WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.419
 In many of your Bibles, Luke chapter 11, you can remain standing for the reading of God's Word if you're able, Luke chapter 11.

00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:08.679
 It's good to be in the Lord's house. It's good to see the sun shining.

00:00:09.060 --> 00:00:12.240
 Hopefully the wind's not blowing 150 miles an hour today.

00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:15.480
 But we're here, and I'm thankful that you chose to worship with us.

00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:20.620
 Maybe this is the first time you've been here. We want to thank you for doing that and choosing to be in the Lord's house today.

00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:23.660
 We're in a series in the Gospel of Luke, walking verse by verse.

00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:27.660
 Been out of it for a little while, just the Christmas season and the start of the new year.

00:00:28.100 --> 00:00:29.439
 But excited to jump back in.

00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:35.340
 And if you noticed, all the songs kind of centered around prayer this morning, and that's what we're going to talk about.

00:00:36.179 --> 00:00:38.120
 The disciples asked the Lord this question.

00:00:38.620 --> 00:00:39.620
 Teach us to pray, Lord.

00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:43.060
 And I think that we can all probably relate to that.

00:00:43.660 --> 00:00:51.100
 I know when it comes to prayer in my own life, every time I hear a message about it, every time I read about it, I study, I think to myself, Lord, I need to pray more.

00:00:51.579 --> 00:00:54.020
 I need to pray better. I need to pray with passion.

00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:57.240
 And Jesus is going to teach us how to do that and some principles for that.

00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:01.980
 So if you're on your place there in Luke chapter 11, we're just going to read the first four verses, and then we'll jump right in.

00:01:01.979 --> 00:01:03.239
 And the Bible says this,

00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:08.540
 And it came to pass that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him,

00:01:08.659 --> 00:01:12.099
 Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

00:01:12.820 --> 00:01:13.799
 And he said unto them,

00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:38.900
 Let's go to hymn and prayer.

00:01:38.900 --> 00:01:40.700
 Father, we do thank you for this time together.

00:01:41.460 --> 00:01:49.820
 We thank you for the songs that remind us, Lord, that we have so many things to be thankful for and that we can come and bow our knee before you.

00:01:49.880 --> 00:01:54.760
 I'm thankful, as the special was sung this morning as well, that, Lord, we're a work in progress.

00:01:55.100 --> 00:01:56.800
 And you didn't throw the clay away.

00:01:56.880 --> 00:01:59.700
 And I'm so thankful that you're still molding and shaping lives.

00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:04.180
 Lord, I pray that maybe today there's somebody here that does not know you as their personal Savior.

00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:06.100
 And today would be that day.

00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:13.860
 But, Lord, I pray that you would just encourage us now that we would take a look at our life and our prayers and to see where our heart is behind it, Lord.

00:02:14.420 --> 00:02:16.060
 Lord, I pray that you would help me now.

00:02:16.099 --> 00:02:16.800
 Lord, I need you.

00:02:16.860 --> 00:02:18.840
 I need you in every moment.

00:02:18.939 --> 00:02:20.580
 But, Lord, especially in moments like these.

00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:22.840
 And, Lord, I pray that you would give me the words to say.

00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:26.360
 Lord, you would fill me with your spirit that it might be a help to the hearer this morning.

00:02:26.420 --> 00:02:28.460
 And we ask all this in your son's precious name.

00:02:29.180 --> 00:02:29.500
 Amen.

00:02:29.659 --> 00:02:30.319
 Thank you so much for standing.

00:02:30.379 --> 00:02:30.800
 You may be seated.

00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:30.879
 Amen.

00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:30.939
 Amen.

00:02:34.180 --> 00:02:38.379
 Have you ever noticed when somebody's just really good at something, they just kind of impress you?

00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:40.099
 Maybe it's their craft.

00:02:40.200 --> 00:02:41.599
 Maybe they're a woodworker.

00:02:41.900 --> 00:02:45.180
 Maybe they just, whatever it is, they cook really well.

00:02:45.379 --> 00:02:46.580
 You know, you ask for the recipe.

00:02:47.140 --> 00:02:48.920
 But you know good and well you can't make it that well.

00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:52.760
 So I just skip all as, like, can you just make that for me?

00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:56.219
 You know, kind of just cut out the middle man, so to speak, there.

00:02:56.580 --> 00:03:01.480
 But when you find somebody that's really good at something, you don't generally ask them about the small stuff.

00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:05.259
 Maybe it is a recipe and you are a good cook or a good baker.

00:03:05.500 --> 00:03:07.439
 You're like, what is the secret ingredient?

00:03:07.519 --> 00:03:10.159
 Because I make this and it doesn't taste like this.

00:03:10.799 --> 00:03:15.219
 Maybe you know somebody that is a good carpenter and you don't say, hey, what kind of hammer do you use?

00:03:15.859 --> 00:03:17.780
 Listen, it doesn't matter what kind of hammer they use.

00:03:17.939 --> 00:03:20.959
 Because if I went and bought that hammer, I'm still going to be horrible at it.

00:03:21.419 --> 00:03:25.219
 You know, if I try to build something that's like, well, good enough for government work kind of situation.

00:03:25.219 --> 00:03:30.479
 No, you ask them, how do you get the joints to align so perfectly?

00:03:31.580 --> 00:03:36.280
 Maybe you see an athlete, an elite athlete, and you don't say, hey, what kind of socks do you wear?

00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:38.439
 Because it's not the socks.

00:03:38.500 --> 00:03:41.800
 You know, I bought all the shoes that are supposed to make you run faster and jump higher.

00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:42.759
 They don't work.

00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:45.199
 I'm still limited athletically.

00:03:45.900 --> 00:03:47.680
 But you might ask them how they train.

00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:50.639
 What do they do to reach that level?

00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:52.079
 What does their diet look like?

00:03:52.079 --> 00:03:53.360
 Or whatever it might be.

00:03:53.360 --> 00:04:03.160
 As we come here into chapter 11 of Luke's Gospels, the disciples are there with Christ as they always are and living life amongst him.

00:04:03.260 --> 00:04:05.200
 And they see him do all of these things.

00:04:05.320 --> 00:04:10.920
 But when they come here and they're watching him and they've seen him heal the crowds and do all the miracles.

00:04:12.040 --> 00:04:13.980
 And yet they watched him pray.

00:04:15.340 --> 00:04:18.620
 And when he got done, they didn't say, Lord, teach us how to preach the Bible.

00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:21.879
 Lord, teach us how to do the miracles.

00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:25.120
 Lord, teach us how to draw a huge crowd.

00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:27.719
 No, they watched him pray.

00:04:27.860 --> 00:04:31.360
 And no doubt they probably listened in as he maybe prayed audibly.

00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:34.579
 And when he got done, they said, Lord, teach us to pray.

00:04:35.459 --> 00:04:38.759
 Lord, I want what you have right there.

00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:44.079
 Because when they saw him there, it wasn't just a question that came out of nowhere.

00:04:44.779 --> 00:04:47.079
 They're kind of beginning to connect the dots.

00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:51.319
 And I know it's been a while, but when we finished Luke chapter 10 there at the end,

00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:55.199
 Jesus said that there's one thing that is needful.

00:04:55.919 --> 00:04:57.899
 It was the story of Mary and Martha.

00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:02.339
 And Mary chose that relationship with Christ.

00:05:02.579 --> 00:05:05.139
 She chose to sit at Jesus' feet.

00:05:05.539 --> 00:05:07.240
 There was a lot of things that needed to be done.

00:05:07.339 --> 00:05:10.680
 And Martha was busy and running around and trying to get all the things done.

00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:12.300
 And she was frustrated.

00:05:13.379 --> 00:05:21.560
 And it just reminds us that what God intends for us to do before anything else is just sit at his feet.

00:05:22.300 --> 00:05:24.400
 It's just to be close to him.

00:05:24.500 --> 00:05:28.780
 Because we can serve and we can give and we can go and we can do all of those things.

