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 We're going to look at that passage. Let me pray, though.

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 Father, I thank you that we can come together now and we can look at one of these,

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 the essentials of those who are your disciples, looking at the issue of prayer.

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 And, Lord, we acknowledge that we don't always have your priorities in our prayers.

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 Father, we pray that as we come to a passage which is familiar to us,

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 there's certainly words which are familiar to us.

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 Lord, I pray that you help us to rediscover them afresh and anew

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 and challenge us, we pray, and we ask it for your sake. Amen.

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 One day out in the Canadian wilderness, an atheist was taking a walk,

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 admiring the amazing wilderness that was some sort of freak accident

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 had sort of brought together, the wildlife that was there by some random chance,

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 the pristine stream that flowed by because a bunch of molecules come out,

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 collided millions of years ago and ended up with this wonderful beauty,

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 when all of a sudden he was awoken from his godless daydreaming by a grizzly bear

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 which was coming straight at him down the track.

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 And before he knew it, he was flat on his back.

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 The bear was knelt down beside him, pushed down on his chest with one paw,

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 another paw raised, ready to strike him.

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 And when he cried out all of a sudden, God save me!

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 Then he realised the inconsistency of living a life as if God doesn't exist

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 and then in the moment of need, decided to call on God.

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 And so he had a bit of a moment of brainwave

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 and instead he called out, God make the bear a Christian.

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 He figured if the bear was a Christian, the bear's not going to eat him.

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 And lo and behold, he couldn't believe it.

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 His prayer was answered.

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 The bear pulled back its paw.

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 It pulled its paw off his chest.

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 It knelt down beside him, closed its eyes, bowed its head,

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 put its paws together and said,

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 for what I'm about to receive, may the Lord make me truly thankful.

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 When difficulty or danger strikes,

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 it's the immediate response of many people to pray.

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 It's not unusual for people to pray.

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 Prayer is one of those things which is, I would say, almost universal

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 in that I can't obviously answer for six odd billion people,

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 but I'm working on the assumption that most people,

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 nearly everyone at some point in their life will pray.

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 However, when we pray, we often don't give much thought to what we're praying.

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 Adults often struggle with prayer,

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 whereas kids tend to find prayer sort of simple and easy,

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 certainly in a way that we often don't.

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 I want to say that as a Christian though,

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 and hear me bearing some of my soul here,

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 I think that my own lack of prayerfulness exposes my ungodliness

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 in a way like nothing else does.

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 I want to say that there is nothing like a lack of prayer

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 to make me feel like a hypocrite.

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 Nothing else like it.

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 It exposes my true heart.

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 That is, if you understand ungodliness

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 as being going about our daily life as if God doesn't exist.

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 It's getting up in the morning,

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 going about our business,

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 and giving little or no regard to the God

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 who has control of this whole universe.

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 And so day by day,

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 I give little consideration for his glory,

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 for his will, for his purposes,

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 or even the fact that I am completely dependent upon this God

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 for my very breath,

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 let alone the gifts that I have to do the job that I do,

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 or the studies that I do,

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 or whatever it might be.

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 If that's what you consider ungodliness,

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 then that exposes my heart more than anything else.

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 And there are many good people,

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 many good people,

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 good, moral, upright, religious people

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 who live day by day in ungodliness

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 because they give little regard to this God

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 and his purposes, his will,

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 or even acknowledgement of our dependency upon him

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 moment by moment.

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 Yeah, we may get up and we might,

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 you know, pray a prayer as we get up in the morning

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 or read something from the Bible

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 or maybe close the day with a few words of prayer

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 before we sort of nod off to sleep.

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 But the bulk of the day in between

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 is lived in ungodliness.

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 And ungodliness is also revealed in the content of our prayers.

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 That is, do we pray for kingdom priorities in our prayers

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 or are they just the usual shopping list of things

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 that are concerning me at the moment?

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 Now, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with a shopping list.

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 I'm saying, what I am saying though,

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 if that is all that you pray,

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 then that is a significant problem.

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 That is, do your prayers reveal a human-centeredness

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 or a God-centeredness?

