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 Good morning everybody. If you could all turn to Romans chapter 8, I'd appreciate that.

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 Romans chapter 8, verses 12 to 27. If someone could shout out a page number, that would be great.

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 1-1-3-5 in the Red Church Bible. Thanks, Alex.

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 Romans chapter 8, verses 12 to 27.

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 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation.

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 1-1-3-5 in the Red Church Bible.

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 2-1-3-5 in the Red Church Bible.

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 3-1-4 in the Red Church Bible.

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 4-1-5 in the Red Church Bible.

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 if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For those who

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 are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you receive does not make

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 you slaves so that you live in fear again. Rather, the Spirit you receive brought about

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 your adoption to sonship. And by Him we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself testifies

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 with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs,

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 heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share His sufferings in order that we may

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 also share in His glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing

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 the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the

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 children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own

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 choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be

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 liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory the children of God.

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 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the

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 present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly

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 as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we

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 were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all, who hopes for what they already have.

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 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.

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 We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

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 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God's people

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 in accordance with the will of God. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, you know what, if Johnny had asked me a few months ago to preach a sermon on prayer,

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 definitely would have said no.

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 And the reason for it would be that I would have said I'd be the last person in this church

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 who should have preached a sermon on that topic.

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 Really, it's the area in my life that I struggle with the most, actually,

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 in terms of my walk with the Lord.

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 But when Johnny gave us the very broad series title of The Christian Life,

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 and when I started to pray and think about what I might preach on,

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 I just couldn't get away from prayer.

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 God really laid it on my heart as I was preaching this today.

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 And to be honest, that seemed very strange to me.

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 And I asked God, well, why are you asking me to preach on this,

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 seeing as I'm the one who's struggling with it?

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 Seeing as I've got a lot of questions that I still haven't answered on prayer.

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 And then I kind of realized, actually, my weakness is the very reason why God wants me to preach on this.

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 Because that's actually the way he operates, right?

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 God uses the weak people to do amazing things because his strength can be revealed.

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 And in such people.

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 So I'm excited about that.

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 Because if any one of our prayer lives today are impacted for the good,

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 it's not going to be me.

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 It's going to be God doing that work.

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 And that's what I'm praying for today.

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 So what I'm praying before you, really, is just my learning over the past two months or so.

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 As I've taken time to study what God's Word says about prayer,

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 and also to look at the teachings of other Christians.

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 So, yeah, I hope that it's helpful for you today.

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 And homework task number one for you guys.

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 I know I can't help being a teacher even over summer holidays.

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 I want you guys to study the Lord's Prayer this week.

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 I'm not going to be preaching on it today, but you guys need to study it.

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 It's the number one place to go to to learn how to pray.

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 It's such a valuable resource for you.

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 Number two, okay, this is a little bit more optional than number one.

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 I don't usually give optional homework, but there you go.

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 I'm going to give it to you guys.

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 I want to read A Praying Life by Paul Miller.

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 I actually forgot to bring the book with me to show you.

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 But I'll just ask me later if you forget the name of that.

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 I just will try to recommend this book to anyone who struggles to understand how prayer works

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 and why it's so confusing at times.

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 And I'll be quoting that book a little bit today, but really we're turning our attention

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 and our focus to God's Word as found in Romans chapter 8.

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 So let's just pray briefly before we go any further and commit this time to the Lord.

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 Jesus, Father, I thank you for this time that we could come together to sit under your Word.

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 And Lord, you know my weakness, but I thank you that you are strong.

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 And I pray that, Lord, in this week you'd help all of us to apply your Word to our lives

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 and, Lord, to walk closer with you and to build a strong prayer life.

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 In Jesus' name I pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, just a quick synopsis of where God's Word is taking us today.

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 Firstly, we're going to start with the bedrock prayer, which is knowing who we are in God,

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 before moving on to some of the basics of how we are to pray,

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 which is by the Spirit, helpless and childlike.

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 And then lastly, we're going to learn about the purpose of suffering in prayer

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 and how to pray when we actually have no words left to say.

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 So that's where we're going.

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 Just to set that theme for Romans chapter 8,

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 the context of that,

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 the author and apostle Paul has been teaching the Roman Christians

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 that they are no longer slaves to sin,

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 not to be controlled by it.

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 Rather, they are freed from sin to live according to the Spirit instead.

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 So this is where we pick up in verse 12.

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 So if you guys would follow along with me.

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 Verse 12 and 13.

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 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation,

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 but it is not to the flesh to live according to it.

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 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die.

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 But if by the Spirit you put to death the misbead deeds of the body, you will live.

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 So when Paul speaks of the flesh here,

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 he means our natural sinful desires.

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 The sinful desires offer us appealing, temporary pleasures,

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 but in the end just destroy us.

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 He says here that we owe nothing to the flesh.

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 All the flesh has ever sought to done is destroy us,

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 and it has always failed to fully satisfy us.

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 So Paul says, don't live by it.

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 Don't live by it and die.

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 Rather, in the Spirit's power,

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 put to death the misdeeds of the body and live.

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 Okay, so Paul continues in verse 14,

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 and these are some of the most glorious, amazing truths

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 known to believers in Christ.

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 Verse 14 and 16.

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 For those who are led by the Spirit of God

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 are the children of God.

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 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves

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 so that you live in fear again.

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 Rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.

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 And by Him we cry,

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 Abba, Father.

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 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit

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 that we are God's children.

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 So, firstly, what is the better off of prayer?

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 Well, we have to know who we are.

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 We are precious and dearly loved children

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 of the God of the universe.

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 And let me say that another way,

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 because that's completely astounding.

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 The maker of the galaxies,

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 the sustainer of the whole universe.

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 He considers you to be his precious child.

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 Now, most scholars agree that this idea

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 of addressing God as Abba, Father,

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 was actually quite outrageous.

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 At the time when Paul was writing this.

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 How could God be that personal and close?

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 Well, the answer is

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 only through what Jesus has done for us.

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 Before we knew Jesus as Savior,

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 our sin and rebellion separated us

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 and actually made us children of wrath,

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 not of God.

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 But in the most beautiful

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 and extravagant act of mercy,

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 Jesus Christ took earth in on Himself.

