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 Let's pray.

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 Gracious God, as we come to look at your word now,

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 and particularly as we look at the issue of prayer

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 and as Jesus has taught his disciples,

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 taught us how to pray,

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 we pray, Father, that we would model that,

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 model a prayer of discipleship of the Lord Jesus,

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 that the priorities that have been outlined here in this prayer

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 will be our priorities,

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 and we ask it for your sake.

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 Amen.

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 One day out in the Canadian wilderness,

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 an atheist was taking a walk,

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 admiring the amazing wilderness

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 that was, in his mind, a freak of accident.

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 It was an accident.

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 It was a freak of some random causes.

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 The wildlife that were there because of some random chance,

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 the pristine stream that flowed beautifully by

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 thanks to a bunch of molecules

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 somehow mistakenly colliding many, many, many, many years ago.

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 When all of a sudden he was awoken out of his godless dreaming

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 by a grizzly bear charging at him straight down the trail.

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 He had no chance.

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 He knew it.

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 And before he realized that he was on his back,

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 pinned to the ground,

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 with his huge grizzly bear,

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 one paw on his chest,

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 another one raised,

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 ready to strike.

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 And without even giving it a thought,

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 he cried out in a loud voice,

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 God, save me!

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 Of course, then he realized the inconsistency

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 of living a life confident that God didn't exist

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 and then in a moment of need,

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 decided to call out to him for help.

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 And so he had a brainwave.

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 Instead of saving me, God,

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 what he decided was,

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 God, if you're there,

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 make the bear a Christian.

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 And he figured if the bear was a Christian,

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 then the bear would need him.

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 And pretty smart.

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 He thought it was a pretty smart move

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 and he was quite surprised

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 when all of a sudden the bear pulled down its paw,

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 stepped back,

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 put his paws together

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 and said,

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 for what we're about to receive,

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 may the Lord make me truly thankful.

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 When difficulty or danger strikes,

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 the immediate response of many people is to pray.

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 Most humans at some point on this planet

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 will pray at some point in their lives,

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 usually without giving it much thought at all

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 about what they are doing.

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 We notice that children often pray

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 with a real simplicity and an ease

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 which adults can't muster up.

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 And yet I want to say that

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 prayer for me

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 is the one thing that exposes my ungodliness.

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 There is nothing quite like a lack of prayer

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 or even the kind of prayers that I pray

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 that really expose what my heart truly is.

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 I want to be a man of prayer.

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 Prayer.

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 And it's the one area in my life

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 where if it's not humming,

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 if it's not working,

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 I feel like a fraud like nothing else.

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 Prayer, as I said,

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 is something that we all might do,

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 even the ungodly do,

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 but it does expose our ungodliness.

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 I think that this is a particularly difficult passage for us.

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 It's a passage that we know so well,

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 and yet it's a passage which reveals our ungodliness.

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 Ungodliness in the sense that we go about our daily business,

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 even good people,

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 moral people,

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 religious people go about their daily business

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 and give no or little thought whatsoever

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 to the purpose of God,

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 the glory of God,

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 or our dependency upon Him day by day.

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 We attack our work,

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 we attack our retirement,

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 we attack our education,

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 just like anyone else.

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 We may begin the day in a bit of prayer,

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 we may end the day with a bit of prayer,

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 but daily,

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 as we move from that point,

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 we give little regard to God's purpose,

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 His will,

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 our dependency upon Him,

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 and His glory.

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 And that's what I think the Bible calls ungodliness,

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 going about as if God doesn't exist.

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 Or our prayers themselves reflect our ungodliness.

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 Do we pray for kingdom purposes,

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 or do we have a long list of things

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 that are just the things

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 which are troubling us at the moment?

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 The content of our prayer

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 can reveal whether or not

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 we are actually human-centered,

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 or we're actually God-centered.

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 You might remember that we are traveling with Jesus,

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 having resolutely set His face for Jerusalem to die,

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 and on the way there,

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 He is clarifying with His disciples

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 the misconceptions they have

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 of what it means to follow Him.

