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 Good morning, everyone.

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 I said this last week, and I say it again this week.

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 It's a great honor to open up God's Word with you this morning, wherever you may be.

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 And I said this last week, and I'll say it again this week.

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 This is great.

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 We have technology.

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 I really wish we could be together this morning, and looking forward to seeing you folks whenever

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 we're able to meet again at the Ottawa Little Theater.

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 If you have attended Messiah for some time, more than just a couple weeks, you will notice

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 that we pray the Lord's Prayer every single week.

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 It's a part of our service.

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 Matt did it just a few moments ago, and it is a mainstay of Christian worship.

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 It's a part of it.

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 It also, for us that have been a part of Messiah for some time, it can get old hat.

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 We can go on autopilot when we have our prayers, when we go through the liturgy.

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 I don't want to say familiarity breeds contempt, but maybe familiarity breeds apathy.

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 The thing is, the Lord's Prayer isn't just something that we ought to rifle off.

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 It's very, very important.

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 In fact, it's actually the basis upon which we should model our prayer life.

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 In many ways, in our lives, we should model our lives after the Lord's Prayer.

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 The centuries-old way that Christians have instructed other Christians, other potential Christians

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 on the Christian faith have centered around three things.

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 The Apostles' Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer.

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 And really, an easy way to think of it is what to believe, how to live, and how to pray.

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 These things are just the rocks, the foundational pieces of what it means to be a Christian.

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 Last week, we looked at the Ten Commandments as the means by which we are to live out the

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 gospel as God's people.

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 So this week, we're looking at the Lord's Prayer in Matthew chapter 6.

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 If you have a Bible, I would love it if you would follow along with me, although I'm sure

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 we'll have the words on the screen as well.

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 But if you have a Bible, pull it out.

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 The Lord's Prayer opens with an address to God.

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 Actually, before we get into this, I mean, like the Lord's Prayer, we could do a summer

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 series on this over seven, eight, nine weeks.

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 We have one week to do it.

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 So we're not necessarily going to go forensic in terms of an exposition on the Lord's Prayer.

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 But it's important that we get some handles on it before we jump in.

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 You'll see that the Lord's Prayer opens up with an address to God.

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 We look at it in verse 9.

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 It says,

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 And then it's followed by seven petitions, three of which have to do with God, four of

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 which have to do of a personal nature.

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 And then it wraps up with a doxology or a bit of praise to the Lord.

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 And like I mentioned before, this gives us a framework for prayer and really a framework

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 for our lives as Christians.

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 The Lord's Prayer also is deeply important because it helps us to do three things.

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 It helps us to do three things.

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 It helps us not to emphasize the personal over the transcendent.

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 I'll explain this, but that's the first point.

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 The second thing is to not, it helps us not to value the giver over the gifts.

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 And the third thing it does is it helps us not just pray to God, but to also praise God.

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 So I'll say those three things again.

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 The first is it helps us, the Lord's Prayer helps us not to emphasize the personal over the

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 transcendent.

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 The second is not to value the gifts over the giver.

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 And the last thing that it helps us to do is to not just pray to God, but also to praise God.

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 Okay, so that first one, it helps us to not emphasize the personal over the transcendent.

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 So it's important to know that Jesus wasn't the only rabbi that was walking around in the

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 Galilee and in ancient Israel with followers.

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 That's not to somehow diminish who Jesus is, but just historically, there were other people

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 that claimed authority, that claimed to be great, great rabbis, maybe even Messiah figures.

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 Jesus wasn't the only one at that time.

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 They would teach on God, their understanding of God.

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 By the way, just to be clear, I'm not equating the two, okay?

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 Just explaining this.

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 They would teach on God, their understanding of God.

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 They would interpret the Bible in certain ways.

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 But it's really interesting that out of all of the documents we have from that first century,

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 even if we go back through the Old Testament, before Jesus, there wasn't any teaching on how

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 to pray by addressing God as Father.

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 There was no, up until Jesus, nobody taught, hey, when you pray, you should address God as Father.

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 It starts with Jesus.

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 That's significant.

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 It's not a throwaway, it's not something to throw away as if, you know, that's a detail

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 that doesn't really matter.

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 It's just a part of the story.

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 It matters because if we look at what precedes the Lord's Prayer, Jesus defines what is legitimate

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 prayer from not legitimate prayer.

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 And this is what he says in verse 5.

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 And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray

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 in the synagogues and at 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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 Lord, jump down to verse 7.

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 And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they

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 will be heard for their many words.

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 Jesus contrasts the Lord's Prayer that begins with our Father with two kinds of prayer.

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 I'll add a third one, and you'll understand why I'm going to add a third one.

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 But the first one is this ostentatious prayer, this almost obnoxious prayer, this prayer that

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 goes out and says, look at me, I'm a real religious person.

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 The type of prayer that is not so much for the connection between the person praying to

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 God, but for the connection of the person praying to everybody else that's watching them.

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 Jesus says that's not a good prayer.

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 In fact, that's not a prayer at all.

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 The second thing he talks about is this thoughtless religious prayer as if to strong arm God into

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 doing the things that you want him to do.

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 I have prayed, I have been religious, I have spent hours heaping up words, doing religious

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 things, praying nonstop.

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 You better hear me, you better do what I say.

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 It's almost as if you are forcing God into a corner to act.

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 Jesus here, he says that's no way to pray either.

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 The third category I would throw in would be for those that don't pray at all.

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 That is one of those categories that is a tough thing for us to admit to if we call ourselves

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 Christian, if we have put our faith and hope and trust in Jesus, that there are seasons

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 that we just don't pray at all.

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 And by implication of Jesus teaching us how to pray, he is encouraging us to be people

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 who pray, to not be people that don't pray.

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 So really there's these three kinds of prayers that Jesus, one of them being no prayer at all,

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 approaches the prayer that Jesus then contrasts with what?

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 He says, but when you pray, in verse six, but when you pray, go into your room and shut the door

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 and pray to your father who is in secret and your father who sees in secret will reward you.

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 Verse eight, do not be like them for your father knows what you need before you ask him.

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 Pray then like this, our father in heaven.

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 It means that our prayers are deeply, deeply, deeply personal.

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 It means that we are praying to God as father in relational terms.

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 That's very significant.

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 I will just say this.

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 The evangelical church for decades, I should say for decades as if I'm some kind of historian

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 for all of my life, has preached, you need to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,

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 which is very true.

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 But they've said it in such a way that it has become kind of cliche,

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 a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a personal relationship with God,

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 as if to sap the very meaning behind it.

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 It's like a tagline.

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 It's maybe on a bumper sticker, a fridge magnet.

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 It's become kitschy to say, have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ or a personal relationship with God.

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 Yet, if we just kind of step away from the kitschy evangelicalism,

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 by the way, we're an evangelical church if you're visiting us for the first time,

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 if we just take a step away from that,

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 there is something so profound about praying to God in a personal way,

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 in a relational way.

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 I can attest to it that Orthodox Jewish people do not pray to God in a personal way.

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 I mean, they would relate to God in a personal way in terms of the nation of Israel would,

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 but in a personal, personal way?

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 Islam similarly does not pray to a personal God.

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 Nowhere do we see this call to a personal prayer life with God

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 apart from what we see in the scriptures.

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 It means that we pray from this relational place,

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 not praying in a performative way to reach some relational place.

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 That we have union with God,

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 and from that union with God,

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 we then pray.

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 We don't pray in order

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 to force God's hand

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 for union with him.