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 He died for it

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 and in exchange gave us forgiveness of sins,

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 eternal life,

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 and all of His rights

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 as a son of God.

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 And not only that,

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 but those who accept Christ

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 are given the free gift

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 of His Holy Spirit,

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 who, as it says in verse 15,

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 brings about our adoption of sonship.

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 He makes us sons and daughters.

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 When we receive the Spirit,

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 we change from children of wrath

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 to children of God.

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 How incredible is His grace?

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 But in verse 17,

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 you know,

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 it actually goes even further.

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 And in some ways,

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 it's actually more staggering

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 than the first reality.

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 Follow with me,

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 verse 17.

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 Now if we are children,

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 then we are heirs,

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 heirs of God

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 and co-heirs with Christ,

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 if indeed we share His sufferings

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 in order that we may also share His glory.

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 So,

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 2,000 years ago,

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 in Paul's Greco-Roman world,

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 adoption was a common practice.

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 And the adopted son

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 will be given all the rights

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 of the other children in the family,

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 including an equal right

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 to the inheritance of the Father.

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 And the astounding thing is

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 that this is true

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 for believers in Christ as well.

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 The Father takes us in,

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 while we are still His enemies,

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 living in rebellion against Him.

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 And Jesus takes the judgment

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 we deserve to get.

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 And in exchange,

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 He gives us everything

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 that He deserves to get.

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 And this is unprecedented

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 eternal events

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 we share in the Father's inheritance.

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 We get to know Jesus' Father

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 as our Father now.

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 And as it says in verse 17,

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 we are heirs of God.

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 But also,

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 we are co-heirs with Christ.

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 Which means,

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 Christ's kingdom

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 is also ours now.

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 Try and get your head around that.

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 We will rule it together

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 when God makes the new heaven

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 and the new earth.

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 Look at this verse

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 in 2 Timothy 2.12.

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 It says,

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 We will reign with Him.

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 And then in 1 Corinthians 2.21,

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 it's on the screen as well.

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 All things are yours.

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 Whether Paul,

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 or Apollos,

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 or Cephas,

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 or the world,

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 or life,

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 or death,

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 or the present,

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 or the future,

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 all are yours.

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 And you are of Christ.

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 And Christ is of God.

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 You know,

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 these truths are so astonishing

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 that it's actually possible

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 for us in our own strength

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 to understand them.

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 We need the Holy Spirit's help

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 to make them a reality.

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 And I think there's just two questions

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 that arise from this.

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 As you look around today

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 and you see your brothers and sisters

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 in Christ,

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 who do you see?

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 Do you just see parents,

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 students,

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 factory workers,

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 office workers?

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 Because do you know what?

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 Over and above all of those things,

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 the people sitting around you

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 are the sons and daughters

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 of God

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 and the future inheritors

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 of Christ's kingdom.

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 Now I think that changes

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 how we look at one another,

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 how we respect

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 and love one another.

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 Maybe that changes

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 the way we speak to each other,

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 how we talk about each other.

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 You know,

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 the second question

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 I think that this raises is this.

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 What else could define us

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 as people?

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 What else could define us

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 in our lives?

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 I mean,

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 our community

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 culture says

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 that you are defined

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 by the job,

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 money,

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 house,

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 holidays,

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 relationships,

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 and the health

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 that you do or don't have.

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 And you know what God says to that?

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 No.

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 This is what defines you.

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 You are a precious,

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 dearly loved,

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 child of the God of the universe

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 and an heir of all things.

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 So that makes you

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 something incredibly special.

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 You are by no means

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 ordinary,

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 small,

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 or inconsequential.

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 You may never be famous

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 or widely known

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 outside of Pierre Glein,

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 but you're someone extraordinary

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 because you're in Christ today.

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 That changes everything

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 in your life.

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 That also changes everything

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 about your prayer life.

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 this is the bedrock of prayer.

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 Know who you are

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 as you come to pray.

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 But now we want to move on

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 and we want to listen closely

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 to what this passage says

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 about how we are to pray.

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 Away, wasp.

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 No?

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 Go away.

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 No?

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 You want to stay with me?

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 So, yeah,

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 I'll ask you to say that.

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 So, yeah,

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 in no way does this passage

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 encompass everything

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 that could be said about prayer,

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 but there's three huge aspects

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 about prayer

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 that it does touch on

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 and we're just going to

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 focus on those.

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 And they're actually all found

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 in this one small phrase.

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 By him,

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 we cry,

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 Abba Father.

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 So you can see

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 my nice graphics

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 there I did up.

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 We're going to split it

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 into three,

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 take them one at a time.

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 We're going to see

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 what we can get out of this

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 and what we can learn

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 about prayer.

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 Firstly,

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 by him,

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 we cry,

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 Abba Father.

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 which means

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 we pray

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 by the Spirit.

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 That's what Paul

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 talked about there.

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 Paul says in Ephesians 2.18,

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 Pray in the Spirit

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 on all occasions

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 with all kinds

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 of prayers

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 and requests.

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 And back in verse 14,

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 he said that those

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 who are led

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 by the Spirit of God

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 are sons of God.

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 So we learn that

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 close communion

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 with the Spirit

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 is absolutely essential

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 to constant communication

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 with the Father.

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 The Spirit is the one

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 who enables us to pray.

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 And as it says later

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 in verse 26,

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 the Spirit is helping us

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 in our weakness.

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 He's actually interceding

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 with the Father

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 on our behalf.

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 And we're going to talk

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 about that more later,

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 but we learn

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 that close intimacy

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 with the Spirit

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 is incredibly important.

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 And we need to be clear here,

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 the Spirit is never

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 drawing attention

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 to himself.

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 He's always pointing us

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 to the Father

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 and to the Son

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 for all of our joy,

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 all of our love,

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 all of our day-to-day needs.

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 But we can push away

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 the Spirit

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 when he prompts us

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 towards Christ.

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 We so often ignore him.

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 I don't know if you're like me,

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 but I find incredible ways

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 of squeezing him out

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 and filling up my day

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 with all these other noises

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 and voices

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 and never having the times

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 of quiet to hear him speak.

