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 On page 1042, Luke chapter 11, verse 1 to 13.

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 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place.

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 When he finished, one of his disciples said to him,

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 Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.

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 He said to them, when you pray, say,

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 Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.

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 Give us each day our daily bread.

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 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us,

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 and lead us not into temptation.

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 Then he said to them, suppose one of you has a friend,

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 and goes to him at midnight and says,

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 Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

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 because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me,

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 and I have nothing to set before him.

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 Then the one inside answers, don't bother me.

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 The door is already locked, and my children are in bed.

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 I can't get up and give you anything.

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 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him bread because he is his friend,

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 yet because of the man's boldness,

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 he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

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 So I say to you, ask and it will be given to you,

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 seek and you will find,

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 knock and the door will be opened to you.

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 For anyone who asks, receives,

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 he who seeks, finds,

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 and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

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 Which of you fathers,

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 if your son asks for a fish,

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 will we give him a snake instead?

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 Or if he asks for an egg,

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 will we give him a scorpion?

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 If you then, though you are evil,

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 know how to give good gifts to your children,

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 how much more will your Father in Heaven

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 give the Holy Spirit to those who ask of him?

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 Thanks, Lucy.

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 Well, I haven't made a mistake.

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 In case you're wondering, you're thinking,

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 didn't we read this last week?

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 Yes, we did.

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 And we're using it simply as a basis,

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 a launch pad,

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 to help us understand prayer.

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 So we looked at it in depth last week.

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 And next week we'll be focusing in particular

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 on the prayer,

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 Father Hallowed Be Your Name,

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 and just following that through.

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 But today we're going to be looking at some parts from it

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 and launching us into other texts

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 to help us understand prayer.

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 So let's pray again and ask for God's help.

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 Father, we ask for your help in understanding your words.

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 You say we can ask for the Holy Spirit

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 and so we pray for your Holy Spirit

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 that he may fill us afresh

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 so that these words that we see on the page

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 are not just ordinary words

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 but life-changing words.

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 Words that enter our lives, as it were,

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 and change us on the inside,

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 helping us to understand who you are

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 and our place before you.

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 So please encourage us.

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 Father, please help us.

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 And Father, please bless us.

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 Amen.

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 As we start, I want to ask a couple of questions.

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 When we pray,

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 how long do you think we should pray for?

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 So if I pray for one hour,

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 is it more powerful than praying for just two minutes?

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 Or where should I pray?

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 If I prayed in a church building

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 with candles and some nice soft music,

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 is that better than praying in the car

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 with the radio blaring?

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 Or what should I say in prayer?

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 If I pray using complicated theological language

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 and threw in a few these and thous,

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 do you think it's better than

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 praying like you would talk to a friend?

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 Well, when it comes to prayer,

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 it's not about the words we use,

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 it's not about the place we go to,

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 or the length of time that it takes.

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 As one writer has put it,

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 prayer is nothing more or nothing less

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 than a child asking her father for help.

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 And that can take five hours or two seconds.

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 It could happen in a church or in a car.

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 It could be carefully prepared

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 or it could be a sudden outburst of emotion.

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 So when the disciples in verse 1

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 came to Jesus and they said,

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 Lord, teach us to pray.

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 In verse 2, Jesus said to them,

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 when you pray, say,

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 Father.

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 That word, Father, is the same word

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 a child would use when they are calling out

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 to their earthly father for help.

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 Dad!

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 It's one of intimacy.

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 It's a relationship.

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 So here Jesus is inviting us

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 to join him in relationship with his father.

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 And as we thought of earlier at the beginning,

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 because of Jesus' death on the cross,

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 we now have access to the father.

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 So the relationship that Jesus had with his father

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 is now our relationship.

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 Prayer is not some duty to perform.

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 It is a relationship between a child

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 and their father.

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 So in verse 9 we read,

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 So I say to you,

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 Ask, ask the father,

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 and it will be given to you.

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 Seek and you will find.

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 Knock and the door will be opened to you.

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 You see, in prayer we are coming to a father

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 who listens and who answers

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 and who generously gives good gifts.

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 Verse 13,

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 If you then, though you are evil,

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 and this there is talking about earthly fathers,

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 if you though are evil,

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 know how to give good gifts to your children,

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 how much more

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 will your father in heaven give?

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 So prayer is nothing more or nothing less

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 than a child asking their heavenly father for help.

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 But how we ask is all important.

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 And that's what we're going to consider.

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 Two big things we're going to look at this morning.

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 First, we pray in dependence.

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 We pray in dependence.

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 When we pray,

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 yes, we are talking to our father.

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 But look at what kind of father he is.

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 We saw this last week.

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 In chapter 10, verse 21,

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 it says this.

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 Chapter 10, verse 21.

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 At that time,

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 Jesus, full of joy,

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 through the Holy Spirit said,

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 I praise you,

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 Father,

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 Lord of heaven and earth.

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 Our father is the sovereign,

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 all-powerful Lord.

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 The fact that he is Lord

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 means he is the creator

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 of the universe.

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 He controls all that he has made

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 and he rules over

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 all that he has made.

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 He is Lord

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 of heaven and earth.

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 The disciples themselves

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 learnt this very early on

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 as they prayed.

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 So keep your finger in Luke chapter 11

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 and jump to Acts chapter 4.

