WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.359 The first reading is taken from Luke chapter 11 verses 1 to 13 on page 1042 of the Red Church Bible. 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:26.179 That's Luke chapter 11 beginning at verse 1. 00:00:26.179 --> 00:00:30.120 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:32.719 When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, 00:00:33.299 --> 00:00:36.399 Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples. 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.159 He said to them, when you pray, say, 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:43.799 Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. 00:00:44.620 --> 00:00:46.600 Give us each day our daily bread. 00:00:47.420 --> 00:00:52.039 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:54.379 And lead us not into temptation. 00:00:54.380 --> 00:00:58.560 Then he said to them, suppose one of you has a friend, 00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:00.679 and he goes to him at midnight and says, 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:03.420 Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:06.200 because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, 00:01:06.620 --> 00:01:08.520 and I have nothing to set before him. 00:01:09.579 --> 00:01:11.260 Then the one inside answers, 00:01:11.620 --> 00:01:13.659 Don't bother me, the door is already locked, 00:01:13.740 --> 00:01:15.379 and my children are with me in bed. 00:01:15.800 --> 00:01:17.620 I can't get up and give you anything. 00:01:17.620 --> 00:01:21.939 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread, 00:01:22.020 --> 00:01:23.280 because he is his friend, 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:25.700 yet because of the man's boldness, 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:28.480 he will get up and give him as much as he needs. 00:01:30.020 --> 00:01:33.020 So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. 00:01:33.580 --> 00:01:34.880 Seek, and you will find. 00:01:35.520 --> 00:01:37.640 Knock, and the door will be opened to you. 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:40.320 For everyone who asks, receives. 00:01:41.320 --> 00:01:42.480 He who seeks, finds. 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:46.000 And to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 00:01:47.140 --> 00:01:48.260 Which of you, fathers, 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:50.460 if your son asks for a fish, 00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:52.380 will give him a snake instead? 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:55.060 Or if he asks for an egg, 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:56.320 will give him a scorpion? 00:01:57.320 --> 00:01:59.460 If you then, though you are evil, 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:02.180 know how to give good gifts to your children, 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:04.820 how much more will your Father in Heaven 00:02:04.820 --> 00:02:07.820 give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? 00:02:07.819 --> 00:02:14.759 And the second reading is just over the page in chapter 12, 00:02:15.299 --> 00:02:16.579 starting at verse 22. 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:20.739 Then Jesus said to his disciples, 00:02:21.579 --> 00:02:22.659 Therefore I tell you, 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:24.240 do not worry about your life, 00:02:24.419 --> 00:02:25.219 what you will eat, 00:02:25.539 --> 00:02:26.439 or about your body, 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:27.319 what you will wear. 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:29.740 Life is more than food, 00:02:29.740 --> 00:02:31.319 and the body more than clothes. 00:02:32.079 --> 00:02:33.019 Consider the ravens. 00:02:33.519 --> 00:02:34.780 They do not sow or reap. 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:38.560 They have no story more barn, 00:02:38.939 --> 00:02:40.020 yet God feeds them. 00:02:40.580 --> 00:02:43.400 And how much more valuable you are than the birds. 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:45.780 Who of you, by worrying, 00:02:45.939 --> 00:02:47.740 can add a single hour to his life? 00:02:48.300 --> 00:02:50.460 Since you cannot do this very little thing, 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:52.400 why do you worry about the rest? 00:02:53.580 --> 00:02:55.039 Consider how the lily grows. 00:02:55.819 --> 00:02:57.219 They do not labor or spin. 00:02:57.680 --> 00:02:58.479 Yet I tell you, 00:02:58.580 --> 00:03:00.599 not even Solomon in all his splendor 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:02.039 was dressed like one of these. 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:05.139 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, 00:03:05.419 --> 00:03:06.419 which is here today, 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:08.199 and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, 00:03:08.699 --> 00:03:10.479 how much more will he clothe you, 00:03:10.739 --> 00:03:11.819 O you of little faith? 00:03:12.459 --> 00:03:14.079 And do not set your heart 00:03:14.079 --> 00:03:16.439 on what you will eat or drink. 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:18.060 Do not worry about it. 00:03:18.379 --> 00:03:21.259 For the pagan world runs after all such things, 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.379 and your Father knows that you need them. 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:26.000 But seek his kingdom, 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:28.539 and these things will be given to you as well. 00:03:28.539 --> 00:03:29.539 Thank you. 00:03:38.539 --> 00:03:40.099 Thanks very much. 00:03:40.180 --> 00:03:41.799 So keep your Bibles open, please, 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:43.739 at Luke chapter 11. 00:03:44.620 --> 00:03:46.479 Over the last couple of Sundays, 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:50.019 we've been looking at the whole subject of prayer. 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.000 We've looked at who we pray to, 00:03:53.139 --> 00:03:54.819 that God is our Father, 00:03:54.819 --> 00:03:58.060 and we simply come to him as children, 00:03:58.739 --> 00:04:00.719 asking for help. 00:04:01.859 --> 00:04:02.879 And last week, 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:04.319 we looked at how we pray. 