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 Commonly called the Sermon on the Mount.

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 And we've been spending the last couple of weeks on the matter of prayer and how Jesus modeled for us to pray.

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 Today's text is going to be Matthew 6, verses 11-18.

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 But the larger context, I think, is really going to serve us well this morning.

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 So, I'm going to begin reading in verse 1 of chapter 6 and on through verse 18.

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 So follow along with me.

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 But before I read, beloved, let me remind you that this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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 And we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Matthew 6, beginning in verse 1 and following.

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 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them.

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

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 Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets.

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 That they may be praised by others.

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

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 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.

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 So that your giving may be in secret.

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 And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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 And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites.

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 For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners.

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 That they may be seen by others.

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

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 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.

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 And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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 And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do.

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 For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

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 Do not be like them.

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 For your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

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 Pray then like this.

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 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

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 Your kingdom come.

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 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Give us this day our daily bread.

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 And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.

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 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites.

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 For they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others.

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

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 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face.

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 That your fasting may not be seen by others, but by your Father who is in secret.

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 And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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 As we saw over the past two weeks, Jesus teaches us that those who can call God Father

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 can approach Him because of the personal work of Jesus Christ boldly,

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 with reverence and awe, and make their requests known to Him.

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 And so we worked over the past two weeks on verses 9 and 10.

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 And I gave you four points from that, which contained in them the exhortation to pray.

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 We ought to be people who pray.

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 And we should pray like Jesus, our Father in heaven.

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 Our Father in heaven.

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 We should be approaching Him with bold reverence.

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 Because we belong to Him.

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 We are His children and He cares for us.

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 We then noted that the first three petitions of Jesus' model prayer are aimed Godward.

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 They're not aimed at us in our praying.

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 They're aimed toward Him.

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 So our second point in the first petition was,

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 Pray like Jesus, hallowed be Your name.

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 Your name be known.

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 Your name be praised.

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 Honored.

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 Reverenced be Your name.

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 The second petition and our third point was pray like Jesus.

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 Your kingdom come.

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 As those who belong to the kingdom of God and are sojourning in this place,

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 we ought to want to see the full fruition of God's reign in this world.

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 We want to see this come to pass.

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 And the fourth point and third petition,

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 don't feel like you have to track me through that.

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 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 There are people who long for that,

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 to see God's final and full reign here on the earth.

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 So the first three are Godward.

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 They're aimed at His acclaim, His fame, His glory.

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 The final three petitions all speak to our great dependence on this God.

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 How much we need this God to act.

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 I hope that you know enough of yourself and enough of God to see your great need of prayer.

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 Sadly, too many of us pray too little,

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 which can be a great sign of arrogant self-sufficiency.

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 You think far too much of yourself if you don't find yourself pleading before God everything.

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 We functionally say that we do not need God's presence or power.

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 We have it all figured out on our own.

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 And what a terrible deception this is.

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 We are utterly dependent upon God for our very being.

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 He is our creator and He is our sustainer.

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 And we accomplish no good thing apart from Him.

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 David writes, King David, in Psalm 62, verses 5 through 8,

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 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him.

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 He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, I shall not be shaken.

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 On God rests my salvation and my glory, my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

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 Trust in Him at all times, O people.

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 Pour out your heart before Him.

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 God is a refuge for us.

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 God is a refuge for us.

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 Which reads, I read it to you previously, verse 1.

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 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them.

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

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 And the teaching on fasting comes up most certainly underneath this overall exhortation of Jesus in verse 1.

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 And so last week, as I won't be here next week and Clay will be preaching in my stead, I said to Clay,

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 Hey Clay, why don't you preach the text on fasting?

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 And he said, Well, it kind of goes with what you've been talking about.

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 You started off and you've referenced it already.

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 And addressing Matthew chapter 6, verse 1.

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 And we had a good conversation about that.

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 And I said, You know, I'll handle it.

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 I'll take it and let you move on to the beginning of verse 19.

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 And Clay said, That'd be great because that's a great text.

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 I'm looking forward to doing that.

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 So I was kind of thinking, like, I'm just going to pick up the pieces, kind of the leftover parts of this.

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 Wrongly, I thought this way.

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 I thought, Well, somehow I'll make this work together.

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 In fact, I thought it'd be a little sporadic.

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 Okay, there's going to be three unrelated points this morning.

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 But not at all.

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 Upon further reflection on the text, I noticed that it is chiastic.

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 This is your big word for the day, chiastic.

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 This means that if you look at the text and you took it and you folded it on verse 13.

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 Can you imagine taking the text and folding it on verse 13?

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 The beginning of the text, verse 11, and the end of the text, verses 16 through 18,

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 are reflexive of each other.

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 They communicate together.

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 They're topically thematic.

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 And then you take a step in on the text as well.

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 And the same thing happens until you arrive at the very center of it, being verse 13.

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 Let me show you what I mean using the text itself.

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 So if we were to label, which are in my notes, I know that you can't see.

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 But if we were to label verse 11 as A, right?

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 Give us this day our daily bread.

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 And then verse 12, this prayer of forgiveness as B.

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 And then verse 13, this prayer for deliverance from evil as C.

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 So we've got this progression A, B, C.

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 Then you come back out of that fold of verse 13.

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 And you see verse 14 and 15 is again about forgiveness.

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 Right?

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 So notice verse 12 and verse 14 and 15 and the way that they communicate.

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 The same content here.

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 Jesus expands upon this idea he presents initially in verse 12.

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 And then the same thing, I believe, happens beginning in verse 16 and through the end of the text,

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 going back to give us this day our daily bread.

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 So the text is chiastic.

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 And there's lots of these chiasms in the Scripture.

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 And people can take them and do all kinds of bizarre things with them.

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 I'm not suggesting that at all.

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 The text still means what the text means on its surface.

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 But it helps us to see the beauty of Jesus' mind.

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 Right?

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 He is just speaking this.

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 And he uses this very common chiastic literary structure just in his regular speaking.

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 It's just a fascinating thing to see the way that all of it's intertwined together.

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 So, in our points today, we'll take verse 11 along with verses 16 through 18,

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 verse 12 along with verse 14 and 15, and verse 13.

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 And I'll walk you through that this morning.

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 So, the first point for this morning is pray like Jesus.

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 Give us this day our daily bread.

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 Give us this day our daily bread.

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 The first of today's petitions in Jesus' model prayer,

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 it's the fourth in the total prayer,

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 but the first of today's petition is for our very basic physical need, food.

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 For our very basic sustenance.

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 And the request, the way Jesus teaches us this,

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 draws upon God's provision for the Israelites found in Exodus chapter 16.

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 Familiar with the story of manna from heaven.

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 In verse 2, we can read Exodus chapter 16,

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 and the whole congregation of the people of Israel

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 grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

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 And the people of Israel said to them,

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 Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt

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 when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full,

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 for you have brought us out into this wilderness

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 to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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 They said, we would rather be back in Egypt

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 and die at the hand of our oppressors

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 and have full bellies

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 than to be out here in the wilderness and starving.

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 And then in verse 4,

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 Then the Lord said to Moses,

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 Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you,

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 and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day

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 that I may test them whether they will walk in my law or not.

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 So, they were to gather up just enough to eat for that day.

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 And on the sixth day,

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 they were to gather two days' worth

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 so that they could rest on a seventh day.

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 And this was enacted.

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 God intended for them to do this

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 to see if they would trust Him

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 and walk in His commandments.

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 And we know they didn't,

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 and manna rotted,

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 and the story goes on from there.

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 In the evening, He provided quail,

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 and they were able to eat meat as well.

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 So, Jesus is drawing on this type of image.

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 Give us our daily bread,

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 our manna from heaven.

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 And we, in the same way,

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 are meant to be trusting God in that way.

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 Each and every day,

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 trusting that He will provide for our physical needs.

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 So, in the case of the Israelites,

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 sojourning in the wilderness,

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 God provided bread and this meat miraculously.

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 Amazingly, the dew would lift

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 and left behind would be this bread

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 that they would turn into cakes.

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 Is this the way that normatively God provides today?

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 It's not, right?

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 But by what means does God normatively provide

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 our daily bread?

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 Through work.

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 He gives us work.

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 And we apply ourselves

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 in the energy that He gives us to work.

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 And in most cases,

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 your employer gives you money

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 and you use your money

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 to go buy your bread

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 or whatever else you may buy to eat.

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 But we make a grievous mistake

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 when we don't think that comes from God above.

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 When we don't pray in this way.

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 When we are not concerned at all

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 about where our provision is coming from

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 because our kitchens are so fully stocked.

