WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.259 Alright, if you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to the Gospel of Luke. 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:06.759 We're in chapter 11. 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:10.439 Two weeks ago we started this chapter. 00:00:11.179 --> 00:00:15.620 The first four verses are Jesus teaching his disciples how to pray. 00:00:17.059 --> 00:00:20.640 Let me just read the first verse of chapter 11 again for us. 00:00:23.140 --> 00:00:26.300 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. 00:00:26.300 --> 00:00:30.660 When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, 00:00:31.660 --> 00:00:36.620 Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples. 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:43.900 And then what follows is the Lord's Prayer. 00:00:45.460 --> 00:00:51.240 And we talked about the prayer and how we can use it as a guide in our own prayers. 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:53.620 And we looked at each of the lines of the prayer. 00:00:53.619 --> 00:00:56.719 But now we come to verse 5. 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:05.840 Then Jesus said to them, and Jesus tells his disciples a sort of parable just on the heels of this. 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:11.140 This is all kind of happening on one occasion, in one moment. 00:01:11.259 --> 00:01:18.479 He teaches them the Lord's Prayer and then he gives them this sort of parable in verses 5 to 8. 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:21.660 Then Jesus said to them, 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.500 Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, 00:01:28.240 --> 00:01:31.280 Friend, lend me three loaves of bread. 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:37.820 A friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him. 00:01:37.819 --> 00:01:42.079 And suppose the one inside answers, 00:01:42.339 --> 00:01:43.659 Don't bother me. 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:47.059 The door is already locked and my children and I are in bed. 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:49.439 I can't get up and give you anything. 00:01:50.819 --> 00:01:51.739 I tell you, 00:01:52.259 --> 00:01:55.500 Even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, 00:01:56.500 --> 00:01:59.479 Yet because of your shameful audacity, 00:02:00.039 --> 00:02:01.719 He will surely get up 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:04.679 And give you as much as you need. 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:10.099 Now, I'm calling this a sort of parable, 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:14.200 Because it's not quite like many of Jesus' other parables. 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:17.120 It starts with this hypothetical situation. 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:20.020 Suppose you have a friend, 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:22.740 And you go to him and you say, 00:02:23.900 --> 00:02:27.040 And suppose the one inside answers. 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:31.159 If we go with an even more literal translation of this, 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:35.379 We discover that Jesus gives this whole scenario actually in the form of a question. 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.159 Another good translation puts it this way, 00:02:38.579 --> 00:02:39.879 Which of you has a friend, 00:02:40.659 --> 00:02:43.000 And will go to him at midnight and say to him? 00:02:45.060 --> 00:02:47.139 So it's a hypothetical situation, 00:02:47.340 --> 00:02:49.439 But it's directed right at the disciples. 00:02:50.740 --> 00:02:52.500 I like the way one commentator put it. 00:02:52.500 --> 00:02:54.680 It's as though Jesus is saying, 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:56.639 Which of you has the nerve 00:02:56.639 --> 00:03:00.080 To wake up the neighbor 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:01.840 And his family 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:03.879 At midnight for bread? 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:08.460 And so Jesus really personalizes it. 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:11.659 He's looking into the disciples' eyes 00:03:11.659 --> 00:03:13.120 As he asks them this. 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:14.439 Would you do that 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:15.680 To a friend of yours? 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:19.439 What if it was a really good cause? 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:23.700 Already Jesus has got us thinking. 00:03:24.480 --> 00:03:26.900 Now let's look at this hypothetical situation. 00:03:27.460 --> 00:03:29.080 What are the key details here? 00:03:30.860 --> 00:03:34.939 First, we notice the relationship between you and the other guy. 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:36.560 Friends. 00:03:37.600 --> 00:03:38.860 Suppose you have a friend. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:41.140 And you say to him, 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:41.760 Friend. 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:41.919 Friend. 00:03:43.979 --> 00:03:45.799 Next, let's think about the request. 00:03:47.359 --> 00:03:50.500 The request is for three loaves of bread. 00:03:51.859 --> 00:03:54.120 How many of you have ever gone over to the neighbor's house 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:57.340 To ask for an ingredient that you are missing? 00:03:59.060 --> 00:04:00.579 It's critical to have it. 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:02.459 Or else the whole process is ruined. 00:04:04.399 --> 00:04:05.759 We do that sometimes. 00:04:06.979 --> 00:04:08.919 But then here's the critical detail. 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:11.879 Would you go to your friend's house at midnight? 00:04:13.299 --> 00:04:15.359 And make a request like this? 00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:18.599 The timing of this request 00:04:18.599 --> 00:04:20.300 Is really what makes for the tension 00:04:20.300 --> 00:04:22.180 In this whole interaction. 00:04:23.479 --> 00:04:25.899 When's the last time that you went to a friend's house 00:04:25.899 --> 00:04:28.159 In the middle of the night? 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:30.719 To ask for something that you needed? 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:35.659 We all kind of just know, don't we? 00:04:35.740 --> 00:04:37.459 That that's something you shouldn't do. 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:41.960 I mean, your friend and his family could be sleeping. 00:04:42.900 --> 00:04:45.680 Maybe you've had that situation before 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:47.840 Where you're sort of passing by a friend's house 00:04:47.840 --> 00:04:48.980 And it's late in the evening 00:04:48.980 --> 00:04:50.660 And you don't know if they're still awake 00:04:50.660 --> 00:04:52.640 But you kind of peer in the window 00:04:52.640 --> 00:04:54.379 To see if the lights are still on 00:04:54.379 --> 00:04:55.980 Or if they're awake in their living room 00:04:55.980 --> 00:04:57.540 And maybe if they are, you might 00:04:57.540 --> 00:04:59.980 Stop in and say hi 00:04:59.980 --> 00:05:05.120 But even then, it's not usually midnight. 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:07.699 By that time 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:09.800 Most people are in bed 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:11.319 Most nights of the week 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:13.920 And so you wouldn't just go over there 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:15.259 And start knocking on the door 00:05:15.259 --> 00:05:16.399 Unless 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:18.280 It was an emergency 00:05:18.280 --> 00:05:22.180 Well, in the scenario that Jesus gives 00:05:22.180 --> 00:05:25.759 It doesn't really seem like an emergency 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:27.740 Especially 00:05:27.740 --> 00:05:29.500 Not to us 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:31.839 Verse 6 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:35.620 A friend of mine on a journey has come to me 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:38.079 And I have no food to offer him 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:42.759 So it seems that we've got some unexpected company 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:45.660 Just arrived from a long journey 00:05:45.660 --> 00:05:48.379 And there's some important context 00:05:48.379 --> 00:05:49.639 That we need to remember here 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:51.360 I mean, Jesus tells this story 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:52.819 Over 2,000 years ago 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:53.779 So 00:05:53.779 --> 00:05:56.159 They didn't have cell phones back then 00:05:56.159 --> 00:05:57.719 They couldn't just text or call 00:05:57.719 --> 00:06:00.500 An hour before they arrive 00:06:00.500 --> 00:06:03.000 They didn't have vehicles back then 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:05.479 Much of the travel was on foot 00:06:05.479 --> 00:06:07.919 People would spend entire days 00:06:07.919 --> 00:06:09.819 Just walking on the road 00:06:09.819 --> 00:06:11.159 To get where they needed to go 00:06:11.159 --> 00:06:12.740 And by the end of the day 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:15.079 They were truly quite exhausted 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:16.079 Hungry 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:16.919 And tired 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:21.580 This was all before the days of electricity 00:06:21.580 --> 00:06:22.620 And the light bulb 00:06:22.620 --> 00:06:25.000 Travel at night was more dangerous 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:26.759 Because of bandits and thieves 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:29.620 So you tried to get as far as you could in a day 00:06:29.620 --> 00:06:31.460 And you didn't know exactly 00:06:31.460 --> 00:06:34.300 How far you'd get each day 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:38.300 You couldn't just tell your friend by mail 00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:40.040 Weeks in advance 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:41.340 Yeah, I'll be there on that day 00:06:41.340 --> 00:06:45.220 You tried to get there before sundown 00:06:45.220 --> 00:06:46.280 Because at night 00:06:46.280 --> 00:06:48.200 Everything just shut down 00:06:48.200 --> 00:06:49.640 And went dark 00:06:49.640 --> 00:06:52.080 And of course 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:54.440 This is before the days of Superstore 00:06:54.440 --> 00:06:57.360 And Tim Hortons being open 24 hours a day 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:00.240 And so we kind of feel the plight of this host 