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:06.799 And this morning, 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:07.919 we're going to finish off, 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:08.959 as we focus, 00:04:09.539 --> 00:04:10.219 in particular, 00:04:10.379 --> 00:04:11.419 verses two to four, 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:13.979 on what we should pray. 00:04:15.459 --> 00:04:16.939 And because he is our Father, 00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:19.199 and because we are his children, 00:04:19.379 --> 00:04:21.139 let's ask for his help now, 00:04:21.139 --> 00:04:23.699 as we look at his word together. 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:32.680 Father, 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:34.819 please help us. 00:04:36.599 --> 00:04:39.120 Please pour out your spirit upon us, 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:43.519 so that we understand your word with our minds, 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:47.199 that it would fill our hearts and our lives, 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:50.759 changing us, 00:04:51.459 --> 00:04:54.740 so that you increase, 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:58.019 and we become less. 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:01.579 Transform us, 00:05:01.659 --> 00:05:05.379 so that our lives revolve around you, 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:07.439 and your priorities, 00:05:08.159 --> 00:05:09.399 and your desires. 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.819 and teach us, 00:05:12.819 --> 00:05:16.179 to live in line with you, 00:05:16.939 --> 00:05:18.179 and with what you want. 00:05:20.919 --> 00:05:21.479 Father, 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:23.500 through your word, 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:24.659 teach us, 00:05:25.299 --> 00:05:26.120 what to pray. 00:05:27.699 --> 00:05:28.299 Amen. 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:35.479 Well, in the 16th century, 00:05:35.679 --> 00:05:36.539 the scientist, 00:05:37.039 --> 00:05:37.620 Galileo, 00:05:37.620 --> 00:05:39.060 changed how we, 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:41.240 understand the world, 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:42.600 and how it works. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:44.399 He proved the theory, 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:46.100 that the sun, 00:05:46.220 --> 00:05:47.980 did not revolve around the earth, 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:49.399 as previously thought, 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:50.439 rather, 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:51.280 the earth, 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:52.740 revolved around, 00:05:53.060 --> 00:05:53.639 the sun. 00:05:54.019 --> 00:05:54.780 In other words, 00:05:54.899 --> 00:05:55.579 the sun, 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:57.100 is at the very centre, 00:05:57.480 --> 00:05:58.399 of the universe. 00:06:00.100 --> 00:06:00.420 Now, 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:01.780 our natural inclination, 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:02.500 as people, 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:03.660 is to think, 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:04.420 that we, 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:05.699 as human beings, 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:06.680 are at the centre, 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:07.379 of the universe, 00:06:07.620 --> 00:06:08.560 and that God, 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:10.540 revolves around us. 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:12.319 In other words, 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:13.980 God is there primarily, 00:06:14.840 --> 00:06:15.459 to meet, 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:16.639 my needs, 00:06:17.139 --> 00:06:17.560 and, 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:18.740 my wants. 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:19.959 So, 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:21.139 when we come to pray, 00:06:21.500 --> 00:06:22.180 we pray, 00:06:22.280 --> 00:06:22.879 as if it's, 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:23.959 all about me, 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:25.480 my concerns, 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:26.420 and, 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:27.600 my desires. 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:27.780 prayers. 00:06:29.180 --> 00:06:29.620 But, 00:06:29.620 --> 00:06:31.280 like the scientific discovery, 00:06:31.760 --> 00:06:32.379 in the past, 00:06:32.760 --> 00:06:34.060 we need to change, 00:06:34.200 --> 00:06:34.760 we need to, 00:06:34.760 --> 00:06:36.520 reorientate ourselves, 00:06:36.980 --> 00:06:38.100 and have a proper, 00:06:38.100 --> 00:06:38.879 understanding, 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:39.900 of, 00:06:40.280 --> 00:06:40.640 prayer. 00:06:42.939 --> 00:06:43.600 You see, 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:44.420 although we think, 00:06:44.500 --> 00:06:45.400 we're very important, 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:47.100 and I'm sure we are, 00:06:47.180 --> 00:06:48.480 all very important people, 00:06:49.100 --> 00:06:50.220 we are actually, 00:06:50.379 --> 00:06:50.720 not, 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:51.520 the centre, 00:06:51.860 --> 00:06:52.840 of the universe. 00:06:53.340 --> 00:06:54.000 God is. 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.300 In other words, 00:06:56.459 --> 00:06:58.060 God doesn't revolve, 00:06:58.100 --> 00:06:59.160 around us. 00:07:00.100 --> 00:07:00.720 Rather, 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:02.000 we revolve, 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:03.180 around him. 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:05.120 He sustains us, 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:06.620 not the other way around. 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:09.360 And our natural focus, 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:10.920 is when we pray, 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:12.800 is to pray with me, 00:07:13.100 --> 00:07:14.079 at the centre. 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:14.199 centre. 