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 When we think that it's by the labor of our hands

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 that these things have been gained

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 rather than seeing that it's God employing means

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 to His great ends of provision.

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 And so remembering that we're to pray like Jesus in this way

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 helps us to look to the one

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 from whom all good things come.

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 To trust Him in all things.

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 It only takes a few moments

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 when you feel any anxiety

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 for the provision of your life

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 to think back across

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 all of the days that you have lived.

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 And I would challenge you to take a calculator

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 and multiply 365

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 by how many years you've lived

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 and say God has provided

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 this many days.

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 And He will continue to provide

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 for today

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 and tomorrow

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 and the next.

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 And on.

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 A Spurgeon quote on your bulletin today says,

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 God sends every bird its food

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 but He does not throw it into the nest.

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 He gives us our daily bread

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 but it is through our own labor.

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 Ephesians chapter 4 verse 28.

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 Paul writes the following

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 and it's believed by most

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 that he's directing what he says in verse 28

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 to those who are part of the church

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 and were not working

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 but were receiving the benefit,

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 the benefit,

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 the generosity

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 of those in the church.

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 They were coming and eating meals

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 with the church

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 but they weren't providing anything

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 for those meals.

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 And Paul writes this,

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 Ephesians 4 verse 28.

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 Let the thief no longer steal

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 but rather let him labor

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 doing honest work

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 with his own hands.

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 And I find it fascinating

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 the way Paul concludes this verse.

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 Not so that he can eat for himself

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 but it goes beyond that even

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 so that he may have something to share

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 with anyone who is in need.

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 Certainly there's provision for himself

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 but he's to work,

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 to labor if he's able

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 so that he has something to share with others.

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 So we in the same way

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 are meant to pray

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 not just give me my daily bread

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 but give us this day

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 our daily bread.

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 Pray on behalf of others

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 and to provide for others.

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 So then how does the fasting piece

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 connect to this?

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 As I've said that this is chiastic.

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 He goes on to give some very specific instruction

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 about how we shouldn't

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 and how we should fast.

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 His predominant instruction here

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 as previously stated

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 ties back to chapter 6

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 and verse 1.

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 So he is once again

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:41.039
 confronting the hypocrisy

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:44.380
 of his day and ours.

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 Fasting was a thing

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 that was paraded about.

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 It was habited in Jesus' day

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 that on the second day of the week

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 and on the fifth day of the week

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 which were also the market days

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 were also the fasting days.

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 And so the religious elite

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 who had nothing else to do

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 but parade around

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 their self-righteousness

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 would actually disfigure themselves.

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 They would put on makeup.

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 They would look poor and pitiful

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 and put on quite a show

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 that others would see

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 how pious they were

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 in front of others.

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 It was quite a production.

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 And I wonder today

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 if there's anybody amongst us

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 who puts on a show

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 and comes together

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 in the gathering

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 hoping that others

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 would see them

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 and praise them.

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 Jesus here is dismantling

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 the false religion

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 that so easily entangles us.

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 The desire to be recognized

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 by man

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 and to forsake

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 seeking the pleasure of God.

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 That he would be pleased with us

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 and be our rewarder.

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 Jesus tells us

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 that when we fast

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 we should have the outward appearance

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 of normalcy.

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 That's what this washing of the face

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 and anointing the head

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 was about.

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 Right?

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 The oil was typically perfumed

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 so it made people seem

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 less smelly

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 in the day.

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 So wash your hair

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 and wash your face

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 and don't look gloomy

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 so that your Father

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 who sees in secret

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 will reward you.

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 Now Jesus does not say

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 if you fast

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 but rather

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 when you fast

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 which would suggest

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 that fasting

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 should be

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 a part of the healthy

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 Christian life.

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 Normative.

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 It should be normative

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 to the Christian life.

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 Many faithful men and women

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 of God in the Bible

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 fasted.

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 Moses,

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 Samson,

00:19:44.159 --> 00:19:44.559
 Samuel,

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 Hannah,

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 David,

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 Elijah,

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 Ezra,

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 Nehemiah,

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 Esther,

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 Daniel,

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 Anna,

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 John the Baptist

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 and his disciples,

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 Jesus,

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:55.940
 Paul,

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 and many others

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 fasted.

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 There's an abounding

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 amount of examples

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:03.019
 of this in the Scripture.

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 Fasting, however,

00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:07.519
 is only commanded

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.099
 in the Bible

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 one time.

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 And it's commanded

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 in connection

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 with the day

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 of atonement.

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 And you can read

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 about that

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 in Leviticus

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 chapter 16

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 and verse 29

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 and Leviticus

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.640
 chapter 23

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:21.620
 and verse 27.

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 It's nowhere else

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 commanded by God

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 but it is

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 commended

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 by God.

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 All of these

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.500
 men and women

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.660
 fasted.

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 So,

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.860
 we should view it

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 as a beneficial

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 but non-compulsory

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.799
 act.

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 a beneficial

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 but a non-compulsory

00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:45.680
 act.

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 And so,

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 the

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:50.940
 encouragement to you

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 is that you should

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 consider,

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 have a clear

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 understanding

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:55.419
 of what fasting is

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 and employ it

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:57.240
 in your Christian

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 walk.

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 But it's not a command

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.599
 to you this morning

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 and you should

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 fast.

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 But I think you

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 ought to really

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 consider the benefit

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 of it.

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 John Calvin wrote,

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 many for want

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 of knowing

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 its usefulness

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 undervalue

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 its necessity

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 and some reject

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 it altogether

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 as superfluous

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 while on the

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:19.079
 other hand

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.920
 where the proper

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.879
 use of fasting

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 is not well

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 understood

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 it easily

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.740
 degenerates

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:26.259
 into superstition.

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 Fasting

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 is depriving

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 ourselves

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 of food.

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 A lot of people

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 do a lot of

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:35.279
 kind of fasting.

00:21:35.399 --> 00:21:35.740
 This is not

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 what the word

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 means in

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.879
 the Greek

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.420
 language.

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 And I'm not

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 saying you can't

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.599
 deny yourself

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.299
 other things.

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:41.680
 There could be

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.119
 a lot of good

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.660
 health and

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.619
 staying off

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.200
 social media

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.960
 for a while

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.359
 as an example.

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.440
 But when the

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:47.940
 scripture talks

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.519
 about fasting

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.019
 it's talking

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.779
 about denying

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.319
 ourselves

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.460
 food

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.839
 for a particular

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 amount of

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:53.980
 time

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:56.119
 for a particular

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:57.059
 purpose

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 and it is

00:21:59.099 --> 00:21:59.859
 always

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.899
 accompanied

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:02.319
 by prayer.

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.879
 It's always

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.359
 accompanied

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.139
 by prayer.

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.899
 One can

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.639
 pray without

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.240
 fasting

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.339
 but you

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.659
 cannot

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.359
 fast

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:10.799
 without

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.740
 praying.

00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:12.959
 It always

00:22:12.959 --> 00:22:13.439
 walks

00:22:13.439 --> 00:22:14.039
 hand in

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.240
 hand

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.639
 together

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.039
 and here

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.359
 you start

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.679
 to see

00:22:15.679 --> 00:22:16.159
 some of

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.359
 this

00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:17.219
 chiastic

00:22:17.219 --> 00:22:18.059
 significance.

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:19.939
 Fasting is

00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:20.199
 to be

00:22:20.199 --> 00:22:20.599
 accompanied

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.139
 by

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:22.679
 prayer.

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.019
 And we

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.319
 have a

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:23.699
 number of

00:22:23.699 --> 00:22:24.119
 examples.

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.379
 I just

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.519
 want to

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:24.699
 give you

00:22:24.699 --> 00:22:25.039
 a few

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.439
 of them.

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.079
 I don't

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.359
 believe

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:26.759
 this is

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.740
 exhaustive

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.579
 but

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.419
 times that

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:29.940
 we see

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.680
 particular

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.640
 purposes

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:33.140
 of fasting

00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.440
 in the

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.740
 scripture

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:35.300
 during times

00:22:35.300 --> 00:22:36.200
 of sorrow

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.840
 David

00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.460
 fasted

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.980
 to pray

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.860
 for the

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.480
 first child

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.279
 of Bathsheba

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.800
 which

00:22:41.800 --> 00:22:42.600
 eventually

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.940
 died.

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.640
 2 Samuel

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.240
 chapter 12

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.660
 and verse

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.880
 16.

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.800
 He was

00:22:47.800 --> 00:22:48.500
 grieving

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.759
 for the

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.019
 life of

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.360
 this child.

