WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.820 Crowded House released that song in 1988. It's called Into Temptation. And I find it 00:00:07.820 --> 00:00:14.740 hauntingly beautiful. I thought Nick did a wonderful cover of that. But it shows this 00:00:14.740 --> 00:00:22.660 picture of a person faced with temptation. And they eventually succumb, they give in. 00:00:23.400 --> 00:00:29.920 Neil Finn, who wrote that song, was inspired when he was at a hotel one night. And there was the 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:36.820 rugby union team staying at the hotel and a netball team staying at the hotel. And throughout 00:00:36.820 --> 00:00:43.900 the night, he saw them pairing up. And at one point, when he was back in his hotel room, he heard the 00:00:43.900 --> 00:00:50.320 knock at the door. And he goes and opens the door. And it was the person next to him. And there was 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:59.900 somebody opening the door, giving into temptation. And he actually depicts for us the seductive, 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:07.719 that sin holds for all of us. The cradle, the bed is soft and warm. Giving into this temptation 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:18.020 couldn't do me any harm. The temptation to sin has an ability to cloud our minds, even if we say we 00:01:18.020 --> 00:01:25.040 understand the consequences. Temptation has the ability to make us rationalize why we think this 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:30.760 thing is the best thing is the best thing for me. And yet, guilt and remorse come for us quickly 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:37.780 afterwards. I can't believe I did that again. She's not going to forgive me. How do I explain this? 00:01:38.020 --> 00:01:43.400 How can I get away with this? How can I cover up this before anyone knows? 00:01:44.980 --> 00:01:51.620 Struggling with sin and temptation is part of life for all of us. None of us have overcome it, 00:01:51.620 --> 00:02:00.660 except for Jesus. And he calls us to live a life of holiness, pursuing perfection. Because in his 00:02:00.660 --> 00:02:08.200 death and resurrection, he is now making his people to be like him. Perfect, holy, without a spot, 00:02:08.300 --> 00:02:15.599 without a blemish. But I think I can get so used to my sin that I forget that's not how I'm supposed 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:23.180 to be. I'm actually being made to be that perfect, holy one like Jesus. And yet every day we are faced 00:02:23.180 --> 00:02:31.900 with so many big and small choices to sin. Will I honor God? Will I follow him with my whole body, 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:39.879 with my whole soul, with my mind? Or will I give in to that alluring call and give in to temptation? 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:48.379 Today in Psalm 141, David is going to model for us what to do when we are heading into temptation, 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:55.579 and how to prepare our lives for this battle against sin, the devil, and our own sinful hearts, 00:02:56.359 --> 00:03:02.359 to show that we love God more than anything else. To help us, the Bible is a wonderful thing. Let me 00:03:02.359 --> 00:03:08.039 encourage you to be reading it every day. And just like I gave away a book last week, I'm here to give 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:15.439 away another book. The Psalms are a really wonderful resource, and this is a daily devotion in the 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:22.299 Psalms. If you want this book, come and get this book. I'm giving away books throughout this series. 00:03:22.419 --> 00:03:27.139 This is a really helpful resource. If anybody wants this book, come and get this book right now. 00:03:27.659 --> 00:03:34.659 Come on, come and get this book. Who needs? Yes, Nolene's coming. Let's give Nolene a clap. There you are, 00:03:34.659 --> 00:03:40.879 Nolene. I will be following up with those people who've been getting those books to see how they're 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:50.079 going. So as we have a look at Psalm 141 today, there's going to be five small parts that we're 00:03:50.079 --> 00:03:53.819 going to see. I don't have three points today. There's five, but they're short. Don't worry. 00:03:54.780 --> 00:04:01.280 To see how we are to battle with our sin. The first is our need for help, our need for wisdom, 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:09.140 for friends, an understanding of justice and vindication, and then finally, our need for 00:04:09.140 --> 00:04:15.520 protection. So let me pray for us as we have a look at Psalm 141. Our Heavenly Father, I thank you so 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:24.579 much for the Psalms, the heart songs of the Bible. Father, help us to be people who love your Word, 00:04:24.579 --> 00:04:31.120 who read it and listen to you. But Lord, help us to be aware of who we are as fallen humans, 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:38.039 that we are people faced with temptation every day. Father, help us to see the temptation as a chance, 00:04:38.419 --> 00:04:46.419 as a choice to love you and serve you and not ourselves. Amen. Please have your Bibles open. 00:04:46.420 --> 00:04:52.920 You can use the St. Paul's app, or you can use the heart songs handouts on your seats. We're in verse 1. 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:59.540 And David starts in a place of desperation. Verse 1, 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:09.259 I call to you, Lord. Come quickly to me. Hear me when I call to you. David is clearly in great need, 00:05:09.259 --> 00:05:17.300 and he cries out to the only one who can help him. And it's very audacious of what David is doing here. 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:26.039 He calls God to come to him. Now, of course, God is everywhere, and it's not as if God isn't where 00:05:26.039 --> 00:05:32.219 David is, but David is calling God to come to him like a master calls a servant, you know, come here, 00:05:32.300 --> 00:05:38.719 come here and serve me. And it's very strange that David would be doing that to the great God. 00:05:39.259 --> 00:05:50.039 But it's clear that David is in a terrible spot. God, run to me. I am in a terrible spot. I need your 00:05:50.039 --> 00:05:55.360 help. If I am going to survive this period of temptation, I need you to come and help me right 00:05:55.360 --> 00:06:02.740 now. He's a person who wants to be faithful to God in the face of temptation, and he has this real 00:06:02.740 --> 00:06:09.199 sense of urgency. God, come and help me before it's too late. There's two paths before me. I want to 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:15.519 choose to love you and honor you, but this temptation is alluring, and it is tempting. 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:22.099 Come and help me. And David, even though he calls God to come to him, he comes, 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:30.079 David comes before God with nothing. He doesn't even have a sacrifice to offer or incense to burn. 