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 Acts chapter 4.

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 Acts, of course,

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 is the second book

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 that Luke wrote.

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 And in Acts chapter 4,

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 it's,

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 Jesus has gone back to heaven.

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 He has sent his spirit.

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 And there's been a lot of persecution

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 and struggle for the disciples.

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 And they've been put in prison

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 and they've just been released.

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 So in Acts chapter 4, verse 23,

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 we read this.

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 On their release,

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 Peter and John went back

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 to their own people

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 and reported all that

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 the chief priests and elders

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 had said to them.

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 When they heard this,

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 they raised their voices together

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 in prayer to God.

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 So they're in a time of crisis,

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 a time of difficulty,

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 and immediately they turn

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 to God in prayer.

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 And look what they say.

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 Verse 24,

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 Sovereign Lord,

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 they said,

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 you made the heaven

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 and the earth

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 and the sea

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 and everything in them.

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 Our Father

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 is the Sovereign One.

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 He rules over the entire universe.

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 He controls the weather patterns

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 when it rains

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 and where it is sunny.

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 He upholds the forces of nature,

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 the movements of the planets,

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 the seas and the tides.

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 And our Father

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 rules over the actions of people.

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 So as we read on in their prayer,

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 verse 27,

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 they remember the time

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 when Jesus,

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 where the plot was

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 to get rid and kill Jesus.

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 So verse 27,

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 Indeed, Herod and Pontius Pilate

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 met together with the Gentiles

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 and the people of Israel

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 in this city

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 to conspire against

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 your holy servant,

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 Jesus,

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 whom you anointed.

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 And they did kill him,

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 but look what they say next.

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 Verse 28,

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 They did

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 what your power and will

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 had decided beforehand

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 should happen.

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 God, our Father,

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 decides

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 what people do

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 and he makes it

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 a part of his plan.

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 He controls

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 the evil actions

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 of people

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 and he uses it

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 for something good,

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 in this case,

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 the salvation

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 of the world.

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 And not only that,

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 our Father rules

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 over the lives

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 of every single person.

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 So jump to

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 Acts chapter 17.

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 Acts chapter 17.

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 This isn't a prayer,

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 but it's reminding us

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 of who God is.

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 Acts chapter 17,

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 verse 24.

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 The God who made

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 the world

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 and everything in it

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 is the Lord

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 of heaven and earth.

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 That same phrase.

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 And he doesn't live

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 in temples built by hands.

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 You can't constrain him.

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 You can't box him in.

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 Verse 25,

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 And he is not served

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 by human hands

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 as if he needed anything,

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 because he himself

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 gives all men

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 life and breath

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 and everything else.

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 He is the

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 all-sufficient one.

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 And he sustains

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 everyone else

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 and everything else.

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 But look at this,

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 verse 26.

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 From one man

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 he made

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 every nation

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 of men,

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 that they should

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 inhabit the whole earth.

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 And he determines

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 the time set for them

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 and the exact places,

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 the exact places

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 where they should live.

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 Our Father controls

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 where you and I live

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 and for how long

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 we live.

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 He decides

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 when we are born

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 and whereabouts

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 we were born.

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 Our Father

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 is Lord

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 of heaven and earth.

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 He rules over

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 all things

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 and all people.

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 So when we come

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 to pray,

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 yes we are praying

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 to our Father,

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 but we come to our Father

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 in dependence,

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 recognising

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 that I am not

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 in charge,

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 but he is.

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 knowing that I

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 can't control life,

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 but he does.

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 We come to our

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 Father in heaven

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 who holds

00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:01.240
 everything

00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:02.419
 in his hands,

00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:03.899
 the entire universe,

00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:05.080
 every detail

00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:06.000
 about our life

00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:07.019
 is in his hands.

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 Nothing

00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:09.159
 is outside

00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:10.440
 of his sovereign rule.

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 So we pray

00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:13.980
 to our Father

00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:15.820
 in dependence,

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 but

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 with confidence.

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 Go back to Luke

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 chapter 11.

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 You see,

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 if our Father

00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:32.620
 is

00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:34.300
 Lord of heaven

00:13:34.300 --> 00:13:34.879
 and earth,

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 then we can pray

00:13:37.780 --> 00:13:39.560
 with confidence.

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 We can say,

00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:42.360
 verse 9,

00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.400
 I say to you,

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 ask and it will

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 be given to you.

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 Seek and you

00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:47.920
 will find.

00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:49.320
 Knock and the door

00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:50.840
 will be open

00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:51.400
 to you.

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 We are invited

00:13:53.020 --> 00:13:54.320
 to come and ask

00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:55.280
 our Father,

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 who is all-powerful

00:13:56.660 --> 00:13:57.759
 and all-controlling.

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 So we pray

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 with a confidence.

00:14:01.020 --> 00:14:01.960
 Not a confidence

00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:02.980
 in us,

00:14:03.180 --> 00:14:04.040
 but a confidence

00:14:04.040 --> 00:14:05.180
 in our Father.

