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 an atheist was taking a walk, hiking in fact, out in the Canadian wilderness,

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 standing in awe as he walked, and of just the natural beauty that was there,

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 that was there by a freak of nature, an accident,

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 when all of a sudden in his delight of daydreaming as he wandered,

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 this huge grizzly bear was belting down towards him, down the trail,

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 and he realised he had no chance, and before he knew it, he was flat on his back,

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 pinned to the ground by this huge bear, and this bear, one paw on his chest,

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 the other one up, ready to strike him, and without a thought,

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 he blurted out at the top of his voice,

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 Oh God, help me!

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 And the bear was momentarily startled by such a scream.

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 Everything went into slow motion at that point,

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 and the atheist all of a sudden realised the inconsistency of living his life confident

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 that God doesn't exist, and then calling out to him when he had his time of need,

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 and so he calls out a second time,

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 I don't believe you exist, God, and I don't care if you do,

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 but if you do, prove that you are good, and that you are powerful,

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 as people say you are, and make this bear a Christian.

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 He thought that was a pretty good move,

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 because if the bear was a Christian,

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 then he'd have to obey the command to turn the other cheek and not kill him.

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 And to his great surprise, in that instant,

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 the bear's demeanour just changed,

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 and he pulled back his paw,

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 and he knelt down beside him,

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 he clapped his paws together,

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 and he started to pray.

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 For what? I'm about to receive.

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 May the Lord make me truly thankful.

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 Now I'm pretty sure that story's not true.

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 Bears don't speak English.

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 And I'm not convinced bears pray,

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 but most humans on this planet,

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 at least some time in their lives, pray.

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 While it's true that prayer is practically a worldwide activity,

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 what we actually mean by prayer

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 is vastly different from group to group,

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 individual to individual.

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 The difference in what prayer is or means or how we go about it

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 is in what we think God is like,

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 and what we think our relationship with him is like.

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 You see, when a Buddhist spins his prayer wheel

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 or a Hindu sits in mystic silence

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 or the Muslim with his prayer mat

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 facing Mecca five times a day,

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 they are all reflecting the character of the God

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 or the gods they're praying to

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 and what they think their relationship with that God is like.

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 It's no different for the Christian.

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 Our prayer is shaped and defined

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 by the God to whom we are praying.

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 And so there are many Bible references

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 and multitude of Bible references

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 that shape the Christian prayer life.

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 And I'll just give you a couple.

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 Jeremiah 32, 17.

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 That shapes your prayer life,

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 as does the whole chapter of Romans 8.

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 It's the stunning picture of the Christian life

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 that is laid out before us,

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 where it says that we were once slaves to sin

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 and death and fear.

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 We were hostile to God.

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 We were unable to please Him.

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 There was a gap that we could not communicate with Him.

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 But we are now free,

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 sons of the Father,

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 co-heirs in His kingdom with Christ

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 through being united with Jesus

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 who died to free us.

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 We are now new.

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 We have a new life

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 which God Himself dwells in us by His Spirit.

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 It's because of the saving work of the Lord Jesus

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 that we are raised up from our low position

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 of being cut off from any access to God.

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 And have been granted free access

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 to the God who rules all things.

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 Or Psalm 145.

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 God, my translation of Psalm 145,

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 God bends His ear and delights to hear your prayers.

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 You see, prayer is not an addition or an appendix

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 to the Christian life.

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 It is the heart of who we are as Christians

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 and how we relate to the God

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 who is in charge of all things.

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 It's crucial for us because we sit in a room here

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 and I imagine most people say that they pray in this room.

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 But so does a Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist,

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 as I've already said.

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 Multitude of people, many people,

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 most people in this world pray.

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 But how does the Christian pray?

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 Today is the first Sunday in February

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 and it traditionally signals the start of ministry programs

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 as we've just seen a moment ago in the new year.

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 And as we kick off this new year of ministry,

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 we are doing what we've done in the previous two years.

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 And we're beginning the ministry year with a week of prayer.