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:45.620 Usually what would happen in the temple is there would be sacrifices offered, incense burnt to 00:06:45.620 --> 00:06:53.839 please the Lord. But David doesn't have these things. So he sets his hands before God in prayer 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:59.479 and lifts them up like incense. God, this is all I've got. I have nothing else. Hear my prayer. 00:07:00.979 --> 00:07:08.179 It's a cry for help based on God's character, that God is gracious and helps not because of what we 00:07:08.179 --> 00:07:13.919 offer him, not just because we sacrifice time or money or what we can give him, or in the Old Testament 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:25.420 system, an animal. God will help because God is loving and caring. It's a cry for help based on who God is. 00:07:26.180 --> 00:07:33.540 I wonder how good we are at crying out to God for help. How good are you at asking for help from God? 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:42.340 Culturally, just the Aussie maleness of me. I like to appear strong, as if I don't need help from anyone. 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:52.580 I can do it on my own. But do we think there is shame or dishonor or appearing weak if we ask for help for 00:07:52.580 --> 00:07:58.540 someone? It can be easy to think that we are somehow impervious to temptation. Do you know what? 00:07:58.540 --> 00:08:04.960 I'm being tempted right now. I don't need help. I can do it on my own. I can cope. David, who was 00:08:04.960 --> 00:08:13.920 anointed to be king and then becomes king, the king is the one who is crying out for help in desperation. 00:08:15.340 --> 00:08:23.360 Jesus himself, God's son, cries out to God for help in a desperate scene when he's in the Garden of 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:32.120 Gethsemane. In times of temptation, let's be like David and know we need God's help and cry out to God. 00:08:32.220 --> 00:08:38.879 Because just as 2 Corinthians 3 reminds us, our help comes not from us. Our help comes from the Lord. 00:08:39.980 --> 00:08:47.539 We desperately need God's help because we are in a battle. I wish that once we became Christians, once people 00:08:47.539 --> 00:08:53.939 become Christians, the battle is over. It's smooth sailing. It's really easy from that point. I'm 00:08:53.939 --> 00:09:01.379 following God. The hard part's over. I'm on his side. And the reality is that is very true. Once we are on 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:08.199 God's side, he has already won the battle. Jesus has died for us. He's taken our sin. But there is still 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:17.560 a war waging around us for our souls against sin, the world, and the devil until Jesus returns. 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:26.280 We are secure in our salvation, but it doesn't mean there are things that want to drag us down. 00:09:27.140 --> 00:09:32.379 My own heart can give into temptation to sin all on its own. I don't necessarily need the devil 00:09:32.379 --> 00:09:41.500 to influence me. So a very real battle is within our own hearts. We see temptation around us, 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:49.100 and our hearts want those things. The world around us also influences us. It doesn't want us to follow 00:09:49.100 --> 00:09:55.399 God. One of my favorite TV shows is a TV show called Gruen. I'm really excited because it's coming 00:09:55.399 --> 00:10:01.299 back on TV in a couple of weeks. And it's all about advertising. And it talks about the tricks 00:10:01.299 --> 00:10:09.439 that people use in television, in magazine advertising, in billboards, all to make us crave 00:10:09.439 --> 00:10:18.139 things to buy them. It turns us into consumers instead of being people satisfied by God. It's a 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:26.979 massive industry of people who are trying to make us into just consumers, let alone the rest of the 00:10:26.980 --> 00:10:34.060 world's temptations. So we have temptations from within us, just from what we see around us. There 00:10:34.060 --> 00:10:39.639 is temptations out there in the world where the world is trying to influence, not to follow God, 00:10:39.820 --> 00:10:48.680 but to give in. And we also do battle against the devil. He is real, and he doesn't want us to find our 00:10:48.680 --> 00:10:55.300 joy and our satisfaction in God. If he can't stop us from following God, which he can't do, 00:10:55.299 --> 00:11:02.339 because we are secure in Christ, he can certainly attempt to make us poor Christians, to make us 00:11:02.339 --> 00:11:08.459 unsatisfied Christians, Christians who don't share our faith. He can attempt to influence us. 00:11:09.839 --> 00:11:18.099 When facing his own sin, a pastor from the US called A.W. Tozer learned to talk back to the devil. 00:11:18.459 --> 00:11:23.599 It's a book of sermons I have of his. If you'd like to read his sermon, I Talk Back to the Devil, 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:28.659 I can lend that to you. He said in this sermon, he learned to say to the devil, 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:37.360 yes, devil, sin is terrible. And I remind you, devil, that everything good, forgiveness and cleansing 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:45.700 and blessing, everything that is good, I have freely received from Jesus Christ. When God forgives us, 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:51.680 when he forgives a person, he doesn't think, I need to watch them again just in case they sin. 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:59.399 But he starts again as though they have been recreated and there was no sinful past at all. 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:05.179 That is the basis of the assurance that God offers Christians. Tozer said, 00:12:05.179 --> 00:12:11.339 the devil will taunt you with the fact that you have stumbled in your faith and perhaps more than once. 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:17.519 The devil wants us to live in a state of discouraged chagrin and remorse. 00:12:18.339 --> 00:12:26.000 But we have been set free and we can call out to God to help us in the battle that we face against 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:30.339 our own sin, against the world around us and against the devil. 00:12:30.340 --> 00:12:38.600 So our first port of call when we are facing temptation is to do what David did, to cry out for help. 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:44.680 The second thing, David asks for wisdom in the face of temptation. 00:12:44.680 --> 00:12:45.399 Verse 3, 00:12:45.399 --> 00:13:00.439 God, close my mouth because I'm going to say something stupid. I'm going to say something I will regret. 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:06.959 Maybe you've had that moment in the past where you've just watched as the words have slipped out of your mouth 00:13:06.959 --> 00:13:12.100 and your brain is watching them come out of your mouth and you can see them just destroy the person in front of you 00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:18.540 and you can't do anything to get those back. God, close my mouth so I don't attack this person, 00:13:18.659 --> 00:13:23.060 so I don't share this gossip, so I don't hurt them. You know, this person over here, 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:27.019 they've been attacking me and I really want to put them in their place, Lord. 00:13:27.680 --> 00:13:33.320 I really want to share this juicy piece of gossip. I want to say hurtful things because they've been hurting me. 