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 It's so good to be here.

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 It's so good to be able to see you all, see the faces.

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 We've been going through a series on, well,

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 we unofficially called it the greatest hits of the Bible,

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 and we went on a greatest hits tour.

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 The reason why is we're here to get to know him more, right?

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 That's what we're here to do.

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 When we're trying to get to know him, we use this book.

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 But this book is a big book.

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 So what happens is we end up reducing it to some sound bites.

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 Things that we've heard before.

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 The Ten Commandments, something that we've heard before.

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 The Fruit of the Spirit, something we've heard before.

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 But sometimes when you just try and get to know someone using sound bites,

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 it's not really enough.

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 You don't really get to truly know them.

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 So we've been trying to go through this and go,

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 actually, why were those sound bites even sound bites?

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 Why are they so popular?

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 Why was the Ten Commandments so popular?

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 Why were the Beatitudes so popular?

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 Why was the whole armor of God so popular?

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 The idea was to look at that.

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 Let's zoom in and then let's zoom out and go,

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 actually, why was this passage important?

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 And what is it really trying to tell us about God?

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 And that's what we've been doing.

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 And what we've realized as we've gone through this whole series is,

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 man, life is bigger than us.

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 Life is so much bigger than us.

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 Jeremiah 29, for I know the plans I have for you,

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 was not really about us living happy, healthy lives.

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 That we were actually supposed to be in exile.

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 That we were saved from all of those things.

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 And so we see that life is just so much bigger than us.

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 But there was one that we actually have missed.

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 And this is the one that we're finishing off.

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 So we're doing a bit of a swivel here.

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 It's kind of the final one of the series.

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 But also it kickstarts us off into a new series.

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 And of course, it's the one that actually,

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 if there was a passage that really reminded us that life is bigger than us,

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 things are way bigger.

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 It's much more about us.

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 We're not the center of our universe, in case you didn't know that.

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 It's the one that actually probably is the most quoted passage in the whole of Scripture.

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 It's the one that actually,

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 even people who don't really go to church might actually know.

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 And of course, what is that one?

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 The Lord's Prayer.

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 The Lord's Prayer.

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 And what we're going to find out is,

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 actually, what is it about this Lord's Prayer that's so interesting?

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 Why do we all know it?

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 Why are there songs written about it?

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 And what's it actually trying to tell us?

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 So we're going to go through that.

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 And of course, my prayer is that as we look at this,

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 my family and I, we pray this prayer two times a day, three times a day.

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 And actually, you likely will actually know it.

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 I think Shum actually knows it in Cantonese, right,

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 as opposed to in English,

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 because it's just the way that you've been brought up with it.

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 What does that actually mean?

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 What's it actually trying to tell us?

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 So that's what we're going to do today.

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 We're going to unpack it.

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 There's two places where the Lord's Prayer really comes in.

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 Of course, it's actually almost incorrectly named the Lord's Prayer,

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 because it's not really the Lord's Prayer.

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 The Catholics call it Our Father.

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 Actually, I think that name is probably more appropriate.

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 It's the Our Father Prayer.

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 It's not really the Lord's Prayer,

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 because the Lord's Prayer is in John 17,

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 when actually Jesus prays himself to God.

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 This is the disciples' prayer.

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 This is Jesus teaching them how to pray.

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 And so we're going to go through that.

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 There's two places that it comes from.

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 I'm going to start with Luke 11,

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 and then I might jump into Matthew 6,

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 just for a little bit, just for different parts as well.

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 So, as always, can I invite you to stand for the word of the Lord?

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 Our Father, we stand as we listen to your word,

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 because we truly, truly understand how important this is,

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 that this truly does give us life.

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 And so we come before you and ask,

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 as we read this passage,

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 as we listen to this passage that we've heard so, so many times,

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 would you hit us around the head with it again in a fresh new way?

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 Would you take us deeper?

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 Would you take us deeper into your presence, Lord?

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 Luke 11.

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 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place,

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 and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him,

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 Lord, teach us to pray,

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 as John taught his disciples.

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 And he said to them,

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 when you pray, say,

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 Father, hallowed be your name.

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 Your kingdom come.

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 Give us each day our daily bread.

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 And forgive us our sins.

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 For we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.

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 And lead us not into temptation.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Please take a seat.

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 So as you can see,

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 this one's a slightly shortened version.

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 The one in Matthew 6 on the Sermon on the Mount

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 is where he goes into a little bit more detail.

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 We'll kind of bounce around with a bit of both of them.

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 But what I wanted to start with,

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 which is the reason why I like this,

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 is it starts off because in the beginning of chapter 11,

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 his disciples go to him,

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 and they say,

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 Lord, teach us to pray.

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 That's interesting,

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 because the disciples didn't really ask that.

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 And there's some really interesting points

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 when it even came to that.

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 Lord, teach us to pray.

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 First thing.

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 Actually, they knew how to pray.

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 These were Jewish boys who had grown up in the system.

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 They knew how to pray.

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 Every day they would pray three times.

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 And they would know how to pray.

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 They would pray the Shema.

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 And they would pray out of duty,

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 out of discipline.

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 So actually, these boys knew how to pray.

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 They knew scripture.

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 And yet, they saw something in Jesus

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 where they were like,

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 this guy's doing something different.

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 So they weren't saying,

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 teach us how to pray,

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 because they actually knew how to pray.

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 What they were saying was,

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 teach us how to pray like you.

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 There's something different.

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 So that's the first observation.

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 Second observation is this.

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 Actually, they said,

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 teach us how to pray.

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 Actually, if you were hanging around Jesus,

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 would that be the thing that you ask him to teach?

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 They didn't ask him,

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 hey, Lord, teach us how to preach like you.

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 Man, you just killed it

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 with that sermon on the mount.

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 Took you three hours to get through the sermon,

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 but teach us how to preach.

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 Man, the way you healed that person.

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 They went from blind,

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 and now they can see.

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 Teach us how to heal.

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 Teach us how to cast out demons.

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 Teach us how to walk on water.

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 Teach us how to fly.

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 But they say, teach us how to pray.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 There's something about that

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 that really piques my interest.

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 And maybe it's because,

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 actually, just a couple chapters before,

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 Luke 9,

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 Jesus takes a couple of them,

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 three of them, actually,

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 to go up to a mountain to pray.

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 And then his face starts glowing,

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 and then Elijah shows up,

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 and then Moses starts showing up.

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 So they're looking and going,

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 wow, I'm just used to praying

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 my three times a day prayer,

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 doing the usual stuff.

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 And it's kind of rote.

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 It's kind of like,

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 Thank you for this food.

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 Thank you for this.

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 Help us be good people.

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 Help us be healthy and happy.

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 Amen.

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 That's what we're praying.

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 But the way this guy prays,

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 Moses shows up.

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 His face starts glowing.

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 Or maybe it's in Luke 10,

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 just the chapter before,

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 where Jesus is saying,

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 Hey, the harvest is plentiful,

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 but the workers are few,

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 so pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest.

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 What does praying earnestly even mean?

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 I thought prayers are just reciting scripture.

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 So they go, teach us to pray.

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 Not to preach, not to heal,

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 not to cast out demons,

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 not to walk on water,

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 but teach us to pray.

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 And a final thought is this.

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 Actually, to even pray,

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 you have to learn to pray.

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 Those of you who have seen my family come back,

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 it's been nearly two months now

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 since you've seen them,

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 so you've seen Ruben kind of shoot up,

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 his voice drop.

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 These things are all happening,

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 and you see Micah fill out a little bit.

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 It's really cute.

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 If we were, so in England,

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 we were driving,

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 and actually anywhere outside of Hong Kong,

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 you drive for more than 30 minutes,

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 unless you're Hank and you live out in Saikong.

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 And so we were figuring out ways to entertain ourselves,

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 so we listened to this podcast called But Why?

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 And it's just questions that kids ask.

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 And one of the questions is,

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 why are babies so cute?

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 Or why is my baby so cute?

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 And the reason why they're so cute

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 is because they're biologically designed that way

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 to attract you in,

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 so that they can get your attention.

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 Why do they need your attention?

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 Why do they need your attention, Gabs?

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 So you would look after them,

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 protect them, provide for them.

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 Yes.

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 What else?

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 Why does a baby need your attention?

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 Why does a baby need our attention?

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 To copy you.

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 To imitate you.

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 To learn from you.

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 So currently, MJ's vocabulary is Angu.

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 Which is versatile.

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 It means a million things.

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 But eventually, he'll start developing new words.

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 Why?

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 Because he's copying from us.

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 And the whole point is that

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 when people who can speak

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 talk to a baby who cannot speak,

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 when they make a sound,

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 we're supposed to imitate them

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 to tell them that this is the sound that you're making

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 and this is how ridiculous you sound.

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 And then they start copying us.

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 Praying is really the same.

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 That we're actually supposed to learn how to pray.

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 If you're sat here going,

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 actually, I'm not really a prayer warrior.

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 There are some people who I know

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 who are true prayer warriors

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 who can pray for hours and pray for days.

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 I'm not one of those people.

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 I get bored after two minutes.

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 Well, we need to learn how to pray.

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 It's interesting because disciples say here,

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 they say,

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 hey, Jesus teaches us how to pray

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 as John taught his disciples.

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 So they looked and saw John the Baptist

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 and go, hey,

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 John was teaching them how to pray.

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 Can you teach us how to pray like you?

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 Because it's very clear to us

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 that you and John the Baptist

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 do something very different

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 to what we've grown up doing.

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 So can you show us how to do this?

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 Which brings me to another question

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 is actually who taught you to pray?

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 Have a think.

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 Was it your grandma?

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 Was it literally at the dinner table?

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 Tell the person next to you,

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 who taught you to pray?

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 Have a think.

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 I might ask a few of you.

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 I'm scouring.

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 Only a few more seconds.

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 Who taught you how to pray?

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 Oh, of course,

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 if you're here for the first time

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 and you don't pray at all,

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 that's completely fine too.

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 Right, okay.

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 Let's pick on some people.

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 Paul, let's go for you first.

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 Paul Roth,

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 who taught you how to pray?

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 I guess my parents,

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 but not in any.

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 Not formal way,

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 just listening to them

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 and so you hear them pray

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 and then so that's how

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 you've ended up kind of praying.

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 John C., what about you?

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 Who taught you to pray?

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 You're welcome.

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 Yep.

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 Often it's just the people

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 that we hear praying first, right?

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 And that's how we start

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 learning how to pray.

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 It's interesting

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 because one of my favorite people

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 in the world is Kenneth

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 and every time I pray with him,

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 he's kind of like,

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 oh, no, I don't want to pray.

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 It's just, I'm not good at this.

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 This is cool.

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 He's good at many other things,

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 but this isn't one of the things

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 he's confident with.

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 But then once he prays,

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 you're like, dude,

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 Gabs is the leader.

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 He's like, yes.

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 It's funny.

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 Mother Teresa was interviewed one time

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 and she was asked,

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 hey, when you pray,

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 what do you say to God?

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 And then she had the famous answer,

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 which was, I don't say anything.

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 And then the interviewer were like,

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 oh, okay, that's an interesting one.

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 And so then he, being very smart,

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 then just twisted it quickly

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 and just said, hey, well,

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 what does God say to you?

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 And she says, nothing.

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 And it's interesting

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 because prayer isn't really

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 just about presenting requests

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 and talking.

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 It's just about being together.

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 And it's interesting

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 because actually I think

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 who teaches us how to pray?

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 People growing up in this world,

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 in this city,

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 just the world,

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 just the culture.

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 What is praying is communicating.

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 And what we're seeing right now

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 is actually we see

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 a whole generation of people

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 being taught how to pray,

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 how to communicate

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 in a completely different way.

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 You've got young people

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 who are actually struggling

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 to actually have

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 face-to-face conversation

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 because the world is saying,

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 hey, you talk via technology.

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 And then, of course,

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 then you've got the young people

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 trying to teach old people

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 how to use technology.

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 We're all learning from somewhere,

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 but the problem with this world

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 is everything is so fast.

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 Everything is so distracting.

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 Everyone is so anxious.

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 Especially in a city like Hong Kong.

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 We've just spent a few weeks

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 in England

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 where things are just slow-paced.

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 Everything is slow.

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 Which actually makes it

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 much more conducive to prayer.

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 The moment I came back,

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 I started walking faster.

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 I started losing patience with people.

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 I started doing a million things.

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 And I was like,

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 man, it catches up with you.

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 The world is teaching me

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 how to pray,

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 but the world doesn't really

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 know how to pray.

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 But just before you go,

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 oh, well,

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 then what hope is there for us?

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 Actually,

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 there is comfort in this

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 because in chapter 11,

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 just before he starts to teach,

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 in chapter 10,

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 there's a fascinating interaction

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 where he's hanging out

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 with a few friends,

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 Mary and Martha.

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 And of course,

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 Mary is the one

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 who chooses to sit with Jesus.

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 Martha's the one

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 who's running around

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 doing a whole ton of things

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 and is getting a bit annoyed

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 at her sister.

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 And what then does Jesus say?

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 Jesus says,

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 Martha,

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 you are anxious

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 and you are troubled.

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 Mary has chosen the right thing,

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 the one thing.

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 And that's the important thing.

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 What is that important thing?

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 Being with me.

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 That,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 is prayer.

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 Just being with him.

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 You don't have to say anything.

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 And actually,

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 St. Teresa River Villa

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 is the one who said,

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 actually,

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 when it comes to prayer,

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 everyone is a beginner.

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 We're going to try

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 and learn that

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 in these next few weeks.