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:01.120 He says 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:03.020 I have no food to offer him 00:07:03.020 --> 00:07:09.300 They also didn't have fridges and freezers back then 00:07:09.300 --> 00:07:12.520 Packed with all the goodies that they bought at Costco 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:16.620 Their homes were small 00:07:16.620 --> 00:07:18.819 By the end of the day 00:07:18.819 --> 00:07:19.539 As a family 00:07:19.539 --> 00:07:21.019 You could quite conceivably 00:07:21.019 --> 00:07:23.399 Have almost nothing left on the shelf 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:24.939 The bread basket be empty 00:07:24.939 --> 00:07:27.719 And it's midnight 00:07:27.719 --> 00:07:30.120 There is no other way 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:31.199 To get food 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:33.459 The only way 00:07:33.459 --> 00:07:34.060 Is to go 00:07:34.060 --> 00:07:34.859 Knocking 00:07:34.859 --> 00:07:36.000 On the door 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:37.500 Of the neighbor 00:07:37.500 --> 00:07:40.879 And then on top of all of that 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:42.560 We should know that in this culture 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:44.860 Hospitality 00:07:44.860 --> 00:07:46.459 Was deeply valued 00:07:46.459 --> 00:07:50.740 Providing for the needs of others 00:07:50.740 --> 00:07:52.639 Was extremely important 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:56.259 Our culture has kind of lost some of that today 00:07:56.259 --> 00:07:58.120 I mean we scarcely 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:01.060 Go over to each other's houses for dinner anymore 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:04.860 Many look at those in need of hospitality 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:05.660 And think 00:08:05.660 --> 00:08:06.000 You know 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:07.360 That's not my problem 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:11.020 And so with those things in mind 00:08:11.020 --> 00:08:11.660 Maybe we can 00:08:11.660 --> 00:08:14.000 A little more appreciate the dilemma 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.000 Posed by Jesus' question 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.720 It's kind of a no-win situation 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:23.160 You have to either let this friend go hungry 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:25.000 After a long day of travel 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:26.879 Which is a deep disappointment to him 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:30.920 Or you have to disturb another friend of yours 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:32.000 In the middle of the night 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:33.600 And possibly his whole family 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.480 To get some bread 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:37.340 Either way 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:38.500 One of your friends 00:08:38.500 --> 00:08:39.180 Is going to be 00:08:39.180 --> 00:08:40.659 Feeling irritable 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:42.980 And so what would you do? 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:46.139 And then 00:08:46.139 --> 00:08:47.899 To make matters worse 00:08:47.899 --> 00:08:49.899 Jesus adds on 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:52.519 To the hypothetical situation 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:53.740 You go over 00:08:53.740 --> 00:08:55.180 You knock on the door 00:08:55.180 --> 00:08:56.740 But things 00:08:56.740 --> 00:08:57.740 Don't go 00:08:57.740 --> 00:08:58.659 How you hope 00:08:58.659 --> 00:09:00.759 Verse 7 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:03.439 And suppose the one inside 00:09:03.439 --> 00:09:03.980 Answers 00:09:03.980 --> 00:09:05.719 Don't bother me 00:09:05.719 --> 00:09:08.299 The door's already locked 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:11.879 And my children and I are in bed 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.319 I can't get up and give you anything 00:09:15.319 --> 00:09:17.939 Well that's not the response 00:09:17.939 --> 00:09:19.579 That you were hoping for 00:09:19.580 --> 00:09:22.259 Again we need to remember 00:09:22.259 --> 00:09:23.560 A little bit of what things were like 00:09:23.560 --> 00:09:24.100 Back then 00:09:24.100 --> 00:09:25.920 People lived in small houses 00:09:25.920 --> 00:09:27.540 If you were poor 00:09:27.540 --> 00:09:29.180 It was just a one room house 00:09:29.180 --> 00:09:31.240 And in the Middle East 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:32.660 Where the climate is different 00:09:32.660 --> 00:09:35.139 Of course they were far less worried 00:09:35.139 --> 00:09:36.120 About insulation 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:37.240 And heat loss 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:38.500 And triple pane windows 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:39.980 And weather stripping 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:41.580 On every crack of the door 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:43.820 So a man knocking at the door 00:09:43.820 --> 00:09:46.140 Could quite easily wake up 00:09:46.139 --> 00:09:47.720 Everyone in the house 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:50.000 And the conversation 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:51.120 Really could be had 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:52.399 From the guy in his bed 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:54.159 To the guy just outside the door 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:57.939 In these small and simple homes 00:09:57.939 --> 00:09:59.519 It was common for family 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:00.580 To sleep all together 00:10:00.580 --> 00:10:01.659 On mats 00:10:01.659 --> 00:10:03.039 On the floor 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:05.559 If you've ever 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:07.100 Stayed with your family 00:10:07.100 --> 00:10:08.000 In a hotel room 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:09.919 And had someone come 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:10.759 Knock on the door 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:12.399 After lights are already out 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:13.580 And everybody is asleep 00:10:13.580 --> 00:10:16.440 That's maybe a similar feeling 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:18.080 You know 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:20.320 Even getting up 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:21.860 To go to the door 00:10:21.860 --> 00:10:24.620 Could disturb everybody else 00:10:24.620 --> 00:10:27.920 Not only that 00:10:27.920 --> 00:10:28.900 But this guy wants me 00:10:28.900 --> 00:10:29.940 To go and find something 00:10:29.940 --> 00:10:30.440 For him 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:31.860 In my house 00:10:31.860 --> 00:10:32.600 In the dark 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:35.020 And rummaging around 00:10:35.020 --> 00:10:36.360 Am I going to have to 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.759 Light up a little lantern 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:38.440 To see 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:40.440 I'm probably going to 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:41.360 Wake the whole family 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:44.379 So the word 00:10:44.379 --> 00:10:45.700 Bother 00:10:45.700 --> 00:10:47.720 Really does capture it 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:48.700 Don't bother me 00:10:48.700 --> 00:10:51.899 And maybe 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:53.419 If you're like me 00:10:53.419 --> 00:10:54.240 You can almost hear 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:55.899 The words of an exhausted parent 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:57.659 At the end of the day here 00:10:57.659 --> 00:11:00.460 My children and I 00:11:00.460 --> 00:11:01.240 Are in bed 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.460 I finally got them all 00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:04.680 Wrangled into their beds 00:11:04.680 --> 00:11:05.779 They're asleep now 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:06.899 The last thing I want to do 00:11:06.899 --> 00:11:08.180 Is wake them all up 00:11:08.180 --> 00:11:10.279 Banging around in the kitchen 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:12.339 I can't 00:11:12.339 --> 00:11:13.839 Give you 00:11:13.839 --> 00:11:14.699 Anything 00:11:14.699 --> 00:11:16.039 Go away 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:19.839 So we've got a friend 00:11:19.839 --> 00:11:20.799 Who's somewhat desperate 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:21.799 For some bread 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:23.740 And we've got a grumpy parent 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:25.539 Who has just been woken up 00:11:25.539 --> 00:11:27.120 By a knock on the door 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:28.879 And he isn't willing 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:29.720 To get out of bed 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:33.159 And yet the last words 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:33.740 Of this story 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:34.899 Are somewhat surprising 00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:36.620 Verse 8 00:11:36.620 --> 00:11:38.299 Jesus says 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:38.899 I tell you 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:40.120 Even though he will not 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.139 Get up and give you 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:41.700 The bread 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:43.120 Because of friendship 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:45.799 Yet because of your 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:47.320 Shameless audacity 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:49.240 He will surely get up 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:50.220 And give you as much 00:11:50.220 --> 00:11:51.539 As you need 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:55.879 So at the end of all this 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:56.960 Jesus says that the man 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:57.940 Asking for the bread 00:11:57.940 --> 00:11:58.659 Is going to get it 00:11:58.659 --> 00:12:00.860 Not because 00:12:00.860 --> 00:12:01.799 They're friends 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:04.579 But because of the asker's 00:12:04.579 --> 00:12:07.419 Shameless audacity 