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:38.440 But God, come quickly over here. Slam your hand over my mouth before it is too late. 00:13:39.660 --> 00:13:43.120 God, hold me back from doing something dumb. 00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:52.900 This takes wisdom and the self-understanding to see the temptation to hurt a person with words 00:13:52.900 --> 00:13:56.420 and to desperately cry out to God before it's too late. 00:13:56.800 --> 00:13:58.740 It's not just words. This could be any sin. 00:13:58.740 --> 00:14:02.100 God, hold my hand back. God, stop me. 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:06.360 So God, please help me really practically. 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:09.060 David is calling for really simple, practical help. 00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:11.879 Close my mouth. Stop my tongue. 00:14:13.100 --> 00:14:15.080 But not only that, give me wisdom. 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:18.539 Give me wisdom to change my heart. 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.399 Verse 4, 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:23.039 Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil, 00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:26.159 so that I take part in wicked deeds, 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.439 along with those who are evildoers. 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:30.759 Do not let me eat their delicacies. 00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:36.360 David sees what is in his heart and know it's his heart that needs to change. 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:39.039 As Jesus would say a thousand years later, 00:14:39.319 --> 00:14:43.079 that it's out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks. 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:46.100 So God, you know, if he just closed David's mouth, 00:14:46.339 --> 00:14:50.000 his heart would still feel anger, resentful. 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:52.659 God, I need you to change my heart. 00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:57.139 There are a number of parts to verse 4. 00:14:57.579 --> 00:15:01.639 First, he calls on God to help him not to be drawn to evil. 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.519 It's very reminiscent of the Lord's prayer, 00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:07.120 lead me not into temptation. 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:11.240 Change my heart from being drawn to evil, 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:16.159 so I don't take part in wicked deeds with people who are wicked. 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:20.159 David, when he asks for wisdom for a new heart, 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:23.699 asks for wisdom about the people he spends time with. 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:29.539 We are all influenced with those people that we spend time with 00:15:29.539 --> 00:15:31.699 in negative and in positive ways. 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:35.399 My kids always come home speaking strange words. 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:39.419 The kids these days, I don't know their lingo. 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:41.220 I must be far too old. 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:44.860 Even their rules for playing handball, 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:48.200 I'm totally convinced these kids don't know how to play handball properly. 00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:52.600 They come home just being influenced by the kids around them. 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:58.279 But friendship groups can also develop sinful and devastating habits. 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:03.820 Some friendship groups find their identity in bullying others physically 00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:05.580 or with their words. 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:09.820 They develop a culture where it's okay to hurt others 00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:11.500 because that's what friends do. 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:15.900 The desire to fit in with co-workers or colleagues 00:16:15.900 --> 00:16:19.080 or friends and families and teammates is alluring. 00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:22.540 Temptation to compromise living a life following Jesus 00:16:22.540 --> 00:16:26.900 is easy to fall to when there is a friendship group, 00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:29.680 when there is people that we are trying to fit in with. 00:16:30.800 --> 00:16:35.080 You see the impact of cancerous culture in many places. 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:37.759 In sport at the moment, we've seen the impact 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:42.240 that a cancerous culture had on the Australian cricket team. 00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:45.379 They had a win-at-all-cost attitude, 00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:47.220 even if it meant they started cheating. 00:16:48.020 --> 00:16:50.520 The AFL recently has been dealing with 00:16:50.520 --> 00:16:53.560 a number of sexual harassment issues. 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:56.240 Organizations get accused of bullying, 00:16:56.940 --> 00:16:58.940 abusing people from the CEO down, 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:00.060 sexual misconduct. 00:17:02.400 --> 00:17:04.319 David cries for wisdom. 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:07.960 God, close my mouth, change my heart, 00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:11.839 and give me wisdom for those people I spend time with 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:15.419 because I don't want to keep being influenced by them 00:17:15.419 --> 00:17:18.299 and falling into the same temptation. 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.619 And it is so tempting. 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.559 David cries, 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:23.539 Do not let me eat their delicacies. 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:27.079 Whether or not he's talking about food, 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:32.339 there is something delicious about standing with others 00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:33.480 and pursuing evil. 00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:39.439 I used to play a card game called Cards Against Humanity. 00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.980 I don't know if you've heard of it. 00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:45.000 It's a very fun game because it's very rude, 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:46.439 very offensive. 00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:50.159 And the more offensive it is, the funnier it is. 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:52.379 And that's the way this game is designed to be. 00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:56.900 And when I played it, it was almost like a secret sin. 