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 Actually,

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 this time last year,

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 we were just about

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 getting ready to move into it.

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 I had a picture pop up

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 on my phone.

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 It was a picture of me,

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 Trevor,

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 Francis,

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 and we were in

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 Kongfuk,

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 Far East Side,

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 dragging some chairs out.

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 We went down to the basement

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 and went around the side

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 like we were stealing stuff.

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 I guess we were

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 kind of stealing stuff.

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 And then,

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 it's been one year,

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 and I remember

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 when we started being here,

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 we went through

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 the series on Revelation

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 on the churches.

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 And one of the fears

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 that I have,

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 one of the biggest fears

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 I have when it comes

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 to church is this,

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 that it often feels

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 like a memorial service.

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 Do you remember me saying that?

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 It often feels like

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 we're all coming in here

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 to talk about a guy

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 who died 2,000 years ago.

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 He was a good guy,

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 and he was a nice guy,

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 so we're going to sing songs

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 about this guy.

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 But man,

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 it was sad because he died.

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 But we're all here

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 to remember him.

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 If you walk into

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 many church services

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 these days around the world,

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 that's how it feels sometimes.

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 I'm like, man,

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 that sucks.

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 Jesus died.

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 This is a memorial service.

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 But of course,

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 we said that's not true

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 because Jesus is alive,

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 and he's here right now,

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 and he's here with us.

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 That's what we actually believe.

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 So it's not a memorial service.

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 But then here's

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 the second problem.

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 We know he's alive,

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 so it's not a memorial service.

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 But imagine that actually

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 we're trying to be with him here,

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 but so often,

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 we forget that he's here.

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 Do you do that?

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 Do you turn up here

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 and go,

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 actually,

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 I'm here to meet with Jesus?

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 No, you don't.

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 You hear,

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 I'm here to hear Paul sing.

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 I'm here to hear someone speak.

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 And you forget.

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 Have you been to,

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 have you had a birthday party?

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 Have you ever gone

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 to a birthday party

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 where that person's birthday,

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 whose it is,

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 everyone forgets about them

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 and ignores them

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 and then just have a good time?

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 That's how,

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 sometimes that's what we do

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 with Jesus.

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 When we walk into church,

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 we're like,

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 yeah,

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 Jesus is alive.

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 But actually,

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 he's just going to hang out

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 in the corner

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 and none of us

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 are actually going to talk to him.

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 We're just going to spend

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 that time hanging out

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 with each other

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 and celebrating this guy,

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 but we're not actually

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 going to be talking to him.

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 That's a prayerless church.

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 That's a prayerless church.

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 That's my greatest fear,

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 that we walk in here,

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 that we actually can do

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 a whole church service

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 and completely ignore Jesus.

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 That's my greatest fear,

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 my greatest vision,

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 my greatest prayer,

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 is that we would come in here

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 and actually spend time with him,

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 that you don't come here

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 and just listen

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 to Paul's lovely voice

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 and that you don't come

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 and just have your ears

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 tickled by a sermon

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 that you find interesting

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 and insightful,

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 but you come here

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 and you meet the living God,

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 that you celebrate

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 the one who died

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 but is now alive.

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 So we're going to go

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 through this series on prayer

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 and just let me warn you.

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 There is no point

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 in me spending

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 the next few weeks

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 giving sermons about prayer

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 and then us just going,

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 cool story, bro.

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 We're going to go.

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 Can you see how stupid

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 that feels and sounds

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 when his children

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 gather together

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 and spend time

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 talking about him

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 and then leave

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 without ever talking to him?

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 Doesn't that just sound ridiculous?

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 So we're going to try.

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 I'm going to talk for a bit.

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 Today I'll talk for a bit longer

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 because we're going to go

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 to the Lord's Prayer

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 but for the coming weeks

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 we're going to go through

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 and actually have a look

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 at what prayer really means

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 and then we're actually

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 going to try it

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 because if we're going

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 to be a gathering,

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 a simple gathering

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 in a complex time,

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 we're going to try

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 and figure out

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 how to navigate this world.

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 We're going to try

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 and pray together

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 and it might be awkward

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 and you might be sat next

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 to someone who

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 is a little bit awkward

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 but we're going to do it anyway

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 because we're not here

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 for them necessarily.

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 We're here for him.

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 We're trying to go to him together

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 but of course,

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 we'll do a little bit

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 of the Lord's Prayer

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 first as well

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 but just recognize this.

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 This is important.

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 If you're just like,

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 oh, here we go,

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 a sermon on the Lord's Prayer,

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 I want to say,

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 this is so important.

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 Now, we still are struggling

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 for space here

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 but actually,

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 this is not the number

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 that interests me the most.

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 Do you know what number

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 interests me the most

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 when it comes to churches?

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 It's not how many people

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 attend on a Sunday

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 but it's how many people

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 turn up to a prayer meeting.

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 That's how you know

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 how healthy a church is.

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 Not by how many people

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 ram into a place

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 on a Sunday morning

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 but it's how many people

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 show up to a prayer meeting

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 on a Wednesday night

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 or on a Monday night

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 or on a Tuesday morning.

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 Only then

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 will you find out

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 who are the people

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 who actually really want

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 to spend time with him

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 and who are here

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 just to sing a few songs.

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 It's different.

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 So we're trying to figure

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 that out ourselves

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 and we're going to go through

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 the Lord's Prayer

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 and when it starts with this,

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 now Jesus was praying

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 in a certain place

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 and that's when the disciples

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 look at him and go,

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 man, he's doing it again.

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 Hey, go.

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 Go and ask him

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 what he's actually doing

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 and tell him to teach us.

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 He went to a certain place.

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 Made me think,

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 do you have a certain place

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 when you pray?

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 Does anyone have a certain place?

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 Do you have your spot

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 that you go to?

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 Do you have a thing

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 that you do when you pray?

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 John Mark Homer said

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 that actually when he prays,

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 he does this thing

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 where he faces east.

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 Not because of anything

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 other than he just tries

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 because that's where

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 the sun rises

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 and that's where,

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 prophetically,

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 that's where Jesus will return.

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 So he,

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 out of just using his body

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 to pray,

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 he faces east

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 because that just reminds him.

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 In university,

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 I used to pray.

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 I used to,

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 me in my room

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 and I would switch off

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 all the lights.

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 Regardless of what time it was,

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 it would be completely pitch black

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 and I would pray

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 completely in the dark

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 because I have such a busy mind.

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 I needed to completely

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 stop everything.

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 I remember Gabs told me

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 he used noise-canceling headphones

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 but he wouldn't even

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 have music in it.

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 He would just use it

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 just to cancel everything out

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 and he would have that time.

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 Do you have a certain place

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 when you pray?

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 If you're struggling with prayer,

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 maybe it's because

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 you don't have a certain place.

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 Maybe find a certain place.

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 Maybe there's a little nook

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 in your flat

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 that you can use.

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 Maybe it is

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 a place in your office.

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 Maybe it's that you come up here

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 and you find a corner here.

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 Have a certain place

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 because one of the things

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 that I've learned about prayer

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 is that you have to be consistent.

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 You have to be consistent

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 and each to their own.

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 Everyone can do it differently.

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 Christina and I,

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 we pray very differently.

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 There were many years

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 where actually I have to

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 completely shut off

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 all the lights,

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 draw the curtains

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 and completely be in a dark space

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 and only then

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 will I be able to pray.

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 Whereas Christina would be like,

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 oh, I pray all the time.

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 I pray when I'm walking,

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 I'm doing this,

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 I'm working.

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 It's different.

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 But do you have a certain place?

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 Do you have a certain thing?

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 And if you don't,

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 it's time to think about it.

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 And so he starts here

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 and they see him

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 and they go,

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 teach us how to pray.

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 And so then he says,

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 pray like this.

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 Now in the Matthew version,

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 he says, pray like this.

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 And in the Luke version,

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 he says, when you pray,

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 say this.

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 And it starts with this.

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 And the first thing it says

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 is our father.

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 Bear in mind here,

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 when Jesus is doing the prayer,

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 he's saying,

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 this is a template

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 on how to pray.

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 You don't have to pray

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 exactly like this.

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 You guys have grown up

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 praying three times a day,

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 reciting the Shema,

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 but this is how you can pray.

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 And it can be different.

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 It's a template.

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 It's a theological framework.

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 He's trying to show them

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 who God is.

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 Because when you know

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 who God is,

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 then you'll know

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 how to talk to him.

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 We all talk to different people

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 differently, right?

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 I was fascinated

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 how British people

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 are so good

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 at just talking.

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 We call it chin wagging.

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 You can just meet anyone,

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 anywhere,

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 mostly in queues,

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 because British people

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 like queuing.

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 And then you can just

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 strike up a conversation

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 with anyone in a queue

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 and you'll just talk

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 about anything and everything.

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 And afterwards,

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 you realize,

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 actually,

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 we haven't talked

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 about anything,

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 but we've just spent

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 half an hour

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 talking about whatever it is.

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 But there's a way.

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 There's a style.

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 They're so good at it.

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 That's what allows them

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 to stand in a pub

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 with a pint of beer

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 for hours doing it.

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 And of course,

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.680
 you come to Hong Kong

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:43.079
 in a cha chan teng,

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.559
 you get spoken to

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.539
 in a very different way

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 because you get told off

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.079
 all the time.

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 But they love you.

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 But they'll tell you off.

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 You talk to different people

00:20:55.659 --> 00:20:57.059
 in different ways.

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.539
 God talks to us

00:20:58.539 --> 00:21:00.039
 in different ways.

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 We have to find

00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:01.979
 our own way,

00:21:02.439 --> 00:21:03.639
 but it all starts with,

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 do you know

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.839
 who God truly is?

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:07.419
 Because who you think

00:21:07.419 --> 00:21:08.079
 God is

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 will reflect

00:21:08.719 --> 00:21:09.679
 how you pray to him.

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.379
 Does that make sense?

00:21:11.459 --> 00:21:13.279
 Who you think God is

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:14.079
 will reflect

00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:14.979
 how you pray to him.

00:21:15.179 --> 00:21:15.939
 And so Jesus says,

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.719
 hey, when you pray,

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.799
 if you want to learn from me,

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 you're going to pray like this.

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 Our Father.

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.799
 Our Father.

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 Let's just go with

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 those two words first.

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 Our.

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 What is our?

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 You can copy me

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 if you want to.

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.919
 Those great Chinese students.

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 Love it.

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 So you get our Father.

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.500
 Our.

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.240
 It means

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.339
 when you learn to pray,

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.359
 you do it together.

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.419
 Who struggles

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:36.200
 to pray on their own?

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.440
 Can you just put a hand up?

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.259
 And I'm putting my hand up

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:39.359
 because I'm confessing this.

00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:40.259
 I find it hard

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.799
 to pray on my own.

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.299
 Does anyone else?

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:41.799
 Put your hand up

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.579
 if you struggle with this.

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.700
 It's hard.

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.039
 Because when you're praying

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.480
 on your own,

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.039
 you start going

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.480
 into all these

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.220
 different kinds of places

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.920
 and suddenly your phone buzzes

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:51.019
 because there are

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:52.839
 multi-million dollar companies

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:54.460
 giving people a lot of money,

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.279
 the brightest minds

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.700
 in the world,

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.559
 to create apps

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.399
 to get you addicted

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.039
 to your phone

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:59.019
 so you can always

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.960
 keep looking at it

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.599
 and stay on it.

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.819
 And so I struggle

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.539
 to pray on my own.

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.240
 So I have to move

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.960
 all the devices away.

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:05.899
 But one of the best things

00:22:05.899 --> 00:22:06.659
 to do when we're learning

00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.099
 how to pray

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.019
 is to do it together.

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.299
 Our Father.

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:10.039
 So when you pray,

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.619
 you say,

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.940
 Our Father.

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:13.119
 There's a communal aspect

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.859
 which is what we're going

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.500
 to be trying to do

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:14.799
 in here

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.680
 in these next few weeks.

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:17.659
 So if you are finding it hard

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.399
 to pray on your own,

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.599
 you're in good company

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.720
 and we're here

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.279
 to learn together.

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:21.980
 And it says,

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:23.359
 Our Father.

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.240
 Of course,

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:27.099
 if you've been around

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.759
 church long enough,

00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:28.480
 you'll have been told,

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.559
 hey, that word Father,

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.279
 Abba Father,

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.200
 is like Daddy.

00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:33.839
 It's like there's an intimacy

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:35.579
 that comes with this.

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.079
 And actually,

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:37.460
 I would say that's half the story

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.099
 because it's like

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:39.039
 there's an intimacy.

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:40.019
 It's kind of like you saying,

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.379
 Daddy,

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.059
 but it's a,

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:42.139
 Daddy, I trust you.

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.619
 Daddy, I obey you.

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.920
 Our Father.

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.700
 Now, this is where,

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.119
 actually,

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.399
 we have to pause for a second

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:51.240
 because this is probably

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.899
 the biggest hurdle

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:53.119
 a lot of us have to jump through

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:54.920
 because the way we perceive

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.440
 our Father,

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.779
 our earthly Father,

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.639
 or even just any fatherly figure,

00:22:58.879 --> 00:23:00.740
 will affect how we relate

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.740
 to our Heavenly Father.

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.559
 So how,

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.779
 what do you perceive

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:06.000
 when you are talking to God?

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.519
 Do you think,

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.319
 do you see a king?

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.700
 Do you see a king

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.420
 who you're going,

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.240
 approaching a throne

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.220
 very sheepishly to?