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 If you remember last week,

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 and if you haven't,

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 we have it on YouTube,

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 we looked at the Ten Commandments,

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 and the remarkable thing about the Ten Commandments

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 is that it opens up by saying

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 that I am the Lord your God

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 who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

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 out of the house of slavery,

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 and then it goes on

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 with the rest of the Ten Commandments.

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 But it starts from a place of relationship,

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 a place of salvation.

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 So too does this,

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 when we say our Father.

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 If we say our Father of God,

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 we have to ask,

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 how then have we become children of God?

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 How are we able to call God Father?

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 So I'm trying to plant this church out in Kanata,

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 Messiah Kanata.

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 Please pray for us.

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 We have a Tuesday evening group

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 with some folks that have committed,

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 other folks that are just checking us out,

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 and we've been going through the Apostles' Creed.

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 It's been incredibly rich to go through it.

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 And last week,

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 we looked at the clause.

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 So we're going clause by clause

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 through the Apostles' Creed.

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 Last week,

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 we looked at the clause,

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 I believe in Jesus Christ,

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 his only Son,

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 our Lord.

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 And the question came up,

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 how can Jesus be the only Son of God,

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 as it says, right?

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 We believe in Jesus Christ,

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 his only Son.

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 And yet,

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 we are called children of God as well.

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 Are those two things contradictory?

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 They're not.

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 And here's why.

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 On the cross,

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 God,

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 the Son of God,

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 became fully incarnate,

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 fully man,

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 and fully God,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And he died for the sins of the world

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 so that whoever believes in him

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 would not perish,

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 but have eternal life.

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 The Bible speaks of eternal life

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 as being adopted into God's family,

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 being called heirs of all of God's promises

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 and of the heavenly inheritance.

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 Simply put,

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 through the Son of God,

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 we have become adopted

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 sons and daughters of God.

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 So to pray our Father

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 is to be a person

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 who has put their faith

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 and hope and trust

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 in the risen Messiah,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 the only Son of God,

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 our Lord.

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 It is deeply personal

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 to pray our Father.

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 Why?

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 Because it came

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 at a deep personal cost

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 of God himself

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 in the person of Jesus.

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 Bearing our sins upon his shoulders,

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 paying the unjust penalty

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 for us

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 so that we might

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 be welcomed

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 into the family of God.

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 So it's a wonderful thing to pray.

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 It's a deeply humbling thing to pray.

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 It's so personal,

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 but look at

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 what it's followed up with.

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 So if you go down

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 to verse 9 again,

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 and it says,

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 Our Father,

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 what does it say

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 directly after that?

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 It says,

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 Our Father in heaven.

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 It's very,

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 very important

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 that we

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 don't pick

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 pieces

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 from the Bible

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 out of context.

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 So it says,

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 Our Father

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 who is in heaven,

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 or if you're used to

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 the King James,

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 who art in heaven.

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 To say that God

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 is in heaven

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 isn't to say

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 that he is in heaven

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 and not here

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 with us

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 right now.

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 We're not talking

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 about a Christian

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 Mount Olympus

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 where the gods

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 are up there

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 and sometimes

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 they come down

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 to visit.

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 Nor is it

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 if you're into comic books

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 like the Justice League's

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 Watchtower

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 where it's just kind of

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 hovering over earth

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 and then a superhero

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 beams down.

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 That's not what

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 it says,

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 it means when it says

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 Our Father

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 who is in heaven.

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 Rather,

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 it is this recognition

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 that God is sovereign

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 over all,

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 that he is creator

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 over all.

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 God,

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 one of his attributes

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 is his omnipresence

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 or his ubiquity,

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 that God cannot

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 be in one place

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 and not in the other.

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 He is everywhere.

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 Everything,

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 in fact,

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 is held together

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 by God.

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 So to say that

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 our Father

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 in heaven

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 isn't to say

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 to talk of a distant

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 God out there

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 but it's to talk

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 about a transcendent

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 God,

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 an almighty God

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 that we get

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 to call Father.

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 See,

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 God isn't some kind

00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.580
 of talisman,

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 not some kind

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 of

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 lucky rabbit's foot,

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 something that we

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 rub or hold

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 when we want

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 good things to happen.

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 God is deeply personal

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 but is infinitely

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 transcendent.

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 We submit to him

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 and his will,

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 not the other way around.

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 We come to him

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 on his terms,

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 not the other way around.

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 God.

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 And those things

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 have to be held

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 in tension.

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 They have to be.

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 In fact,

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 they don't just need

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 to be held in tension

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 but you have to

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 understand it

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 because one

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 without the other

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 negates

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 both.

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 If we say that

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 God is almighty

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 and he's not

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 personal,

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 then we are

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 creating

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 a God

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 that's a bit

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 tyrannical,

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 a God

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 that is not

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 the Christian

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 God in the Bible

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 but would look

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 more so

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 like a God

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 in the Greek myth

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 and the Greek myths.

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 If God is personal

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 and he is not

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 almighty,

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 then

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 on what basis

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 is he personal?

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 Has he dealt

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 with our sins?

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 Has he dealt

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 with our brokenness?

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 Can we put hope

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 in him

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 to right

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 all the wrongs?

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 You see,

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 saying our

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 Father in heaven

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 it is

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 one

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 and the same.

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 It is the

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 personal God.

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 It is the

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 transcendent God.

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 It is the

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 one true God.

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 So he is

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 personal

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 and

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 he is

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 transcendent.

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 And this is

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 important for us

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 as well.

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 It's good news

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 for us

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 because what

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 we do

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 a lot

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 as people

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 and I would

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 I would

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 say

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 this would

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 be

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 a cross

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 cultural

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 thing.

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 So if Canada

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 has many

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 different

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 cultures,

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 these subcultures,

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 then I think

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 this is something

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 that we could

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 maybe observe

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 throughout all

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 the different

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 cultures.

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 But what we do

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 is we put

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 our eternal

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 hope

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 into temporal

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 things

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 and we put

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 our

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 we look to

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 the eternal

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 to solve

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 our temporal

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 problems.

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 We invert

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 things.

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 We don't

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 we don't have

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 ordered proper

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 ordered lives.

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 And here

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 we have an

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 example

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 right off the

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 bat in the

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 Lord's Prayer

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 where God is

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 incredibly

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 personal

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 where he

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 helps us

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 in our

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 day to day.

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 It'll

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 we'll read

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 in a

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 in a brief

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 moment

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 about how

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 we can pray

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 for our

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 daily bread.

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 and yet

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 God is

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 incredibly

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 transcendent

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 so that

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 we can put

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 our eternal

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.940
 hope in

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 him.

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 It helps us

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 to order

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 the way

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 we view

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 life.

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 Which also

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 leads really

00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:04.240
 nicely into

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 another thing

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.480
 that the

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:05.920
 Lord's Prayer

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.660
 helps us

00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.900
 to do

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 to not

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 value

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:10.039
 the giver

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.519
 over the

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 gifts.

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 Years ago

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.100
 before I was

00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:14.480
 married

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 before I

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 owned a

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 car

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 might have

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.740
 even been

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.140
 before I

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 owned a

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 bicycle.

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 I owned a

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 bus pass

00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:22.599
 though.

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:24.079
 I would

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 ask a

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 friend

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 to borrow

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 her car

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 and

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:30.980
 to do

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.519
 errands,

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 to go to

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 town.

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 Good friend

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.019
 at the

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.480
 time.

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 And it

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:37.900
 got to the

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.259
 point that

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.799
 I'd only

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 talk to

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:41.279
 her if

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.660
 I wanted

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:42.920
 to use

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.220
 her car.