00:05:28.980 --> 00:05:33.920
 But without the intimacy, without that personal deep relationship with Christ,

00:05:34.060 --> 00:05:35.300
 we're just going to be frustrated.

00:05:35.860 --> 00:05:37.199
 We're just going to be tired.

00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.500
 We're just going to be downtrodden.

00:05:40.620 --> 00:05:45.120
 And it seems that the disciples are starting to kind of somewhat get what Jesus is teaching.

00:05:46.019 --> 00:05:51.759
 And they're beginning to realize that when Jesus is living his life and he's on mission,

00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:56.639
 there's one thing that keeps coming up over and over and over.

00:05:57.099 --> 00:05:57.879
 He keeps praying.

00:05:58.699 --> 00:06:01.419
 He's always in communication with his Father.

00:06:01.419 --> 00:06:04.300
 And they're learning what hopefully we're learning,

00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:06.899
 that if we're going to follow Jesus on his mission,

00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:11.659
 we must learn and share in his dependence on the Father.

00:06:12.219 --> 00:06:13.959
 Because that's what he's teaching us.

00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:18.819
 That listen, we can't live this life in our own strength and our own power.

00:06:19.500 --> 00:06:23.219
 You can maybe go a little bit down the road, but you're going to run out of gas real fast.

00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:25.399
 And that's what Jesus shows us here.

00:06:25.779 --> 00:06:28.019
 That's what he wants us to really get a hold of.

00:06:28.980 --> 00:06:31.879
 Because I would imagine, and I think there's no doubt about it,

00:06:31.919 --> 00:06:34.860
 by this time in the disciples' life, I mean, they've prayed before.

00:06:34.860 --> 00:06:40.080
 I mean, these are Jewish men, and they would have had very memorized prayers.

00:06:40.819 --> 00:06:45.500
 In Sunday school, we went over one of them this morning, the Shema from Deuteronomy chapter 6.

00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.920
 Hear, O Israel, that the Lord our God is one Lord,

00:06:49.180 --> 00:06:51.939
 and we're to love him with all our heart and soul and mind and strength.

00:06:52.180 --> 00:06:55.000
 Listen, they would pray that every morning and every evening.

00:06:55.540 --> 00:06:56.699
 They had all the prayers.

00:06:56.699 --> 00:07:01.920
 They had temple prayers, and they had prayers for a certain feast, and there's nothing wrong with that.

00:07:03.579 --> 00:07:05.719
 But have you ever been around somebody that just can pray?

00:07:06.579 --> 00:07:08.920
 You listen to them pray, and you pray with them.

00:07:09.500 --> 00:07:13.120
 I mean, you just think, there's something different about how they pray.

00:07:13.719 --> 00:07:15.519
 And I'm sure you know somebody like that, and guess what?

00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:18.439
 When a problem comes in your life, they're one of the first people you call.

00:07:19.259 --> 00:07:20.779
 Listen, I need you to pray.

00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.439
 We feel like they've got a little bit of special connection.

00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:25.180
 They're on a different line.

00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:26.759
 My line seems to always be busy.

00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:29.139
 But that's not really true.

00:07:30.579 --> 00:07:32.019
 There's something different there.

00:07:32.259 --> 00:07:35.360
 And Jesus, when he's praying, when they heard him pray,

00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:38.800
 he wasn't just reciting some words.

00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:43.500
 He was talking to his Father.

00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:45.500
 And they could feel it.

00:07:46.139 --> 00:07:48.300
 And they're beginning to understand this truth,

00:07:48.899 --> 00:07:52.120
 that you cannot live the life Jesus calls you to live.

00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:56.860
 You cannot live the mission that he has commanded you to live

00:07:56.860 --> 00:08:00.680
 without the dependence that he had on his Father.

00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:03.240
 He said things in the Bible like this,

00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:05.759
 I do always those things that please the Father.

00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:07.620
 Well, how did he know that?

00:08:07.939 --> 00:08:09.480
 Because he talked to them all the time.

00:08:09.980 --> 00:08:11.220
 They were on the same page.

00:08:11.340 --> 00:08:15.620
 They were in the same will and the same goal and mission.

00:08:15.620 --> 00:08:19.439
 So when the disciples asked Jesus this,

00:08:19.500 --> 00:08:20.980
 when they said, Lord, teach us to pray.

00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:24.699
 John taught his disciples, we want to learn from the Master.

00:08:25.819 --> 00:08:27.019
 He doesn't give them a speech.

00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:29.259
 He gives them a pattern.

00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:35.600
 He's showing them here that this is not a prayer just to merely repeat.

00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:37.179
 We can repeat it.

00:08:37.220 --> 00:08:38.899
 There's nothing wrong per se with that.

00:08:38.899 --> 00:08:40.319
 But it's more of a pattern.

00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:41.759
 And here's the goal.

00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:45.319
 That it aligns our heart with his.

00:08:46.259 --> 00:08:49.179
 That's what prayer really, when we boil it down, here's what it is.

00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:52.000
 It's a posture of dependence on the Father.

00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:55.439
 That that's what prayer really is in our life.

00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:59.759
 And so today, as we're going to walk through these few short verses,

00:09:00.259 --> 00:09:02.360
 Jesus is asking us this question.

00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:07.399
 When you pray, what's really going on in your heart?

00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:09.419
 I don't know if you're like me.

00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:13.360
 There's some things I just do in life just out of like routine.

00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:17.480
 Have you ever like driven to work and you get in the parking lot and you're thinking,

00:09:17.659 --> 00:09:18.779
 how did I get here?

00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:21.759
 I mean, you've done that?

00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.200
 I mean, you're going around and you're like, what is going on?

00:09:24.220 --> 00:09:26.720
 I mean, we're just so used to it.

00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:30.560
 It's just something we do all the time that we kind of just black out and block it out.

00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:32.000
 And it's just like we're moving on.

00:09:32.899 --> 00:09:36.360
 And if we're not careful, that's how our prayer life can get.

00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:40.379
 Even if, and sometimes even if it's existent.

00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:43.919
 It's not that we don't love God, but we just kind of got so used to it.

00:09:43.940 --> 00:09:47.899
 We just kind of go about our day and when a big problem comes, we're going to pray.

00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:49.779
 But, you know, the Lord knows.

00:09:50.560 --> 00:09:51.740
 He knows my heart, we say.

00:09:52.980 --> 00:09:54.860
 But when's the last time we actually talked to Him?

00:09:55.560 --> 00:09:57.080
 When's the last time we went to Him?

00:09:57.659 --> 00:10:01.600
 And as we've kind of seen in our journey in the Gospel of Luke,

00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:08.519
 that Luke meticulously places prayer at the center of Jesus' life and His mission.

00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:09.519
 It's not by accident.

00:10:10.540 --> 00:10:15.639
 But if you kind of go back in your mind, and I'll refresh it because it's been a few days since we've been in the Gospel of Luke,

00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:19.340
 that Jesus prays before major decisions.

00:10:19.340 --> 00:10:25.860
 There in Luke chapter 6, He's praying all night long because He's going to choose His 12 disciples.

00:10:26.800 --> 00:10:29.700
 You know, He didn't go to the disciples and have all these people out there and say,

00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:31.259
 any, many, miney, mo.

00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:33.420
 That's not how Jesus operated.

00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:35.080
 No, He went to His Father.

00:10:35.160 --> 00:10:37.460
 This was a huge task.

00:10:38.220 --> 00:10:42.700
 He prayed before moments of power there in Luke chapter 9 on the Mount of Transfiguration.

00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:46.500
 He's having a conversation with His Father and His glory is shown.

00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:49.100
 He prayed before sending the disciples out.

00:10:49.620 --> 00:10:53.879
 There in Luke 10, when He sent them out two by two to do ministry and to preach the kingdom,

00:10:54.180 --> 00:10:55.640
 He didn't say, hey, good luck, guys.