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.480
 Or do you see a tyrant

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.299
 who you're just

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.720
 absolutely petrified of

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.339
 because you know

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.259
 you've done some mistakes

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.120
 and you don't want him

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:17.620
 to find out

00:23:17.620 --> 00:23:18.660
 so you're being very sheepish?

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.700
 Or do you treat him

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.200
 like a genie?

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:22.360
 Hey, I'm here to ask for things.

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:26.079
 Our Father.

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.920
 Unless we get to grips

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:29.400
 of what that truly means,

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:31.480
 it will affect our prayer life.

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.839
 And so,

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:34.039
 I'm not saying

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:35.319
 that actually

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.880
 we have to ignore

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:38.180
 our own experiences

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.960
 and our own perceptions

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.480
 of a father.

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.560
 We just have to be aware of them

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.840
 and we have to recognize

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.460
 who God is.

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.660
 And recognizing this prayer

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.779
 is trying to show us

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.100
 who he is.

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.019
 This whole book

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.039
 is trying to show us

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.420
 who he is.

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:49.900
 And we have to be open

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:51.019
 that it might be different

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.200
 to our experience

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.240
 of our earthly father.

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:56.240
 Our Father in Heaven.

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:58.060
 What's your relationship

00:23:58.060 --> 00:23:59.200
 like with Father?

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:01.400
 Because how you know him

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.940
 will affect

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:03.360
 how you speak to him.

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.160
 Does that make sense?

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:06.019
 This is pretty simple stuff,

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.120
 but I feel as though

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:09.059
 unless we get to grips of that,

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.859
 we won't be able

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.899
 to truly pray properly.

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.719
 And so he says,

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:13.359
 Our Father in Heaven.

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.659
 And the word heaven

00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.639
 jumps out to me

00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.519
 and it's already

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.239
 just supernatural.

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:18.000
 It's somewhere else.

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:19.500
 It's in a far distance.

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:20.979
 If anything,

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.599
 that's a good thing

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.359
 because it tells me

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:22.739
 that actually,

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.899
 I had a good friend

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.579
 growing up who said,

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:24.979
 Oh, actually,

00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.759
 Jesus is like my best friend.

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.239
 And I just hang out with him.

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.419
 And so when I pray,

00:24:29.479 --> 00:24:29.939
 it's kind of like me

00:24:29.939 --> 00:24:30.879
 just talking to a best friend.

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:32.299
 We're waiting in line,

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:33.539
 queuing up to buy a subway

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.899
 and I'm just going to talk to him.

00:24:35.239 --> 00:24:37.000
 And there's good stuff with that.

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.079
 There's an intimacy with that

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:39.039
 that I just really loved.

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.900
 But you know what

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.519
 that really lacked?

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.880
 Reverence.

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.460
 That's like,

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.619
 Oh, Jesus is your best friend.

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:46.140
 Jesus is just hanging out with you.

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.000
 He's just at your level.

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:48.420
 He is not at your level.

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.640
 He is not at our level.

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.200
 There is a reverence

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.059
 that we have to look at God

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.000
 and just enlarge our view

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.799
 of who God is

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.039
 and like,

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.420
 Man,

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:57.200
 the fact that I'm even talking to you

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.279
 is nuts.

00:24:58.839 --> 00:25:00.200
 I should not be allowed

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.980
 to talk to you at all.

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.940
 And yet here I am.

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:05.519
 Our Father in heaven.

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:05.920
 So one,

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.860
 he's in a distance,

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.960
 but actually the word there,

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.420
 some commentators say

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.160
 is actually our Father

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:11.299
 in the heavens,

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.220
 which was implying

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.980
 back in those days

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:14.460
 just the air itself,

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.460
 just the atmosphere,

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:17.200
 that he is closer to you

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.240
 than you even realized.

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.160
 Again,

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:20.059
 this should fill you

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:21.420
 with a different kind of reverence,

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.480
 a different kind of awe.

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:22.759
 And then,

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.100
 Man,

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.740
 I can't just say

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.700
 the same thing to you

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.299
 every time

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.480
 because you are right here.

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:29.519
 You are closer to me

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.759
 than the air I even breathe.

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.640
 Our Father in heaven,

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:36.319
 hallowed be your name.

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.480
 Who's used the word hallow

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.480
 in the last year?

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.180
 I did actually

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.620
 because my son has just started,

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.559
 because when we were in England,

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:46.319
 he found my collection

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.420
 of Harry Potter books.

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.420
 Yes, Aidan,

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.920
 you know,

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.400
 the Deathly Hallows

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:52.059
 are split into two movies.

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:55.099
 What does the word hallow even mean?

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.160
 Juju,

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.740
 you're good English.

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.720
 What does the word hallowed mean?

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.920
 I don't actually know.

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.839
 You don't actually know.

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.539
 Hallowed.

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.099
 Does anyone know

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.980
 what the word hallowed means?

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:03.960
 Who's,

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.500
 huh?

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:05.900
 Yes,

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.779
 holy.

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.279
 What does holy mean?

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.940
 Set apart.

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.660
 It means different.

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.420
 It's like,

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.319
 our Father,

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:18.359
 our Father

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.460
 in heavens,

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.319
 in the air,

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.839
 in the atmosphere,

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.559
 in the distance,

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.700
 you're different.

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.140
 Man,

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.859
 you're so different.

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.160
 In fact,

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.500
 I can't truly understand

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.819
 who you are.

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.700
 You are nothing like this world

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.500
 has ever seen.

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.440
 Hallowed

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.440
 be your name.

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.299
 Can you see

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.019
 the humility

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.299
 that that should fill you with

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:39.039
 from the beginning?

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.079
 Does that impact your prayer?

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.039
 Or do we,

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.759
 or do we end up

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.620
 just sliding into this

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.019
 because kind of

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.220
 casual,

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.920
 our Father in heaven,

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.599
 bless his food,

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.259
 bless his time,

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.880
 let us have healthy bodies.

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:52.600
 in Jesus' name,

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:52.760
 amen.

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.000
 Our Father

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:56.600
 in heaven,

00:26:57.540 --> 00:26:58.140
 hallowed be

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.340
 your name.

00:27:00.260 --> 00:27:00.840
 And then it says,

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.740
 your kingdom come,

00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:03.100
 your will be done.

00:27:05.040 --> 00:27:05.940
 This is the part

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.960
 that really starts

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.560
 to hammer home

00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:08.560
 that life is much

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.260
 bigger than us.

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.520
 When you say,

00:27:10.760 --> 00:27:11.600
 your kingdom come,

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.400
 your will be done,

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.100
 what you're saying

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.680
 is this,

00:27:14.060 --> 00:27:14.240
 hey,

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.500
 actually,

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.620
 your kingdom is coming.

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.780
 It's not quite here yet.

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.800
 Theologians call that

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.299
 the already,

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.960
 but not yet.

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.180
 You look around the world

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.119
 and you see the brokenness

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.399
 and you're like,

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.680
 man,

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.419
 God's will is not being done

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:25.399
 fully right now.

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.559
 Some of it is,

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.399
 but some of it

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.059
 is definitely not.

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:29.279
 And what we're praying for is,

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:29.720
 Lord,

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.779
 your kingdom come

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:32.759
 and your will be done.

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.859
 Your will be done.

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.799
 There's a humility

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.700
 that you're filled with

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.180
 right now.

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.759
 There's a humility

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.619
 because you're just like,

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:39.899
 oh,

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.940
 it's not my will.

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.519
 This prayer is about

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.240
 dying to self

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:44.579
 is what Richard Foster says.

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.919
 This prayer is about saying,

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.139
 God,

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.000
 it's not even my will.

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.019
 I may want this job.

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.759
 I may want this spouse.

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.440
 I may want to move here.

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.440
 I may want to do that.

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.359
 But first and foremost,

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:56.379
 I want your kingdom to come.

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:59.500
 I want your will to be done.

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:01.319
 And that's on a macro level,

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:03.039
 the wars that are going on

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.819
 in the whole world.

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:05.700
 And it's on a micro level today.

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.259
 Lord,

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.400
 when I go to work,

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.759
 when I deal with my boss,

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:11.200
 I want your kingdom to come.

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:13.039
 I want your will to be done.

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.559
 And maybe at this point,

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.240
 I want to share with you

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.500
 a little story about

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.380
 just our dear brother,

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.120
 Aaron.

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.279
 I know that some of you

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.819
 know about this

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.559
 and it only happened

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.400
 a few days ago

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.079
 and it happened very,

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.620
 very quickly.

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.859
 But I want to share this story

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.900
 because it's such an inspiration.

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.900
 I've had his permission

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.859
 to share it.

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.079
 And as a community,

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.759
 I want us to pray for him

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.559
 and with him

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:32.019
 like the way that they're praying.

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.180
 A couple of days,

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.120
 just before we flew back,

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.980
 we got news that Aaron,

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:35.640
 our dear brother,

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.440
 you may recognize him.

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.880
 He's the tall,

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.079
 white,

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.460
 bold guy.

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.480
 I guess it's the only way

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.720
 if you don't know him.

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.079
 He's here.

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:43.339
 Of course,

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:43.899
 him,

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:44.480
 Rebecca,

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.559
 Sam and Bella

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.099
 have been dear,

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.679
 dear friends

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:48.199
 to us this last year.

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.659
 They're on the mission

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.460
 with us in Young Life.

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.659
 And a few days ago,

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.460
 Aaron found out,

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.579
 well,

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.519
 he's been having headaches,

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:55.000
 like serious headaches

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.279
 this last month or so.

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.119
 So they went to the doctors

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:59.059
 and finally they found out

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.879
 that actually he had

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:01.240
 a blood clot in his brain

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.699
 that he still has right now.

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.639
 He's in the hospital right now,

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.460
 though Lord willing,

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.179
 he will leave today.

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.359
 They then found out

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.439
 that actually he has something

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.840
 called,

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.920
 I'm going to try

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.500
 and say this right,

00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:12.320
 doctors don't judge me,

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:16.039
 polysynthemic vera.

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.940
 Did I get that?

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.960
 I'm just looking at Trevor

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.539
 because I feel as though

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:20.080
 he knows you represent

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.860
 all doctors to me

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.259
 in this world.

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.259
 Polysynthemic vera,

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.340
 which is a form

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:25.320
 of chronic leukemia,

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.799
 which is actually

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.680
 a form of blood cancer.

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.620
 And they found out

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.980
 a few days ago about this,

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.039
 which is basically

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.279
 his body just creates

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.460
 too many red blood cells,

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:34.180
 which causes it

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.880
 to be too thick.

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.680
 And so actually

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.340
 that's what's causing

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.920
 the blood clots,

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.559
 which actually,

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:40.339
 when treated is okay.

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.299
 If untreated,

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:41.919
 it's dangerous,

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.500
 I believe.

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.039
 But with treatment,

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.779
 he's actually okay.

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:46.759
 He's still going to be able

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.599
 to live a normal,

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.720
 fruitful life

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.759
 just with treatment.

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.700
 And when we were talking

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.099
 to him,

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.460
 man,

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.460
 I actually know what

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.220
 the prayer that he had,

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.779
 him and Rebecca,

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.399
 they shared with us.

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.619
 He's like,

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:56.960
 you know what,

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.619
 what we've been praying,

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.399
 the prayer,

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.960
 the only prayer

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.599
 that we've been praying

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.299
 is that God

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.079
 would be glorified

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.039
 in all of this.

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.500
 That God would be glorified

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.720
 in all of this.

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.440
 And he's been reflecting

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.160
 and he asked me

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.019
 to share this with you guys

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.900
 and he's been reflecting

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:11.140
 on Psalm 139,

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.539
 that he is fearfully

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.779
 and wonderfully made,

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.940
 that actually God knew

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.920
 about this from the moment

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.579
 he was born

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.900
 and he's choosing

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.920
 to let it happen till now,

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.059
 so may God use it

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.720
 for his purpose.

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:21.559
 Man,

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.579
 that's a your kingdom come,

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.460
 your will be done prayer.

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.640
 Because so often

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:27.059
 when we have illnesses,

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.500
 ours is just,

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.259
 Lord,

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.980
 can you just heal us

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.460
 of our comfort?

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.880
 Can I just get better

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.500
 from this cold?

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.319
 Like,

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.480
 can I just test negative

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.420
 on the COVID stick?

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.859
 Just please,

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.579
 that's all I want.

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.940
 But the real prayer is,

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.960
 your kingdom come,

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.220
 your will be done.

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.920
 Jesus models this prayer

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.660
 to us in the Garden

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.319
 of Gethsemane

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.920
 because he's like,

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.240
 God,

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.980
 what I'm about to suffer,

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.640
 I don't really,

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.700
 I'm not really a big fan of,

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:53.559
 I'm not really that excited

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.000
 and thrilled

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.920
 about going on a cross

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.559
 and being nailed

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.140
 in my wrists

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.759
 and being crucified.

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:59.240
 So if you could take

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.039
 this cup of suffering

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.619
 away from me,

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.579
 that'll be great.

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:01.619
 great,

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:04.079
 but your will be done.

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.259
 He humbles himself.

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.819
 That's the prayer.

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.339
 But that's,

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.659
 of course,

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.679
 a very hard,

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.919
 painful prayer to have.

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.859
 But it's when you look

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.659
 at this broken world

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:13.019
 and you go,

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.259
 God,

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.059
 your kingdom come,

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.619
 your will be done.

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:15.379
 When you hear the news

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:15.980
 about Ukraine,

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.639
 your kingdom come,

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.980
 your will be done.