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 And today we see His teaching

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 on one of the essentials of Christian discipleship,

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 a life of prayer.

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 We are looking at the famous,

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 the most famous of all prayers.

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 We know it.

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 We've said it again and again and again

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 throughout the centuries.

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 We say it most week in this church.

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 In fact, we say it in most services most week in this church.

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 I think that it's ironic that when Matthew records

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 Jesus' teaching on prayer,

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 this very passage here in Matthew's Gospel,

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 he does it in the context of telling Jesus' disciples,

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 of Jesus telling His disciples

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 not to go on mindless babbling with words

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 and not to be like the hypocrites.

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 And so we have taken Jesus' prayer

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 and throughout the centuries

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 have mindlessly babbled His prayer

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 and not actually understood

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 what is behind His prayer

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 instead of just repeating the prayer

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 but actually seeing it as a model of prayer.

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 What we know is that Jesus Himself was a man of prayer.

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 He was praying when the Holy Spirit descended upon Him

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 like a dove in Luke 3, verse 21.

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 He began His ministry with a 40-day fast in the wilderness

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 in chapter 4, verses 1 to 15.

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 Other times He withdrew into the wilderness to pray

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 in chapter 5, verse 16.

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 He prayed all night before choosing the 12,

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 chapter 6, verse 12.

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 He was praying alone just before He asked Peter,

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 who do you say that I am?

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 In chapter 9, verse 18.

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 And just before He was transfigured,

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 He took Peter, James and John on the mountain

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 to pray in chapter 9, verse 28.

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 And He was praying here at the beginning of our text

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 in Luke 11, verse 1.

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 As a man, Jesus sought His strength

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 and His guidance from His Father in prayer.

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 From this alone,

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 we should feel motivated to make prayer

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 more central in our lives.

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 I want to be a man of prayer more than ever.

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 Jesus also taught us to pray.

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 It's an amazing thing, isn't it?

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 His disciples, religious people themselves,

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 go to Jesus and said, teach us to pray.

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 I mean, haven't you guys been doing that all of your life?

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 Isn't that what you do?

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 Isn't that what you do?

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 And they said to Jesus, you need to teach us to pray.

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 In other words, teach us the priorities of prayer.

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 Jesus taught us to pray.

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 He made amazing promises to us about prayer.

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 And so He lived a life of prayer

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 and He taught us a life of prayer.

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 It is the will of the Lord Jesus

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 that St. Paul's be a church of prayer.

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 That this building that we're seated in now

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 be a house of prayer.

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 That our people be given daily to prayer.

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 Prevailing prayer for personal needs,

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 for the power of the Spirit,

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 for the progress of the Gospel

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 and for the glory of God's name.

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 They're the things that Jesus teaches us here.

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 The first thing Jesus teaches us

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 is to make our praying God-centered.

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 When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray

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 in verse 1,

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 He says in verse 2,

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 When you pray, say,

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 Father, hallowed be your name,

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 your kingdom come.

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 Notice here that these are requests.

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 All of the Lord's prayer is actually requests.

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 It's not prayer, thanks, it's not praise.

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 Jesus says,

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 Our first desire,

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 our first request,

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 should be that God's name be hallowed or glorified

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 and that His kingdom be advanced

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 and that His kingdom would come.

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 That's what I mean when I say God-centered prayer.

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 The glory of God's name and the advancement of God's kingdom

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 are the primary concerns of this prayer.

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 The God-centeredness or lack of it

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 has to be the difference between mature prayer

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 and immature prayer.

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 I know plenty of non-Christians who pray.

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 But the difference is between God-centeredness

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 and human-centeredness

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 in their praying.

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 The plea is that we have Jesus' priorities in praying,

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 namely that the Father's name be hallowed

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 and that His kingdom come.

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 If this feels foreign to you,

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 if you have never pleaded for the name of God to be hallowed

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 or the kingdom of God to come,

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 then I want to say to you,

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 don't be content.

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 Don't be content today to stay stuck

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 at an immature level of prayer.

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 Don't be content with that.