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:10.819 Now we have to stop 00:12:10.819 --> 00:12:11.799 And talk about that 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:13.359 Phrase or that word 00:12:13.359 --> 00:12:14.199 For a minute here 00:12:14.199 --> 00:12:15.799 It's actually apparently 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:16.799 A difficult word 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:17.559 To translate 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:19.459 It's used only once 00:12:19.459 --> 00:12:20.219 In the whole Bible 00:12:20.219 --> 00:12:22.899 Some translations say 00:12:22.899 --> 00:12:24.159 Persistence 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.959 But the way the word 00:12:26.959 --> 00:12:28.319 Was often used 00:12:28.319 --> 00:12:29.679 In the time that this 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:30.159 Was written 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:32.199 It had this element 00:12:32.199 --> 00:12:33.439 Of being shameless 00:12:33.439 --> 00:12:36.559 It meant not caring 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:37.639 About what is proper 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:40.359 Or about the good 00:12:40.359 --> 00:12:41.739 Opinion of others 00:12:41.739 --> 00:12:44.439 To be described 00:12:44.439 --> 00:12:45.099 With this word 00:12:45.099 --> 00:12:46.199 Was usually a negative 00:12:46.199 --> 00:12:46.599 Thing 00:12:46.599 --> 00:12:49.000 It meant that you 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:49.579 Were rude 00:12:49.579 --> 00:12:52.319 Or inconsiderate 00:12:52.319 --> 00:12:54.759 And there might 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.279 Have even been 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:56.039 Almost an element 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:56.839 Of sort of 00:12:56.839 --> 00:12:57.779 Boldness 00:12:57.779 --> 00:12:58.759 Or persistence 00:12:58.759 --> 00:12:59.659 To it as well 00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:01.879 And that's where 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:02.779 This parable starts 00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:03.759 To maybe get 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:04.799 A little bit confusing 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:06.059 We're kind of 00:13:06.059 --> 00:13:06.740 Left wondering 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:08.080 What's the main 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:08.879 Point of this here 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:11.819 Was the man 00:13:11.819 --> 00:13:13.059 Doing the right thing 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:14.399 Waking up 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:15.399 His friend 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:16.000 And possibly 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:16.620 His friend's 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:17.240 Whole family 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:19.059 To get this bread 00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:19.799 For his guest 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:22.220 Was he justified 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:23.439 In disturbing them 00:13:23.439 --> 00:13:24.960 To get what he 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:25.439 Needed 00:13:25.439 --> 00:13:26.939 For his company 00:13:26.940 --> 00:13:29.420 Is persistence 00:13:29.420 --> 00:13:30.640 Really the point 00:13:30.640 --> 00:13:30.900 Here 00:13:30.900 --> 00:13:33.600 Maybe you've heard 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:34.600 This parable 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:35.580 That Jesus tells 00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:36.340 In Luke 18 00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:36.860 The parable 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:37.600 Of the persistent 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.060 Widow 00:13:38.060 --> 00:13:38.700 Which is similar 00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:39.340 To this one 00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:41.560 That one certainly 00:13:41.560 --> 00:13:42.340 Is about being 00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:42.920 Persistent 00:13:42.920 --> 00:13:43.740 And continuing 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:44.400 To pray 00:13:44.400 --> 00:13:47.020 But in this parable 00:13:47.020 --> 00:13:47.800 There's not really 00:13:47.800 --> 00:13:48.640 That repetition 00:13:48.640 --> 00:13:49.680 That keeping on 00:13:49.680 --> 00:13:50.680 Knocking or asking 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:52.939 He's kind of 00:13:52.939 --> 00:13:54.019 Initially refused 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:54.559 But then 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:57.759 The guy gives him 00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:58.159 What he 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:00.279 Wants soon after 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:02.319 Kent Hughes 00:14:02.319 --> 00:14:02.939 A preacher 00:14:02.939 --> 00:14:03.879 And pastor 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.500 In his sermon 00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:05.239 On this passage 00:14:05.239 --> 00:14:05.659 He said 00:14:05.659 --> 00:14:06.859 Shamelessness 00:14:06.859 --> 00:14:07.979 Generally does not 00:14:07.979 --> 00:14:08.919 Describe a good 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:09.459 Quality 00:14:09.459 --> 00:14:12.799 But it can be 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:13.859 Bad or good 00:14:13.859 --> 00:14:14.559 Depending on 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:15.419 The circumstances 00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:17.979 If there are 00:14:17.979 --> 00:14:18.740 Good reasons 00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.879 To feel shame 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:22.740 Shamelessness 00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:24.100 Is a bad thing 00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:27.259 But if one's 00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:28.659 Cause is good 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:31.100 Shameless 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:32.399 Insistence 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:33.679 Is good 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:36.840 Hughes suggests 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:37.759 That because 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.820 Hospitality was 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.519 So deeply 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:40.500 Valued in their 00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:40.919 Culture 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:42.220 It was truly 00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:42.840 A noble 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.480 And worthy 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:44.159 Reason to 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:44.840 Shamelessly 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:45.460 Knock on the 00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:45.700 Door 00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:46.860 Of his friend 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:47.620 At midnight 00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:48.759 Asking for 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:49.080 Bread 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:50.320 He wasn't 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:50.720 Doing it 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:51.080 Just for 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:51.560 Himself 00:14:51.560 --> 00:14:53.019 He was 00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.580 Doing this 00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:54.860 For another 00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:55.399 Who was in 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:55.679 Need 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:57.560 He was doing 00:14:57.560 --> 00:14:58.120 Something that 00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:59.019 Ordinarily you 00:14:59.019 --> 00:14:59.639 Would feel 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:00.360 Ashamed of 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:02.279 But he had a 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:02.980 Noble reason 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:05.759 There are some 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.639 Moments in life 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.259 Where we ought 00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:07.740 To be 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.740 Shameless 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:11.120 And of course 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:11.860 Jesus is not 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:12.500 Saying that 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.519 Sometimes it's 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:14.340 Appropriate to 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:14.659 Sin 00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:16.919 Rather he's 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:17.899 Commending this 00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:18.399 Man for 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.500 Shamelessly doing 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.659 What was 00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:21.620 Considered wrong 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.259 Or what would 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.600 Have been 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:23.399 Frowned upon 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:25.740 He sort of 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:26.240 Risked his 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:26.799 Friendship 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:27.820 Going against 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:28.259 What was 00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:28.700 Proper 00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:30.080 To help 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:30.680 Provide for 00:15:30.680 --> 00:15:31.139 Someone's 00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:31.419 Need 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:33.700 And I think 00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:34.279 There does seem 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:34.840 To be a sort 