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.240
 car.

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.960
 And she

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.420
 called me

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.779
 out on

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:45.980
 it.

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:46.960
 I've been

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.519
 friends for

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:47.779
 a long

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 time.

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.720
 She called

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.000
 me out

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.299
 on it.

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 And I

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.039
 remember

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.420
 just I

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:52.819
 knew she

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.200
 was right

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.740
 100%.

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.120
 I felt

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.539
 so much

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:54.819
 shame.

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:55.940
 I used

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.200
 her.

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.400
 I valued

00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:57.960
 her friendship

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.480
 not for

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.600
 her but

00:20:59.600 --> 00:21:00.660
 for what

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.140
 she could

00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:02.140
 provide for

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.380
 me.

00:21:02.600 --> 00:21:03.079
 That is

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:04.400
 a car

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:04.920
 to use.

00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:07.039
 In one

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.880
 of, you

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:08.200
 know, not

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.920
 to brag or

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.319
 anything like

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:09.680
 that, but

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.220
 one of the

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.900
 better moments

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.200
 of my

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.660
 life, I

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:12.420
 admitted

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:12.819
 fault

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.339
 immediately.

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:13.960
 You're

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.240
 right.

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.680
 I knew

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:14.960
 it.

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:15.900
 And

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:17.420
 anyways, it

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:17.700
 was very

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.180
 humbling.

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.000
 It was

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.620
 very humbling,

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.039
 that's for

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.259
 sure.

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:22.779
 But how

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.140
 often do

00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.480
 we treat

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.299
 God like

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.640
 this?

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.420
 We value

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:28.079
 not him,

00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:29.079
 we value

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.400
 the things

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.680
 he could

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.180
 do for

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.500
 us.

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.460
 And how

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:31.759
 does that

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.220
 play out?

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.620
 Well, we

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.779
 pray when

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.120
 things get

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.440
 bad.

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.000
 And I'm

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.460
 not talking

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.039
 necessarily,

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:37.980
 you know,

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.299
 you might

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.160
 pray for

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.360
 thank God

00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:40.640
 for the

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.640
 food before

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.160
 the meals

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.480
 that you

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:42.740
 eat.

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.620
 You're

00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:43.940
 tucking the

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.559
 kiddos in,

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.000
 you know,

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.460
 you say a

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:45.779
 prayer with

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.059
 them.

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.759
 But we

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.120
 only come

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:51.519
 to God

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.920
 in earnest

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.500
 prayer when

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.360
 we're on

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:53.779
 the ropes,

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.319
 when we

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:55.720
 need

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.299
 something.

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.519
 And that's

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:58.940
 a good thing

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.400
 that we pray

00:21:59.400 --> 00:21:59.880
 to God when

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.200
 we need

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.480
 something.

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:00.799
 But when

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.599
 we only

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.599
 really pray

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:02.940
 to him,

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:05.279
 when I

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.940
 only pray

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.319
 to him when

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:06.579
 I need

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:06.940
 something,

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.360
 I,

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.479
 I was

00:22:08.479 --> 00:22:09.119
 telling Matt

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:10.099
 just before

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.559
 we jumped

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.000
 in on the

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.839
 live stream

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:13.019
 that this

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.319
 has been

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.679
 one of the

00:22:13.679 --> 00:22:14.899
 hardest times

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.639
 of prep

00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:16.019
 for a

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.539
 sermon for

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.559
 me personally

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.559
 because it

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.000
 has exposed

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.759
 how prayerless

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.179
 of a man

00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:20.519
 I am.

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:20.939
 And I'm

00:22:20.939 --> 00:22:21.559
 a minister

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.179
 at church.

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.599
 I'm supposed

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.079
 to be praying

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.539
 for you

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:26.099
 guys on

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.599
 the regular.

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.019
 And it

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:28.099
 just exposed

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:29.159
 how prayerless

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.539
 I am and

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.000
 how I come

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.319
 to the

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:32.279
 Lord when

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.659
 I want

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.139
 something.

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.219
 Maybe that's

00:22:35.219 --> 00:22:36.039
 the case for

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.379
 you too.

00:22:36.459 --> 00:22:36.740
 And I will

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.120
 just say

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.599
 this.

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.740
 I can

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.120
 say this

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.500
 to you

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.059
 because I'm

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.700
 including myself

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.039
 in here.

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.880
 That's

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.480
 wrong.

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.539
 It is

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.180
 not good.

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.859
 It is

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.359
 not good

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.740
 to ignore

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.460
 the giver

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:48.880
 of the

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.259
 gift

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:51.359
 and just

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:53.279
 focus on

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.700
 the gift.

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.240
 All too

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.180
 often this

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.680
 is our

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.180
 default,

00:22:59.339 --> 00:22:59.599
 but the

00:22:59.599 --> 00:22:59.980
 Lord's

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.259
 prayer

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.160
 counteracts

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.400
 this

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.880
 default.

00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:01.960
 default.

00:23:03.040 --> 00:23:03.440
 It

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.100
 counteracts

00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:04.280
 this

00:23:04.280 --> 00:23:04.680
 default.

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.600
 How does

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:07.860
 it do

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.060
 that?

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.380
 Well,

00:23:08.520 --> 00:23:08.760
 the

00:23:08.760 --> 00:23:09.060
 Lord's

00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:09.200
 prayer,

00:23:09.280 --> 00:23:09.420
 if you

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.640
 look,

00:23:09.800 --> 00:23:09.980
 and I

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.200
 mentioned

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.400
 this,

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 it's

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:10.860
 seven

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.400
 petitions,

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 and it

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.300
 starts

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 off with

00:23:13.260 --> 00:23:13.800
 hallowed

00:23:13.800 --> 00:23:14.180
 be thy

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.520
 name.

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.180
 Your

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.480
 kingdom

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.880
 come,

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.260
 your

00:23:17.260 --> 00:23:17.640
 will be

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.100
 done on

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:18.480
 earth as

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 it is

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.000
 in heaven.

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 So

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.400
 there's

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:19.960
 the three

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.400
 that are

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:20.620
 directed

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.080
 to God.

00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:21.600
 But then

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:21.780
 there's

00:23:21.780 --> 00:23:22.260
 four for

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 us.

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 Give

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:23.940
 us this

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.240
 day our

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.800
 daily bread.

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.700
 Forgive

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 us our

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.540
 debts as

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 we forgive

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.480
 those who,

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:29.920
 sorry,

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.360
 I'm just,

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.860
 I'm reading

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.519
 it in the

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.940
 ESV,

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.519
 but remembering

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.099
 it in the

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.660
 King James.

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.319
 As we

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.200
 also have

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.759
 forgiven our

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.200
 debtors,

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.640
 lead us not

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.279
 into temptation,

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:38.860
 but deliver us

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.279
 from evil.

00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:39.740
 Okay,

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.059
 those are the

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.440
 four for

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.700
 us.

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.360
 So what we

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.079
 end up doing

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.440
 with the

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.740
 Lord's

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.759
 prayer is

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.079
 that we

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.980
 are constantly

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:48.539
 praying for

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:50.019
 God's name to

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.720
 be hallowed,

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.900
 for God's

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.400
 kingdom to

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:52.759
 come,

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.720
 God's will

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.259
 to be done,

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.440
 and then we

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.120
 pray for our

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.839
 own requests.

