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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

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 Martin Luther.

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 Though in its beginnings prayer is so simple that the feeble child can pray,

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 yet it is at the same time the highest and holiest work to which man can rise.

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 It is the very essence of true religion, the channel of all blessings, the secret of power and life.

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 Andrew Murray.

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 What a man is alone on his knees before God, that he is and no more.

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 Robert Murray McShane.

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 Wow.

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 Prayer is kind of important, right?

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 Maybe you heard that.

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 Maybe you thought it's supposed to be.

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 Our church has said that prayer is one of our core commitments.

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 It's one of those handful of things that we have said must shape how we do everything that we do.

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 We recognize our deep dependence and need for prayer.

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 As our session has talked about these core commitments, the things we want to increasingly define us,

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 one of the things we've acknowledged also is that this particular one about dependence and prayer

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 is one that doesn't currently define us nearly as much as we wish it did.

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 I know it's a struggle for the pastor.

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 I'm so much like Martha from last week's sermon, the story of Mary and Martha.

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 I so quickly find my significance in things that I do, how much I'm able to accomplish what other people can see.

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 And so prayer can feel inefficient, unimpressive, and therefore secondary a lot of times.

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 We all live in a fast-paced, achievement-oriented culture where slowing down to talk with God is not often rewarded.

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 Independence is praised more than dependence, right?

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 So as we come to a place in God's Word in our study through Luke, where Jesus teaches us about prayer,

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 we decided just to slow down for a few weeks, to talk about this together.

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 We'll ask as His disciples ask Him here in this passage,

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 Lord, teach us to pray.

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 I've been studying these past few weeks, and I'm more and more convinced that I'm learning right along with you,

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 over and over.

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 You're probably going to notice that this morning in the unusually high number of other people that I quote,

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 which could get a little bit annoying for you.

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 But it's so good, y'all.

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 The things that God's been teaching me over the last few months about a relationship with Him in prayer,

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 I'm so eager to be able to share some of that with you as He continues teaching me.

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 I'm really looking forward to how Jesus will teach us and transform us through this.

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 So let's read this familiar passage and then ask for His help.

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 Luke 11 at verse 1.

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 This is God's Word.

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 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when He finished,

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 one of His disciples said to Him,

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

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 And He said to them,

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 When you pray, say,

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 Father,

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 hallowed be Your name.

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 Your kingdom come.

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 Give us each day our daily bread,

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 and forgive us our sins,

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 for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.

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 And lead us not into temptation.

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 The grass withers,

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 the flowers fade,

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 these words of our God will stand forever.

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 Let's ask for His help as we look to them.

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 Jesus, teach me to pray.

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 Teach them to pray.

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 Teach us to pray.

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 We ask it in Your name.

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 Amen.

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 Notice briefly before we look at the famous words of the Lord's Prayer

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 that we've prayed already this morning,

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 that Jesus Himself is praying yet again

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 as we turn the page to chapter 11.

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 And it's actually His activity of praying

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 that prompts His disciples' request, isn't it?

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 Now, think about that request for a minute.

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 Lord, teach us to pray.

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 Why teach us to pray?

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 Why not teach us to preach

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 the way You do so incredibly well, Jesus?

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 Teach us to perform miraculous signs and wonders

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 as You do,

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 and healing and other things.

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 Teach us to lead so powerfully as You do, Jesus.

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 Why teach us to pray?

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 I think Jesus' disciples must have seen

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 how vital prayer was to who Jesus was.

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 They've been around Him.

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 They've seen what drives Him.

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 They've seen what fuels everything that He does.

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 And Jesus praying is so often connected

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 in the Gospel of Luke with His great deeds,

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 with the things that He does.

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 He's constantly praying as He goes into them.

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 And the disciples have watched that.

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 And they come to Him with a request,

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 not for information on prayer,

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 but rather, Lord, teach us to pray.

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 Jesus gets that request.

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 Where's He gonna go with that?

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 Where will He take them to start?

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 He loves prayer, right?

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 He does it all the time.

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 What's He gonna tell someone first?

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 When to pray?

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 Where to go to pray?

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 No.

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 Jesus starts with the identity

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 of the person you're talking with in prayer.

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 My favorite book on prayer,

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 which is available in the guest center this morning,

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 if you want a copy,

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 is this one,

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 A Praying Life by Paul Miller.

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 It's a really helpful book.

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 It's rich theologically and biblically.

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 It's also very practical

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 and gives you tips on how to develop

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 a relationship with God

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 where prayer is a natural part of life.

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 But in this book,

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 Miller reminds us

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 that fixing your prayer life

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 is not something that you do

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 by focusing on prayer itself,

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 but rather by focusing on the God

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 to whom you pray.

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 He gives this analogy

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 I've shared with you before

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 that focusing on prayer

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 is like driving

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 and looking at the windshield

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 rather than looking through the windshield

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 to the road

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 and the people where you are driving.

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 Trying to address prayer

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 by focusing on prayer

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 is like driving

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 while staring only at the windshield.

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 You're never going to get anywhere.

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 What will motivate us,

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 what will help our lives of prayer

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 is knowing and trusting

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 the person to whom we pray.

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 That's so important to think about it

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 in any conversation that you have.

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 Who you're talking to

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 is directly connected

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 to what you're willing to share with them,

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 what things you might ask of them.

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 You have to know who they are.

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 While prayer is in many ways

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 hard for all of us,

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 in one sense,

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 nearly everyone prays.

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 In the general sense

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 of speaking to someone

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 or something beyond yourself,

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 all sorts of people pray.

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 Perhaps you have prayed

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 at some point in your life

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 or heard someone else pray

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 to the great being

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 or to God if you're even there

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 or can anyone help me.

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 Certainly to gods of other religions

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 different from the God of the Bible

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 and Christianity.

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 Well, certainly then the content

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 and the effectiveness of your prayer

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 hinges on who is hearing your prayer, right?

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 Who's hearing those words

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 when you throw them out there?

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 Who will respond?

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 And so when Jesus teaches us to pray,

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 He begins with the identity

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 of the one we're addressing.

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 And He says,

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 when you pray,

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 say,

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 Father.

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 Father.

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 We're actually going to stop

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 at this word for today.

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 I promise we'll move faster next week

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 beyond the word who.

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 But you really could stop

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 at the word Father.

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 And the rest of the prayer

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 would fall out

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 if we stop and contemplate

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 what it means to be coming to God

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 and saying,

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 Father.