00:10:55.800 --> 00:10:56.520
 No, He prayed.

00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:59.000
 And He prayed for what was going to happen.

00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:00.200
 He prayed for their protection.

00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:01.620
 He prayed for their message.

00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:04.660
 We'll get there eventually.

00:11:04.659 --> 00:11:08.240
 But in Luke chapter 22, we see Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.

00:11:09.339 --> 00:11:11.379
 And He's praying because He knows what's coming.

00:11:12.319 --> 00:11:16.699
 He knows the cross is just right around the corner.

00:11:16.959 --> 00:11:19.919
 And He's praying to His Father and He's asking for Him to remove it.

00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:22.819
 But not my will, Lord, but Thine.

00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:27.139
 So we see that prayer was important to Jesus.

00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:29.459
 It was something that He took time for.

00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:31.039
 And the disciples saw it too.

00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:36.259
 And Luke does that and He places it in front of almost every single major event

00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:39.399
 because He wants us to remind us that prayer is not something we just do.

00:11:40.199 --> 00:11:42.919
 No, it's fuel for what we are to do.

00:11:43.319 --> 00:11:45.839
 It is the fuel for the mission that God has called us to.

00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:46.599
 Because guess what?

00:11:46.719 --> 00:11:47.679
 It's not our mission.

00:11:48.579 --> 00:11:49.339
 It's His.

00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:51.559
 And He's called us to it.

00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:54.439
 And we have to depend on Him.

00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.240
 And that's why the disciples asked this in verse 1.

00:11:58.860 --> 00:11:59.879
 Teach us to pray.

00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.399
 And so Jesus, my Bible calls it the model prayer.

00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:04.459
 And that's what it is.

00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:06.099
 It's not to be a script per se.

00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:08.480
 And don't miss this.

00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:09.219
 Don't misunderstand it.

00:12:09.439 --> 00:12:12.419
 Prayer is not necessarily about the posture.

00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:14.939
 Now, I think there is some reverence there.

00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:16.240
 And we're not going to get all into it.

00:12:17.079 --> 00:12:18.819
 It's not about the time of day.

00:12:19.599 --> 00:12:21.039
 It's not about the location.

00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:24.399
 You don't just have to pray at an altar or by your bedside.

00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:27.399
 It's not about the length of your prayer.

00:12:28.179 --> 00:12:29.579
 Sometimes I've heard people pray a long time.

00:12:29.659 --> 00:12:30.980
 I'm thinking, I don't think anybody's listening.

00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:32.139
 I think the Lord's asleep.

00:12:34.259 --> 00:12:38.860
 But I've heard people, you know, I don't think Peter, when he was sinking in the water,

00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:41.159
 he didn't get a, Lord, Lord, and say all this prayer.

00:12:41.220 --> 00:12:42.439
 He said, save me.

00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:45.100
 Sometimes it's not the length of the prayer.

00:12:45.540 --> 00:12:52.220
 Jesus doesn't address any of those things because his primary concern when it comes to prayer is our heart.

00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:57.020
 Because if our heart is in the right place, if our heart is in his hands,

00:12:57.160 --> 00:13:02.020
 if our life is given over to him, then all of those other things, the posture, the time of day, the length,

00:13:02.260 --> 00:13:04.600
 all of those things are going to fall in place where they should.

00:13:06.700 --> 00:13:11.560
 I don't know about your parents, but I heard this said often in my house.

00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:13.739
 Sometimes to me, sometimes to my sister.

00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:16.379
 It's not what you said.

00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:18.519
 It's how you said it.

00:13:19.539 --> 00:13:21.259
 I see some of you have the same parents.

00:13:21.319 --> 00:13:21.639
 That's weird.

00:13:21.719 --> 00:13:22.919
 I know we were related.

00:13:25.239 --> 00:13:29.539
 I heard this once or twice, and then I woke up, and I was like, where am I?

00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:30.179
 In the hospital?

00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:34.619
 Because I said something to my mom, and then I heard something like, who do you think you're talking to?

00:13:35.439 --> 00:13:36.579
 And then it just blacked out.

00:13:36.599 --> 00:13:36.919
 It was weird.

00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:39.559
 I don't know any other thing besides that.

00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:45.319
 I was told this often, and that's why my kids hear it often as well.

00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:47.979
 You need to check your attitude because it stinks.

00:13:49.939 --> 00:13:54.419
 And that's, you check yourself or you wreck yourself is kind of what I tell them.

00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:55.439
 That's biblical.

00:13:55.619 --> 00:13:56.259
 Write that down.

00:13:56.259 --> 00:14:03.960
 But, you know, I remember in school they had this thing that said, attitude is everything.

00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:07.519
 But really when it comes to our prayer life, it really is.

00:14:08.779 --> 00:14:17.319
 And what Jesus is teaching us here as we step into this text, he's going to teach us two attitudes that must shape our prayer life.

00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:22.820
 And the first attitude we see is this, an attitude consumed with God.

00:14:23.560 --> 00:14:26.040
 That our attitude needs to be consumed with God.

00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:31.840
 We notice how Jesus begins this model prayer, not with coming with all of your wants and your needs.

00:14:32.020 --> 00:14:33.160
 There's a time and place for that.

00:14:33.340 --> 00:14:34.160
 But he starts with this.

00:14:34.420 --> 00:14:36.180
 He starts with a relationship.

00:14:37.140 --> 00:14:39.940
 That prayer begins with a relationship.

00:14:40.640 --> 00:14:42.100
 Our Father.

00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:42.180
 Father.

00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:44.639
 That's where it all starts.

00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:49.279
 And maybe to us, when we hear that, it doesn't seem like that big a deal.

00:14:49.940 --> 00:14:52.240
 Maybe when you've prayed, you kind of always prayed that way.

00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:53.820
 And you heard your dad pray that way.

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.860
 You heard your Sunday school teacher.

00:14:54.960 --> 00:15:00.860
 And so when you pray, you say, dear Father, heavenly Father, whatever it may be, that maybe doesn't register to us.

00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:04.340
 But to the disciples hearing this, this would have been revolutionary.

00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:08.820
 This kind of would have knocked their socks off, so to speak.

00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:15.400
 Because when you study the Old Testament, and that's what they would have had and been very familiar with, God is described in many ways.

00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:19.360
 He's described as Elohim, the Creator God.

00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:21.980
 He's El Shaddai, the Almighty God.

00:15:22.060 --> 00:15:23.100
 He's Adonai.

00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:24.500
 He's the Lord of hosts.

00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:26.160
 He's all of these things.

00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:32.800
 But rarely, very rarely, and very cautiously is God described as a Father.

00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:36.740
 That's not how they would have related to God.

00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:42.919
 That they would have almost had this, they knew he was powerful, and they knew he loved him, but he was still kind of distant.

00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:46.299
 He was almost, in a sense, unapproachable.

00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:48.940
 And really, in reality, that's why Jesus came.

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:54.539
 So we would know what God is like, and how he operates, and how he loves.

00:15:55.399 --> 00:16:01.419
 But yet, Jesus, as he begins this prayer, he says, when ye pray, say, our Father.

00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:04.120
 I mean, disciples are like, you can't say that.

00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:08.179
 We don't address him like that.

00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:17.059
 And yet, Jesus is inviting them, and he's inviting us to approach God with this language that we would use in a family setting.

00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:21.659
 The Apostle Paul echoes this in Romans 8, verse 15.

00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.279
 He says this,

00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:36.319
 And when you study that word, Abba, it is a deeply personal word.

00:16:37.079 --> 00:16:39.399
 It has the idea of Daddy.

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:41.120
 Of Papa.

00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:45.419
 You know, when your kids are super little, and they still love you?

00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:46.399
 You remember those days?

00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:47.839
 Those were the days.

00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:50.059
 I mean, they thought you were the best in the world.

00:16:50.859 --> 00:16:51.799
 Daddy, Daddy.