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 Because frankly, I've got a lot of non-Christian friends

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 who will pray

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 and their prayers are always human-centered.

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 You might remember that we are traveling with Jesus.

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 Jesus has resolutely set his face for Jerusalem.

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 And on the way there to Jerusalem,

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 he is clarifying with his disciples

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 some of their misconceptions of what it means to follow him.

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 And today we have his teaching,

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 one of the essentials of discipleship,

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 the life of prayer.

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 We are looking at the most famous of all prayers.

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 We know it.

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 We have said this prayer again and again and again

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 for centuries as a church.

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 We say it here in this church most weeks

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 and frankly, most services most weeks.

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 And so I think it's kind of ironic

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 that when Matthew records Jesus teaching on prayer,

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 this same kind of passage

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 that he's referring to here in Luke's gospel,

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 he does it in the context of telling his disciples

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 to not be like the pagans and the hypocrites

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 who go on with their mindless babbling when they pray.

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 And so we have taken Jesus teaching in the Lord's prayer

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 and mindlessly babbled it throughout the centuries.

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 What we have done then is we've forgotten

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 that Jesus is revealing to us a model of prayer

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 and instead we've taken his very words

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 and recited and recited and recited it

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 until it virtually has no meaning for us anymore.

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 I'm not really sure that's what Jesus had in mind.

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 When you look through Luke's gospel,

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 we see very clearly that Jesus is a man of prayer.

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 He was praying when the Holy Spirit descended on him

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 like a dove in Luke chapter 3 verse 21.

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 He began his ministry after a 40-day fast

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 in chapter 4 verses 1 to 15.

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 Other times he redrew into the wilderness to pray

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 in chapter 5, 16.

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 He prayed all night before choosing the 12 disciples

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 in chapter 6 verse 12.

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 He was praying alone just before he was asked by,

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 just before he asked Peter,

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 who do you say that I am?

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 In chapter 9 verse 18.

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 And just before he was transfigured,

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 he was praying with Peter, James and John

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 up on a mountain.

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 And he was praying here again

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 at the beginning of chapter 11.

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 As a man,

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 Jesus sought his strength and his guidance

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 from his father through prayer.

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 From this alone,

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 we should feel motivated

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 to make prayer more central to our lives.

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 Let me say that I want to be a man of prayer

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 more than anything else.

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 If there's one thing that I really,

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 truly want to desire to develop

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 in my Christian life,

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 it is prayerfulness.

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 I think I've kind of got the activity thing

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 kind of worked out,

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 you know, busy in ministry

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 and stuff like that.

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 But it's prayerfulness.

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 It's actually stop the doing

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 and start the being stuff more

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 that I want to be more than anything else.

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 And so Jesus has taught us to pray.

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 But he's also made some amazing promises

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 to us about prayer.

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 He lived a life of prayer

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 and he taught a life of prayer.

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 And let me say that it is

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 the will of the Lord Jesus

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 that St. Paul's be a church of prayer.

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 That this building that we're sitting in right now

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 be a house of prayer,

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 that you the people

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 be daily given to prayer,

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 prevailing prayer for our personal needs,

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 for the power of the Spirit,

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 for the progress of the gospel

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 and for the glory of God's name.

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 That we be given wholeheartedly to those things.

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 And so let's have a look at this.

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 Open up your Bibles, Luke chapter 11.

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 The first thing that Jesus teaches us here

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 is to make our praying God-centered.

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 That's the first thing.

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 When the disciples ask Jesus

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 to teach them to pray,

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 which I think is an amazing thing in and of itself.

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 Here are guys, right?

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 These are Jewish dudes

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 who have grown up all their life praying

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 and then they go to Jesus.

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 Now they're following Jesus.

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 They teach us to pray.

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 Like as if you don't know.

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 It's pretty easy.

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 Close your eyes, shut your, you know,

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 pay your head, you know, whatever.

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 Pray, it's really easy.

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 But it's actually not.

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 What they're actually wanting Jesus to teach them

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 is their priorities.

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 What are the priorities in prayer?

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 And he says this to me in verse 2.

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 When you pray, say,

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 Father, hallowed be your name,

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 your kingdom come.

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 Notice that their requests.

