yet nevertheless

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:51.500
 not my will

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.439
 but yours

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 be done

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:55.799
 in his divinity

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 as God

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 Jesus

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 of course

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 he knew full well

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.659
 what he signed up for

00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.599
 he knew full well

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.559
 the plan of redemption

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.119
 that had been

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:03.500
 conceived before

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.199
 the foundations

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 of the earth

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 he was in on the plan

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.420
 as God

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 yet as man

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:11.039
 he's prayed

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 and taught us

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.039
 how to pray

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 with a posture

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 of release

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:17.519
 to the sovereign

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 good will of God

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 yet not my will

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.319
 he said

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:21.940
 but yours

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 be done

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:24.319
 that's release

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.460
 do you pray like this

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 that ought to be

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.880
 the posture

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:30.759
 of our prayers

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 in blessed relationship

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:34.779
 in holy reverence

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:36.839
 and in submissive

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.740
 release

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:39.440
 to the will of God

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:41.539
 and now

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:43.639
 with that posture

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.680
 now

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:46.339
 we can begin to pray

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:47.759
 for God's provision

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:49.420
 let's look to the rest

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.200
 of our passage here

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.019
 in verses 11

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.160
 through 13

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.059
 and here

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.960
 I want us to see

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.920
 he models

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.920
 for us

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:57.180
 three prayers

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.940
 of provision

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.539
 three prayers

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 of provision

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.480
 here

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:03.099
 Jesus tells us

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.799
 that we ought to

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.879
 first pray

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.819
 for the physical

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.439
 provision

00:23:06.439 --> 00:23:07.299
 of God

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.779
 now this one

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.459
 comes naturally

00:23:08.459 --> 00:23:08.879
 to us

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:10.039
 doesn't it

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.559
 this one

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.959
 if I had to guess

00:23:11.959 --> 00:23:12.419
 I would say

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:13.259
 this one

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.659
 probably dominates

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.519
 most of our

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.359
 prayer lives

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.359
 most of our

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.799
 prayer life

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.240
 is spent

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.939
 requesting

00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:20.299
 physical provision

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 from the Lord

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 look there

00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:22.399
 with me

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:23.039
 to verse 11

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.539
 he says

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.719
 you ought to pray

00:23:24.719 --> 00:23:26.559
 give us this day

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.740
 our daily bread

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:29.900
 give us this day

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:32.319
 our daily bread

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:34.620
 we're used to praying

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.640
 this sort of prayer

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:37.200
 Lord meet our needs

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:39.740
 meet our physical needs

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:41.120
 but if we're honest

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.640
 I would say

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.180
 most of us

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:43.359
 don't really know

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.940
 what it's like

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.440
 to pray

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.960
 actually needing

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.279
 daily bread

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:49.359
 the Israelites

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 in the wilderness did

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 now this is a

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 a pointer

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 it's a reference

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 it's a call back

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 to the experience

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 of Israel

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 wandering through

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 the wilderness

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 for 40 years

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 and do you know

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.139
 what they ate

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:02.319
 for 40 years

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:03.859
 every single day

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 do you remember

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:05.379
 what it was

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.939
 daily bread

00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:08.359
 truly

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.579
 daily bread

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.679
 that came from them

00:24:10.679 --> 00:24:11.839
 out of heaven

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:13.079
 from the hand of God

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 dropped down

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 onto the ground

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 they ate it

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 every day

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 for 40 years

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 they were satisfied

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 not one of them

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 went hungry

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 they were provided

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 for with daily bread

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 40 years

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 in the wilderness

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 this miraculous

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.319
 provision of God

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 but what we fail

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.659
 to understand

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.240
 is that

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.659
 God has not

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 stopped miraculously

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 providing for

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.679
 any of us

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 and each of us

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:39.480
 are just as

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 dependent on the

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.119
 Lord's daily

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.759
 provision

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:43.220
 as the Israelites

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.179
 were in the wilderness

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 that wilderness

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 wandering

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.539
 is meant to be

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 a lesson for us

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 as God's people

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:51.059
 wandering

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.359
 through the wilderness