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.539
 When you hear about

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.059
 the heartbreak

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:21.099
 that you see in your life

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.819
 and your loved ones,

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.359
 your kingdom come,

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.500
 your will be done.

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.939
 And so we're praying,

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.419
 Lord,

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.439
 would you heal this?

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.960
 Would you restore

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.699
 this world?

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:30.779
 But ultimately,

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.440
 we're asking that

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.299
 actually your thoughts

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.680
 are higher,

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.759
 your ways are higher,

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.519
 your kingdom come,

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.519
 your will be done.

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.379
 And then it says this,

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.399
 give us this day

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:39.180
 our daily bread.

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:42.379
 Give us this day

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.399
 our daily bread.

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.500
 Martin Luther calls this

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.720
 the social dimension

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.579
 of the kingdom of God.

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:48.859
 You cannot pray this line,

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.180
 give us this day

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:51.160
 our daily bread

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.720
 and not be a generous person.

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.559
 You cannot.

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.299
 You cannot go,

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.660
 God,

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:57.180
 give us this day

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.059
 our daily bread

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.879
 and then you're sat

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.399
 next to someone

00:31:59.399 --> 00:32:00.319
 who actually is hungry.

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.399
 You cannot do that.

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.119
 It is impossible.

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.559
 You can't,

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:02.919
 well,

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.279
 you can,

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.259
 you can compartmentalize,

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.339
 which guys are very good at,

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:07.179
 but completely ignore

00:32:07.179 --> 00:32:08.119
 this issue.

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.960
 But you cannot

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:10.539
 with absolute conscience

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.319
 pray this prayer

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.119
 and not help those

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.659
 who are in need.

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:15.200
 Give us this day

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.940
 our daily bread.

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.319
 And of course,

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:18.279
 what if this is an ode to?

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.179
 This is an ode to Exodus.

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.240
 When the Israelites

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.839
 were wandering

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.519
 in the wilderness

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.980
 and they had no food

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.700
 to eat in the desert

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:25.000
 and then what does God do?

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.160
 Gives them manna

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.240
 every day.

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.980
 What's that trying

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:30.360
 to tell the Israelites?

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.059
 I am the one

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.600
 who provides.

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.920
 I got you

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:35.860
 and you need me

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:37.140
 every day.

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:39.100
 Not just once

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.660
 and you're done,

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.440
 which so often

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.279
 many of us do

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.019
 when we pray,

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.400
 God,

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.360
 can you help me with this?

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.360
 Get me the job

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.740
 that I need

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.460
 because I need money

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.980
 to pay rent

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.720
 to live in this city

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.700
 so I can keep enjoying

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.279
 the life of the city

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.180
 and then I get the job

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.819
 and I'm done.

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.340
 I'll see you next year

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:52.140
 until I lose my job

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.680
 and then we'll start

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.180
 praying again.

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:56.240
 Give us this day

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:58.279
 our daily bread.

00:32:58.340 --> 00:32:59.000
 Give us.

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.120
 That's the social dimension.

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.080
 You know what

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.799
 you're praying here?

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.920
 You're praying

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:05.039
 for justice.

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.840
 What is justice?

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.740
 It's for human society

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.799
 to be flourishing

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:11.140
 on all accounts.

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.680
 You're praying

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.480
 for an economy

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.539
 to be good.

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.340
 You're praying

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:16.539
 for there to be

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.620
 employment opportunities

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.180
 for people.

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.580
 You're praying

00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:20.160
 for people

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.700
 to be able

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.620
 to flourish

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:23.000
 and for you

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.519
 to have a role

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.740
 in that.

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.880
 Give us this day

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.660
 our daily.

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.799
 Every day we come

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.079
 to you,

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.740
 we recognize

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.539
 that we only have

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.079
 what we have

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:30.160
 because of you.

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.319
 Give us this day

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.859
 our daily bread.

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.500
 But we're in,

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:35.960
 I mean,

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.420
 I'm so glad we're back.

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.680
 Why?

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.480
 Because the food,

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.900
 the food,

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:43.559
 in England,

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:47.360
 potatoes.

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.640
 There's lots of potatoes.

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.440
 We were with Ken

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.980
 and Jess at a food court

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.460
 the other day

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.039
 and I was just like,

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.259
 oh,

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:55.059
 I nearly cried inside.

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:55.960
 Oh,

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.819
 pepper lunch,

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:58.140
 I missed you so much.

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.640
 Pepper lunch,

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.240
 we came back

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.559
 and we had

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.059
 tam jai,

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.960
 genki,

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.759
 and pepper lunch.

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.539
 We're a simple family,

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:03.980
 don't judge.

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:07.200
 But actually,

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.940
 that makes it hard.

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.260
 Why should we ask God

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.860
 give us this day

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.440
 our daily bread

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.240
 when we can just

00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:13.940
 use Food Panda

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.440
 and get whatever food

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.980
 that we need?

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.880
 Give us this day

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:21.440
 our daily bread.

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.300
 Reminds me of

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:23.039
 Proverbs 30.

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:23.980
 Lord,

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:25.300
 don't give me poverty

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.519
 and don't give me riches

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.539
 lest I deny you

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.260
 and forget you.

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.199
 Just give me

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.880
 just enough.

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.539
 Give me just enough

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.139
 because when I have

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.639
 too much,

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:34.079
 I've had this happen.

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:35.339
 When you have too much,

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:37.000
 you're not grateful

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.599
 for anything.

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.279
 Actually,

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.440
 this happens all the time

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.900
 in Hong Kong.

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.859
 We have so much food,

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.059
 we're like,

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.379
 oh,

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.619
 it's so hard to choose.

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.619
 Do you know

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:46.079
 how ridiculous that sounds?

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.699
 Oh,

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.440
 it's just so hard

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.659
 to choose what food to eat.

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:50.460
 All this good food.

00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:52.940
 Whereas in England,

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.759
 you have Wetherspoons

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:53.759


00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.819
 And Nando's!

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:56.279
 And Greg's,

00:34:56.319 --> 00:34:56.839
 which now cost

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:57.839
 like five pounds

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.480
 to eat.

00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:02.740
 Lord,

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.599
 give us just enough

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:05.199
 so that we would rely

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.880
 on just you

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:07.360
 and only you.

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.139
 Give us this day

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:09.340
 our daily bread.

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.300
 And forgive us

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.920
 our trespasses

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.880
 as we forgive those

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.880
 who trespass against us.

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.719
 We're not going to spend

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.840
 enough time on this,

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.659
 but can I just say

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.740
 this is so,

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.159
 so,

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:19.079
 so important.

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.219
 The version in Matthew,

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.659
 Jesus comes back around

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.639
 after teaching this prayer

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:22.860
 and says,

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.059
 hey,

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.440
 you may have just got lost

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.199
 in my sermon

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:26.360
 teaching you how to pray,

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.120
 but I just wanted

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:28.140
 to highlight once again,

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.640
 this is the moment

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:29.860
 where,

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.320
 you know,

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:30.880
 the lecturer goes,

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.019
 hey,

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:32.059
 if you forget everything else,

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.220
 remember this line.

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:35.039
 Forgiveness.

00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.640
 Because if you have

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.280
 any forgiveness

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:38.019
 in your heart,

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:40.900
 you won't be forgiven.

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.160
 What does that mean?

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:42.960
 Unforgiveness

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.039
 is disconnection.

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.860
 He's saying,

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.059
 hey,

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:46.620
 if you choose

00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:47.320
 to be disconnected

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:48.059
 from someone else

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:49.039
 because they wronged you

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.440
 somehow,

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.960
 some way,

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.519
 and you're bitter

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.280
 and you're resentful

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.780
 and you don't want

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.500
 to hang out with them,

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.620
 whew,

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.820
 you've just missed

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.220
 the gospel

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:56.019
 because actually,

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.179
 you have sinned,

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.360
 you have not done right

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.800
 by God

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.360
 and actually,

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.119
 he forgave you.

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:01.019
 He didn't turn his back

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.360
 on you.

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.199
 So by you turning

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:02.900
 your back on them

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:04.360
 actually disqualifies

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:05.320
 you from connecting

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:05.739
 with him.

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.820
 This is,

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:08.599
 the consequences

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.119
 are dire

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:10.759
 if we don't take heed

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.460
 this line.

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:13.119
 Forgive those

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.079
 who trespass against us

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.619
 and we've got to say

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:17.840
 that from the bottom

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.460
 of our hearts.

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.920
 Is there any unforgiveness

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.619
 that I don't have,

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.440
 that I have?

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.280
 Is there anyone

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:23.340
 that I haven't forgiven yet?

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.119
 Is there anyone

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.679
 that I'm bitter

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:25.539
 and resentful about

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.219
 man,

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:27.119
 I need to let that go

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.099
 because unless you

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.079
 let go of that bitterness,

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.880
 you won't be able

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.759
 to receive forgiveness.

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:32.460
 Unless you let go

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.159
 of that bitterness,

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:34.219
 you won't be able

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:35.079
 to receive forgiveness.

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.759
 Let me say this

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.320
 one more time

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.320
 because I am certain

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.460
 there are people in here

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.599
 who still have bitterness

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.239
 in their hearts.

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:42.019
 If unless you let go

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.699
 of that bitterness,

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.880
 you won't be able

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.940
 to receive forgiveness.

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:47.400
 It is that important.

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:51.300
 Forgive others

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:53.940
 as you have forgiven us.

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.679
 Lead us not into temptation

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.960
 but deliver us from evil.

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.619
 What's that saying?

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.519
 That's saying,

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:00.860
 God,

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:03.039
 we are so weak.

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:05.039
 We are so weak

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:06.200
 against the powers

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:06.920
 that we're facing.

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.159
 Johnny preached

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.500
 the whole armor of God, right?

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.179
 What we're facing

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.860
 in this world

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:13.500
 is not just what we see.

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.739
 It's what we don't see

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.820
 and we are powerless

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.699
 against it.

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:17.900
 But we're saying,

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.219
 God,

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:19.900
 lead us away

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.760
 from that temptation.

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:23.000
 Save us from ourselves.

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.960
 Jesus later

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:26.199
 actually says this prayer

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:28.420
 as he tells his disciples

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.420
 to say this in the garden

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:29.599
 and say,

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:29.860
 hey,

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:31.139
 you guys are falling asleep.

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:32.619
 You're not understanding

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.279
 the communication

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:34.400
 that you need to have

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.679
 with God

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.639
 to have that connection.

00:37:36.319 --> 00:37:37.019
 Pray that he would

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:39.920
 lead you from temptation

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:42.559
 and deliver you from evil.

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.039
 Again,

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.659
 it's the humility here

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.759
 that we're talking about.

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:47.679
 Do we have that kind of humility

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.699
 when we talk to God

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.879
 or are we kind of like,

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.119
 God,

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:50.960
 okay,

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.420
 so,

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.339
 hey God,

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.839
 sorry we haven't spoken

00:37:53.839 --> 00:37:54.299
 for a while

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:55.299
 but I need a couple

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.879
 of things from you.

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.099
 I need this,

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.500
 this,

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:58.000
 and this

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:59.079
 and I would love

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.759
 for some sunshine

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.719
 because we're about

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.359
 to go on a boat trip

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:02.819
 so sunshine will be great

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:03.379
 for that please

00:38:03.379 --> 00:38:05.179
 and I'll see you soon

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:06.699
 but don't come back to me

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.639
 until you've done these things.

00:38:09.419 --> 00:38:10.139
 This prayer,

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:12.259
 this theological framework,

00:38:12.819 --> 00:38:13.519
 this template

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.679
 has none of that.

00:38:15.879 --> 00:38:17.419
 This prayer reminds us

00:38:17.419 --> 00:38:18.959
 it is so much bigger than us.

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:20.719
 It is so much bigger

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:22.099
 and we are so much weaker

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:23.519
 than we ever realized.

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:26.779
 Lead us not into temptation

00:38:26.779 --> 00:38:28.219
 but deliver us

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:29.839
 from the evil one.

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:32.719
 Some of you are like,

00:38:32.819 --> 00:38:32.959
 okay,

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:35.079
 this prayer is too intense,

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.779
 it's too real.

00:38:37.399 --> 00:38:38.039
 Here's the thing,

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:41.339
 don't not pray

00:38:41.339 --> 00:38:43.419
 just because you feel

00:38:43.419 --> 00:38:44.019
 you're too weak.

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:45.639
 Pray because you're weak

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.279
 is what it's saying.

00:38:47.419 --> 00:38:48.639
 Pray because you're weak.

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.539
 If you feel as though

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.819
 you are too far from God,

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:52.579
 you are perfectly qualified

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:53.159
 to pray.

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:55.439
 You're saying,

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:55.759
 God,

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:57.759
 lead me not into temptation,

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.759
 deliver me from evil

00:38:58.760 --> 00:39:00.180
 because I cannot deliver myself.

00:39:00.660 --> 00:39:01.760
 I cannot lead myself

00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:03.040
 and the scripture

00:39:03.040 --> 00:39:03.840
 that Paul read for us

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.240
 at the beginning,

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.940
 Psalm 23,

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:06.140
 the Lord is my shepherd.

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.240
 The Lord is the one

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:07.860
 who's going to guide me.

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.880
 I am a stupid sheep

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:10.220
 and I keep getting lost

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:11.440
 in the thicket.

00:39:11.560 --> 00:39:13.180
 I keep losing my way

00:39:13.180 --> 00:39:13.700
 but Lord,

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.400
 you are my shepherd.

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.200
 I shall not want.