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 And we do this to make a statement as a church.

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 It's a statement to God, to the world,

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 and to our own consciences

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 that we exist as a church

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 to do things that we cannot do

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 without the supernatural grace of God.

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 Everything good and worthwhile and eternal

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 and God glorifying that we want to do as a church,

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 we cannot do without the supernatural grace of God.

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 And so Prayer Week proclaims St. Paul's exists

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 mainly to do the humanly impossible.

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 And that's written on the back wall of our church

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 as you exit.

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 We have a stated objective to grow,

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 to be a healthy church with 150 call members

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 and 500 attending by the end of this year.

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 That is humanly impossible.

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 Our corporate objective was set at the end of 2011

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 for the three years up to the end of this year.

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 And the intention and vision behind our objective

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 is to see people know and treasure the Lord Jesus

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 for the very first time

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 through the people in the ministry of St. Paul's Chatsworth.

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 And here we are now.

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 Two thirds of that time is gone.

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 It's 2014 and January is over already.

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 And we have a fair way to go.

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 But our Lord has not called us to an impossible mission.

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 He's called us to a demanding one.

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 And I chose Colossians 4.2.4 for the beginning of Prayer Week

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 for that very reason.

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 Because if I understand this text correctly,

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 the human key that might unlock

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 the blessing of God's power and grace

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 in our mission to Chatswood

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 is devoted, watchful and thankful prayer.

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 This text gives me strong hope

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 that God will open a door for the word in Chatswood

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 and faith will come to many people

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 if we pray for him to do it.

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 In Colossians 4.2.4, Paul is urging the Colossians

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 to pray just like I'm urging us to pray today.

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 In fact, to pray for something quite specific.

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 I see two things that he wants them to pray for.

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 And we'll look at those first

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 before we turn our attention to

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 how to pray for them.

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 The two things are an open door

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 for the word of God

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 and for a powerful word to go through that open door.

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 Paul wants God to work both

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 in the recipients of the message

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 and in him, the proclaimer of the message.

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 So in verse 3 he says,

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 And pray for us too

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 that God may open a door for our message

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 so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ.

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 And there are at least three other times

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 in the New Testament

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 that Paul uses the exact same image

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 of an open door.

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 In Acts 14.27, in 1 Corinthians 16, verses 8 and 9,

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 in 2 Corinthians 2.12.

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 Each time the open door

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 seems to be a remarkable set of circumstances

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 that would have been very effective for the gospel.

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 And so when Paul says in verse 3,

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 Pray for us too

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 that God may open a door for our message

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 that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ.

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 I take into mean that God changes things

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 when his people pray.

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 Circumstances and attitudes

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 and receptivity of the gospel

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 change

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 so that instead of hitting a brick wall,

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 the gospel finds an open door

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 and becomes unusually effective.

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 Such as in the case of Duncan Campbell,

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 a minister of the United Free Church of Scotland.

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 On the Monday after Easter in 1952,

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 Campbell was seated on the platform

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 of Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church

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 in Bangor, a Northern Ireland.

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 I apologise

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 if I've murdered that.

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 Particularly to you, Katrina.

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 It's a church that Nat and I have visited twice

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 and a dear close friend of mine

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 was on staff there for a number of years.

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 He had just finished speaking

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 to the Faith Mission Convention

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 where he sensed the inner voice

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 say to him,

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 Bernare.

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 And I apologise again

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 if I've murdered that.

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 He bowed his head

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 while he sat on the platform

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 and he prayed.

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 Again, the name came to him, Bernare.

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 He prayed again

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 and the name came to him a third time, Bernare.

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 And so Campbell turned

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 while he was sitting on the platform

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 to the chairman of the convention

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 and said to him,

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 Brother, you're going to need to excuse me.

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 The Holy Spirit has just told me

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 that I'm to go to Bernare.

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 And the chairman objected.

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 You're the tomorrow speaker.

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 But he couldn't convince him

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 and off he got from the platform

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 and away he went.