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 wandering

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 on the way

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.519
 to the promised land

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 that we are

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.960
 dependent on the

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.819
 hand of God

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.640
 to provide

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.819
 for our every need

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:02.640
 church

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:05.120
 we don't

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:06.620
 feel

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.400
 dependent

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.100
 do we

00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:10.259
 we feel

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.460
 so self-sufficient

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.240
 we're lured

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.160
 into this deception

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.840
 that we

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:15.059
 we don't

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.180
 really need

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.980
 God's hand

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.860
 to provide for us

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.420
 as much as

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.000
 he actually

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.900
 does

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:22.420
 this is a reminder

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.800
 for us

00:25:23.800 --> 00:25:25.519
 that we need

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.360
 God to provide

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:27.620
 for our every need

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.259
 your home

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.820
 is a gift

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.519
 from God

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 your food

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.180
 is a gift

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.759
 from God

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.700
 if God does not

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.720
 provide you lunch

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.380
 this afternoon

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:35.080
 you don't eat

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:36.440
 your clothing

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.100
 is a gift

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.680
 from God

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 I don't care

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.720
 how rich

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.380
 and successful

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 you are

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 how big of a

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.360
 business

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:42.019
 you've built

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.900
 for yourself

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:44.400
 all of it

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.080
 from beginning

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:45.560
 to end

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.540
 is a gift

00:25:46.540 --> 00:25:47.519
 of God's

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.940
 provision

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:49.539
 we're dependent

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.600
 on him

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.279
 so he says

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.660
 pray

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:53.360
 give us this day

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:54.759
 our daily bread

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.559
 not only this

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:55.940
 he says

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.320
 second

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:58.660
 we are to pray

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.779
 for the forgiveness

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:01.320
 of God

00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:03.360
 this is a transition

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:04.259
 from the physical

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.120
 to the spiritual

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.700
 isn't it

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.360
 pray for

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.380
 the forgiveness

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.220
 of God

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.660
 he says

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.740
 forgive us

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.500
 our debts

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:12.180
 as we have

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.340
 also forgiven

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:14.799
 our debtors

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.880
 now if I had to guess

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:18.120
 I would probably guess

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.900
 that most of us

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:20.020
 have an easier time

00:26:20.020 --> 00:26:21.260
 praying the first half

00:26:21.260 --> 00:26:22.100
 of that phrase

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:22.940
 than the second half