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:35.519 Of courage 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:37.159 Or boldness 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:38.600 Required here 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:40.340 You have to 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:40.720 Be willing 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.620 Sometimes to 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.500 Offend 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:44.379 Or disrupt 00:15:44.379 --> 00:15:45.560 Or disturb 00:15:45.560 --> 00:15:46.759 In order to 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:47.240 Do the right 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:47.540 Thing 00:15:47.540 --> 00:15:50.399 And it would 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:50.920 Seem that the 00:15:50.920 --> 00:15:51.480 Man in his 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:51.800 Bed 00:15:51.800 --> 00:15:53.259 Recognized that 00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.580 Too 00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:55.480 He recognized 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:56.960 That his 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.379 Friend was 00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:57.840 Doing the 00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:58.500 Wrong thing 00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.040 Of knocking 00:15:59.040 --> 00:15:59.500 On his 00:15:59.500 --> 00:15:59.960 Door at 00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:00.560 That time 00:16:00.560 --> 00:16:02.040 But for 00:16:02.040 --> 00:16:02.399 The right 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:02.779 Reason 00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:04.360 And so he 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:04.920 Decides to 00:16:04.920 --> 00:16:05.220 Get up 00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:05.779 After all 00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.220 And give 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:07.360 Him what 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:07.759 He asked 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.120 For as 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.480 Much as 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:08.919 He needed 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:11.480 But maybe 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:11.919 What's kind 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:12.700 Of perplexing 00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:13.340 About this 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:14.179 Parable 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:16.139 Is 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:17.419 What's the 00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:17.919 Meaning of 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.060 It 00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:18.799 What are we 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:19.240 To learn 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.659 From it 00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:20.580 Look at 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:21.320 What follows 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:22.519 This parable 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:23.519 Jesus goes 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.000 On in 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.580 Verse 9 00:16:24.580 --> 00:16:25.860 He says 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.480 So I say 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:26.940 To you 00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:27.899 Ask 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.980 And it 00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:29.240 Will be 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:29.659 Given to 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:29.919 You 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:31.379 Seek 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.440 And you 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:32.960 Will find 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:34.539 Knock 00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.120 And the 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.360 Door 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:35.680 Will be 00:16:35.680 --> 00:16:36.200 Open to 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:36.440 You 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:38.280 For everyone 00:16:38.280 --> 00:16:39.120 Who asks 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:40.060 Receives 00:16:40.060 --> 00:16:42.180 The one 00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:43.160 Who seeks 00:16:43.160 --> 00:16:44.240 Finds 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:45.840 And to 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.180 The one 00:16:46.180 --> 00:16:46.480 Who 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.340 Knocks 00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:48.460 The door 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:48.820 Will be 00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:49.340 Opened 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:52.240 Jesus continues 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:52.759 He says 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:53.520 Which of 00:16:53.520 --> 00:16:54.160 You fathers 00:16:54.160 --> 00:16:55.140 If your 00:16:55.140 --> 00:16:55.900 Son asks 00:16:55.900 --> 00:16:56.300 For a 00:16:56.300 --> 00:16:56.660 Fish 00:16:56.660 --> 00:16:58.080 Will give 00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.360 Him a 00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:58.660 Snake 00:16:58.660 --> 00:16:59.240 Instead 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:01.539 Or if 00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:01.940 He asks 00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:02.740 For an 00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.180 Egg 00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:04.680 Will give 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:04.960 Him a 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.460 Scorpion 00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:07.940 If you 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.759 Then 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.880 Though you 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.519 Are evil 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:11.759 Know how 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.240 To give 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.980 Good gifts 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.380 To your 00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:13.839 Children 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:15.500 How much 00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:15.940 More will 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.460 Your father 00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:16.980 In heaven 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:18.319 Give the 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:19.200 Holy spirit 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:20.740 To those 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.460 Who ask 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:21.700 Him 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:25.799 So how 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:26.200 Does that 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.660 Fit with 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:27.259 This parable 00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:27.599 That we 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:27.880 Have just 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:28.200 Heard 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:29.420 We're kind 00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:29.720 Of used 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.480 To deciphering 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:30.980 The parables 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.580 Of Jesus 00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:33.220 By figuring 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:33.660 Out who 00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:34.240 The characters 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.640 In the 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:35.039 Parable 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.240 Represent 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:38.080 So by 00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:38.640 Now we've 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.460 Probably all 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:39.980 Figured out 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.519 That this 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.019 Parable is 00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:41.440 Not about 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.100 Ethics 00:17:42.100 --> 00:17:42.640 Really 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.559 Or about 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.580 Hospitality 00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:45.880 Or about 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:46.519 Just being 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:47.460 Bold and 00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:47.840 Doing the 00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.340 Right thing 00:17:48.340 --> 00:17:50.160 This parable 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:51.120 Is about 00:17:51.120 --> 00:17:51.519 Prayer 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:53.740 That's what 00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.200 Jesus was 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.860 Talking about 00:17:54.860 --> 00:17:55.700 Before it 00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.940 And that's 00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.160 What he 00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:57.779 Continues to 00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:57.980 Say 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.660 After it 00:17:58.660 --> 00:18:01.920 The man 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:02.599 Asking for 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:02.880 Bread 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.220 Is an 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:03.860 Example 00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:04.980 Of how 00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:05.539 