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.180
 He pleaded

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.620
 with God

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:50.860
 for the

00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:51.440
 life of

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.779
 this child

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.060
 and he

00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:52.620
 accompanied

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.340
 that prayer

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:54.560
 with fasting.

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.080
 During

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:56.700
 times of

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.000
 great

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.600
 danger

00:22:57.600 --> 00:22:59.319
 King

00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.980
 Jehoshaphat

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:01.340
 which we

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:01.539
 want to

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.920
 talk about

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.240
 just because

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.640
 it's fun

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:02.980
 to say

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.779
 Jehoshaphat

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:05.600
 proclaimed a

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.740
 national fast

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.220
 in Judah

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.900
 when they

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.400
 were threatened

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.640
 to be

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.120
 attacked

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:09.620
 in 2

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.140
 Chronicles

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:11.019
 chapter 20

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.620
 and verse

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.680
 3.

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.920
 We see

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.519
 fasting in

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.900
 the Bible

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.740
 during times

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.559
 of repentance

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:19.240
 when the

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.620
 Ninevites

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.000
 heard the

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.259
 preaching

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.860
 of Jonah

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:22.220
 the king

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.660
 of Nineveh

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.480
 decreed a

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.180
 fast

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.600
 this Jonah

00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:25.299
 chapter 3

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.019
 verse 5

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.180
 and

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.640
 following.

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.920
 And during

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.880
 the need

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.299
 for

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.440
 clarity

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.220
 we see

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:34.160
 fasting

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.060
 the beginning

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:36.259
 of ministry

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.279
 and the

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.640
 continuation

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.840
 of ministry

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:41.080
 we're

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.360
 familiar

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:41.860
 with Jesus

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.320
 fasting

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.840
 for 40

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.180
 days

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.600
 and 40

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:44.039
 nights

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.320
 before

00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.680
 beginning

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 his

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 ministry

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 that one's

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 mine

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 Jesus

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 fasted

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 for 40

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 days

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 and 40

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 nights

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 before

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 beginning

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 his

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 ministry

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 before

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 the church

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 in Antioch

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 set Paul

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 and Barnabas

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 apart

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 for a

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 missionary

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 trip

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 they were

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 doing

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 what?

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 They were

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 praying

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 and fasting

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 in Acts

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 chapter 13

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 verse 2

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 and 3

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 and then

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 they commissioned

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 Paul and

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 Barnabas

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 to go

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 as missionaries

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 to the

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 Gentiles

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 and as

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 Paul and

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 Barnabas

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 are going

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 about this

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 work

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 it's recorded

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 that they

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 are praying

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 and fasting

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 as they

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 appoint elders

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 in the

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 churches

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 that they

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 found

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 Acts

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 chapter 14

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 and verse

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 23

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 and so

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 fasting

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 can be

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 very

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 helpful

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 to remind

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 us

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 of our

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 great

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 need

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 of God

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 right

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 as you

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 feel the

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 hunger

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 in your

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 belly

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 you say

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 who is it

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 that sustains

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 me

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 even as

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 I'm hungry

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 it is my

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 father who

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 is in

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 heaven

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 who gives

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 good gifts

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 to his

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 children

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 and I

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 ought to

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 flee to

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 him

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 in prayer

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 so I

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 very rarely

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 like to

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 use myself

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 as the

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 model

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 and I

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 think that

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 I can

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 grow in

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 how much

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 and how

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 well

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 I fast

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.859
 but I

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 set aside

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 periodic

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 times for

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 fasting

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 when there

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 are big

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 decisions

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 that need

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 to be

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 made

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 there's

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 something

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 looming

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.179
 on the

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 horizon

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:08.399
 we're

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 doing

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 planning

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 Doug and

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 I

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 right now

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 for next

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 year for

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 the church

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 and I've

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 already

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.379
 taken some

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:13.740
 time

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.519
 a day

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 of not

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 eating

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 and devoted

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 prayer for

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 that purpose

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 Lord help

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 me to

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 see

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 it drives

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 me to

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 my knees

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.619
 right as

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 I feel

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:25.579
 this lack

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.460
 of sustenance

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 to go to

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:28.240
 the sustainer

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 right and

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.859
 to aim my

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 praying at

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 something very

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.919
 particular

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:33.619
 most every

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.519
 Sunday morning

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.559
 I fast

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 it's the rare

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.579
 Sunday morning

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:36.980
 that I'll go

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.519
 I'm just too

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.000
 hungry I

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.519
 gotta go into

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.000
 the service

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.799
 without

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.919
 but often

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:42.159
 my fast

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.720
 is broken

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.899
 right from

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.159
 the night

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.980
 before when

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 we have the

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.059
 Lord's Supper

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.839
 together in our

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.500
 Lord's Supper

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.179
 gathering

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:49.039
 before

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 and it

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 helps me

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 it sets

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.960
 my mind

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.840
 moving in

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.840
 the right

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.759
 direction

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.259
 right

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.279
 I need

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.120
 right physical

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:57.840
 food to fill

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.259
 me up

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.620
 I need

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:59.019
 God's

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.519
 spirit

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.539
 more than

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.860
 that

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.600
 for this

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:01.940
 day

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.740
 right and

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.140
 then sometime

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.880
 after you guys

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.380
 I'll leave at

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.200
 1.30 or 2

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.860
 I go

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:07.220
 I need lunch

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:09.000
 absolutely

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.900
 starving

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.500
 right

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.460
 but I do

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:11.840
 these things

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.360
 I purpose

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.180
 these things

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.240
 to help

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:15.140
 bring my

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.720
 focus

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.860
 to big

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.299
 matters

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.740
 that definitely

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.720
 need God's

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.240
 sustaining

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.400
 work

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:23.220
 so

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:25.220
 the connection

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.420
 to this prayer

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.340
 of our daily bread

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:29.160
 depriving ourselves

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.960
 of daily bread

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:32.120
 serves as a reminder

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:33.380
 from whom our

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.160
 daily bread

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:35.400
 comes from

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.840
 and therefore

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:38.100
 how dependent

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:38.860
 we are

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.960
 upon our

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.660
 heavenly father

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:42.180
 for all

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:43.600
 things

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.240
 right

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.200
 isn't that cool

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.440
 that chiastic

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.980
 structure

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.340
 there

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:48.880
 so pray like

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.200
 Jesus

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.620
 give us

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.059
 this day

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.840
 our daily

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.259
 bread

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.600
 and I'll

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:53.200
 add to that

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.880
 and fast

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.279
 from time

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.660
 to time

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.519
 to help

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.160
 you pray

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.299
 in this way

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:58.779
 secondly

00:26:58.779 --> 00:27:00.920
 pray like

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.360
 Jesus

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:03.059
 forgive us

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.519
 our debts

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.640
 pray like

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.059
 Jesus

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.319
 forgive us

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.779
 our debts

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.259
 this is

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.960
 verse 12

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.240
 and then

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.120
 verse 14

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:11.039
 and 15

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.559
 verse 12

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:11.799
 says

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.340
 and forgive us

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:12.720
 our debts

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.440
 as we also

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.100
 have forgiven

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:15.080
 our debtors

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.340
 and then

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:15.819
 verse 14

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.400
 and 15

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.539
 elaborates

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.000
 on this

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.500
 for if you

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.880
 forgive

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.560
 others

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.340
 their trespasses

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.820
 your heavenly

00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:21.240
 father will

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.860
 also forgive

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.600
 you

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.740
 but if you

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.180
 do not

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.680
 forgive others

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.460
 their trespasses

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.340
 neither will

00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:26.700
 your heavenly

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.520
 father forgive

00:27:27.520 --> 00:27:28.260
 your

00:27:28.260 --> 00:27:29.480
 trespasses

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.540
 so

00:27:30.540 --> 00:27:32.180
 this is a

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.520
 difficult

00:27:32.520 --> 00:27:33.240
 text

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.900
 because taken

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.280
 on its

00:27:35.280 --> 00:27:35.800
 surface

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.300
 it would

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:36.880
 seem that

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.220
 Jesus

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.940
 is here

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.420
 teaching

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.720
 that our

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.180
 forgiveness

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.320
 is dependent

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:42.680
 upon our

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:42.960
 willingness

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.700
 to forgive

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.140
 others

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.760
 that we

00:27:44.760 --> 00:27:45.500
 must first

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.860
 forgive

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.380
 and then

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.040
 God will

00:27:47.040 --> 00:27:47.420
 extend

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.100
 forgiveness

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:49.559
 to us

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.159
 right

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.679
 this

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.079
 would

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.539
 seem

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.099
 to present

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.859
 a works

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.279
 based

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.219
 version

00:27:54.219 --> 00:27:54.559
 of

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.500
 salvation

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.000
 that

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.459
 our

00:27:56.459 --> 00:27:56.899
 salvation

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.579
 is dependent

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.480
 upon our

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.359
 willingness

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.240
 to forgive

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.079
 others

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.679
 is this what

00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:02.619
 Jesus is teaching