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 Did you know in the Old Testament,

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 no one ever addressed God as Father?

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 Father.

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 God is described there

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 as a Father,

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 but no one

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 would ever address Him

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 with such a comfortable,

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 familiar, affectionate term.

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 No Jew would ever speak

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 to God that way

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 except Jesus.

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 And you turn to the Gospels

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 and here is Jesus

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 walking into a context

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 where you don't call God Father

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 in every single prayer

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 in the Gospels

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 with only one exception.

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 on the lips of Jesus

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 calls God Father.

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 So the disciples have watched Him

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 and heard Him pray this way.

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 Undoubtedly,

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 they've heard

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 and they've wondered,

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 what's He doing?

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 That's not what you say.

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 But they know

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 that this is how Jesus,

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 the one they're beginning to know

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 is the one and only

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 Son of God

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 always begins.

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 He can do it

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 and nobody else can.

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 He says Father.

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 And now Jesus turns

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 to His disciples

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 and says,

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 you call my Father

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 your Father.

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 You call God

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 the same thing

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 Jesus does.

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 You come to Him

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 in the same way

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 as you pray.

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 R.C. Sproul marvels

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 at what he calls

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 the unspeakable privilege

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 privilege of addressing God

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 in the same terms

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 of filial familiarity

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 that Jesus Himself used.

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 Abba.

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 Father.

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 There's so much

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 wrapped up in that one word.

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 Relating with God

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 as our Father

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 is the essence

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 of a life of prayer.

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 It goes beyond

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 just saying a word.

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 It's a relationship

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 where we relate to God

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 as one who is indeed

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 our Father

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 and that's what

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 a life of prayer

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 is all about.

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 Let me unpack

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 what Jesus' disciples

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 would be hearing there

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 just a little bit

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 and then we'll actually

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 practice letting this

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 guide us

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 and guide our hearts

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 into prayer.

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 Two things this morning

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 that Jesus is teaching us

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 about praying

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 in terms of God

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 being our Father.

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 and the first is

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 that God our Father

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 adopts us

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 into His family.

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 That's not just

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 the heart of prayer.

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 That's really

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 the heart of Christianity

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 if you were wondering

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 about that this morning.

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 We talk about Christianity

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 don't we

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 as a personal relationship

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 with God.

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 We're very prone

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 to saying that

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 or hearing that

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 in the South.

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 That's not unusual

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 for you to hear about

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 having a personal relationship

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 with God

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 but I think often

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 we say that

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 may not have any idea

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 what we mean.

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 What do you mean

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 a personal relationship

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 like do you all

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 even communicate?

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 Yes.

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 Yes we should.

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 Praying to our Father

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 is at the heart

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 of having a relationship

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 with Him.

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 J.I. Packer

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 famously wrote

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 that if you want

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 to judge

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 how well a person

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 understands Christianity

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 find out how much

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 He makes

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 of the thought

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 of being God's child

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 and having God

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 as His Father.

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 Because see

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 the family of God

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 has how many sons?

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 One.

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 The family of God

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 had one son.

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 The only begotten

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 Son of God

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So for God

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 to be my Father

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 He has to adopt me.

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 He has to bring me

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 into His family.

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 And the Jews

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 know immediately

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 what that takes.

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 They're familiar

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 with this.

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 Because in the Old Testament

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 God is called

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 the Father

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 of the whole nation

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 of Israel.

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 It's referred to

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 as God's Son.

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 He is the Father.

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 And they know

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 that the context

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 of that relationship

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 being discussed

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 that way

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 began

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 when God

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 calls them

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 out of slavery

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 in Egypt

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 in the Exodus

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 to freedom

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 to worship Him

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 and leads them out

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 delivers them.

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 That's what it meant

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 for God

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 to be their Father.

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 When Jesus

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 tells His disciples

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 to call God

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 Father

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 they hear

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 that He is

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 their deliverer.

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 That the slaves

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 are called

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 to be sons

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 as Peter read

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 from Romans 8

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 earlier.

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 Jesus has come

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 for a new Exodus

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 hasn't He?

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 to set the captives

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 free

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 to make slaves

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 into sons

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 and if that's

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 going to happen

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 that requires

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 complete forgiveness

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 because this is

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 a holy family

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 the one of which

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 God

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 the holy God

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 is the Father.

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 To have Jesus

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 as your brother

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 and the holy God

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 as your Father

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 you must be delivered

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 from your slavery

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 to sin

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 and given a perfect

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 record of a son

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 and that's exactly

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 what Jesus

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 has come to do

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 right?

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 That's why He

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 can tell us this.

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 Jesus says

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 you can call God

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 Father

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 because you're

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 following me

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 trusting me

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 and I'm headed

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 to a cross

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 to purchase

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 forgiveness

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 from all your sins

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 and in their place

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 to give you

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 my perfect

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 righteousness

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 so the Holy Father

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 can welcome you

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 into His family.

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 See there's

00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:34.279
 nothing you can do

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 you can't

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 clean yourself up

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 enough

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 to call God

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 Father

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 but Jesus can

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 and does

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 and so

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 tells you

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 to call God

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 Father.

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 I read this week

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 the story of

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 Stan

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 and Laurie

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 Helm

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 you don't know

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 them but

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 they many years ago

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 adopted

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 a son

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 Nicholas

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 when they went

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 to get him

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 he was living

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 as an infant

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 in a squalid

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 orphanage

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 in Russia.

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 The day they

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 picked him up

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 Nicholas was

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 covered in

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 scabies

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 blisters on

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 his hands

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 and his feet

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 and his mouth

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 and covered

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 in the stench

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 of his own

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 excrement

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 and that's

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 when they see

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 their son.

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 Stan said this

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 I looked at

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 him in all

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 his distress

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 I just

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 wanted to

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 hold him

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 to comfort

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 him

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 to heal

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 him

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 but more

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 than anything

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 else I

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 wanted Nicholas

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 to know

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 just how much

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 Laurie and I

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 love him.

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 What a great

00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:44.700
 picture of the

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 heart of our

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 Father

00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:47.220
 who sees

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 the filth

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 of our sin

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 and yet instead

00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:50.980
 of being driven

00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:52.220
 away desires

00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:54.000
 to heal us

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:55.240
 and let us

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.960
 know how much

00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.980
 he loves us.