We should 00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.380 Ask God 00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:07.480 For our 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.680 Daily bread 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:12.079 But then 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.440 Comes the 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:12.819 Question 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:13.799 Are we 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.259 To liken 00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.700 God 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.120 To a 00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.480 Grumpy 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:15.980 Man 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:17.000 Just woken 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.400 Up from 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:17.960 His sleep 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:18.339 Who is 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:18.920 Reluctant 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:19.380 To give 00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:19.539 Us 00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:20.099 Anything 00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:20.880 Unless 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.279 We have 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.860 The shameless 00:18:21.860 --> 00:18:22.620 Audacity 00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:23.160 To knock 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:23.440 On the 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.660 Door 00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:28.200 That's 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.300 Where 00:18:28.300 --> 00:18:28.480 This 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:28.720 Gets 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.519 Perplexing 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:29.980 We 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:30.220 Wonder 00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:30.480 Why 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:30.660 Did 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:31.000 Jesus 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.800 Say 00:18:31.800 --> 00:18:31.960 It 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:32.160 Like 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.460 That 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:34.019 Not 00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.200 Only 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:34.500 That 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:34.700 But 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.019 Jesus 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.340 Very 00:18:35.340 --> 00:18:35.800 Clearly 00:18:35.800 --> 00:18:36.040 In 00:18:36.040 --> 00:18:36.400 Verses 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:36.700 11 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:36.880 To 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.300 13 00:18:37.300 --> 00:18:37.620 As 00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:37.720 We 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:37.940 Just 00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.300 Read 00:18:38.300 --> 00:18:40.200 Cast 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.480 God 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:40.600 In 00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:40.720 A 00:18:40.720 --> 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bread asked for, 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:29.220 how much more will God, our Heavenly Father, who is not grumpy and who never sleeps or slumbers, 00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:35.000 how much more will He be willing to provide each day's needed bread when we ask? 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:43.859 We get a similar sort of logic when we come to verses 11 to 13. 00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:47.819 Another statement of the sort of lesser to the greater. 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:54.579 He says, which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:01.079 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:05.259 Of course, the answer is nobody would do that. 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:12.299 If you then, says Jesus, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, 00:23:12.939 --> 00:23:20.119 how much more will your Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him? 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:28.240 Jesus basically is saying that even sinful, even evil men give good gifts to their children when their children ask of them. 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:38.539 And so how much more then will God, who is not evil but good, who is generous, who is gracious, 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:43.259 how much more will He give us the things that we ask for, that we need? 00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:48.599 Again, I think Jesus is challenging this lie that we sometimes embrace. 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:53.119 We embrace the idea that God is just like us. 00:23:54.219 --> 00:23:56.059 That He is like sinful men. 00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:58.519 That He is sometimes cruel. 00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:03.659 That He is reluctant to give when we ask. 00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:09.079 And maybe even that sometimes He gives us bad things instead of good things. 00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:13.079 Either to teach us a lesson or to just get us off His back. 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:21.500 But no, says Jesus, your Heavenly Father is not evil like you. 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:25.859 I sort of chuckle every time I read this. 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:29.839 Jesus just called His disciples evil. 00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:37.279 He says, if you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children. 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:41.859 And just as a side note, Jesus never minimizes our sinfulness. 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:46.460 We are not all basically good. 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.720 We are all evil. 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.960 We are all sinners. 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.799 He speaks the truth. 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.440 But that's not His main point. 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:59.079 His main point is that your Heavenly Father is not like you. 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:02.279 He is truly good. 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.279 God is not like you. 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.279 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:11.859 How much more then will He give to you generously the good things that you ask for? 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:15.279 And even more, God will give you His own Spirit. 00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:18.180 The Holy Spirit. 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.059 If you ask Him. 00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:29.539 And so God is not just good and kind, but He is exceedingly generous. 00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:38.019 As we read 13, we might think it odd that Jesus just sort of ends with this statement about the Holy Spirit. 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:42.899 There's another occasion where Jesus taught using similar words. 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:48.379 We hear it in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter 7, verse 11. 00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:51.019 There He says, 00:25:51.019 --> 00:26:00.960 That happened earlier. 00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:03.460 That was a different moment when Jesus said that. 00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:06.799 That was the first time we hear that from Jesus' lips. 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:13.039 But then here on this later occasion in Luke 11, 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:16.819 with His disciples, Jesus changes the teaching slightly 00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:18.720 and He takes out the word good things 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:20.559 and He puts in Holy Spirit. 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.680 He says, 00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:26.399 How much more will your Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit 00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:28.460 to those who ask Him? 00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:31.920 Instead of just repeating what He said the first time, 00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:34.200 Jesus just sort of fills in the blank 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:37.159 with one of God's greatest gifts ever. 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:39.440 And He goes right to the top. 00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:45.080 He is willing, He is eager to give His own Holy Spirit 00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:47.519 to those who ask Him. 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:54.380 This shows us just how not stingy God is. 00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:57.779 Just how generous He is. 00:26:57.840 --> 00:27:01.540 It shows us how lavish and gracious He is. 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:05.340 He wants to go far beyond the giving of our daily bread. 00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:09.899 He desires to give Himself to us. 00:27:11.439 --> 00:27:15.659 His own Spirit to live in us and with us. 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:21.139 He is not only good, He is not only kind, 00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:25.079 He is exceedingly gracious and generous. 00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:29.319 And if you think about it, 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:32.500 if He is willing to give us His own Holy Spirit, 00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:38.039 would He withhold the little things in life 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:40.480 that we ask for? 00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.920 The things that we need. 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:48.460 And so what's Jesus' point in all this? 