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:02.959
 here

00:28:02.959 --> 00:28:04.199
 no

00:28:04.199 --> 00:28:05.799
 oh may it

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.299
 never be

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.719
 that that's

00:28:06.719 --> 00:28:07.059
 what he

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.779
 is teaching

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.139
 here

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:09.339
 what he's

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.099
 rather teaching

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:11.599
 in interesting

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.339
 language

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:14.220
 is that

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.299
 if we

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.480
 are

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.899
 forgiven

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:17.159
 we

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:17.359
 will

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.759
 be

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:19.199
 forgiving

00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:19.959
 and we

00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:20.279
 must

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.599
 look

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.019
 at

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.939
 larger

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.980
 context

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.000
 to wrap

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.579
 our brains

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.359
 around that

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.740
 here

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.119
 so turn

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:26.319
 with me

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.519
 if you

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.659
 will

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 to

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.079
 Matthew

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.500
 chapter

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.299
 18

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:30.919
 and

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.099
 verse

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.639
 21

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:38.920
 the parable

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.240
 of the

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.980
 ungracious

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:42.420
 servant

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:43.820
 beginning

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.300
 verse 21

00:28:44.300 --> 00:28:44.740
 and following

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:46.820
 then Peter

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.180
 came up

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.420
 and said

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.759
 to him

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.040
 Lord

00:28:48.040 --> 00:28:48.720
 how often

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.000
 will my

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.180
 brother

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.620
 sin against

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:49.820
 me

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.340
 and I

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.660
 forgive

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:50.980
 him

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:52.460
 as many

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.040
 as seven

00:28:53.040 --> 00:28:53.580
 times

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.320
 Jesus

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:54.680
 said to

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:54.840
 him

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.300
 I do

00:28:55.300 --> 00:28:55.600
 not say

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:55.920
 to you

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.200
 seven

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.580
 times

00:28:56.580 --> 00:28:56.800
 but

00:28:56.800 --> 00:28:57.320
 seventy

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.159
 seven

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:59.019
 times

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.619
 so he's

00:28:59.619 --> 00:28:59.939
 essentially

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.319
 saying

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.879
 an infinite

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.179
 amount

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:01.599
 of times

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:01.939
 you will

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.339
 forgive

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.460
 your

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.799
 brother

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:05.200
 therefore

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.819
 he launches

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.119
 in this

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.399
 parable

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:06.759
 the kingdom

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.119
 of heaven

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.399
 may be

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:07.859
 compared

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.240
 to a

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.639
 king

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.779
 who wished

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.259
 to settle

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.859
 accounts

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.419
 with his

00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:12.000
 servants

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.159
 when he

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.659
 began to

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:13.899
 settle

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.519
 one was

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.720
 brought

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.079
 to him

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.460
 who owed

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.700
 him

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.099
 ten

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:17.019
 thousand

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:18.119
 talents

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:19.059
 and ten

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.059
 thousand

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:21.240
 talents

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.839
 would have

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.359
 been an

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.899
 unpayable

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.519
 debt

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.279
 this would

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.539
 have been

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.379
 lifetime

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:27.119
 upon lifetime

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:28.059
 upon lifetime

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.679
 of income

00:29:28.679 --> 00:29:29.479
 that's meant

00:29:29.479 --> 00:29:30.419
 to jump

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.799
 out

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.779
 to the

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.059
 listeners

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.459
 of Jesus

00:29:32.459 --> 00:29:33.039
 parable

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.099
 talents

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.559
 what is a

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:34.819
 talent

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.239
 we don't

00:29:35.239 --> 00:29:35.699
 get that

00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:36.599
 billions

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.219
 and billions

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:37.719
 and billions

00:29:37.719 --> 00:29:38.179
 of dollars

00:29:38.179 --> 00:29:38.639
 you need

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.559
 to understand

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.239
 this is

00:29:40.239 --> 00:29:41.679
 unpayable

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.819
 debt

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.519
 in verse

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.079
 25

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.559
 and since

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.899
 he could

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.479
 not pay

00:29:45.479 --> 00:29:46.099
 he would

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.500
 not be

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.279
 able to

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.959
 pay

00:29:47.959 --> 00:29:48.779
 his master

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.919
 ordered him

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.339
 to be

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.659
 sold

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:50.979
 with his

00:29:50.979 --> 00:29:51.479
 wife and

00:29:51.479 --> 00:29:51.739
 children

00:29:51.739 --> 00:29:52.239
 all that

00:29:52.239 --> 00:29:52.599
 he had

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.500
 and payment

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.379
 to be

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:54.739
 made

00:29:54.739 --> 00:29:55.639
 so the

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:55.919
 servant

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.459
 fell on

00:29:56.459 --> 00:29:56.819
 his knees

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.359
 imploring

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.539
 him

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.759
 have

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.379
 patience

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:58.859
 with me

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.480
 and I

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.639
 will

00:29:59.639 --> 00:29:59.879
 pay

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.059
 you

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.559
 everything

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.799
 and out

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.119
 of pity

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.460
 for him

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.980
 the master

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.339
 of that

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.579
 servant

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.359
 released him

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:05.279
 and forgave

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.500
 him

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.200
 the debt

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.559
 but when

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.059
 that same

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.399
 servant

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:08.839
 went out

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.179
 he found

00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:09.539
 one of his

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.119
 fellow servants

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.500
 who owed

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.960
 him a

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.679
 hundred

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.759
 denarii

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:14.200
 and seizing

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.559
 him he

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.039
 began to

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.779
 choke him

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.319
 saying

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.279
 pay what

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.079
 you owe

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.700
 now a hundred

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.200
 denarii was

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.059
 also a lot

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.599
 of money

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:20.899
 this would

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.119
 have been

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.559
 a denarii

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.159
 was a day's

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.559
 wage

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:22.899
 this would

00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:23.119
 have been

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:24.679
 a month's

00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:24.960
 worth

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.900
 income

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.900
 still a lot

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.360
 of money

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:29.220
 so his

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.759
 fellow servant

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.340
 fell down

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:30.779
 and pleaded

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.299
 with him

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.039
 have patience

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.400
 with me

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.660
 and I

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:32.860
 will

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.880
 pay you

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:35.480
 he refused

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.840
 and went

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:36.579
 out and put

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.120
 him in prison

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:37.779
 until he

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.299
 should pay

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.900
 the debt

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:40.120
 when his

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.579
 fellow servant

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.120
 saw what

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.360
 had taken

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:41.759
 place

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.059
 they were

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.380
 greatly

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.960
 distressed

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.759
 and they

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.140
 went and

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.660
 reported to

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.120
 their master

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.799
 all that

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.100
 had taken

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.600
 place

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.660
 then his

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.059
 master

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.759
 summoned him

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.100
 and said

00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:49.460
 to him

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.039
 you wicked

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.500
 servant

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.220
 I

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.539
 forgave

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.660
 you

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.019
 all

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.299
 that

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.539
 debt

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.799
 because

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:52.960
 you

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.259
 pleaded

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.720
 with me

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.480
 and should

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.720
 not

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.000
 you

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.259
 have

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.420
 had

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.900
 mercy

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.180
 on

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.299
 your

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.579
 fellow

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.119
 servant

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:58.099
 as I

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.279
 had

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.660
 mercy

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.799
 on you

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.880
 and in

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.119
 anger

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.480
 his master

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.099
 delivered him

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.460
 to the

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.859
 jailers

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.240
 until he

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.500
 should pay

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.799
 all his

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.039
 debt

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:05.119
 so also

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.880
 my heavenly

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.160
 father

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.519
 will do

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.900
 to every

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.160
 one of

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.339
 you

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.660
 if you

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:07.799
 do

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.099
 not

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.660
 forgive

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.339
 your

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.640
 brother

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.779
 from

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:10.920
 your

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.319
 heart

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:13.160
 so

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.839
 the grace

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.519
 that we

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.019
 have

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:16.339
 received

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:18.140
 should

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.579
 it

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.380
 necessarily

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.720
 makes

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.400
 us

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.680
 gracious

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:24.140
 having

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.380
 been

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.820
 saved

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.100
 by the

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.280
 grace

00:31:25.280 --> 00:31:25.440
 of

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.700
 God

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:25.860
 and

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.020
 been

00:31:26.020 --> 00:31:26.220
 given

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.580
 his

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:27.240
 spirit

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.060
 he

00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:28.640
 works

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.040
 in

00:31:29.040 --> 00:31:29.540
 us

00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:31.060
 mercy

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:31.840
 grace

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:32.580
 the

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:33.040
 mercy

00:31:33.040 --> 00:31:33.220
 of

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.380
 God

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.600
 toward

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:33.860
 us

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.140
 should

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.500
 find

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.880
 us

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.540
 humble

00:31:35.540 --> 00:31:36.540
 and

00:31:36.540 --> 00:31:36.960
 forgiving

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:38.300
 our

00:31:38.300 --> 00:31:38.720
 willingness

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.040
 to

00:31:39.040 --> 00:31:39.380
 forgive

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.900
 others

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.780
 evidences

00:31:40.780 --> 00:31:41.840
 the

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.300
 forgiveness

00:31:42.300 --> 00:31:43.320
 that we

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:43.740
 have

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.920
 received

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:46.440
 Paul

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:46.720
 writes

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:46.820
 in

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.160
 Ephesians

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.440
 chapter

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.960
 4

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.320
 verse

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:48.880
 32

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:50.400
 be

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.820
 kind

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.000
 to

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.140
 one

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.480
 another

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.460
 tender

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.100
 hearted

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:54.100
 forgiving

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.360
 one

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:54.680
 another

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.040
 as

00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:55.460
 God

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:55.840
 in

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.540
 Christ

00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:57.420
 forgave

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.380
 you

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.520
 becomes

00:31:59.520 --> 00:31:59.820
 the

00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:00.660
 necessary

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.280
 thing

00:32:01.280 --> 00:32:01.600
 that we

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:01.820
 do

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.100
 because

00:32:02.100 --> 00:32:02.400
 of the

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.780
 great

00:32:02.780 --> 00:32:03.280
 forgiveness

00:32:03.280 --> 00:32:04.060
 that we

00:32:04.060 --> 00:32:04.980
 have

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.620
 received

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.440
 we

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.920
 need

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.600
 God's

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.080
 forgiveness

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.820
 and his

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.460
 continued

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.080
 grace

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.880
 to be

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.960
 forgiving

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.180
 so we

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.460
 should

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.820
 pray

00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:14.620
 in this

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:14.900
 way

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.500
 I

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.760
 also

00:32:16.760 --> 00:32:17.140
 think

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.480
 that we

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.620
 should

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:17.760
 be

00:32:17.760 --> 00:32:18.200
 careful

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.759
 in the

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.400
 way we

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.819
 approach

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.299
 God

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.120
 in our

00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:22.380
 prayers

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:23.460
 we

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.539
 should

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.700
 be

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.140
 careful

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.620
 in the

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:24.900
 way

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.279
 that we

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.759
 approach

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.140
 God

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.620
 in our

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.140
 praying

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.680
 as we

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.080
 come to

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.299
 him

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:29.000
 to make

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.980
 confession

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.319
 too often

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.759
 we come

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.259
 to him

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.200
 and we

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.600
 haven't

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.120
 gone and

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.680
 forgiven

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.519
 others

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.220
 we

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.640
 come to

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:36.840
 him

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.440
 entirely

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.700
 unmerciful

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.680
 asking

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.180
 for

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.740
 continued

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:42.039
 mercy

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.160
 ignoring

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.700
 the fact

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.059
 that he's

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.779
 been so

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.539
 gracious to

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.799
 us

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.359
 in

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.220
 Christ

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.799
 and

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.139
 not

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.480
 turning

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.680
 that

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:48.899
 out

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.159
 in

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:50.019
 graciousness

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.500
 towards

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.279
 others

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.119
 we

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.319
 come

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.440
 to

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.619
 him

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:52.980
 pleading

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.420
 more

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.899
 grace

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.299
 on

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.759
 our

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.899
 behalf

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:57.059
 don't

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.460
 forget

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.099
 just a

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.420
 chapter

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.779
 ago

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:58.940
 in

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.180
 Matthew

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.500
 chapter

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.920
 5

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.200
 verse

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.839
 23

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.099
 and

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.839
 24

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.940
 Jesus

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.259
 said

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.539
 so if

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.619
 you

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:03.759
 were

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.119
 offering

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.339
 your

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.559
 gift

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.680
 at

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:04.819
 the

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.139
 altar

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.480
 and

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.659
 there

00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:06.119
 remember

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.379
 that

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.519
 your

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.799
 brother

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.079
 has

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.480
 something

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.879
 against

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.240
 you

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.399
 leave

00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:09.599
 your

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:09.819
 gift

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.059
 there

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.359
 before

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:10.579
 the

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:10.879
 altar

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.159
 and

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.519
 go

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.319
 first

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.519
 be

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.159
 reconciled

00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:13.279
 to

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.420
 your

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.700
 brother

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:13.940
 and

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.180
 then

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.900
 come

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.539
 and

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.920
 offer

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.860
 your

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.180
 gift

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.580
 so I

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:17.740
 think

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:17.860
 we

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:17.980
 should

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.140
 be

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.519
 careful

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.799
 about

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.019
 the

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.279
 way

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.460
 that

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.580
 we

00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:19.960
 come

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.120
 and

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.480
 ask

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.880
 for

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.740
 the

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.380
 continuing

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.000
 forgiveness

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.500
 the

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.779
 day

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.039
 in

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.220
 the

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.460
 day

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:24.700
 out

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.220
 confession

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.480
 of

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.720
 our

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.080
 sin

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:26.860
 that

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.059
 we're

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.500
 careful

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.700
 that

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:27.799
 we're

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:27.960
 not

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.600
 harboring

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:29.120
 bitterness

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.500
 towards

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.880
 others

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.660
 as

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:30.819
 we

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.000
 do

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.259
 that

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.600
 very

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.240
 thing

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.700
 so

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.580
 we

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:33.740
 should

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.100
 pray

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.860
 like

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.319
 Jesus

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:36.860
 forgive

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.299
 us

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.259
 our

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.600
 debts

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:38.600


00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.380
 deliver

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.620
 us

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:44.779
 from

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.039
 evil

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.960
 verse

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.240
 13

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.440
 says

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.600
 and

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:46.799
 lead

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:46.980
 us

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.279
 not

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.539
 into

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.080
 temptation

00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:49.080
 but

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.460
 deliver

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.940
 us

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:51.299
 from

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.559
 evil

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:53.400
 Jesus

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.799
 tells

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.120
 Peter

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.360
 in

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:54.700
 Matthew

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.080
 chapter

00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.819
 26

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.299
 and

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.640
 verse

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.460
 41

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.980
 and

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.360
 remember

00:33:58.360 --> 00:33:58.900
 this is

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.120
 in the

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.480
 garden

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.799
 garden

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:00.940
 of

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.480
 Gethsemane

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.779
 and

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:01.940
 not

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.200
 too

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.380
 many

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.680
 hours

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:02.960
 before

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.340
 this

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:03.880
 at

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.120
 the

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.559
 last

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:04.940
 supper

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:04.960
!