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 Or maybe in the busyness.

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 We try to do life

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 all in our own strength.

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 Ignoring God's health,

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 in fact.

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 You know what?

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 We need to be sensitive

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 to the Spirit

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 leading and drawing.

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 Which means being open to him.

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 Giving him space

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 in our day-to-day lives.

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 And allowing him

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 to move us

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 towards Jesus

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 and towards the Father.

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 And I don't know

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 what this means for you,

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 but for me,

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 if I didn't keep

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 checking myself,

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 every spare moment

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 of my day

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 would be spent

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 on my phone

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 checking sports

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 or Instagram

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 or whatever.

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 whatever.

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 I think I'm actually

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 addicted to sports news.

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 RTE can only produce

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 so many sports articles

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 in a day.

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 They're not producing

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 enough for me.

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 Anyway,

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 and God has really

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 convinced me recently

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 of how

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 there's so many times

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 in the day

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 where I could just be

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 drawn near to him

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 when I just have spare moments

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 and I said,

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 what's the first thing

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 I do?

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 Flick out the phone.

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 RTE,

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 whatever.

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 And God has really

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 convicted me about that.

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 So,

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 and actually,

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 another way,

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 I always used to listen

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 to the radio

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 on my way to work

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 in the morning.

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 I got a half an hour

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 commute to band.

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 And what Lurk

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 convinced me about that,

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 actually,

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 this was a valuable time

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 that I could use,

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 actually,

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 have a structured

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 prayer time,

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 which has been

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 really fruitful.

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 On my way back,

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 you know,

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 I'm calling people

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 doing different jobs,

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 but on my way to school,

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 I have that time

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 every morning,

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 structured prayer,

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 where everything else

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 is switched off,

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 no music,

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 no noise,

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 just an uninterrupted

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 time of closeness

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 and prayer with God.

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 And I just done wonders

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 for my prayer life.

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 It changes

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 how I go about my day.

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 So basically,

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 look,

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 the Father is waiting

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 for us to come.

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 And in what way

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 do you need to make

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 more space

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 for the Spirit

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 in your normal day?

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 And what unnecessary

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.700
 noities

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.720
 do you need to cut out?

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 Think about that

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 for yourselves.

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 So firstly,

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 we pray by the Spirit.

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 And secondly,

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 it's by Him

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.100
 that we cry

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 at the Father.

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 So we're just going

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 to focus on that word,

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 cry.

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 Why is it used there?

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 I mean,

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 that's a word

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 that I often

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 actually associate

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 with weakness

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 and helplessness.

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 God's telling us

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 something important here

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 about how we are to pray.

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 to come to God

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 in prayer,

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 we must come

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:40.079
 knowing our weakness

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 and our helplessness

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 without Him.

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 And now that's all

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.319
 very well and good,

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 you say,

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 but that flies in the face

00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.099
 of everything

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 that our culture

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 tells us we should be,

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.619
 which is independent,

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.759
 strong,

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 self-confident,

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.579
 believing in yourself

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 that you can do life

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 in your own strength.

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 And you only look

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 for health

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:01.759
 when you really need it,

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 if it's really necessary.

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 But the rest of life,

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 90% of it,

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.279
 you've got that covered.

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.759
 You can do that

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 on your own.

00:21:10.919 --> 00:21:11.699
 You know what?

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.019
 Jesus,

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:14.439
 He turns those assumptions

00:21:14.439 --> 00:21:15.240
 upside down.

00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:17.379
 He modeled a life

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 of total dependence

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 upon His Father.

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.199
 Have a look at this verse

00:21:21.199 --> 00:21:21.779
 on the screen.

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 John 5, 19.

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 Jesus speaking.

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 He says,

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 the Son can do nothing

00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:26.740
 by Himself.

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 He can only do

00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:30.059
 what He sees His Father doing

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.860
 because whatever

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.819
 the Father does,

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.819
 the Son also does.

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.500
 And you know what?

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.380
 After Jesus modeled

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.160
 this kind of life

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.759
 of dependence,

00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:38.720
 He later tells His disciples

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:40.319
 in John 15, verse 5,

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:43.180
 I am the vine.

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.039
 You are the branches.

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:47.380
 If you remain in Me

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:48.360
 and I in you,

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:50.160
 you will bear much fruit.

00:21:52.120 --> 00:21:52.799
 But listen to this.

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 Apart from Me,

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:56.360
 you can do nothing.

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.360
 Now,

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.039
 our proud heart,

00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.380
 we don't like to hear that.

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.620
 We don't want to hear that

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.200
 without Jesus,

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.039
 we could do nothing

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.680
 of any good

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.319
 or substance

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.080
 for God's kingdom.

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.240
 We like to kick over this first

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.660
 because we don't like

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.059
 being helpless.

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.779
 We can help ourselves.

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.000
 Thank you very much.

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.400
 And that is our nature.

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:19.220
 Our Father, however,

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.720
 wants us to come to Him

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.480
 weary,

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.640
 empty-handed,

00:22:24.340 --> 00:22:24.780
 helpless.

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.940
 And if you're like me,

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.320
 actually,

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.940
 deep down in your heart,

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:31.220
 you know that's a good thing

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:32.600
 because you know deep down

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:33.300
 you are a weary,

00:22:33.800 --> 00:22:34.120
 helpless,

00:22:34.300 --> 00:22:35.040
 broken person.

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 It's okay to be weak.

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:41.099
 He wants us,

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:42.039
 as it says in His verse,

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:44.440
 to continually cry out to Him,

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.319
 Abba,

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.140
 Father,

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.079
 I need you.

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.799
 I can't go without you.

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.919
 I have to have you

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:54.240
 or else everything I do

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.899
 is for nothing.

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.960
 I can't be patient

00:22:55.960 --> 00:23:00.519
 with my kids without you.

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.639
 I don't know what to say

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:04.159
 to my only family members

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:05.419
 without your help.

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:08.759
 I can't delight without you.

00:23:09.919 --> 00:23:10.879
 That's the kind of prayer

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.720
 God's looking for.

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.639
 Listen to what Paul says

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.559
 in 2 Corinthians

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:19.460
 about what Jesus said to him

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.940
 during a crippling trial

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.819
 in his life.