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:00.500 We would carefully pick people that we played with. 00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:01.800 Oh, you know, we'll play with him. 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:03.280 We won't play with him. 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:08.240 But when we started joking that you had to leave your Christianity 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:12.940 at the door to play this offensive card game, 00:18:13.600 --> 00:18:14.760 I realized it was wrong. 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:20.200 I was loving a delicacy that had me enjoying sin and depravity. 00:18:20.859 --> 00:18:25.299 The joy of delighting in sinful, degrading humor 00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:28.079 was drawing me to wickedness. 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:31.339 And it was really hard to stop because it was really fun. 00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:36.539 It was really fun to play this game with other people. 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.819 But because of God's grace, 00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:41.200 he pointed out how unhelpful it was. 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:43.440 I've stopped playing that card game, 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:46.299 but I needed God's wisdom to see 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:50.860 that I was justifying wickedness and sin 00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:52.759 just because it was delicious. 00:18:53.820 --> 00:18:57.360 But it was becoming a cancer to my soul. 00:18:58.380 --> 00:19:00.640 This is true of any temptation. 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:04.740 We can so easily justify 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:07.759 why this particular sin is okay 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:11.460 and not see that it's actually poisoning our hearts. 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:15.860 This is something that we need to be aware of 00:19:15.860 --> 00:19:18.980 when we are with our non-Christian friends, 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:20.600 non-Christian family members. 00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:24.660 We don't necessarily just want to separate ourselves 00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:26.519 and go, I can't hang around with you anymore. 00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:30.640 We're not called to go and hide in a cave 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:32.259 and exclude ourselves, 00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:34.779 but to not give in to temptation 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:38.120 and to be witnesses of God's goodness to us. 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:42.819 So David has cried out for help from God. 00:19:43.399 --> 00:19:44.839 He's called for wisdom, 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:47.079 practical wisdom to close his mouth, 00:19:47.479 --> 00:19:48.659 wisdom for his heart 00:19:48.659 --> 00:19:50.459 and for who he spends time with. 00:19:50.919 --> 00:19:51.679 And now, 00:19:52.659 --> 00:19:55.239 instead of pursuing evil with friends, 00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:57.539 he calls for godly friends. 00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:59.399 Our third point today 00:19:59.399 --> 00:20:02.159 for needing good friends. 00:20:02.959 --> 00:20:04.259 Have a look at verse 5. 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:07.779 Let a righteous man strike me. 00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:09.240 That is a kindness. 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.980 Let him rebuke me. 00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:13.559 That is oil on my head. 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.299 My head will not refuse it, 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:17.180 for my prayer will still be against 00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:18.660 the deeds of evildoers. 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.180 Now, you might be thinking, 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:22.339 I'd prefer a wicked friend 00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.619 than a righteous friend 00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:25.339 if a righteous friend is going to come along 00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:26.359 and punch me in the face. 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:29.480 But David is seeking a friend 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:31.720 who will love him enough to rebuke him, 00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:33.700 even when it hurts. 00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:36.140 And David says this is a kindness. 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:39.240 The Hebrew word here for kindness 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:41.000 is chesed, 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:43.259 and it means loving kindness. 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:46.120 The love of a friend that says, 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:48.299 James, what you are doing, 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.920 don't do this. 00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:52.019 Don't chase that sin. 00:20:52.340 --> 00:20:53.860 Don't give in to this one. 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.880 This is foolishness. 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:59.780 It's one thing to have loving friends 00:20:59.780 --> 00:21:00.860 who will rebuke you, 00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:04.300 but another to actually hear that rebuke. 00:21:05.260 --> 00:21:05.880 David says, 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:08.780 my head will not refuse it, 00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.560 but it will be like oil. 00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:12.200 It will be a blessing on me. 00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:14.860 Pour out your rebukes on me. 00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:18.779 In our battle against sin, 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.839 the world, 00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:20.679 and the devil, 00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:23.099 we have God in our corner 00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:24.799 who does come and help us. 00:21:25.159 --> 00:21:25.959 And he does. 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:29.839 And he also provides a community of believers 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:31.679 for friends to rebuke 00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:33.119 and to point out our sin. 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:36.519 Do you have a friend like this? 