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.480
 Peter

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.920
 has

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.720
 proclaimed

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.019
 under

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.380
 his own

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.720
 power

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:08.860
 that

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:08.940
 he

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.059
 would

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.440
 never

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.840
 deny

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.220
 Jesus

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.860
 right

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.360
 self

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.840
 sufficient

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.480
 I

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.720
 would

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.280
 never

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.120
 do

00:34:14.120 --> 00:34:14.380
 this

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.720
 thing

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:14.880
 and

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.140
 then

00:34:15.140 --> 00:34:15.800
 Jesus

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.200
 finds

00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:16.420
 him

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.320
 sleeping

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.680
 in

00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:17.800
 the

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.019
 garden

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.200
 and

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.320
 he

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.760
 says

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.780
 watch

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.100
 and

00:34:20.100 --> 00:34:20.580
 pray

00:34:20.580 --> 00:34:21.620
 that

00:34:21.620 --> 00:34:21.780
 you

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.019
 may

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.320
 not

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.740
 enter

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.300
 into

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:23.820
 temptation

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.740
 the

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.140
 spirit

00:34:25.140 --> 00:34:25.580
 indeed

00:34:25.580 --> 00:34:25.800
 is

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.100
 willing

00:34:26.100 --> 00:34:26.580
 but

00:34:26.580 --> 00:34:26.800
 the

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.360
 flesh

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.380
 is

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.760
 weak

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:28.760


00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.120
 Sin

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:30.300
 is

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.000
 prowling

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.420
 around

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.340
 every

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.340
 corner

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.380
 and

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:34.580
 we

00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:35.560
 should

00:34:35.560 --> 00:34:35.800
 not

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.000
 think

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.220
 too

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.560
 much

00:34:36.560 --> 00:34:36.720
 of

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.200
 ourselves

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:37.460
 that

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.580
 we

00:34:37.580 --> 00:34:37.880
 won't

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.360
 fall

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.900
 victim

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.180
 to

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.340
 the

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.720
 very

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.340
 most

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:41.180
 egregious

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.740
 of

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.140
 sins

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.140


00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:43.159
 it

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.359
 is

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:43.900
 but

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.059
 for

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.159
 the

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.339
 grace

00:34:44.339 --> 00:34:44.500
 of

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.779
 God

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.000
 that

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.139
 we

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.279
 are

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:45.579
 not

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.799
 the

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.480
 absolute

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.799
 continually

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.619
 worst

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.719
 of

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.059
 sinners

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.539
 and so

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.759
 we need

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.259
 to pray

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:51.859
 that God

00:34:51.859 --> 00:34:52.079
 would

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.859
 lead us

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.159
 away

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.659
 from

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.619
 evil

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:54.980
 and

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.659
 toward

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:57.039
 good

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.039
 Jesus

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.559
 prays this

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.059
 for us

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.819
 in what's

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.039
 called

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.420
 the high

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.879
 priesthood

00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:01.079
 prayer

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.500
 in John

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.799
 chapter

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.339
 17

00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:02.639
 verse

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.719
 15

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.039
 where he

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.199
 says

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.440
 I do

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.639
 not

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.079
 ask

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.480
 that you

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.779
 take

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:05.960
 them

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.239
 out

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.339
 of

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:06.460
 the

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.779
 world

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.639
 but

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:07.779
 that

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:07.900
 you

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.359
 keep

00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:08.779
 them

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.579
 from

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.019
 the evil

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.400
 one

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.139
 we

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.300
 would

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.400
 be

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.539
 a

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:11.920
 people

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.800
 growing

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.160
 in

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:13.740
 holiness

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:14.280
 for

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.400
 the

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.780
 praise

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.639
 of

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:15.780
 our

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.139
 God

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:17.380
 and

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.559
 our

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.900
 heavenly

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.360
 father

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.320
 is

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.860
 pleased

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.280
 to

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.420
 do

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.780
 this

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.460
 he

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.960
 seeks

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.180
 the

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:22.559
 good

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.360
 of

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.500
 his

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.880
 people

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.400
 for

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.519
 the

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.760
 glory

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:24.960
 of

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.139
 his

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.559
 name

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.679
!