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 In fact, if you look at all of the Lord's prayer,

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 it's actually all requests.

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 It's not thanks, it's not praise.

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 Jesus says our first desire,

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 our first request,

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 should be for God's name to be hallowed,

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 or that is for God's name to be glorified,

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 and that his kingdom be advanced,

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 that his kingdom would come.

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 That is what I mean when I say

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 about our prayers being God-centered.

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 The glory of God's name,

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 the advancement of his kingdom,

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 is to be the primary concern in our prayers.

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 The God-centeredness,

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 and this is what I'm meaning

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 when I talk about ungodliness.

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 The God-centeredness of our prayers,

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 or the lack of it,

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 has to be the difference between a mature prayer

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 and an immature prayer.

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 The God-centeredness,

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 or the lack of it,

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 is the difference between maturity and immaturity in prayer.

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 Or, you might call godliness and ungodliness in prayer.

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 The plea here is that we have Jesus' priorities in our praying,

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 namely that God's name,

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 the Father's name be hallowed,

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 and that the kingdom come.

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 If this feels foreign to you,

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 you think about your prayer life at the moment,

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 you think about your prayer life just for today,

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 if this feels foreign to you,

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 then please,

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 plead,

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 plead with God

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 for you not to be content with that.

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 That you may not stay here,

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 even tonight,

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 even as you move from here,

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 that you may not stay stuck

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 at an immature level of prayer.

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 Instead,

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 say in a fresh way,

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 in a new way to God,

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 tonight,

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 right now,

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 if you have to,

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 this coming week,

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 Father,

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 hallowed be your name

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 in my life,

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 in my praying

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 for this coming week,

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 for the rest of this year,

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 and as we launch into another one

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 in a couple of months.

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 It's amazing.

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 The reality of it is,

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 God's name will be hallowed.

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 God's kingdom will come.

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 He will be vindicated among all the nations

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 as true and glorious,

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 but He has decreed that we will have a hand

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 in His triumph

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 through our prayer.

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 It's an amazing thought.

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 So make the glory of God

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 the centre of your prayers.

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 Pray again and again and again

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 in as many words as you can possibly

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 muster in your vocabulary.

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 Father,

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 let your name be hallowed.

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 Let your kingdom come.

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 Let your name be hallowed.

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 Let your kingdom come.

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 Jesus also teaches in this prayer

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 to pray with a sense of security

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 in the Father's love.

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 Jesus doesn't want us

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 to feel insecure in our prayers.

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 He shows this mainly by teaching us

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 to call God our Father

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 when we pray to Him.

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 And so in verses 11 to 13,

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 He unpacks for us

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 some of the security implied

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 in this word Father.

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 Which of you fathers,

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 if your son asks you for a fish,

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 will give him a snake instead?

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 Or if he asks for an egg,

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 will give him a scorpion?

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 If you then,

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 though you are evil,

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 know how to give good gifts

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 to your children,

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 how much more

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 will your Father in heaven

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 give the Holy Spirit

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 to those who ask Him?

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 The words,

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 how much more,

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 mean that God

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 is much more inclined

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 to hear us

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 and help us

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 when we pray

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 than our earthly fathers are.

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 Jesus wants us

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 to feel secure

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 in the Father's love

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 when we come to Him

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 in prayer.

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 He does not want us

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 to feel precarious.

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 He does not want us

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 to feel unsure

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 of our acceptance

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 or fearful

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 that we will find

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 the Father

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 out of sorts

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 or just unconcerned

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 about our daily issues.

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 This sense of security

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 is utterly crucial

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 for us.

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 It is utterly crucial

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 for us

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 in a life of prayer

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 and a life of worship.

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 You cannot sustain

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 a life of prayer

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 if you think

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 that God is angry

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 with you

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 or you think

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 that He's neutral

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 to the circumstances

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 of your life.

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 Prayer is sustained

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 by the confidence

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 that God

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 is our Father

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 and that He

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 is concerned

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 and that His disposition

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 towards us

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 is,

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 as Jesus says it is,

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 that is,

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 He's more inclined

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 to give

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 what we need

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 than our best

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 human fathers.

