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 Amen. If you would, take your Bibles and open them up to the book of Psalms this morning.

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 The book of Psalms, and our passage will be Psalm 37, verse 4.

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 I ask that if you would please remain standing, if you're able, for the reading of God's Word.

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 Just one verse this morning, Psalm 37, verse 4.

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 If you were here last week, you know we're taking a break from the Gospel of John for the month of January.

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 And our aim in this month, the month of January, is to remind ourselves, as we begin a new year, of our mission and vision as a church.

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 So last week, we covered our mission, which is that we exist to magnify the glory of God in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And starting this week and over the next three weeks, Lord willing, we'll cover our three-part ministry vision,

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 which is to enjoy God, to equip the saints, and to evangelize the lost.

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 But what I've felt compelled to do over these three weeks is to blanket those three aspects of our ministry together with a theme of prayer.

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 So this week, we're going to cover how we enjoy God together in prayer.

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 So let's read Psalm 37, verse 4.

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 Remain standing and listen along as I read God's Word.

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 It says,

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 Let's pray once more.

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 Lord, we ask that you would turn our hearts now to delight in you.

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 We ask God that you would change the desires of our hearts and then give us the desires of our hearts.

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 And we ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 If my math is correct, we've prayed a total of four times together already in our worship service this morning.

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 We prayed at the beginning of our service, after the call to worship.

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 And we prayed a prayer of praise after the catechism reading.

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 We had a prayer for our offering right after the scripture reading this morning.

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 And then I just prayed for the preaching of the Word.

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 That makes for four times together.

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 And of course, if you were in the Sunday school hour, that hour both begins and ends with prayer.

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 And I don't know if you even know this or not, but if you were here 15 minutes before the Sunday school hour,

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 we have 15 minutes before the Sunday school hour every Sunday morning.

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 We walk through the morning service and we pray through the morning service and commit all of our plans to the Lord.

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 And then guess what?

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 Well, we're not done praying this morning.

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 As you might imagine, after I'm done saying everything I have planned to say, I will pray.

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 And then we will conclude with a time of silent prayer and reflection.

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 And then I've asked Treg if he would lead us in prayer as a way to apply and respond to what God has taught us this morning through His Word.

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 I hope that you can tell, if you've been a part of our worship services for any length of time,

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 that for us, prayer is not just an accessory to our worship.

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 It is absolutely a vital element of our life together.

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 It is a vital part of our church family and what we aim to do together.

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 I'll never forget when I was serving at a church in North Myrtle Beach.

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 I served as a pastor on staff at a church there.

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 And we also placed a high premium on the value of prayer.

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 And we had some family in town visiting us for the weekend.

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 Amanda's sister and our nephews.

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 And after the service was over, I do as I always do.

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 I go around and I say, hey, would anybody like to share anything that they picked up, anything they heard from the morning's service?

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 And my nephew was probably seven or eight years old at the time.

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 And he said, I don't really know.

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 All I know is you guys sure do pray a whole lot.

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 I took that as a compliment.

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 You see, we as a church family are committed, deeply committed, to the value of prayer.

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 Not just as a transition to move us along through various elements of the service.

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 Not just so musicians or readers can get up and off the stage.

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 But we believe that prayer is one of the primary ways that we both experience and express delight in God.

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 Prayer is one of the primary ways that we as Christians and we as a church both experience and express delight in God.

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 We believe that we magnify the glory of God by enjoying Him in prayer.

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 Our passage this morning is just one verse.

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 But it is a wonderful promise for us to believe.

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 It is, I believe, it's fuel for us for a lifetime, a commitment of God-exalting prayer.

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 And if you come here this morning and you feel like your prayer life is struggling,

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 maybe it's grown a bit dull,

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 maybe for you it's a struggle to force yourself into the discipline of prayer,

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 I want you to listen closely to what God has promised you this morning.

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 This promise is for you.

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 So what I want to do this morning as we walk through just one verse, Psalm 37 verse 4,

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 is I want to discuss what this promise isn't and what this promise is.

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 What this promise isn't and what this promise is.

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 First, let's consider what this promise isn't saying.

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 Because if God is promising us something,

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 I want to understand what God means by what God promises, right?

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 I don't want to import my desires, my wants, my agenda, my selfish motives onto God's promises

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 because a hundred times out of a hundred, what God has in mind is going to be better than what I had in mind.

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 So let's understand what he's not saying here in Psalm 37 verse 4.

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 This is not a procedure to get whatever you want.