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.839
 And it is

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.519
 this back

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.319
 and forth

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:01.079
 prayer that

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:02.000
 we pray

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.059
 ultimately for

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:05.619
 God to

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.759
 be held at

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.459
 the highest

00:24:07.459 --> 00:24:08.359
 of esteem,

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.220
 that his

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.379
 name be

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:10.799
 hallowed,

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.099
 which is

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.679
 simply just

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.720
 to say that

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.279
 God is

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.980
 glorified,

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:14.759
 that he is

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.179
 holy,

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.439
 that he is

00:24:16.439 --> 00:24:17.000
 other than

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.480
 us,

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:19.399
 that all

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:21.559
 praise is

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.079
 due to

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.399
 him,

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.359
 that his

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:23.819
 kingdom

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:25.659
 come is

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:26.480
 a simple

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.960
 way to

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:29.140
 say how

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.039
 the gospel

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:31.160
 has transformed

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.519
 the world

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.259
 through Jesus,

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:33.819
 through his

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.160
 church,

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.120
 by the power

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.440
 of the Holy

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.660
 Spirit,

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.420
 and continues

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.319
 to do so,

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.559
 that we pray

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.120
 for that,

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.860
 and God's

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.400
 will to be

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:40.640
 done,

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.160
 and we see

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.539
 the most

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.180
 precious,

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.140
 beautiful picture

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.019
 of that with

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.839
 Jesus in the

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.140
 garden,

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.120
 where he

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.839
 prays that

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.380
 the cup

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.059
 will be

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.620
 passed,

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.819
 that he

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.099
 won't have

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.420
 the drink

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.900
 of the cup,

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.799
 but ultimately

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.880
 he prays to

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.260
 the Father,

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.100
 your will,

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.020
 not mine,

00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:55.440
 be done.

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.280
 And in

00:24:59.280 --> 00:24:59.940
 light of

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.320
 that,

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.860
 we say,

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.140
 God,

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.680
 please meet

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.200
 my needs,

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.200
 please help

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.860
 me to walk

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.160
 in your

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.660
 ways,

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:08.020
 please help

00:25:08.020 --> 00:25:08.960
 me to

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:10.260
 avoid evil,

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.860
 to avoid

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.420
 darkness,

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.360
 to avoid

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.080
 brokenness,

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.660
 and instead

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.840
 live into

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.300
 the good,

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.860
 and live

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.300
 into the

00:25:16.300 --> 00:25:16.580
 light,

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.420
 and live

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:17.880
 into

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.700
 fullness,

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.320
 and it's a

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:20.800
 back and

00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:21.020
 forth,

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.339
 where we're

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.200
 praying to

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.759
 God for

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.740
 his name

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.039
 to be

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.639
 lifted high,

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.119
 and for

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.500
 him to

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.879
 meet our

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.180
 needs,

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.940
 which glorifies

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.299
 him as

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.519
 well,

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:29.160
 and eventually,

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.759
 because nothing

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.440
 is overnight,

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.400
 but eventually

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:35.019
 we'll start to

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:36.059
 value the

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.339
 giver much

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.879
 more than

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.420
 the gift.

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.539
 Our lives

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.819
 will be

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.279
 ordered

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.440
 properly,

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.680
 where we

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.799
 don't love

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.480
 the temporal

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.579
 over the

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:46.940
 eternal.

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.500
 not an

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.099
 overnight

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.740
 thing,

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.779
 especially

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:56.519
 if it's

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.019
 your default,

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.559
 like it's

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.559
 my default.

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.400
 But the

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.879
 Lord's Prayer,

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.960
 it helps us

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.859
 with that.

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.500
 We have to

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.099
 also remember

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.200
 that throughout

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.000
 all of

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.480
 Scripture,

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:09.160
 the true

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.920
 gift that

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.559
 God wishes

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:10.940
 to give

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.519
 his people

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.379
 is himself.

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.259
 In the

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.559
 garden,

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.819
 it is not

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.619
 the tree

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:19.059
 of life

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.399
 that is

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:20.839
 the crown

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.099
 jewel.

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.679
 It is

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:22.339
 God

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.960
 himself

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.779
 dwelling

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.359
 with man.

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.159
 All

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.440
 throughout

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.799
 the Old

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.220
 Testament,

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.500
 there are

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:30.579
 instances

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.859
 and prophecies,

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.539
 writings.

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.659
 If we

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:34.980
 read through

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.500
 the Psalms,

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.339
 it's like

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.720
 this as

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.079
 well,

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.559
 especially

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.720
 Psalm 16.

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.460
 But the

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.179
 true hope

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.579
 for the

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.359
 human soul

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:45.059
 is God

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.659
 himself.

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.220
 At the

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.740
 end of

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.379
 the age

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:48.659
 in the

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.019
 book of

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.560
 Revelation,

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.440
 St.

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.960
 John's

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.660
 Revelation,

00:26:52.800 --> 00:26:54.080
 what is

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.940
 the culmination

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.279
 of all

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.340
 of redemptive

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:57.700
 history?

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:58.500
 Is it

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.160
 not that

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.700
 God would

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.580
 dwell with

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.180
 his people?

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.880
 God is

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.820
 the true

00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:05.400
 gift.

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.779
 He is

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.140
 the true

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.500
 gift.

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.759
 We can

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.360
 forget this

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:13.160
 all too

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.720
 often.

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.700
 And the

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.380
 Lord's Prayer,

00:27:16.540 --> 00:27:17.240
 if we pray

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.660
 it, if we

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.420
 see what it

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.060
 truly is,

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.840
 it helps

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.340
 us to

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:21.100
 renounce

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.700
 entitlement.

00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:23.940
 When we

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:27.840
 pray to

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.480
 the Lord,

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.900
 your kingdom

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.440
 come, your

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.019
 will be done

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.580
 on earth as

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:30.880
 it is in

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.380
 heaven, and

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.000
 then we

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.100
 pray, give

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.740
 us today our

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.340
 daily bread,

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:36.400
 how do we

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.720
 then act

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:39.180
 smugly that

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:40.240
 everything comes

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.759
 from our own

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:42.220
 hand, the

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.680
 sweat of our

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.160
 own brow,

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:44.279
 love, the

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.800
 hard work

00:27:44.800 --> 00:27:45.220
 we've done,

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.840
 the excellent

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:47.880
 investing that

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:49.060
 we've accomplished

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.779
 over the

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.600
 decades, over

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.120
 the years.

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.460
 We recognize

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:55.519
 that all of

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.759
 God's gifts

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.580
 to us, all

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.540
 of the good

00:27:59.540 --> 00:28:00.240
 things in our

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.160
 lives are

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.680
 gifts from

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:01.920
 him.

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.960
 And we

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.360
 don't pray

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.340
 with effervency,

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.920
 so when it

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.800
 says, give us

00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:06.259
 this day our

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.860
 daily bread, it

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:08.740
 seems like a

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.660
 redundant prayer,

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.259
 but this is

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.680
 like a

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.519
 desperate cry

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.800
 for people,

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.880
 especially the

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.259
 people that

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.519
 would be

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.279
 hearing Jesus

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:17.279
 in the

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.460
 Galilee, they

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.380
 live a

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.200
 hand-to-mouth

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.460
 subsistence

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.580
 type of life.

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.560
 We don't,

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:25.720
 even the

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.360
 most poor

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:27.460
 among us

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.960
 don't live

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.600
 that type of

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:29.240
 life, maybe

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.660
 some, but

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.640
 not like it's

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.820
 not across

00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:33.860
 the board.

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.380
 And yet,

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.660
 if God

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.259
 did not give

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.360
 us breath

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:38.980
 in our lungs,

00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:39.460
 how would we

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:39.940
 go to our

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:41.000
 jobs, how

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.480
 do we do

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.940
 the things

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.319
 that we

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.799
 ought to

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.100
 do?