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.320
 don't we

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:25.000
 we're much more

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.660
 inclined to say

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.460
 God forgive us

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.160
 our debts

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.760
 than we are to say

00:26:28.760 --> 00:26:29.460
 forgive us

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.560
 as we have

00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.720
 forgiven others

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.280
 aren't we

00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:33.660
 but there's a

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.600
 correlation

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.380
 here

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.820
 these things

00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:36.760
 are connected

00:26:36.760 --> 00:26:37.340
 do you see

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:38.280
 he says

00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:38.940
 forgive us

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.700
 our sins

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.840
 as we forgive

00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.760
 those who sin

00:26:41.760 --> 00:26:42.520
 against us

00:26:42.520 --> 00:26:43.020
 forgive us

00:26:43.020 --> 00:26:43.620
 our debts

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:45.379
 as we forgive

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.419
 our debtors

00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:47.419
 this is a prayer

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.539
 for forgiveness

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.539
 that would come

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.479
 to us

00:26:50.479 --> 00:26:50.959
 yes

00:26:50.959 --> 00:26:52.419
 but that would also

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:54.000
 come through us

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.919
 to others

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:58.279
 Matthew

00:26:58.279 --> 00:27:00.219
 tells a parable

00:27:00.219 --> 00:27:01.979
 just a few chapters

00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.299
 later

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.639
 in Matthew chapter 18

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.859
 you can turn there

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.399
 if you'd like

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:06.619
 it's called

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.419
 the parable

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:08.619
 of the unforgiving

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.299
 servant

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:11.259
 and in it

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.599
 Peter

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.500
 he asks the Lord

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.819
 Lord how many times

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.700
 am I to forgive

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.539
 my brother

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.619
 seven

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:18.500
 that sounds like

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.140
 a lot for us

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.359
 right

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:21.000
 if somebody wrongs

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:22.119
 you seven times

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.700
 and you forgive

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.859
 them seven times

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.480
 I feel like

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.859
 we're doing

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:26.039
 pretty good

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:27.259
 seven

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.900
 Lord

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:29.319
 what does Jesus

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.740
 say

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.339
 he says

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.259
 not seven

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.819
 how about

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.420
 77

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.339
 Peter

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:36.160
 and then he tells

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.980
 them this parable

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.019
 of a servant

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.880
 who owed his

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.299
 master

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.579
 10,000

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.460
 talents

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.079
 now we don't

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.840
 deal in

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.279
 talents

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.880
 so I'll just

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.160
 tell you

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.960
 10,000

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.640
 talents

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.240
 just so you

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.440
 know

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:48.100
 one talent

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:49.340
 is equal to

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:50.220
 about 20

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.100
 years

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.680
 labor

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.920
 just one

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:54.440
 so if you

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.759
 work your

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.299
 whole life

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.799
 from cradle

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.400
 to the grave

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:56.880
 you might

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.880
 maybe if you're

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.220
 doing pretty

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.440
 good

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.759
 you might

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.079
 can earn

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.400
 yourself

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.279
 five talents

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.860
 this man

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.759
 was indebted

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:04.340
 10,000

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.480
 talents

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.799
 his more

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.559
 than 2,000

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.380
 lifetimes

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.220
 could ever pay

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.819
 back to his

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.259
 master

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.899
 and his

00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:11.200
 master

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.619
 was fed

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:11.779
 up

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:11.980
 he was

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.319
 ready to

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.720
 sell him

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:12.960
 off

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.240
 with his

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.519
 wife

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:13.779
 and his

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.119
 children

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.439
 but the

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:14.679
 servant

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.259
 came

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.519
 and he

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.919
 begged

00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:16.179
 and he

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:16.559
 pleaded

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:16.899
 with his

00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:17.200
 master

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.659
 please

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.019
 master

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.619
 have mercy

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.200
 on me

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.139
 please

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.480
 master

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.960
 have mercy

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.279
 on me

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.720
 I'll pay

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:21.939
 back

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.379
 every

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.759
 cent

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.159
 that I

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:23.460
 owe

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.500
 and so

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.759
 Jesus

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.299
 says his

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.720
 master

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.419
 shockingly

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.779
 he did

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.419
 two things

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:27.879
 first he

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.519
 released

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.879
 him

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:30.480
 no punishment

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:32.039
 but second

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.559
 even more

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.939
 shocking

00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:33.759
 he forgave