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.279
 Paul

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.480
 writes

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.599
 in

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:26.719
 1

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.019
 Corinthians

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.320
 chapter

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.659
 10

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.039
 verse

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.099
 13

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:30.659
 no

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.219
 temptation

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.799
 has

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.320
 overtaken

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:32.639
 you

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.279
 that

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.420
 is

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.759
 not

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.579
 common

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.259
 to

00:35:35.259 --> 00:35:35.579
 man

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.039
 right

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.639
 you

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:36.860
 do

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.059
 not

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.380
 ever

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.820
 find

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.420
 yourself

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:39.079
 in

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.219
 the

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.380
 middle

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.519
 of

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.619
 a

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.019
 temptation

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.299
 that

00:35:40.299 --> 00:35:40.619
 no

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:40.820
 one

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.039
 else

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.179
 has

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.380
 ever

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.059
 experienced

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.519
 there's

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:42.759
 never

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.039
 a

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.539
 unique

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.059
 temptation

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.719
 to

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.019
 you

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.519
 right

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.860
 you

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.019
 have

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.360
 no

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.759
 excuse

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:46.980
 to

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.299
 say

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:47.880
 well

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.340
 yeah

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.820
 God's

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:48.940
 been

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.199
 gracious

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.420
 in

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.759
 other

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.460
 circumstances

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.860
 but

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.000
 he

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.259
 doesn't

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.639
 understand

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.000
 this

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.539
 circumstance

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:52.539


00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.199
 it's

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.199


00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.639
 common

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.539
 we

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:54.699
 are

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.199
 all

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.939
 experiencing

00:35:55.939 --> 00:35:57.399
 temptation

00:35:57.399 --> 00:35:57.799
 right

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:58.299
 common

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:58.539
 to

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:58.799
 man

00:35:58.799 --> 00:36:00.079
 but

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.359
 13

00:36:00.359 --> 00:36:00.579
 goes

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:00.980
 on

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:02.379
 God

00:36:02.379 --> 00:36:03.399
 is

00:36:03.399 --> 00:36:04.819
 faithful

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:06.719
 God

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.099
 is

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.699
 faithful

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.500
 despite

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.059
 our

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:10.439
 unfaithfulness

00:36:10.439 --> 00:36:11.219
 despite

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.839
 how often

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:12.219
 we are

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.559
 given

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.039
 to

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.919
 temptation

00:36:13.919 --> 00:36:14.279
 and

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.579
 give

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.019
 in

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.659
 to

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.139
 temptation

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.379
 God

00:36:17.379 --> 00:36:18.379
 is

00:36:18.379 --> 00:36:18.759
 faithful

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:20.000
 and

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.179
 he

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.339
 will

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:20.679
 not

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:20.960
 let

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.099
 you

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.319
 be

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.699
 tempted

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:23.000
 beyond

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.280
 your

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.780
 ability

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:25.139
 his

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.500
 working

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.739
 in

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:25.960
 you

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.460
 ability

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.179
 but

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.380
 with

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:27.500
 the

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.900
 temptation

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.139
 he

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.260
 will

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.500
 also

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.000
 provide

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.260
 the

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:29.679
 way

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.239
 of

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:30.739
 escape

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:30.980
 that

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.099
 you

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.340
 may

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.519
 be

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:31.940
 able

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.760
 to

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.619
 endure

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:33.920
 it

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:35.019
 and

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.119
 so

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.340
 Paul

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.619
 tells

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:35.760
 us

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:35.880
 that

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.000
 we

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.179
 can

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.880
 confidently

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.380
 pray

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:38.739
 confidently

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.199
 pray

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.679
 that

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:39.860
 God

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.000
 would

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.159
 do

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.420
 this

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.539
 on

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:40.699
 our

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.000
 behalf

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.239
 because

00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:41.619
 God

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.320
 is

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.179
 faithful

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.579
 right

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:43.840
 the

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.219
 temptation

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.440
 you're

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.860
 experiencing

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.099
 is

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.280
 not

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.679
 unique

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:45.840
 to

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:46.099
 you

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.679
 pray

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:46.840
 that

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.019
 God

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.179
 would

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.519
 deliver

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.719
 you

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.019
 from

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.179
 it

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.639
 and

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.239
 act

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:50.159
 and

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:50.800
 move

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.080
 with

00:36:51.080 --> 00:36:51.220
 the

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:51.420
 very

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.920
 impulse

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.180
 that

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:52.440
 he

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:53.600
 provides

00:36:53.600 --> 00:36:53.780
 that

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:53.880
 you

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.000
 would

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.120
 be

00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:54.580
 delivered

00:36:54.580 --> 00:36:55.300
 from

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.960
 that

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.460
 evil

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.280
 to

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.420
 the

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.820
 praise

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.160
 of

00:36:58.160 --> 00:36:58.300
 his

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.800
 glorious

00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:00.000
 name

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:01.120
 as

00:37:01.120 --> 00:37:01.440
 God's

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.680
 people

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:01.880
 we

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.000
 are

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.220
 meant

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:02.360
 to

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.600
 be

00:37:02.600 --> 00:37:03.180
 set

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:03.660
 apart

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:04.620
 as

00:37:04.620 --> 00:37:05.120
 unique

00:37:05.120 --> 00:37:05.360
 in

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.480
 the

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.760
 world

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.140
 right

00:37:06.140 --> 00:37:06.620
 we're

00:37:06.620 --> 00:37:06.940
 supposed

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.440
 to

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.780
 look

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.740
 different

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.420
 we're

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.680
 supposed

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:10.160
 to be

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.580
 haters

00:37:10.580 --> 00:37:10.940
 of

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.320
 sin

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.600
 and

00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:12.200
 lovers

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:13.140
 of

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.560
 good

00:37:13.560 --> 00:37:14.160
 we're

00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:14.260
 supposed

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:14.480
 to be

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.140
 pursuing

00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:15.900
 righteousness

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.260
 with

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.820
 all

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.380
 that

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.519
 we

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.840
 are

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.039
 and

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.200
 it's

00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:18.380
 in

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.660
 doing

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.000
 this

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.140
 that

00:37:19.140 --> 00:37:19.260
 we

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.780
 become

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.300
 the

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.800
 aroma

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.620
 of

00:37:21.620 --> 00:37:22.080
 Christ

00:37:22.080 --> 00:37:22.680
 right

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:22.960
 for

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.340
 some

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.600
 that's

00:37:23.600 --> 00:37:23.720
 the

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.019
 aroma

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.280
 of

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.600
 death

00:37:24.600 --> 00:37:25.360
 for

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.820
 others

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.140
 that's

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:26.260
 the

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.519
 aroma

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:26.820
 of

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.440
 life

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.580
 oh

00:37:28.580 --> 00:37:28.720
 and

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:28.820
 we

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.000
 want

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.220
 people

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.380
 to

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.519
 come

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.680
 to

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:30.040
 life

00:37:30.040 --> 00:37:30.440
 in

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.440
 Christ

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.040
 as

00:37:32.040 --> 00:37:32.340
 they

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:33.620
 smell

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:34.140
 our

00:37:34.140 --> 00:37:34.500
 lives

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.860
 right

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.540
 as

00:37:35.540 --> 00:37:35.680
 they're

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:36.260
 witnesses

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.280
!