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.100
 So we

00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:46.400
 must understand

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.579
 then that

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:49.240
 there is no

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.519
 entitlement, it

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:52.059
 is all a

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.579
 gift from

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:52.980
 God.

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.180
 There is a

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.799
 thanksgiving

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.400
 that bubbles

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.759
 up.

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:58.180
 We value

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.880
 the giver

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.420
 over the

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.720
 gift.

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.319
 God's name

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.700
 and his

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.460
 kingdom and

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.039
 his will,

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.460
 these are all

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.079
 things that we

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.700
 need to think

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.519
 about and dwell

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.640
 on, talk to

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.140
 our friends

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:11.340
 about, to

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:11.920
 not push

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.980
 aside because

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.060
 of the

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:14.900
 potential

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:17.240
 cost that

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.080
 it will bring

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.440
 to our

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.840
 lives.

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:20.240
 We might be

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.940
 very comfortable

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.680
 with where

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.320
 we're at now

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:23.500
 and we're not

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.640
 willing necessarily

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.320
 to pray,

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.020
 God, your

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:27.120
 will be done

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:28.340
 in and through

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.680
 me.

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.840
 But that's what

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.380
 this prayer is

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.120
 calling us to.

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.119
 God's name.

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.859
 Because if we

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.839
 value the

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.859
 giver over

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.519
 the gift,

00:29:37.959 --> 00:29:39.379
 then we want

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.079
 to please the

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.339
 giver.

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.319
 We want to

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.799
 please the

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.079
 Lord.

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.679
 That our

00:29:42.679 --> 00:29:43.359
 lives, everything

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:44.519
 we have, it

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.339
 is a blessing

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.859
 from him.

00:29:45.959 --> 00:29:46.319
 So how

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.839
 then can we

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.339
 use it?

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.399
 And if we

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.699
 don't feel

00:29:50.699 --> 00:29:51.500
 the hunger

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.599
 pains in

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.279
 our stomach,

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.719
 then why don't

00:29:54.719 --> 00:29:55.319
 we seek out

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.779
 people that

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.279
 might feel

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.559
 that?

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.500
 Why don't we

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.159
 help them?

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.380
 Because God

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.200
 has given

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.380
 us good

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:01.920
 gifts.

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:02.779
 And if you're

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.360
 afraid that

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.860
 God's will

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.500
 for your life

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.340
 will cost

00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:05.820
 too much,

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.940
 Romans 12,

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.480
 2, it says,

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.000
 what is the

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.680
 will of God?

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.779
 It is good,

00:30:10.060 --> 00:30:10.380
 pleasing,

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.040
 and perfect.

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.140
 Good,

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.680
 pleasing,

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.300
 and perfect.

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.120
 What's the

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.560
 will for your

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:17.060
 own life?

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.840
 Is it good,

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.240
 pleasing,

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:19.779
 and perfect?

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.779
 Not just to

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.779
 you, to your

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.320
 family, but to

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:25.140
 those around,

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.240
 to God

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.860
 himself?

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.940
 Again, guys,

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:29.519
 I'm pointing

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.180
 the finger at

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.540
 me.

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.279
 It was a

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.820
 really hard

00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:32.160
 week.

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:32.779
 It was,

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.680
 putting this

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:36.180
 sermon together,

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.759
 reading through

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:38.180
 this word,

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.640
 and I think

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.740
 what is scaring

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.519
 me the most,

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.040
 in some ways,

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.040
 true fear,

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.920
 true confession

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:45.259
 about my true

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.120
 fears, is that

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.740
 I'm going to go

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:48.120
 back home after

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.820
 this, and I'm

00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:49.080
 just going to

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.519
 get on with

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:49.980
 my life.

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.200
 Just status

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:54.180
 quo, talk

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.920
 about doing

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.600
 God's will,

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.300
 and then,

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:58.019
 I don't know,

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.460
 I forget

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.960
 about it.

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.879
 If God's

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:05.700
 will for

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.700
 all of this

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.339
 world, including

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.420
 your life, is

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.099
 that it is

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:11.379
 good, and

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.039
 pleasing, and

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.619
 perfect, I

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.000
 mean, what do

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.440
 we have to

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.940
 lose?

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:18.059
 To know the

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:19.619
 giver, to

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.240
 know that he

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.079
 delights in what

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.680
 we do, and

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.519
 that we delight

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.099
 in him.

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:26.539
 the chief

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.279
 end of man,

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.079
 it says, is

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:30.159
 to glorify

00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:30.819
 God and

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.679
 enjoy him

00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:32.119
 forever.

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.799
 And I have

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.519
 a friend who

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.879
 likes adapting

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.359
 that a little

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.899
 bit, and he

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.980
 says the

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.539
 chief end of

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.299
 man is to

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.000
 glorify God

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.399
 by enjoying

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:41.219
 him forever.

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:45.259
 remember that

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.980
 Jesus says,

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.940
 take my

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.539
 yoke upon

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.799
 you, my

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.299
 yoke is

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.759
 easy and

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.160
 my burden

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.700
 is light.

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.519
 Even if we

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.960
 do hard

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.380
 things, if

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.240
 we are doing

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.759
 it and we

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.319
 know that

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.819
 God is

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:59.299
 pleased, then

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:01.900
 it doesn't

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.400
 become so

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.940
 burdensome.

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:05.059
 but it's

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.480
 hard when

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.759
 it's our

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.259
 default, when

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.600
 it's my

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.019
 default.

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.299
 We must

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.240
 not value

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.000
 the giver

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.420
 over the

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.600
 gifts.

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.039
 I think I've

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.440
 said that

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.940
 like half a

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.580
 dozen times,

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:14.740
 but it's

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:14.960
 good.

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:15.860
 Hopefully it's

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.860
 memorable for

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.460
 me and for

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.759
 you.

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.160
 It also

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.160
 here talks

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.799
 about forgiveness.

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.140
 Again, in

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.980
 light of God

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.059
 giving us

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.420
 forgiveness

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.000
 through his

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.259
 son.

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:34.720
 And this

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.120
 is the

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.759
 tough part.

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.259
 It tells

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.640
 us to

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.620
 pray, to

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.779
 forgive, to

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.200
 ask for

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.799
 forgiveness for

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.759
 ourselves, but

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:43.180
 also that we

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.759
 need to forgive

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.180
 others.

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.100
 And you see

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:46.680
 divine forgiveness

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:49.779
 is intertwined

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.320
 with human

00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:50.759
 forgiveness.

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.740
 That's really,

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.740
 really hard if

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.180
 you've been

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.759
 wronged.

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:57.080
 To pray

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:57.539
 this.

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.360
 To pray

00:32:59.360 --> 00:33:01.380
 that God

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:02.160
 forgive me

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.580
 like I've

00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:02.840
 forgiven

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.299
 other people,

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:03.639
 but do you

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:04.220
 know what

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.879
 that person

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.299
 has done?

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:05.559
 Do you

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:05.919
 know what

00:33:05.919 --> 00:33:07.179
 my mom

00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:07.659
 or my

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:08.959
 father, my

00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:10.299
 dad, my

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.959
 brother, my

00:33:10.959 --> 00:33:12.319
 sister, my

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.699
 spouse, my

00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:14.039
 spouse has

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.159
 done?

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:14.439
 Do you know

00:33:14.439 --> 00:33:14.699
 what my

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:16.480
 ex-spouse has

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.740
 done?