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.339
 him his

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.799
 debt

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:36.460
 he wiped

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.740
 it

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.279
 away

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.619
 he forgave

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:38.799
 it

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.619
 totally

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:41.339
 10,000

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:42.279
 talents

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.980
 wiped away

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.460
 like that

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.119
 in an instant

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:46.000
 and if the story

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.779
 were to stop

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.639
 there it would be

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.539
 a beautiful picture

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.119
 of the heart

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.639
 of God

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.359
 towards sinners

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.399
 like us

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:52.980
 sinners like us

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.700
 who have earned

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.420
 ourselves an

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.819
 infinite debt

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.619
 before a holy

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.099
 God

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:58.240
 a debt that

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.779
 none of us

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.119
 could ever

00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:00.279
 begin to climb

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.799
 out of

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.299
 in our own

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.720
 strength

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.259
 a debt that

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.059
 a thousand

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.639
 lifetimes

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.139
 could never

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.660
 repay

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.980
 yet by the

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.360
 mercy

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.420
 of a good

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.900
 and gracious

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.300
 God

00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:08.640
 he has

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.200
 wiped

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.880
 away

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.700
 our debt

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.140
 by the

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.540
 blood

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:12.440
 of Christ

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:14.460
 and yet

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.940
 the story

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.740
 continues

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:17.320
 the story

00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:17.880
 continues

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.279
 look

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.860
 what happens

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.300
 next

00:29:19.300 --> 00:29:20.660
 as the

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:20.980
 servant

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.360
 goes

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:22.240
 and finds

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.840
 one of his

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.620
 fellow servants

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.259
 who owes him

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.860
 a hundred

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.880
 denarii

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.300
 it's not a

00:29:26.300 --> 00:29:26.920
 small amount

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:28.019
 a hundred

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.779
 denarii is

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.700
 about a hundred

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.620
 days worth

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.180
 of work

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:32.560
 less than a

00:29:32.560 --> 00:29:32.840
 year

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:34.480
 a much

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.179
 smaller

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:35.799
 debt

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.119
 that was

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.539
 owed to

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:36.839
 him

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.139
 than what

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.639
 he was

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:37.899
 just

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.379
 forgiven

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.279
 by his

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.740
 master

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.139
 and he

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.539
 grabbed the

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.939
 man that

00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:42.319
 owed him

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.699
 the money

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.000
 and he

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.539
 grabbed him

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.859
 by the

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.240
 throat

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.599
 and began

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.139
 to choke

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.319
 him

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.519
 and he

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.000
 threw him

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.539
 into prison

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.899
 until he

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.240
 could pay

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.579
 the money

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.019
 back

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:50.459
 and Jesus

00:29:50.459 --> 00:29:50.959
 says the

00:29:50.959 --> 00:29:51.519
 master heard

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.919
 of this

00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:52.379
 and said

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:53.459
 you wicked

00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:54.139
 servant

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:56.480
 I forgave

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.000
 you

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:58.459
 all of your

00:29:58.459 --> 00:29:58.819
 debt

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.419
 because you

00:29:59.419 --> 00:29:59.919
 pleaded with

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.220
 me

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.519
 I was

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.220
 merciful to

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.480
 you

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.200
 I forgave

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.539
 you

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.420
 should you

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.360
 not have

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:06.160
 had mercy

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.740
 on your

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.700
 fellow servant

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.759
 as I

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.539
 had mercy

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.440
 on you

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:12.339
 and he

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.240
 took the

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.539
 servant

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.039
 and threw

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.460
 him to

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.059
 the jailer

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.599
 until he

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.140
 paid off

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.759
 everything

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:18.059
 he owed

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.920
 here's the

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.319
 point

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.799
 when Jesus

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.259
 says

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.700
 so also

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.539
 my heavenly

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.259
 father will

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.720
 do to

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.660
 every one

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.200
 of you

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:27.279
 if you

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.759
 do not

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.720
 forgive your

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.579
 brother from

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.240
 your heart

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.900
 to this

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.420
 parable

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:34.120
 it's a

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:35.019
 lesson of

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.960
 forgiveness

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:37.160
 again that

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:38.180
 comes to

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.740
 us

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.960
 but does