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 Instead, say in a fresh new way to God,

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 this week, today,

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 this coming week,

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 for the rest of this year,

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 Father, hallowed be your name

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 in my life and in my prayers

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 for this coming year,

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 for the year to come,

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 change my prayer life

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 so that it becomes God-centered.

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 God's name will be vindicated

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 among the nations as true and glorious.

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 His kingdom will come.

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 But He has decreed

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 that we will have a hand

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 in His triumph

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 through our prayers.

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 So make the glory of God

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 the center of your prayers.

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 Pray again and again and again

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 with as many different words

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 as you can think of.

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 Father,

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 let your name be hallowed

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 and let your kingdom come.

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 Jesus also teaches us here

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 to pray with a sense of security

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 in the Father's love.

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 Jesus doesn't want us

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 to feel insecure in our prayers.

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 He shows this mainly

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 by teaching us

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 to call God Father

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 when we pray to Him.

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 Then in verses 11 to 13,

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 if you have a look at that,

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 He unpacks for us

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 some of the security

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 implied in this word.

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 Father,

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 which of you fathers,

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 if your son asks you for a fish,

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 will give him a snake instead?

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 Or if he asks for an egg,

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 will give him a scorpion?

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 If you then,

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 though you are evil,

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 know how to give good gifts

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 to your children,

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 how much more

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 will your Father in Heaven

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 give the Holy Spirit

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 to those who ask Him?

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 The words,

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 how much more,

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 mean that God

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 is much more inclined

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 to hear us

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 and help us

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 when we pray

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 than our earthly fathers are.

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 Jesus wants us

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 to feel secure

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 in the Father's love

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 when we come

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 to Him in prayer.

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 He does not want us

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 to feel precarious

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 or unsure

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 of our acceptance

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 or fearful

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 that we will find

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 the Father

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 out of sorts

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 or unconcerned

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 with the aspects

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 of my daily life.

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 This sense of security

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 is utterly crucial

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 in the life of prayer

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 and the life of worship.

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 You cannot sustain

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 a life of prayer

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 if you believe

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 that God is angry with you

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 or you believe

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 that He just does not care.

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 Prayer is sustained

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 by the confidence

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 that God

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 is our Father

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 and that He

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 is concerned

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 and that

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 His disposition

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 is just what

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 Jesus says it is.

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 He is more

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 inclined

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 to give

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 what we need

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 than the best

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 human father

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 is.

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 That's incredible.

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 That's incredible

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 that God

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 would be that disposed

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 positively

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 towards me.

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 But we need

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 to remember

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 that if we're

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 going to be

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 people of prayer.

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 It's what I've

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 written on the

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 bulletin blurb

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 on the front

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 of your bulletin

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 this morning

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 about the four

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 points

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 for significant

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 things that

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 Jerry Bridges

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 outlines

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 and one of those

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 things that he says

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 is we need to

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 daily appropriate

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 the gospel

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 to ourselves

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 or as another

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 way I've heard

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 him put it

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 we need to

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 daily preach

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 the gospel

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 to ourselves

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 to remind us

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 to remind us

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 again and

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 again and

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 again

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 God's disposition

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 towards me

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 and the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus also

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 teaches us

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 to prevail

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 in prayer

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 without doubting

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 the Father's

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 love.

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 He teaches

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 us to hang

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 in there

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 persevering

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 persisting

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 not giving

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 up

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 keep on

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 asking

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 and seeking

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 and knocking

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 at heaven's

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 door

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 until the answer

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 comes

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 or until

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 God says

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 stop praying

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 it feels

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 inconsistent

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 though doesn't

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 it?

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 I mean

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 if God

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 is more

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 caring

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 than the

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 best

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 heavenly

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 father

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 then why

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 why would

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 he sometimes

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 be so slow

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 to respond

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 to my

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 prayer

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 if he's

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 such a

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 good God?