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:20.059
 It's hard.

00:33:20.459 --> 00:33:21.139
 I mean, pain

00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:22.720
 and unforgiveness,

00:33:22.939 --> 00:33:24.039
 it is, I do

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.579
 not want to

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.439
 downplay that at

00:33:25.439 --> 00:33:25.559
 all.

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.139
 but if we

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:27.980
 understand that

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.839
 we have been

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:30.259
 forgiven an

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.519
 eternal debt

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:33.019
 by God, that

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.779
 we have sinned

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:35.059
 in a huge way

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.919
 against the

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:37.940
 living God, that

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.879
 we will start

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:41.299
 to see that

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.339
 debt against

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.940
 us begin to

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.419
 diminish.

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.200
 When you are

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.839
 filled with

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.740
 thanksgiving, when

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.579
 you are filled

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:50.679
 with, I should

00:33:50.679 --> 00:33:51.399
 say not filled,

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.319
 when the chains

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.359
 are taken off,

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.439
 there is a

00:33:54.439 --> 00:33:55.240
 lightness that

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.759
 you see things

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.379
 differently,

00:33:57.939 --> 00:34:00.000
 especially if

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.519
 you see

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.419
 yourself as a

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.679
 sinner, as

00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:03.119
 somebody who

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:04.439
 has really

00:34:04.439 --> 00:34:05.500
 offended the

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.519
 living God,

00:34:06.939 --> 00:34:07.559
 then who are

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:10.000
 you to hold

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.719
 it above

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.819
 someone else

00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:12.579
 if God

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.039
 doesn't hold

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.739
 it above you?

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.019
 In the end,

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.400
 we want to

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.699
 do, we want

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:21.179
 to pray that

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.759
 God would

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:22.299
 forgive our

00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:23.339
 sins, and

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.360
 in light of

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.780
 praying, your

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.420
 kingdom come,

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.960
 your will be

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.840
 done, hallowed

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.600
 be your name.

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:32.100
 It's hard, it's

00:34:32.100 --> 00:34:34.100
 not easy, but

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:35.360
 without God's

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:36.039
 forgiveness, we

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:37.039
 have no mechanism

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.780
 to deal with the

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.140
 past.

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:39.559
 We just don't.

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:40.600
 Our culture

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:41.780
 right now, what

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.760
 is our culture

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.500
 doing right now

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.120
 with the past?

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.100
 It's going on a

00:34:45.100 --> 00:34:45.920
 witch hunt.

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:47.059
 It is a witch

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.340
 hunt.

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.660
 It really is.

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:50.460
 And conservatives

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:52.079
 are doing it just

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.840
 as much as

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.220
 liberals.

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:57.660
 It is endemic.

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.440
 It's a big

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.140
 problem right

00:34:59.140 --> 00:34:59.380
 now.

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.740
 It really is.

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.780
 We don't know

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.220
 what forgiveness

00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:02.500
 is.

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.579
 We want to

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:05.740
 tie people to

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.740
 the stake and

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.620
 be the person

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:09.519
 to light the

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:11.019
 wood, to set

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.680
 them ablaze.

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:13.240
 We don't

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.780
 understand.

00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:14.579
 We don't have a

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.760
 mechanism for

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.420
 forgiveness to

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.800
 deal with the

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.460
 past, and yet

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.620
 here it is.

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.140
 Forgive us our

00:35:20.140 --> 00:35:20.820
 sins as we

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.519
 forgive those who

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.259
 sinned against

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.559
 us.

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.280
 What does

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:24.039
 Jesus say?

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.900
 How many times

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:26.079
 must we forgive

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.500
 our brother that

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.039
 wrongs us?

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.699
 He says seven

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.380
 times seventy,

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.900
 which is a

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.559
 wonderful way of

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.199
 saying however

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:32.280
 long it takes.

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.539
 That doesn't

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.259
 mean we just

00:35:35.259 --> 00:35:37.320
 ignore wrongs.

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.940
 Justice still

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.360
 needs to be

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.000
 carried out for

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.619
 some heinous

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.039
 things.

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.920
 forgiveness.

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:43.920
 But forgiveness,

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:46.119
 I mean that is

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.679
 freedom.

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.139
 And we can

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.820
 forgive others.

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.259
 We can.

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.039
 We can.

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.239
 It might take

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.800
 time.

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.259
 Might need to

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:53.800
 have a chat

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.860
 with George or

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.480
 myself or

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.099
 somebody else you

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.440
 trust.

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.480
 Maybe work

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.960
 through some of

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.279
 this stuff.

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.639
 It's not easy.

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.139
 But it is

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:01.880
 liberating,

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.779
 especially if you

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.320
 know that you've

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:03.820
 been liberated

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.880
 yourself.

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:12.440
 The last thing

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.320
 that this does,

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:14.539
 the Lord's Prayer,

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.460
 what it helps us

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.640
 to do, is to

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:17.980
 not just pray to

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.680
 God, but to

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:19.220
 praise him.

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.840
 We've talked

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:24.340
 a lot about

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:27.480
 God, about

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.180
 hallowing his

00:36:28.180 --> 00:36:29.660
 name, his

00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:30.240
 kingdom come,

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.660
 his will be

00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:31.440
 done, about

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.140
 how he meets

00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:32.780
 our needs.

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.340
 And friends,

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:35.980
 if you are

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:37.900
 honest with

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.579
 yourself right

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:42.780
 now, this can

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:44.180
 seem as though

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.920
 there's a

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:46.660
 weight, a

00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:47.300
 heavy weight

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:48.220
 that's put on

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:50.280
 you by me.

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:51.500
 I mean,

00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:52.200
 potentially.

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:54.480
 But this is,

00:36:54.620 --> 00:36:55.280
 like I mentioned,

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.820
 one of the most

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.760
 freeing things we

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.079
 can do.

00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:57.700
 Remember that

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.680
 God's will is,

00:36:59.240 --> 00:37:00.780
 it is good,

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.559
 perfect, and

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:01.920
 pleasing.

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.559
 And when we

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.559
 encounter God

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.039
 and as we

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.820
 pray to him,

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:07.099
 we'll realize

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:09.219
 we are free

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.699
 people.

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.980
 And we pray,

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.759
 like with the

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.500
 Ten Commandments,

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:14.179
 we live out the

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.840
 Ten Commandments

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.739
 from a place of

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.599
 salvation.

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:19.119
 We pray the

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.820
 Lord's Prayer

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:21.539
 from a place of

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.539
 complete liberation.

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:24.299
 And this will

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:25.799
 elicit praise.

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.920
 It just will.

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:30.460
 when Jill read

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.240
 the Lord's Prayer

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:33.740
 in verse 13,

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.579
 it ends by

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.960
 saying,

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.639
 but deliver us

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.159
 from evil.

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.119
 When we pray it

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.599
 at Church of the

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:37.920
 Messiah,

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.200
 it says,

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.380
 for yours is the

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.840
 kingdom, the

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.579
 power, and the

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.539
 glory forever and

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:42.659
 ever.

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.880
 And it's just not,

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.320
 I mean, if you

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.980
 have a Bible,

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:47.019
 there might be a

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.680
 footnote there

00:37:47.680 --> 00:37:48.480
 that will say

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.139
 something like

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:50.820
 that in the

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.720
 earliest manuscripts,

00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:53.159
 that section is

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:53.700
 omitted.

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:55.279
 and it's true,

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.819
 the earliest and

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.500
 most reliable

00:37:57.500 --> 00:38:02.099
 manuscripts we

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:04.659
 have of Matthew's

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.460
 Gospel does not

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.139
 include that.