00:14:05.180 --> 00:14:06.100
 We pray

00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:06.640
 with this

00:14:06.640 --> 00:14:07.879
 expectation

00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:09.080
 that God

00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:09.879
 can

00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:10.900
 intervene

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 into this world,

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 into any

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 situation,

00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:15.219
 and he can

00:14:15.219 --> 00:14:15.919
 intervene

00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:17.199
 into our lives

00:14:17.199 --> 00:14:18.039
 and into the

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 lives of other

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 people.

00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:21.959
 That's why

00:14:21.959 --> 00:14:22.699
 we pray

00:14:22.699 --> 00:14:24.839
 for rulers

00:14:24.839 --> 00:14:25.819
 and authorities.

00:14:26.079 --> 00:14:26.479
 That's why

00:14:26.479 --> 00:14:27.019
 we pray

00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:27.860
 for countries,

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 because he

00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:29.699
 can change

00:14:29.699 --> 00:14:30.259
 the heart

00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:30.979
 of a ruler.

00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:33.679
 He can change

00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:34.459
 the direction

00:14:34.459 --> 00:14:35.459
 of a nation.

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.339
 He can change

00:14:37.339 --> 00:14:38.120
 the actions

00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:39.179
 of evil people

00:14:39.179 --> 00:14:39.959
 and he can

00:14:39.959 --> 00:14:41.000
 turn it to good.

00:14:41.299 --> 00:14:42.360
 He can change

00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:43.039
 the lives

00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:43.840
 of ordinary

00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:45.000
 people so

00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:45.440
 that they

00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:46.340
 too become

00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:47.139
 followers of

00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:47.980
 Jesus and

00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.279
 that they

00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:49.180
 become like

00:14:49.180 --> 00:14:49.600
 Jesus.

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 And he can

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 change you

00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:52.879
 and me.

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 He can change

00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:55.060
 our sinful

00:14:55.060 --> 00:14:56.340
 habits so

00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:57.120
 that we

00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:57.759
 become the

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 kind of

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 people he

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 wants us

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 to be.

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 You know,

00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:03.919
 sometimes we

00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:04.960
 don't pray

00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:07.480
 because we

00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:08.779
 don't really

00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:09.960
 believe our

00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:11.460
 Father is

00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:12.560
 Lord of

00:15:12.560 --> 00:15:13.019
 heaven and

00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:13.300
 earth.

00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:14.660
 Do you

00:15:14.660 --> 00:15:15.340
 believe he's

00:15:15.340 --> 00:15:15.900
 Lord of

00:15:15.900 --> 00:15:16.300
 heaven and

00:15:16.300 --> 00:15:16.580
 earth?

00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:18.480
 That he's

00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:19.259
 all powerful

00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:19.720
 and all

00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:20.240
 controlling?

00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:23.320
 A writer

00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:24.019
 put it like

00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.400
 this.

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 We

00:15:26.420 --> 00:15:27.740
 overestimate

00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:29.060
 what we

00:15:29.060 --> 00:15:29.660
 can do

00:15:29.660 --> 00:15:31.240
 and we

00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:32.100
 underestimate

00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:33.600
 what God

00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.120
 can do.

00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:35.879
 We don't

00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:37.200
 pray simply

00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:37.860
 because we

00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:38.320
 think it's

00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:38.800
 all about

00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:39.319
 what I

00:15:39.319 --> 00:15:39.779
 have to

00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:41.359
 do and

00:15:41.359 --> 00:15:41.759
 somehow

00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.419
 that God

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.979
 is just

00:15:42.979 --> 00:15:43.839
 not able

00:15:43.839 --> 00:15:44.259
 to do

00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:44.579
 it.

00:15:46.599 --> 00:15:47.199
 We

00:15:47.199 --> 00:15:48.279
 overestimate

00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.899
 what we

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.500
 can do

00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.779
 and we

00:15:50.779 --> 00:15:51.419
 underestimate

00:15:51.419 --> 00:15:52.240
 what God

00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:52.839
 can do so

00:15:52.839 --> 00:15:53.259
 we don't

00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.659
 pray.

00:15:54.439 --> 00:15:55.079
 But here

00:15:55.079 --> 00:15:55.699
 we have this

00:15:55.699 --> 00:15:56.219
 wonderful

00:15:56.219 --> 00:15:57.000
 invitation.

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 That's what

00:15:57.839 --> 00:15:58.679
 Luke 11 is

00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:59.179
 about, this

00:15:59.179 --> 00:16:00.279
 invitation to

00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:00.819
 pray

00:16:00.819 --> 00:16:02.059
 independence

00:16:02.059 --> 00:16:02.899
 on an

00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.899
 all-powerful,

00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:05.319
 all-controlling

00:16:05.319 --> 00:16:05.879
 God.

00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:07.200
 we can

00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:07.700
 come with

00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:08.419
 confidence,

00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:09.159
 we can

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.639
 come with

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.820
 an expectation

00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:12.120
 that God

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.580
 who made

00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:13.179
 the universe

00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:15.399
 can intervene

00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:16.799
 in our lives

00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:17.740
 and in our

00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:18.259
 world.

00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:19.899
 Verse 10,

00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:21.320
 for everyone

00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:22.799
 who asks

00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:23.539
 receives

00:16:23.539 --> 00:16:24.960
 and he

00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:25.679
 who seeks

00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:26.580
 finds

00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:27.720
 and to him

00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.399
 who knocks

00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:29.360
 the door

00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:30.259
 will be

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:30.980
 opened.

