WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.020 The passage today comes from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 11, verse 1 to 13. 00:00:05.419 --> 00:00:07.219 Please follow along in your bulletin. 00:00:09.419 --> 00:00:12.800 It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, 00:00:13.259 --> 00:00:16.379 after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, 00:00:16.820 --> 00:00:21.059 Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples. 00:00:21.059 --> 00:00:24.460 And he said to them, when you pray, say, 00:00:25.300 --> 00:00:28.339 Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. 00:00:29.059 --> 00:00:32.619 Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, 00:00:33.019 --> 00:00:36.859 for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. 00:00:37.500 --> 00:00:39.119 And lead us not into temptation. 00:00:40.179 --> 00:00:43.439 Then he said to them, suppose one of you has a friend, 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:45.640 and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 00:00:45.980 --> 00:00:50.579 Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, 00:00:50.820 --> 00:00:52.500 and I have nothing to set before him. 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:55.120 And from inside he answers and says, 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:59.479 Do not bother me. The door has already been shut, and my children are in bed. 00:00:59.599 --> 00:01:01.659 I cannot get up and give you anything. 00:01:02.339 --> 00:01:06.939 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:11.799 yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs. 00:01:12.459 --> 00:01:15.700 So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. 00:01:16.039 --> 00:01:17.479 Seek, and you will find. 00:01:18.019 --> 00:01:19.680 Knock, and it will be opened to you. 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:24.760 For everyone who asks, receives, and he who seeks, finds. 00:01:25.080 --> 00:01:27.240 And to him who knocks, it will be opened. 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:31.420 Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish. 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:34.380 He will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:39.960 Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? 00:01:39.959 --> 00:01:45.359 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, 00:01:45.619 --> 00:01:49.939 how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? 00:01:50.459 --> 00:01:52.000 This is the reading of God's words. 00:01:52.199 --> 00:01:52.780 Please be seated. 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:54.819 How you guys doing? 00:01:57.699 --> 00:01:59.739 Okay, I want to get the S at one time, so. 00:02:00.539 --> 00:02:02.719 Half the people are good, half the people are so-so. 00:02:03.679 --> 00:02:07.500 Hey, we are, uh, it's interesting as we've gone on this journey as a church, 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:09.000 we're looking at the Gospel of Luke. 00:02:09.620 --> 00:02:14.199 We are in chapter 11, which means we're not halfway through yet, 00:02:14.259 --> 00:02:17.659 and we've gone over almost a year and a half, 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:19.259 so we're just kind of taking our time. 00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:24.699 And today we're looking at this passage, I think is, uh, is, uh, 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:31.460 I think it's very challenging to me because it conflicts with my upbringing. 00:02:31.460 --> 00:02:33.139 It conflicts with my past. 00:02:33.139 --> 00:02:39.039 It conflicts with things that I thought of as I thought of God before I came to know him. 00:02:39.559 --> 00:02:41.899 And we're talking about this idea of prayer today. 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.939 And, uh, I think there's been nothing more amazing and beautiful 00:02:46.939 --> 00:02:50.579 and encouraging in my life as the idea of prayer. 00:02:51.259 --> 00:02:56.519 But in the same way, I think there's been nothing more, uh, conflicting and tension 00:02:56.519 --> 00:02:59.019 and wondering, am I doing it right? 00:02:59.020 --> 00:02:59.980 And what does it look like? 00:03:00.200 --> 00:03:02.340 And is God really listening to me? 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:04.800 Is he, is he really there because these things keep happening? 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:08.400 And so what I want to do is I wanted to try and just, uh, 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:10.900 because we're a family and we, we, we trust each other. 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:15.460 Um, and at my family at dinnertime, we have our high points and our low points 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:16.480 and we ask questions. 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:21.360 And so I thought we'd just start off with a Q&A time. 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:25.300 Uh, and just, I wanted to hear from you guys as you've heard this passage, 00:03:25.300 --> 00:03:28.120 and I'm sure you've read it and listened to it a billion times. 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:31.960 Um, what are some questions that you would have about prayer? 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:36.620 We just listened to this passage. 00:03:36.780 --> 00:03:37.680 It's quite very interesting. 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:41.719 It's called the Lord's Prayer, but Jesus could never have prayed this prayer, right? 00:03:41.780 --> 00:03:43.080 Because he, he never sinned. 00:03:43.099 --> 00:03:44.560 He wasn't sinful. 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:45.480 He was perfect. 00:03:45.640 --> 00:03:47.680 But, so we call it the Disciples Prayer, really. 00:03:47.780 --> 00:03:50.340 But for 2,000 years, we've been calling it the Lord's Prayer. 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:54.319 So, um, what, what, what are some questions about prayer? 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:56.640 I mean, should you think about the idea of prayer in our life? 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:01.500 And you can just yell them out and I'll repeat them just to make sure I got it right. 00:04:02.900 --> 00:04:05.480 I don't know if I'll be able to answer all of them, but we're going to, we're going to, 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:08.120 because in about a month we're going to look at prayer again 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:10.599 and we're going to do a three or four part sermon series on that. 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:18.000 No one has any questions on prayer. 00:04:18.740 --> 00:04:19.560 That's amazing. 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:27.759 Why doesn't God always answer prayer? 00:04:28.280 --> 00:04:31.840 That's a great, that's, that's, I think that's one of the top ones, right? 00:04:31.860 --> 00:04:34.540 Especially when we're hurting and we need help. 00:04:34.819 --> 00:04:37.060 Why isn't God listening to me? 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:39.579 Why doesn't he answer what I'm yelling out? 00:04:39.579 --> 00:04:43.719 Is there a wrong way to pray? 00:04:43.919 --> 00:04:44.639 Yeah, that's good. 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:46.939 You know, am I, is it a code? 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.599 Maybe because he's not answering me because I don't, I'm not following the sequence right. 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:52.159 It's like programming, right? 00:04:52.459 --> 00:04:56.379 If you follow the sequence right, then you, it spits out and you got whatever you were making. 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:58.740 So, am I not following the code right? 00:04:58.740 --> 00:05:02.600 Wow, that's great. 00:05:03.100 --> 00:05:06.780 How do we know when he's saying no or not yet? 00:05:08.860 --> 00:05:11.060 Because some people would say he answers every prayer. 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:13.220 It's yes, no, or not yet. 00:05:14.400 --> 00:05:16.720 We know when he says yes because it happens, right? 00:05:17.019 --> 00:05:19.019 But how do we know when he says no or not yet? 00:05:20.939 --> 00:05:21.600 What else? 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:27.400 That's a great, yeah. 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:31.759 I think that's one of my tensions as a pastor and just as a Christ follower. 00:05:32.620 --> 00:05:37.359 I really, we had this discussion in a guy's time Saturday at the community center. 00:05:38.979 --> 00:05:46.179 I really wrestle with the idea of my free will and we're able to do certain things. 00:05:46.259 --> 00:05:47.479 We're called to be responsible. 00:05:48.219 --> 00:05:54.199 But then God's sovereignty and he's crafting and he's shaping the world and everything around us. 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:59.519 And if he's sovereign, does it really matter what I pray? 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:01.360 Because he's just going to get it done anyway, right? 00:06:02.060 --> 00:06:03.439 Is that really that important? 00:06:05.459 --> 00:06:06.539 What other questions? 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:10.839 Joseph. 00:06:12.419 --> 00:06:12.860 Okay. 00:06:12.860 --> 00:06:14.660 How do we teach kids to pray? 00:06:14.660 --> 00:06:14.780 Okay. 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:27.439 Right. 00:06:32.379 --> 00:06:33.139 Okay. 00:06:33.139 --> 00:06:41.620 So is the mechanism, the posture, the method that we come before the Lord, is that important? 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:44.500 We're going to talk about that a little today in the passage. 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:48.139 The passage today talks a little bit about how we come before the Lord. 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:52.300 But if it is, what do we expect from our kids, right? 00:06:52.339 --> 00:06:53.120 If we're trying to teach them. 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:58.680 One of the things Christina's always getting on me like, okay, your kid's only five years old and you're asking him to drive the car, right? 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:02.680 And so sometimes I just forget he's five years old or they're four years old. 00:07:02.840 --> 00:07:06.360 And what is it proper to expect from a kid in that idea? 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:06.959 That's good. 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:08.120 What else? 00:07:09.840 --> 00:07:10.240 Jiffrey. 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:17.519 That's great. 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:18.779 Yeah. 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:30.120 Jiffrey asked, what is the right balance between thanking God for everything and praise and worship and adoration and asking him for our needs, presenting the needs before us? 