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:07.679
 It's added later.

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.699
 But it's still

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.879
 worthwhile to pray.

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:12.359
 It's incredibly

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:13.519
 biblical to pray,

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.500
 for yours is the

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.319
 kingdom, the power,

00:38:15.399 --> 00:38:16.039
 and the glory forever

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.279
 and ever.

00:38:16.379 --> 00:38:17.619
 Absolutely, it's

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.019
 biblical.

00:38:18.879 --> 00:38:20.259
 But it is also

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:20.939
 important that we

00:38:20.939 --> 00:38:22.159
 do that because we

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:23.659
 pray to God and

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:25.940
 it then, if we

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:27.019
 truly grasp what

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.839
 we're praying, we

00:38:27.839 --> 00:38:29.079
 will praise him.

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.239
 We will.

00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:32.759
 The Lord's Prayer

00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:33.799
 opens up with an

00:38:33.799 --> 00:38:34.619
 address about God.

00:38:34.819 --> 00:38:36.839
 It has seven

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.379
 petitions.

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.379
 But then if we

00:38:38.379 --> 00:38:39.859
 say for yours, it

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:41.139
 ends with doxology,

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:42.659
 a worship of God.

00:38:43.319 --> 00:38:45.739
 We can't be moved

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:47.879
 by God, truly moved

00:38:47.879 --> 00:38:49.199
 by him, and then

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:50.199
 not praise him.

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:52.219
 He redeems

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:54.899
 mankind for the

00:38:54.899 --> 00:38:56.199
 sake of love.

00:38:56.859 --> 00:38:57.919
 He's a promise

00:38:57.919 --> 00:38:58.879
 keeping God.

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.639
 He genuinely

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:02.819
 desires to bless

00:39:02.819 --> 00:39:04.799
 us for our

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:07.819
 good, that he

00:39:07.819 --> 00:39:08.659
 blesses us with

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.739
 his very presence.

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:11.239
 We get taste of it

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:12.079
 in this life, but

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:13.159
 the promise is for

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:14.159
 the life to come.

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:17.759
 It means that

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:20.199
 Jesus himself is

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.920
 the ultimate

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:23.339
 gift that we

00:39:23.339 --> 00:39:24.319
 pray for in the

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:24.920
 Lord's Prayer.

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:26.579
 Jesus has made

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.119
 a way.

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:29.019
 In fact, Jesus is

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:30.019
 the very embodiment

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.799
 of the Lord's Prayer.

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:32.639
 Consider this, that

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.619
 if we go through

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.299
 kind of line by

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:35.019
 line of the

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:36.799
 Lord's Prayer, he's

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:38.019
 the embodiment of

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:38.179
 it.

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.460
 He called God

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:39.899
 Father.

00:39:40.839 --> 00:39:42.059
 He is the only

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:43.099
 begotten Son.

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.719
 We are the

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.579
 adopted sons.

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.579
 He calls God

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.059
 Father.

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:47.460
 He brought honor

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.299
 to his name.

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:49.880
 He ushered in the

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.259
 kingdom.

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.619
 He submitted to

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.219
 the will of the

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:52.500
 Father.

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.599
 So he says, I only

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.480
 do what I see my

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.299
 Father doing.

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:57.380
 He gave himself as

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.480
 the very bread of

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.019
 life.

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:01.460
 The very bread of

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.819
 life.

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:03.579
 He won forgiveness

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.400
 for us on the

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.839
 cross.

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:06.119
 He suffered

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:07.719
 temptation, but did

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.420
 not give in.

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.099
 And what does he

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:09.239
 do?

00:40:09.299 --> 00:40:10.719
 He delivers us from

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.099
 evil.

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:12.639
 He is the very

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:14.679
 embodiment of the

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:15.319
 Lord's Prayer.

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.159
 And when we pray

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:18.199
 it, we can pray it

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:19.579
 with Jesus in mind.

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.699
 And this brings

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:23.039
 praise to our

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:24.239
 hearts if it moves

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:24.679
 us.

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:26.380
 If it moves us.

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.900
 We have this

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:30.480
 saying that seems

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.299
 to have developed in

00:40:31.299 --> 00:40:32.920
 our small group for

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.940
 the church plant

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.480
 where we say

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:36.219
 theology, proper

00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:37.319
 theology leads to

00:40:37.319 --> 00:40:38.319
 proper doxology.

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:39.260
 theology, when you

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:40.539
 understand, truly

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:43.019
 understand what God

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:45.240
 has done for us in

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:46.760
 Christ Jesus, then

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:47.900
 our hearts will be

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:49.000
 moved to praise him

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:50.620
 properly, to praise

00:40:50.620 --> 00:40:51.480
 him with our whole

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:53.340
 hearts, to learn how

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:54.039
 to praise him.

00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:57.200
 It is deeply, deeply

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:57.880
 connected.

00:40:59.160 --> 00:41:01.180
 I really don't want to

00:41:01.180 --> 00:41:01.920
 burden people.

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:06.900
 just kind of in

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.599
 closing, I really

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.159
 don't want to burden

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:09.559
 people with, hey, you

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.900
 need to pray more or

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.820
 else, you know, you're

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.300
 no good.

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:13.539
 I don't want that at

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:13.780
 all.

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:16.059
 Life is full of

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.860
 anxieties and we've

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:19.019
 had just a tremendously

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:22.139
 difficult, like what,

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:23.440
 what are we on, like

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:25.159
 month 15 or 16?

00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:27.519
 I don't know, a lot, a

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.239
 lot of time has gone

00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:29.359
 by in this, in this

00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:29.980
 pandemic with

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.460
 restrictions.

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.679
 I don't want to guilt

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:35.179
 anybody into any of

00:41:35.179 --> 00:41:35.480
 that.

00:41:37.319 --> 00:41:39.039
 But if prayer truly is

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:41.579
 turning our heart

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.879
 toward God to listen

00:41:42.879 --> 00:41:44.440
 and to speak with him,

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:46.079
 as our catechism says,

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:48.659
 it would seem to me that

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:49.420
 prayer provides an

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:51.239
 opportunity to give our

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:52.399
 problems and our

00:41:52.399 --> 00:41:53.879
 concerns and our, and

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:56.000
 and our anxieties to

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:58.200
 God, knowing that he

00:41:58.200 --> 00:41:59.480
 and only he can

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:01.400
 alleviate all of the

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:03.400
 pain, all of the, the,

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:05.940
 the, the trouble, all

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.920
 of the things that we

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:09.160
 try to mask with, with

00:42:09.160 --> 00:42:10.619
 either substance or

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.860
 busyness or

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:13.820
 entertainment, whatever it

00:42:13.820 --> 00:42:15.360
 may be, that never

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:16.960
 truly fixes things.

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.980
 Only he can deal with

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.160
 it.

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:22.480
 We can enjoy his grace

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.460
 and his love and his

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:23.900
 kindness.

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:28.099
 We bring our desires to

00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:29.159
 the Lord and ultimately

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:30.619
 we pray our father and

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:32.699
 we're praying, God, give

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:34.740
 me yourself, teach me

00:42:34.740 --> 00:42:36.579
 your ways, help me to

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:38.679
 deny myself, to deny my

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:40.559
 entitlements, help me to

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:42.599
 live a life that says

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.980
 your will be done through

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:45.440
 me, your kingdom come

00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:46.900
 through me, through our

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.780
 church, through my

00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.320
 family.