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 It's on the screen there.

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.319
 But he said to me,

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:29.019
 My grace is sufficient for you.

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.900
 My power is made perfect

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.680
 in weakness.

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.700
 Therefore,

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:35.220
 I will boast

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.840
 all the more gladly

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.799
 about my weaknesses

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:40.180
 so that Christ's power

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.620
 may rest on me.

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.420
 That is why,

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.460
 for Christ's sake,

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:46.220
 I delight in weaknesses

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.799
 and insults

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.380
 and hardships

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.319
 and persecution

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.240
 and difficulties.

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.919
 For when I am weak,

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.799
 then I am strong.

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.240
 Do you delight

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.879
 in your weaknesses?

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:02.000
 Your weakness

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.159
 and your suffering

00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:04.599
 is actually the door

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:06.059
 to God's great strength.

00:24:07.439 --> 00:24:08.139
 Your weakness

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:10.079
 is the door to prayer.

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.359
 It's the door

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.019
 to dependence

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.039
 on your almighty

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.799
 universe-creating Father.

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:14.919
 Father.

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:17.559
 I love how Paul Miller,

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.819
 the guy I mentioned earlier,

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:22.159
 how he applies this verse.

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 Read this quote.

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:24.059
 He says,

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.700
 If we think

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.740
 that we can do life

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:28.119
 on our own,

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:30.200
 we will not take care seriously.

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:34.200
 That really hit me

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.919
 two months ago

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.500
 when I read that.

00:24:37.419 --> 00:24:38.240
 He continues.

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.700
 He says,

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.620
 We tell ourselves,

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.640
 Strong Christians pray a lot.

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:45.140
 If I were a stronger Christian,

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.960
 I'd pray more.

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.700
 How many of you

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.420
 thought that like me?

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:50.000
 I've definitely thought that.

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.779
 Well,

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.440
 Paul says,

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:54.519
 Strong Christians do pray more,

00:24:55.080 --> 00:24:56.180
 but they pray more

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.380
 because they realize

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:58.460
 how weak they are.

00:24:59.120 --> 00:25:00.100
 They don't try to hide it

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.799
 from themselves.

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.840
 Weakness is a channel

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:04.080
 that allows them

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:05.080
 to access grace.

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:09.079
 I can't tell you

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.559
 the impact

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.519
 that all of this

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.939
 has had on my own prayer life

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:13.099
 in the past two months.

00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:14.379
 I've had to repent

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.519
 of a lot of self-dependence

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.039
 to be honest.

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.259
 There was an awful lot

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.019
 of things in my life

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.939
 that I never

00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:21.720
 asked God help for.

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.779
 I just assumed

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.619
 that I had it covered.

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:27.359
 But when those things

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.539
 started to crumble and break,

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.439
 I'd find myself

00:25:29.439 --> 00:25:29.919
 on my knees

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.699
 crying out to God

00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.259
 for his help

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.819
 and his mercy.

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:32.899
 And I realized,

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.279
 actually,

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.740
 do you know what?

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.220
 I wasn't.

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.360
 I was in control

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:35.839
 all along.

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.000
 I was actually

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.880
 very, very fragile

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.559
 and weak

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.680
 all along.

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.400
 I actually

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:44.140
 struggled myself

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.720
 into thinking

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.519
 that I was able

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.539
 and I didn't need any help.

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.000
 So more recently,

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.880
 I've come a little wiser

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:51.420
 and I started each day

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:54.100
 by confessing

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:55.079
 my utter helplessness

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.539
 to God.

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.400
 By confessing

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.920
 my weakness

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.620
 and my need of Him.

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.500
 And I encourage you guys

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.279
 to do the same.

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.620
 So get on your knees

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.200
 each morning

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.620
 and start like that.

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.600
 And ask Him

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.440
 for His help.

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.360
 John Pike

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:08.299
 says it this way.

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.539
 The Spirit

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.000
 has worked

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.000
 a childishness

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.500
 in you.

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.920
 A little,

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.559
 desperate,

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.180
 helpless.

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.900
 I need help.

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.220
 I can't

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.920
 save myself.

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.339
 I've got to have a daddy.

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:23.079
 I can't live

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.920
 without that help.

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.079
 It's the Holy Spirit's

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.500
 real,

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.759
 childlike,

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.720
 happy,

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:30.039
 cry to the Father.

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.159
 Father.

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.539
 So how do we pray?

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:34.879
 Well,

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.139
 firstly,

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.099
 we pray by the Spirit.

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.299
 And secondly,

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.619
 we cry out

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.319
 to our Father,

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:41.519
 continually embracing

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.200
 our weakness

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.099
 and helplessness

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:44.579
 and inviting our Father

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.619
 to be strong for us.

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.259
 But the third part

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:49.359
 of this little phrase here

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:52.359
 is just the words,

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.159
 Abba,

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.720
 Father.

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.819
 Let's just briefly

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.359
 look at this.

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.959
 I reckon that children

00:26:58.959 --> 00:26:59.839
 maybe are the best

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.819
 example we have

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.759
 in life

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:03.179
 of someone

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.699
 who is health

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:05.079
 and weak.

00:27:07.199 --> 00:27:07.639
 Elodie,

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.079
 who is my

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:10.519
 11-week-old daughter.

00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:12.500
 She's back there

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.099
 with her auntie

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.479
 right now.

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.479
 She's just a picture

00:27:16.479 --> 00:27:17.199
 of defendants.

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.299
 She cries very loudly

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.699
 at her parents

00:27:20.699 --> 00:27:21.939
 until her parents

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:22.779
 give her what she needs.

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.519
 She knows

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.039
 that she can't do

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.740
 life without us.

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.899
 She longs

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:29.599
 for our cuddles,

00:27:30.219 --> 00:27:30.799
 our attention,

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.779
 our soothing words.

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.479
 It's actually

00:27:33.479 --> 00:27:34.299
 the cutest thing.

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.500
 In the morning,

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.279
 when she's starting

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.079
 to wake up,

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.539
 and when we lift

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:41.339
 our heads over her

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.879
 so that she can see us,

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.079
 her face instantly

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.000
 just lights up

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.219
 with ear-to-ear smile.