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 Someone said

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 to Stan once

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 years later

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 wow with you

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 and Laurie

00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:03.000
 Nicholas just

00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.899
 won the lottery

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 of adoption

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 and Stan said

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 no

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 no you're wrong

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 we are the

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 lucky ones

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 we won

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 the lottery

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 here

00:17:13.600 --> 00:17:14.600
 no one in the

00:17:14.600 --> 00:17:15.299
 world could be

00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.180
 happier than we

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 are to have

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.960
 Nicholas as

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 our son.

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 Can you imagine

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.079
 that?

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:23.960
 Can you imagine

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:24.579
 that that's how

00:17:24.579 --> 00:17:25.860
 God feels

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 about sinful

00:17:27.120 --> 00:17:28.940
 broken

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 bleeding

00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:31.000
 you?

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.360
 Could your

00:17:32.360 --> 00:17:33.220
 Father love

00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:34.160
 you like that?

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.240
 He is not

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.339
 ashamed to be

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:37.220
 called our

00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:38.120
 God

00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:39.480
 He's our

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.220
 Father who

00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:41.140
 delivers us

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:42.039
 and delights

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.920
 in us

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.420
 because the

00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:46.000
 love of God

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.960
 is a perfect

00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:48.259
 love

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:50.220
 He's everything

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:50.980
 a father is

00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.640
 supposed to

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:51.940
 be

00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:53.160
 and that

00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:53.759
 many fathers

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.980
 often aren't

00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:56.539
 He's perfect

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.160
 always

00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:58.579
 present

00:17:58.579 --> 00:18:00.200
 tender

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:02.299
 strong

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.980
 bringing

00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.960
 security

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:05.339
 reassuring

00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.360
 guiding

00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:09.059
 He loves

00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.779
 to care

00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.279
 for His

00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:10.819
 children

00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:13.679
 That's why

00:18:13.679 --> 00:18:14.199
 Andrew Murray

00:18:14.199 --> 00:18:14.879
 urges us

00:18:14.879 --> 00:18:15.439
 to pray

00:18:15.439 --> 00:18:15.719
 in our

00:18:15.719 --> 00:18:16.119
 lowest

00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:16.779
 darkest

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.159
 most

00:18:17.159 --> 00:18:17.599
 pathetic

00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:18.399
 moments

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.720
 He says

00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:20.220
 just because

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:20.820
 your heart

00:18:20.820 --> 00:18:21.480
 is cold

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.360
 and prayerless

00:18:22.360 --> 00:18:23.019
 get you

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.360
 into the

00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:23.759
 presence

00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.160
 of the

00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.480
 loving

00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.100
 Father

00:18:25.100 --> 00:18:26.220
 as a

00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.480
 father

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.980
 pitieth

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.220
 his

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:27.620
 children

00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:28.140
 so the

00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:28.360
 Lord

00:18:28.360 --> 00:18:28.840
 pitieth

00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:29.259
 you

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.579
 do not

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.140
 be thinking

00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:31.599
 of how

00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:31.940
 little

00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:32.559
 you have

00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:33.059
 to bring

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.759
 to God

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.519
 but of

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.200
 how much

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.879
 He wants

00:18:35.879 --> 00:18:36.599
 to give

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.440
 you

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:38.940
 think of

00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:39.480
 His love

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.279
 His wonderful

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:41.379
 tender

00:18:41.379 --> 00:18:42.700
 pitying

00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.359
 love

00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:45.220
 just tell

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.539
 Him how

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.019
 sinful

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.960
 and cold

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.599
 and dark

00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:48.599
 all is

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.480
 it is the

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.200
 Father's

00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:51.200
 loving heart

00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.640
 will give

00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.059
 light

00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:53.000
 and warmth

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:54.140
 to yours

00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:55.240
 look up

00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:56.339
 and say

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:57.400
 my

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:57.879
 Father

00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:00.180
 that's

00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:00.440
 what it

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:00.760
 means

00:19:00.760 --> 00:19:01.360
 to have

00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:01.960
 a

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.360
 Father

00:19:02.360 --> 00:19:03.920
 that even

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.360
 when you

00:19:04.360 --> 00:19:04.700
 have

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.420
 nothing

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:06.120
 to offer

00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:06.560
 Him

00:19:06.560 --> 00:19:07.080
 He's

00:19:07.080 --> 00:19:07.620
 already

00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:08.280
 planning

00:19:08.280 --> 00:19:09.060
 to care

00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:09.760
 for you

00:19:09.760 --> 00:19:11.040
 when there's

00:19:11.040 --> 00:19:11.700
 little

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.600
 to give

00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:13.140
 and you

00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.380
 know you

00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:13.880
 have nothing

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.560
 to bring

00:19:14.560 --> 00:19:15.160
 He's

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:15.460
 waiting

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.160
 to give

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.960
 to you

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:21.480
 when you've

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:21.980
 blown it

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:23.440
 and life

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.200
 is falling

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.620
 apart

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.880
 when you're

00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:26.640
 sleepless

00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:27.440
 in the

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:27.720
 middle of

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.079
 the night

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.680
 when your

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.059
 closest

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.640
 friends

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:29.920
 have

00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.920
 hurt you

00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.539
 deeply

00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:32.240
 you can

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.880
 call out

00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:33.220
 to the

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.500
 Heavenly

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:34.019
 Father

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.799
 and be

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.440
 confident

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.240
 that He

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.100
 loves you

00:19:37.100 --> 00:19:38.380
 and forgives

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.819
 you

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 because of

00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:40.700
 Jesus

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:44.240
 but many of

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:44.400
 you have

00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:44.839
 heard those

00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.600
 things before

00:19:45.600 --> 00:19:46.940
 and sometimes

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.360
 you don't

00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:48.319
 feel lovable

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:49.079
 like that

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.380
 right

00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:51.480
 when life

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.380
 hits hard

00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:52.839
 a lot of

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 times

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.759
 we feel

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.059
 more

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.900
 orphaned

00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.259