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.539
 not stop

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.880
 there

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.359
 it goes

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.700
 through us

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.960
 to others

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:45.779
 see the

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.600
 sure sign

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.360
 of someone

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.740
 who has

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.640
 grasped

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.299
 and understood

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.940
 the forgiveness

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.460
 that we've

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.920
 been given

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.960
 in Christ

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.920
 is that we

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.920
 are quick

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.980
 to extend

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.539
 forgiveness

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.420
 to others

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:59.480
 you know

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.400
 that's

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.279
 in fact the

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.600
 commitment

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.100
 that we've

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.500
 made to

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.940
 one another

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.920
 here as a

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.279
 church

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.440
 as brothers

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.960
 and sisters

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.360
 that are

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.039
 committed

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.720
 and covenant

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.180
 to one

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.480
 another

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.860
 in this

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:09.100
 church

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.460
 family

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.039
 as members

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.740
 of Seaweed Bay

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.500
 Baptist Church

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.400
 every one

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.859
 of us

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.700
 agrees to

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:13.880
 what's

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.200
 called a

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.500
 church

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.019
 covenant

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:16.000
 that lists

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.519
 out our

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.380
 commitments

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.980
 to one

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.259
 another

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.680
 and here's

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.460
 what one

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.660
 of the

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:20.000
 articles

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.440
 says

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.039
 it says

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.039
 we will

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.359
 walk

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.839
 together

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.759
 in Christian

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.319
 love

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.660
 as we

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.299
 care for

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.299
 and watch

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.819
 over one

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.160
 another

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.480
 seeking one

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:28.920
 another's

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.299
 spiritual

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.799
 good at

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.519
 all times

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.519
 we will

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.180
 pray for

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:33.259
 encourage

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.539
 warn

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.680
 rebuke

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.400
 and admonish

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.900
 one another

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.539
 as occasion

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.339
 may require

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.619
 we will be

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.299
 slow to

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.099
 take offense

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.019
 and will

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.679
 eagerly

00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.079
 seek

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.959
 reconciliation

00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:45.039
 without

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.659
 delay

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.740
 forgiving

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:48.119
 one another

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.240
 as God

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.259
 in Christ

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:51.399
 has forgiven

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.659
 us

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:55.500
 church

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.459
 do you

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:57.000
 have any

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.839
 debtors

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:59.919
 do you

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.500
 have anyone

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.039
 who has

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.480
 wronged

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:02.899
 you

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:04.439
 do you

00:32:04.439 --> 00:32:05.000
 have anyone

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.879
 from whom

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.339
 you are

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.199
 withholding

00:32:07.199 --> 00:32:07.980
 forgiveness

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.639
 holding a

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.219
 grudge

00:32:09.219 --> 00:32:10.240
 withholding

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.740
 mercy

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.059
 because

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.380
 they have

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.019
 wronged

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.140
 you

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.559
 seven

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.160
 times

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.579
 even

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.440
 77

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.759
 times

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:17.460
 this

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.799
 prayer

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.079
 is an

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.519
 encouragement

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.480
 for you

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:21.099
 to remember

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:22.140
 the debt

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.700
 that you

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.200
 have been

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.700
 forgiven

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.000
 of

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.720
 by Christ

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.740
 and then

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.460
 to extend

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.279
 that forgiveness

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:29.000
 to others

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:31.460
 1 John 1

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.160
 9 tells us

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.539
 that if we

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.299
 confess our

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.620
 sins

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:33.940
 he is

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.400
 faithful

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.160
 and just

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.620
 to forgive

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.180
 us our

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.539
 sins

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.819
 and to

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.160
 cleanse

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.519
 us

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.500
 from all

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.339
 unrighteousness

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.879
 so pray

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.660
 for the

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.059
 forgiveness

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:42.180
 of God

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.559
 to come

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.240
 to you

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.240
 and through

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.779
 you

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.200
 and then