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.580
 to

00:37:37.580 --> 00:37:37.980
 us

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.200
 who

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:38.560
 walk

00:37:38.560 --> 00:37:38.780
 in

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:38.920
 the

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.200
 light

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:39.460
 and

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.840
 not

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:41.000
 in

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.360
 darkness

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:41.880
 and

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.040
 so

00:37:42.040 --> 00:37:42.180
 we

00:37:42.180 --> 00:37:42.320
 should

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.700
 pray

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:43.240
 like

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.760
 Jesus

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.340
 deliver

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:45.300
 us

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:46.900
 from

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.220
 evil

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:49.379
 one

00:37:49.379 --> 00:37:49.739
 final

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.279
 observation

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:52.480
 we

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:52.639
 have

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.000
 noted

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.219
 that

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.439
 the

00:37:53.439 --> 00:37:53.799
 prayers

00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:54.000
 of

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.459
 God's

00:37:54.459 --> 00:37:54.839
 children

00:37:54.839 --> 00:37:55.439
 begin

00:37:55.439 --> 00:37:55.899
 with

00:37:55.899 --> 00:37:56.859
 our

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:57.500
 father

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:59.059
 I

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.319
 believe

00:37:59.319 --> 00:37:59.439
 that

00:37:59.439 --> 00:37:59.579
 the

00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.879
 meaning

00:37:59.879 --> 00:38:00.079
 of

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.199
 the

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.480
 use

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.679
 of

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:00.839
 the

00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:01.219
 plural

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.819
 pronoun

00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:02.819
 our

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:03.619
 is

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.639
 layered

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:06.500
 certainly

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:08.139
 in our

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.559
 corporate

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.059
 prayers

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.500
 it is

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.000
 proper

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.439
 for the

00:38:10.439 --> 00:38:10.719
 one

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:10.879
 who

00:38:10.879 --> 00:38:11.000
 is

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.259
 leading

00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:11.459
 the

00:38:11.459 --> 00:38:11.659
 prayer

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:11.859
 to

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.219
 pray

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.899
 for

00:38:12.899 --> 00:38:13.379
 us

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:14.039
 on

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.340
 our

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.140
 behalf

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:15.420
 even

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.599
 as

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:15.760
 we

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.280
 join

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.780
 in

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.079
 the

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.440
 prayer

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.180
 too

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.680
 often

00:38:18.680 --> 00:38:19.720
 we

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.000
 sit

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.400
 idly

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.700
 by

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:20.900
 while

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.039
 the

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.300
 person

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:22.360
 prays

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:23.320
 maybe

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:24.019
 processing

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.340
 a bit

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.460
 of

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.760
 what's

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:24.940
 being

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.099
 said

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.220
 we

00:38:25.220 --> 00:38:25.320
 need

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.440
 to

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.840
 recognize

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.059
 that

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.180
 when

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.559
 somebody

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.220
 leads

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:27.780
 us

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:28.099
 they're

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.300
 leading

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:28.780
 us

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:28.940
 in

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.140
 prayer

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.300
 we

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:29.440
 are

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:29.960
 joining

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.700
 together

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:31.119
 in

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:31.680
 that

00:38:31.680 --> 00:38:32.180
 prayer

00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:32.680
 that's

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:32.840
 the

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.200
 reason

00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:33.400
 that

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.559
 the

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:33.800
 church

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:34.180
 utters

00:38:34.180 --> 00:38:35.000
 amens

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.440
 we're

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.640
 saying

00:38:35.640 --> 00:38:35.900
 let

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.039
 it

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.360
 be

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.780
 we're

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.380
 agreeing

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:37.700
 with

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:37.860
 the

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.240
 thing

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:38.960
 that's

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.260
 been

00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:40.340
 prayed

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.340


00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.460
 the

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.740
 closing

00:38:43.740 --> 00:38:43.940
 of

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.119
 a

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.420
 prayer

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.660
 if

00:38:44.660 --> 00:38:44.900
 you

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.320
 agree

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.559
 with

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.700
 the

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:46.000
 things

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:47.019
 that

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.119
 were

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.380
 prayed

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.619
 sometimes

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.880
 we

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.200
 wonder

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:48.400
 when

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.519
 we

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:48.680
 lead

00:38:48.680 --> 00:38:48.960
 public

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.260
 prayers

00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:49.579
 we go

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:50.539
 I hope

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.920
 everybody

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.280
 heard

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:51.539
 and

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:51.800
 was

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:51.960
 on

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.280
 board

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.640
 with

00:38:52.640 --> 00:38:53.579
 what

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:53.720
 we

00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:54.119
 prayed

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:55.440
 so

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.840
 it's

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.400
 part

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.559
 of

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:56.780
 that

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.059
 right

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.320
 there's

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:57.460
 a

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.700
 layer

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:58.000
 to

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.119
 it

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:58.360
 there's

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.539
 a

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:58.920
 corporate

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.420
 praying

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.039
 component

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:01.740
 but

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:01.840
 I

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.140
 also

00:39:02.140 --> 00:39:02.500
 think

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:02.760
 there

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:02.940
 is

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.099
 a

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:03.440
 further

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.960
 meaning

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.400
 Jesus

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:06.079
 has

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.519
 just

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:07.300
 instructed

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:07.960
 times

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.180
 of

00:39:08.180 --> 00:39:08.660
 secret

00:39:08.660 --> 00:39:09.019
 prayer

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:09.160
 at

00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:09.260
 the

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:09.460
 beginning

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.720
 of

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.380
 chapter

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.400
 6

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.099
 talked

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.400
 about

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:12.920
 going

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.820
 into

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.180
 a

00:39:14.180 --> 00:39:14.480
 place

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.800
 that's

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.140
 secret

00:39:15.140 --> 00:39:15.500
 and

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.860
 praying

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.039
 to

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.180
 a

00:39:16.180 --> 00:39:16.360
 God

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.519
 in

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.200
 secret

00:39:17.200 --> 00:39:17.420
 that

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:17.640
 God

00:39:17.640 --> 00:39:17.840
 would

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:18.920
 reward

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:20.740
 so

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:20.860
 I

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:20.960
 would

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.340
 suggest

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:21.519
 to

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:21.740
 you

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:21.980
 that

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.500
 even

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:22.619
 in

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:22.700
 your

00:39:22.700 --> 00:39:23.000
 private

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.420
 praying

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:23.579
 you

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.700
 should

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:23.940
 pray

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.300
 our

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:25.200
 father

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:25.380
 and

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.559
 that

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:25.980
 Jesus

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.539
 intends

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.460
 that

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.579
 we

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.079
 not

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.740
 forget

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:29.360
 even

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.519
 in

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.680
 our

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.119
 moments

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.400
 of

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:31.119
 solitude

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:32.039
 that

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.300
 God

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.519
 has

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.900
 saved

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.260
 a

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.720
 people

00:39:33.720 --> 00:39:34.780
 and

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:34.900
 that

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.039
 we

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.720
 pray

00:39:35.720 --> 00:39:36.400
 and

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:36.559
 we

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.380
 act

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:38.200
 for

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:38.519
 his

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.559
 people

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.739
 we

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.360
 have

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:42.320
 relationships

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:43.219
 with

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:43.440
 Jesus

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.799
 Christ

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.119
 I

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:44.440
 am

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:44.659
 a

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:45.320
 son

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:45.799
 of

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.059
 God

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.299
 that

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:46.500
 is

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:46.619
 an

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.059
 important

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.320
 thing

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:47.460
 to

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.079
 understand

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:49.259
 but

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.559
 maybe

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:49.880