00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:54.679
 You come over from work, and they run, and they grab your leg.

00:16:54.739 --> 00:16:55.359
 Mama, Mama.

00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.739
 Now it's like, Mom.

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:57.899
 Dad.

00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:04.059
 But there's that deeply personal relationship there.

00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:12.740
 And it's not in a condescending way or an irreverent way, but it's that we know him.

00:17:13.419 --> 00:17:14.720
 That we trust him.

00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:17.659
 My kids would run to me, and they still do, and they say, Dad.

00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:17.960
 Why?

00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:19.599
 Because they trust their dad.

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:22.399
 Because they know who I am.

00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:26.579
 And it's just a beautiful reminder, and Jesus is painting the picture so well,

00:17:26.919 --> 00:17:30.819
 that our relationship is not something that we earn.

00:17:31.699 --> 00:17:35.279
 No, it's something that we have through Jesus Christ.

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:38.240
 He's not just our Father because he is the creator.

00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:44.319
 He is our Father because we have placed our faith and trust in his finished work on the cross of Calvary.

00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:47.339
 That we've been adopted into the family.

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:52.339
 That we can call on him as someone that we know deeply and we love passionately.

00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:54.859
 But notice what he says next.

00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:59.359
 Our Father, which art in heaven.

00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:03.159
 Because some people say, well, you can't call him Daddy.

00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:04.240
 You can't call him Papa.

00:18:04.399 --> 00:18:05.359
 That's so irreverent.

00:18:05.479 --> 00:18:09.459
 But what Jesus is teaching us is he balances closeness with reverence.

00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:12.539
 Yes, God is near.

00:18:13.379 --> 00:18:15.139
 And God is near to a broken heart.

00:18:15.199 --> 00:18:17.039
 He's near to all of his children.

00:18:17.379 --> 00:18:19.799
 But it doesn't mean that he is common.

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:23.799
 You know, listen, God is not your homeboy.

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:26.119
 I see those shirts sometimes.

00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:28.759
 I just want to punch him with a love of Christ.

00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:34.539
 Listen, I'm thankful that we have a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

00:18:34.899 --> 00:18:39.159
 But just because he is all of these things to us, it does not mean that he is common.

00:18:39.399 --> 00:18:40.639
 That he is not like us.

00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:42.440
 That God is not our co-pilot.

00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:46.400
 No, he is our Father, which is in heaven.

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:49.900
 And we need to be reminded that he is personal.

00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:52.600
 And we can have a personal relationship with him.

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:55.799
 The Bible tells us in Hebrews we can go boldly into the throne room.

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:58.759
 But we don't go casually into the throne room.

00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:00.620
 We don't do that.

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:04.480
 We can talk to him like we talk to our friends and to our father.

00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:05.740
 Because that's what he is.

00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:08.519
 But we need to remember also who he is.

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:10.580
 That he is still on the throne.

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:12.899
 I mean, you think about it like this.

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:19.460
 We all had moments like this in our life that we decided to live on the edge of danger.

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:21.399
 Your parents were talking.

00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:25.059
 And you're like, Dad, Dad, Dad.

00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.879
 And he's not listening.

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:31.339
 And in your little childlike brain, it says, call him Kevin.

00:19:32.199 --> 00:19:33.139
 That's my dad's name.

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:36.539
 And then my dad is just like zoned in, not listening.

00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.439
 I'm like, Kevin.

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:40.299
 And it was just like the whole world stopped.

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:42.420
 What did you say?

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:45.039
 Because you don't just roll up to your parents.

00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:47.019
 I still, I'm almost 40 years old.

00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:48.860
 I still don't want to call him by his name.

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:51.519
 Because I feel like, man, I might just get punched.

00:19:51.580 --> 00:19:52.220
 I don't know why.

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.759
 But why?

00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.420
 Because he's my dad.

00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:57.880
 Yes, there is a closeness.

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.759
 And there is that relationship.

00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.779
 But there's also respect.

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.839
 I value my life.

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:03.139
 That's just really what it boils down to.

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:07.180
 I was always told I'd go to next week.

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:08.440
 I just don't want to go there right now.

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:13.559
 But when it comes to prayer, listen, there should be a closeness.

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:18.700
 These disciples, they would have thought, well, you can't really get close to God.

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:21.119
 They would recite these prayers.

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.920
 They would go to the temple.

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:25.740
 But there was maybe that intimacy level wasn't really there.

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:29.960
 But Jesus is reminding them, listen, God is your father.

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:37.039
 Because if Christ is, if we're in Christ, then we're joint heirs with him and everything that he has,

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:40.420
 that we have as well, which is an amazing thing to think about.

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.640
 That's a sermon for another time.

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.240
 But we are brothers and sisters in Christ.

00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:48.720
 And if we're brothers and sisters, then we share the same father.

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:50.820
 And we can cry out to him.

00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:53.700
 So prayer begins with who he is.

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:55.319
 He's high and lifted up.

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:59.200
 But it reminds us of who we are, that we are his child.

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:01.819
 That we are adopted into his family.

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:06.339
 But we also see this, that prayer is marked by reverence.

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:08.000
 Kind of building upon that.

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:14.079
 When ye pray, say, our Father which is in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.899
 What does that mean?

00:21:15.939 --> 00:21:16.799
 What does hallowed mean?

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.279
 It means holy.

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:20.519
 It means set apart.

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:23.439
 It's to be treated as weighty.

00:21:24.439 --> 00:21:29.919
 It just, when you hear that, you may not have understood exactly what he meant, but you knew this, we should probably respect him.

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:32.439
 There's something different there.

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:38.399
 And it reminds us that there is something more than just a name when it comes to God.

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:42.540
 Because when you really study scripture, a name is never just a label.

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:46.360
 Especially the Jewish people, and we see it all throughout.

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:49.160
 But really, it's a revelation of character.

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.860
 And a lot of people in the Bible lived up to their name.

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:54.580
 You study Jacob.

00:21:55.300 --> 00:21:58.400
 Jacob's name in the book of Genesis means supplanter.

00:21:59.460 --> 00:21:59.820
 Deceiver.

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.420
 And guess what he was?

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.740
 A supplanter.

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.040
 A deceiver.

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:07.259
 I mean, he dealt with it his whole life.

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:11.039
 Moses, his name means drawn out of water.

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.000
 Nailed it.

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.879
 Put him in the little basket.

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.200
 Guess what?

00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:15.079
 Hey, here he comes.

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.279
 Let's draw this guy out of water.

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.259
 Oh, it's Moses.

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:20.400
 And there's all kinds of names in the Bible like that.

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:26.200
 The Bible tells us in Proverbs 18, verse 10, that the name of the Lord is a strong tower,

00:22:26.560 --> 00:22:29.120
 and the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:32.500
 See, we're not just calling him by a name.

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.480
 No, no.

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:40.259
 When we pray, we are running to a God who has revealed himself in certain ways.

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:44.780
 When God revealed his name to Moses, he didn't spell it out.

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.840
 You know, sometimes you say, what's your name?

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:49.080
 And you say, Tyler, T-Y-L-E-R.

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:52.119
 Well, okay, I think I could have figured that out.

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:58.220
 But when Moses is really seeking the Lord there in Exodus 33 and 34,

00:22:58.419 --> 00:23:01.699
 and really wanting to see God and to know God, here's what God told him.

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:03.839
 The Lord God is merciful and gracious.

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:09.119
 He's long-suffering, and he's abundant in goodness and truth.

00:23:09.939 --> 00:23:14.119
 And really, throughout Scripture, God reveals himself through names.

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:19.059
 When you study all different things, you're going to see all different names of God.

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:21.000
 We see names like Jehovah Jireh.

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:23.220
 The Lord will provide.

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:27.059
 We see names like Jehovah Shalom, the Lord who gives peace.

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:29.799
 Jehovah Roy, the Lord our shepherd.

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.899
 Jehovah Sadduken.