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 Jesus

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 tells the story

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 in verses

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 five to

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 eight of the

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 man who

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 goes to

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 his friend's

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 house in

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 the middle

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 of the

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 night

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 to say

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 that a

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 guest has

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 just arrived

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 there isn't

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 enough

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 in the

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 house

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 to feed

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 him

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 could

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 you

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 please

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 give

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 me

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 three

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 loaves

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 of

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 bread

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 the

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 man

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 says

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 the

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 door's

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 locked

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 he must

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 look out

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 of his

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 bedroom

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 window

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 the

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 door's

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 locked

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 children

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 are asleep

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 in his

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 room

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 don't bother

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 me

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 anymore

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 but his

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 friend

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 keeps

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 knocking

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 and keeps

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 asking

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 until the

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 man gets

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 up

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 not because

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 of his

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 friendship

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 notice

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 this

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 it's not

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 because

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 of his

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 friendship

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 but because

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 of the

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 man's

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 prevailing

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 and persisting

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 and persevering

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 in knocking

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 in other

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 words he

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 annoyed

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 him

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 until he

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 got out

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 of his

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 bed and

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 went

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 downstairs

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 and opened

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 the door

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 it seems

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 an unpleasant

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 image of the

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 matter of

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 prayer doesn't

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 it

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 but immediately

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 in verse

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 nine

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 Jesus says

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 there is a

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 lesson for us

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 to learn

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 ask and it

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 will be given

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 you

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 seek and you

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 will find

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 knock and

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 it will be

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 open to you

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 three things

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 here stress

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 the importance

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 of prevailing

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 and not

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 giving up

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 in our

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 prayer life

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 one is

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 that the

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 tension

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 the original

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 language

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 means to

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 keep on

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 asking

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 to keep

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 on seeking

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 to keep

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 on knocking

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 the second

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 is the fact

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 that Jesus

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 commands

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 this continuous

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 action

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 three times

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 and he

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 even repeats

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 it again

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 in verse

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 10

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 the third

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 thing that

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 stress is

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 prevailing

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 is that the

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 three words

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 used get

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 increasingly

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 close to

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 the answer

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 and show

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 a pressing

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 in on

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 God

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 ask

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 as it

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 were

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 for the

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 guy in

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 the house

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 seek until

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 you find

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 it

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 and then

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 knock until

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 the door

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 is opened

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 ask it

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 seek until

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 you find

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 it and

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 then knock

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 until the

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 door is

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 open

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 asking is

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 the simplest

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 and requires

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 no movement

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 seeking

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 turns

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 asking into

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 an activity

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 of pursuit

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 knocking on

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 and on

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 and on

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 the door

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 again and

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 again and

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 again signifies

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 utter earnestness

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 and perhaps

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 even a sense

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.400
 of desperation

00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:08.580
 temptation

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 and so

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 Jesus clearly

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 wants us to

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 be like

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 this friend

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 who just

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 kept knocking

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 he wants us

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 to prevail

00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.740
 in our

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 prayers

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 but then he

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 makes a sudden

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 turn in verse

00:17:21.300 --> 00:17:22.460
 11 and

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 shifts from

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 the image

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 of the

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 grumpy

00:17:25.580 --> 00:17:26.160
 friend

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 to the

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 image of

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 the caring

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 father

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 the point