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:31.259 Is there a balance? 00:07:31.339 --> 00:07:32.000 Is there a proportion? 00:07:32.539 --> 00:07:33.819 What does that look like for us? 00:07:34.899 --> 00:07:35.740 One other question. 00:07:36.919 --> 00:07:38.339 These will get answered, I hope. 00:07:38.519 --> 00:07:38.680 Okay. 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:38.779 Okay. 00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:40.879 Yep. 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:41.699 Joyce. 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:49.919 Okay. 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:51.899 Did God, is that the question? 00:07:52.479 --> 00:07:59.939 Did God institute prayer because it benefits not only the person that we're praying for, but it benefits us, right? 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:00.399 Yeah. 00:08:00.599 --> 00:08:08.859 I think it was Martin Luther or Calvin said that, you know, when I pray, I'm not changing God, but God is changing me, right? 00:08:08.859 --> 00:08:11.979 And so that's a huge part was what is the benefit for us? 00:08:12.039 --> 00:08:13.139 Why should we do that, right? 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:13.680 That's good. 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:14.299 Okay. 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:17.339 So I want you to think about these things because we're going to talk about these things. 00:08:17.339 --> 00:08:20.459 We're going to cover a little of these things today, and we're going to continue in April. 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:21.579 We're going to talk about these things. 00:08:21.659 --> 00:08:26.359 We'll probably have a website up and have you be able to post some questions and interact with each other in that sense. 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:31.199 But what I want to do now is in your chair, you have a blank piece of paper. 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:32.899 Do not write your name on it. 00:08:34.839 --> 00:08:36.179 Do not write your name on it. 00:08:37.740 --> 00:08:39.259 And this is what I'd like for us to try. 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:57.100 If God came to you right now and he said, ask anything that you want of me, any prayer that's on your heart, any burden that's given to you, ask anything. 00:08:57.100 --> 00:09:02.860 And within this next month to two months, I'm going to answer it. 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:11.779 If God came to you and said that to you, what would be the prayer that you would ask for? 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:16.240 I want you to write that prayer on that piece of paper. 00:09:16.779 --> 00:09:17.800 Don't put your name on it. 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:21.899 I'm going to give you two, five seconds. 00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:23.479 Two, five seconds. 00:09:26.419 --> 00:09:28.359 God came to you and he said, I'm going to give you whatever you want. 00:09:28.959 --> 00:09:30.859 It's going to happen within a month, two months. 00:09:31.859 --> 00:09:32.779 Just tell me what you want. 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:36.120 What would you pray for? 00:09:39.740 --> 00:09:41.719 I would pray for ten more prayers. 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:44.199 Someone said, only one? 00:09:45.579 --> 00:09:46.740 Yeah, it's like the genie in the model. 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:48.200 I want a hundred more prayers. 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:49.019 That's my one prayer. 00:09:49.740 --> 00:09:50.480 Just one. 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:51.740 Just one. 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:54.139 Don't write your name on it. 00:09:54.580 --> 00:09:58.180 And what we're going to do is at the end, I want you to put these in the offering boxes. 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:06.080 And the prayer team is going to gather these things, and the elders, and the staff, and we're going to be praying for these things. 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:07.460 We're going to be praying for you as a church. 00:10:07.539 --> 00:10:09.139 We believe that we need to be praying for each other. 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:10.539 We need to do that more often. 00:10:10.899 --> 00:10:12.000 And so just write it out. 00:10:12.560 --> 00:10:15.560 And when everything is over, I want you to put it in the box. 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:17.659 And we're going to pray for those things. 00:10:17.779 --> 00:10:17.939 Okay? 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:19.099 Is that good? 00:10:20.719 --> 00:10:21.819 Everybody got their one prayer? 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:24.579 Okay. 00:10:25.619 --> 00:10:28.059 So we're in Luke chapter 11. 00:10:28.719 --> 00:10:30.699 And Jesus is heading towards Jerusalem. 00:10:31.299 --> 00:10:34.239 And whenever you think of him heading towards Jerusalem, you should think about what? 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:40.419 We said it over and over. 00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:43.080 Whenever we think about Jesus heading to Jerusalem, we think about what? 00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:45.539 It's ascending. 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:46.580 He's going uphill. 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:47.899 But we think about the cross. 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:55.940 Whenever it says he's heading towards Jerusalem, what it means theologically is he's heading towards the cross. 00:10:55.940 --> 00:11:00.660 He's heading towards separation from God the Father. 00:11:01.900 --> 00:11:09.060 He's heading towards unimaginable pain for us. 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:13.480 And in chapters 9 to 18, we have this dialogue. 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:14.840 It's called the traveling dialogues. 00:11:15.300 --> 00:11:16.820 And Jesus is traveling towards Jerusalem. 00:11:17.260 --> 00:11:19.440 And as he travels, he's talking to his disciples. 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:21.400 He's teaching us. 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:27.080 He's teaching us what it means to follow him, what it means to be his disciples. 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:29.560 And as he teaches, he goes along. 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:32.200 And today, he's going to talk about prayer. 00:11:33.540 --> 00:11:36.180 Now, last time we got together, he talked at Bethany. 00:11:36.440 --> 00:11:38.760 And he talked about service and serving God. 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:42.019 And how do we balance serving and listening? 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:43.779 And what does it look like to use our spiritual gifts? 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:46.279 And so now, we don't know exactly where he is. 00:11:46.319 --> 00:11:51.240 He's probably still in Bethany, which is to the east of Jerusalem, about seven miles. 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:52.779 And so, he's there. 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:53.580 And he's talking. 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:55.460 And his disciples are asking. 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:56.480 And they're looking at him. 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:58.580 And they're saying, what does it mean to be a disciple? 00:11:58.980 --> 00:12:00.299 And they're looking at Jesus' life. 00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:05.279 And they realize that one of the things it means to be a disciple is that the longer you walk with Christ, 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:08.480 the longer they've been on this journey, the more personal things get. 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:17.220 The longer you walk with God, the more intimate your relationship becomes. 00:12:18.460 --> 00:12:20.039 And the disciples are realizing that. 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:21.200 And they're seeing him pray. 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:25.399 And there's something very unusual and different about the way Jesus prayed. 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:33.299 Now, we have a list of prayers over and over again in Scripture of rabbis and guys through the Talmud. 00:12:33.539 --> 00:12:35.720 And we realize that they're very varied. 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:38.480 Often, a rabbi would have a special prayer. 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:42.300 And so, if you heard a guy praying, you would know who he was following. 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:46.500 And so, each group of people had their own prayer. 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:49.040 And all of a sudden, his disciples see him. 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:53.180 It says in verse 1, it happened that Jesus was praying in a certain place. 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:57.240 And there must have been something incredibly different about the way he prayed. 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:03.100 Remember, they're living in a culture where it's all about prayer. 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:04.220 It's all about walking with God. 00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:05.519 It's all about saying the right words. 00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:06.899 It's all about doing the right sequence. 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:10.840 It's all about making it happen by doing the right mechanisms. 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.419 And for some reason, they're drawn to him. 00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:16.759 And they're drawn to his relationship to God. 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:21.120 And as far as I know, this is the only time in Scripture they ever ask him for something. 00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:24.840 They never ask him, can you teach us how to be a good preacher? 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:29.720 They never ask him, can you teach us how to share your faith? 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.919 They never ask him, hey, can you teach me how to be a good community group leader? 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:36.419 They never ask him any of those things. 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:40.600 They ask him for the first time ever in the passage, they say, can you teach us how to pray? 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:46.420 And it's interesting because you don't really see the disciples praying at all in the Gospels. 