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 This is not a procedure to get whatever you want.

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 Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you whatever you want.

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 Maybe my heart might want a Ferrari.

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 And maybe my heart wants a spouse, children, grandchildren, a job, a new home.

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 And maybe my heart wants a million dollars.

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 You see where I'm going.

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 And so you're telling me that all I have to do is delight in God and I will get whatever I want, right?

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 Yes and no.

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 Yes and no.

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 And we'll see how it's yes in a moment.

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 But for now, we should know that this promise is not a blank check to just get whatever we want out of God.

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 There's a movie that I loved growing up.

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 It's called Blank Check.

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 I won't ask you to raise your hand if any of you have seen it.

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 It wasn't probably a nominee for any major awards or anything like that.

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 But it was a good movie.

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 A kid, he finds, guess what?

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 A blank check.

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 And he writes a dollar amount.

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 I don't remember how much the amount was.

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 Probably a million dollars onto the blank check.

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 He goes.

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 He cashes it.

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 He turns that blank check into anything and everything a kid could possibly ever want.

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 He had water slides coming out of his bedroom.

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 He had candy.

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 He had all sorts of junk food as much as he wanted.

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 He had go-karts to ride around his house.

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 He got everything he wanted because he was given a blank check.

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 That would be the wrong way to read this verse.

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 That's not what he is promising us here.

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 Prayer is not just a means to some other better end.

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 Where we treat God as if he's a magic genie in a bottle.

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 If we just rub the bottle the right way.

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 If we just delight in the Lord enough just the right way.

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 Then we will get whatever it is that we wish.

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 We should know that if that's how we treat prayer.

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 If we read this promise this way.

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 Ultimately what that's saying is that whatever it is that we want.

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 We want more than God himself.

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 And God's value.

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 God's worth to us.

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 It lies in his ability to give us whatever it is that we want with or without him.

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 That's not what this is.

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 It's not a procedure to get whatever we want.

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 It's also not a prosperity gospel promise.

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 It is not a prosperity gospel promise.

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 You know what the prosperity gospel is.

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 The essence of the prosperity gospel is love God and bad things will not happen to you.

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 Love God and bad things won't come into your life.

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 God wants you to be happy.

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 God wants you to be healthy.

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 God wants you to be wealthy.

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 He would never bring something bad or hard into your life.

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 And so if you just have enough faith nothing bad will ever happen to you.

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 It is a dangerous deception.

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 And it's incredibly popular.

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 And you can imagine why.

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 This lie sells.

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 It is attractive.

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 Apparently I read this week.

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 This is Oprah Winfrey's favorite verse in the Bible.

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 Did you know that?

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 This is her favorite verse.

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 In the Bible.

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 She was in an interview with Stephen Colbert several years ago.

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 She shared that this was her favorite verse.

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 But as she explained it, it became abundantly clear that how she understands this promise is radically different from what I'm trying to present to you this morning.

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 As she articulated it, this is a direct quote.

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 She said, I love this verse because it means if you focus on being a force for good, then good will come back to you.

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 If you focus on being a force for good, then good will come.

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 I spoke with a man several months ago who thought the same thing.

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 I gave him a ride into town.

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 We had about 10 minutes to speak.

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 And so we spoke about the gospel.

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 And he shared that, well, what he believes is essentially that if you just put out good energy into the world, well, good things will come back to you.

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 If you put out bad energy out into the world, well, bad things will come back to you.

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 I want you to see that's not what the verse says, is it?

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 Look there with me again.

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 This verse doesn't say be good, be a force for good, do your best, try hard and good will come to you.

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 What does it say?

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 Delight yourself in the Lord.

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 Delight yourself in the Lord, not just in any old God, not just in good, however you might define good.

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 Delight yourself in the Lord, Yahweh, the God of the Bible, the covenant God of Israel, the God that's revealed in the pages of Scripture.

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 Delight yourself in him and he will give you the desires of your heart.

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 And it doesn't say, no matter how much we might want it to say this, it doesn't say that if you delight in him, no bad things will ever come into your life.

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 It does not say, delight in him and he will only give you good things in your life.

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 Try telling that to Job.

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 Try telling that to Jesus.

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 Or to Paul or to Stephen or Peter or James.

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 Or to our brothers and sisters suffering for their faith in Sudan.

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 Try telling that to those worshiping in underground churches in China.