00:39:15.580 --> 00:39:16.560
 Can you lead me

00:39:16.560 --> 00:39:17.700
 to the green pastures

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:19.380
 because I'm not in the green pastures

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.920
 right now.

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:21.900
 Would you restore my soul?

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.580
 Would you lead me

00:39:22.580 --> 00:39:23.980
 on the path of righteousness?

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.179
 Why?

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.280
 Because actually,

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:28.280
 you prepare a table for me

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:29.380
 in the presence of my enemies

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:30.119
 which is actually

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:31.079
 those enemies,

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.019
 those things,

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.880
 those distractions,

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.740
 those lies

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:35.559
 that I have no power against,

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:37.059
 you are not afraid of.

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:39.599
 You actually invite me

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.240
 to the table

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:42.179
 with them all around us

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:42.880
 and you're saying,

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.039
 hey,

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.019
 don't worry about those.

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.920
 Come and sit with me.

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.860
 Those things

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.940
 that are trying to pull you down

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:48.360
 have no power against you

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:49.639
 when you're with me.

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:52.119
 That's what it's trying to say here.

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:54.579
 And can we pray that prayer

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:55.599
 with humility?

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.299
 And again,

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:57.099
 Richard Foster said,

00:39:57.359 --> 00:39:57.759
 this prayer,

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:59.980
 this prayer is the death

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:01.259
 to self prayer.

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:04.199
 This prayer is when we lay down

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:04.920
 our lives and go,

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.279
 actually,

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:07.119
 your will be done.

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:09.199
 Only you are different.

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:12.619
 So give us this day

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.599
 our daily bread.

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.619
 That's all I need.

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.440
 Nothing more,

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.559
 nothing less.

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:17.480
 I just need you.

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:21.159
 Help me forgive those

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:21.940
 that have wronged me.

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:23.299
 Because I have wronged you

00:40:23.299 --> 00:40:24.159
 and you forgave me.

00:40:24.859 --> 00:40:25.699
 Can you see?

00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:28.980
 What Jesus is teaching them

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:30.119
 is so different

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:31.699
 to what they were praying

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:33.559
 and what we pray

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.940
 so often.

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:37.559
 It must have blown their minds,

00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:38.420
 which is why

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:39.759
 when they saw him praying,

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.019
 they go,

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:40.319
 man,

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:41.199
 we want some of that.

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:43.239
 We want some of that

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:43.739
 kind of prayer.

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:46.400
 My prayer is this,

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:47.480
 that this would be

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.119
 a house of prayer.

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:51.759
 Jesus takes prayer

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.460
 very seriously.

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.440
 Now,

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.279
 on the most part,

00:40:55.339 --> 00:40:56.480
 Jesus was a pretty friendly,

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.420
 nice guy.

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:58.559
 The children would flock to him

00:40:58.559 --> 00:41:00.480
 and he would have a good time

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:00.759
 with them.

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:02.019
 But there's one scene

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.980
 in Luke 19 later

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:04.599
 where he walks into a temple

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:06.420
 and he just goes berserk

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:08.139
 because people have turned

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:08.579
 the temple

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:10.199
 into just a marketplace.

00:41:10.859 --> 00:41:11.699
 And what does he say?

00:41:11.699 --> 00:41:13.739
 My father says,

00:41:13.899 --> 00:41:14.719
 my house will be

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:17.259
 a house of prayer,

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.719
 but you've turned it

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:19.480
 into a den of thieves.

00:41:20.399 --> 00:41:20.739
 Now,

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.659
 I don't think we've turned

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:22.579
 this into a den of thieves

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:22.899
 right now.

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.460
 I think we're here

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.519
 all with good intentions.

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.460
 But I'm like,

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:28.419
 my theory is sometimes

00:41:28.419 --> 00:41:29.259
 we turn up

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:31.399
 to a memorial service.

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.919
 Sometimes we turn up

00:41:32.919 --> 00:41:33.719
 to a birthday party,

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:34.319
 but we've forgotten

00:41:34.319 --> 00:41:35.179
 whose birthday it is.

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.439
 We're just here to hang out

00:41:36.439 --> 00:41:36.879
 and have fun.

00:41:38.439 --> 00:41:39.579
 We're here to meet friends.

00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:41.480
 We're here to meet spouses.

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:44.159
 We're here to hang out

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:47.259
 and do interest groups together

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.960
 and drink wine

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.439
 and wrestle.

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:52.419
 Which are all okay things,

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:52.819
 by the way.

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:55.039
 But to pray.

00:41:55.799 --> 00:41:58.879
 But to pray.

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.839
 Are we prepared

00:42:02.839 --> 00:42:04.019
 to pray this prayer

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:05.759
 that causes us

00:42:05.759 --> 00:42:06.599
 to die to ourselves

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:07.500
 and say,

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:07.759
 God,

00:42:07.919 --> 00:42:08.839
 you are so much bigger.

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.919
 It doesn't matter

00:42:09.919 --> 00:42:10.939
 how I feel about my job.

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.940
 It doesn't matter

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.880
 how I feel about my boss.

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.380
 It doesn't matter

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:14.059
 how I feel about

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:15.240
 my personal circumstances.

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:16.880
 I'm here to pray this prayer

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:18.019
 because this is the prayer

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.659
 that you prayed.

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.880
 That you didn't care

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.780
 about yourself either,

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:23.220
 but you cared about us

00:42:23.220 --> 00:42:24.059
 and you said

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.940
 your will be done.

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:26.300
 Even as you were

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:26.880
 sweating blood,

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:28.460
 knowing what was about

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.380
 to happen to you,

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:30.619
 you prayed this prayer

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.340
 so that we

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:33.039
 would have life in you.

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:35.000
 Are we willing

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:35.619
 to pray that prayer?

00:42:35.700 --> 00:42:36.340
 And here's the thing.

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:37.840
 When we are prepared

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.180
 for that

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:38.920
 and when we start

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.480
 praying that,

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:39.980
 yes,

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:41.140
 we will die to ourselves

00:42:41.140 --> 00:42:42.180
 but then we will also

00:42:42.180 --> 00:42:43.920
 be raised to life

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.680
 in him.

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.160
 Romans 8 says this,

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:47.140
 provided we are willing

00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:47.880
 to suffer with him,

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:48.880
 we will be glorified

00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:49.720
 with him.

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:51.900
 So only when you die

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:52.280
 to yourself

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:53.120
 will you have the life

00:42:53.120 --> 00:42:53.559
 to the full

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.720
 is what it's saying.

00:42:54.860 --> 00:42:55.600
 That's the secret.

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.519
 The moment you die

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:56.940
 to yourself

00:42:56.940 --> 00:42:58.200
 is when you come to life.

00:42:59.200 --> 00:43:00.079
 That's what this prayer

00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:00.480
 is saying.

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:00.800
 Of course,

00:43:01.100 --> 00:43:02.160
 we then have the final bit

00:43:02.160 --> 00:43:03.260
 which is the glory

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:03.900
 and honor and praise

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:05.360
 and then in Jesus' name.

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.619
 Of course,

00:43:05.700 --> 00:43:06.519
 Jesus doesn't pray

00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:07.019
 that bit.

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.400
 That's something

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:09.039
 that maybe the early

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:10.019
 church fathers added in

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.700
 just to kind of

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:11.960
 wrap up the prayer

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.780
 nicely.

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:14.380
 But actually,

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:15.240
 John Calvin was the one

00:43:15.240 --> 00:43:15.700
 who said actually

00:43:15.700 --> 00:43:16.740
 to even pray

00:43:16.740 --> 00:43:18.200
 our father

00:43:18.200 --> 00:43:20.000
 is to pray

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.780
 in Jesus' name.

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:22.980
 Does that make sense?

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:24.539
 Because we are orphans.

00:43:24.700 --> 00:43:24.860
 We're not,

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:26.980
 he's not our father

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:28.079
 until he adopted us

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:29.360
 until what Jesus

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:30.059
 did for us.

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:31.079
 Romans 8 talks about this,

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:32.200
 that it's when Jesus died

00:43:32.200 --> 00:43:33.400
 and his spirit lives in us.

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:35.039
 That's when we received

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:36.180
 a spirit of adoption

00:43:36.180 --> 00:43:36.960
 as sons.

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:38.780
 Imagine,

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:40.639
 think of the richest guy

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:41.019
 you know.

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:42.960
 Think of the wealthiest

00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:44.200
 sugar daddy you know.

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:44.980
 Francis just points

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.300
 to the point.

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:45.639
 That's funny.

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:49.400
 Think of the person

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:49.980
 that you think

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:50.900
 is the wealthiest person.

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:52.160
 Maybe someone

00:43:52.160 --> 00:43:53.119
 old enough

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:54.160
 to be your parent.

00:43:55.160 --> 00:43:55.940
 Think about that person.

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.240
 Think now

00:43:58.240 --> 00:43:58.920
 that you actually

00:43:58.920 --> 00:44:00.260
 need some resources

00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:01.240
 from that person.

00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:03.879
 But of course

00:44:03.879 --> 00:44:04.599
 you're not their child.

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.379
 So you can't really

00:44:06.379 --> 00:44:06.859
 go to them

00:44:06.859 --> 00:44:07.039
 and go,

00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:07.299
 hey,

00:44:08.279 --> 00:44:09.179
 friendly rich man.

00:44:10.799 --> 00:44:11.879
 I need me some money.

00:44:11.979 --> 00:44:12.679
 Give me some money.

00:44:16.479 --> 00:44:17.179
 And then

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:19.099
 that doesn't work

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:19.599
 because you're not

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:20.459
 their son,

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.099
 you're not their daughter.

00:44:22.779 --> 00:44:23.379
 But imagine

00:44:23.379 --> 00:44:23.779
 if you

00:44:23.779 --> 00:44:25.179
 were close enough

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:25.779
 that you were adopted

00:44:25.779 --> 00:44:26.739
 into their family.

00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:28.659
 that you

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:29.519
 speak to them

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:30.179
 as though

00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:31.000
 you are

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.659
 their child.

00:44:32.919 --> 00:44:33.619
 That changes

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:34.139
 the game, right?

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:35.759
 That's different.

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:38.279
 When you have

00:44:38.279 --> 00:44:39.319
 access to them

00:44:39.319 --> 00:44:39.959
 in a way

00:44:39.959 --> 00:44:40.859
 that only a child

00:44:40.859 --> 00:44:41.579
 has access to.

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.359
 And so this is

00:44:43.359 --> 00:44:44.099
 where I'll wrap up.

00:44:44.659 --> 00:44:45.500
 And we're going to go back

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:46.699
 to those first two words

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.659
 that I think

00:44:47.659 --> 00:44:48.500
 we take for granted

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.119
 completely.

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:51.559
 Our

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:52.959
 father.

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.039
 father.

00:44:54.720 --> 00:44:55.720
 The only

00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:56.519
 reason

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:57.360
 we can even

00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:57.780
 utter

00:44:57.780 --> 00:44:59.260
 those words

00:44:59.260 --> 00:45:01.460
 is because

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:02.240
 of what Jesus did.

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:04.280
 Because he laid

00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:04.820
 his life down

00:45:04.820 --> 00:45:05.159
 for us

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:06.059
 that we are now

00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:06.740
 co-heirs

00:45:06.740 --> 00:45:07.519
 with him.

00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:09.000
 So we get to

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:09.940
 look at his dad

00:45:09.940 --> 00:45:10.619
 and go,

00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:11.480
 dad.

00:45:13.659 --> 00:45:14.720
 I think I

00:45:14.720 --> 00:45:15.980
 take that for granted.

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:16.360
 Do you?

00:45:18.760 --> 00:45:19.240
 Our

00:45:19.240 --> 00:45:20.460
 father.

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:20.500
 father.

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.079
 We're going to

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:23.480
 finish now

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:23.780
 and I'm going to

00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:24.440
 ask Paul to

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:26.400
 come up and

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:27.340
 lead us in a

00:45:27.340 --> 00:45:28.099
 time of response.

00:45:28.300 --> 00:45:29.240
 But before that

00:45:29.240 --> 00:45:30.720
 I wanted to ask

00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:32.000
 you to just

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.800
 reflect on those

00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:33.380
 two words.

00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:36.920
 Do you truly

00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:37.720
 understand what it

00:45:37.720 --> 00:45:38.599
 means to say

00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:40.139
 our

00:45:40.139 --> 00:45:41.220
 father?

00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:43.019
 And maybe

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:43.840
 just here

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:44.740
 just to give

00:45:44.740 --> 00:45:45.220
 a bit of a

00:45:45.220 --> 00:45:45.780
 take home thing

00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:46.280
 because you might

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:47.340
 be okay this is

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:47.980
 helpful to understand

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.480
 a little bit more

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:48.960
 about the Lord's

00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:49.300
 prayer but it

00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:49.980
 doesn't help me

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.780
 go home with

00:45:50.780 --> 00:45:51.340
 my prayer life

00:45:51.340 --> 00:45:52.019
 because it still

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.280
 sucks.

00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:52.920
 I'm still easily

00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:53.380
 distracted.

00:45:53.800 --> 00:45:54.719
 This is a great

00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:55.199
 template that

00:45:55.199 --> 00:45:56.360
 I first learned

00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:56.780
 from reading

00:45:56.780 --> 00:45:57.400
 Tim Keller's

00:45:57.400 --> 00:45:57.840
 book on prayer

00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:58.659
 and it's actually

00:45:58.659 --> 00:45:59.440
 to use this

00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:00.420
 template and to

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:01.400
 expand from this

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:01.760
 template.