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:39.200 Do you have a person 00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:40.599 that you can speak truthfully, 00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:43.119 that can speak into you, 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.379 into your life truthfully, 00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:46.859 with words of loving kindness, 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:49.400 even when it hurts? 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:52.099 I have a couple of friends like this. 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:53.259 I have a mentor like this. 00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.539 Alyssa, my wife, 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.940 is one of these people as well. 00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.420 She knows me best. 00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.920 She sees through me, 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.539 and I know that she's on my side. 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:03.799 She knows all of my faults. 00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.279 Don't worry. 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.359 You can ask her later. 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:06.659 She can tell you all of them. 00:22:08.179 --> 00:22:10.699 But I also try and give her space to speak, 00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:15.439 to strike me with hard words of loving kindness. 00:22:16.679 --> 00:22:17.500 But the reality is, 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.539 it doesn't need to be a spouse. 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.639 It can be a friend, 00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:21.279 someone you can trust, 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:23.039 a Christian brother or sister, 00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:25.659 that you can ask to point out your sin, 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:29.439 to speak up when you see me being tempted. 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:32.039 When you see me being tempted to chase evil brother, 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.339 and you're speaking to my life, 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.759 don't let me go that way. 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:36.539 You wouldn't let me walk in front of a bus. 00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.839 Don't let me chase this sin. 00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:43.519 Steve is also someone who knows me really well, 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:47.839 and he sees really clearly, 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:51.019 painfully, like that striking in the face sometimes. 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:53.640 A couple of weeks ago, he said to me, 00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:55.819 you know, James, when you get stubborn, 00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:58.279 you get this particular look on your face, 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:00.579 and I can tell what it is when you're being stubborn. 00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:04.480 And words of loving kindness are never fun. 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.899 They can hurt, 00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:11.220 but they also help to keep us following God. 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:14.779 We need them because Satan wants to tempt us, 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:16.639 just like with Adam and Eve, 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:20.279 to trick us into being satisfied with sin, 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:26.000 and not the full goodness of what God has intended for us in Jesus. 00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:31.299 And so do you have a friend that you are giving space to, 00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:32.720 to speak into your life? 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:34.779 And who is the person that you're speaking into, 00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:40.559 that you are knowing well enough to love them with difficult words? 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:45.519 David cries for help, for wisdom, 00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:48.879 and he asks God for friends, 00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:53.019 for a righteous person to keep him accountable following God. 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:56.480 And the last two points, much quicker, 00:23:57.480 --> 00:24:02.039 but the second last point is that God will see him be vindicated. 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:05.779 And I don't think this is something we pray for often. 00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:07.619 It's not often something in our context. 00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:11.379 But David, it appears, has been sinned against. 00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:16.199 And he wants to strike out at those who have sinned against him. 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:19.159 But he asks for God's help to close his mouth, 00:24:19.459 --> 00:24:22.839 and he is instead going to wait for God to judge them. 00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:24.719 He's waiting for God's vindication. 00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:28.319 Have a look with me at verse 6. 00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:31.119 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, 00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:34.719 and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken. 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:37.839 I don't think we speak like this very often, 00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:42.640 you know, if we're feeling aggrieved by the way a co-worker has treated us. 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:44.640 I don't think we would pray like David, 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:46.319 that they would be thrown down from the cliffs. 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:50.799 This is a different context, but we can learn from it. 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:52.960 David is speaking for those who are David's enemies, 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:55.079 and God's enemies trying to kill him. 00:24:55.079 --> 00:25:01.679 And so David is asking that God would see him vindicated. 00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:04.619 That David is going to wait for God to work. 00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:06.419 He is not going to rush out. 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:10.359 He's going to wait for God to be about his business of justice. 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.699 He doesn't need to defend himself. 00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.460 God will do that. 