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.480 How does He want us to respond? 00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.440 Well, Jesus, 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:55.460 this is one of my favorite passages for this, 00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:57.299 He tells us His main point, 00:27:57.299 --> 00:28:02.700 gives it to us as clear as day in verses 9 and 10. 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.180 So I say to you, 00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.599 ask, 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.879 and it will be given to you. 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.759 Seek, 00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:12.460 and you will find. 00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.399 Knock, 00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:17.240 and the door will be opened to you. 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:20.299 For everyone who asks, 00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.000 receives. 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.519 The one who seeks, 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.200 finds. 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.440 And to the one who knocks, 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:30.019 the door will be opened. 00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:34.339 This is His main point. 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.940 This is to be our response. 00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:38.059 Ask your Heavenly Father, 00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.759 and it will be given to you. 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.539 Just like the man in the parable 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.980 who came to ask for bread, 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.779 come, 00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:46.319 knock on the door 00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:48.519 of your Heavenly Father 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.880 when you are in need. 00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:51.019 Come with boldness. 00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:53.299 Come shamelessly. 00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:56.079 He will open the door to you. 00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:58.940 Because He's not some grumpy man 00:28:58.940 --> 00:29:01.000 who's just woken up from His slumber 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.680 and is reluctant to give anything. 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:05.480 And only does so because He has to. 00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.460 Ask, 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.700 and it will be given to you. 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.160 Because He's not like us. 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:13.800 He is a good 00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:16.060 and exceedingly generous Father. 00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:18.040 He's willing to give us 00:29:18.040 --> 00:29:18.880 His very self, 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.340 His own spirit. 00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:22.019 And so ask, 00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:24.320 and expect to receive. 00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:27.380 For everyone who asks, 00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.920 receives. 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.860 Said Jesus. 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:34.840 One of the things that we often do, 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:37.080 and they did it in the Bible times as well, 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.779 when we really want to drive 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:40.000 a point home to people, 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.640 we repeat ourselves. 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.880 We say it twice. 00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:45.619 Maybe even three times. 00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.619 Well here, 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:49.819 Jesus says it six times in a row. 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:51.859 I mean, 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.559 think about that. 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.640 It's the same thing. 00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.740 Ask, 00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:56.299 and it will be given to you. 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.279 Seek, 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.559 and you will find. 00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.640 Knock, 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:01.400 and the door will be opened to you. 00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:03.140 For everyone who asks, 00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.779 receives. 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.039 He who seeks, 00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.599 finds. 00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.839 And to him who knocks, 00:30:06.919 --> 00:30:07.779 the door will be opened. 00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:09.179 He says six times. 00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.799 We can't miss it. 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.559 We should not be timid or afraid 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:18.039 to come to God 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:19.000 each day 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.500 and just ask for the things 00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.119 that we need. 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:25.439 To ask for forgiveness of our sins. 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:26.339 To ask for 00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:28.399 Him to lead us not 00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:29.199 into temptation. 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:33.660 We have such a strong invitation 00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.259 from Him 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:36.019 to do this. 00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:39.019 Even to knock on His door 00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:40.019 at any time. 00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:42.759 Even in the middle of the night. 00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:47.720 If you're here this morning 00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:49.279 and you're not a follower of Jesus, 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.360 the first things 00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:52.340 to ask for 00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:53.080 are these things 00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.640 that Jesus 00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:55.500 has been talking about. 00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:57.380 Look up to back 00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.539 back up to verse four. 00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:01.099 Here's one of the first things 00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.140 we ask God for 00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:03.059 as we start our 00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:04.400 relationship with Him. 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.819 Forgive us our sins. 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.480 And He does. 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.680 He is merciful. 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.519 He is eager 00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.819 to forgive us. 00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.200 And then by the time 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.880 we get to the end 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.519 of this teaching 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.140 from Jesus, 00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:24.380 ask and He will give you 00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.299 the Holy Spirit. 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:27.819 one of the greatest gifts 00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.279 of all. 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.480 Have you asked Him 00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.460 for His Holy Spirit? 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.920 We read about this 00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.619 in other places 00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.259 in the Bible. 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.079 God is eager 00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:41.380 to put His own Spirit 00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:43.720 in you. 00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:46.099 He is eager 00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.460 to live with you. 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.819 And the Bible tells us 00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.700 and it's true 00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.680 we could give testimony 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.220 to it 00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.359 this morning. 00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:54.500 your life 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.719 will be changed 00:31:55.719 --> 00:31:56.139 forever. 00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.979 For the better. 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.799 Ask God 00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.859 for His Holy Spirit. 00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.639 He delights 00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.379 to give Himself 00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:08.459 to those who ask. 00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.879 Many of you here 00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.500 are already 00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.399 children of God. 00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.719 You've done this. 00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.919 You have received Jesus. 