00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:02.860
 So let me give

00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:03.300
 you an example.

00:46:03.699 --> 00:46:04.119
 So this is how

00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:04.659
 I pray often

00:46:04.659 --> 00:46:05.179
 when I don't

00:46:05.179 --> 00:46:05.740
 have the words

00:46:05.740 --> 00:46:06.420
 to pray.

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:08.360
 Which is ironic

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:08.980
 because I really

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.699
 don't have words.

00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:10.519
 But for some

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:11.000
 reason when I

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:11.559
 talk to God

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:12.099
 sometimes I

00:46:12.099 --> 00:46:12.340
 struggle.

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:14.519
 And so I'll

00:46:14.519 --> 00:46:14.960
 do this.

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:17.420
 Our

00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:18.900
 father in

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:19.119
 heaven.

00:46:19.980 --> 00:46:22.960
 hallowed be

00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:23.320
 your name.

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:24.260
 God I don't

00:46:24.260 --> 00:46:24.960
 really truly

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:26.400
 understand what

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:26.960
 that means but

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:27.559
 you are different.

00:46:28.539 --> 00:46:29.000
 Your thoughts

00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:29.960
 on ways are

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:30.219
 higher.

00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.860
 Only you are

00:46:31.860 --> 00:46:32.099
 holy.

00:46:35.699 --> 00:46:36.320
 I don't know

00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:36.880
 what it means to

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:37.340
 be able to call

00:46:37.340 --> 00:46:37.719
 you dad.

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:40.800
 But here I am

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:41.300
 saying it.

00:46:41.300 --> 00:46:43.280
 God I don't

00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:44.280
 know what it means

00:46:44.280 --> 00:46:45.280
 to be able to

00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:45.760
 do this with.

00:46:49.080 --> 00:46:49.680
 Your kingdom

00:46:49.680 --> 00:46:50.260
 come your will

00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:50.539
 be done.

00:46:50.640 --> 00:46:51.600
 This world is

00:46:51.600 --> 00:46:51.900
 broken.

00:46:56.140 --> 00:46:56.780
 And I keep

00:46:56.780 --> 00:46:57.320
 wanting my own

00:46:57.320 --> 00:46:57.500
 way.

00:46:58.980 --> 00:46:59.740
 I keep wanting

00:46:59.740 --> 00:47:00.460
 those idiots to

00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:00.860
 go away.

00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:02.320
 I keep wanting

00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:04.080
 this to change.

00:47:05.120 --> 00:47:05.600
 But I'm coming

00:47:05.600 --> 00:47:06.160
 to you now and

00:47:06.160 --> 00:47:06.700
 just asking that

00:47:06.700 --> 00:47:07.120
 you would

00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:09.920
 change my

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:10.219
 heart.

00:47:11.480 --> 00:47:12.259
 Reorder my

00:47:12.259 --> 00:47:13.079
 broken desires.

00:47:15.059 --> 00:47:15.679
 Because I only

00:47:15.679 --> 00:47:16.099
 want what you

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:16.299
 want.

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:19.679
 Give us this

00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:20.279
 day our daily

00:47:20.279 --> 00:47:20.539
 bread.

00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:21.000
 Lord if there's

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:21.920
 anyone in my

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:22.719
 community who

00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:25.539
 is in need

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:26.039
 can you show

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:26.699
 me?

00:47:27.380 --> 00:47:28.000
 Lord can you

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:28.619
 show us how to

00:47:28.619 --> 00:47:29.099
 help the

00:47:29.099 --> 00:47:29.279
 waters?

00:47:30.279 --> 00:47:30.960
 How to love

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:31.119
 them?

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.119


00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.119


00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.119


00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.119


00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.119


00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.119


00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.119


00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.119


00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.119


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00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.119


00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:35.119
 How to love

00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:41.579
 help me forgive

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:45.380
 those who

00:47:45.380 --> 00:47:45.719
 have wronged

00:47:45.719 --> 00:47:45.900
 me.

00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:47.619
 There's some

00:47:47.619 --> 00:47:48.099
 people that I'm

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:48.639
 so annoyed

00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:48.900
 with.

00:47:51.819 --> 00:47:52.659
 And my wife

00:47:52.659 --> 00:47:53.179
 is so annoyed

00:47:53.179 --> 00:47:54.699
 with me about

00:47:54.699 --> 00:47:55.099
 something.

00:47:57.639 --> 00:47:58.400
 But help her

00:47:58.400 --> 00:47:58.739
 forgive me.

00:47:58.819 --> 00:47:59.319
 Help me forgive

00:47:59.319 --> 00:47:59.480
 her.

00:47:59.619 --> 00:48:00.880
 Help me forgive

00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:01.559
 my colleague.

00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:02.239
 Help me forgive

00:48:02.239 --> 00:48:02.420
 her.

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:05.679
 Because you've

00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:06.079
 forgiven me

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:06.339
 God and

00:48:06.339 --> 00:48:06.699
 thank you.

00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:08.219
 And lead us

00:48:08.219 --> 00:48:08.699
 not into

00:48:08.699 --> 00:48:09.139
 temptation.

00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:09.940
 God I'm

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.599
 still struggling

00:48:10.599 --> 00:48:13.619
 with anxiety.

00:48:13.779 --> 00:48:14.119
 I'm still

00:48:14.119 --> 00:48:14.519
 struggling.

00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:18.920
 With pride I'm

00:48:18.920 --> 00:48:19.500
 still struggling.

00:48:19.579 --> 00:48:19.940
 I'm still so

00:48:19.940 --> 00:48:20.839
 tempted just to

00:48:20.839 --> 00:48:21.480
 keep thinking

00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:22.099
 about myself.

00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:24.400
 Pull me out

00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:24.880
 of my own

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:25.219
 mind.

00:48:28.259 --> 00:48:28.900
 And deliver

00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:29.259
 me from

00:48:29.259 --> 00:48:29.480
 evil.

00:48:29.480 --> 00:48:34.340
 God I

00:48:34.340 --> 00:48:36.039
 take this

00:48:36.039 --> 00:48:36.320
 prayer.

00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:37.260
 This template

00:48:37.260 --> 00:48:37.639
 that you've

00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:38.099
 given me and

00:48:38.099 --> 00:48:40.559
 I use it to

00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:41.179
 communicate with

00:48:41.179 --> 00:48:41.300
 you.

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:41.719
 To connect

00:48:41.719 --> 00:48:42.000
 with you.

00:48:42.119 --> 00:48:43.860
 Because that

00:48:43.860 --> 00:48:44.440
 is the one

00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:45.400
 thing that is

00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:45.679
 the most

00:48:45.679 --> 00:48:46.059
 important.

00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:54.219
 And I know

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:54.940
 I can only say

00:48:54.940 --> 00:48:55.400
 any of these

00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:56.000
 things to you

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:57.820
 because of

00:48:57.820 --> 00:48:58.139
 what Jesus

00:48:58.139 --> 00:48:58.619
 did for me.

00:48:59.460 --> 00:48:59.839
 And so now

00:48:59.839 --> 00:49:00.319
 I come to

00:49:00.319 --> 00:49:00.619
 you in

00:49:00.619 --> 00:49:01.000
 his name.

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:05.699
 I come to

00:49:05.699 --> 00:49:06.079
 you with

00:49:06.079 --> 00:49:07.179
 his cross

00:49:07.179 --> 00:49:07.699
 before me

00:49:07.699 --> 00:49:08.079
 and the

00:49:08.079 --> 00:49:08.559
 world behind

00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:08.799
 me.

00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:11.659
 I come to

00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:12.139
 you because

00:49:12.139 --> 00:49:13.379
 your word

00:49:13.379 --> 00:49:13.900
 tells me that

00:49:13.900 --> 00:49:14.460
 I am now a

00:49:14.460 --> 00:49:14.799
 co-air.

00:49:15.779 --> 00:49:16.500
 But I get to

00:49:16.500 --> 00:49:16.960
 call you

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:17.819
 dad.

00:49:22.279 --> 00:49:22.859
 And can I

00:49:22.859 --> 00:49:23.359
 just say thank

00:49:23.359 --> 00:49:23.739
 you for letting

00:49:23.739 --> 00:49:24.139
 me call you

00:49:24.139 --> 00:49:24.299
 that.

00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:24.900
 I have no

00:49:24.900 --> 00:49:25.400
 business being

00:49:25.400 --> 00:49:25.659
 here.

00:49:26.299 --> 00:49:26.739
 But you've

00:49:26.739 --> 00:49:27.219
 brought me into

00:49:27.219 --> 00:49:27.639
 this family

00:49:27.639 --> 00:49:28.079
 and so I'm

00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:28.480
 grateful for

00:49:28.480 --> 00:49:28.639
 that.

00:49:32.980 --> 00:49:33.439
 Can you

00:49:33.439 --> 00:49:33.819
 remind me

00:49:33.819 --> 00:49:34.159
 every day

00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:34.459
 what it

00:49:34.459 --> 00:49:36.639
 means that

00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:37.079
 you are my

00:49:37.079 --> 00:49:39.159
 father and

00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:39.539
 that I have

00:49:39.539 --> 00:49:39.879
 siblings.

00:49:44.539 --> 00:49:45.259
 I died to

00:49:45.259 --> 00:49:45.939
 myself and I

00:49:45.939 --> 00:49:46.699
 realized this is

00:49:46.699 --> 00:49:47.239
 so much bigger

00:49:47.239 --> 00:49:47.539
 than me.

00:49:49.259 --> 00:49:49.500
 And so

00:49:49.500 --> 00:49:49.819
 again,

00:49:50.819 --> 00:49:53.019
 in Jesus'

00:49:53.219 --> 00:49:53.719
 name I pray.

00:49:54.859 --> 00:49:55.159
 Amen.

00:49:55.159 --> 00:49:58.980
 I found

00:49:58.980 --> 00:49:59.460
 that to be a

00:49:59.460 --> 00:49:59.980
 helpful way

00:49:59.980 --> 00:50:00.500
 where I just

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:01.219
 expand on each

00:50:01.219 --> 00:50:01.659
 line.

00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:03.099
 I take what

00:50:03.099 --> 00:50:03.739
 each line

00:50:03.739 --> 00:50:04.879
 represents and

00:50:04.879 --> 00:50:06.299
 I pray whatever

00:50:06.299 --> 00:50:06.799
 is on my

00:50:06.799 --> 00:50:07.299
 heart in that

00:50:07.299 --> 00:50:07.619
 moment.

00:50:08.319 --> 00:50:08.859
 Pete Gregg,

00:50:08.920 --> 00:50:09.379
 the guy who

00:50:09.379 --> 00:50:10.199
 founded the

00:50:10.199 --> 00:50:11.539
 24-7 prayer

00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:11.920
 movement,

00:50:12.299 --> 00:50:12.739
 says this

00:50:12.739 --> 00:50:13.239
 simple line,

00:50:13.359 --> 00:50:13.739
 pray what

00:50:13.739 --> 00:50:14.119
 you've got.

00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:15.319
 You don't

00:50:15.319 --> 00:50:15.879
 have to pray

00:50:15.879 --> 00:50:16.659
 with long

00:50:16.659 --> 00:50:16.920
 words,

00:50:16.980 --> 00:50:17.139
 you don't

00:50:17.139 --> 00:50:17.559
 have to pray

00:50:17.559 --> 00:50:17.940
 with over

00:50:17.940 --> 00:50:18.239
 spiritual

00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:18.500
 things,

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:18.940
 just pray

00:50:18.940 --> 00:50:19.399
 what you've

00:50:19.399 --> 00:50:19.539
 got.

00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:19.920
 If you've

00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:20.379
 got anger,

00:50:20.539 --> 00:50:21.079
 pray anger.

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:21.819
 If you've

00:50:21.819 --> 00:50:22.259
 got doubt,

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:22.899
 pray doubt.

00:50:22.900 --> 00:50:23.579
 If you've

00:50:23.579 --> 00:50:24.099
 got confusion,

00:50:24.360 --> 00:50:24.960
 pray confusion.

00:50:25.079 --> 00:50:25.360
 If you've

00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:25.960
 got gladness,

00:50:26.099 --> 00:50:26.720
 pray gladness.

00:50:27.119 --> 00:50:27.800
 Pray whatever

00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:28.880
 you've got.

00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:30.780
 That's all

00:50:30.780 --> 00:50:31.920
 that's asked

00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:32.260
 of us,

00:50:33.260 --> 00:50:34.240
 because it's

00:50:34.240 --> 00:50:34.880
 relationship that

00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:35.240
 he's after.

00:50:36.940 --> 00:50:37.360
 So Paul's

00:50:37.360 --> 00:50:37.780
 going to sing

00:50:37.780 --> 00:50:38.840
 a song over

00:50:38.840 --> 00:50:39.260
 us and feel

00:50:39.260 --> 00:50:39.720
 free to join

00:50:39.720 --> 00:50:40.740
 in with him,

00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:41.220
 but let's

00:50:41.220 --> 00:50:41.860
 just use this

00:50:41.860 --> 00:50:42.900
 time and

00:50:42.900 --> 00:50:44.900
 maybe to

00:50:44.900 --> 00:50:45.340
 avoid kind

00:50:45.340 --> 00:50:45.880
 of being

00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:46.420
 bombarded

00:50:46.420 --> 00:50:46.760
 with too

00:50:46.760 --> 00:50:47.240
 many thoughts,

00:50:47.460 --> 00:50:47.820
 let's just

00:50:47.820 --> 00:50:48.539
 hone in on

00:50:48.539 --> 00:50:49.519
 our Father.