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 That's the promise.

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 And so we are to pray

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 with a sense

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 of the Father's security,

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 the sense of the security,

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 the Father's love for us.

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 Jesus also teaches us

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 here to prevail

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 in prayer

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 without doubting

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 the Father's love

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 in this passage.

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 He teaches us

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 to hang in there,

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 to persevere,

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 to persist,

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 to keep on

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 and not giving up,

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 to keep on asking

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 and seeking

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 and knocking

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 until,

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 you know,

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 at heaven's door

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 until the answer comes

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 or until God

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 basically says

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 stop praying.

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 But,

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 isn't that a little bit

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 inconsistent

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 with what I just said?

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 I mean,

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 just a tad

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 little inconsistent.

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 I mean,

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 if God is more caring

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 than the best earthly father,

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 then why would He

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 be so slow

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 to respond

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 to my prayers

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 sometimes?

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 Why would He do that?

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 Jesus tells a story

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 in verses 5 to 8

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 of a bloke

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 who went to his mate's place

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 because he got this guest,

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 came into town

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 pretty late one night,

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 goes to his mate's place,

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 knocks on his door,

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 give me some bread,

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 I need some bread

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 to feed him

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 and his mate's upstairs,

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 you know,

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 lights are out,

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 kids are in bed,

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 he's sort of

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 starting to nod off,

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 here's his rat-a-tat

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 at the door

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 and he looks out the window

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 and says,

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 go away mate,

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 you know,

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 it's all shut up

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 for the night

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 and he goes,

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 no,

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 no,

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 I need some food

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 and then they go away,

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 just go away.

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 The man says,

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 the door's locked,

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 the children are asleep,

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 don't bother me,

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 but his friend keeps knocking

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 and he keeps asking

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 until the man gets up.

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 He doesn't get up

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 because of his friendship,

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 he doesn't have a moral conscience

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 all of a sudden

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 and go,

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 oh,

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 well,

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 he is my mate

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 and I did get some bread

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 from him,

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 you know,

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 last week.

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 It's because

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 the man's prevailing,

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 because of his boldness

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 as it says,

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 he's persisting,

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 he's persevering

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 in knocking,

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 he annoyed him

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 so much

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 that he went downstairs

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 and opened the door

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 and gave us a bread.

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 Take it!

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 But doesn't that seem

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 an unpleasant image

00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:58.179
 when we approach prayer?

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 But immediately

00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:01.980
 in verse 9,

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 Jesus says

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 that there is a lesson

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 to be learned here.

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 Ask

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 and it will be given you.

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 Seek

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 and you'll find.

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 Knock

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 and it will be open to you.

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 There are three things here

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 that stress

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 the importance

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 of prevailing,

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 not giving up prayer.

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 One

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 is

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 a little bit technical.

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 It's the tense

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 in the original language

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 which means

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 an ongoing activity.

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 It means

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 keep on asking,

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 keep on seeking,

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 keep on knocking.

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 The second

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 is the fact

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 that Jesus

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 commands this

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 continuous action

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 three times

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 in verse 9

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 and he repeats

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 the three words

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 again in verse 10.

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 And the third thing

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 that stress is prevailing

00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.960
 is that the three words

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 used

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 get an increasingly

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 close to the answer

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 and show a pressing

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 in on God

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 if you like.

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 So asking

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 as it were,

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 coming to the house,

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 give me some bread.

00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:03.140
 seeking

00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:04.900
 until we find it

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 and knocking

00:18:05.600 --> 00:18:06.720
 until the door

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 is opened.

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.840
 Asking

00:18:09.840 --> 00:18:10.779
 is the simplest bit.

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 It requires

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.700
 no movement

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 whatsoever.

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 Seeking

00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:16.460
 turns the activity

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.400
 into a pursuit

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 and knocking

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 on the door

00:18:20.620 --> 00:18:21.259
 again

00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:21.980
 and again

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 and again

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 signifies

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 an earnestness

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 and even

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 a desperation

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:28.000
 to get

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.540
 an answer

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 to this

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 and I need it.

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 So Jesus

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 clearly wants us

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.940
 to be like this

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.420
 friend

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:36.380
 at his mate's

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:36.640
 door.