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.699
 I cannot ever say that.

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:34.819
 Sounds like Street Fighter, just to be honest.

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:39.119
 If some of you don't know what Street Fighter is, I feel sorry for you.

00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:41.619
 But it means the Lord our righteousness.

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:46.719
 See, all the names of God, they show and they point to who he is.

00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:50.639
 So when we pray with this sense, and we don't necessarily have to say this phrase,

00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:53.379
 but hallowed be thy name, here's what we're really saying.

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:57.939
 God, I trust you for who you have proven yourself to be.

00:23:58.719 --> 00:24:01.819
 That we're running to him because we know that he is the provider,

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:03.639
 and he is the one that takes care of us.

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.000
 He is the one that gives peace.

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:07.519
 That he is all of those things.

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:14.940
 And once we remember that, and once we see that reverence of who we're praying to,

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:18.140
 and what he's able to do.

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:22.619
 One of the great things about just reading the Bible is you see a God that can do anything.

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:25.299
 It was given to us for an example.

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:27.859
 So you think, man, I'm not sure God can handle that.

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.259
 I'm pretty sure he can.

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:33.319
 Because he's done it over and over and over again.

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:36.220
 And when you really get a hold of that truth,

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:38.960
 and you really get a hold of who he is,

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:41.059
 and what his name really means,

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:42.859
 the next step is natural.

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.339
 It's surrender.

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:49.559
 Prayer aligns our will with his.

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.319
 Notice what the Bible says.

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.859
 When ye pray, say,

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:55.240
 Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:58.339
 Thy kingdom come.

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:02.980
 I think many Bible scholars, when I was reading and kind of studying this,

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:05.720
 they said this is kind of the turning point in the prayer.

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:10.880
 See, up to this moment, we've kind of focused entirely on who God is.

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.500
 He's our Father.

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.480
 He's holy.

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:17.380
 We see his name and all the things that it brings to mind,

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:19.860
 and it floods us with the memories of his goodness.

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:26.079
 But really what Jesus is doing here now is when we see God for who he is,

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:29.399
 we rightly surrender control to him.

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.799
 That's what he wants us to do.

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:34.919
 That's really what he's calling us to do.

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:38.240
 We see this phrase really throughout the New Testament,

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:39.559
 especially the Gospels,

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:43.359
 but the kingdom of God is not primarily a place.

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.179
 You know, we think of kingdoms.

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:47.740
 We think of certain lands and rulers,

00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:49.299
 and this is their kingdom.

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:51.859
 You know, all you men, you have a lazy boy.

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:53.240
 That is your kingdom.

00:25:54.459 --> 00:25:55.279
 We understand that.

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.459
 You know, this is my domain.

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:59.059
 I do what I want, unless my wife tells me otherwise.

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:01.000
 Kind of one of those situations.

00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:04.279
 But the kingdom of God,

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:08.599
 the idea is that it's really about God's rule and his reign.

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:13.539
 That wherever God's authority is welcomed and obeyed,

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:15.740
 his kingdom is present there.

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:19.879
 That's what Jesus even began his preaching ministry with this very theme.

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:22.360
 The kingdom of God is at hand.

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:25.000
 Repent ye and believe the Gospel.

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.800
 Why was the kingdom of God at hand?

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:29.120
 Because he was following God's will.

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:30.960
 He was following God's command.

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:33.240
 He was following God's authority.

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.920
 And simply put, to pray,

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.120
 thy kingdom come,

00:26:36.260 --> 00:26:38.800
 is not merely to ask for heaven to come someday,

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.400
 but here's what it's really asking for.

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:43.880
 For God to rule in your heart and your life right now.

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:46.120
 That's what he's talking about.

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:48.540
 That's what he's wanting us to see.

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:50.859
 That's what he's wanting us to understand.

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:53.839
 And I want to make sure that we get this,

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:55.720
 because we can't run past this.

00:26:56.399 --> 00:26:58.779
 Because we're going to want our daily bread and all these other things,

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:01.879
 but we're really never going to experience it like God intends

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:04.259
 if we don't submit to him.

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.559
 That's really what this prayer is.

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.019
 When we say,

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.859
 thy kingdom come,

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:09.500
 thy will be done as in heaven,

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.700
 as so in earth.

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.259
 Because we understand this,

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.319
 that God's in control of everything.

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:16.220
 That by him all things consist,

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:18.200
 this the Bible tells us in Colossians,

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:20.079
 that he's holding everything together.

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.500
 And that includes our life.

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.700
 And he has great plans,

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.680
 and he has great purposes,

00:27:25.100 --> 00:27:25.819
 but he also,

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:28.279
 he's not going to do certain things

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:30.120
 unless we surrender to him.

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:32.759
 That God's not going to force himself.

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.620
 In this prayer,

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.680
 here's what it's simply saying.

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:38.240
 Lord, rule my decisions.

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.660
 Anybody like to make their own decisions?

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:40.779
 Friends?

00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:42.900
 Any indecisive people?

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:46.300
 You're going to go to the restaurant today,

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:47.160
 you're going to look over the menu,

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.900
 all things,

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:49.180
 and you're going to order the same thing you already did.

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.940
 So I'm going to help you.

00:27:50.040 --> 00:27:51.140
 Just order what you normally order.

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.440
 But you know what?

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.420
 We like to make our own decisions.

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.259
 Sometimes,

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.340
 maybe some of you in here

00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:59.900
 make decisions you know

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.940
 aren't the right decision

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.940
 just because you don't want to do

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.740
 what everybody wants you to do.

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.300
 Like, I know that's what they want me to do,

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:06.259
 so I'm just not going to do it.

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:09.200
 But sometimes that creeps into our spiritual life.

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:11.420
 Like, I know what the Bible says,

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:13.559
 but when that thought

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.700
 and that thing comes in your mind,

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.920
 run to God.

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.559
 Because we need God to rule our decisions.

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.580
 You know what this prayer says,

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:20.880
 Lord?

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.759
 Shape my priorities.

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:26.279
 Because God didn't call you and me

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.279
 to build our kingdom.

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:30.460
 He called us to spread His

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:32.340
 and to share His love

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:33.940
 and to share His gospel.

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.019
 Here's what it says,

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.940
 and we don't like this one.

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:39.820
 Lord, interrupt my plans.

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.960
 You know what we want?

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:44.539
 Lord, bless my plans.

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.620
 Lord, I know I already did this

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.580
 and I should have talked to you before,

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.880
 but I need you to bless this.

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.640
 That's not the model that Jesus gives.

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:56.180
 Lord, what would you have me to do?

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:58.920
 Lord, if you want to redirect me,

00:28:59.080 --> 00:29:00.940
 if you want to recalculate my coronation,

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:03.140
 then go ahead and do that, Lord.

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:06.500
 Lord, see this prayer,

00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:07.400
 what it kind of does

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:09.600
 and kind of we struggle with it,

00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:13.140
 it really addresses our tendency

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:14.740
 to build ourselves up.

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:18.280
 See, Lord, we pray,

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.480
 Lord, protect my comfort.

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:21.440
 Lord, help my plans to succeed.

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.620
 Help this, help that.

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.320
 And it's not that God doesn't want to do that,

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:26.340
 but are we trying to tell God

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:27.340
 what we think we need?

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.580
 Are we following His will?

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:32.759
 See, Jesus teaches us to pray,

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:35.960
 Lord, replace my agenda with yours.

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:38.359
 Jesus did it.

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:40.419
 What did He said there in Luke chapter 22?

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.899
 There in the Garden of Gethsemane.

00:29:43.199 --> 00:29:44.579
 With His humanity.

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.960
 He knew what was coming in His humanity.

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:48.839
 He said, I don't want to do this.

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.359
 But His divinity said,

00:29:50.439 --> 00:29:52.379
 I love them enough that I will do this.

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.599
 And He was willing to replace

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.939
 what He really wanted

00:29:54.939 --> 00:29:56.019
 with what He knew

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:57.919
 was the Father's will and the plan.