 than we

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.559
 do

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.240
 beloved

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:58.620
 I feel

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 fearful

00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:01.019
 alone

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:03.140
 weak

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:04.200
 unwanted

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.220
 how could

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.519
 anyone

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.519
 possibly

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.380
 care

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.120
 perhaps

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:08.660
 even for

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.019
 many of

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.519
 you feel

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.079
 cynical

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:11.400
 that God

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.160
 would hear

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.720
 at all

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.519
 or would

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.019
 care

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.519
 if He

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:14.900
 did

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:16.680
 and it's

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.019
 actually

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.559
 especially

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.339
 in those

00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:18.680
 moments

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.099
 when we

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.839
 feel emotions

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.539
 like this

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:20.980
 that we

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.440
 need

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.500
 to pray

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:24.079
 Father

00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:26.460
 Martin Luther

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:26.960
 says

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.579
 in prayer

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.420
 we wage

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:29.099
 a mighty

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.779
 warfare

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:31.119
 in prayer

00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:31.960
 we wrestle

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.859
 against the

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 anxiety

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:35.000
 and unworthiness

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:36.399
 we feel

00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:37.759
 within us

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:39.399
 do you fight

00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:40.000
 that battle

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.819
 with anxiety

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:45.000
 and unworthiness

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:46.440
 I mean

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.180
 not sure

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.380
 do you

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:48.640
 have a

00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:48.940
 father

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.599
 who listens

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 and cares

00:20:50.420 --> 00:20:51.799
 what we

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.200
 need to

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.740
 remember

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.299
 in that

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 battle

00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.079
 is that

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.440
 because

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:54.900
 He has

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 adopted

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:55.720
 us

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:55.940
 into

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.220
 His

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 family

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.759
 God

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.019
 our

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.460
 Father

00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.460
 always

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.319
 always

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.880
 invites

00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.380
 us

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.119
 into

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:02.380
 His

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:02.819
 presence

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:04.920
 you may

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.420
 have seen

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:05.799
 this

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.660
 iconic

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.319
 photograph

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:08.279
 of

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.720
 John

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.180
 F

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.619
 Kennedy

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.039
 Jr

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:11.900
 underneath

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.920
 the desk

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.400
 of his

00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:13.920
 dad

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.279
 in the

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 Oval

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.100
 office

00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:15.539
 peering

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.920
 out

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.180
 from

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.360
 the

00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:16.580
 neat

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:16.800
 little

00:21:16.800 --> 00:21:17.220
 door

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.640
 there

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:17.920
 in

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.060
 the

00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:18.500
 desk

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.500
 it's

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:19.600
 a

00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:19.860
 famous

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.220
 photo

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.680
 of course

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.000
 because

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.360
 of

00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:21.820
 how

00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:22.380
 remarkable

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:22.880
 it is

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.039
 that

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.279
 someone

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.480
 would

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:23.660
 be

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.000
 there

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.200
 in

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.460
 that

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.060
 place

00:21:25.060 --> 00:21:26.240
 where

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.560
 no

00:21:26.560 --> 00:21:26.800
 one

00:21:26.800 --> 00:21:27.320
 goes

00:21:27.320 --> 00:21:27.500
 in

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:27.700
 that

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.080
 office

00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:28.320
 right

00:21:28.320 --> 00:21:28.740
 it's

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.160
 reported

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:29.480
 that

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:29.840
 John

00:21:29.840 --> 00:21:30.220
 Kennedy

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:30.660
 Jr.

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.060
 would

00:21:31.060 --> 00:21:31.480
 come

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.860
 running

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.100
 into

00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.279
 the

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.560
 office

00:21:32.560 --> 00:21:32.720
 in

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:32.840
 the

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:32.980
 middle

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.120
 of

00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:33.300
 all

00:21:33.300 --> 00:21:33.539
 sorts

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.660
 of

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.019
 important

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.400
 meetings

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:34.620
 and

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:34.860
 jump

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.080
 right

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:35.259
 into

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.440
 his

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:35.800
 dad's

00:21:35.800 --> 00:21:36.100
 lap

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.480
 and

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.740
 start

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.180
 talking

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.220
 gets

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.440
 in

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.740
 there

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:47.420
 because

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:47.740
 he's

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:47.920
 his

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.300
 son

00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:50.180
 because

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:50.500
 he

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:50.980
 was

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.340
 not

00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:51.519
 at

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.860
 work

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.180
 but

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.980
 at

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.460
 home

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.820
 he

00:21:54.820 --> 00:21:55.060
 had

00:21:55.060 --> 00:21:55.660
 full

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:57.060
 access

00:21:57.060 --> 00:21:58.740
 full

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.440
 access

00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.920
 to

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.120
 the

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.620
 father

00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.700
 Tim

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.000
 Keller

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.500
 says

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:02.759
 just

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.019
 like

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.200
 the

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.500
 only

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.120
 person

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.680
 who

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.140
 dares

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.480
 wake

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.640
 up

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:05.800
 a

00:22:05.800 --> 00:22:06.080
 king

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.279
 at

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.620
 3

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.140
 a.m.