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 He wants us

00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:38.800
 to be like that.

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 He wants us

00:18:40.300 --> 00:18:40.840
 to prevail

00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:41.540
 in prayer

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 and yet

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:44.420
 all of a sudden

00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:44.779
 he makes

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.220
 this little

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:46.379
 sudden turn

00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:47.700
 in verse 11

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 this little twist

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 and he shifts

00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:51.519
 from the grumpy

00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:53.220
 old friend

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 who's just

00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.859
 been woken up

00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:56.720
 to the image

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 of a caring

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 father.

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 The point

00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.579
 Jesus is getting

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.079
 across

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:01.980
 is the prevailing

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 prayer

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.639
 persisting

00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.279
 persevering

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.720
 in prayer

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 is utterly

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.920
 important for us.

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 He stamps

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.180
 the truth

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 of it

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 in our

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 memories

00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:11.059
 with a

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 shocking

00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:11.859
 image

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.200
 of a

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.579
 friend

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.379
 who won't

00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:13.879
 get out

00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:14.159
 of his

00:19:14.159 --> 00:19:14.619
 bed

00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.480
 to help

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 someone

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 until he's

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.220
 bothered

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 enough

00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:18.319
 to do

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.519
 it.

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 But then

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:20.819
 Jesus

00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.440
 qualifies

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.940
 the point

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.460
 in verses

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 11 to

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 13

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:24.740
 and says

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:26.379
 but God's

00:19:26.379 --> 00:19:26.759
 not like

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.000
 that.

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:29.000
 God's

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.379
 not like

00:19:29.379 --> 00:19:29.619
 that.

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.000
 He's

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.259
 not like

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.819
 that friend.

00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:32.899
 He is

00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:33.200
 like the

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:34.099
 most caring

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:35.079
 father

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:36.179
 imaginable.

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:39.099
 So yes

00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:39.399
 God

00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:40.159
 sometimes

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:41.660
 gives us

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.080
 what we

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 need

00:19:42.560 --> 00:19:43.580
 only after

00:19:43.580 --> 00:19:44.279
 a long

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 long

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 season

00:19:45.300 --> 00:19:45.500
 of

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.100
 prevailing

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 and

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.340
 persisting

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:47.540
 in

00:19:47.540 --> 00:19:47.900
 prayer

00:19:47.900 --> 00:19:49.100
 but it's

00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:49.720
 not because

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:49.940
 he's

00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:50.500
 uncaring

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.160
 and it's

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:51.800
 not because

00:19:51.800 --> 00:19:52.220
 he's

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.680
 insensitive

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.140
 to our

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:53.600
 needs.

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:55.200
 So why?

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 I think

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 verse 11

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 gives us

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 a few

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 clues

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 and that

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 is that

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 a good

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 father

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 will not

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 give his

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 son a

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 serpent

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 if he

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 asks

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.559
 for a

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 fish.

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 In other

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 words

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 a good

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 father

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 will give

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 their

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 children

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 what is

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 good

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 for

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 them.

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 It's

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 like this

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 morning

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 I got

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 up

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 and

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 brought

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 Isabel

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 downstairs

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 as soon

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 as I

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 put her

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 feet on

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 the floor

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 she makes

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 a beeline

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 straight for

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 the cupboard

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 where she

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 knows where

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 the biscuits

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 are.

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 This is

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 like at

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 6.30

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 in the

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 morning.

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 This is

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 breakfast

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 in her

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 mind

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 and she

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 goes to

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 the cupboard

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 door.

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 She can't

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 quite reach

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 the handles

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 thank God

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 at this

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 stage.

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 But she

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 goes to

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 the cupboard

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 door and

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 goes

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 and then

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 you're like

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 what?

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 And then

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 she goes

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 which is

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 tiny teddies.

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 And if it

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 wasn't for the

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 fact that maybe

00:20:55.199 --> 00:20:55.779
 Nat was hot

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 on my heels

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 I might have

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 sort of

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 given her

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 that moment.