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 I try telling that to my pastor friend, Jeff, in North Myrtle Beach, one of the godliest men I know,

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 who spent the majority of his working career life doing mission work, building the church in Israel and in the Horn of Africa.

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 He came home, served as an elder alongside me at our church.

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 Just learned last week that he has cancer.

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 Stage four.

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 Terrible diagnosis for a godly man.

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 Tell that to my friend Garrett.

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 Who prayed with his family.

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 That his family would grow in the Lord.

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 That they would grow in their hunger for the Lord.

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 That they'd be drawn nearer to the Lord.

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 And then weeks later, he finds himself in the ICU with his daughter.

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 Seizures.

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 Unresponsive.

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 Been there since just before Christmas.

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 Love God and good things will happen.

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 Love God and good things will happen.

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 Does not work in real life.

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 Love God and bad things won't happen to you.

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 Does not work in real life.

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 That's not what this verse is promising.

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 So if this verse is true, what that means is there must be a way where we get what we want, even if we don't get what we want.

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 Are you following me?

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 There must be a way where the desires of our heart are met, even if the wants, the immediate wants of our heart don't go as we plan.

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 Where we're happy, we're delighted and satisfied, even if our life isn't delightful and isn't always satisfying.

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 We'll get there.

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 Last one here.

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 We should also know that this verse is not possible in our own strength.

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 This verse is not possible in our own strength.

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 I want you to notice something here.

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 It's so interesting to me.

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 That this is a command.

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 You notice that?

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 We tend to place the emphasis on the back end of the verse as if the back end was more important.

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 So we say, well, how do I get the desires of my heart?

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 Okay, well, I delight myself in the Lord.

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 Well, how do I get whatever it is that I want?

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 Well, I delight in Him.

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 If I want to be happy, if I want to be wealthy, if I want to be happy and healthy, I delight in Him.

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 We get the order mixed up.

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 Read it again.

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 This is a command.

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 He tells us, He commands us.

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 It says, delight yourself in the Lord.

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 And out of that delight, out of that delight as an overflow, as a sure result of a heart that delights in Him,

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 is a promise that all of your desires will ultimately be met in Him.

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 And we're commanded to delight ourselves in the Lord.

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 It's not the only place in Scripture where we're commanded like this either, is it?

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 Or the summary that Jesus gives of the whole law.

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 What is it?

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 You should, you should, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, with all your strength.

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 We're commanded to love God.

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 That's the call that's made to sinners like us.

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 Love God.

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 Love Christ.

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 Love His Word.

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 Love His promises.

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 And you will be saved.

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 What's the problem?

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 We can't do that in our own strength.

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 We can't obey this command in our own strength.

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 I can't make you love anything just by telling you to love it.

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 Especially, especially if you're naturally opposed to it.

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 You can force action, but you cannot force love.

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 Especially if you're naturally opposed to it.

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 I'll give you an example.

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 If I tell my kids to eat broccoli, they might eat it.

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 If I tell them to love broccoli, I can't make them love broccoli no matter how many times I might tell them.

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 They'll eat it.

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 I can force action, but I can't force love.

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 If you're not an exercise person, it doesn't matter how many times Breeze tells you to lift the weight.

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 He might get you to lift it, but he can't make you love it.

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 You can compel action, but you cannot force love.

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 So how in the world is this command possibly kept?

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 How can sinners who are naturally opposed to God,

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 sinners who refuse to delight in the goodness of God,

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 how can sinners obey this command to delight in the Lord?

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 It's only kept by a miraculous work of God himself in you.

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 To change your heart.

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 To change your heart.

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 So that now your cold, hard, rebellious heart that doesn't want a thing to do with God,

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 only wants what you can get out of him,

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 treats him as a means to some other end,

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 uses him to serve yourself,

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 sees him as an accessory to your life and not central to your life,

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 now all of a sudden your heart is changed to love him.

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 To desire him.

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 And so what way he wants to trust him,

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 even if we don't get our way.

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 That's a work, a miracle of God.

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 The only way to have all of the desires of your heart

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 is for God himself to make himself the delight of your heart.

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 And then to give you as much as you want.

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 I'll say that again.

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 The only way for you to have all of the desires of your heart

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 is for God to make himself the delight of your heart.

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 And then he says,

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 Come on, you can have as much as you want.

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 You can have as much as you want of me.

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 It happens first at conversion.

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 When you hear the good news of the gospel

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 that Christ Jesus comes to save sinners,

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 that he alone is worthy of our praise,

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 that he's lived and died and risen on behalf of sinners,

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 to restore you to God,

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 to bring you back into right relationship with God,

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 to wipe away everything that stands in the way

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 of your full enjoyment of God himself.