00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:49.399 I mean, there's not a time when they all get together and pray. 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:51.200 That happens in Acts after Jesus is gone. 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:53.460 But they don't really, they're not known for prayer. 00:13:55.180 --> 00:13:58.000 Like most of us are as Christians. 00:13:58.300 --> 00:14:00.300 We're really not known for prayer. 00:14:01.800 --> 00:14:03.300 It's something we do occasionally. 00:14:03.800 --> 00:14:05.560 And we see that in the disciples' lives. 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:08.200 And so in this passage, I divide it up into three sections. 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:11.160 And I want to talk about three things about prayer today. 00:14:11.540 --> 00:14:13.759 I want to talk about the whom, who are we talking to. 00:14:14.180 --> 00:14:15.259 I want to talk about how. 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:17.759 How do we approach God, verses 5 through 8. 00:14:17.920 --> 00:14:19.180 And then I want to talk about why. 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:21.259 Why do we come to him? 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:24.980 Last summer, we went home. 00:14:25.560 --> 00:14:27.740 We go home almost every other summer as a family. 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:31.220 And Kip and I woke up early because we wanted to go to a friend's church. 00:14:31.640 --> 00:14:33.500 Because it was about an hour and a half away. 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.960 So we drove down there. 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:38.000 And in the service, the guy shared this story. 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:39.460 I'm sure that it was false. 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:41.240 But it was so funny. 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:44.600 And Kip just kept repeating it over and over and over again. 00:14:45.280 --> 00:14:48.280 And it was kind of cute and it was funny. 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:52.879 But the story went that one day, the ushers were inviting people into church. 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:55.860 And they were seating them in the rows in front of the pastor. 00:14:57.280 --> 00:14:59.540 And the deacon, the usher, was sitting there. 00:14:59.560 --> 00:15:02.759 And he watched this little old gray-haired lady come walking in. 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:10.500 And she walked very deliberately down to the front of the service where the seats were like five feet away from the pastor. 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:11.580 Just like what you guys are. 00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:16.360 And the deacon walked over there and said, ma'am, you don't want to sit here. 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:20.419 I want you to sit over here. 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:24.019 And the little lady became kind of disturbed. 00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:25.100 And she goes, well, why? 00:15:26.340 --> 00:15:29.159 And the guy goes, well, you just don't know our pastor. 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:32.279 I mean, sometimes he's really loud. 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:35.379 And it just hurts your ears. 00:15:36.339 --> 00:15:37.559 And sometimes he spits. 00:15:38.459 --> 00:15:40.459 And if you're sitting right there, you're going to get spit on. 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:43.899 And sometimes his breath is really bad. 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:49.240 And sometimes when he gets really excited, he passes gas. 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:53.500 And if you're right there, it's going to be really bad. 00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:55.139 You don't want to be right there. 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.560 Let me move you over here. 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:04.320 And that lady looked at him and she goes, young man, do you know who I am? 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:10.919 And the deacon goes, no, ma'am. 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:20.699 And she goes, I am the mother of that boring, stinky, spitting, far-passing pastor. 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:23.399 And there was silence. 00:16:26.479 --> 00:16:30.779 And the usher looked at her and he goes, ma'am, do you know who I am? 00:16:32.599 --> 00:16:35.379 And she goes, no. 00:16:36.539 --> 00:16:38.759 And he says, have a nice service. 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:43.439 Did I tell it right? 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:48.200 The reason I told that is because I think that's about prayer. 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:53.039 I mean, there's sometimes in prayer you've got to know who you're talking to. 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:58.840 That sometimes we do things and we don't realize at all who we're talking to 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:00.600 and what's going on in our world. 00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:04.180 And so we look at Luke 11, verse 1 through 4, and it says this. 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:07.059 It happened what Jesus was praying in a certain place. 00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:14.019 After he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples. 00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:19.579 And Jesus said to them, when you pray, say, Father, Abba. 00:17:20.419 --> 00:17:22.200 Now, Jesus is speaking in Aramaic. 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:24.019 We read Greek. 00:17:24.139 --> 00:17:26.159 We read Hebrew in our Bibles. 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:27.559 But he's speaking in Aramaic. 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:31.139 And the word in Greek, in Latin, is pater. 00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:35.599 But in Aramaic, it's Abba. 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:38.440 Abba, hallowed be your name. 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:40.079 Your kingdom come. 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:42.519 Give us each day our daily bread. 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:44.659 And forgive us our sins. 00:17:45.159 --> 00:17:48.980 For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:51.480 And lead us not into temptation. 00:17:51.480 --> 00:18:03.880 Now, you don't realize that when Jesus did this, when he said, Father, everybody around him would have been freaking out. 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:18.240 No Jewish rabbi up until that time ever addressed God, the creator, the container, the maintainer, the sovereign Lord as Father. 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:26.039 They always wanted to keep God out there at arm's distance. 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:29.519 They always wanted to keep God holy. 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:31.859 They always wanted to keep God perfect. 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:35.740 And when Jesus said, Abba, can you repeat that for me? 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.359 Just say, Abba. 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:40.099 It's like the music group in Sweden or something like that, right? 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.559 Abba. 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:45.240 Those are the exact words that Jesus would have said. 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:53.160 And when Jesus said, Abba, what he did is instead of keeping God out here, he brought God right here. 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:58.940 He brought God to their face. 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:10.440 Now, I don't know how you feel about that, but when he said that, everyone would have been shocked and freaked out because Abba was a word that a little baby learned. 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:15.799 It was the first word that a Hebrew child learned when they called their dad. 00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:17.940 It was a word of intimacy. 00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:20.100 It was a word of respect. 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:25.360 It didn't mean like, hey, dude, or pops, but it was like reverent dad. 00:19:26.320 --> 00:19:31.680 Something that parents and fathers wish that their kids would call them sometime, right? 00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:33.700 Instead of, dude, can I have some money? 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:40.140 But Jesus says this, and when he says it, he says it over 60 times. 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:43.920 He always addressed God as Father, Abba. 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:48.680 And what he was doing is he's bringing that relationship close. 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:53.420 How close is your relationship with God? 00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:59.279 Now, all his disciples, when they heard that, freaked out. 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:02.600 They would have felt extremely uncomfortable. 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:08.720 Remember, I was taking seminary classes in Dallas, and Christine and I were dating. 00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:10.019 We hadn't gotten engaged yet. 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:13.180 We were trying to decide, should we get engaged? 00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:18.519 And she would drive up from Austin, Texas, and occasionally she would sit in my seminary classes. 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:25.359 And one day in front of all the students, there was like 70 of us, with one of my mentors, a guy we incredibly respected. 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:35.819 And we just, was just incredibly, and in the middle of all this class, as he was dismissing, Christina, the professor, Dr. Hannah, spoke to her. 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:40.619 And she says, well, John, I think da-da-da-da-da-da. 00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:58.879 And when she said John, instead of Dr. Hannah, all the students in the room turned around and go, wow, she must have some amazing relationship with this professor, the head of the theological department. 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:07.619 I mean, none of us would even dare say his first name because it meant this intimacy with him that we didn't want to fake. 00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:12.199 But Christina comes there and just says, John, and we all turned and they all looked at me. 