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 But she

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 persisted in

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.319
 her asking

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 but she

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 got a no

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 because it's

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 not good

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.299
 for her

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:04.799
 to have

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.299
 biscuits

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.259
 for breakfast

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 not unless

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 you're camping

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 or something

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.259
 like that.

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 See God

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.640
 is giving

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:14.960
 us what

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.359
 is good

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 for us.

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 There is

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 something in

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.700
 the prevailing

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.859
 in the

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 asking the

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 seeking the

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.640
 knocking that

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 we need.

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 It's something

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.920
 in it that

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.579
 is good for

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 us and he

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 knows best.

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 The promise

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.319
 that will

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.980
 encourage us

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.619
 in prevailing

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 prayer is

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 verse 10.

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 And I'll

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 read it

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 with a

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 bit of

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 a twist

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.960
 based on

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.380
 the original

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:35.980
 language.

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 Everyone

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.339
 who goes

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.980
 on asking

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.859
 receives

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 and he

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.359
 who goes

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.400
 on seeking

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:43.420
 will find

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 and to him

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.480
 who goes

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.059
 on knocking

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.799
 it will be

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.220
 opened.

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 God is

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.599
 not

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.759
 unresponsive

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.119
 to our

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.579
 prevailing

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.019
 prayer.

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.319
 The

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.759
 difficulties

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.579
 in prevailing

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.339
 prayer is

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:55.680
 that we

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.059
 are in

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.880
 the instant

00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:57.759
 generation.

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 We live

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.079
 in a

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.400
 culture

00:21:59.400 --> 00:21:59.660
 where

00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.119
 satisfaction

00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:01.059
 is now

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:02.139
 where

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:03.819
 30 seconds

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.119
 on a

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.559
 microwave

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.039
 is just

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.359
 I don't

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.500
 know if

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.759
 you notice

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.279
 how slow

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 that is

00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.179
 nowadays.

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.779
 Once upon

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.239
 a time

00:22:10.239 --> 00:22:10.579
 you want

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.079
 a steak

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.599
 you know

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:11.839
 you've

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:11.979
 got to

00:22:11.979 --> 00:22:12.259
 go and

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.479
 catch

00:22:12.479 --> 00:22:13.079
 the cow

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:15.439
 nowadays

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:16.039
 it's out

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.239
 of the

00:22:16.239 --> 00:22:16.559
 freezer

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:16.979
 into the

00:22:16.979 --> 00:22:17.439
 microwave

00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:18.399
 and even

00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:18.859
 then you

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.279
 know five

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.659
 minutes to

00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:20.339
 defrost the

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.659
 thing for

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.299
 goodness sake.

00:22:22.219 --> 00:22:22.479
 I mean is

00:22:22.479 --> 00:22:22.779
 there anything

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.599
 faster than a

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.000
 microwave?

00:22:24.179 --> 00:22:24.379
 I hope

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.699
 someone's

00:22:24.699 --> 00:22:25.239
 working on

00:22:25.239 --> 00:22:25.399
 it.

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:28.680
 And that's

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.019
 what makes

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.420
 prevailing

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:29.900
 prayer so

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.600
 difficult for

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.680
 us because

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.080
 we want the

00:22:32.080 --> 00:22:32.480
 answer we

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:32.720
 want it

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:34.200
 now but

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.440
 it's not

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:34.780
 good for

00:22:34.780 --> 00:22:35.060
 us.

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.759
 The final

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.380
 teaching that

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:37.900
 God gives

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.480
 on prayer

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.460
 is if you

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:39.880
 like a

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.720
 circling back

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.240
 to the

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.080
 original point

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:42.800
 and that is

00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:43.220
 the God

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.880
 centredness

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.519
 of prayer

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:46.000
 and if I

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.480
 understand

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.460
 Jesus here

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:49.080
 he means

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:49.519
 for it to

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.820
 be the

00:22:49.820 --> 00:22:50.420
 prevailing

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.120
 heartbeat

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:52.620
 of the

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.160
 prayer life

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.480
 of our

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.920
 church.

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:55.900
 This is

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:57.779
 the main

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.160
 point.