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 Went to his hotel,

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 packed his two suitcases,

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 contacted the airport

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 and he'd have a flight to Bernare.

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 They said, no thing exists.

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 They said, well get me,

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 how do I get there?

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 Here's one island which is close.

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 He caught a flight to that island,

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 walked down to the,

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 the fishing port,

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 asked the fisherman,

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 how do I get there?

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 He said, there is no commercial way

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 to get there

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 but you can get on my boat

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 and I'll take you there.

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 It'll cost this amount of money

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 and it's almost exactly

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 what he had in his pocket.

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 Fisherman took him,

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 dropped him on the beach

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 and he was there

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 with his two suitcases,

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 climbed over a little bit of a hill

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 and thought, what do I do next?

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 He came to the edge

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 of a cultivated paddock,

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 saw a farmer work in the paddock.

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 He called the farmer over

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 and he says,

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 go to your pastor

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 and tell them

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 that Uncle Campbell has arrived.

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 We don't actually have a minister right now

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 was the reply.

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 He said, do you have elders?

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 Yes we do,

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 we'll go and tell your nearest elder

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 that Uncle Campbell has arrived.

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 Farmer looked at him quite quizzically

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 then amazingly started off

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 across the field,

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 left his work,

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 came back after some time,

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 Duncan Campbell sitting there

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 on the hillside,

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 sitting on his suitcases.

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 Farmer says,

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 the elder's expecting you.

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 He has a place ready for you

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 and he has announced

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 that the meetings will begin

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 at nine o'clock tonight.

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 While Campbell was speaking

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 in Bangor, Northern Ireland,

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 this elder had spent the day

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 praying in his shed

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 for God to send revival

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 to the island.

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 His wife in the house

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 overheard him pray,

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 Lord, I don't know where he is,

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 but you know where he is

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 and all things are possible to you,

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 so send Uncle Campbell

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 to Burneray.

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 And he was so sure

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 that God would do that

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 and that he would do it

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 in three days,

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 that he made all the arrangements

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 for the local church

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 and announced all the services

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 across the island

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 and great revival

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 broke out

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 across Burneray.

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 A great door

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 for the word

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 was opened,

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 a door that no person

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 could shut

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 because God had opened it.

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 And so my friends,

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 the first thing

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 we should be praying

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 for this year

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 is that God

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 would work in

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 all the circumstances

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 surrounding our people

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 and our ministry,

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 including the hearts

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 of everyone

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 who hears the gospel

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 to open a wide

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 and effective door

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 for that gospel.

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 Let this sink

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 not just into your minds,

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 but into your hearts.

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 The key to opening

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 the door of God's blessing

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 on our vision

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 to see people come to Christ

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 will be prayer

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 if God so chooses.

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 That's the first thing

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 that Paul mentions for prayer.

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 The second thing

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 to pray for

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 is the clarity

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 of the message

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 and boldness

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 of the messenger.

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 Verses 3 and 4,

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 pray for us too

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 that God may open

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 a door for our message

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 so that we may proclaim

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 the mystery of Christ

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 for which I am in chains.

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 Pray that I may proclaim

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 it clearly

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 as I should.

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 And so Paul exhorts

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 the Colossians here

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 to persevere in prayer

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 and follows it immediately

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 with a request

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 to pray for him

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 and for his co-workers.

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 The content of the prayer

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 is not for the personal benefit

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 of Paul

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 or his companions,

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 but for the preaching

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 of the gospel.

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 He mentions

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 he's in chains

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 for his preaching,

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 but he doesn't ask

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 for prayer

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 to be released

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 from those chains

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 in order to keep preaching.

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 He doesn't pray

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 for personal benefit,

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 he prays

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 for the effectiveness

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 of the message going out.

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 And we see here

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 at a number of points

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 in the New Testament

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 that Paul places

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 a significant importance

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 on his converts

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 and other Christians

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 partnering with him

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 in prayer

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 as he seeks

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 to win the Gentile world

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 for Christ.

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 He sees them

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 as partners

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 with him

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 in that task.