00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:17.019 You've believed 00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.719 in His name. 00:32:18.719 --> 00:32:19.579 The Spirit lives 00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.000 in you. 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:22.200 And so if that's you 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.619 this morning 00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.319 I want to just 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.319 encourage you. 00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.099 Let these words 00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.539 of Jesus 00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:28.180 stir you 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:30.799 to ask 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.980 and to ask 00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.380 more 00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:36.279 and to keep 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.759 asking. 00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:39.440 Keep seeking. 00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.279 Keep knocking 00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.900 on God's door 00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:43.799 for everything 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:45.119 and anything 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.859 in life. 00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:48.219 there is a promise 00:32:48.219 --> 00:32:48.599 here 00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.879 for us 00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:52.059 and the promise 00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:53.099 is that He will 00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:54.000 open the door. 00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.740 He will 00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.219 give. 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:01.299 It's in our nature 00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:03.199 to try and do it 00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:03.859 all ourselves. 00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.139 We're all sinners 00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:08.000 and so we all try 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.919 to be independent 00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:10.500 from God. 00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:12.559 but I wonder 00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:14.119 how many 00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.839 of the pressures 00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:16.200 and stresses 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.960 in our lives 00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.059 would be alleviated 00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.839 if we simply 00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:21.339 threw up our hands 00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:23.140 and said 00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.480 Father 00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:25.259 I don't have 00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.960 what it takes. 00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.660 I don't know 00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.579 how to handle 00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:30.980 this. 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.559 Would you 00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:33.900 help me 00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.400 with this? 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.359 Sometimes 00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:39.119 we just 00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.799 look at life 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.539 through the lens 00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.859 of what we have. 00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:44.099 How much 00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.659 is in the bank 00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:45.000 account? 00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.639 How close 00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.519 is the vehicle 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.659 to another 00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.139 whopper 00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.740 of a maintenance 00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.079 bill? 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.919 How impossible 00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:55.079 or difficult 00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:57.159 the relationship 00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:58.200 has been 00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:59.619 that's in front 00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.059 of us? 00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.960 How challenging 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.680 the job 00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:05.319 that we feel 00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:06.500 stuck with 00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:09.440 and we despair. 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:12.580 we feel 00:34:12.580 --> 00:34:13.080 stressed 00:34:13.080 --> 00:34:14.340 we become 00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.820 anxious 00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:16.860 like the man 00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.320 in the story 00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.980 we have a big 00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.600 need in front 00:34:18.600 --> 00:34:18.900 of us 00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.340 but there's 00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.820 nothing to 00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.140 meet it 00:34:20.140 --> 00:34:20.400 with. 00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.100 I have no 00:34:22.100 --> 00:34:22.960 food to 00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.539 offer him. 00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:27.079 have you 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:28.759 knocked on the 00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:29.239 door of your 00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.960 heavenly father 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:31.860 and asked 00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:33.259 him to 00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.659 provide? 00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.400 This is just 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.079 a hypothetical 00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.559 example but 00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:39.860 you know 00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.460 maybe I'm 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.920 thinking 00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:42.820 and worrying 00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.519 and anxious 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.420 I need to 00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.779 save up 00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.519 forty thousand 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.239 dollars for 00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.940 a new car 00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:49.239 and yet 00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:49.900 all along 00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:51.199 I can just 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.679 take that 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.340 request to 00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.960 the Lord. 00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:53.440 Lord would 00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.940 you provide 00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.260 me with 00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.559 a new 00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.940 vehicle 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.340 and he's 00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:57.320 he's already 00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.000 got a plan 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.640 to give me 00:34:58.640 --> 00:34:59.539 a like new 00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:01.120 used one 00:35:01.120 --> 00:35:01.920 that only 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.579 costs fifteen 00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.460 thousand bucks 00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:06.860 and the 00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.900 help that I 00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.480 need to 00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.160 save that up 00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:10.300 so that I 00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.780 have it 00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:12.320 just as the 00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.780 car comes 00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.240 for sale. 00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:17.919 but meanwhile 00:35:17.919 --> 00:35:20.000 if I don't 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.479 leave that 00:35:20.479 --> 00:35:21.139 request with 00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.799 him I'm 00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:22.359 carrying around 00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:22.819 the number 00:35:22.819 --> 00:35:23.659 the weight 00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.139 of forty 00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.659 thousand 00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:26.139 even though 00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.379 it will 00:35:26.379 --> 00:35:26.839 never be 00:35:26.839 --> 00:35:27.159 needed 00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:29.939 and God 00:35:29.939 --> 00:35:30.459 will supply. 