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.060
 If I

00:22:59.060 --> 00:22:59.580
 understand

00:22:59.580 --> 00:23:00.180
 what Jesus

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.660
 is saying

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.500
 here he

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.279
 means for

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.060
 this prayer

00:23:03.060 --> 00:23:04.000
 to be the

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.620
 prevailing

00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.220
 heartbeat

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.800
 of the

00:23:05.800 --> 00:23:06.320
 life of

00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:06.519
 our

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.100
 church.

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.560
 Jesus

00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:09.160
 teaches

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.920
 in verse

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:11.820
 13 that

00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:12.720
 our prevailing

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.420
 in prayer

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.019
 should be a

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.580
 prevailing

00:23:14.580 --> 00:23:15.700
 for the

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.380
 Holy Spirit.

00:23:17.560 --> 00:23:18.360
 If you

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:18.880
 then though

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.180
 you are

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.380
 evil know

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:21.380
 how to

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:21.920
 give good

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.360
 gifts to

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:23.140
 your children

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:24.759
 how much

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.240
 more will

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.920
 your Father

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.520
 in heaven

00:23:26.520 --> 00:23:27.380
 give the

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.180
 Holy Spirit

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.920
 to those

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.780
 who ask

00:23:29.780 --> 00:23:30.420
 him.

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.020
 He's

00:23:32.020 --> 00:23:32.280
 saying if

00:23:32.280 --> 00:23:32.540
 you know

00:23:32.540 --> 00:23:32.780
 how to

00:23:32.780 --> 00:23:33.140
 give good

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.700
 gifts then

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:35.360
 God the

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:35.940
 gracious

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.580
 Father

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:37.060
 giver who

00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:37.640
 knows all

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.340
 good things

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:39.259
 will give

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.660
 you

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:41.940
 not your

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.500
 new car

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:44.280
 not your

00:23:44.280 --> 00:23:44.660
 health

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:46.320
 he will

00:23:46.320 --> 00:23:47.060
 give you

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:48.080
 the Holy

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.940
 Spirit.

00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.259
 There is

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.580
 nothing

00:23:49.580 --> 00:23:50.600
 greater than

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.000
 that.

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.180
 And so

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.519
 it's no

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.180
 accident that

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.720
 Luke tells

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.180
 us in

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:55.079
 chapter 3

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.720
 verse 21

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.319
 that while

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.000
 Jesus was

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.920
 praying the

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.579
 Holy Spirit

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.259
 descended upon

00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.180
 him like a

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.960
 dove or

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.240
 that the

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.059
 outpouring of

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.619
 the Spirit

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.700
 at Pentecost

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:05.000
 came at the

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.920
 climax of a

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.779
 10 day prayer

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.599
 vigil or in

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.859
 Acts 4 31

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.880
 that when the

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.460
 church had

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.079
 prayed the

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.720
 place where

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.240
 they were

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.259
 gathered was

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.900
 shaken and

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.720
 was filled with

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.700
 the Holy Spirit

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:18.559
 prevailing

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:20.059
 prayer is the

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.000
 pathway to

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.819
 the outpouring

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.620
 of the

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.380
 Holy Spirit.

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.779
 And my

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:27.019
 hope is for

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.440
 us as a

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.000
 church as

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.740
 we've mentioned

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.100
 and we've

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:30.240
 been bleating

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.680
 on about it

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.100
 for a while

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:32.059
 our vision

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.920
 our next

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.799
 stage of

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.400
 ministry for

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.180
 this church

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:36.140
 launching into

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:37.039
 2020 for the

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.819
 next 11 years

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.400
 is coming up

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.740
 very soon and

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.340
 that we might

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:40.940
 be a church

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.720
 that prevails

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:43.180
 in prayer and

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:44.200
 asking for God

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.740
 to pour out

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.460
 his spirit

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.559
 amongst us.

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.340
 And as I've

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 said before in

00:24:49.080 --> 00:24:49.519
 a previous

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 sermon to

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 pour out his

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 spirit amongst

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 us another my

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 way of saying

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 that is for God

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 to invade our

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 lives that we

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 might prevail in

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 that prayer that

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 there might be

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 truly a revival

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 amongst us here

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 because when we

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 prevail in prayer

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 for the outpouring

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 more is happening

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 in our life through

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 that prevailing

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 prayer than we

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 could ever imagine.