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.400
 for

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:07.560
 a

00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:07.980
 glass

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.220
 of

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.680
 water

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:10.120
 it's

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.300
 his

00:22:10.300 --> 00:22:10.880
 child

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:13.120
 that's

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.279
 what

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.579
 we

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:13.940
 are

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:15.059
 so

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:15.240
 that

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.660
 as

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.319
 Galatians

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:16.700
 4

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.079
 says

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.480
 we

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:17.740
 have

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:17.940
 the

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.460
 full

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.059
 rights

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.339
 of

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.019
 sons

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.859
 we're

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.059
 not

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.279
 just

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.099
 partially

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.740
 included

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:22.980
 like

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.299
 because

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.460
 he

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:23.740
 has

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:23.920
 to

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.339
 the

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.759
 full

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.200
 rights

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.399
 of

00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:25.879
 sons

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.579
 full

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.019
 access

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.319
 to

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.480
 the

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.859
 father

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.440
 who

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.980
 welcomes

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.519
 us

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.079
 into

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.319
 the

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.639
 throne

00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:30.899
 room

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.099
 of

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.399
 heaven

00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:32.039
 walking

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.460
 straight

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:32.660
 into

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:32.819
 his

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.180
 presence

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.460
 all

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:33.639
 the

00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:34.220
 time

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.599
 never

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.099
 doubt

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.680
 that

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:36.859
 you're

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.220
 welcome

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.539
 there

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:37.680
 at

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:37.799
 the

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.200
 throne

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.879
 of

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.039
 the

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.359
 king

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:39.579
 of

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:39.879
 heaven

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:40.420
 you can

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.700
 run

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:40.920
 in

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.359
 and jump

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:41.500
 in

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:41.660
 his

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.079
 lap

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.740
 anytime

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.680
 because

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:43.880
 you're

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.039
 his

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.480
 child

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:47.940
 if

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.180
 you can

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.539
 imagine

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:48.740
 it

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.039
 actually

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.259
 gets

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.500
 better

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.720
 than

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:49.960
 that

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:51.200
 it

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.420
 actually

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.619
 gets

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:51.880
 better

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.059
 than

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.259
 just

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.420
 you

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:52.579
 can

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:52.920
 come

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.140
 in

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.759
 anytime

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.240
 he

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.519
 doesn't

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:54.700
 just

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.220
 accept

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.460
 us

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.660
 into

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:55.839
 his

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.180
 presence

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.599
 he

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.039
 actually

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.759
 invites

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.079
 us

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.400
 in

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.799
 and

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.220
 wants

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.420
 us

00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.779
 there

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.500
 and

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.819
 I

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.000
 gotta

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.380
 confess

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:01.579
 to

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:01.640
 you

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:01.799
 this

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:01.940
 is

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.079
 where

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.200
 I

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.420
 really

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.839
 struggle

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.440
 to

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:03.759
 believe

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.000
 this

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.160
 and

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.400
 feel

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.799
 this

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.859
 because

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.059
 when

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.259
 I'm

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.599
 struggling

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:06.879
 with

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.139
 prayer

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.359
 it's

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.559
 not

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:07.919
 usually

00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.139
 that

00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.279
 I

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.500
 think

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.659
 if

00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:08.799
 I

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:08.960
 went

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.119
 and

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.379
 prayed

00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:09.659
 God

00:23:09.659 --> 00:23:09.859
 would

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.180
 ignore

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.440
 me

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.220
 or

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.319
 he

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.500
 just

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.759
 tuned

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:11.940
 me

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.159
 out

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:12.259
 and

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.539
 nobody

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 would

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 listen

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 it's

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.460
 just

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 that

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:14.839
 I'm

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 not

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.759
 always

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.299
 convinced

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.599
 that

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.039
 it's

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 all

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.359
 that

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.799
 important

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 to

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 him

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.139
 so

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.279
 if

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 it's

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:19.559
 not

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:19.680
 a

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:19.799
 big

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:19.960
 deal

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.139
 to

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.419
 me

00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:20.619
 if

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:20.799
 I

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:20.980
 don't

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 really

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 need

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 to

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 pray

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.700
 or

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 if

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 I

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 don't

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 really

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 have

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 time

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 exactly

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 today

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 then

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 no

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 big

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 deal

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.500
 to

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.779
 him

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 I

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 don't

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:28.759
 need

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 it

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 carry

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 on

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 and

00:23:32.199 --> 00:23:32.339
 then

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.539
 I

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 think

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.500
 of

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 how

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 my

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 parents

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:35.539
 always

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 seem

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.419
 to

00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:36.859
 answer

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 the

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 phone

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 when

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 I

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 call

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 they

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:39.480
 may

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 be

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 in

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 a

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 meeting

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 or

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 at

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 lunch

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 with

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 friends

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 or

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 on

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 vacation

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.319
 and

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 they

00:23:44.439 --> 00:23:44.980
 answer

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 and

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:45.639
 there

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:45.679
 are

00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:45.819
 other

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.159
 people

00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:46.480
 talk

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:46.679
 I'm

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 afraid

00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:47.240
 one

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.359
 day

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:47.500
 they're

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.579
 going

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:47.679
 to

00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:47.939
 answer

00:23:47.939 --> 00:23:48.059
 at

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.179
 a

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 wedding

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.039
 or

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 in

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 the

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.299
 middle

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.419
 of

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:49.859
 a

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.500
 classical

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.859
 music

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.339
 concert

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.599
 or

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.000
 something

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:56.679
 to