00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:51.079
 And let's

00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:51.579
 start there.

00:50:51.579 --> 00:50:52.199
 What does

00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:52.759
 that truly

00:50:52.759 --> 00:50:53.679
 mean for

00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:53.960
 you?

00:50:54.340 --> 00:50:54.719
 That you

00:50:54.719 --> 00:50:55.059
 are part

00:50:55.059 --> 00:50:55.279
 of a

00:50:55.279 --> 00:50:55.900
 community,

00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:56.559
 our,

00:50:57.179 --> 00:50:58.539
 that you're

00:50:58.539 --> 00:50:59.099
 sat here

00:50:59.099 --> 00:51:00.799
 today with

00:51:00.799 --> 00:51:01.159
 people,

00:51:01.719 --> 00:51:02.000
 but you're

00:51:02.000 --> 00:51:02.420
 not here

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:02.980
 on your

00:51:02.980 --> 00:51:03.259
 own.

00:51:04.759 --> 00:51:05.079
 That's

00:51:05.079 --> 00:51:05.239
 called

00:51:05.239 --> 00:51:05.639
 sitting at

00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:05.960
 home on

00:51:05.960 --> 00:51:06.400
 YouTube,

00:51:07.039 --> 00:51:07.319
 in your

00:51:07.319 --> 00:51:07.799
 boxes and

00:51:07.799 --> 00:51:08.219
 listening to

00:51:08.219 --> 00:51:08.539
 a sermon

00:51:08.539 --> 00:51:08.940
 that way.

00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:09.619
 You chose

00:51:09.619 --> 00:51:10.079
 not to do

00:51:10.079 --> 00:51:10.779
 that today,

00:51:11.059 --> 00:51:11.579
 well done.

00:51:11.920 --> 00:51:12.159
 But that

00:51:12.159 --> 00:51:12.559
 means you've

00:51:12.559 --> 00:51:13.179
 chosen to be

00:51:13.179 --> 00:51:13.639
 in the presence

00:51:13.639 --> 00:51:14.099
 of people,

00:51:14.380 --> 00:51:14.900
 and these

00:51:14.900 --> 00:51:15.259
 are your

00:51:15.259 --> 00:51:15.880
 brothers and

00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:16.219
 sisters.

00:51:17.420 --> 00:51:18.019
 So you

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:18.860
 say our,

00:51:19.719 --> 00:51:20.860
 and it's

00:51:20.860 --> 00:51:21.559
 great comfort

00:51:21.559 --> 00:51:22.440
 in that.

00:51:25.019 --> 00:51:25.599
 When our

00:51:25.599 --> 00:51:26.099
 kids want to

00:51:26.099 --> 00:51:26.500
 ask us

00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:26.840
 whether they

00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:27.159
 can watch

00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:27.599
 TV, they

00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:27.900
 like to

00:51:27.900 --> 00:51:28.539
 come together

00:51:28.539 --> 00:51:31.360
 because there's

00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:31.940
 strength in

00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:32.320
 numbers.

00:51:35.779 --> 00:51:36.559
 And so we

00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:37.320
 come as

00:51:37.320 --> 00:51:38.440
 our God.

00:51:39.519 --> 00:51:40.139
 We're coming

00:51:40.139 --> 00:51:40.679
 together to

00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:42.320
 you, our

00:51:42.320 --> 00:51:42.960
 Father.

00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:47.500
 God, what

00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:47.720
 does that

00:51:47.720 --> 00:51:48.159
 even mean?

00:51:50.280 --> 00:51:50.840
 But let's

00:51:50.840 --> 00:51:51.139
 come to

00:51:51.139 --> 00:51:51.300
 him with

00:51:51.300 --> 00:51:51.699
 whatever we've

00:51:51.699 --> 00:51:51.860
 got.

00:51:52.820 --> 00:51:53.340
 And I

00:51:53.340 --> 00:51:53.800
 invite you

00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:54.179
 just to

00:51:54.179 --> 00:51:54.599
 spend this

00:51:54.599 --> 00:51:56.440
 last, these

00:51:56.440 --> 00:51:56.820
 last five

00:51:56.820 --> 00:51:57.240
 minutes or

00:51:57.240 --> 00:51:58.099
 so, just

00:51:58.099 --> 00:51:58.599
 to process

00:51:58.599 --> 00:51:59.639
 that, just

00:51:59.639 --> 00:52:00.159
 to pray

00:52:00.159 --> 00:52:02.400
 that, and

00:52:02.400 --> 00:52:02.920
 to pray for

00:52:02.920 --> 00:52:03.420
 us as a

00:52:03.420 --> 00:52:04.460
 community, that

00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:06.639
 we would be a

00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:07.000
 church of

00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:10.019
 prayer, that

00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:10.420
 we would

00:52:10.420 --> 00:52:11.139
 come here

00:52:11.139 --> 00:52:12.179
 for him

00:52:12.179 --> 00:52:14.559
 and not

00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:14.880
 for anything

00:52:14.880 --> 00:52:15.239
 else.

00:52:16.500 --> 00:52:17.039
 That this is

00:52:17.039 --> 00:52:17.739
 his party

00:52:17.739 --> 00:52:19.320
 and he is

00:52:19.320 --> 00:52:19.840
 the focus.

00:52:21.900 --> 00:52:22.539
 Our

00:52:22.539 --> 00:52:22.800
 Father.

00:52:22.800 --> 00:52:33.420
 So Lord, we

00:52:33.420 --> 00:52:34.300
 come earnestly

00:52:34.300 --> 00:52:34.800
 to you.

00:52:40.000 --> 00:52:40.539
 Would you

00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:41.080
 grant us a

00:52:41.080 --> 00:52:42.560
 season of

00:52:42.560 --> 00:52:45.740
 prayer, being

00:52:45.740 --> 00:52:46.200
 with you,

00:52:51.200 --> 00:52:52.320
 where we

00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:52.660
 can seek

00:52:52.660 --> 00:52:53.120
 your heart,

00:52:54.539 --> 00:52:55.340
 true

00:52:55.340 --> 00:52:55.900
 relationship

00:52:55.900 --> 00:52:56.420
 with you,

00:52:57.880 --> 00:53:01.480
 because you

00:53:01.480 --> 00:53:01.920
 truly are

00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:02.240
 different.

00:53:03.519 --> 00:53:04.240
 Your thoughts

00:53:04.240 --> 00:53:04.800
 and your ways

00:53:04.800 --> 00:53:05.160
 are higher,

00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:05.720
 you alone

00:53:05.720 --> 00:53:06.220
 are holy.

00:53:13.059 --> 00:53:13.600
 And Lord,

00:53:13.620 --> 00:53:14.019
 this world

00:53:14.019 --> 00:53:14.460
 is falling

00:53:14.460 --> 00:53:15.420
 apart, as

00:53:15.420 --> 00:53:15.860
 it seems,

00:53:15.940 --> 00:53:16.260
 it seems.

00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:18.580
 And so we

00:53:18.580 --> 00:53:19.140
 pray for your

00:53:19.140 --> 00:53:19.620
 kingdom to

00:53:19.620 --> 00:53:21.660
 come, your

00:53:21.660 --> 00:53:22.120
 will to be

00:53:22.120 --> 00:53:22.300
 done.

00:53:23.019 --> 00:53:23.660
 not ours,

00:53:24.720 --> 00:53:25.820
 yours.

00:53:30.320 --> 00:53:30.840
 Give us

00:53:30.840 --> 00:53:31.120
 what we

00:53:31.120 --> 00:53:31.519
 need to

00:53:31.519 --> 00:53:32.059
 pursue you.

00:53:32.740 --> 00:53:33.260
 Give us

00:53:33.260 --> 00:53:33.500
 what we

00:53:33.500 --> 00:53:33.880
 need to

00:53:33.880 --> 00:53:34.300
 know you,

00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:35.480
 to trust

00:53:35.480 --> 00:53:35.720
 you,

00:53:36.440 --> 00:53:36.980
 to worship

00:53:36.980 --> 00:53:37.320
 you.

00:53:40.559 --> 00:53:41.200
 Help us to

00:53:41.200 --> 00:53:41.440
 be a

00:53:41.440 --> 00:53:42.080
 community of

00:53:42.080 --> 00:53:42.480
 forgiveness.

00:53:42.480 --> 00:53:48.159
 Lord, we

00:53:48.159 --> 00:53:48.500
 are weak.

00:53:50.019 --> 00:53:50.460
 Lead us

00:53:50.460 --> 00:53:50.840
 not into

00:53:50.840 --> 00:53:51.320
 temptation

00:53:51.320 --> 00:53:56.219
 and deliver

00:53:56.219 --> 00:53:56.579
 us from

00:53:56.579 --> 00:53:56.820
 evil.

00:53:59.400 --> 00:53:59.900
 As we

00:53:59.900 --> 00:54:00.719
 lift up

00:54:00.719 --> 00:54:01.159
 members of

00:54:01.159 --> 00:54:01.699
 our community

00:54:01.699 --> 00:54:02.260
 to you who

00:54:02.260 --> 00:54:02.780
 are hurting,

00:54:03.880 --> 00:54:04.300
 whether those

00:54:04.300 --> 00:54:04.519
 who are

00:54:04.519 --> 00:54:05.059
 hurting in

00:54:05.059 --> 00:54:06.299
 secret, in

00:54:06.299 --> 00:54:06.559
 the hidden

00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:06.940
 place.

00:54:10.880 --> 00:54:11.440
 Lord, would

00:54:11.440 --> 00:54:11.699
 you bring

00:54:11.699 --> 00:54:12.059
 comfort?

00:54:13.699 --> 00:54:14.039
 Would you

00:54:14.039 --> 00:54:14.539
 turn their

00:54:14.539 --> 00:54:14.880
 eyes, would

00:54:14.880 --> 00:54:15.539
 you turn our

00:54:15.539 --> 00:54:15.980
 eyes to

00:54:15.980 --> 00:54:16.199
 you?

00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:19.619
 would you lift

00:54:19.619 --> 00:54:19.899
 up our

00:54:19.899 --> 00:54:20.480
 drooping hands

00:54:20.480 --> 00:54:20.939
 and strengthen

00:54:20.939 --> 00:54:21.339
 our weak

00:54:21.339 --> 00:54:21.619
 knees?

00:54:24.019 --> 00:54:24.419
 We pray for

00:54:24.419 --> 00:54:24.919
 Aaron again.

00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:28.619
 We pray that

00:54:28.619 --> 00:54:29.239
 your will would

00:54:29.239 --> 00:54:29.619
 be done in

00:54:29.619 --> 00:54:30.079
 his life,

00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:31.879
 that you would

00:54:31.879 --> 00:54:32.559
 grant him and

00:54:32.559 --> 00:54:33.159
 Rebecca and the

00:54:33.159 --> 00:54:34.739
 kids peace that

00:54:34.739 --> 00:54:35.179
 surpasses

00:54:35.179 --> 00:54:35.699
 understanding,

00:54:35.699 --> 00:54:36.699
 that you

00:54:36.699 --> 00:54:37.019
 would bring

00:54:37.019 --> 00:54:37.399
 healing,

00:54:41.399 --> 00:54:42.299
 that you

00:54:42.299 --> 00:54:42.779
 would restore

00:54:42.779 --> 00:54:43.239
 his body.

00:54:49.859 --> 00:54:50.579
 But no matter

00:54:50.579 --> 00:54:51.099
 what happens,

00:54:51.159 --> 00:54:51.539
 would you be

00:54:51.539 --> 00:54:52.219
 glorified in

00:54:52.219 --> 00:54:52.799
 this situation?

00:54:58.379 --> 00:54:59.139
 We thank you

00:54:59.139 --> 00:54:59.379
 for the

00:54:59.379 --> 00:54:59.879
 progress that

00:54:59.879 --> 00:55:00.579
 baby Theo has

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:00.799
 made.

00:55:01.539 --> 00:55:02.059
 We thank you

00:55:02.059 --> 00:55:03.059
 for this

00:55:03.059 --> 00:55:03.839
 beautiful life

00:55:03.839 --> 00:55:04.219
 that you've

00:55:04.219 --> 00:55:04.559
 created.

00:55:05.699 --> 00:55:07.439
 would you

00:55:07.439 --> 00:55:08.019
 continue to

00:55:08.019 --> 00:55:08.559
 strengthen him?

00:55:12.259 --> 00:55:13.000
 Allow him to

00:55:13.000 --> 00:55:13.399
 bear your

00:55:13.399 --> 00:55:14.219
 image to all

00:55:14.219 --> 00:55:14.779
 those who see

00:55:14.779 --> 00:55:16.539
 him, that

00:55:16.539 --> 00:55:16.960
 through his

00:55:16.960 --> 00:55:17.359
 life you

00:55:17.359 --> 00:55:17.619
 would be

00:55:17.619 --> 00:55:18.119
 glorified,

00:55:18.960 --> 00:55:19.519
 that your

00:55:19.519 --> 00:55:20.059
 goodness and

00:55:20.059 --> 00:55:20.480
 your mercy

00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:20.919
 will be on

00:55:20.919 --> 00:55:22.019
 show to

00:55:22.019 --> 00:55:23.419
 everyone that

00:55:23.419 --> 00:55:23.819
 meets him

00:55:23.819 --> 00:55:24.059
 and their

00:55:24.059 --> 00:55:24.359
 family.

00:55:34.759 --> 00:55:35.359
 We ask,

00:55:35.360 --> 00:55:35.620
 Lord, that

00:55:35.620 --> 00:55:35.920
 your will

00:55:35.920 --> 00:55:36.200
 would be

00:55:36.200 --> 00:55:36.400
 done.