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 God waits because

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 our prevailing

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 is good for us.

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 May the Lord

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 prevent us from

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 losing heart

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 and failing in

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 the very thing

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 we need

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 mighty prevailing

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 prayer for the

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 outpouring of the

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 spirit.

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 So let's this

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 week as we

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 enter even

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 into this

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 evening and

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 enter this

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 week with

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 God

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 centred

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.640
 prayer.

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 with a sense

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 of security

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 and the

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 fatherly care

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 of God

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 with a new

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 resolve to

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 prevail and

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 to persist

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 in prayer

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 without doubting

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 God's love

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 for us

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 and let us

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 prevail

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 specifically

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 in praying

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.620
 for the

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:59.500
 outpouring of

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 the Holy Spirit

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 amongst us

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 for his power

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 his gifts

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 his full

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 blessing

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 and get

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 this

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 all the

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 while

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 rejoicing

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 that the

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.240
 prevailing

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 in itself

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 for that

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.080
 prayer

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:16.500
 is a great

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.300
 work of

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 the indwelling

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:20.960
 spirit of the

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.560
 living God

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 in and of

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.400
 itself.

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.420
 So let's

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.220
 pray the

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.539
 Lord's

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:27.900
 prayer.

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 I'm going

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.440
 to pray the

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.720
 Lord's

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.160
 prayer for

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.460
 us

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 as a

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.279
 model

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 and picking

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 up the

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.259
 intention

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:37.160
 of Jesus'

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 words.

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 Let's bow

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 and let's

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 pray.

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 Our

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 gracious

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 God,

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.360
 loving

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 Heavenly

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 Father,

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 we long

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.519
 to see

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 you

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 honoured

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.880
 more and

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.640
 more in

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.940
 our church

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 and in

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.820
 our city.

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 Cause your

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.180
 name to be

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.519
 hallowed

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.220
 among us.

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.420
 Magnify

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.380
 your worth

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:09.920
 and your

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.480
 glory

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.460
 amongst us

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.820
 and let

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.320
 your kingdom

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:13.759
 come.

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.920
 Take up

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.559
 your kingly

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 rule more

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.100
 and more

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:20.140
 fully over

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.059
 our church,

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.960
 over our

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.580
 lives,

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:24.539
 over our

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.279
 families,

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.460
 over

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.299
 Chatswood,

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:29.539
 over this

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.000
 city,

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.059
 over this

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.599
 country

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 and speed

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 the day

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.779
 of Christ's

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.119
 final

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.680
 appearing,

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.220
 we pray.

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.799
 Meet our

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.519
 physical needs,

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:41.980
 we pray,

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.279
 Lord,

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.859
 not for our

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.919
 own comfort

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:45.339
 but so that

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.899
 we can

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.519
 press on

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.220
 with joy

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.159
 in the

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.680
 work you

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.379
 called us

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.819
 to do

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.299
 for your

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.980
 namesake.

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.159
 Forgive us,

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.759
 O Lord,

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.159
 where we

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:55.019
 have sinned,

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.940
 where we

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.339
 have fallen

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.940
 short of

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.539
 your glory,

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.039
 where we

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.619
 have lived

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.139
 each day

00:27:59.139 --> 00:28:00.099
 in ungodliness

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:02.079
 revealed in

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.599
 the lack

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:04.180
 of prayerfulness

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.859
 or in the

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.240
 human

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.900
 centredness

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.180
 of our

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.559
 prayer.

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:09.900
 And

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.180
 Father,

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.639
 we ask

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:10.879
 that you

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.420
 might keep

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.819
 us from

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.700
 the entangling

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.839
 temptations

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:15.139
 that would

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.579
 want to

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.259
 trip us

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.980
 up as

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.660
 your people

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.639
 and bring

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.259
 criticism

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.799
 to your

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.200
 name

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.920
 and to

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.200
 your

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.720
 church.

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:22.879
 And we

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.259
 ask it

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.839
 through Jesus

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.299
 Christ,

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.799
 our Lord.

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.920
 Amen.