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 When you believe that message,

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 your heart is changed and transformed

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 to glory and the goodness of God above all things.

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 It happens first at conversion.

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 But even then, after conversion,

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 your heart, believe it or not,

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 is often still slow to delight in God.

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 I know I'm not the only one.

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 Your whole life as a Christian

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 is now spent fighting for joy in the Lord.

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 Fighting for delight in God.

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 God works that delight in you

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 through sanctification

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 sanctification until you're finally made fit

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 and able to enjoy him forever

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 in glorification.

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 That's the aim of the Christian life.

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 It's to enjoy him,

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 to delight in him,

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 to love him.

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 That's his work

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 and that's his promise to us in Christ.

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 Delight in God is the work of God.

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 We can't do it in our own strength,

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 but he works it in us through the gospel.

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 So, what is this verse promising us?

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 What is this verse promising us?

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 Well, this verse, church,

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 I want us to see,

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 this is an invitation to have your desires changed.

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 It's an invitation to have your desires changed.

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 Matthew Henry, commenting on this verse,

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 he says,

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 we must make God our heart's delight

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 and then we shall have our heart's desire.

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 Must make God our heart's delight

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 and then we will have our heart's desire.

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 What is the desire of the heart of a good man,

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 he asks?

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 It is this,

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 to know and love

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 and live to God,

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 to please him

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 and to be pleased in him.

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 And St. Augustine,

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 he says it another way,

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 much simpler.

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 He says,

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 love God and do as you please.

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 Don't you love that?

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 Isn't that freeing?

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 Love God and do as you please.

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 See, we misunderstand that quote

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 if we put the emphasis on the latter half.

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 Oh, I get to do whatever I want

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 and do whatever I please.

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 That's all that's required of me,

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 love God,

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 then I get to do whatever I want.

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 Yes, if everything you want

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 is developed and defined

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 by your love for God.

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 You can do whatever it is you want.

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 If it's flowing downstream

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 from a heart that loves God,

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 love God and do what you please.

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 Because the truth is,

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 genuinely loving God,

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 delighting yourself in him

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 will have a transformative effect

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 on your heart.

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 If you delight in him,

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 if you love him,

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 your heart will change

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 away from selfish desires,

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 away from sinful desires,

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 away even from good desires

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 for selfish purposes

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 and towards God

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 and God's desires.

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 The one who truly delights in God

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 deep down in their heart of hearts

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 doesn't want anything

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 other than what God wants.

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 Now we might have other wants.

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 Of course we will.

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 We will have other wants,

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 but if our greatest want

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 is for God to be glorified,

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 for his will to be done,

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 for us to know him more,

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 for us to grow in him,

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 we can be certain

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 we'll have it.

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 Come what may.

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 Whatever that may bring,

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 you can take anything else

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 away from a Christian,

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 but if they have God,

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 they have everything they need.

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 We can say with the Apostle Paul,

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 I've learned the secret

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 of being content

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 in all circumstances.

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 Philippians chapter 4,

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 I've learned the secret

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 to being content,

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 to thriving in abundance

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 and in lack and poverty

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 and in riches.

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 The secret, what is it?

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 I can do all things

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 through Christ

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 who strengthens me.

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 Have you learned that secret?

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 Have you learned the secret

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 of contentment?

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 Come what may,

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 in abundance and in plenty,

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 in lack and in hunger and thirst.

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 Are you content

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 in who God is?

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 Is your heart delighted

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 in him?

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 That's the work

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 of a changed heart

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 by the power of God

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 through the gospel of Christ.

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 It's an invitation

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 to have your desires changed.

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 Not only this,

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 it's an invitation

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 to have our longings met.

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 You know,

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:55.799
 another way to misunderstand

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 and misapply this verse

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 is to say,

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 well, this just means

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 I should just squelch

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 all my desires.

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 This just means

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 that I should live

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 like a stoic

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 and have no pleasure,

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 no joy,

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 not want anything.

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 No, no, no, no, no, no.

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 It's good.

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 It's right for us

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 to have desire.

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 I would say it's good

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 and it's right for us

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 to chase pleasure,

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 to chase joy.

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 It's a matter of

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 where we chase it

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 and where we find it.

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 The only way

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 this promise is true

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 is for us to shrink,

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 is not for us,

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 excuse me,

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 not for us to shrink

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 our desires

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 but instead

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 to enlarge them.