00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:33.460
 So,

00:16:35.019 --> 00:16:35.860
 prayer is

00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.519
 nothing more

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:36.920
 than a

00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:37.399
 child

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.740
 asking their

00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.639
 father for

00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.039
 help.

00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:41.920
 We pray

00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:42.740
 as children

00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:43.180
 to our

00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:43.519
 father

00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:44.420
 independence

00:16:44.420 --> 00:16:45.779
 but with

00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:47.060
 confidence

00:16:47.060 --> 00:16:49.019
 and expectation.

00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:50.960
 And second,

00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:53.580
 we pray

00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:54.840
 in humility.

00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:56.980
 When

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:58.460
 we pray

00:16:58.460 --> 00:16:59.060
 we are

00:16:59.060 --> 00:16:59.779
 talking to

00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.379
 our father

00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:02.039
 but we

00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.700
 don't come

00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:03.439
 demanding

00:17:03.439 --> 00:17:04.460
 and insisting

00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.019
 from our

00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.559
 father that

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:05.960
 we get

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.640
 everything

00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.140
 that we

00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:08.119
 ask for.

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.180
 It doesn't

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.880
 work like

00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.319
 that.

00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:11.900
 Look how

00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:12.400
 Jesus

00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:12.880
 prayed.

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.039
 So,

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.779
 in verse 1

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.640
 of chapter 11

00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:16.720
 we just get

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.180
 this little

00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:17.640
 insight.

00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.259
 One day

00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:18.920
 Jesus was

00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.440
 praying

00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:19.960
 in a

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.259
 certain

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.779
 place.

00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:21.299
 Now,

00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:21.619
 if you

00:17:21.619 --> 00:17:22.380
 read through

00:17:22.380 --> 00:17:22.680
 Luke,

00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:22.940
 you'll

00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:23.279
 discover

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:23.839
 that Jesus

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:24.480
 prays in

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.019
 all kinds

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.420
 of different

00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:25.859
 ways.

00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:26.799
 In Luke

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.180
 5,

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:27.700
 16,

00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.599
 we read

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.000
 there that

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.299
 Jesus

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:30.099
 prayed on

00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:30.719
 his own

00:17:30.719 --> 00:17:31.019
 and in

00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.599
 a solitary

00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.240
 place.

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:33.779
 In Luke

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.279
 9,

00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:35.059
 verse 28,

00:17:35.179 --> 00:17:35.539
 we read

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:35.980
 that Jesus

00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.439
 prayed up

00:17:36.439 --> 00:17:36.939
 a mountain

00:17:36.939 --> 00:17:37.959
 and with

00:17:37.959 --> 00:17:38.740
 his disciples.

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.000
 Sometimes

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.699
 he prayed

00:17:40.699 --> 00:17:41.379
 really short

00:17:41.379 --> 00:17:41.819
 prayers,

00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:42.500
 sometimes

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.019
 he was

00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:43.359
 praying

00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:44.159
 all night

00:17:44.159 --> 00:17:44.579
 long.

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.399
 But the

00:17:46.399 --> 00:17:47.039
 place of

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.679
 prayer and

00:17:47.679 --> 00:17:48.199
 the length

00:17:48.199 --> 00:17:48.779
 of prayer

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.639
 is not

00:17:49.639 --> 00:17:50.259
 the issue.

00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:51.859
 Look at

00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:52.139
 Luke

00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:53.299
 chapter 22.

00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:56.939
 Jesus

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:58.460
 was a

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:58.880
 prayer.

00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.259
 And if

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.700
 Jesus

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.380
 needed to

00:18:03.380 --> 00:18:03.740
 pray,

00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:05.640
 how much

00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:06.120
 more do

00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:07.259
 we need

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:08.019
 to pray?

00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.400
 And here

00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:09.740
 in Luke

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.320
 22,

00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:10.980
 we see

00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.700
 how Jesus

00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:12.600
 prayed with

00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:13.900
 humility.

00:18:15.100 --> 00:18:16.220
 Verse 39,

00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:17.519
 this is just

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.279
 before his

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.620
 death.

00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.799
 He's facing

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.680
 into his

00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.900
 coming death.

00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:23.279
 Chapter 22,

00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:24.200
 verse 39,

00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.319
 Jesus went

00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:25.880
 out as

00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:26.480
 usual to

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.819
 the Mount

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.480
 of Olives.

00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:28.900
 That was

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:29.299
 one of the

00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:29.840
 places he

00:18:29.840 --> 00:18:30.319
 often went

00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:30.819
 to pray.

00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:31.880
 And his

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.360
 disciples

00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:33.120
 followed him.

00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.140
 On reaching

00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.700
 the place,

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.259
 he said to

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:35.500
 them,

00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.600
 pray that

00:18:36.600 --> 00:18:37.039
 you will

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.559
 not fall

00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:37.819
 into

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.400
 temptation.

00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:40.380
 He

00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:40.819
 withdrew

00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:41.299
 about a

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:41.720
 stone's

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:41.920
 throw

00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.319
 beyond

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.559
 them,

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:42.860
 knelt

00:18:42.860 --> 00:18:43.240
 down,

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.500
 and prayed.

00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:46.140
 And here's

00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:46.380
 what he

00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:46.819
 prayed.