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.660
 from the foundation of the world

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.580
 that He was to die

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:01.660
 on the cross of Calvary

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.519
 for the sins of mankind.

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.660
 And He was willing to do that.

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:07.539
 Jesus taught this same truth

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.440
 there in the Sermon on the Mount.

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.620
 We know the verse well.

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:10.420
 He says this,

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:13.100
 Seek ye first, what?

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:15.820
 The kingdom of God.

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.279
 He's not saying,

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.460
 hey, find the coordinates

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.519
 and put it in your GPS

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.100
 and you'll get there.

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:21.539
 No, here's what He's talking about.

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:23.820
 Every kingdom has a ruler.

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:26.000
 And who's the ruler of this kingdom?

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.300
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:29.740
 Seek ye first that.

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.940
 And all the other things

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.579
 you're worried about,

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.639
 all the other things

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.159
 that are in your prayer,

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:35.099
 here's what's going to happen.

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.299
 They'll be added unto you.

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.099
 Maybe not how you thought,

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:39.019
 but it just reminds us,

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.599
 you place God number one,

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:43.579
 He'll take care of everything else.

00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:45.339
 That's what Jesus is teaching.

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.659
 That's what He's reminding,

00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:48.139
 that the kingdom of God

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:49.039
 is not something

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.579
 that we add to our lives.

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:52.759
 It becomes the organizing principle

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:54.399
 of everything that we do.

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:56.019
 That it's going to order

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.900
 our priorities,

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.799
 our focus,

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.639
 our aim,

00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:00.359
 our goal is Christ,

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.559
 and then everything else

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.639
 will be where it needs to be.

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.539
 See, Jesus is saying

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.839
 to pray the kingdom come,

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.339
 is saying,

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:11.599
 Lord, I trust your wisdom

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:13.019
 more than mine.

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:15.900
 We may not say it,

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.379
 but a lot of times

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.279
 we think we know

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.299
 what we're doing.

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.879
 You know,

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.740
 somebody's telling you something,

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.539
 they're giving you some advice,

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:21.940
 and you're like,

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.460
 yeah, yeah,

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.200
 in your mind you're thinking,

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.079
 they have no idea

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.559
 what they're doing.

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:26.099
 I know what I'm doing.

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:29.839
 Lord, I submit my will

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:32.940
 even when obedience is costly.

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.519
 Sometimes we don't want

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:37.200
 to follow His plan

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.920
 because we may not like

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.660
 what it costs,

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:42.340
 but it's worth it every time.

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.860
 Here's what thy kingdom come,

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:47.180
 Lord, be the king.

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.980
 Start right here.

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.860
 Sometimes we want God

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:52.420
 to come and change our country.

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.460
 We look at our country,

00:31:53.540 --> 00:31:53.980
 we look at our world,

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.360
 it's a mess.

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.560
 Lord, please come

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:56.340
 and fix all this.

00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:57.019
 You know what the Lord's

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.720
 more interested about?

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.779
 Your heart.

00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:00.580
 Your life.

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:02.380
 It's going to start right there.

00:32:02.540 --> 00:32:03.080
 It's going to start

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.980
 in individuals,

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.380
 and as we individually

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:06.120
 live for Christ,

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.680
 it's going to make

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:08.279
 our world a better place,

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:09.039
 and this is where

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.840
 it gets practical

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.720
 when we come to this

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:12.279
 turning point of the prayer

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:13.400
 because when His kingdom

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:14.180
 comes in our life,

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.840
 forgiveness replaces bitterness.

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.920
 Obedience replaces convenience.

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.420
 The mission that God

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.400
 has called them to,

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:22.640
 He's reminding them,

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:24.200
 the mission He's called us to,

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:26.039
 it replaces the comfort

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:27.519
 that we so dearly love.

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.940
 And really when it boils down to it,

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:32.759
 holiness replaces compromise.

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.820
 Pretty sure Peter told us,

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:36.000
 Be ye holy,

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.579
 for I am holy,

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.200
 saith the Lord.

00:32:38.919 --> 00:32:40.099
 And that's what prayer does.

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:42.039
 That prayer reminds us

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.399
 that real Christianity

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:45.279
 is not about inviting Jesus

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.439
 to assist our lives,

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:48.779
 it's about surrendering our lives

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:50.839
 to His rule and His reign.

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.319
 And when you do that,

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.079
 you're going to realize this,

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.980
 man, I should have done this

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.079
 a lot earlier.

00:32:56.439 --> 00:32:58.099
 Because I've come to find out

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.659
 a lot of times

00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.299
 when I'm asking the Lord

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.740
 to help me,

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.799
 it's because I didn't allow

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.480
 Him to help me

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:04.639
 and to guide me.

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.460
 I have to say,

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.679
 Lord, I'm sorry.

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.899
 I should have done

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.879
 what you told me to do.

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.759
 I should have followed

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.819
 what the Word said.

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:16.200
 So every time we pray

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.899
 Thy kingdom come,

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.619
 we're asking a serious question.

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:21.159
 Lord, is there any area

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:22.240
 of my life

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:24.460
 where I still want the throne?

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:27.519
 Because I think we do sometimes.

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.879
 That's what Jesus reminds us.

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.779
 But surrender doesn't mean

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:33.139
 silence about our needs.

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:34.540
 That brings us to

00:33:34.540 --> 00:33:35.520
 our second attitude here.

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.000
 It's an attitude

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:40.180
 completely reliant on God.

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:42.280
 An attitude completely

00:33:42.280 --> 00:33:43.860
 reliant on God.

00:33:44.280 --> 00:33:45.060
 Look at verse number three.

00:33:45.780 --> 00:33:47.280
 Give us day by day

00:33:47.280 --> 00:33:49.759
 our daily bread.

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:52.140
 When we go to the Father

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.780
 in prayer,

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.980
 here's what it reminds us,

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.220
 that there is a reliance

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.480
 for daily provision.

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:58.800
 That Jesus teaches us

00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:00.720
 to pray for daily needs.

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.839
 Not luxury,

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.720
 not excess.

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.700
 And let me just say this right here.

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:07.279
 God's not against nice things.

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.460
 But sometimes the reason

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.340
 we don't have nice things

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.159
 is because God knows this.

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.559
 Those things will have us.

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.159
 You know, think,

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.920
 Lord, if the Lord

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.880
 just give me a million dollars,

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.400
 you know why you don't

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.920
 have a million dollars?

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:19.219
 Because the Lord loves you.

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.980
 Because it might ruin you.

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.840
 You might,

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:25.739
 that thing you think you need

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:27.579
 is maybe the worst thing

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.419
 possible for you.

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.859
 That we trust our Father.

00:34:29.939 --> 00:34:30.539
 That we're praying

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:32.099
 for just our needs.

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:33.219
 And whatever else

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:34.139
 the Lord blesses us with,

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:35.199
 we'll be thankful for.

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.659
 But when these disciples

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.259
 would have heard this,

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:38.939
 they would have probably

00:34:38.939 --> 00:34:40.259
 immediately been reminded

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:41.719
 of that man in the wilderness.

00:34:42.979 --> 00:34:44.399
 Exodus chapter number 16,

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.859
 when the children of Israel

00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:47.339
 are wandering in the wilderness

00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:49.279
 and they want something to eat.

00:34:49.359 --> 00:34:49.919
 And the Lord just says,

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.000
 I'm going to rain bread

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.459
 from heaven.

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:53.539
 Can I get an amen right there?

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:56.039
 Like I have a,

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:57.820
 I have a gift card

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:59.279
 to a Texas Roadhouse

00:34:59.279 --> 00:35:00.420
 sitting on my counter.

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.279
 Every time I look at it,

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:01.779
 I think, man,

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:03.159
 I love that bread.

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:06.380
 But they would have

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.000
 thought about that.

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.860
 But when you study it,

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.579
 you see this.