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.319 And I'm like, don't look at me. 00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:16.500 She has a relationship with him too. 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.399 It's not through me. 00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:21.559 But when he said that, his disciples would have been shocked. 00:21:22.479 --> 00:21:29.259 They would have understood right away that what he meant was that God had adopted us as his children. 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:38.619 They would have understood right away that God, as our father, has promised to guide us. 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:49.059 They would have understood right away that God, who is our father, knows how to handle us. 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:52.099 He knows how to deal with us. 00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:57.539 He knows what is best for us. 00:21:57.539 --> 00:22:04.559 They would have understood right away that God, as Abba, keeps his promises. 00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:12.720 And that he provides and he nurtures and he takes care. 00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:17.779 They would have understood that there's this confidence, this closeness in this relationship. 00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:20.680 And they would have thought, that is amazing. 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:27.600 I mean, there's something about the relationship that a dad or a mom has with a five or six or their small children. 00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:31.299 I mean, it's unlike anything else in the world. 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:34.839 You know what I'm talking about, right? 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:41.059 I mean, if I'm laying in bed and Christina turns around and she looks at me and she goes, 00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:43.740 Hey, can you get me a glass of water? 00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:47.539 What do you think I'm going to say? 00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:51.839 I'm like, what's wrong with you? 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.879 Get the water yourself. 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.519 You're a grown person. 00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.279 You could do that. 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:58.359 Now, guys, don't copy that. 00:22:59.399 --> 00:23:01.160 But I'm just being real and honest here. 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:09.119 But if my five-year-old comes into my room at night and wakes me up and she says, 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:12.279 Daddy, can you get me a glass of water? 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.859 What do you think I'm going to do? 00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:19.099 I'm going to get up. 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:21.460 And I'm going to go into the room. 00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.839 I'm going to grab the water. 00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.720 I'm going to get it for her. 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:26.319 I'm going to take it to her, and I'm going to lead her back into her bed. 00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:29.220 And Jesus is trying to tell his disciples, and he's trying to tell us, 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:31.819 is that's the type of relationship God has with us. 00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:35.220 And that's what God wants with us. 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:40.779 In fact, there's only one time in all of Scripture that Jesus doesn't use the word Abba. 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.360 And you know when that is? 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.720 It's when he's on the cross. 00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:51.360 And when he's on the cross, and he's about to get kicked out of God's family, 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:54.819 he's about to be crucified. 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.839 He's about to have God turn his back on him. 00:23:57.059 --> 00:24:01.459 He's about to be alienated from the family that he'd been a part of for all eternity. 00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:04.699 At that time, he doesn't use the word Abba. 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:09.459 He goes, my God, my God, my Lord, my Lord, why have you forsaken me? 00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:14.019 And we know the answer. 00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.500 Because of Tobin. 00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:21.480 Because of John. 00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.660 Because of Paul. 00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.960 Because of Shannon. 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.759 Because of Mike. 00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:31.019 That's why. 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:38.799 But every time in Scripture, God says, Jesus says, God is our Father. 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:43.559 And the question we have to ask ourselves is, do we see him as our Father? 00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:50.019 Can we say Abba? 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.799 Or is that too difficult? 00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:56.220 Is that too strange? 00:24:56.220 --> 00:25:01.220 Next, we talk about how we approach God. 00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.660 And I've got to be honest with you guys. 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:06.039 This is one of those things I have this amazing tension for. 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:09.860 I kind of vacillate back and forth on how to approach God. 00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:13.200 And we find it in verses 5 through 8. 00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:15.140 5 through 8 is a parable. 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.680 It's actually a contrasting parable. 00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:18.380 1 through 4 is a prayer. 00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:20.100 5 through 8 is a parable. 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.860 9 through 13 is a poem. 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:24.720 They're different dialogues. 00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:29.339 Luke, when he compiled these things, he heard all these stories. 00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.200 And he put them together. 00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:32.519 Because the Holy Spirit said, this is the way I want you to put it. 00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:38.400 And so in 5 through 8, we hear this contrasting parable of how we approach God. 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:41.019 And I think for me, I look at it like this slide. 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.860 We have a slide up here. 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.660 Can we show this slide? 00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.900 I think it's like this. 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:48.019 Sometimes I feel like I'm on this tightrope. 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:50.140 And I'm walking down this path. 00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:51.039 And there's this relationship. 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.920 And the relationship is me talking to God. 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:59.740 And on one side of the tightrope, my flesh tends to make me act selfishly. 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:02.460 And I become demanding of God. 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:08.060 And it's really instead of God being honored and glorified, it's Tobin being honored and glorified. 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:10.700 And so the focus and the arrow goes from me to God. 00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:13.380 And I'm basically saying, boy, I need this. 00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:16.019 I need you to come through for me. 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:23.579 And what we see there is when I start to act selfishly, I lose my focus of who God is. 00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:26.859 Now, on the other side of the tightrope, I can step off. 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.599 And that's what I normally do. 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.400 I just don't ask. 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:33.019 Because I realize that God is sovereign. 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.339 And he's out there. 00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:35.859 He's separated from me. 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.039 He's not near me. 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:39.160 He's going to do what he's going to do. 00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:41.079 He's in control of everything. 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.480 And so often I just say, well, why should I even ask? 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.519 Why should I even ask? 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:47.119 Because he's going to do it. 00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:50.160 I can trust him. 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:55.379 And we see this tension in our life. 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:02.920 And I put for you in your bulletin a passage where Jesus had that same tension. 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:09.579 Jesus on the cross, he's about to go there, and he's praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:13.619 And he's saying, God, I don't want to do this. 00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:16.479 Can you take this away from me? 00:27:17.719 --> 00:27:20.099 The separation, being an orphan. 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:29.419 But at the same time, after he prays his feelings in his heart, he says, but not my will, but your will be done. 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:33.599 Not what Tobin wants, but what you want. 00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.939 You ever felt like that? 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:40.580 Kind of on a tightrope as you're going back and forth. 