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.259
 Father,

00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.160
 it's that

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:50.180
 same word

00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.480
 again,

00:18:50.580 --> 00:18:51.319
 this cry

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:52.180
 of help.

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.080
 Father,

00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:54.319
 help.

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:56.759
 If you

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.679
 are willing,

00:18:58.679 --> 00:18:59.419
 take this

00:18:59.419 --> 00:19:00.639
 cup from

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:00.980
 me.

00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:03.099
 Jesus is

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.679
 about to

00:19:03.679 --> 00:19:04.359
 face into

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:04.960
 the most

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:05.939
 horrendous,

00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.339
 the most

00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:06.859
 difficult

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 situation

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 in his

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 life.

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 He is

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 about to

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 face the

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:11.819
 rejection

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.899
 of all

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 his family

00:19:13.659 --> 00:19:14.339
 and his

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 friends.

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 He's

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 about to

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 face the

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 insults

00:19:17.919 --> 00:19:18.319
 and

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.299
 injustices

00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:20.259
 of false

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 accusations.

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 He is

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 about to

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 face the

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 physical

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 torture,

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 of beatings,

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 of a

00:19:25.659 --> 00:19:26.159
 crown of

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 thorns being

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 crushed in

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 his head,

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.720
 being nailed

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.779
 to a

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 cross.

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 And most

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 of all,

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 he is

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 going to

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 face the

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 judgment

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.279
 of God

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:36.159
 for us,

00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:38.539
 being

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:39.079
 abandoned

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:40.259
 by the

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.799
 Father

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:42.000
 for us.

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 This is

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 physical,

00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:45.059
 emotional,

00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:45.940
 mental,

00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.399
 and spiritual

00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:48.759
 suffering in

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 its ultimate

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 and greatest

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 form.

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.960
 and so

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.899
 he prays,

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.659
 verse 42,

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 Father,

00:19:55.639 --> 00:19:56.940
 help me.

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 If you

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 are willing,

00:19:59.339 --> 00:19:59.919
 take this

00:19:59.919 --> 00:20:00.899
 cup from

00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:01.299
 me.

00:20:01.679 --> 00:20:02.159
 Do not

00:20:02.159 --> 00:20:02.759
 let me have

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.079
 to go

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.819
 through this.

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:07.039
 He knows

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:08.059
 his Father

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:09.000
 is Lord

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.519
 of heaven

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:09.879
 and earth.

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 He knows

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 that his

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.980
 Father is

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.940
 all-powerful

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 and all-controlling.

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 He knows

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.720
 he can do

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 anything,

00:20:16.639 --> 00:20:17.119
 but look

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 what he says

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 in his

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 prayer.

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.279
 Look at the

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.819
 last part

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 of verse

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 42.

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 Yet

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.139
 not

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 my

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.019
 will,

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.519
 but

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.879
 yours

00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:27.379
 be done.

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 Incredible.

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 Jesus

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.839
 doesn't

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 come

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.240
 demanding

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.700
 and

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.539
 insisting.

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:36.960
 He

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.460
 doesn't

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.099
 whine

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.500
 and

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:38.960
 whinge.

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 He's

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 not

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 stamping

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.639
 his

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 feet

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.200
 in

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 protest

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.259
 like

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.460
 a

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:42.899
 spoiled

00:20:42.899 --> 00:20:43.480
 child.

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 He

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.720
 humbly

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.420
 submits

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 himself

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 to

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 his

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 loving

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.920
 Father

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:49.380
 who

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:50.059
 always

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.460
 does

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.720
 what

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 is

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.240
 right

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 and

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:51.840
 best

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 even

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:53.799
 in

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.180
 times

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.360
 of

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 great

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.140
 suffering.

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.920
 Not

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.340
 what I

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 want,

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 but what

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.220
 you want,

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 Father.

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 Not

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 what

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.519
 pleases

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.039
 me,

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:03.740
 but what

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:03.940
 will

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.360
 please

00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:04.840
 you,

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:05.559
 Father.

00:21:06.100 --> 00:21:06.519
 Not

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.100
 what I

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:07.680
 demand,

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.519
 but what

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.019
 will bring

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.819
 glory and

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.299
 honour to

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:10.660
 you,

00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:11.380
 Father.

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:15.060
 you

00:21:15.060 --> 00:21:15.240
 see,

00:21:15.340 --> 00:21:15.600
 all of

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:15.840
 our

00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:16.340
 prayers

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:17.600
 should

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:17.800
 be

00:21:17.800 --> 00:21:18.100
 prayed

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.460
 with

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.320
 humility.

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:20.840
 Not

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.480
 demanding

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:21.760
 and

00:21:21.760 --> 00:21:22.600
 insisting

00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.060
 and

00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:23.500
 telling

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.860
 God

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.040
 that

00:21:24.040 --> 00:21:24.220
 he

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:24.460
 should

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.640
 do

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:24.940
 this

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.060
 and

00:21:25.060 --> 00:21:25.300
 he

00:21:25.300 --> 00:21:25.500
 should

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:25.700
 do

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.100
 that,

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.300
 but

00:21:27.300 --> 00:21:27.520
 a

00:21:27.520 --> 00:21:28.020
 simple

00:21:28.020 --> 00:21:29.420
 not

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:29.620
 what

00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:29.840
 I

00:21:29.840 --> 00:21:30.160
 will,

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.760
 but

00:21:31.760 --> 00:21:31.980
 what

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.200
 you

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.500
 will.