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 God wants our desires

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 to be for things

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 that are more

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 than what this world

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 can provide,

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 not less

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 than what this world

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 can offer.

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 We read from C.S. Lewis

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 last week,

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 I'll do it again.

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 He says,

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 Our desires

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 are not too strong

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 but too weak.

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 We are half-hearted creatures

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 fooling about

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 with drink

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 and sex

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 and ambition

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:03.119
 when infinite joy

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 is offered to us.

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 Like an ignorant child

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 who wants to go on

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:08.299
 making mud pies

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.939
 in a slum

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 because he cannot

00:24:09.719 --> 00:24:10.559
 even imagine

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.199
 what's meant

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 by the offer

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:13.059
 of a holiday at sea.

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 We are far

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 too easily

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.019
 pleased.

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 Do you desire

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.660
 to be happy?

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 Of course you do.

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 Well, you can

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:27.420
 chase that happiness,

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.259
 you can pursue

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 that joy

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.879
 and drink

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.759
 and sex

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.700
 and ambition

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.440
 or

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:34.240
 you can pursue

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.619
 happiness in Christ.

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.259
 We are offered

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.440
 infinite joy

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.039
 in Christ,

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.740
 joy that we can

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.359
 experience

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 right now

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 in part

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 but then

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 in full.

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 Do you desire

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:46.259
 to be rich?

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.779
 Wealthy?

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 Have some property

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 maybe?

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 Have a home?

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 A little bit

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.700
 of equity?

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 Your own little slice

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.339
 of paradise

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.220
 here on earth?

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:56.399
 That's too small.

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.359
 Don't you understand

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:59.259
 we will inherit

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 the new heavens

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 and the new earth?

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 We're sons and daughters

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 of the king.

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 We'll be citizens

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.539
 of the kingdom of God.

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.519
 Do you desire

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.200
 to be healthy?

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.099
 Of course you do.

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 Friend,

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.200
 the time is coming

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:13.220
 when all sickness

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.299
 will be wiped away

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 for good.

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 When all death

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.679
 will be wiped away

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.159
 forever.

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 No more sorrow,

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:21.220
 no more suffering,

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.740
 no more disease.

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 I think this is

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 an encouragement

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 for us to put

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 our hope there

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 in better promises.

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:31.700
 You know,

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:33.559
 where the prosperity

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.639
 gospel goes wrong,

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.000
 you might be surprised

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.519
 to hear this,

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:38.179
 it is not in saying

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:39.139
 that God wants

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:39.899
 your healing.

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 They're not wrong

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.480
 in saying that God

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.340
 wants your prosperity

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:44.640
 or your happiness

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.460
 or your health.

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 You may be surprised

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.700
 to hear that.

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:48.840
 Prosperity theology

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.540
 goes wrong

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:51.060
 by shrinking

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:52.320
 God's promises

00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:53.980
 down to a fraction

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.220
 so that they can be

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.360
 had right now.

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 It makes our desires

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.860
 not too big

00:25:58.860 --> 00:26:00.120
 but too small.

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 Ten billion dollars

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.980
 in your bank account

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 is a fraction

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.920
 of the riches

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:11.120
 that await us

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.700
 in glory.

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 An inheritance

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.539
 for promise

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.779
 that is imperishable,

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.339
 undefiled,

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.839
 unfading,

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.220
 kept in heaven

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.740
 for you

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:22.079
 who by God's power

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.779
 are being guarded

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.480
 through faith

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.220
 for salvation

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:25.360
 ready to be revealed

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.360
 in the last time.

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 Even though

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:29.480
 if necessary,

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.680
 you now have

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.620
 had to endure

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.759
 various trials

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.420
 so that the test

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.140
 to genuineness

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.840
 of your faith

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 more precious

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.259
 than gold

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:40.080
 those refined by fire

00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:40.779
 may be found

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 to result

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.480
 in praise

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 and glory

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.400
 and honor

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.200
 of the revelation

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.660
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.880
 Do you want

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.680
 health

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.759
 and happiness?

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.779
 A hundred years

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.000
 of life cancer free

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.700
 on this side

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.240
 of eternity?

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.160
 That's a good run.

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.519
 That is a fraction

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:59.300
 of what lies

00:26:59.300 --> 00:26:59.860
 ahead of us

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.380
 in glory.