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.539
 She just longs

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.819
 to be with us.

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.000
 She longs

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:53.479
 for our closeness

00:27:53.479 --> 00:27:54.079
 and our attention.

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:57.480
 You know what?

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.899
 We wonder

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.779
 what her first words

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.240
 are going to be.

00:27:59.399 --> 00:27:59.939
 It's going to be

00:27:59.939 --> 00:28:00.299
 dada.

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.079
 It's going to be mama.

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.699
 Well, God says,

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.960
 call me Abba.

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.220
 Call me Abba, Father.

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.879
 It's like God saying,

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:15.039
 come like a child

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:16.199
 in your helplessness,

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:18.259
 in your simple longing

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.099
 for your daddy

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.919
 and his closeness.

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.219
 Come like a child.

00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:24.740
 Just as you are.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.759
 No errors are graces.

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.579
 Any parents here

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.379
 will know that

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.959
 your children

00:28:28.959 --> 00:28:29.980
 don't have to be clean,

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.179
 perfectly behaved,

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.019
 or in a good mood

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.539
 for you to whisk them

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.319
 up onto your knee

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:36.240
 and listen to their stories.

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:38.919
 Look what Jesus says

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:40.179
 in Matthew 18, verse 3.

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:42.240
 Truly I tell you,

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:44.240
 unless you change

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.919
 and become like little children,

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.639
 you will never enter

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.459
 the kingdom of heaven.

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:50.980
 God calls us

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:52.319
 to cry out to him,

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:54.019
 Abba, Father.

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.380
 It's simple.

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.299
 There's nothing complicated.

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.799
 If you're worried

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.220
 about knowing

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.799
 the right things

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.720
 to say to God,

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.039
 and that's stopping

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.960
 you from praying,

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.819
 well, just leave

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.539
 those worries

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.400
 at his feet.

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.240
 Because you know what?

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.259
 Children don't worry

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.480
 about what they're going

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.220
 to say to their parents,

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.500
 do they?

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.299
 No, they just blurt it out.

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.779
 And oftentimes

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.400
 when you're in public

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.360
 that can be quite embarrassing

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.140
 what they do blurt out.

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:20.319
 You know,

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.160
 a lot of people

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.539
 as well,

00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:22.600
 including me,

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.900
 can struggle

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.819
 to focus in prayer.

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.960
 But just as any

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.819
 loving parent

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:31.059
 makes time to sit

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.559
 and listen

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.759
 to their child's

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.360
 meandering,

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.920
 so your Abba Father

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.920
 loves to hear

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.880
 from you also,

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.100
 even when you go

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.919
 off on tangents

00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:41.459
 and start thinking

00:29:41.459 --> 00:29:42.139
 about the rugby.

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.639
 Guilty.

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.119
 You know what?

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.480
 If you get distracted,

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.859
 don't give up.

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.119
 Keep going back

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.579
 to the Father

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.019
 in prayer.

00:29:53.179 --> 00:29:54.119
 And while we talk

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:55.039
 a lot about prayer

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.279
 moment by moment

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.119
 throughout the day,

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.579
 it's also important

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.199
 to set a time

00:29:59.199 --> 00:29:59.799
 in the day

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.799
 for structured,

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.439
 purposeful prayer,

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.339
 where we're

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:05.119
 undistracted.

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:07.059
 And there's some

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.679
 very helpful things

00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:08.259
 that we can do.

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.460
 There's lots of

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.000
 helpful things

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.700
 we can do

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:12.799
 to aid our focus,

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.059
 such as

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:15.220
 writing reminders

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.440
 and prayer cards

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:18.619
 to help us

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.660
 just to focus

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.599
 and to pray

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.339
 for the specifics

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.000
 of life.

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:25.140
 But we are always

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:26.559
 to come as a child,

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.379
 knowing that

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:28.900
 our Abba Father

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:30.220
 longs for us

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.079
 to run into his arms

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.740
 even when we are

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.420
 at his worst,

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.720
 even when we are

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.460
 at our worst.

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.700
 to pray.

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.460
 So we've learned

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.319
 three things

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.960
 from this small phrase.

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.019
 Number one,

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.940
 we've learned that

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:45.299
 we pray with the

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.840
 Spirit's help.

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.259
 Two,

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:47.900
 that we need to

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.799
 acknowledge our

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.460
 weakness and our

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.140
 helplessness as we

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.660
 come to pray.

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.559
 Thirdly,

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.279
 to come as a child.

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.519
 Lastly,

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:57.059
 in the rest of this

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.480
 passage,

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.759
 Paul addresses

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.720
 what to do

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.680
 when we can't

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.519
 even find the words

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.920
 to pray.

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:04.200
 He talks about

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.920
 how suffering

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.500
 is actually

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.560
 the door to prayer.

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:06.940
 So we're just

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.759
 going to look at that.

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.700
 Paul speaks at length

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.860
 about the suffering

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:14.120
 that we as Jesus followers

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.860
 will endure

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:16.259
 in this life.

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:18.180
 In verse 17,

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.960
 we learn that

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.580
 we are co-heirs

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.180
 with Christ

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:22.400
 if indeed

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.940
 we share

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.660
 in his suffering

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:25.200
 that we may also

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:27.019
 share in his glory.

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:28.220
 So suffering

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.720
 is inevitable

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.400
 for the believer,

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.680
 right?

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.740
 It's all part of being

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.339
 in Christ.

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:35.039
 But then in the next

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.380
 verse,

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.160
 verse 18,

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.460
 you can read it with me,

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.839
 Paul encourages us

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.839
 that our present

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.539
 sufferings

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.980
 are not worth

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.880
 comparing with the

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.299
 glory

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.779
 that will be

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.660
 revealed in us.

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.599
 Now having that

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.640
 perspective in suffering

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:51.019
 is an absolute

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.940
 gift from God.

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.799
 Just to know that

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:56.380
 this suffering,

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.259
 though it is painful,

00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:00.059
 is totally outweighed

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:01.160
 by millions upon

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.320
 millions of years

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:04.259
 in God's perfect

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.880
 presence

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:06.800
 without any pain

00:32:06.800 --> 00:32:07.519
 or tears.