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.139
 talk

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.959
 with

00:23:57.959 --> 00:23:58.319
 me

00:23:58.319 --> 00:24:00.519
 I

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:00.679
 think

00:24:00.679 --> 00:24:00.779
 of

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:00.879
 how

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.019
 I

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.279
 drove

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.519
 home

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.779
 from

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.099
 work

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.240
 a

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.359
 little

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.879
 faster

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.759
 this

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.199
 Wednesday

00:24:04.199 --> 00:24:05.500
 because

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.699
 I

00:24:05.699 --> 00:24:05.859
 was

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.199
 so

00:24:06.199 --> 00:24:06.579
 eager

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:06.799
 to

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.059
 hear

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.319
 about

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.480
 the

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.699
 first

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:07.939
 day

00:24:07.939 --> 00:24:08.119
 of

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.519
 school

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.720
 and

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:09.879
 I

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.039
 wanted

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.240
 each

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.339
 of

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.480
 my

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:10.720
 girls

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:10.879
 to

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.019
 come

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.139
 up

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.220
 on

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.359
 my

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.639
 lap

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:11.759
 and

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:11.919
 just

00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.220
 talk

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.359
 and

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.539
 talk

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:12.679
 and

00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:12.859
 talk

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.019
 until

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.119
 they

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.279
 couldn't

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.399
 think

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.500
 of

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.720
 anything

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:13.980
 else

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.119
 to

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.279
 tell

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.439
 me

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:14.639
 about

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:14.799
 what

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.079
 happened

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.199
 at

00:24:15.199 --> 00:24:15.299
 the

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.519
 first

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.699
 day

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:15.839
 of

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.119
 school

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:20.159
 think

00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:20.279
 of

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.379
 how

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.560
 you

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.080
 respond

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.300
 when

00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:21.500
 your

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.040
 pregnant

00:24:22.040 --> 00:24:22.780
 daughter

00:24:22.780 --> 00:24:23.300
 calls

00:24:23.300 --> 00:24:23.520
 to

00:24:23.520 --> 00:24:23.660
 give

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:23.780
 you

00:24:23.780 --> 00:24:23.900
 an

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.200
 update

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.400
 on

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.560
 your

00:24:24.560 --> 00:24:25.260
 grandchild

00:24:25.260 --> 00:24:27.240
 or

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.360
 how

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.520
 you

00:24:27.520 --> 00:24:27.840
 rush

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.060
 into

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:28.260
 the

00:24:28.260 --> 00:24:28.700
 crying

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.260
 child

00:24:29.260 --> 00:24:29.420
 in

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.600
 the

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:29.980
 middle

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.100
 of

00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:30.200
 the

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.380
 night

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:30.600
 eager

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:30.780
 to

00:24:30.780 --> 00:24:30.940
 know

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.220
 what's

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.480
 going

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.940
 on

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:34.240
 these

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.360
 are

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:34.740
 images

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.080
 of

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:35.240
 your

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.600
 heavenly

00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:36.320
 father's

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:36.880
 eagerness

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:38.060
 to

00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:38.440
 hear

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.220
 from

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.560
 you

00:24:39.560 --> 00:24:39.820
 to

00:24:39.820 --> 00:24:40.120
 hear

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.420
 your

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:40.780
 heart

00:24:40.780 --> 00:24:43.040
 let me

00:24:43.040 --> 00:24:43.260
 give you

00:24:43.260 --> 00:24:43.620
 one more

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.060
 image

00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:44.560
 of

00:24:44.560 --> 00:24:44.840
 that

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:46.080
 think

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.280
 of

00:24:46.280 --> 00:24:46.840
 Jesus

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:48.460
 praying

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.280
 in

00:24:49.280 --> 00:24:49.420
 the

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:49.700
 garden

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:49.920
 of

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:51.100
 Gethsemane

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.940
 sweating

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.759
 drops

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.120
 of

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.860
 blood

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.080
 in

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.320
 his

00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:55.440
 anguish

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:57.720
 and

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:57.900
 as

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.140
 he

00:24:58.140 --> 00:25:00.340
 struggles

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:00.779
 and

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.539
 bows

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:01.900
 he

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.480
 cries

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.820
 out

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:04.120
 father

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:05.420
 Abba

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:07.220
 what

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.300
 do you

00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:07.420
 think

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.539
 his

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:07.820
 father

00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:08.500
 feels

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.519
 do you

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.660
 think

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:09.860
 God

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.039
 was

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.380
 eager

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.600
 to

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:10.800
 hear

00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:11.019
 from

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.220
 his

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.519
 son

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.660
 in

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:11.820
 that

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.200
 moment

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:16.060
 he

00:25:16.060 --> 00:25:16.279
 hears

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.480
 the

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.840
 same

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.200
 word

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.400
 out

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:17.519
 of

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.700
 your

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.100
 mouth

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:20.279
 father

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.699
 you

00:25:21.699 --> 00:25:21.839
 get

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.000
 to

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.319
 cry

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.539
 out

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.119
 exactly

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.439
 what

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:23.799
 Jesus

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.299
 did

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.859
 in

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.079
 that

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.399
 moment

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.199
 no

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.599
 line

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:26.859
 more

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.379
 special

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:27.699
 or

00:25:27.699 --> 00:25:28.279
 quicker

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.859
 access

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.279
 than

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.419
 the

00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:29.639
 one

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:29.819
 you

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.339
 have

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.839
 you

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.219
 call

00:25:32.219 --> 00:25:32.740
 Jesus

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.079
 his

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.480
 father

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.379
 your

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:35.379
 father

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.980
 and

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.119
 he's

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.259
 on

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.459
 the

00:25:36.459 --> 00:25:36.779
 edge

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:36.919
 of

00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.079
 his

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.500
 seat

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.740
 to

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:37.959
 hear

00:25:37.959 --> 00:25:38.279
 from

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.819
 you

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:41.000
 amazing

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:43.559
 Thomas

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:43.940
 Watson

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.420
 writes

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.240
 were

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.359
 a

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.539
 man

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.720
 to

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.119
 petition

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.500
 his

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.880
 enemy

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.559
 there

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.680
 were

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:47.900
 little

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.299
 hope

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.500
 but

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.640
 when

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:49.779
 a

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.119
 child

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.660
 petitions

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:50.960
 his

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.420
 father

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.019
 he

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.240
 may

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.559
 hope

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.819
 with

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.460
 confidence

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.859
 to

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.420
 succeed

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.200
 the

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.579
 word

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.420
 father

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.680
 works

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.220
 upon

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.740
 God

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.759
 it

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.200
 touches

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.779
 his

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.500
 very

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.559
 bowels

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.980
 the

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.279
 word

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.859
 father

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.220
 on

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.500
 the

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.880
 lips

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.279
 of

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.660
 Jesus

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:08.859
 the

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.079
 word

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.519
 father

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.779
 on

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.500
 your

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.240
 lips

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.980
 the

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.819
 depths

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.039
 of

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.240
 his

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.779
 heart

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.680
 wants

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 to

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 hear

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 from

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 you

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 because

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 God

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 is our

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 father

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.059
 J.I.