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.720
 finally

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:47.019
 last one

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.240
 here

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:49.039
 he says

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.460
 pray

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.359
 for the

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.900
 spiritual

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.700
 protection

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:53.119
 of God

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.940
 pray for

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.160
 the

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.079
 spiritual

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.039
 protection

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.839
 of God

00:32:58.839 --> 00:33:00.099
 he says

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.379
 in verse

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:00.920
 13

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.720
 and lead

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.400
 us not

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.839
 into

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.519
 temptation

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:05.119
 but deliver

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:05.639
 us

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.839
 from evil

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:09.119
 I wonder

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:10.619
 how often

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.180
 do you pray

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.619
 for your

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.460
 spiritual

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.680
 protection

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:16.099
 not physical

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:17.039
 protection

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.579
 I know we

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.240
 pray for that

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.660
 I know we

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.299
 pray for our

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:21.019
 physical health

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.440
 I know we

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.859
 pray for

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.299
 traveling

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.859
 mercies

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.460
 I know we

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.039
 pray for

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:25.160
 safety

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.879
 and all those

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.220
 things are

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.000
 well and

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.400
 good

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.359
 that's valuable

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.940
 to pray

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.839
 and to ask

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.220
 the Lord

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.579
 but I

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.200
 wonder

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:32.819
 how often

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.480
 we pray

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.119
 for our

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.899
 spiritual

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:36.079
 protection

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:37.859
 because the

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.439
 truth is

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:39.679
 the spiritual

00:33:39.679 --> 00:33:40.379
 dangers that

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:40.859
 we face

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:42.019
 are 1000

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:43.500
 times worse

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.419
 than any

00:33:44.419 --> 00:33:45.220
 physical threat

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.019
 against us

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:47.740
 and Jesus

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.379
 wants us to

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.879
 pray with this

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.599
 perspective in

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:49.960
 mind

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.740
 if you think

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.220
 it's dangerous

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.579
 for you to

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.960
 get in your

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.500
 car and

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.419
 drive down

00:33:53.419 --> 00:33:53.819
 the road

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.299
 drive down

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.099
 highway 17

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.599
 and I

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.439
 realize it

00:33:56.439 --> 00:33:56.899
 is

00:33:56.899 --> 00:33:59.579
 how much

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.319
 more

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.079
 dangerous

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.720
 is it

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.059
 for you to

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.419
 be a

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.860
 child of

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.340
 God

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:05.980
 living in

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.279
 enemy

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.940
 territory

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:08.860
 how much

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.420
 more dangerous

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.000
 is it for

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.500
 you to be

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.380
 in exile

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.260
 here in a

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.940
 fallen world

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.579
 to be facing

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.200
 the powers

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:14.659
 at work

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.280
 against us

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.880
 of spiritual

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.400
 darkness

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.980
 powers that

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.960
 we can't

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.360
 see

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:20.240
 to be in

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.860
 the crosshairs

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.559
 of a spiritual

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.159
 enemy that

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.860
 prowls around

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.519
 like a roaring

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.220
 lion just

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:25.099
 seeking somebody

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.760
 to devour

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:27.639
 are we aware

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.720
 of the spiritual

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.440
 dangers

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.740
 that face us

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.959
 every single

00:34:31.959 --> 00:34:32.919
 day

00:34:32.919 --> 00:34:35.000
 he says

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:36.179
 pray

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:37.339
 Lord lead

00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:37.759
 us not

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.500
 into temptation

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.199
 but deliver

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:40.500
 us from

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.899
 evil

00:34:40.899 --> 00:34:42.979
 church

00:34:42.979 --> 00:34:43.479
 temptation

00:34:43.479 --> 00:34:43.799
 is

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:44.899
 common

00:34:44.899 --> 00:34:46.139
 to us

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.500
 all

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.799
 every one

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.219
 of us

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:49.119
 is tempted

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.599
 to sin

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.539
 every single

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.099
 day

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:52.079
 the question

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.299
 is

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:52.879
 is your

00:34:52.879 --> 00:34:53.379
 armor

00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:54.119
 up

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.679
 are you

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.519
 prayed up

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.159
 and ready

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.719
 before you

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.279
 walk out the

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.699
 door to head

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.059
 to work

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.299
 in the

00:34:59.299 --> 00:34:59.559
 morning

00:34:59.559 --> 00:34:59.980
 are you

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.759
 aware

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.239
 of the

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.879
 inclinations

00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.219
 of your

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.839
 own heart

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.960
 are you

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.359
 aware

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:04.639
 of the

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:04.839