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:18.379 And so we can learn that there is a value to patience, 00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:22.540 and that we don't need to strike back at other people 00:25:22.540 --> 00:25:24.780 because God is a good judge, 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.820 and we are secure. 00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:31.660 We don't need to defend ourselves like we can be tempted to. 00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:34.280 And finally, in verse 8, 00:25:34.280 --> 00:25:36.420 David asks for protection. 00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:46.220 Even when faced with temptation, 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:49.420 David still keeps his eyes focused on God. 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:53.060 God is the refuge, the safe place, not himself. 00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:58.080 It's easy when tempted to sin to fixate on that sin, 00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.740 weigh up the cost. 00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.779 Should I give in to this sin? 00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:04.180 If I don't, do I want to? 00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.940 Instead of thinking about the sin, 00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:08.039 David is thinking about God. 00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:12.740 He's totally dependent to be kept safe from himself 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:15.640 and from his enemies because he's depending upon God. 00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:18.980 When we cry out to God for help, 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.720 when we ask for wisdom, 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.400 to get righteous friends, 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:24.560 to keep vindication in God's hands 00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:26.820 and depend on him from protection, 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:29.779 it helps us to go a long way 00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:31.620 when we are faced with temptation 00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:36.139 because temptation does come for all of us. 00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:40.679 John Ortberg, another Christian pastor from the US, 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.859 wrote this book. 00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:44.159 It's called The Me I Want to Be 00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:47.239 and he talks about temptation like fishing. 00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:51.359 Not that fishing is terribly tempting for me. 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.539 It might be tempting for you. 00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:54.239 Maybe you were tempted this morning to go fishing 00:26:54.239 --> 00:26:55.639 instead of coming to church 00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:57.239 or being at church over the live stream. 00:26:57.240 --> 00:27:01.920 But Ortberg is talking about how dumb fish are. 00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:05.220 You throw a lure, a fake bait into the water 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:08.579 saying, hey fish, come and swallow this. 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:10.500 This is not the real thing. 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.819 You think it will feed you. 00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.700 It won't. 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.880 It's just going to trap you. 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.880 It's just a matter of time 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:18.720 before your enemy reels you in. 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:21.480 And you'd think that the fish would see the lure, 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.779 the fake bait, 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:24.620 and think it's not even real food. 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.359 Why eat it? 00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:28.439 You think they would see their other friends 00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:30.379 go flying out of the water, 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.619 never to be seen again. 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.879 But they don't. 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.919 You think it's a little bit, 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.099 I think it's a little bit ironic 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:38.699 because, you know, fish live in schools 00:27:38.699 --> 00:27:40.159 and yet they're pretty dumb. 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:43.359 Anyway, I got one laugh from my wife. 00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:44.819 I'm pretty happy about that. 00:27:46.219 --> 00:27:46.959 Pray for her. 00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:50.099 But are we much smarter than fish? 00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:54.699 Sin and temptation are dangled in front of us. 00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:57.080 And we can't help but bite. 00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:59.660 Even though it's not the real deal, 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.860 it won't satisfy, 00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:05.140 but just enslave us like a hook through the cheek. 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:08.640 Temptation promises freedom. 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.799 Take this. 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.720 Do this. 00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:11.860 Look at this. 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.100 This will bring joy. 00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.240 And it might, 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:18.140 but it's very short-term fake. 00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:20.140 And inevitably, 00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.660 it makes us slaves 00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:24.060 because there is always a hook. 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:26.380 Real freedom, 00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:28.720 the way God made us to be, 00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:32.520 is not the ability to have everything we desire, 00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:34.620 but to not be enslaved. 00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:37.880 Real freedom is to not be enslaved 00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:39.480 to our temptations. 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:41.700 We are more than our desires, 00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.700 more than our stomach, 00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:44.520 more than lustful eyes, 00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.980 more than angry hands, 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.539 more than hurtful words. 