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.460
 Packer

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.799
 says

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 he is

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.799
 always

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.299
 more

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.599
 ready

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:24.899
 to

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 hear

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:26.180
 than

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 we

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:26.619
 are

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:26.819
 to

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 pray

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.720
 and

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:28.839
 he

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.339
 loves

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 to

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 give

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:30.960
 more

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 than

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 we

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 either

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 desire

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 or

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 deserve

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 he

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.899
 delights

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.099
 in

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 that

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 that's

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 the

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 God

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.399
 the

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:37.980
 father

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.619
 that

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:38.799
 we

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.200
 pray

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.519
 to

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.779
 what

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:39.900
 an

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.400
 incredible

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.099
 privilege

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:42.400
 full

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:42.879
 access

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.220
 to

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.379
 the

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:43.700
 throne

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.059
 room

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.519
 where

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.720
 he

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.119
 leans

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.559
 forward

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:45.740
 on

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 the

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.039
 edge

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.160
 of

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.339
 his

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.579
 seat

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.119
 eager

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.359
 to

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.599
 hear

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:47.819
 the

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.379
 cries

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:48.839
 of

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.059
 our

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.680
 hearts

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:52.639
 John

00:26:52.639 --> 00:26:53.059
 Calvin

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.500
 says

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.500
 contemplating

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.279
 God

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.619
 as our

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.000
 father

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.279
 should

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.660
 impact

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:56.879
 our

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.279
 hearts

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.599
 too

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:57.839
 not

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.099
 just

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:59.039
 God's

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.279
 heart

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.519
 the

00:26:59.519 --> 00:26:59.680
 heart

00:26:59.680 --> 00:26:59.759
 of

00:26:59.759 --> 00:26:59.900
 a

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.240
 father

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.180
 but

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.559
 ours

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:01.900
 as

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.359
 his

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.160
 children

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:04.839
 by the

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.180
 great

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.779
 sweetness

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.660
 of the

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.059
 name

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:08.460
 father

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.079
 father

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.400
 he

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.940
 frees

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.340
 us

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:11.340
 from

00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:11.620
 all

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.500
 distrust

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.500
 Calvin

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.980
 says

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.640
 Andrew

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:14.940
 Murray

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.400
 adds

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.840
 in

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.019
 the

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.620
 infinite

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.559
 tenderness

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.319
 and pity

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.559
 and patience

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.120
 of the

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.660
 infinite

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.400
 father

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.960
 that's a lot

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.559
 of infinite

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.860
 in his

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.660
 loving

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.340
 readiness

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.220
 to hear

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.880
 and to

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.279
 help

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.700
 which will

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.100
 never

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.840
 run out

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:30.000
 the life

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.600
 of prayer

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.299
 has its

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.819
 joy

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:33.439
 this

00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:33.599
 is

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.799
 what

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:33.939
 is

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.079
 to

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.539
 delight

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.099
 us

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:36.139
 when

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.539
 Jesus

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.299
 starts

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.559
 our

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:37.980
 lesson

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.240
 in

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.639
 prayer

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.220
 by

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.619
 telling

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:39.919
 us

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.139
 to

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.500
 call

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.000
 God

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.159
 father

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:43.419
 he's

00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:43.879
 directing

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.179
 us

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.359
 to

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:44.939
 consider

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.500
 this

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.240
 incredible

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.980
 relationship

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:48.019
 that we

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.299
 have

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.480
 with

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.939
 God

00:27:48.939 --> 00:27:49.700
 a

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.240
 relationship

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.799
 we have

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.139
 only

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.519
 because

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.759
 we're

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.200
 united

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.759
 to

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.179
 his

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:53.700
 son

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.000
 by

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.500
 faith

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.059
 we

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.500
 enter

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.740
 into

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:55.980
 the

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.299
 throne

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.579
 room

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:56.819
 with

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.579
 confidence

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.279
 because

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.619
 of his

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.099
 complete

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.619
 forgiveness

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.099
 and his

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.679
 perfect

00:28:00.679 --> 00:28:01.639
 love

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:03.420
 you can

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.780
 come to

00:28:03.780 --> 00:28:03.920
 your

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.259
 father

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.860
 today

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.259
 with

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.780
 full

00:28:05.780 --> 00:28:06.480
 access

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.580
 because

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:07.840
 of

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.180
 Jesus

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:09.320
 and

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.500
 know

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.680
 that

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:09.840
 your

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:10.120
 heavenly

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.580
 father

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:10.840
 is

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.280
 eager

00:28:11.280 --> 00:28:12.120
 to

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.360
 hear

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:12.660
 from

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:12.800
 you

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.320
 that's

00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:13.720
 the

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.060
 one

00:28:14.060 --> 00:28:14.320
 to

00:28:14.320 --> 00:28:14.580
 whom

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:14.820
 we

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.240
 pray

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.540
 Jesus

00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:17.040
 says

00:28:17.040 --> 00:28:19.820
 each

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.100
 week

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.500
 of this

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.020
 series

00:28:21.020 --> 00:28:21.360
 on the

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.680
 Lord's

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:21.920
 prayer

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.140
 we're

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.220
 going

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.340
 to

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.780
 stop

00:28:22.780 --> 00:28:23.759
 and

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:23.960
 take

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.160
 some

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.460
 time

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.640
 to

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.100
 practice

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.420
 what

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.740
 Jesus

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.200
 is

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.680
 teaching

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.120
 us

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:28.020
 give

00:28:28.020 --> 00:28:28.120
 me

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.259
 a

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.440
 chance

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:28.600
 to

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:28.759
 make

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:28.880
 you

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.120
 feel

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.480
 awkward

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:31.220
 we're

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.340
 not

00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:31.560
 just

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.259
 learning

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.839
 things

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.259
 about

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.740
 prayer

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.119
 right

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.259
 we're

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.579
 asking

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:35.779
 that

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.000
 Jesus

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.279
 would

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.740
 teach

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.059
 us

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.339
 to

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.819
 pray

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:39.759
 I'll

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:39.899
 try

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.039
 to

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.159
 give

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:40.319
 us

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.819
 questions

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.279
 to

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.960
 consider

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.740
 each

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.139
 time

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:43.299
 in

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.819
 light

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:43.980
 of

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.159
 how

00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:44.500
 Jesus

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:44.879
 is

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.359
 directing

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:45.700
 our

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.059
 hearts

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.299
 in

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.700
 prayer

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.220
 which

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.460
 he's

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.000
 begun

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.339
 today

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.579
 with

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.879
 one

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.220
 word

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.379
 and

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:49.519
 is

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.740
 going

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:49.940
 to

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.240
 keep

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.799
 explaining

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.599
 in

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:51.759
 the

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.019
 weeks

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.500
 ahead

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.419
 today

00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:53.759
 when

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.079
 Jesus

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.659
 says

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.460
 father

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.440
 when

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.759
 he's

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.359
 inviting

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.579
 you

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:57.759
 to

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.099
 come

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.259
 and

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.579
 begin

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:58.819
 your

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.079
 prayer

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.279
 as

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.700
 father

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.220
 what

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.360
 are

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.720
 things

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:00.980
 we

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.180
 could

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.759
 consider

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.259
 questions

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.539
 we

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.700
 could

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:02.980
 ask

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.500
 ourselves

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.620
 to

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:04.960
 prepare

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.259
 our

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.700
 hearts

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.319
 and lead