00:21:35.280 --> 00:21:35.920
 Back

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.140
 in

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.380
 Luke

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:36.760
 11,

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.760
 we

00:21:38.760 --> 00:21:38.940
 are

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.420
 told

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.760
 what

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:40.960
 we

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.400
 can

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.980
 ask

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.460
 for

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.720
 and

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.019
 know

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.259
 that

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.420
 we

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.599
 will

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:44.980
 receive

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.180
 it.

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.359
 In

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:45.579
 verse

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.059
 13,

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:46.259
 we

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.440
 are

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.140
 told

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:48.819
 how

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.140
 much

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:49.460
 more

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:49.680
 will

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:49.839
 your

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.160
 Father

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:50.379
 in

00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:50.680
 heaven

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:50.980
 give

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.200
 the

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.519
 Holy

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.980
 Spirit

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.220
 to

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.500
 those

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:52.660
 who

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.140
 ask

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.420
 him.

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:54.640
 Now

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:54.960
 why

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.220
 would

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.319
 he

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:55.519
 be

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.839
 telling

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.099
 us

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:56.279
 to

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.799
 ask

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.220
 for

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.359
 the

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.599
 Holy

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.000
 Spirit?

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.059
 What's

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.220
 the

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.559
 Spirit

00:21:59.559 --> 00:21:59.839
 got

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.019
 to

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.160
 do

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.339
 with

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.759
 prayer?

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.400
 Well

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:02.579
 this

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:02.740
 is

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:02.960
 really

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.359
 important

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:03.579
 and

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:03.680
 I

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:03.839
 want

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.000
 us

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.160
 to

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.519
 follow

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.400
 this

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.759
 through

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.119
 in

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.480
 line

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:06.700
 with

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:06.839
 our

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:14.839
 Romans

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.339
 chapter

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.839
 8

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:29.920
 And

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.059
 we

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.359
 see

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:30.680
 here

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:30.879
 the

00:22:30.879 --> 00:22:31.339
 reason

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.539
 or

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.700
 the

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.079
 purpose

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.299
 of

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.700
 asking

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:32.960
 for

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.099
 the

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.359
 Holy

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:33.920
 Spirit

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:35.039
 when

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.240
 we

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.599
 come

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.000
 to

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.379
 pray.

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:39.059
 Romans

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.400
 8

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.680
 verse

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.519
 26

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:45.240
 In

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.379
 the

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:45.660
 same

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.039
 way

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:47.980
 the

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.400
 Spirit

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.000
 helps

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.359
 us

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.740
 in

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:49.920
 our

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.420
 weakness

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:50.940
 so

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.160
 it's

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.420
 talking

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.759
 about

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.259
 times

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.500
 of

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.519
 real

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.099
 need

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:55.139
 and

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:55.759
 struggle

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:57.059
 the

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.359
 Spirit

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.740
 helps

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:57.920
 us

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.059
 in

00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.200
 our

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.539
 weakness

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.400
 we

00:22:59.400 --> 00:22:59.720
 do

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.019
 not

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.259
 know

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.519
 what

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:00.720
 we

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:00.940
 ought

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.139
 to

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:01.379
 pray

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.779
 for

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:03.259
 but

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.500
 the

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.900
 Spirit

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.480
 himself

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.339
 intercedes

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.720
 for

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.119
 us

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:07.139
 with

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.599
 groans

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:07.900
 that

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.299
 words

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.720
 cannot

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.460
 express

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.779
 and

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.200
 he

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.000
 that's

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.140
 the

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.519
 Father

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.819
 who

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.340
 searches

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:13.700
 our

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.319
 hearts

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.819
 knows

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.100
 the

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.460
 mind

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:16.620
 of

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:16.799
 the

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.140
 Spirit

00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:18.240
 because

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.819
 the

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.220
 Spirit

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.240
 intercedes

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.620
 for

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:20.860
 the

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.180
 saints

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.519
 people

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:21.819
 like

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.039
 you

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.180
 and

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.400
 me

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:23.019
 in

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.539
 accordance

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.940
 with

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.400
 God's

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.700
 will

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:30.420
 to

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:30.920
 pray

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 and

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 they

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 don't

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 know

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 what

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 pray

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 for

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 have

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 you

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 ever

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 been

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 in

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 that

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 time

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 in

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 that

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 experience

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 the

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 situation

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 is

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 just

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 so

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 big

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 it

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 seems

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 to

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 be

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 so

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 out

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 of

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 control

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 we

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 cannot

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 put

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 a

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 finger

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 on

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 what

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 the

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.039
 problem

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 is

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 we

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 are

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 just

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 overwhelmed

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 with

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 everything

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 that

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 is

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 going

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 on

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 in

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 our

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 lives

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 and

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 all

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 around

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 us

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 and

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 we

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 don't

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 know

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 what

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 to

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 pray

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 for

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 we don't even know where to begin.

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 And at that moment, within our hearts,

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 it's almost as if it comes out in groans and agonies of cry

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 or perhaps a shout of frustration.