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.620
 I used to have

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.259
 a church member

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.019
 I think I've shared

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.799
 this with you before

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.680
 who as he aged

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.519
 and got older

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.900
 his knees were aching

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.859
 his back was aching

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.720
 everything was aching

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.599
 y'all know how that is

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:13.240
 and he would tell me

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.940
 you know pastor

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.779
 I just want one good day

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.099
 before Jesus comes back.

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:19.160
 Just one good day

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.059
 where I'll feel good

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:21.299
 before the Lord returns.

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.720
 And I loved

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.740
 to remind him

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:26.660
 brother when Jesus

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.299
 comes back

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.480
 you will feel better

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.660
 than you've ever felt.

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.839
 More alive

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.879
 than you've ever felt.

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.619
 More limber

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:36.240
 than you've ever felt.

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:38.859
 There's better promises

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:40.139
 ahead of us

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:41.240
 than what anything

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.799
 in this world

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.480
 can offer you.

00:27:45.179 --> 00:27:46.399
 This is an invitation

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:47.480
 to have your desires

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.339
 changed

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:50.039
 and to have your desires

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.480
 met

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.980
 in ways that

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:53.419
 far surpass

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:54.779
 our greatest expectations.

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.740
 Ultimately church

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.919
 this is an invitation

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:58.079
 to true

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:59.220
 and lasting

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.179
 joy.

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.279
 don't you want that?

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.660
 And don't you

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:05.100
 crave that?

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.299
 Everybody does.

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.680
 Delight yourself

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.580
 in the Lord

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:11.420
 and he will give you

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.200
 the desires

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.440
 of your heart.

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.039
 You know that's what

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.940
 the message of the gospel

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.600
 is all about.

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.779
 The gospel

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.620
 is an invitation

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.880
 for sinners

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:21.340
 to know

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.039
 true

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.019
 and lasting

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.380
 joy in God

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.180
 through faith

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.500
 in Jesus Christ.

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:26.559
 Christ.

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.140
 That's why

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.019
 Christ came.

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.619
 Christianity

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:31.339
 is not

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.220
 a religion

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.819
 of do's

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.400
 and don'ts.

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.460
 It's not a binding

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.720
 restrictive religion

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.660
 of rules

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.359
 to follow.

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.240
 Christianity

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.940
 is an invitation

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:41.319
 to endless

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.099
 infinite

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:43.359
 joy

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.819
 and the

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.180
 fount

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.940
 of endless

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.460
 joy.

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.599
 God himself

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:49.940
 John Piper

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.240
 has been

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.559
 one of the

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.400
 greatest advocates

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.140
 for something

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.420
 called

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:54.900
 Christian hedonism.

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.559
 Anybody ever

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:55.940
 heard of that?

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.980
 Christian hedonism.

00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.639
 A hedonism

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.859
 you don't want

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.200
 to be called

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.839
 a hedonist.

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.240
 Right?

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.579
 A hedonism

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.659
 is if you're

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.200
 a hedonist

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.619
 you're somebody

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.440
 that pursues

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.980
 pleasure

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.700
 any which way

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.440
 you can find it.

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.859
 A hedonism

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.599
 is the pursuit

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.759
 of pleasure.

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.919
 A pleasure seeker

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.659
 is a hedonist

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:15.659
 but Christian hedonism

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.539
 narrows it

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.039
 to say

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:18.279
 God wants you

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.319
 to be happy

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:21.059
 and the only way

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.039
 you will truly

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.700
 be happy

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.799
 is in God.

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:25.740
 God wants you

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.799
 to be satisfied

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:28.700
 and the only way

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.259
 you will ever

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.539
 truly be satisfied

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.659
 is in God

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.180
 himself.

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.419
 God wants you

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:35.460
 to chase

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.599
 hard after

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.940
 all the joy

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.639
 and pleasure

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.240
 that your heart

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.960
 can possibly

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.559
 imagine

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:42.839
 and the only way

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.519
 to have fullness

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.220
 of joy

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.579
 is in God

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.539
 himself.

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.680
 See most people

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.139
 if they think

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.740
 about God

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.740
 at all

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.819
 they go through

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.519
 life as if

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.200
 this verse said

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:53.039
 delight yourself

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.740
 and he'll give you

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.220
 the desires

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.700
 of your heart.

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.720
 Do whatever

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.159
 you want

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:58.599
 delight yourself

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.720
 if there is a God

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.180
 he wants you

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.879
 to be happy

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:02.019
 he'll bless you

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:03.220
 he approves of you

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.059
 you deserve

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.779
 whatever your heart

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.399
 desires.