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.800
 You're not going to get

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:52.199
 it right every time, but

00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:53.899
 by God's grace, he's

00:42:53.899 --> 00:42:54.219
 going to start

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:55.199
 transforming your heart.

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:59.699
 We'll learn to enjoy

00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:00.779
 God and we might go

00:43:00.779 --> 00:43:01.599
 through seasons of

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:02.480
 dryness and if you're in

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:03.659
 one right now, it's okay,

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:05.299
 but still say pray.

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:06.519
 Pray.

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:08.019
 If it feels like you're

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.500
 going through the

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.619
 motions, it won't feel

00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:10.379
 like you're going for

00:43:10.379 --> 00:43:11.279
 through the motions for

00:43:11.279 --> 00:43:11.859
 very long.

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:13.380
 I haven't given you guys

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:14.380
 any kind of practical

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:18.320
 tools, but just a few

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:18.680
 things.

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:21.700
 You want to pray if at

00:43:21.700 --> 00:43:22.599
 all possible with other

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:24.160
 people, but for sure by

00:43:24.160 --> 00:43:24.640
 yourself.

00:43:25.180 --> 00:43:26.940
 And if you can, try to

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:29.460
 pray as early as you can.

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.660
 Try to make it the first

00:43:30.660 --> 00:43:31.140
 thing you do.

00:43:31.240 --> 00:43:31.680
 And if you have

00:43:31.680 --> 00:43:33.440
 children, it's difficult.

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.320
 If you're working shift

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:35.660
 work, that's hard to.

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:37.360
 God's not like, listen, if

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:38.760
 you don't pray between six

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:40.340
 and six thirty, like don't

00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:40.559
 bother.

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:41.400
 He doesn't say that.

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:43.500
 But try to make it one of

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:44.019
 the first things.

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:45.880
 And start with two minutes

00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:46.639
 or three minutes.

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:48.420
 Start with an aid.

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:51.659
 I tried my best to pray

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:53.219
 with the Book of Common

00:43:53.219 --> 00:43:54.539
 Prayer, the morning prayer

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:55.000
 service.

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:59.259
 I like books, like physical

00:43:59.259 --> 00:44:01.440
 books, as opposed to using

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:03.960
 my smartphone, just because I

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:05.679
 can get lost.

00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:06.820
 An hour can go by on

00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:07.840
 YouTube on my smartphone.

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:11.660
 But you could use morning

00:44:11.660 --> 00:44:13.480
 prayer, and it helps us then

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:14.740
 to structure our prayer life.

00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:15.860
 You can also use, and I

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:16.720
 think Claire will throw it

00:44:16.720 --> 00:44:19.019
 up, the Daily Prayer app.

00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:21.559
 And it is an adaptation of

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:23.120
 the prayer book, but in

00:44:23.120 --> 00:44:24.180
 contemporary language and

00:44:24.180 --> 00:44:25.680
 really beautiful backgrounds

00:44:25.680 --> 00:44:27.320
 if you're into that kind of

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:27.620
 stuff.

00:44:27.840 --> 00:44:29.140
 And I think it's about ten

00:44:29.140 --> 00:44:30.320
 minutes long.

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:32.280
 They throw some scripture in

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:33.019
 there, they throw some

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:33.960
 prayers in there, and it's

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:34.420
 really good.

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:35.460
 It's called the Daily Prayer

00:44:35.460 --> 00:44:35.860
 app.

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:38.639
 There's also the Book of

00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:39.700
 Common Prayer app.

00:44:39.740 --> 00:44:41.260
 It's called Daily Prayer, and

00:44:41.260 --> 00:44:42.519
 it's from the Church of

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:42.760
 England.

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:44.099
 You can check that out.

00:44:44.139 --> 00:44:46.079
 It's not as pretty, but it's

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:48.400
 like a full version of this

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:49.139
 on your phone.

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:51.940
 Or if you have another way of

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:53.619
 praying, you can pray through

00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:54.700
 the Psalms, whatever it may

00:44:54.700 --> 00:44:55.019
 be.

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:56.860
 Try your best.

00:44:57.220 --> 00:44:59.780
 By God's strength, ask him to

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:00.659
 help you to pray.

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:02.220
 And then pray.

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:03.180
 Ask somebody to hold you

00:45:03.179 --> 00:45:05.500
 accountable to it and pray.

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:08.039
 And see how the Lord will

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:09.039
 transform your life.

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:13.500
 One last thing before we

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:14.179
 close.

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:17.239
 God really, really, really

00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:17.799
 loves you.

00:45:19.879 --> 00:45:21.299
 And that's not a kitschy thing

00:45:21.299 --> 00:45:21.739
 to say.

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:23.539
 If it seems kitschy, that's

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:23.759
 okay.

00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:25.419
 He really, really loves you.

00:45:25.879 --> 00:45:27.960
 He really, really, like

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:29.559
 desperately wants to connect

00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:30.059
 with you.

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:33.000
 So much so that he sent his

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:35.840
 son, Jesus Christ, fully man,

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:39.079
 fully God, to make a way for

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:40.980
 you to enjoy his presence.

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:46.219
 Isaiah 65 verse 24 says this.

00:45:46.799 --> 00:45:47.820
 This is God speaking.

00:45:48.639 --> 00:45:50.480
 Before they call, I will answer.

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:52.719
 While they're yet speaking, I will

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:53.059
 hear.

00:45:53.799 --> 00:45:55.860
 He is, like your sins are paid

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:56.079
 for.

00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:58.860
 He's not waiting to punish you.

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:01.880
 He's desperate for you to come.

00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:02.760
 Now, I shouldn't say desperate

00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:04.640
 as if God is some man who has

00:46:04.640 --> 00:46:05.079
 needs.

00:46:05.260 --> 00:46:07.039
 But he wants to meet with you.

00:46:09.120 --> 00:46:10.579
 In 12 weeks, because this is

00:46:10.579 --> 00:46:12.460
 Trinity Sunday, the collect for the

00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:13.740
 12th Sunday after Trinity says

00:46:13.740 --> 00:46:14.099
 this.

00:46:14.900 --> 00:46:16.680
 He is always more ready to hear

00:46:16.680 --> 00:46:17.700
 than we are to pray.

00:46:18.820 --> 00:46:19.820
 And isn't that the truth?

00:46:20.700 --> 00:46:23.099
 Friends, if you have put your faith

00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:25.539
 and hope and trust in Jesus, or if

00:46:25.539 --> 00:46:27.779
 you're thinking about it, today is

00:46:27.779 --> 00:46:29.839
 the perfect day to ask God to help

00:46:29.839 --> 00:46:30.319
 you to pray.

00:46:30.819 --> 00:46:31.719
 And then we can pray together.

00:46:31.819 --> 00:46:33.000
 Our Father who art in heaven,

00:46:33.539 --> 00:46:34.619
 hallowed be thy name.

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:35.699
 Thy kingdom come.

00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:38.079
 Thy will be done on earth as it is

00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:38.460
 in heaven.

00:46:39.179 --> 00:46:41.000
 Give us this day our daily bread and

00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:43.480
 forgive us our trespasses as we

00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:45.219
 forgive those who trespass against

00:46:45.219 --> 00:46:45.579
 us.

00:46:45.940 --> 00:46:47.960
 And lead us not into temptation,

00:46:48.460 --> 00:46:50.279
 but deliver us from evil.

00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:53.700
 For thine is the kingdom, the power

00:46:53.700 --> 00:46:55.440
 and the glory forever and ever.

00:46:56.180 --> 00:46:56.460
 Amen.