00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.259 How do I pray? 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.660 Does God care? 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.779 Is he there? 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.259 Should I pray this way? 00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.779 Do I pray this way? 00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:47.920 Am I being selfish? 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.720 Am I not being selfish enough? 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.400 What does it look like in my life? 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:59.059 Verses 5 through 8 go on, and Jesus tells this parable of how we come to him. 00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.620 And he says this. 00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:11.519 Now, he said to them, suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says to him, friend, lend me three loaves. 00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:15.679 For a friend of mine has come to me for a journey, and I have nothing to set before him. 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.319 And inside, he answers. 00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:21.159 He says, Mortimer, don't bother me. 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:23.859 That's my best attempt at a Jewish accent. 00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:26.739 The door's already been shut. 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.919 The children, they're in bed. 00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.039 I can't get up. 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.920 I can't give you anything. 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:39.039 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and he will give him as much as he needs. 00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:45.200 Now, when Jesus told this parable, he told these types of parables often. 00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:48.519 In Aramaic, it would have started like this. 00:28:48.519 --> 00:29:03.559 Can you imagine such a thing as having a neighbor who would offer ridiculous excuses when I went to him for help instead of helping me? 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:08.940 And everybody in Jesus' culture would have said, no way. 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.839 No way. 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:13.939 Never happened. 00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:17.159 I mean, Jesus talked about this often. 00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:20.879 He uses this phrase, and it always expects a negative answer. 00:29:21.199 --> 00:29:25.159 And if we don't understand it, as we read this parable, we miss the whole point of this passage. 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:31.659 It always expects a negative answer. 00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:33.220 It will never happen that way. 00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:42.360 In Luke 14, 5, Jesus says, can you imagine if any of you have a kid and that kid falls into the well? 00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:46.700 And even on the Sabbath, you don't go and pick that kid up out of that well? 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.319 And people would go, no. 00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.339 It would never happen. 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.720 A good dad would do that. 00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:58.620 Luke 15, 4, again, can any of you imagine? 00:29:59.439 --> 00:30:03.039 You have 100 sheep, and one of them gets lost. 00:30:04.739 --> 00:30:09.639 And you leave the 99 in the wilderness, and you go searching for that one to find them because you rejoice over them. 00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:11.779 Can you imagine not doing that? 00:30:13.739 --> 00:30:16.699 And in Jesus' culture, and the people listening to him would say in their hearts, no. 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.039 It would never happen. 00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:25.079 Can you imagine being an old lady, and she has 10 coins in her house? 00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:31.039 And she loses one coin, so she only has nine, and she tears up the house to find that one lost coin? 00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:33.519 Can you imagine not doing that? 00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:40.079 And Jesus and everyone in his culture would have listened to that story and would have said, no way. 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.619 It would never happen. 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:45.019 You would always go searching. 00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.659 You would always go doing that. 00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:54.800 You see, in this passage, hospitality was the key and the core of all of Jesus' culture. 00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:56.740 I mean, it was massive. 00:30:57.980 --> 00:31:00.580 I mean, everyone would know that you have to be hospitable. 00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:06.120 The reader and the listener in Jesus' day, when they read this passage, they would have all listened to these excuses and would have said, 00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.860 that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. 00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.640 Stupid. 00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:12.580 No one would ever give that excuse. 00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:15.240 No one would ever say, I can't do this. 00:31:15.300 --> 00:31:16.040 I can't help you. 00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:20.720 Because it was a huge responsibility because a guest had come into this small town, 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:25.039 and how this town treated this guest reflected on everybody. 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.720 Everybody would have been responsible. 00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:33.019 And everybody would have wanted this guest to have a great experience, 00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:34.759 and everybody would have wanted this guest to be fed, 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:37.740 because when that guest left that town, he would have said, that's an amazing town. 00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.920 They're great people. 00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:46.560 And so when Jesus' followers listened to this, they couldn't even imagine the excuses that he gave them. 00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:49.880 I mean, we all know that baking is a communal thing. 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:52.480 You baked together. 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:54.000 You made your food together. 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:57.980 Everyone would have known who went to the bakery that day and made bread. 00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:01.420 And everybody would have known who had bread left over. 00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:06.960 And everybody would have known that you never give a guest, an honored guest, 00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:09.920 you never give an honored guest half of a loaf of bread. 00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.640 That's disgraceful. 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:17.000 No one would ever, ever do that. 00:32:18.520 --> 00:32:22.120 And so the sleeper, as he's behind his door, he listens and he understands, 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.540 and he hears this guest. 00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:25.700 And the guest doesn't knock, because that's in the next paragraph. 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.100 But the guest is yelling out, 00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.820 Hey, I have a guest. 00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.740 I need your help. 00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:35.880 Well, the minute he said that, everyone in the village would have known what was going on. 00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:40.340 Everyone would have known that I have this need, and I'm going to the sleeper, 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:43.920 and the sleeper has to help me, because if he doesn't help me, the whole village is disgraced. 00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:47.340 And so he yells out, Hey, leave me alone. 00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.180 My kids are away. 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:52.340 And again, everybody who listened to that would have said, That's foolishness. 00:32:55.920 --> 00:33:00.700 The passage says here that as he looks at this guy and he prays out to this guy, 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.460 he doesn't knock. 00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.500 He speaks. 00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:05.220 He's persistent. 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.180 That word, you've got to circle that. 00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.700 There's a lot of problem with that word. 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:13.400 The word actually in Greek and Aramaic means because of his character. 00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:16.259 It means because he doesn't want to be shamed. 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:19.559 And so sometimes when we read this passage, we read verse 8, and we say, 00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:22.559 Well, I tell you, he will not get up and give him anything because of his friend, 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:24.039 yet because of his persistence. 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.799 But it's not because of the friend's persistence. 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.519 But it's because the guy's in the house. 00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:32.900 And the guy's in the house, he's worried about how everybody's going to think about him. 00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:39.620 Because if he doesn't get up and give his friend bread, everyone's going to think he's terrible. 00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.460 He's a terrible guest. 00:33:40.780 --> 00:33:45.240 And everybody would know in his culture that everyone is always expected to meet the minimal needs. 