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 At that moment, verse 26,

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 the Spirit himself intercedes for us.

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 It's literally saying to us,

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 he joins with us.

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 The Spirit comes alongside us.

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 And he begins to pray for us on our behalf

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 what is good and what is right.

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 Because he knows our hearts,

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 he knows what we need right then in our lives

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 and he prays for that, what is good and right.

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 But there's more than that.

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 You see, even if we do pray,

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 sometimes in those moments of crisis and difficulty and struggle,

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 sometimes what we do pray,

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 we can even pray for the wrong thing.

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 Or we even get our prayers in the wrong way.

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 But the Spirit takes those prayers.

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 Look at verse 27, the end of verse 27.

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 And the Spirit intercedes for the saints

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 in accordance with God's will.

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 It's telling us that he takes our prayers,

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 even the wrong prayers that we say.

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 But he knows the motive.

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 He knows the heart.

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 He knows that we're genuine.

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 He knows that we want what's right and good.

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 And he takes our prayers,

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 even the wrong ones,

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 and he translates them.

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 He brings them to the Father

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 so that the prayers we pray

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 are the right prayers.

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 And they are according to God's good and perfect will.

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 Isn't that incredible?

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 The Spirit comes alongside,

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 joins with us,

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 and prays what we should pray,

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 and even takes our wrong prayers

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 and makes them the right kind of prayer

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 so that they are in line with God's will.

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 This is a prayer of humility.

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 That is saying,

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 I don't always know what is God's will.

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 I don't know what is right or best in this situation

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 or in my life or in their life,

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 but the Spirit does.

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 And because the Spirit knows

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:28.339
 what the Father wants

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 and what the Father wills,

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 the Spirit will always pray

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 what the Father wants

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 and what the Father wills.

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 So that's why we come in humility

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 and we pray with that simple request

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:43.240
 for the Holy Spirit.

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 And he will pour out that Holy Spirit

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 generously upon us

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 so that all of our prayers

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:53.539
 are according to God's good and perfect will.

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.779
 Now that means

00:26:56.779 --> 00:27:00.480
 we don't always get what we ask for

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 or what we want.

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.559
 Our Father doesn't hand out

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:07.980
 everything and anything that we say we want.

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:10.740
 But it does mean

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:12.799
 that he will always give to us

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:15.319
 what is good and right and best for us.

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.819
 He will always give

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:19.480
 what is according to his good and perfect will.

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 He knows his children.

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 He knows what we need.

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 And he will give us

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 and not withhold what we need.

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 And so we pray in humility.

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 But we also pray continually.

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:42.779
 Back in Luke 11

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 as Jesus taught his disciples to pray

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:47.559
 he says to them

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:49.599
 in chapter 11 verse 9

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 I say to you

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 ask

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:54.519
 and it will be given

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:56.019
 seek and you will find

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 knock

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 and the door will be opened.

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:04.099
 In reading through this

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.019
 and studying it

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:06.960
 it became clear that

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:08.480
 this is a present

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:10.319
 continuous asking.

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 It's not just a one off

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 ask

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 and then forget about it

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.720
 and never ask again.

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.059
 In other words

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.539
 it's an encouragement to us

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.660
 to keep on praying

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:21.240
 and not give up.

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:23.059
 We continually ask

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:24.460
 we continually seek

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.500
 we continually knock

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:28.759
 we continually speak to our Father.

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:31.720
 You see as we ask

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:35.000
 sometimes the answer

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.619
 might be simply this

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:38.859
 not yet my child

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.759
 not yet.

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:43.899
 And so we pray continually

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:45.899
 trusting in God's timing.

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.940
 Our Father will always give us

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:50.299
 what is good

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:52.680
 when it is right.

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.839
 Always gives us

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.980
 what is good

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:58.059
 when it is right.

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.740
 And so sometimes

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.660
 our experience

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.480
 will be like this

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.859
 we pray for something

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:06.279
 and we receive it

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.099
 right now.

00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:09.440
 We receive it

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.220
 straight away.

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.980
 We pray for an end

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.680
 to some kind of suffering

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.619
 or difficulty

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.839
 in our lives.

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.160
 We pray for God

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.899
 to do a work

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.879
 in somebody's life

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:20.740
 and God intervenes

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:22.000
 and it happens.

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.839
 The suffering ends.

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.960
 The person becomes

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.500
 a Christian.

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:30.360
 We pray for a change

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:31.160
 in a circumstance

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:32.480
 and God works

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.340
 to bring something

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:34.180
 different about.

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.180
 He answers.

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.100
 He does it.

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.920
 But sometimes

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:42.340
 what we ask for

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:45.660
 the answer will be

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.279
 not yet

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:47.440
 it will come later.

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:51.180
 Tim Chester

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:53.580
 in his book

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.539
 You Can Pray

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:56.019
 I recommend it

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.559
 to you

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.100
 as a very

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:58.340
 easy read.

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:00.400
 He says this

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:02.259
 about waiting

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.420
 and praying

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.160
 continually.

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:09.160
 God is waiting

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:11.259
 until the time

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.180
 is right.

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:14.920
 when you pray

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.840
 for justice

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:17.620
 the ultimate

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.519
 answer may be

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.580
 the final judgment.