 ways

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:04.980
 the

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.179
 enemy

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.419
 has

00:35:05.419 --> 00:35:06.259
 succeeded

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:06.799
 in tempting

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.179
 you in the

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.679
 past

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.939
 are you

00:35:08.939 --> 00:35:09.279
 aware

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.519
 of the

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.699
 ways

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:09.980
 that you

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.119
 have

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.359
 fallen

00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:10.639
 into

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.139
 temptation

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.439
 even

00:35:11.439 --> 00:35:11.779
 this

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.419
 week

00:35:12.419 --> 00:35:12.899
 are you

00:35:12.899 --> 00:35:13.799
 crying

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.299
 out

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:14.559
 to

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.000
 Christ

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.619
 daily

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:15.980
 for

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.659
 help

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.379
 in the

00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:17.619
 face

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:17.779
 of

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.339
 temptation

00:35:18.339 --> 00:35:22.739
 the

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:22.939
 good

00:35:22.939 --> 00:35:23.339
 news

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:24.359
 of the

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:24.759
 gospel

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:25.099
 the book

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.460
 of Hebrews

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.179
 tells us

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.679
 that if

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:27.940
 you are

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.379
 tempted

00:35:28.379 --> 00:35:29.440
 take

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.799
 heart

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:31.199
 that we

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.480
 do not

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:31.799
 have a

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.440
 high priest

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.779
 who is

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.259
 unable

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:34.199
 to sympathize

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.500
 with our

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.859
 weakness

00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:35.440
 but one

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.879
 who in

00:35:35.879 --> 00:35:36.419
 every

00:35:36.419 --> 00:35:37.219
 respect

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:38.119
 has been

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.480
 tempted

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.440
 as we

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.839
 are

00:35:39.839 --> 00:35:40.059
 he

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.659
 understands

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.199
 the

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.539
 struggles

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:41.859
 that we

00:35:41.859 --> 00:35:42.279
 face

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:43.119
 with one

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.339
 key

00:35:43.339 --> 00:35:43.859
 exception

00:35:43.859 --> 00:35:45.399
 yet

00:35:45.399 --> 00:35:46.179
 without

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.019
 sin

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:49.319
 he won

00:35:49.319 --> 00:35:50.399
 the battle

00:35:50.399 --> 00:35:51.839
 and Christ

00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:52.259
 took the

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:52.719
 enemy's

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.799
 best shot

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.199
 and so he

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.639
 says in

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.339
 verse 16

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:56.600
 let us

00:35:56.600 --> 00:35:56.960
 then with

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.500
 confidence

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.120
 draw near

00:35:58.120 --> 00:35:58.420
 to the

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.680
 throne

00:35:58.680 --> 00:35:59.280
 of grace

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:00.220
 that we

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.780
 may receive

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.260
 mercy

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.880
 and find

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.420
 grace

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:03.460
 to help

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.440
 in time

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.059
 of need

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:06.880
 church

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.300
 are we

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:08.160
 praying

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:09.140
 for spiritual

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:10.160
 protection

00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:11.920
 for protection

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.400
 from the

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.059
 temptations

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.780
 of the

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.039
 enemy

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.440
 and for

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.860
 the

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.620
 deliverance

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:15.900
 of the

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.200
 Lord

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.600
 from this

00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:16.960
 domain

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.760
 of darkness

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:19.300
 we ought

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.640
 to pray

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:20.200
 these things

00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:20.900
 with confidence

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.360
 knowing

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.460
 with full

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.059
 confidence

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.360
 that the

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.960
 day of

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.460
 the Lord

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.140
 will soon

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.920
 come

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.279
 when the

00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:26.619
 Lord

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.159
 will

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.699
 return

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.839
 he will

00:36:28.839 --> 00:36:29.359
 finally

00:36:29.359 --> 00:36:30.619
 and totally

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.739
 deliver us

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.699
 from all

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.099
 evil

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:34.619
 church

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:34.900
 is that

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.339
 your hope

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:37.379
 is that

00:36:37.379 --> 00:36:37.900
 your prayer

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:39.879
 see all

00:36:39.879 --> 00:36:40.659
 of our

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.359
 prayers

00:36:41.359 --> 00:36:42.639
 all of

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.199
 these prayers

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:43.460
 that the

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.659
 Lord

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.599
 teaches us

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.059
 and equips

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.420
 us to

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.679
 pray

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.039
 all of

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.440
 our prayers

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.739
 for

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:47.679
 protection

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:49.119
 all of

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.960
 our prayers

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.279
 for

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:51.359
 deliverance

00:36:51.359 --> 00:36:52.279
 for the

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:52.759
 kingdom of

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:53.040
 God

00:36:53.040 --> 00:36:53.560
 to come

00:36:53.560 --> 00:36:54.940
 all of

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.200
 these

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:55.460
 will

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.440
 ultimately

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.740
 and finally

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.680
 be answered

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.300
 at the

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.780
 return

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.220
 of

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:00.680
 King

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:01.420
 Jesus

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:03.000
 when he

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.820
 comes to

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.140
 put an