00:55:39.280 --> 00:55:40.000
 Your kingdom

00:55:40.000 --> 00:55:41.200
 come again.

00:55:45.039 --> 00:55:45.700
 And we

00:55:45.700 --> 00:55:46.180
 pray all

00:55:46.180 --> 00:55:46.620
 these things

00:55:46.620 --> 00:55:47.220
 because you

00:55:47.220 --> 00:55:48.380
 are now our

00:55:48.380 --> 00:55:49.980
 father who

00:55:49.980 --> 00:55:51.019
 loves us so

00:55:51.019 --> 00:55:51.380
 deeply.

00:55:56.200 --> 00:55:56.960
 Help us to

00:55:56.960 --> 00:55:57.760
 truly understand

00:55:57.760 --> 00:55:58.380
 what that means

00:55:58.380 --> 00:55:59.019
 and to walk

00:55:59.019 --> 00:55:59.720
 around as your

00:55:59.720 --> 00:56:00.059
 children.

00:56:00.059 --> 00:56:03.940
 and to ask

00:56:03.940 --> 00:56:06.119
 as your

00:56:06.119 --> 00:56:06.440
 children.

00:56:12.279 --> 00:56:12.980
 In your name

00:56:12.980 --> 00:56:13.360
 we pray.

00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:15.539
 Amen.

00:56:16.440 --> 00:56:17.099
 Please take a

00:56:17.099 --> 00:56:17.279
 seat.

00:56:19.239 --> 00:56:19.900
 That's just a

00:56:19.900 --> 00:56:21.079
 final thing,

00:56:21.139 --> 00:56:21.639
 just a final

00:56:21.639 --> 00:56:22.219
 challenge,

00:56:22.559 --> 00:56:23.119
 maybe a little

00:56:23.119 --> 00:56:23.500
 piece of

00:56:23.500 --> 00:56:24.159
 homework to

00:56:24.159 --> 00:56:24.400
 you.

00:56:24.400 --> 00:56:26.559
 what's your

00:56:26.559 --> 00:56:27.340
 certain place?

00:56:28.340 --> 00:56:28.860
 Can you

00:56:28.860 --> 00:56:29.280
 come next

00:56:29.280 --> 00:56:29.539
 week and

00:56:29.539 --> 00:56:31.280
 ask yourself

00:56:31.280 --> 00:56:31.980
 this week

00:56:31.980 --> 00:56:32.480
 about what

00:56:32.480 --> 00:56:33.019
 that certain

00:56:33.019 --> 00:56:33.559
 place looks

00:56:33.559 --> 00:56:33.840
 like?

00:56:34.079 --> 00:56:34.500
 What's that

00:56:34.500 --> 00:56:34.980
 thing that

00:56:34.980 --> 00:56:35.380
 you do?

00:56:36.139 --> 00:56:36.660
 Those of you

00:56:36.660 --> 00:56:36.920
 who remember

00:56:36.920 --> 00:56:37.460
 before the

00:56:37.460 --> 00:56:37.660
 summer,

00:56:38.460 --> 00:56:40.160
 I had about

00:56:40.160 --> 00:56:40.880
 four weeks

00:56:40.880 --> 00:56:42.360
 without my

00:56:42.360 --> 00:56:42.700
 wife and

00:56:42.700 --> 00:56:43.240
 children around.

00:56:43.320 --> 00:56:43.740
 I developed

00:56:43.740 --> 00:56:44.300
 this thing

00:56:44.300 --> 00:56:44.559
 that I

00:56:44.559 --> 00:56:45.440
 started every

00:56:45.440 --> 00:56:45.780
 morning.

00:56:45.780 --> 00:56:46.580
 I would

00:56:46.580 --> 00:56:47.380
 start off

00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:47.840
 by saying,

00:56:48.100 --> 00:56:48.320
 God,

00:56:48.500 --> 00:56:49.160
 I'm so

00:56:49.160 --> 00:56:49.500
 glad that

00:56:49.500 --> 00:56:49.840
 you're here.

00:56:51.300 --> 00:56:51.800
 And that

00:56:51.800 --> 00:56:52.000
 was it.

00:56:52.080 --> 00:56:52.340
 And then I'd

00:56:52.340 --> 00:56:52.620
 spend the

00:56:52.620 --> 00:56:53.060
 next hour

00:56:53.060 --> 00:56:53.720
 in complete

00:56:53.720 --> 00:56:55.160
 silence just

00:56:55.160 --> 00:56:55.560
 to sit and

00:56:55.560 --> 00:56:55.900
 just go,

00:56:56.060 --> 00:56:56.960
 I'm so glad

00:56:56.960 --> 00:56:57.280
 that you're

00:56:57.280 --> 00:56:57.460
 here.

00:56:57.580 --> 00:56:57.840
 And that

00:56:57.840 --> 00:56:58.300
 was me

00:56:58.300 --> 00:56:58.700
 trying to

00:56:58.700 --> 00:56:59.980
 find my

00:56:59.980 --> 00:57:00.620
 certain place

00:57:00.620 --> 00:57:01.120
 to start

00:57:01.120 --> 00:57:01.720
 my day.

00:57:02.420 --> 00:57:02.980
 Since I've

00:57:02.980 --> 00:57:03.460
 been reunited

00:57:03.460 --> 00:57:03.920
 with my kids,

00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:04.400
 that hour has

00:57:04.400 --> 00:57:04.760
 now turned

00:57:04.760 --> 00:57:05.120
 into one

00:57:05.120 --> 00:57:05.300
 minute.

00:57:06.600 --> 00:57:07.180
 But it's

00:57:07.180 --> 00:57:08.380
 still there.

00:57:09.060 --> 00:57:09.580
 It's what

00:57:09.580 --> 00:57:10.100
 I've got right

00:57:10.100 --> 00:57:10.440
 now.

00:57:11.360 --> 00:57:11.880
 What's your

00:57:11.880 --> 00:57:12.120
 thing?

00:57:14.060 --> 00:57:14.680
 Is it a

00:57:14.680 --> 00:57:15.300
 phrase that you

00:57:15.300 --> 00:57:15.880
 start with?

00:57:16.940 --> 00:57:17.360
 Is it a

00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:17.800
 place that

00:57:17.800 --> 00:57:18.320
 you go to?

00:57:18.860 --> 00:57:19.380
 There are a

00:57:19.380 --> 00:57:19.720
 few of us

00:57:19.720 --> 00:57:19.860
 who are

00:57:19.860 --> 00:57:20.200
 actually going

00:57:20.200 --> 00:57:20.460
 to start

00:57:20.460 --> 00:57:21.120
 gathering here

00:57:21.120 --> 00:57:22.000
 on mornings

00:57:22.000 --> 00:57:23.580
 just to do

00:57:23.580 --> 00:57:24.860
 nothing else

00:57:24.860 --> 00:57:25.300
 but just to

00:57:25.300 --> 00:57:26.180
 pray in the

00:57:26.180 --> 00:57:26.700
 most low-key

00:57:26.700 --> 00:57:27.220
 kind of way.

00:57:28.980 --> 00:57:29.440
 Have a

00:57:29.440 --> 00:57:29.780
 think about

00:57:29.780 --> 00:57:29.960
 that.

00:57:30.100 --> 00:57:30.300
 And be

00:57:30.300 --> 00:57:30.680
 prepared.

00:57:30.800 --> 00:57:30.980
 And this

00:57:30.980 --> 00:57:31.400
 season, I'm

00:57:31.400 --> 00:57:31.860
 still asking

00:57:31.860 --> 00:57:32.580
 God, how

00:57:32.580 --> 00:57:32.860
 are we going

00:57:32.860 --> 00:57:33.260
 to even do

00:57:33.260 --> 00:57:33.660
 this next

00:57:33.660 --> 00:57:34.560
 series on

00:57:34.560 --> 00:57:34.740
 prayer?

00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:35.060
 Because it's

00:57:35.060 --> 00:57:35.440
 an interesting

00:57:35.440 --> 00:57:35.800
 one, right?

00:57:35.800 --> 00:57:36.000
 Because I

00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:36.340
 don't want

00:57:36.340 --> 00:57:36.860
 to just talk

00:57:36.860 --> 00:57:37.280
 about prayer

00:57:37.280 --> 00:57:38.320
 because that

00:57:38.320 --> 00:57:38.660
 feels like

00:57:38.660 --> 00:57:39.180
 a complete

00:57:39.180 --> 00:57:39.600
 waste and

00:57:39.600 --> 00:57:39.800
 we've

00:57:39.800 --> 00:57:40.039
 completely

00:57:40.039 --> 00:57:40.440
 missed the

00:57:40.440 --> 00:57:41.080
 point about

00:57:41.080 --> 00:57:41.380
 what we're

00:57:41.380 --> 00:57:41.840
 trying to do.

00:57:42.200 --> 00:57:42.700
 But I'm

00:57:45.300 --> 00:57:47.300
 going to

00:57:47.300 --> 00:57:50.820
 pray with

00:57:50.820 --> 00:57:50.980
 me.

00:57:51.740 --> 00:57:52.200
 And if the

00:57:52.200 --> 00:57:52.539
 Lord says

00:57:52.539 --> 00:57:52.880
 something to

00:57:52.880 --> 00:57:53.240
 you, this

00:57:53.240 --> 00:57:53.840
 would be a

00:57:53.840 --> 00:57:54.160
 good idea

00:57:54.160 --> 00:57:54.460
 to do

00:57:54.460 --> 00:57:54.820
 together.

00:57:55.140 --> 00:57:55.660
 I encourage

00:57:55.660 --> 00:57:55.840
 you, and

00:57:55.840 --> 00:57:56.060
 if you're

00:57:56.060 --> 00:57:56.200
 going to

00:57:56.200 --> 00:57:56.539
 keep coming

00:57:56.539 --> 00:57:56.900
 back in

00:57:56.900 --> 00:57:57.260
 these few

00:57:57.260 --> 00:57:57.580
 weeks, just

00:57:57.580 --> 00:57:58.019
 be prepared

00:57:58.019 --> 00:57:58.360
 that we're

00:57:58.360 --> 00:57:58.580
 going to

00:57:58.580 --> 00:57:59.220
 try different

00:57:59.220 --> 00:57:59.539
 things.

00:57:59.640 --> 00:57:59.780
 Why?

00:58:00.019 --> 00:58:00.440
 Because we

00:58:00.440 --> 00:58:00.700
 only have

00:58:00.700 --> 00:58:01.060
 one thing

00:58:01.060 --> 00:58:01.300
 that we

00:58:01.300 --> 00:58:02.039
 want, to

00:58:02.039 --> 00:58:02.280
 connect

00:58:02.280 --> 00:58:02.539
 with him,

00:58:02.800 --> 00:58:03.120
 to pray

00:58:03.120 --> 00:58:03.400
 with him,

00:58:03.620 --> 00:58:03.960
 to talk

00:58:03.960 --> 00:58:04.200
 to him.

00:58:04.820 --> 00:58:05.320
 So I

00:58:05.320 --> 00:58:05.620
 encourage

00:58:05.620 --> 00:58:05.880
 you to

00:58:05.880 --> 00:58:06.100
 start

00:58:06.100 --> 00:58:06.320
 thinking

00:58:06.320 --> 00:58:06.519
 about

00:58:06.519 --> 00:58:06.720
 that.

00:58:07.600 --> 00:58:07.940
 The

00:58:07.940 --> 00:58:08.519
 only way,

00:58:08.600 --> 00:58:09.380
 the only

00:58:09.380 --> 00:58:09.780
 way we

00:58:09.780 --> 00:58:10.080
 have a

00:58:10.080 --> 00:58:10.280
 praying

00:58:10.280 --> 00:58:10.680
 church

00:58:10.680 --> 00:58:11.920
 is if we

00:58:11.920 --> 00:58:12.340
 have praying

00:58:12.340 --> 00:58:12.820
 individuals.

00:58:14.039 --> 00:58:14.660
 The only

00:58:14.659 --> 00:58:15.079
 way we

00:58:15.079 --> 00:58:15.399
 can have

00:58:15.399 --> 00:58:15.759
 a praying

00:58:15.759 --> 00:58:16.179
 church is

00:58:16.179 --> 00:58:16.420
 if we

00:58:16.420 --> 00:58:16.960
 have praying

00:58:16.960 --> 00:58:17.879
 individuals.

00:58:18.019 --> 00:58:18.239
 So it

00:58:18.239 --> 00:58:18.619
 starts with

00:58:18.619 --> 00:58:18.779
 you.

00:58:19.199 --> 00:58:19.579
 It starts

00:58:19.579 --> 00:58:19.859
 with me.

00:58:20.159 --> 00:58:20.399
 So I

00:58:20.399 --> 00:58:20.779
 encourage you

00:58:20.779 --> 00:58:21.019
 to think

00:58:21.019 --> 00:58:21.420
 about that.

00:58:21.759 --> 00:58:21.980
 Again,

00:58:22.279 --> 00:58:23.500
 join us

00:58:23.500 --> 00:58:23.779
 for lunch

00:58:23.779 --> 00:58:24.039
 if you're

00:58:24.039 --> 00:58:24.299
 around.

00:58:24.940 --> 00:58:25.279
 Otherwise,

00:58:25.379 --> 00:58:25.859
 we'll see

00:58:25.859 --> 00:58:26.159
 you next

00:58:26.159 --> 00:58:26.339
 week.