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 He earnestly desired

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 their help

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 and their support

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 as he laboured

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 to see the gospel

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 spread to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 And there is no better way

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 to express this partnership

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 than in accessory prayer.

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 When he calls

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 these Christians

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 to pray for him

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 and his colleagues,

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 he is calling them

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 to an ongoing activity.

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 This is a prayer

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 for the preacher,

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 for the evangelist,

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 for the community group leader,

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 for the music director

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 and for every Christian

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 who has the word of God

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 on their lips.

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 Friends,

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 let me say

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 how consistently aware

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 I am

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 that I need your prayers.

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 if Paul needed

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 their prayers

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 because he could

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 imagine himself

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 speaking the gospel

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 in such a way

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 that was not clear

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 or bold

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 or powerful,

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 how much more

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 can I imagine

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 that for myself?

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 The greatest preacher

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 and missionary

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 who ever lived

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 said that the effectiveness

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 of his preaching

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 depended on the prayers

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 of the church.

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 And if that's true

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 for Paul,

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 that's true for me.

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 100,

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 200,

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 300 times over.

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 What happens right now?

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 Right now

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 is the Bible's open

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 in front of you.

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 even as this word

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 of Colossians 4

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 is right in front of us

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 depends in great measure

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 on how you have prayed

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 up to this point.

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 And so there are

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 two prayer requests,

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 one for an open door

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 in the lives

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 of unbelievers

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 and for a clear

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 and powerful gospel message

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 to go through that door.

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 And it is with a real

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 sense of urgency

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 that I called you

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 to devote yourself

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 to pray like that

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 in 2014.

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 And this is,

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 brings me to how

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 we are to pray.

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 Paul mentions three things

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 in verse 2.

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 Devote yourselves to prayer,

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 being watchful

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 and thankful.

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 Pray with the devotion,

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 with watchfulness

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 and with thanksgiving.

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 The call of God's word here

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 is to devote yourself

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 to prayer

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 and it shouldn't come

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 as a surprise to us

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 given what he requests

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 prayer for

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 in verses 3 and 4.

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 If prayer is so great

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 and central to us

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 unlocking God's purpose

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 for the universe

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 and your life,

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 it is not surprising

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 that God would command us

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 to devote ourselves

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 to prayer.

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 The word be devoted to

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 or persevere in

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 or continue in

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 occurs six times

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 in the New Testament

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 connected to prayer.

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 Acts 1.14,

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 they all joined together

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 constantly in prayer.

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 Acts 2.42,

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 they, that is the early church,

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 devoted themselves

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 to prayer.

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 Acts 6.4,

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 the apostles said

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 that they would devote

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 themselves to prayer

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 and the ministry

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 of the word.

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 Romans 12.12,

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 be joyful in hope,

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 patient in affliction,

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 faithful in prayer.

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 Ephesians 6.18,

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 pray in the spirit

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 on all occasions.

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 It means to pray regularly

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 and to pray often.

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 Prayer is not infrequent

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 and prayer is not meant

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 to be hit and miss

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 for the Christian.

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 Being devoted to prayer

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 means that we are

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 not to be haphazard,

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 we are not to be forgetful.

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 It means that we take steps

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 to see that it is part

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 of our regular life

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 the same way that

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 eating and sleeping is.

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 I think it's also implied

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 in the word watchfulness

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 to describe the sort

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 of prayer life

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 that we are called to have.

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 Watchfulness is often used

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 as a reference in the Bible

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 to particularly

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 in the New Testament

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 the second coming of Christ

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 and the final judgment,

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 the end of all things.

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 The vision of the future,

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 God's plan and purposes

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 coming to their final end

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 in Christ,

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 is to govern not just

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 the content of our prayer life

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 but our devotion to it.

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 God is working out

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 his purposes

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 and he will bring it

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 all to completion

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 and so don't go to sleep

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 at the wheel.

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 Direct your mind to Christ

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 and his coming

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 and the fulfillment

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 of all our hope

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 and our joy.