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 Jesus is

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 getting across

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 is that

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 prevailing

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 prayer

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 persisting

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 persevering

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 in prayer

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 is utterly

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 important for

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 us

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 utterly

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 important for

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 us

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 and he

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 stamps this

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 truth on

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 our memories

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 with a

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 shocking image

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 of a friend

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 who won't

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 help without

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 being bothered

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 enough to

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 help

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 but then

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 Jesus qualifies

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 his point in

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 verses 11 to

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 13 by saying

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 that God is

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 not like that

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 friend

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 God is not

00:18:02.120 --> 00:18:02.519
 like that

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 friend

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 he's like

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 the most

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 caring

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 father

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 imaginable

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 so yes

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 God

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 sometimes

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 gives us

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 what we

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 need

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 only after

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 a long

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 season

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 of prevailing

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 and persisting

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 in prayer

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 but no

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 it's not

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 because he's

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 uncaring

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 it's not

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 because he's

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 insensitive

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 it's not

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 because he's

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 unable

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 so why

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 why does

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 he postpone

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 it for so

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 long

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 I think

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 Jesus gives

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 us some

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 clues

00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.640
 indirectly

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 in verses

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 11 to

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 13

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 it says

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 in verse

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 11 that

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 a good

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 father will

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 not give

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 his son a

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 serpent if

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 he asks

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 for a

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 fish

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 in other

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 words

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 the good

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 father only

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 gives his

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 children what

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 is good

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 for them

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 he only

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 gives them

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 what is

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 good for

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 them

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 so this

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 morning

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 6.30

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 Isabel

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 gets up

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 take her

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 downstairs

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 she heads

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 straight

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 for where

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 she knows

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 the biscuit

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 tin is

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 and goes

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 biscuit

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 biscuit

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 biscuit

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 biscuit

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 and if

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 Natalie

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 wasn't

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 there

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 maybe I

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 might have

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 given in

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 but

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 but no

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 we have

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 breakfast

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 first

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 and then

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 she doesn't

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 want the

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 biscuit

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 anymore

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 I didn't

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 give in

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 and give

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 it to

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 her

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 because I

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.000
 know it's

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 not good

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 for her

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 right there

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 and right

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 then

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 it doesn't

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 mean I

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.700
 never give

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:29.839
 her

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 biscuits

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 but not

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.519
 first thing

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:31.740
 in the

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 morning

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 it's not

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.460
 what I

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 have for

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 breakfast

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 it's the

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 only answer

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 that Jesus

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 gives to our

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 question in

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 this text

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 when the

00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.920
 father in

00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.500
 heaven gives

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.180
 us a slow

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 answer

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.779
 when he

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 wills that

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 we prevail

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 for a

00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:47.319
 season

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.299
 it is

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.359
 because he

00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:49.839
 is giving

00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.779
 us a fish

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.819
 and not a

00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:52.180
 serpent

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:55.880
 he is

00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:56.320
 giving us

00:19:56.320 --> 00:19:56.600
 what is

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.160
 good for

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.620
 us

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:58.920
 there is

00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.440
 something in

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 the prevailing

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.380
 there is

00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:00.820
 something in

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 the asking

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:01.980
 the seeking

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.620
 the knocking

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 that we

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 frankly need

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 as his

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.340
 disciples

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:07.840
 we need

00:20:07.840 --> 00:20:08.580
 that prevailing

00:20:08.580 --> 00:20:09.600
 it is good

00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:10.320
 for us

00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:12.100
 he knows

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:12.759
 what's best

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:15.539
 the promise

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.100
 that will

00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:16.920
 encourage us

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.680
 in prevailing

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.240
 in prayer

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 is verse

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.299
 10

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:21.220
 I'll read

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 it with a

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 little bit

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.619
 of a twist

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 based on

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 the original