00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:50.339 We are so much more than that. 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.740 Ortberg said 00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:54.740 that the battle against temptation 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.500 is a noble fight. 00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:00.460 But if we simply try to repress a desire, 00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.759 it will wear us out. 00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:04.640 We need to have a very clear picture 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:07.420 of what kind of person we want to be. 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.960 We need to have a clear picture 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:11.059 of the person that we want to be. 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.779 Let me read from Ortberg. 00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:15.519 Job put it this way. 00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:18.839 He's talking about his own issues 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:20.519 with sexual temptation. 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.940 Let me read a little bit earlier. 00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.059 One day, 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.639 I wrote down all the reasons 00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:27.700 why I would like to handle sexuality 00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:29.279 in an honorable way. 00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:32.599 What might it do to my wife if I didn't? 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.899 How my children would be affected? 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:37.339 What would happen to my work and ministry? 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:39.139 How it would feel to be haunted 00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:41.060 by guilt and failure 00:29:41.060 --> 00:29:44.480 and the inability of sexual gratification 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.360 to last? 00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.640 Job put it this way. 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:50.000 I made a covenant with my eyes 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:52.220 not to look lustfully at a girl. 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:55.060 I deliberately seek to not look 00:29:55.060 --> 00:29:56.720 at a woman who is not my wife 00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:58.580 for the purpose of deriving 00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.840 sexual gratification. 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.780 Suppose I'm at a health club 00:30:01.780 --> 00:30:04.259 and out of the corner of my eye, 00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:05.500 I see a woman 00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:07.820 and think that if I look over at her, 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:10.740 maybe I'll be able to experience 00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.299 a little sexual pleasure. 00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:14.759 The next thought that comes 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.720 because of what Job said is, 00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:19.159 I don't have to look. 00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:22.220 I can not look. 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.579 The thought that follows is, 00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:26.259 instead of missing out 00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:28.339 on a little thrill by not looking, 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:31.539 I will have a power I didn't have, 00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:34.720 a power I didn't know I had, 00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.460 I can be free. 00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:39.640 And that freedom produced by the Spirit 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:41.480 feels good. 00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:44.920 David has a clear picture 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.340 of who he wants to be. 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:49.039 A man that honors God with his words, 00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:52.019 that he's influenced by the right people. 00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.779 He has a clear picture 00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:57.539 of the man he wants to be. 00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:00.539 And he, just like Ortberg said, 00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:03.379 can choose to not sin. 00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:05.379 All because we have freedom 00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:07.059 because of Jesus Christ. 00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:11.220 What steps do we need to take 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.299 to win the battle 00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:13.599 against sin, 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.079 the world, 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.139 and the devil? 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.220 To be able to be people who say, 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:20.680 I cannot do that sin 00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:22.680 because God has set me free. 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:25.579 I have six short steps 00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:27.980 to help us in this battle. 00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.119 First of all, 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:32.259 just like Ortberg and David has done, 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.419 to have a picture 00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:35.119 of who we want to be 00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.879 in our mind. 00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:38.299 And to use descriptive words. 00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.859 I'm going to give you a moment 00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:41.039 in a second to do this. 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.559 Imagine a picture 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:44.199 of who you want to be. 00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.439 It could be somebody 00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:47.899 who is a faithful husband. 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.819 That's one for me. 00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.240 It could be 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:52.339 somebody who honors God 00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.139 with their words. 