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:48.259 And bread was a minimal need. 00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:52.220 I mean, bread isn't even the meal. 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:57.079 You know, in Jesus' day, when they ate, bread wasn't even the meal. 00:33:57.460 --> 00:34:04.160 Bread was the fork and the spoon and the knife. 00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:09.059 And so when this guy came and he knocked and the sleeper woke up, 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:12.320 the host is giving him the most humblest of requests. 00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:15.740 And what he's basically saying is, 00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:20.340 Hey, I have this really important person who's come over and I'm desperate. 00:34:22.180 --> 00:34:24.000 I don't have anything to give him. 00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:27.579 I have nothing to give him. 00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:33.340 And when Jesus' culture heard this story, 00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:35.319 they would have realized a couple things. 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.960 They would have realized first, 00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:40.440 that not only does a host have no bread, 00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:42.519 but he has nothing. 00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.500 He has nothing. 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:49.940 Or he has nothing worthy enough for his guest. 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.819 Now we read this and we think, 00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.380 Well, it's all about bread, but it's not about bread. 00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:56.640 It's kind of like if you're a parent. 00:34:57.940 --> 00:35:00.480 Okay, yet you have kids that are coming back from college. 00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:04.280 And your kids come to you after dinner and say, 00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.039 Hey, let's go to a movie. 00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.240 What are they asking? 00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:12.119 Are they asking to go to a movie? 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.680 Well, they're asking to go to a movie, 00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.579 but what else are they asking? 00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:18.160 Can you pay for it? 00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:21.340 And that's what they're asking, right? 00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.720 And my kids go, Let's go to Toys R Us. 00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:28.140 I want to get a gift. 00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:30.320 Well, in my mind as a parent, 00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.220 what are they asking me? 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:34.480 They're saying, Hey, I have no money. 00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:36.380 I can't buy this. 00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:39.019 I need you to come with me to buy this gift. 00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:42.720 And so when people heard this guy, 00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:45.180 this host yell out to his friend, 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:48.099 they would have realized that he has nothing 00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:51.360 and that his needs are massive. 00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.019 Massive. 00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:00.579 It's interesting in this passage, 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.480 you read the passage, 00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:03.339 I know this because you look at what it says. 00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:04.480 He says this, 00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.460 He will get up 00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:09.679 and give him as much as he needs. 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:13.119 It's not just about bread, 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:17.839 but it's about the massive needs this guy has. 00:36:19.859 --> 00:36:21.119 He needs everything. 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:22.380 His life is out of control. 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:25.139 He has nothing worthy to put up. 00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.960 He has nothing to do. 00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:27.420 He can't do anything. 00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.699 And so he goes to the sleeper 00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:32.000 and he yells out to the sleeper 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:33.299 and the sleeper in embarrassment says, 00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:35.900 Okay, here, take whatever you need. 00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.539 And the sleeper does that 00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.539 because he doesn't want to be shamed. 00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:43.480 He doesn't want people to look at him as a bad man, 00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.239 as a bad guest, 00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.980 a bad host. 00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:48.239 But the guy needs everything 00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:50.920 and so he goes to the house. 00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:55.119 And Jesus asks this question to us 00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.599 and he says, 00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.639 What do you need? 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.860 Why do you pray? 00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:12.380 How do you come to God? 00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:15.099 I mean, do we come to God 00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:16.579 and pray because 00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:18.179 we just need a little boost up? 00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:20.219 We just need a little help 00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:21.219 to get over this next hump? 00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.559 We just need a little help 00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.960 to get over this last layoff? 00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:27.320 We just need a little help. 00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.739 Or do we come to God 00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.940 like the host in the passage 00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.480 and he says, 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:33.739 I'm desperate. 00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.759 I have nothing. 00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:41.739 I need everything. 00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:45.519 The parable is one of desperation. 00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:47.480 The parable is one of the person 00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.920 who's going, 00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:49.259 who has great needs. 00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:51.099 And the Bible says of you and me 00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.679 that we both, 00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.800 all of us, 00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.759 are just like that host. 00:37:58.380 --> 00:38:00.559 That you and I sitting in here right now 00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:02.599 have as much needs as we had 00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:04.059 when we first met Christ. 00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:07.579 Now we might not feel that way, 00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:11.000 we might not think that way. 00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.579 We might be thinking, 00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.519 well, I got salvation 00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:14.340 so I can just work things out on my own 00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.880 and everything else 00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.739 is going to work out good. 00:38:18.779 --> 00:38:20.420 But Jesus is telling his audience 00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.139 and he's telling us, 00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.380 no. 00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.980 You need everything. 00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.639 You don't just need the fork. 00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.380 You need the spoon. 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.000 You need a meal. 00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.619 You need the drink. 00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:34.559 You need everything. 00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:38.000 But I think sometimes 00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:39.299 in our self-reliance 00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:40.219 we become lost. 00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.400 And when we pray 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.380 and we approach God 00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:45.940 we don't realize how empty 00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:47.699 and how hopeless 00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:49.599 things are. 00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:54.819 But the parable is really clear 00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:57.099 that the man comes 00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:58.920 and he needs everything. 00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:01.199 And the host, 00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:03.420 the sleeper who's sleeping in the house 00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:04.559 gets up 00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:06.860 not because he cares for his friend 00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:10.099 but because he doesn't want to seem 00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:11.860 selfish 00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:14.539 in everyone else's eyes. 00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:18.199 and he gives everything 00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:19.320 to his friend. 