 more

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.219
 important

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:50.340
 is

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.400
 to

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:50.619
 understand

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:50.799
 I'm

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:50.980
 part

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.079
 of

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.219
 a

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.860
 family

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.480
 of

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:52.779
 God

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.599
 I'm

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.179
 part

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:54.440
 of

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:54.779
 a

00:39:54.779 --> 00:39:55.900
 family

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.420
 of

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:57.679
 Christ

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.619
 right

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:58.799
 and

00:39:58.799 --> 00:39:59.019
 to

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.400
 pray

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.659
 on

00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:00.179
 behalf

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:00.480
 of

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.440
 others

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.980
 is

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.480
 very

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.059
 important

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:05.440
 notice

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.599
 that

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:05.719
 the

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:05.900
 plural

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.420
 pronouns

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:06.799
 have

00:40:06.799 --> 00:40:07.239
 not

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:07.639
 let

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:07.920
 up

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.179
 in

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.340
 these

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.699
 final

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:09.179
 three

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.940
 petitions

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.639
 and

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:11.119
 Jesus

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.359
 doesn't

00:40:11.359 --> 00:40:11.480
 do

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.599
 this

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:11.799
 because

00:40:11.799 --> 00:40:11.960
 he

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.239
 said

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.480
 our

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:12.779
 father

00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:12.879
 and

00:40:12.879 --> 00:40:12.919
 he

00:40:12.919 --> 00:40:13.039
 goes

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.319
 oh

00:40:13.319 --> 00:40:13.619
 man

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:13.899
 now

00:40:13.899 --> 00:40:13.960
 I

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.079
 got

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.139
 to

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:14.259
 use

00:40:14.259 --> 00:40:14.460
 plural

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.839
 pronouns

00:40:14.839 --> 00:40:15.000
 the

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.139
 rest

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:15.239
 of

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:15.299
 the

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:15.579
 time

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:16.460
 not

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.559
 at

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:16.719
 all

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:16.919
 what's

00:40:16.919 --> 00:40:17.239
 happening

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:17.480
 here

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:17.639
 he's

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:17.779
 trying

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:17.919
 to

00:40:17.919 --> 00:40:18.259
 teach

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.500
 us

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:18.980
 something

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.519
 he

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:19.899
 says

00:40:19.899 --> 00:40:20.819
 give

00:40:20.819 --> 00:40:21.179
 us

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.739
 this

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.019
 day

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.619
 our

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:23.259
 daily

00:40:23.259 --> 00:40:23.899
 bread

00:40:23.899 --> 00:40:24.619
 forgive

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:25.199
 us

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:25.699
 our

00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:26.319
 debts

00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:27.059
 deliver

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.779
 us

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.359
 from

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:29.980
 evil

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:31.659
 so

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:31.859
 we

00:40:31.859 --> 00:40:32.019
 should

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.179
 be

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:32.779
 about

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.819
 praying

00:40:33.819 --> 00:40:34.639
 pleading

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.579
 the

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.119
 cause

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.679
 of

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:37.019
 others

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.319
 this

00:40:37.319 --> 00:40:37.480
 is

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:37.699
 called

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:38.739
 intercessory

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:40.199
 prayer

00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:41.239
 do you

00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:41.599
 pray

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:42.339
 in that

00:40:42.339 --> 00:40:42.819
 way

00:40:42.819 --> 00:40:43.919
 most

00:40:43.919 --> 00:40:44.199
 of your

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.579
 prayers

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:45.139
 aimed

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:46.379
 at the

00:40:46.379 --> 00:40:46.599
 glory

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:46.919
 of God

00:40:46.919 --> 00:40:47.139
 and at

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:47.460
 others

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:47.779
 or

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:48.279
 at

00:40:48.279 --> 00:40:49.500
 yourself

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:51.419
 so in

00:40:51.419 --> 00:40:51.919
 conclusion

00:40:51.919 --> 00:40:53.119
 our

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.379
 prayers

00:40:53.379 --> 00:40:53.899
 should be

00:40:53.899 --> 00:40:54.239
 aimed

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:55.079
 at the

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:55.299
 glory

00:40:55.299 --> 00:40:55.799
 of God

00:40:55.799 --> 00:40:56.599
 that

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.299
 his

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:58.199
 fame

00:40:58.199 --> 00:40:58.459
 would

00:40:58.459 --> 00:40:58.739
 be

00:40:58.739 --> 00:40:59.500
 known

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.099
 that

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.259
 his

00:41:00.259 --> 00:41:00.619
 kingdom

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:00.859
 would

00:41:00.859 --> 00:41:01.079
 come

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.219
 that

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.379
 his

00:41:01.379 --> 00:41:01.639
 will

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:01.799
 would

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:01.919
 be

00:41:01.919 --> 00:41:02.219
 done

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:02.959
 our

00:41:02.959 --> 00:41:03.359
 prayers

00:41:03.359 --> 00:41:03.919
 should

00:41:03.919 --> 00:41:05.099
 have

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.299
 our

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:05.619
 good

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:05.819
 in

00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:06.239
 mind

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:06.479
 we

00:41:06.479 --> 00:41:06.719
 certainly

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:07.099
 want

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:07.259
 to

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.519
 pray

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.079
 things

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:09.019
 on

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.219
 our

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:09.699
 behalf

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:09.859
 and

00:41:09.859 --> 00:41:10.000
 God

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.419
 cares

00:41:10.419 --> 00:41:10.699
 about

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:10.919
 the

00:41:10.919 --> 00:41:11.419
 nuances

00:41:11.419 --> 00:41:12.000
 of

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.659
 our

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:12.979
 day

00:41:12.979 --> 00:41:14.539
 but

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.019
 also

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:16.139
 our

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.259
 prayer

00:41:16.259 --> 00:41:16.419
 should

00:41:16.419 --> 00:41:16.539
 be

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:16.859
 aimed

00:41:16.859 --> 00:41:16.879
!

00:41:16.879 --> 00:41:17.500
 at

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:17.639
 the

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:17.899
 good

00:41:17.899 --> 00:41:18.879
 of

00:41:18.879 --> 00:41:19.239
 others

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:20.739
 we

00:41:20.739 --> 00:41:20.919
 should

00:41:20.919 --> 00:41:21.199
 pray

00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:21.559
 like

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.919
 Jesus

00:41:21.919 --> 00:41:22.819
 our

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 father

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 in

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 heaven

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 hallowed

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 be

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 your

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 name

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 your

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 kingdom

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 come

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 your

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 will

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 be

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 done

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 on

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 earth

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 as

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 is

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 in

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 heaven

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 give

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 us

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 this

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 day

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 our

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 daily

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 bread

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 and

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 forgive

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 us

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 our

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 debts

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 as

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 we

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 also

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 have

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 forgiven

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 our

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 debtors

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 and

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 lead

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 us

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 not

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 into

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 temptation

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 but

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 deliver

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 us

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 from

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 evil

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 I

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 hope

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 that

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 our

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 time

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 in

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 this

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 part

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 of

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 the

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 text

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 We're

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 going

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 to

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 move

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 on

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 to

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 some

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 wonderful

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 text

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 in

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 the

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 coming

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 weeks

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 and

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 finish

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 the

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 sermon

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 on

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 the

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 mount

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 before

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 advent

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 season

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 begins

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 I

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 hope

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 that

00:41:56.560 --> 00:41:56.700
 you'll

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 take

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 time

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 to

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 really

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 consider

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 what

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 a

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.720
 praying

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:02.120
 life

00:42:02.120 --> 00:42:02.540
 looks

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 like

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:04.380
 and

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 if

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 you

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 don't

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 find

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.740
 yourself

00:42:05.740 --> 00:42:06.140
 praying

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 what

00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:06.620
 it

00:42:06.620 --> 00:42:07.040
 says

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 about

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.820
 you

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 and

00:42:08.080 --> 00:42:08.260
 what

00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:08.360
 you

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:08.900
 believe

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:10.019
 about

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:11.060
 our

00:42:11.060 --> 00:42:11.360
 God