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:06.980
 You see how

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.779
 false that is?

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.980
 Delight yourself

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:11.659
 in the Lord

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:13.240
 the source

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.960
 of infinite

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:15.079
 eternal joy

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.359
 delight yourself

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.940
 in him

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:18.259
 and you will have

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.279
 all the desires

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.539
 of your heart.

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:22.819
 Westminster

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:24.220
 catechism

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.799
 it tells us

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.319
 what's the

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.119
 chief end

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.579
 of man

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:28.180
 is to glorify

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.680
 God

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:30.200
 and to enjoy

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.659
 him

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.519
 forever.

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:34.000
 Psalm 1611

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.559
 one of my

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.259
 favorite verses

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.159
 opened our

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:36.700
 service this

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.099
 morning with

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.599
 this verse

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.980
 it says

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.579
 you make known

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.119
 to me the

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:41.059
 path of life

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:42.740
 in your presence

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.220
 there is

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.859
 fullness

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.859
 of joy

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.339
 at your

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:45.940
 right hand

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.740
 are pleasures

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:48.399
 forevermore

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:50.519
 that's why

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.259
 we're commanded

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.880
 church

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.500
 to delight

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.080
 yourself

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.900
 in the Lord

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.300
 and you will

00:30:54.300 --> 00:30:55.120
 have all

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.940
 the desires

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:57.160
 of your heart

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.840
 this verse

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:59.120
 is an invitation

00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:00.259
 to true

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.259
 and lasting

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.000
 joy

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.759
 in

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.980
 him

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:05.240
 and that's

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.620
 why

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:07.340
 that's why

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:08.860
 this verse

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:09.840
 is an anchor

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:11.000
 for our

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.360
 prayer

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:13.920
 and prayer

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.440
 as we said

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.920
 at the beginning

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.860
 of our time

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.200
 together

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.660
 is one of the

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.440
 primary ways

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.080
 that we both

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.819
 experience

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:20.259
 and express

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.180
 delight

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.900
 in God

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.440
 prayer

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.960
 is one of the

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:25.299
 primary ways

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.779
 that God

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.860
 changes our

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.400
 hearts

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:29.539
 prayer is one of

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.620
 the primary ways

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.140
 that we have

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.819
 the desires

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.680
 of our heart

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.539
 met

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:36.259
 David Platt

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.299
 he says

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.960
 the secret

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.940
 to prayer

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:40.440
 is making

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.420
 your wants

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.559
 God's wants

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.980
 and then asking

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.460
 for whatever

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.080
 it is you want

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:47.079
 don't you love

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.339
 that

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:48.919
 the secret

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.379
 to prayer

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:50.079
 is making

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.779
 your wants

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.619
 God's wants

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.779
 and then go

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.480
 ask for whatever

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.259
 it is you want

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:57.599
 I want to ask

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.220
 you this week

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.799
 as we go

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.579
 from this

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.299
 place

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:02.559
 I want to

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.019
 encourage you

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.720
 to stretch

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.379
 yourself in

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.659
 prayer

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:05.279
 this week

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:07.359
 stretch yourself

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:07.799
 in prayer

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.279
 now that may

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.039
 look different

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.740
 for every single

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.359
 person in the

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.579
 room

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:12.059
 everyone has

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.480
 a different

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.899
 prayer life

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.299
 it looks a

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.579
 little bit

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.059
 different for

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.319
 you

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.699
 than for

00:32:15.699 --> 00:32:15.899
 you

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.179
 than for

00:32:16.179 --> 00:32:16.359
 you

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.639
 than for

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:16.839
 you

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.759
 I want

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.179
 to encourage

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:18.659
 you this

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:18.939
 week

00:32:18.939 --> 00:32:19.740
 one application

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.039
 I want

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.240
 to give

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.559
 to you

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.619
 stretch

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.220
 yourself

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.919
 in prayer

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.679
 this week

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:25.119
 for you

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.579
 that may

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.240
 mean going

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.059
 from zero

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.619
 minutes to

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.359
 five every

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.699
 day

00:32:28.699 --> 00:32:30.559
 for you

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:30.980
 that may

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.319
 mean

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.839
 beginning to

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.599
 pray with

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.259
 your spouse

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.419
 that week

00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:35.799
 for you

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.139
 that may

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.419
 mean

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.379
 leaving your

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.919
 phone in

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.379
 the bedroom

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:38.779
 while you

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.299