00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:22.440 The key to this passage 00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:23.159 is that the host, 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:25.079 he realized that he had nothing 00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:28.039 but he knew where to go 00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:30.619 to get what he needed. 00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:35.460 The host had nothing 00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:38.619 but he knew where to go 00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.500 to get what he needed. 00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:42.980 And that's the question 00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:44.760 that Christ asked of us today. 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:48.139 Do we realize 00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:49.219 how desperate we are? 00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.960 Do we realize 00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.719 we need everything? 00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.820 Do we realize 00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:55.059 where to go 00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.699 to get it? 00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.699 Can you imagine 00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:03.139 a good God 00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:05.659 not wanting 00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.599 to meet 00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:09.320 all of our true needs? 00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:13.639 What's your response? 00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:18.840 Come on! 00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:20.440 In Jesus' day, 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:22.079 he would tell this story. 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:22.920 And this story 00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.559 always ends 00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.760 with a negative response. 00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:26.460 And the people would say, 00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.079 no way. 00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.659 Can you imagine 00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:32.780 a good God 00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:34.960 coming to him 00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:37.519 with all of our true needs 00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:39.420 and him 00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:39.920 not meeting 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.480 those needs? 00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:43.840 No way. 00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.360 No way. 00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.840 And Jesus says 00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:50.119 if we don't understand that, 00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:52.259 we've missed 00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:53.139 the whole idea 00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.599 of prayer. 00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.880 We've missed everything. 00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.579 Which leads me 00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.380 to the final point 00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.920 and it's found 00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:00.239 in verse 9 through 13. 00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:01.079 why? 00:41:01.479 --> 00:41:02.739 Why do we approach God? 00:41:03.339 --> 00:41:04.619 It's found in 9 through 13. 00:41:04.759 --> 00:41:05.359 It's actually really 00:41:05.359 --> 00:41:07.079 just found in verse 13. 00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.339 If you then, 00:41:08.459 --> 00:41:09.000 being evil, 00:41:09.399 --> 00:41:10.500 know how to give good gifts 00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.119 to your children, 00:41:11.859 --> 00:41:12.579 how much more 00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:13.579 will your heavenly Father 00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:15.359 give the Holy Spirit 00:41:15.359 --> 00:41:17.119 to those who seek him? 00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.039 You see, 00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:19.079 Luke bracketed 00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.919 this passage 00:41:19.919 --> 00:41:21.500 with Father 00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.440 Father 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.320 and Father. 00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:27.320 Pray our Father, 00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.760 Abba, 00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:29.340 our good Father. 00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:30.820 And what he's trying 00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:31.519 to show us 00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.420 and try to show people 00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:33.480 here in this passage 00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:34.360 in us as a church 00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:35.860 is that God is good. 00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.880 That God knows 00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:40.400 our needs. 00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:44.400 That God cares for us. 00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.519 That God wants 00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.679 to provide for us 00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:52.219 and the question is 00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:54.119 do we see God as good? 00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.379 Do we trust him? 00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:05.259 Do we kind of trust him? 00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.719 I mean, 00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.299 we know that 00:42:07.299 --> 00:42:08.239 scripture says he's good 00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:08.759 but do I, 00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.779 do I really, 00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:11.399 do I really trust him? 00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:14.379 Can I trust him? 00:42:16.899 --> 00:42:17.879 Or should I hold back 00:42:17.879 --> 00:42:18.339 just a little? 00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.599 And trust myself? 00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:23.899 The passage is meant 00:42:23.899 --> 00:42:24.519 to point us 00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.419 to a couple things. 00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.819 The first thing 00:42:26.819 --> 00:42:27.319 it shows us 00:42:27.319 --> 00:42:28.359 is that our condition 00:42:28.359 --> 00:42:30.699 is hopeless. 00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:33.819 And that we need everything. 00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.419 But more importantly 00:42:35.419 --> 00:42:36.519 it's meant to point us 00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:37.599 to God's character 00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:38.500 and to show us 00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.239 that God is good 00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:40.319 and by his very nature 00:42:40.319 --> 00:42:41.339 that he's going to 00:42:41.339 --> 00:42:41.940 take care of us 00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.859 on his spiritual journey 00:42:42.859 --> 00:42:45.059 if we trust him. 00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:47.539 I mean, 00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:48.779 the passage shows us 00:42:48.779 --> 00:42:50.559 and hopefully 00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:51.739 this shows all of us 00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:52.500 wherever you are 00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.039 on this journey 00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:54.179 if you're not 00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:55.219 a Christ follower yet 00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:56.059 or you've been 00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.639 walking with God 00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.460 for a long time. 00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.119 But Christ 00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:00.159 wrote this 00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:01.039 and he spoke this 00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:01.840 to show us 00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:03.559 that we have 00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:04.400 a true good neighbor. 00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:07.659 That we have a neighbor 00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:08.519 that we can go to 00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:09.739 and we can trust him 00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:10.699 and it doesn't have 00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:12.199 to do with his fear 00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:12.759 of how people 00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:13.460 are going to respond 00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:14.019 to him. 00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:17.460 But the passage 00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:18.240 says that God 00:43:18.240 --> 00:43:20.639 is our true good neighbor. 00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.179 That his door 00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:23.019 is always open 00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:24.159 that he's always good 00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:25.019 he's always ready 00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:26.039 to meet our true needs 00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.900 he's always there 00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.720 to listen to us 00:43:27.720 --> 00:43:29.280 not because he has to 00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:30.019 but because it's 00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:30.639 his character. 