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.759
 When you pray

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.500
 for peace

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:24.560
 the ultimate

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:25.539
 answer may be

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.160
 the reign

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.640
 of the Lord Jesus.

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.759
 When you pray

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.580
 for health

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:31.740
 and healing

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.580
 the ultimate

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.660
 answer may be

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.799
 your resurrection

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.340
 body.

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:38.340
 When you pray

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.180
 for joy

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.519
 the ultimate

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.480
 answer may be

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.980
 the wedding

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.660
 feast of the Lamb.

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.620
 And when you pray

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.460
 for a sense

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.519
 of God's

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.080
 presence

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:49.980
 the ultimate

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.880
 answer may be

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.420
 the day

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.360
 when heaven

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.660
 comes to earth

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.680
 and a loud

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.519
 voice from the

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.200
 throne says

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.640
 look

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.960
 God's dwelling

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.759
 is now

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.820
 among the people

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.920
 and he will

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:02.019
 dwell with them

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.140
 they will be

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.840
 his people

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:05.360
 and God himself

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.340
 will be with them

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.640
 and be their

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.120
 gods.

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:11.860
 we pray

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.700
 continually

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:15.380
 because we

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.200
 can be assured

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.940
 that God

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.740
 will always

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.519
 give us

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.920
 what is good

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:22.420
 when it is

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.880
 right

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:24.500
 and when it

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.019
 is best

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:26.019
 for us.

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.240
 Verse 10

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:29.480
 For everyone

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.299
 who asks

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.000
 receives

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.180
 and he who

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:33.039
 seeks finds

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:34.240
 and to him

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.980
 who knocks

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:36.039
 the door

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:37.480
 will be

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.960
 opened.

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:40.279
 we are

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:41.079
 invited to

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.980
 come to

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.660
 a father

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:44.980
 as children

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.799
 who pray

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.340
 to their

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:46.840
 father

00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:48.000
 asking

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:49.299
 for help

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:51.480
 he gives

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.360
 good gifts

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:54.019
 but we

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.840
 come to him

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.640
 with

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.579
 dependence

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:58.319
 he is the

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.160
 sovereign lord

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.640
 of heaven

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.140
 and earth

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.259
 he is the

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.940
 one with all

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.579
 power who

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.400
 controls all

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.920
 things

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.519
 we can

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.900
 come with

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.600
 confidence

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.279
 with an

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.100
 expectancy

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:08.019
 that he

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.779
 can intervene

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.300
 into this

00:32:09.300 --> 00:32:09.820
 world and

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.279
 into our

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.740
 lives

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.620
 but we

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.080
 pray

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:13.220
 with humility

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:15.500
 not what I

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.800
 want

00:32:15.800 --> 00:32:16.519
 but what you

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.860
 want

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.440
 what will

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.019
 bring you

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.480
 glory

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.500
 what is best

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.100
 for you

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.820
 and what will

00:32:20.820 --> 00:32:21.320
 be best

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:21.900
 for me

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:23.640
 and we

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.120
 do not

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.540
 give up

00:32:24.540 --> 00:32:24.840
 in our

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.200
 prayer

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.920
 because he

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 will always

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 give what

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 is good

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 when

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 it is

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 right

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 let us

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 pray

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 our

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 father

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 god

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 forgive us

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 for the

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 times where

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 we

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.740
 overestimate

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 what we

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 can do

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 and we

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 underestimate

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 what you

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 can do

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 for you

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 are lord

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 of heaven

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 and earth

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 all power

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 and all

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 authority

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 belongs to

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 you

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 you control

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 all things

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 you are in

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 charge of

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 our own

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:23.100
 lives

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 so teach

00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:26.720
 us to

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 come and

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 pray in

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.720
 confidence

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 but father

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 help us to

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.000
 get our

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.539
 relationship

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.059
 with you

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 right

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:36.879
 help us

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.220
 that we

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.740
 might come

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.440
 in humility

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:41.579
 that every

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.200
 prayer will

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 be not

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 what I

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 want

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 but what

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 you will

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 and what

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 you desire

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 change us

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 so that we

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.139
 fit in with

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.879
 your purposes

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.339
 and your

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.899
 plans

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 and thank

00:34:00.159 --> 00:34:00.440
 you

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.740
 that all

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.059
 of our

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.559
 prayers

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.559
 prayers

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 whether we

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.059
 pray once

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:06.720
 or pray

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.339
 for many

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:08.119
 many years

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:10.579
 you will

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.239
 answer and

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.559
 you will

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.639
 give all

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:12.980
 that is

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.159
 good and

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.559
 right

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:17.199
 thank you

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.599
 that we

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.039
 can come

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.500
 to you as

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.840
 father

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.799
 thank you

00:34:20.799 --> 00:34:21.219
 that you

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.599
 give us

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.119
 help when

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.739
 we ask

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:25.340
 and help

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.719
 us

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.799
 that we

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.179
 may go

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.759
 on talking

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.299
 to you

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.400
 through

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.019
 this week

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:31.900
 in jesus name

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.440
 we pray

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.860
 amen

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.519
 do

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.820
 need

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.660
 to

00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:37.000
care

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:38.200
 where

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:38.280
 you

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:38.480
 your

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:43.019
 train

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.640
 or

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:45.380
 you