00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:54.580 Who is the picture 00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:56.080 of a person 00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.960 that you want to be? 00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.720 What is the version 00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.240 of yourself 00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.240 that honors God? 00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:01.720 Secondly, 00:32:02.560 --> 00:32:03.640 pray for God's help 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.960 as you journey 00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.060 to be that person. 00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.380 Pray for God's help. 00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.020 Third, 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.420 what is the first step 00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.380 in that direction? 00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:14.420 What is the very first step? 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.220 Fourth, 00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.820 as you journey, 00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:19.300 what are the temptations 00:32:19.300 --> 00:32:20.440 that you are going to battle? 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.420 Be aware 00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.440 of the temptations 00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.180 you will face 00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.840 in the future. 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.820 Fifth, 00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:27.680 find a friend 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.680 to help you keep, 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.640 to keep you accountable. 00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.600 And lastly, 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.720 as we journey, 00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.840 always remember 00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.500 the God 00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.320 who loves you, 00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.860 who has forgiven you 00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:38.360 in Jesus, 00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:40.680 and that we can have assurance 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.580 because of his love. 00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.580 To imagine a picture 00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:44.759 of who God 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.720 is making you to be, 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:47.180 pray for God's help 00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.779 on that journey. 00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:49.340 What is the first step? 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:51.519 What is the first step? 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.619 What is the next step 00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.400 that you are taking 00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.799 to grow as a Christian? 00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.799 What are the temptations? 00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.559 What are the battles 00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.519 that you are going to face? 00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.079 Get a friend 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.240 to keep you accountable 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.160 for those battles, 00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.960 and remember 00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.639 that God loves you. 00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.639 Let me pray. 00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:10.019 Heavenly Father, 00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:10.619 I thank you 00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.059 that you 00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:12.319 are good 00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.139 and loving, 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.079 and that you 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:15.279 are faithful to us. 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:17.220 even when we 00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.579 are faced with sin 00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.440 and temptation 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.359 to run away from you, 00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.779 to hurt ourselves 00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.559 and other people. 00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.160 Lord, 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.339 thank you for this reminder 00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:26.019 from David 00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:27.660 to call out to you 00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.139 from help. 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.680 God, 00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.879 please make us 00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.559 people who 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:33.480 willingly run 00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.379 to you 00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:35.299 for help. 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.339 Lord, 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.980 help us 00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.759 today 00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.660 and tomorrow 00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.399 as we, 00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.139 as fallen people 00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:43.180 who are being made 00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.240 more like your son, 00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:46.039 face temptations. 00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.100 Help us 00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.920 to honor you 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.920 in those situations, 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.259 Lord. 00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:49.880 Help us 00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:51.060 to see 00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:52.039 that we can 00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:53.920 choose not to sin. 00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:55.160 We ask this 00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:56.080 in your son's name 00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.940 and for your glory. 00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.759 Amen.