00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:35.500 Can we trust him? 00:43:38.740 --> 00:43:39.639 Do we understand 00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:40.440 that he's there 00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:42.019 and that he's a true friend 00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.480 and he's ready 00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:43.260 to meet everything? 00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:46.539 The passage also shows us 00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:47.320 that we have 00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:48.260 a true good father. 00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:50.539 I mean 00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:53.119 do we realize 00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:54.179 how crazy God 00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:54.920 is about us? 00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:56.179 And I step 00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:57.039 very carefully here 00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.760 because I realize 00:43:57.760 --> 00:43:58.840 that all of us 00:43:58.840 --> 00:44:00.119 struggle with our fathers 00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:00.720 in some way 00:44:00.720 --> 00:44:01.099 or another. 00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:03.240 All of us deal 00:44:03.240 --> 00:44:03.800 with certain issues. 00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:04.360 Some of us have 00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:05.059 amazing fathers. 00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:05.920 Some of us have fathers 00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.539 that weren't there. 00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.380 The divorce statistics 00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.960 are correct. 00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:10.780 Half of us 00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:11.800 don't have fathers now 00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:12.860 or they're gone 00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:13.260 somewhere. 00:44:13.640 --> 00:44:14.100 They're not living 00:44:14.100 --> 00:44:14.760 with our parents 00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:15.820 not living with our wife 00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.280 or mom. 00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:19.680 But the passage 00:44:19.680 --> 00:44:20.580 says that we have 00:44:20.580 --> 00:44:21.600 a true good father 00:44:21.600 --> 00:44:24.000 who gives us 00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:25.140 everything we need. 00:44:26.580 --> 00:44:27.240 In fact he gives us 00:44:27.240 --> 00:44:28.260 the most greatest thing 00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:29.019 which is his son 00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:30.080 in the Holy Spirit. 00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.060 You know I don't know 00:44:32.060 --> 00:44:32.600 what you wrote 00:44:32.600 --> 00:44:33.800 on that piece of card 00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:34.780 but what God 00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:35.420 is giving you 00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:35.860 right now 00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.519 and what he wants 00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:37.059 to give you 00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:38.340 is far greater 00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:39.599 than that. 00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:42.940 And the question is 00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:44.559 can we trust him? 00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:47.300 Do we believe 00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:47.880 that he's good? 00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:50.960 God is so good 00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:52.340 that sometimes 00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:53.700 we ask for a scorpion 00:44:53.700 --> 00:44:57.220 and he says no. 00:45:02.140 --> 00:45:03.320 God is so good 00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:04.519 that in the deceptiveness 00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.320 of my heart 00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:07.360 sometimes I say 00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:08.440 I really need 00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:09.000 this snake 00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:12.519 and God knows 00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:13.400 that's going to bring death 00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:16.660 and God says no. 00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:22.140 God is so good 00:45:22.140 --> 00:45:24.340 that he wants 00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:25.220 perfect things 00:45:25.220 --> 00:45:27.000 for his children 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:30.360 and the question is 00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:31.480 can we trust him? 00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:35.800 who do we go to? 00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.800 Abba Father. 00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:39.960 How do we go to him? 00:45:41.080 --> 00:45:41.960 In expectation 00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:43.940 that he would give us 00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:45.160 everything we need 00:45:45.160 --> 00:45:46.380 if we knew 00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:47.680 everything that he knows. 00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:50.519 Why do we go to him? 00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:53.000 Because he's good 00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:55.980 and he wants 00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:56.900 the best for us. 00:45:58.860 --> 00:45:59.500 Let's pray. 00:46:00.100 --> 00:46:01.080 Father we thank you 00:46:01.080 --> 00:46:01.740 for this day. 00:46:01.739 --> 00:46:02.899 we thank you 00:46:02.899 --> 00:46:03.500 for your goodness 00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:04.319 in our life. 00:46:06.899 --> 00:46:07.659 Father we thank you 00:46:07.659 --> 00:46:08.379 for your word 00:46:08.379 --> 00:46:09.739 which is living 00:46:09.739 --> 00:46:10.379 and active 00:46:10.379 --> 00:46:11.099 and true 00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:13.439 and we pray 00:46:13.439 --> 00:46:14.139 as your children 00:46:14.139 --> 00:46:15.159 that we come before you 00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:15.939 and we cry out 00:46:15.939 --> 00:46:16.599 I think maybe 00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.039 some of us 00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.619 are crying out 00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:18.459 for the first time 00:46:18.459 --> 00:46:19.799 Abba Father. 00:46:23.219 --> 00:46:24.079 Father we pray 00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:24.839 as your children 00:46:24.839 --> 00:46:27.299 that we would trust you 00:46:27.300 --> 00:46:29.360 that we could come 00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:30.019 before you 00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:31.840 and realize 00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:32.820 that you've withheld 00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:34.360 nothing good 00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:35.160 for us. 00:46:36.620 --> 00:46:37.580 You've withheld 00:46:37.580 --> 00:46:38.340 scorpions 00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:40.840 you've withheld 00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:41.460 snakes 00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:44.260 you've withheld 00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:45.160 things that I've 00:46:45.160 --> 00:46:45.780 asked for 00:46:45.780 --> 00:46:47.200 for 20 years 00:46:47.200 --> 00:46:49.480 that if I had 00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:50.019 gotten them 00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:51.240 the way I wanted them 00:46:51.240 --> 00:46:53.480 they would have 00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:54.060 brought death 00:46:54.060 --> 00:46:54.740 and destruction. 00:46:54.739 --> 00:46:57.659 for your good 00:46:57.659 --> 00:47:00.000 and so we come 00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:00.539 before you 00:47:00.539 --> 00:47:01.199 as your children 00:47:01.199 --> 00:47:01.979 and we just lay 00:47:01.979 --> 00:47:02.519 our lives 00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:03.159 before you. 00:47:04.739 --> 00:47:05.579 We thank you 00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:06.239 that you are not 00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:07.039 at arm's length 00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:07.619 but that you are 00:47:07.619 --> 00:47:08.319 in our face. 00:47:09.619 --> 00:47:10.419 We thank you 00:47:10.419 --> 00:47:11.159 that there's a place 00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:11.899 that we can go 00:47:11.899 --> 00:47:13.299 where all of our needs 00:47:13.299 --> 00:47:13.839 will be met 00:47:13.839 --> 00:47:15.279 that there's a door 00:47:15.279 --> 00:47:16.179 that's always open 00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:16.859 there's a person 00:47:16.859 --> 00:47:17.599 always there 00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:18.459 to answer 00:47:18.459 --> 00:47:19.119 and to provide 00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:20.639 not just bread 00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:22.799 but everything 00:47:22.799 --> 00:47:23.279 we need. 00:47:25.379 --> 00:47:26.319 Father most importantly 00:47:26.319 --> 00:47:26.920 we thank you 00:47:26.920 --> 00:47:27.559 that you're good 00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:29.980 and that we can 00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:30.519 trust you 00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:33.259 and so we come 00:47:33.259 --> 00:47:33.659 before you 00:47:33.659 --> 00:47:34.400 our good father 00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:36.679 and we worship you 00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:39.579 and we pray 00:47:39.579 --> 00:47:40.099 all these things 00:47:40.099 --> 00:47:40.440 in your son 00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:41.099 Jesus Christ 00:47:41.099 --> 00:47:41.699 holy name 00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:43.239 amen. 00:47:43.239 --> 00:47:43.359 Amen.