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 language

00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.980
 everyone who

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 goes on

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.359
 asking

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 receives

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 and he

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.680
 who goes

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.419
 on seeking

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 finds

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 and to him

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 who goes

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 on knocking

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 it will be

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 opened

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:37.879
 God is not

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 unresponsive

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.480
 to prevailing

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:39.899
 prayer

00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:42.319
 the final

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 teaching that

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 Jesus gives

00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.519
 us on

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.079
 prayer is

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.279
 in

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 it's if you

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 like a

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.779
 circling back

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 to the very

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 beginning

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:51.079
 to the first

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 point of

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 God

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.299
 centeredness

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.579
 in our

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 prayer

00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:54.220
 and if I

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 understand

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.279
 Jesus here

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.220
 he means

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.920
 for us

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:58.799
 that the

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 prevailing

00:20:59.359 --> 00:20:59.920
 heartbeat

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.480
 of our

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 life here

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.059
 as a

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.619
 church

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:05.000
 he means

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.299
 for us

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.519
 to be

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.059
 prevailing

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.399
 in our

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:06.759
 prayer

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.960
 in Jesus

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.440
 teaches

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.319
 in verse

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:09.859
 13

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.680
 that our

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.259
 prevailing

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.079
 in prayer

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.859
 should be

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.420
 prevailing

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.079
 for the

00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:14.859
 Holy Spirit

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:18.919
 if you

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:19.339
 then

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:20.019
 even though

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.319
 you are

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.799
 evil

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.879
 know how

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.199
 much

00:21:22.199 --> 00:21:23.059
 how to

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.619
 give good

00:21:23.619 --> 00:21:24.059
 gifts to

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.259
 your

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.699
 children

00:21:24.699 --> 00:21:25.199
 how much

00:21:25.199 --> 00:21:25.599
 more will

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:25.740
 your

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.159
 Father in

00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.319
 heaven

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:26.979
 give you

00:21:26.979 --> 00:21:27.679
 the Holy

00:21:27.679 --> 00:21:28.079
 Spirit

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.419
 to those

00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:28.759
 who ask

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:28.939
 him

00:21:28.939 --> 00:21:30.519
 it's a

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.199
 prevailing

00:21:31.199 --> 00:21:32.659
 prevailing

00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:33.159
 asking

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.679
 seeking

00:21:33.679 --> 00:21:34.179
 knocking

00:21:34.179 --> 00:21:34.659
 that we

00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:35.359
 might receive

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.000
 the Spirit

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.059
 it is no

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.699
 accident that

00:21:37.699 --> 00:21:38.259
 Luke tells

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.699
 us in

00:21:38.699 --> 00:21:39.579
 chapter 3

00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:40.339
 verse 21

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.879
 that while

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.939
 Jesus was

00:21:41.939 --> 00:21:42.359
 praying

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.019
 the Holy

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.500
 Spirit

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.079
 descended on

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.399
 him like

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:44.839
 a dove

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.759
 or that

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:45.919
 the

00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.419
 outpouring

00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:46.779
 of the

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.139
 Spirit

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:47.399
 at

00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:48.179
 Pentecost

00:21:48.179 --> 00:21:49.000
 came

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.659
 at the

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:50.159
 climax

00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:50.599
 of

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.099
 10

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.539
 day

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.000
 prayer

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.480
 vigil

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:54.179
 or in

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.439
 Acts

00:21:54.439 --> 00:21:54.980
 chapter 4

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.779
 verse 31

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.679
 that when

00:21:56.679 --> 00:21:57.319
 the church

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.199
 had prayed

00:21:58.199 --> 00:21:58.859
 the place

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.179
 where they

00:21:59.179 --> 00:21:59.659
 gathered

00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.559
 was shaken

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.079
 and they

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.659
 were filled

00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:01.980
 with the

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.179
 Holy

00:22:02.179 --> 00:22:02.759
 Spirit

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:05.319
 prevailing

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.779
 prayer

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.500
 is the

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.039
 pathway

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:08.740
 to the

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.019
 outpouring

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.179
 of the

00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:09.359
 Holy

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:09.759
 Spirit

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:11.480
 when you

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.939
 prevail

00:22:11.939 --> 00:22:14.059
 in prayer

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.980
 for the

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.480
 outpouring

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:15.740
 of the

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:15.960
 Holy

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.539
 Spirit

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.659
 more is

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.039
 happening

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.379
 in your

00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:18.740
 life

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:18.919
 through

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.119
 this

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.559
 prevailing

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.259
 prayer

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.099
 than you

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.299
 could

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.799
 ever

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.259
 ever

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.879
 imagine

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:24.659
 God

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.460
 waits

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.940
 because

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.259
 our

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.879
 prevailing

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.599
 is good

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.399
 for us

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:31.340
 and so

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:31.780
 may the

00:22:31.780 --> 00:22:31.940
 Lord

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.340
 prevent

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:32.600
 us

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:32.920
 friends

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.120
 from

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:33.420
 losing

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.980
 heart

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:35.560
 and

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:36.100
 failing

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.519
 in the

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.800
 very

00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:37.160
 thing

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.400
 we

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:37.980
 need

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:39.620
 mighty

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:40.940
 prevailing

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.600
 prayer

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:44.100
 so let

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.280
 us

00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:44.620
 enter

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:44.900
 this

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.220
 week

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:47.600
 let us

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:47.860
 enter

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.100
 this

00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.340
 week

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.560
 with

00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:48.940
 God

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.380
 centered

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.880
 prayer

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:51.420
 with a

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.660
 sense

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:51.800
 of

00:22:51.800 --> 00:22:52.420
 security

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.880
 in the

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.400
 fatherly

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:54.720
 care

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.380
 of God