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 Labor against distractions

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 and hindrances

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 and the temptation

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 towards prayerless praying.

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 Be vigilant,

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.039
 my friends,

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 like a sentry on duty

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 outside the camp

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 at night

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 knowing that

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 if you go to sleep

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 the enemy

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 can overthrow

00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:01.900
 your mission.

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 This is the tempo

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 of prayer

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 I think that is often

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 missing

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 when the church

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 has settled

00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.740
 into the world

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 and is just using

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 prayer as

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 a domestic intercom

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 rather than a battlefield

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 walkie-talkie.

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 Paul urges the church

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 to be devoted to prayer

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 because of how

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 tremendously serious

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 the battle is

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 that we're involved in.

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 Heaven and hell

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 hang in the balance

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 for many people

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 this year

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 and so be watchful,

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 awake,

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 vigilant

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 and pray.

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 Pray the way

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 you would

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 if you knew

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 that two of your

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 unbelieving friends

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:45.000
 would hear the gospel

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 for the last time

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 next Sunday.

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 And finally

00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:51.279
 Paul calls us here

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.339
 to pray with thanksgiving.

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 It doesn't seem right

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 to pray

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 for God

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 to open a door

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 of faith

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 for others

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 without remembering

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 that he did

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 that very thing

00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:06.080
 for you.

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 Does it?

00:21:11.040 --> 00:21:12.080
 When we pray

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 for the salvation

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.800
 of others

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 isn't the fervency

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 of our prayer

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 a mirror

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 of how thankful

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 we are

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.700
 for our own salvation?

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 If we don't feel

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 thankful

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 for our own salvation

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 for the time

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 when God

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 opened the door

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 of our hearts

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 and unlocked it

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 so that we saw Christ

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 in all his glory

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 and beauty

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 then how can we pray

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 with devotion

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 and watchfulness

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 and urgency

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 for the salvation

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 of others?

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 I suspect

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 that we

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 grow in thankfulness

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 for our own rescue

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 as we do that

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 we will pray

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 with a new zeal

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 for the rescue

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 of others.

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 So friends

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 go to your word

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 and remind yourself

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 of the gospel

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 every day.

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 Amen.

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 On the back wall

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 of our church

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 just as you leave

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 in our welcome centre

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 downstairs

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 a bunch of stuff

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 that I've written

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 around the place

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 we have a core value

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 called devotion

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 to prayer

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 and I wrote it

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 and it's based

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 on this passage

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 Colossians 4

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 2

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 4

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 but I

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 the one who

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 penned those words

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 need

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 this word

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 from Colossians 4

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 to penetrate

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 my heart

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 and to shape

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 my life more

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 in 2014.

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 Prayerlessness

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 or haphazard

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 prayer life

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 makes me feel

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 like a hypocrite

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 more than anything

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 else.

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 More than anything

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 else.

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 I've always found

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 prayer to be

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 hard work.

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 I'm an activist

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 which means

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 I don't often stop

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 and for me

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 I've had to learn

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 to pray and walk

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 and I have to

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 take steps

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 to ensure

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 that prayer

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 deliberate steps

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 to ensure

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 that prayer

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 is incorporated

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 in my daily life.

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 our core value

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 says that as a

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 church we are

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 committed to

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 consistently bringing

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 all things to God

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 in prayer

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 intentionally

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 building prayer

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 into the centre

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 of our life

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 together

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 developing a

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 culture of

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 natural

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 and instructed

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 prayerfulness

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 when interacting

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 sorry

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 unstructured

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 prayerfulness

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 when interacting

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 with each other

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 encouraging

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 and equipping

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 for prayer

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 for personal

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 and family level

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 and incorporating

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 prayer into

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 every church

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 activity.

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 So friends

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 can I encourage

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 you to join

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 together in

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 seeing this

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 core value

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 written on our

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 hearts in such

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 a way that it

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 shapes our

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 actions and our

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 attitudes

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 into 2014.