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.579
 That God gave Israel

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:13.920
 just enough for each day.

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:17.199
 No more, no less.

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.619
 The day before the Sabbath,

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.900
 they would get two days,

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.320
 so they would,

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.800
 they would have enough for that.

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:24.560
 Why would God do that?

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:25.640
 Because He wanted them

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:28.600
 to learn daily dependence on Him.

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:32.140
 You know, I think our problem

00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:35.680
 as Christians in America

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.240
 is sometimes,

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.900
 we're so blessed.

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:41.500
 We have so many things

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:43.300
 that sometimes we forget

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:45.740
 that we are daily dependent on God.

00:35:47.080 --> 00:35:48.600
 We need to be reminded of that.

00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:50.360
 I mean, you're dependent

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.780
 for your breath and your blood

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.440
 and your heart beating,

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.680
 not for anything you do,

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.440
 for God.

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.500
 Because we know it can change

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.200
 in an instant.

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:59.440
 It can change in a moment.

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:02.000
 And the lesson is clear here

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:03.580
 that yesterday's provision

00:36:03.580 --> 00:36:05.780
 does not replace today's trust.

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:07.120
 We can't just store it all

00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:07.360
 and say,

00:36:07.540 --> 00:36:08.080
 well, I don't really need

00:36:08.080 --> 00:36:08.500
 the Lord today

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.800
 because look what all I have.

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.440
 No, we need Him

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.300
 every single day.

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:13.360
 We sang a song, I think,

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:15.340
 I need Him every hour.

00:36:16.120 --> 00:36:16.960
 I think they said hour

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.660
 because it doesn't just

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:18.300
 sound very good.

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:19.519
 I need Thee every second.

00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:20.960
 But we do.

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:22.700
 That we need Him.

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:26.000
 Jesus reinforces His truth

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:27.160
 in Luke chapter 4.

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:27.519
 He said,

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.300
 Man shall not live

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.920
 by bread alone,

00:36:29.140 --> 00:36:32.400
 but by every word of God.

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:36.220
 When we ask God

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:37.180
 for the daily provision,

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.760
 it really is going to confront

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:40.720
 our illusion of self-sufficiency.

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.539
 And sometimes we think,

00:36:42.600 --> 00:36:43.780
 man, look what I do.

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:45.480
 I work hard for this.

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:47.940
 No, yes, we work

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:49.320
 and we plan.

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.079
 The Bible says

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:51.179
 we should do both of those things.

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.719
 The ant prepares for winter,

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:54.119
 the Proverbs tells us.

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.360
 But ultimately,

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:57.820
 everything we have

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:59.039
 comes from Him.

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.480
 Every good gift

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.300
 and every perfect gift

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:01.820
 is from above

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.880
 is what James tells us.

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:05.059
 But dependence doesn't stop,

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.179
 dependence on God

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:07.880
 doesn't stop with what we need.

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.760
 It also reaches into

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:10.280
 what we lack spiritually.

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.740
 So what Jesus does

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.420
 is He moves from

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.780
 provision to repentance.

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.740
 Verse number 4,

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:16.059
 and forgive us our sins

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.959
 for we also forgive

00:37:16.959 --> 00:37:19.079
 everyone indebted to us.

00:37:20.419 --> 00:37:21.099
 I don't believe

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:22.179
 this is a prayer of salvation,

00:37:22.319 --> 00:37:23.099
 but it's a prayer

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.899
 for that ongoing fellowship.

00:37:26.359 --> 00:37:27.299
 There are going to be times

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:29.859
 where we mess up

00:37:29.859 --> 00:37:31.079
 every single day.

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:31.839
 Here's what we do.

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.879
 We go right to Him.

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.419
 Lord, forgive me.

00:37:35.379 --> 00:37:36.199
 Lord, forgive me.

00:37:36.479 --> 00:37:37.099
 Help me.

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:38.299
 What Jesus is doing

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:39.099
 is He is teaching

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:40.619
 that a dependent heart

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:42.359
 is an honest heart.

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:44.400
 Because the world says,

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.340
 hey man, you're a good person.

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:47.460
 Well, there's none righteous,

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.059
 no, not one.

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:50.360
 The heart is desperately wicked

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.700
 and deceitful of all things.

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:53.559
 And the closer we get to God,

00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:54.660
 the more aware

00:37:54.660 --> 00:37:55.800
 we become of our sin.

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.860
 And when we sin

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:58.019
 and we fall short,

00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:58.840
 even if we know Him

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.280
 as our Savior,

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.660
 we say,

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.840
 Lord, I'm sorry.

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.340
 We understand it

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.840
 in relationships.

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:05.220
 When you sin against somebody,

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:06.720
 maybe a parent or a friend,

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.820
 if you really love them,

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.140
 here's what you do.

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:08.920
 I'm sorry.

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.680
 Why?

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.360
 Because you want that relationship,

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.780
 you want that fellowship

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.240
 to be there.

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.079
 They're going to always

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.720
 be your parent,

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.860
 but that fellowship

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.599
 may not be there.

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:17.019
 There was a lot of quiet meals

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:18.120
 at my house in middle school

00:38:18.120 --> 00:38:20.380
 until I said,

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.539
 Dad, I'm sorry.

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.780
 Now, sometimes I thought

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.460
 it'd get me out of trouble.

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.360
 It didn't get me out of trouble.

00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:27.320
 But I knew my dad loved me.

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:29.059
 I knew my mom loved me.

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.680
 See, when we walk closely

00:38:31.680 --> 00:38:32.280
 with the Lord,

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.780
 we're going to stay

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.700
 sensitive to sin.

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:36.039
 Prayer keeps us humble enough

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.680
 to confess

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:37.760
 and tender enough

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.620
 to forgive others.

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:40.039
 Because when somebody's

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:41.139
 going to do you wrong

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.859
 and it will happen

00:38:41.859 --> 00:38:42.480
 and you're going to remember,

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:44.099
 well, if God forgave me,

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:46.079
 then help me forgive them.

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:48.400
 Help me to live that same way.

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.819
 See, a forgiven heart

00:38:50.819 --> 00:38:53.119
 becomes a forgiving heart.

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.400
 That's what Jesus

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:55.319
 is teaching right here.

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:57.039
 But when we refuse

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.699
 to forgive others,

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:59.699
 we reveal that we've lost sight

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.559
 of the grace

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:02.000
 that we've received.

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:04.579
 And as we haste to do a close,

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.460
 we see the last thing.

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:08.360
 That prayer is not just

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.920
 for forgiveness,

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:10.760
 but it's also for protection.

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:12.539
 That there is a reliance

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.719
 through humility.

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:15.000
 It says,

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:16.360
 And lead us not into temptation,

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:18.260
 but deliver us from evil.

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.579
 What this is,

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.820
 is it's a confession

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.960
 of weakness.

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.760
 Scripture is clear there

00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:25.659
 in the book of James, again,

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:27.079
 that God cannot be tempted

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:27.539
 with evil,

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:29.260
 neither tempteth He any man.

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:31.160
 This is not saying

00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:32.540
 that God's leading us

00:39:32.540 --> 00:39:33.280
 into hard times,

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.900
 into sin,

00:39:34.040 --> 00:39:34.780
 into temptation.

00:39:35.080 --> 00:39:35.780
 No, this prayer

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.900
 is not blaming God.

00:39:37.020 --> 00:39:38.580
 It's admitting our vulnerability.

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.100
 You know,

00:39:40.140 --> 00:39:42.220
 we can do bad all by ourself.

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.480
 We can get in trouble.

00:39:43.680 --> 00:39:45.120
 Man is full of trouble

00:39:45.120 --> 00:39:46.260
 is what the book of Job says.

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.700
 We're a few of days

00:39:47.700 --> 00:39:48.320
 and full of trouble.

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:50.040
 That sounds like me growing up.

00:39:50.580 --> 00:39:51.480
 Probably sounds like some of you.