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.480
 us

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.700
 into

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.039
 prayer

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.519
 we need

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:07.980
 to slow

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.259
 down

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.940
 and consider

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.960
 what

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.279
 what is

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.559
 my

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.299
 relationship

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.759
 with

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.200
 God

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:16.620
 what does

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:16.880
 it mean

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.140
 that he's

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.700
 my father

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.160
 we should

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.559
 meditate

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.000
 on

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:20.259
 how is

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.400
 it

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.779
 that I

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.320
 have

00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:22.059
 this

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.000
 relationship

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:24.340
 how is

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:24.640
 that even

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.200
 possible

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:27.840
 then

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.200
 finally

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.620
 ask

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.120
 yourself

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.920
 how does

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.160
 that

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.740
 reality

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.380
 impact

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.120
 how I

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.539
 pray

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.240
 how I'm

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.600
 about to

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:33.759
 pray

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.100
 now

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.460
 if I've

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:34.620
 set

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:34.960
 aside

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.220
 some

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 time

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 how I

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 live

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 through

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 this

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 day

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 and

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 relationship

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 with

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 him

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 will

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 I

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 pray

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 again

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 before

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 this

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 time

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 tomorrow

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 I'm

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 going to

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 guide us

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 through

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 a season

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 of

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 prayer

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 considering

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 these

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 three

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 questions

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 for each

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 one I'm

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 going to

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 have us

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 read

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 together

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 out

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 loud

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 a passage

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 of

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 scripture

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 on the

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 screen

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 that will

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 direct us

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 into

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 prayer

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 in these

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 areas

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 then we're

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 going to

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 take some

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 time

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 privately

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 silently

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 to

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 contemplate

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 that

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 and to

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 pray

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 to our

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 father

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 and then

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 after

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 each

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 section

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 I'll

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 close

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 us

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 in

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 prayer

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 join

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 me

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 as we

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 read

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 1 John

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 chapter

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 3

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 at

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 verse

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 1

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 what's

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 our

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 relationship

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 with

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 God

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 let's

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 read

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 together

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 see

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 what

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 great

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 love

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 the

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 father

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 has

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 lavished

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 on

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 us

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 that

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 we

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 should

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 be

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 called

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 children

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 of

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 God

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 and

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 that

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 is

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 what

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 we

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 are

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 take

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 a moment

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 silently

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 to

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 contemplate

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:34.879
 that

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 and pray

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 to your

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 father

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 spent

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 year

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 or

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얼

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 Invest

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 around

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 Jeff

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 him

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 son

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 a

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 dog

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 been

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 a

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 son

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 minutes

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 that

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 S

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 Father, we marvel at the privilege,

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 the wonderful reality that we call you Father.

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 You who are rich in every way,

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 perfectly loving, always forgiving,

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 full of compassion and tenderness.

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 You have made us your children.

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 We're reminded that even though we fail as parents,

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 even though a human parent may forget her child,

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 yet you will not forget us.

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 You've engraved our names in the palm of your hand.

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 We're precious to you.

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 So Father, I'm a child of the King,

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 a recipient of a love I can't even comprehend,

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 an heir of glory today and forever.

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:24.179
 Thank you.

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 Amen.

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 How do we come into that kind of relationship?

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 We know what Jesus has done for us.

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 Galatians 4 reminds us of that.

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 Join me as we read.

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 Amen.

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 But when the fullness of time had come,

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 God sent forth His Son,

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 born of woman,

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 born under the law,

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 to redeem those who were under the law

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 so that we might receive adoption as sons.

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 And because you are sons,

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 God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts,

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 crying,

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 Abba, Father.

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 So you are no longer a slave,

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 but a son.

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 And if a son,

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 then an heir through God.

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 Spend a minute praying.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.519
 Amen.

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.540
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.420
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.500
 Amen.

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.540
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 The lengths

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 that You've gone to

00:33:59.320 --> 00:34:00.080
 to make us

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:02.560
 Your own astonish us.

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:04.820
 To make those of us

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:06.340
 who are in no way worthy

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:07.440
 of Your love,

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:09.440
 who've often chased after

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.900
 other pleasures,

00:34:11.140 --> 00:34:12.160
 who don't deserve

00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:13.900
 a Father like You.

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:16.680
 You sent the One who did,

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:18.780
 who was deserving,

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.740
 Your own perfect,

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.860
 worthy,

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:23.360
 beloved Son

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:25.360
 for us.

00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:29.099
 Remind us of how precious we are to you.

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 Jesus, we praise you for your perfect life,

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:34.900
 for your atoning death.

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:38.960
 We thank you for your sacrifice to wash us clean,

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:41.780
 to clothe us in your royal robes,

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:44.539
 to usher us into the family table

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:49.099
 and seat us in front of the King forever.

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:51.720
 Thank you, Jesus.

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.740
 Amen.

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:59.420
 These are realities that as we begin to contemplate them

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:02.519
 ought to change the way we talk to our Father,

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:04.500
 the way we enter into prayer.

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:06.240
 And God's Word directs us in that

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:09.140
 for what it can look like in our lives.

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:12.280
 Hebrews chapter 4, let's read this together.

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:16.480
 Since then we have a great high priest

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 who has passed through the heavens,

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:21.099
 Jesus, the Son of God.

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:23.900
 Let us hold fast our confession.

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:27.159
 For we do not have a high priest

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:30.599
 who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:33.839
 but one who in every respect

00:35:33.839 --> 00:35:36.079
 has been tempted as we are,

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:38.079
 yet without sin.

00:35:38.779 --> 00:35:40.159
 Let us then with confidence

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:43.900
 draw near to the throne of grace

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:46.280
 that we may receive mercy

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:48.960
 and find grace to help

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.740
 in time of need.

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:53.800
 Come boldly to the throne now.

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:55.180
 Amen.

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.260
 Amen.

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:05.100
 Amen.

00:36:05.100 --> 00:36:05.240
 Amen.

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:06.240
 Amen.

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.980
 Amen.

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.700
 Amen.

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:08.860
 Amen.

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.840
 Amen.

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:11.120
 Amen.

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:11.860
 Amen.

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.880
 Amen.

00:36:17.140 --> 00:36:17.440
 Amen.

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.340
 Amen.

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:19.100
 Amen.

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:41.159
 Father, in the silence we hear some of the cries of your children

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:44.960
 and we delight in them as you do.

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:48.500
 You love to hear your children.

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:54.159
 And it seems so easy and obvious that we would come to you often

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:57.400
 to find mercy and grace in time of need.

00:36:57.860 --> 00:37:00.880
 And we know the needs in this room alone are many.

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:04.460
 The needs of my heart alone are many.

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:09.579
 And yet, Father, I confess my heart's slow to learn,

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:14.300
 slow to approach the throne of grace and admit that need

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:15.820
 and plead for your help.

00:37:17.580 --> 00:37:22.440
 So, Father, thank you for the amazing gift that I never stand before you alone,

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:27.019
 that I have no need to fear entering your presence in any moment

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:31.000
 because through the blood of Jesus you've welcomed me in

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:33.560
 and you delight to hear from me.

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:39.940
 Father, might I come boldly and expectantly before such a gracious God.

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:43.380
 Would we have such a vision of you this morning

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:47.740
 that there's nowhere we'd rather run than to talk with you?

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:51.780
 Might I come often into your presence to cry out in grief,

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:57.039
 to rejoice in your provision, to plead for those I love,

00:37:57.179 --> 00:38:00.159
 to cling to the promises of your word.

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:06.799
 Lord, teach me, Jesus, to pray like this.

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 We ask in your name. Amen.

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