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:56.640
 with a

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:56.880
 new

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 resolve

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 to

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 prevail

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 and

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 persist

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 in

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 prayer

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 without

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 doubting

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 God's

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 love

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 and let

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 us prevail

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 specifically

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 in praying

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 for the

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 outpouring

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 of the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 amongst

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 us

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 here

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 his

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 power

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 his

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 gifts

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 his

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 full

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 blessing

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 all

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 the

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 while

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 rejoicing

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 that

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 the

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 prevailing

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 itself

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 is a

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 great

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 work

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 of the

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 indwelling

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 Spirit

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 of the

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 living

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 God

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 and so

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 let us

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 pray

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 let us

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 pray

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 and take

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 the words

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 of the

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 Lord's

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 prayer

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 and put

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 them in

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 my

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 language

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 let's

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 pray

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 our

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 gracious

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 God

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 and loving

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 heavenly

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 father

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 we long

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 to see

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 you

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 honored

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 more

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 and more

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 in our

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 church

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 and in

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 our

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 city

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:51.039
 cause

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 your

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 name

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 to be

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 hallowed

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 and glorified

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 amongst

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 us

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 magnify

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 your

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 worth

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 and your

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 glory

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 here

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 in our

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.839
 lives

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:03.539
 we pray

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 that your

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 kingdom

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.700
 rule

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 would come

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 in each

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 one of

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 these

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 hearts

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.279
 that are

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.519
 here

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:08.799
 right

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 now

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.059
 that your

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.420
 kingdom

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.019
 will come

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 and it

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 will rule

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 we also

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 pray

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.480
 Lord

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.839
 that your

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.279
 kingdom

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.539
 will be

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.120
 established

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 here on

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 earth

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.519
 we pray

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:17.980
 for the

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.640
 speedy

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:18.920
 coming

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.220
 of the

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.400
 Lord

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.720
 Jesus

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.299
 Christ

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:23.000
 we

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.279
 ask

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.480
 Lord

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.000
 that your

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 kingly

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.220
 rule

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.559
 would be

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 taken up

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.819
 here more

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.099
 and more

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.480
 fully

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.220
 over our

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.779
 church

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:31.200
 over our

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 lives

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:31.740
 our

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 families

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.359
 our

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.779
 city

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.779
 over our

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.519
 ministries

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:37.359
 speed the

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.779
 day we

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.220
 pray of

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.619
 Christ's

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:38.880
 final

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 appearing

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 we ask

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:40.920
 Lord

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.220
 that you

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.720
 would meet

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 our

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 physical

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 needs

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:44.480
 so that

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.839
 we can

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.460
 press on

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.019
 with joy

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.440
 in the

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.740
 work

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 you've

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 called

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 us

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 to

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 for your

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 namesake

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 forgive us

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.000
 oh Lord

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.360
 where we

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.980
 have sinned

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 and fallen

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 short of

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 your glory

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.340
 where we

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:56.940
 have gone

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 day by

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 day

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 in

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:01.720
 ungodliness

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 without reference

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 to you

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 your purposes

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:06.019
 your name

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 keep us

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:10.779
 Lord as

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.600
 well from

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.559
 entangling

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.559
 temptations

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:13.980
 that are

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.339
 in this

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.740
 world

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.519
 that are

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.919
 designed

00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.500
 to trip

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.339
 us up

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 and that

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.960
 will bring

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.579
 criticism

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.079
 to your

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.359
 name

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:20.700
 and your

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.139
 people

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:22.879
 and we

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.339
 ask this

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.579
 through

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:23.919
 Jesus

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.379
 Christ

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:24.619
 our

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:24.899
 Lord

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.980
 Amen