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.720
 But Paul continues

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.440
 in verse 20

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:13.800
 and he explains

00:32:13.800 --> 00:32:14.860
 that all of God's

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.820
 creation has been

00:32:15.820 --> 00:32:17.259
 subjected to frustration

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.900
 and to decay

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.779
 since the fall

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.800
 of the Garden of Eden.

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.380
 And follow with me

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:23.060
 in verse 22

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:23.500
 and we're going to

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.060
 pick it up there.

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.540
 He says,

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:26.359
 we know that the

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.099
 whole creation

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:28.159
 has been groaning

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.779
 as in the pains

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.500
 of childbirth

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.579
 right up to the

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.379
 present time.

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.539
 Not only so,

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.879
 but we ourselves

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.859
 who have the

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.619
 first fruits of the

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:36.980
 Spirit

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:39.200
 groan inwardly

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:40.319
 as we wait for

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.920
 our adoption

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.619
 to sonship,

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.639
 the redemption

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.460
 of our bodies.

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.159
 So we see,

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.440
 firstly,

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.359
 that God's

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.599
 creation itself

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.399
 is groaning,

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.960
 yearning to be

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.720
 made new.

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:53.900
 And secondly,

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:55.039
 we as believers,

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.200
 Paul says,

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.200
 are groaning.

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:57.740
 Why?

00:32:57.900 --> 00:33:00.259
 Because we're not

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.000
 in heaven yet.

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.680
 We haven't fully

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:05.160
 realized our adoption

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.079
 as sons and daughters.

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:07.279
 We haven't apart now,

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:09.380
 but not in full

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.039
 just yet.

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:12.880
 And in all of this

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.579
 he's saying that,

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:13.779
 look,

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:15.100
 our suffering is real.

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.559
 The broken world

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.220
 that we live in

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.319
 has yet to be restored.

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.700
 And because of that

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:20.980
 question,

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.579
 you were right.

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:23.700
 I mean,

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.000
 is God ignorant

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:26.059
 of all our groaning?

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.799
 Why did he just

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.720
 put a stop to it right now?

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.279
 Would that not be

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.240
 the loving thing to do?

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.299
 I mean,

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.259
 what's the reason

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.220
 for all this suffering?

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.220
 But thank God

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.559
 that there are

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.880
 verses 26 and 27.

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:40.039
 Read it with me.

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.360
 In the same way,

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.140
 the Spirit

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.960
 helps us

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.519
 in our weakness.

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.819
 We do not know

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.839
 what we ought to pray for,

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.259
 but the Spirit

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:51.099
 himself

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:52.799
 intercedes for us

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:54.140
 through wordless groans.

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.720
 And he who

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.700
 searches our hearts

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.500
 knows the mind

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.019
 and the Spirit

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.359
 because the Spirit

00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:01.019
 intercedes for God's people

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:02.240
 in accordance

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.319
 with the will of God.

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.259
 Okay?

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:07.460
 So the creation

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.019
 is groaning.

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.219
 We are groaning.

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.679
 Look who else

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.199
 is groaning.

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.340
 God

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.900
 is also

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.480
 groaning.

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.099
 You know what?

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.159
 Far from being distant

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.900
 in our suffering,

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.280
 can you not see here

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.920
 that he's actually

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.320
 a God

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.099
 who's feeling

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:25.340
 everything that we're feeling?

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:27.880
 He's a God

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:29.980
 who groans for us

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:31.420
 and with us.

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.640
 It says here

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:33.320
 that the Holy Spirit

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.440
 is helping us

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.559
 in our weakness.

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.780
 He's advocating

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:38.019
 to the Father for us.

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.280
 When we are left

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.720
 speechless

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:41.220
 in suffering,

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.180
 the Holy Spirit

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:44.000
 prays for us

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:46.680
 so we can actually

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:47.340
 rest

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:49.039
 even in the most

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.980
 bitter of trials.

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.880
 It even goes so far

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.980
 at the end of verse 27

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:55.160
 to say that the Spirit's prayers

00:34:55.160 --> 00:34:56.320
 are always in accordance

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:57.140
 with God's will.

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.660
 He knows the right

00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:00.660
 things to pray for us.

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:02.140
 So the pressure

00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:02.880
 is off there.

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:05.960
 He's praying for us.

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.320
 And that means

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:09.140
 that in the deepest

00:35:09.140 --> 00:35:09.660
 suffering,

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.460
 all that we have

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.340
 to do is this.

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:14.000
 Cry Abba

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:15.480
 and rest in Him.

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.920
 Just cry Abba

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:19.820
 and rest in Him.

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:22.300
 We just have to open

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.920
 our hearts up

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:24.320
 again and again

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:25.840
 to our Abba Father

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:27.820
 drawing near to Him.

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.100
 Not running from Him.

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.300
 Even when you don't

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.380
 understand what He's doing,

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.920
 don't run.

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.860
 Give the Spirit

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.400
 the space

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.420
 to lead you back

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.019
 to the cross.

00:35:39.060 --> 00:35:40.280
 And when you can't pray,

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.980
 the Spirit

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.840
 is filling in that gap

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:45.640
 and He's groaning

00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:47.340
 for you

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.500
 on your behalf.

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:52.159
 I hope that you can see

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.780
 that there is

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:54.000
 overwhelming hope

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.539
 in suffering.

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.260
 And often,

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:58.139
 we can't understand

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.559
 why

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.880
 when we ask God

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:01.119
 to take the suffering away

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:02.619
 and He doesn't.

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.480
 We ask God

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.739
 for something

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:07.039
 that we honestly

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.800
 think is good,

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.500
 but in return

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.059
 we get something

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:11.000
 that we think

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.980
 is worse.

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:14.679
 Prayers like,

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.259
 God,

00:36:16.379 --> 00:36:17.599
 please heal this illness.

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:18.859
 God,

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.079
 please protect them

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.599
 from hurt.

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.219
 Lord,

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:24.339
 I pray that justice

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:25.039
 would be done.

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.259
 Those were actually

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:27.659
 all prayers

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.659
 that I've prayed this year

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.980
 and God didn't answer them

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.679
 the way I thought

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.159
 was best.