 go somewhere

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.919
 else

00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:40.659
 spend some

00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:41.159
 time without

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:41.839
 distraction

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.559
 alone with

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:42.940
 the Lord

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.500
 in prayer

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.519
 I want

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.919
 you to

00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:45.500
 stretch

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.220
 yourself

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:47.480
 and fight

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.619
 for your

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.299
 heart's delight

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.819
 in the Lord

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:52.019
 because it's in

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.559
 him that you'll

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:52.980
 know fullness

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.559
 of joy

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:56.599
 church we're

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.139
 going to

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:58.839
 conclude as

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.359
 we always

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.139
 do with

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.779
 prayer

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:02.740
 I'll pray

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.720
 for us

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.119
 and then

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:05.019
 we'll have a

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.539
 time of

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.539
 silent prayer

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.000
 it's an

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.679
 opportunity for

00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:08.139
 you right

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.720
 where you are

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.579
 to respond

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.019
 to what you've

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.480
 just heard

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.079
 from the

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.400
 word

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.079
 in prayer

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.420
 and then

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.799
 I've also

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.420
 asked Treg

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.839
 if he would

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.240
 come up

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.579
 and lead

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:15.000
 us in a

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.460
 time of

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.440
 focused

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.880
 prayer

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.259
 as we

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.200
 apply the

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.559
 truths that

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.940
 we've just

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.400
 heard from

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.000
 God's word

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.440
 so if you

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.740
 would

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.839
 let's bow

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.279
 together

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.299
 and pray

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:33.779
 Lord we

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.740
 pray for

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.599
 deeper delight

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.099
 in you

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:40.019
 maybe for

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.480
 the first

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.419
 time if

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:41.799
 there's any

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.399
 here who

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.480
 don't know

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.939
 you and

00:33:43.939 --> 00:33:44.339
 they hear

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:45.039
 this call

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.579
 to delight

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:45.819
 of the

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.240
 Lord and

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.639
 that seems

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.319
 so foreign

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.719
 to their

00:33:47.719 --> 00:33:48.039
 hearts

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.480
 God we

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.059
 pray that

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.579
 you would

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:51.339
 place love

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.119
 for you in

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.759
 their hearts

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.759
 now would

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.299
 you do it

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.659
 God would

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.059
 you place

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.599
 in them an

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.359
 irresistible

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.019
 desire to

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.439
 know you

00:33:58.439 --> 00:33:58.679
 and to

00:33:58.679 --> 00:33:59.099
 love you

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.559
 to be

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.079
 with you

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:01.240
 to obey

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.559
 you

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:03.379
 and father

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.899
 for for

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.299
 those of

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.059
 us whose

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.859
 desire and

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.500
 delight has

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.559
 grown cold

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:10.340
 father we

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.019
 pray that you

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.500
 would kindle

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.420
 a fire in

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.880
 our hearts

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.099
 that we

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.699
 might love

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.119
 you more

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:17.799
 we ask that

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:18.079
 we would

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:19.000
 grow in

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.259
 you

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:21.480
 father we

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:21.920
 pray for

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.739
 new desires

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.460
 in our

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.880
 hearts we

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.199
 pray for

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.920
 your desires

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.480
 we ask

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.779
 that you

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.799
 would lead

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.400
 us away

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.239
 from sinful

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:29.000
 desires

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.579
 worldly

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.219
 desires

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.820
 selfish

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.500
 desires

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:32.199
 would you

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:32.920
 show us

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.820
 clearly what

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.559
 those desires

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.340
 are in our

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.300
 hearts and

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:37.199
 lead us to

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:38.019
 repent of

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:39.340
 those and

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.719
 to seek

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.500
 fulfillment in

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.920
 you

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:43.300
 God we

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.360
 pray these

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.840
 things with

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.780
 confidence that

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.500
 you hear our

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:48.199
 prayers that

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.639
 even when we

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.219
 don't know how

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:49.820
 to pray as

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.300
 we ought that

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:50.760
 the spirit

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:52.039
 himself intercedes

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.920
 for the saints

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:54.219
 according to

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:54.659
 the will of

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:56.760
 God we

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.099
 love you

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.500
 Lord and we

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.980
 pray all this

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.699
 in Jesus name

00:34:58.699 --> 00:35:00.639
 amen church

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.539
 let's continue

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.639
 to pray

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.559
 silently where

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.920
 we are

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:06.059
 you