00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:30.979 How much 00:35:30.979 --> 00:35:31.259 of our 00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:32.319 stress and 00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:33.139 anxiety is 00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.639 us looking 00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.099 at life 00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.719 and fretting 00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:35.159 about what 00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.619 we don't 00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.099 have 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:38.479 because we 00:35:38.479 --> 00:35:39.119 aren't trusting 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.719 in what God 00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.239 has promised 00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.759 us to do 00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:42.739 for us 00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.159 when we 00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:44.219 knock on 00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.579 the door. 00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:46.939 Or maybe 00:35:46.939 --> 00:35:47.339 I'm worried 00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:47.819 about this 00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.279 difficult 00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:48.919 relationship 00:35:48.919 --> 00:35:49.319 in my 00:35:49.319 --> 00:35:49.659 life. 00:35:51.439 --> 00:35:51.919 Just 00:35:51.919 --> 00:35:52.439 doesn't seem 00:35:52.439 --> 00:35:52.919 to be getting 00:35:52.919 --> 00:35:54.699 better and 00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.299 I've asked 00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:56.059 God to do 00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.099 something about 00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:58.019 it to fix 00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.699 it and I've 00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.279 been worrying 00:35:59.279 --> 00:35:59.639 and I'm 00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.139 stressing. 00:36:00.939 --> 00:36:01.619 If I could 00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.159 just talk to 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.679 this person 00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.119 if I could 00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.539 just say 00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:03.979 this to 00:36:03.979 --> 00:36:04.459 them and 00:36:04.459 --> 00:36:05.939 say that 00:36:05.939 --> 00:36:08.000 but maybe 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.579 God knows 00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:08.939 that even 00:36:08.939 --> 00:36:09.299 if that 00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.959 conversation 00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.300 were to 00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:10.679 happen 00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.619 right now 00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.099 today 00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:13.619 that underlying 00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:14.619 issue in the 00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.159 relationship 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.860 would not be 00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.179 mended. 00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:19.019 Maybe 00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.300 there's 00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.599 something 00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.220 greater that 00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:20.619 needs to 00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.159 happen yet 00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.960 in our 00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.440 hearts 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.740 but also 00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.360 in theirs 00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:26.079 before 00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.800 things can 00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.240 be mended 00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:29.000 and maybe 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.900 God is 00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.840 even as 00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.220 we've been 00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:31.699 asking 00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.659 actively 00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.320 working 00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:35.780 in their 00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.240 heart 00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:36.800 in their 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.199 life 00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.880 and in 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.260 ours. 00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:40.500 to answer 00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:40.720 our 00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:41.100 prayers. 00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:43.440 Just 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:43.920 because the 00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.180 answer 00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.520 hasn't 00:36:44.520 --> 00:36:44.800 come 00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.080 yet 00:36:45.080 --> 00:36:47.760 let's 00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:47.980 not 00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.360 stop 00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.660 waiting 00:36:48.660 --> 00:36:49.480 expectantly 00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.840 for it. 00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.920 For 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.240 everyone 00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:56.000 who asks 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.540 receives. 00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.480 That's the 00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.880 promise. 00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:58.940 promise. 00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:02.019 Are we 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.660 trusting in 00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:03.260 the Lord's 00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:03.700 promise 00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:04.840 when we 00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.099 pray? 00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.280 Are we 00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.980 waiting for 00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.480 the answers 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.860 to our 00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.260 prayers? 00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.880 Be 00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.340 encouraged. 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.140 God is 00:37:16.140 --> 00:37:16.460 good. 00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.660 He is 00:37:17.660 --> 00:37:18.320 exceedingly 00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.780 generous and 00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.260 he hasn't 00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:20.680 forgotten 00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:22.220 about the 00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.619 things that 00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.000 we have 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.420 asked him 00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.680 for. 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:37.460 Lord Jesus 00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.000 I pray 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.399 that you 00:37:38.399 --> 00:37:39.460 would work 00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.759 in us 00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:40.039 now. 00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:40.500 That you 00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.919 would stir 00:37:40.919 --> 00:37:41.379 our hearts 00:37:41.379 --> 00:37:41.699 to a 00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:41.899 deeper 00:37:41.899 --> 00:37:42.319 trust 00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:42.699 in you. 00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.179 Take 00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.359 the 00:37:45.359 --> 00:37:45.739 burdens 00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.859 that we 00:37:46.859 --> 00:37:47.179 feel. 00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:47.359 The 00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:47.899 anxiety. 00:37:48.259 --> 00:37:48.379 The 00:37:48.379 --> 00:37:48.940 worries 00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.379 and the 00:37:49.379 --> 00:37:49.719 fears. 00:37:50.339 --> 00:37:50.519 Take 00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.719 them 00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.039 off 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.440 our 00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.839 hearts. 00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:54.440 you 00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.680 have 00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:54.840 all 00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.200 that we 00:37:55.200 --> 00:37:55.559 need. 00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.059 And we 00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.460 can face 00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.079 each day 00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:02.380 with a 00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.780 sense of 00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.620 rest because 00:38:03.620 --> 00:38:04.000 of that. 00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:06.820 Thank you 00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.260 for this 00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:08.200 awesome 00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.800 invitation 00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:10.620 to come 00:38:10.620 --> 00:38:11.019 and ask 00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.420 for whatever 00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:11.920 we need. 00:38:13.660 --> 00:38:14.240 In your 00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:14.559 name we 00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.780 pray. 00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.860 Amen.