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:36.579
 But you know what?

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.480
 Jesus has promised

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:39.840
 that the Father

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.480
 can actually

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.740
 only give us

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:42.780
 what is good for us

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.340
 and we actually

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:44.079
 need to hold on

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.800
 to this promise.

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.559
 He says it here

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.420
 in Matthew 7

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.480
 verses 9 to 11.

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.340
 Which of you,

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.599
 if your son

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.699
 asks for bread,

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.659
 will give him a stone?

00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:00.240
 Or if he asks for a fish,

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.400
 will give him a snake?

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.920
 If you,

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:05.119
 then though you are evil,

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.219
 know how to give

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:06.719
 good gifts

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:07.360
 to your children,

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:09.280
 well how much more

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:10.099
 will your Father

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.639
 in heaven

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:12.420
 give good gifts

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.740
 to those who ask him?

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.840
 You know what?

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.940
 If this verse is true,

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.719
 if what he's saying

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.539
 here is true,

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.019
 then that means

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.679
 that when God

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.719
 doesn't take away

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.280
 our pain,

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.460
 it's because he's

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.219
 working something

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:27.019
 incredible in us.

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.420
 Which is what

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.440
 we would have wanted

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:31.360
 if we could only

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:32.440
 have seen things

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.320
 from his perspective.

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.440
 And when you think

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.860
 about it,

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.199
 actually,

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.920
 suffering is

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.599
 really a gift

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.260
 from God

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:41.340
 to show us

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:42.420
 our helplessness

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:43.039
 and weakness,

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.460
 which then

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.599
 causes us

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.440
 to cry out to him.

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.460
 You know what?

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.179
 when all is calm

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:51.579
 in life,

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.500
 we can fool

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.380
 ourselves into thinking

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.099
 that we don't need

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.500
 Jesus.

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:56.019
 But in suffering,

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.820
 we're under no illusions.

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.480
 We need God.

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.539
 We need our Father.

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.820
 So suffering,

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:07.380
 it's an open door

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:08.019
 to prayer

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:09.780
 and reliance

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.360
 on our Father.

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:11.800
 God bless you.

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:13.960
 I'm actually going

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.880
 to leave you today

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:16.099
 with a story

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:18.980
 from Paul Miller's book

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.380
 about this very topic.

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.120
 And he speaks

00:38:22.120 --> 00:38:23.800
 about a spiritual

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.800
 desert time

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.800
 in his life

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:27.200
 when he and his wife

00:38:27.200 --> 00:38:27.800
 discovered that

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.700
 their fourth child

00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:29.820
 had acquired

00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:31.300
 brain surgery,

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.820
 not brain surgery,

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.740
 brain damage,

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:36.419
 due to medical

00:38:36.419 --> 00:38:37.059
 negligence

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.719
 at birth.

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.219
 Now,

00:38:40.279 --> 00:38:40.799
 the interesting thing

00:38:40.799 --> 00:38:41.719
 was that Paul's wife,

00:38:41.799 --> 00:38:41.959
 Jill,

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:43.039
 had actually prayed

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:45.000
 through the whole pregnancy

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:46.639
 that God would protect

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:48.179
 the baby from her.

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:52.379
 But after the incident,

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:53.879
 their daughter

00:38:53.879 --> 00:38:54.739
 grew up with

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.899
 increasingly challenging

00:38:55.899 --> 00:38:56.659
 behaviours

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:58.319
 and very complicated

00:38:58.319 --> 00:38:59.139
 health problems.

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.899
 And as you can imagine,

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:02.239
 that led to a huge

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.979
 amount of questions

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:05.679
 in Paul and Jill's life.

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:08.679
 Why did God love this?

00:39:09.240 --> 00:39:09.539
 I mean,

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.639
 we prayed for protection

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.059
 from her,

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.980
 but he didn't.

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:15.079
 How can he still

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.559
 be loving

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.920
 and good?

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:19.340
 Is he still in control?

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.480
 And this is what

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.380
 Paul had to say

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:23.599
 looking back on his life.

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.159
 Just listen.

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.420
 I'm going to put a little

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:26.240
 bit of it on the screen,

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.920
 but for the most part

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.480
 I'm just going to

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.019
 read it out.

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.000
 This is what he says.

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:31.539
 God takes everyone

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.139
 he loves

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.860
 through the desert.

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:35.260
 The still dry air

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.940
 of the desert

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:37.179
 brings a sense

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:38.219
 of helplessness

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:39.619
 that is so crucial

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:40.880
 to the spirit of prayer.

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.920
 You come face to face

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:45.119
 with your inability

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.740
 to live,

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.539
 have joy,

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.280
 or do anything

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:48.039
 of lasting worth.

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.480
 The desert

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:51.059
 becomes a window

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:52.280
 to the heart of God.

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.539
 He finally gets

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.019
 your attention

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.980
 because he's the only

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:56.019
 game in town.

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:58.380
 You cry out to God

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:59.139
 so long

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:00.059
 and so often

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:01.119
 that a channel

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:02.400
 begins to open up

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.280
 between you

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:04.460
 and God.

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:05.840
 When driving,

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:07.280
 you turn off the radio

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:09.139
 just to be with God.

00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:10.300
 At night,

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:11.659
 you drift in and out

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:13.079
 prayer when you're sleeping.

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:15.299
 Without realizing,

00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:16.920
 you've learned

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.940
 how to pray

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.679
 continuously.

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:22.419
 very early on,

00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:23.399
 Jill and I

00:40:23.399 --> 00:40:23.940
 were aware

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.819
 that because of

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.659
 our daughter Kim,

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.659
 God was humbling us

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:29.119
 and making us

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:30.159
 more like his son.

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.960
 It took us

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:33.259
 20 years

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:34.480
 to realize

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.599
 that God

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.299
 used Kim

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:37.079
 to save

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.719
 our family.

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:40.259
 God had

00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:40.879
 kept us

00:40:40.879 --> 00:40:41.599
 from all harm.

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.419
 Kim

00:40:43.419 --> 00:40:44.599
 brought Jesus

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:45.519
 into our home.