00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:04.880
 end finally

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.300
 to our

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.660
 enemy

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.540
 and to

00:37:06.540 --> 00:37:07.040
 finally put

00:37:07.040 --> 00:37:07.340
 an end

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.740
 to sin

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.360
 and temptation

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.940
 once and

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.420
 for all

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.540
 to finally

00:37:10.540 --> 00:37:11.660
 deliver all

00:37:11.660 --> 00:37:11.940
 of his

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.320
 people

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:12.940
 from this

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.500
 domain of

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.940
 darkness

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.780
 to finally

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.820
 bring his

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.220
 kingdom

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:17.500
 to earth

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.820
 is that

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.280
 your hope

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:20.200
 is that

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:20.660
 your prayer

00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:23.560
 as we

00:37:23.560 --> 00:37:25.280
 aim to

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.780
 grow in

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.140
 prayer

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:27.360
 this month

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:27.900
 church

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.180
 my

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:29.220
 encouragement

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.900
 for you

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.460
 this morning

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.860
 is to

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.420
 listen to

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.140
 Martin Luther's

00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:32.680
 advice to

00:37:32.680 --> 00:37:33.100
 Peter the

00:37:33.100 --> 00:37:33.380
 barber

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:35.500
 take the

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.060
 Lord's

00:37:36.060 --> 00:37:36.519
 prayer

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.260
 as we've

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.820
 just done

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.060
 and as

00:37:38.060 --> 00:37:38.300
 we'll do

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:38.580
 in just

00:37:38.580 --> 00:37:39.000
 a moment

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:40.320
 and take

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.560
 it even

00:37:40.560 --> 00:37:41.260
 this afternoon

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.800
 take it

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.400
 daily

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.080
 this week

00:37:43.080 --> 00:37:43.300
 would be

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:43.860
 my encouragement

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.360
 for you

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.560
 take it

00:37:45.560 --> 00:37:46.100
 into your

00:37:46.100 --> 00:37:46.640
 place of

00:37:46.640 --> 00:37:47.000
 prayer

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.500
 and walk

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.340
 slowly

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:49.219
 through each

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.780
 line

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.659
 calling out

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.019
 to the

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.300
 Lord

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:52.099
 using this

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.400
 as a

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:53.159
 springboard

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:53.639
 for your

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.079
 prayers

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.980
 and let

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.519
 the Lord

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.440
 teach you

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.519
 how to

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.840
 pray

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:59.800
 we're going

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.820
 to go to

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.179
 a time of

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.679
 prayer now

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:01.960
 as we

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 close

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 I'll pray

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 and then

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 we'll have

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 an opportunity

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 for us

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.719
 to pray

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.320
 silently

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 right where

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 we are

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 and then

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 I will lead

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 us in a

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.440
 prayer

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 through this

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 text

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 through the

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 Lord's

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.400
 prayer

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 as we

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 respond to

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 God's

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.559
 word

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 together

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 let's

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 bow

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 and pray

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:20.599
 Father

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 thank you

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 for listening

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.139
 to our

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.559
 prayers

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:27.139
 we thank

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.319
 you

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:27.639
 Jesus

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.359
 for teaching

00:38:28.359 --> 00:38:28.819
 us to

00:38:28.819 --> 00:38:29.099
 pray

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 we thank

00:38:30.879 --> 00:38:31.000
 you

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.259
 Jesus

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:31.960
 for modeling

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.980
 prayer

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.940
 for us

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 we thank

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.159
 you

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.379
 Jesus

00:38:36.379 --> 00:38:37.420
 for interceding

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 for us

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 as our

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 great high

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.420
 priest

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 we thank

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.139
 you for

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 the spirit

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.639
 who intercedes

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 for the

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 will

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 for the

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.279
 saints

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 according to

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 the will

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 of God

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 and we

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.000
 pray

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.480
 Lord

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.860
 that you

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.099
 would

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.460
 continue

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:48.980
 to teach

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.340
 us

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:50.059
 to pray

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:51.199
 that you

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.519
 might be

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.840
 honored

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:53.639
 that you

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.159
 might move

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:55.519
 in powerful

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:56.039
 ways among

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.280
 us

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:56.599
 we pray

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.079
 in Christ's

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.280
 name

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:58.099
 amen

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:59.480
 let's pray

00:38:59.480 --> 00:38:59.880
 silently

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.219
 where we

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:00.500
 are

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:02.500
 you

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:04.960
 want to

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.679
 go

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.340
 nonprofits

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:20.000
 to

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 to