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 in the immediate

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 can I call you

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 to join with me

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 in this prayer

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 week

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 in being devoted

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 to praying

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 that a door

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 would be open

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 for the gospel

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 among many

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 precious

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 unbelievers

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 and that we

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 would proclaim

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 the gospel

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 with clarity

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 and with power

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 and can I call

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 you to be

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 committed to that

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 devoted to that

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 throughout the

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 course of this

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 year here's a

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 really simple

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 way of going

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 on this

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 in terms of

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 the gospel

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 going out

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 pray one

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 plus one

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 plus one

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 one plus

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 one plus

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 one

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 equals one

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 it's bad

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 mathematics

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 but it's a

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 good point

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 commit to

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 praying for

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 one person

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 for one

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 minute

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 once a

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 day

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 and pray

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 that God

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 would bring

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 that one

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 person into

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 his kingdom

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 one plus

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 one plus

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 one equals

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 one

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 I've got

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 one plus

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 one plus

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 one in my

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 diary

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 in my

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 electronic diary

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 it pops up

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 every day of

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 the year

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 as a reminder

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 and my

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 one plus

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 one plus

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 one equals

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 and I've got

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 the initials of

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 the person

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 that I'm

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 praying for

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 brothers and

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 sisters pray

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 for a door

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 to be open

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 to the gospel

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 as we labor

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 to make it

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 known with

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 clarity and

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 with boldness

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 and with power

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 in our mission

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 field here at

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 St Paul's

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 let's pray

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 Father

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 you're

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 you're a God

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 who controls

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 all things in

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 this world

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 you have all

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 the power

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 where we have

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 none

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 and it is

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 your plan

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 and purposes

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 to call people

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 from every tribe

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 and language

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 and nation

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 under the

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 lordship of

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 the Christ

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 and we pray

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 Father

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 that you

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 would do

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.200
 that in

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.759
 our midst

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 and we pray

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 Father

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.339
 that we

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 would not

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 sit back

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 in comfortable

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 mediocrity

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 but that we

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.119
 would see

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 the mission

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:23.859
 that you

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.460
 put before

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.559
 us as a

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:25.920
 demanding

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 mission

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 but you

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 are an

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 even greater

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 God

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 and we

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 pray Lord

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 that you

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 would help

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.759
 us to pray

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 in the same

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.879
 way that the

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.299
 Lord Jesus

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.879
 taught his

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.920
 disciples to pray

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 men who had

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 prayed all

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.980
 their life

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 I pray

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:37.799
 that you

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.200
 would teach

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.700
 us to pray

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.039
 in a new

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.380
 way

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.500
 to pray

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.880
 for your

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.120
 kingdom

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.720
 to come

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:43.180
 to pray

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.500
 for your

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.700
 kingdom

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.299
 to come

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.700
 in the

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.019
 hearts

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.400
 of many

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.779
 and so

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.200
 Lord

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.220
 as we

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.920
 move into

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.960
 2014

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:51.319
 we pray

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.900
 for every

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.319
 instance

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.740
 where your

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.180
 word

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.500
 will be

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:53.980
 proclaimed

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.460
 and I

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.940
 pray Lord

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.220
 it will be

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.660
 done with

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.099
 boldness

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.380
 and with

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.799
 clarity

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:58.099
 and with

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.579
 power

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.740
 and we

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 pray Father

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.900
 that you

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.279
 would send

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.839
 your spirit

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.259
 and you

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.220
 would unlock

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.600
 the doors

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.140
 of people's

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.579
 hearts

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:07.640
 so that

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.059
 they not

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:09.100
 just understand

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:09.640
 the gospel

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.079
 but they

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.460
 see the

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.120
 beauty of

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 it and

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.279
 they would

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.920
 receive the

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.480
 Lord Jesus

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.339
 with joy

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.440
 and we ask

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.900
 it for your

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.180
 sake

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.880
 Amen

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:18.100
 for Lord

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.880
 O43

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 o43

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 p outfits

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 o43

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 o100

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 o100

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 ou

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 o

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or