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:47.659
 Jill and I

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:48.360
 could no longer

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:49.440
 do life on our own.

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.719
 We needed Jesus

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:51.900
 to get from one

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.639
 end of the day

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.300
 to the other.

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.440
 We'd ask

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.460
 for a loaf of bread

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:58.159
 and instead

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.759
 of giving us

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.239
 a stone,

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:00.280
 our Father

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:01.139
 had to spread

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:02.219
 a feast for us

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:02.880
 in the wilderness.

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.980
 And Paul finishes

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.420
 like this,

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:05.800
 he says,

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.940
 when we don't receive

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.900
 what we pray for

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.440
 or desire,

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:11.360
 it doesn't mean

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:11.759
 that God

00:41:11.759 --> 00:41:12.340
 isn't acting

00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:13.000
 on our behalf.

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.340
 Rather,

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:15.960
 he's weaving

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.700
 his story.

00:41:18.100 --> 00:41:18.500
 Watch out

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:19.120
 for the story

00:41:19.120 --> 00:41:20.019
 that God

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.780
 is weaving

00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:21.440
 in your life

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.519
 and don't

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:23.100
 leave the desert.

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.840
 So just to

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:30.240
 summarize

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:31.600
 what we've

00:41:31.600 --> 00:41:32.420
 done today,

00:41:33.660 --> 00:41:34.420
 brothers and sisters,

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.440
 as you come to pray,

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.800
 know who you are.

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:39.539
 You are precious,

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.500
 dearly loved

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.440
 sons and daughters

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:42.059
 of God,

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.420
 heirs of everything

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:44.120
 with Christ.

00:41:45.200 --> 00:41:45.640
 Secondly,

00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:46.360
 as you pray,

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:47.039
 don't push away

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.500
 the spirit.

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.519
 Walk with him.

00:41:50.120 --> 00:41:50.700
 Come help us

00:41:50.700 --> 00:41:51.320
 and weep,

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:52.460
 crying out to your Father.

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.160
 Come as a child.

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.340
 Don't worry

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:56.140
 about what to say.

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.480
 And thirdly,

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.380
 in your suffering,

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.400
 when you don't

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:01.039
 have the words

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.420
 to pray,

00:42:02.120 --> 00:42:03.440
 know that the Holy Spirit

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:04.340
 is groaning

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:05.160
 on your behalf.

00:42:06.100 --> 00:42:06.760
 Your suffering

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.800
 is an open door

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.320
 to prayer

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:10.120
 and an open door

00:42:10.120 --> 00:42:10.579
 to God.

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:12.719
 let's pray.

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:12.779
 Let's pray.

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:24.019
 Spirit,

00:42:24.140 --> 00:42:24.800
 you're the only one

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:25.420
 who can take

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:26.519
 the truths

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:27.300
 of your word

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:30.040
 and plant them

00:42:30.040 --> 00:42:31.080
 deep in our hearts

00:42:31.080 --> 00:42:32.460
 so that they

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:33.340
 change us.

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:36.340
 So I pray

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:37.440
 that you do that now.

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:41.340
 change our prayer lives.

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.460
 Let us walk

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:43.280
 closer with you.

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:46.340
 Let us yearn

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:48.039
 for our heavenly Father

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:49.159
 and cry out

00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:50.000
 and continually

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:51.639
 let us acknowledge

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:52.960
 and realize

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:54.119
 our moment

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.679
 by moment

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.740
 weakness

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.679
 and our need

00:42:56.679 --> 00:42:57.139
 for you.

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:59.900
 God,

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.420
 help us

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:01.159
 in our suffering

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:02.159
 not to despair

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:04.199
 but to use it

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:04.940
 as an opportunity

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:05.960
 to turn to you.

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:08.639
 We commit ourselves

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.480
 to you.

00:43:10.319 --> 00:43:11.299
 In Jesus' name,

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.239
 Amen.

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:12.359
 Amen.

00:43:12.359 --> 00:43:12.440
 Amen.

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:34.639
 Thank you, Sam.

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:35.940
 As we finish

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.539
 our time together

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:37.440
 we're going to sing

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:38.259
 one more song.

00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:41.099
 Classic song.

00:43:41.819 --> 00:43:42.259
 What a friend

00:43:42.259 --> 00:43:42.900
 we have

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:44.219
 in Jesus

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:45.460
 which I think

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:46.519
 helps us to respond

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:47.980
 in an appropriate way

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.819
 to what we've heard

00:43:48.819 --> 00:43:49.239
 this morning.

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:49.859
 So again,

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.539
 please feel free

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:50.960
 to stand

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.559
 as we sing.

00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:59.319
 Amen.

00:43:59.319 --> 00:44:00.159
 Peace.

00:44:02.319 --> 00:44:02.420
 Appreciate it.

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:03.039
 Jesus.

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.420
 Thanks.

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:04.119
 Peace.

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:04.440
 Peace.

00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:05.980
 Peace.

00:44:18.319 --> 00:44:18.500
 Peace.

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:23.500
 Peace.

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:25.239
 Peace.

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:26.639
 Peace.

00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:38.219
 All the magic has been healed

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:42.900
 All the magic has been healed

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:51.900
 All the magic has been healed

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:59.099
 gelewing the крас菩��

00:44:59.099 --> 00:45:05.000
 All the magic has been healed

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:07.059
 Gauxhallalty Eve

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:10.160
 As him did the maker

00:45:10.160 --> 00:45:12.260
 Hail to breathe

00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:13.460
 cafe

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:17.500
 Gauxhallalty Eve

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:19.420
 Gauxhallalty

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:25.059
 And everything to God is blessed

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:31.780
 God, we call your salvation

00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:37.139
 We will never trouble anywhere

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:44.619
 We shall never be as good

00:45:44.619 --> 00:45:51.619
 열� печ eich in the님's name

00:45:51.619 --> 00:45:58.480
 Yeah, we find a friend so faithful

00:45:58.480 --> 00:46:04.480
 Who will know I shall share

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:10.059
 That he is on the island

00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:40.039
 Thank you.

00:46:40.059 --> 00:47:10.039
 Thank you.

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:40.039
 Thank you.

00:47:40.059 --> 00:48:10.039
 Thank you.