00:39:51.540 --> 00:39:52.420
 I know you pretty well.

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:55.240
 David prayed similarly.

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.480
 He said,

00:39:55.580 --> 00:39:56.700
 Incline not my heart

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:57.860
 to any evil thing.

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.220
 Psalm 141.

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.740
 See,

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:02.000
 Jesus is teaching us,

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:03.120
 what He's teaching us to do here

00:40:03.120 --> 00:40:05.280
 is to pray proactively,

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:07.500
 not reactively.

00:40:08.620 --> 00:40:09.660
 It's not saying,

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:09.980
 Lord,

00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:11.680
 rescue me after I fall.

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.780
 Here's the beautiful thing.

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.660
 He will.

00:40:14.680 --> 00:40:15.680
 But instead of waiting

00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:16.460
 until we mess up,

00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:17.840
 here's what our prayer should be.

00:40:18.100 --> 00:40:18.380
 Lord,

00:40:18.580 --> 00:40:19.320
 guide me

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:20.840
 before I fall.

00:40:21.620 --> 00:40:21.820
 Lord,

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.780
 help me hide

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:24.040
 Thy word in my heart

00:40:24.040 --> 00:40:24.960
 that I might not

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.960
 sin against Thee.

00:40:26.120 --> 00:40:27.240
 That we are praying

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:28.759
 that instead of waiting

00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:29.759
 until the problem comes

00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.739
 and asking forgiveness,

00:40:30.979 --> 00:40:31.099
 Lord,

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:32.479
 help me not to do that.

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:34.359
 Help me to avoid that.

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.659
 Help me to live for You

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.459
 in every area.

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.559
 This is the prayer

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.199
 of someone

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:39.039
 who knows

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:40.159
 they need God

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:41.599
 every step

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:42.599
 of the way.

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:46.139
 So as we close,

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:46.659
 I just want you

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:47.659
 to picture the scene again.

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.179
 The disciples

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:51.360
 aren't asking Jesus

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:52.460
 this question

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.179
 in a classroom.

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:55.199
 They're not filling in

00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:56.199
 blanks on a worksheet.

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:59.360
 They're watching Him pray.

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.839
 And they see the peace,

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.539
 the confidence,

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.059
 the dependence

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.920
 that He has

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:07.259
 on His Father.

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.739
 And when He finishes praying,

00:41:09.819 --> 00:41:10.179
 they don't say,

00:41:10.279 --> 00:41:10.339
 hey,

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.119
 we need that outline.

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:13.679
 We need those words.

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.119
 They say,

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:15.299
 Lord,

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.659
 teach us to pray like that.

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:20.940
 And what Jesus shows us

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:21.960
 here in this model prayer

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:24.079
 is that prayer

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:25.239
 is not about saying

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:26.739
 the right things.

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.980
 It's about living

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:31.619
 in the right relationship.

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:34.159
 That that's where it's about.

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:36.259
 That's what He wants us to see.

00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:37.599
 That's why it begins

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:38.199
 with the Father.

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.739
 It centers on His rule

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.699
 and authority in our life

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.739
 and it moves into

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:42.759
 a daily dependence.

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.919
 This is not a one-week

00:41:43.919 --> 00:41:44.799
 prayer.

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:46.339
 It's going to tide you over.

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.419
 We need Him

00:41:47.419 --> 00:41:48.679
 every hour.

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.519
 So the question

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:51.259
 for us this morning

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:52.359
 is simply,

00:41:52.839 --> 00:41:53.719
 isn't,

00:41:53.979 --> 00:41:54.539
 do you pray?

00:41:56.299 --> 00:41:57.419
 The deeper question is,

00:41:57.479 --> 00:41:58.079
 are you living

00:41:58.079 --> 00:41:58.819
 in dependence

00:41:58.819 --> 00:42:00.000
 on God

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:02.039
 or are you trying

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.979
 to manage life

00:42:02.979 --> 00:42:04.259
 on your own?

00:42:05.359 --> 00:42:06.099
 Your prayer life

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:06.659
 will show that.

00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:08.739
 prayer is a posture

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:09.480
 of dependence.

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:10.960
 You know what we,

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.839
 when we don't pray,

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:12.639
 when we fail to pray

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.339
 over and over again,

00:42:13.379 --> 00:42:13.799
 here's what we're saying,

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.179
 Lord,

00:42:14.379 --> 00:42:15.639
 I got this.

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.219
 I'll call you

00:42:17.219 --> 00:42:17.819
 when I need you.

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:19.420
 We treat God

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:19.960
 like a friend.

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:21.139
 Hey, when I need you,

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.500
 I'll call you

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:21.940
 if I need you.

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.759
 He's not a friend.

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:25.000
 He's Abba Father.

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:27.179
 We need to run to Him.

00:42:27.819 --> 00:42:28.619
 Cling to Him.

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.960
 Run to Him.

00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:30.559
 The righteous

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.359
 runneth into Him

00:42:31.359 --> 00:42:32.199
 and is safe.

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:35.460
 Are you living

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.419
 in dependence on God

00:42:36.419 --> 00:42:37.139
 or are you trying

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:38.079
 to manage life

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:39.339
 on your own?

00:42:39.359 --> 00:42:39.759
 Would you stand

00:42:39.759 --> 00:42:40.359
 with your heads bowed

00:42:40.359 --> 00:42:41.179
 and with your eyes closed?

00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:49.219
 It centers on His rule

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.679
 and authority

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:50.199
 in our life

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:50.980
 and it moves

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:52.259
 into a daily dependence.

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.419
 This is not a one week

00:42:53.419 --> 00:42:54.379
 thing, prayer.

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.839
 It's going to tide you over.

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.919
 We need Him

00:42:56.919 --> 00:42:58.159
 every hour.

00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:00.000
 So the question

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.739
 for us this morning

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.859
 is simply

00:43:01.859 --> 00:43:04.039
 isn't do you pray.

00:43:05.839 --> 00:43:06.739
 The deeper question

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.579
 is are you living

00:43:07.579 --> 00:43:08.299
 in dependence

00:43:08.299 --> 00:43:09.479
 on God

00:43:09.479 --> 00:43:11.519
 or are you trying

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:12.459
 to manage life

00:43:12.459 --> 00:43:13.739
 on your own?

00:43:14.819 --> 00:43:15.579
 Your prayer life

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:16.159
 will show that

00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:17.619
 because prayer

00:43:17.619 --> 00:43:18.219
 is a posture

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:18.839
 of dependence.

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.799
 You know when we

00:43:20.799 --> 00:43:21.339
 don't pray,

00:43:21.399 --> 00:43:22.139
 when we fail to pray

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:22.839
 over and over again,

00:43:22.879 --> 00:43:23.299
 here's what we're saying.

00:43:23.479 --> 00:43:25.139
 Lord, I got this.

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.719
 I'll call you

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:27.319
 when I need you.

00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:28.919
 We treat God

00:43:28.919 --> 00:43:29.459
 like a friend.

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:30.619
 Hey, when I need you,

00:43:30.619 --> 00:43:30.980
 I'll call you

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.440
 if I need you.

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:33.259
 He's not a friend.

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.480
 He's Abba Father.

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.659
 We need to run to Him.

00:43:37.319 --> 00:43:38.099
 Cling to Him.

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:39.440
 Run to Him.

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:40.059
 The righteous

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:40.859
 runneth into Him

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:41.699
 and is safe.

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:44.960
 Are you living

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.920
 in dependence on God

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.619
 or are you trying

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.539
 to manage life

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:48.819
 on your own?

00:43:48.859 --> 00:43:49.259
 Would you stand

00:43:49.259 --> 00:43:49.859
 with your heads bowed

00:43:49.859 --> 00:43:50.639
 and with your eyes closed?

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:50.759
 Amen.

00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759


00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759


00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759


00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759


00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759


00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759


00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759


00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759


00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759


00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759


00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.759