00:07:15.419 --> 00:07:15.779 So, 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:16.240 it's, 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:17.019 very common, 00:07:17.159 --> 00:07:17.459 I guess, 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:18.419 for us to pray about, 00:07:18.819 --> 00:07:19.439 my health, 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:21.500 or my job, 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:22.779 or my exams, 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:24.120 or my money. 00:07:25.579 --> 00:07:26.740 And it's good to pray, 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:27.740 about our needs, 00:07:27.819 --> 00:07:28.560 and concerns. 00:07:29.819 --> 00:07:30.459 But they're not, 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:31.219 the centre, 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:32.599 of prayer. 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:34.899 Like the disciples, 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:36.299 here in chapter 11, 00:07:36.299 --> 00:07:38.019 we need to be taught, 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:38.959 what, 00:07:39.159 --> 00:07:39.899 to pray. 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:41.120 So, 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:41.899 in verse 1, 00:07:42.180 --> 00:07:43.019 after Jesus, 00:07:43.159 --> 00:07:43.779 was praying, 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:44.779 the disciples, 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:45.680 come to Jesus, 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:46.240 and they say, 00:07:46.359 --> 00:07:46.699 Lord, 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:48.479 teach us to pray. 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:51.300 And Jesus' answer, 00:07:51.599 --> 00:07:52.779 is very simple. 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:54.259 It's what we now call, 00:07:54.500 --> 00:07:55.560 the Lord's Prayer, 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:57.479 in verses 2 to 4. 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:00.240 And it changes, 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:00.979 the focus, 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:01.579 from, 00:08:02.039 --> 00:08:03.579 me-centred prayers, 00:08:04.579 --> 00:08:05.099 to, 00:08:05.099 --> 00:08:07.079 God-centred prayers. 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:09.060 So, 00:08:09.159 --> 00:08:09.799 what we're going to do, 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:10.979 is we're going to look at, 00:08:11.099 --> 00:08:11.339 this, 00:08:12.039 --> 00:08:12.339 prayer, 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:13.519 the Lord's Prayer, 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:15.079 as a framework, 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:16.879 for how we should pray, 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:20.159 God-centred prayers. 00:08:21.219 --> 00:08:21.859 So, 00:08:21.939 --> 00:08:22.599 the first thing, 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:25.099 we're going to look at, 00:08:25.919 --> 00:08:27.740 praying for God's desires, 00:08:28.740 --> 00:08:31.299 in a God-centred way. 00:08:31.300 --> 00:08:33.700 So, 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:34.639 when we start, 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:37.039 we start with, 00:08:37.980 --> 00:08:38.620 verse 2, 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:39.460 Father. 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.019 We're reminding ourselves, 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:44.019 at that point of conversation, 00:08:44.019 --> 00:08:44.840 with God, 00:08:45.340 --> 00:08:46.879 that we have been invited, 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:48.340 to join, 00:08:48.500 --> 00:08:49.460 our relationship, 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:50.620 with Jesus, 00:08:51.419 --> 00:08:52.740 in his relationship, 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:54.200 with the Father. 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:54.240 Father. 00:08:54.920 --> 00:08:55.960 The intimate, 00:08:56.160 --> 00:08:57.100 and personal, 00:08:57.100 --> 00:08:57.820 relationship, 00:08:58.020 --> 00:08:58.940 Jesus enjoyed, 00:08:59.160 --> 00:09:00.240 with his Father, 00:09:00.660 --> 00:09:01.280 is now, 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:02.560 our relationship, 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:03.900 to enjoy. 00:09:04.860 --> 00:09:06.100 But let's remember, 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:07.200 our Father, 00:09:08.660 --> 00:09:10.040 is not our big buddy. 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:11.720 He is, 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:13.320 as we read in chapter 10, 00:09:13.580 --> 00:09:14.440 verse 21, 00:09:14.680 --> 00:09:15.480 last week, 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:16.980 that he is Lord, 00:09:16.980 --> 00:09:17.940 of heaven and earth. 00:09:18.160 --> 00:09:19.879 He's the all-powerful, 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:21.919 all-ruling Father. 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:23.679 Nothing is outside, 00:09:23.860 --> 00:09:24.779 of his control. 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:25.899 He is, 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:27.080 the Father is, 00:09:27.299 --> 00:09:28.120 the centre, 00:09:28.539 --> 00:09:29.600 of the universe. 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:31.600 So, 00:09:31.659 --> 00:09:32.799 as we come to pray, 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:35.220 we reorientate ourselves, 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:36.659 around the Father. 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:38.320 So, 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:39.120 we want, 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:40.580 what the Father wants. 00:09:41.340 --> 00:09:42.679 We begin to pray, 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:45.340 what the Father desires. 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:47.360 So, 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:48.860 what does the Father want? 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:49.620 What does he, 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:50.500 desire? 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:51.320 Well, 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:54.539 when we pray, 00:09:54.779 --> 00:09:55.379 we pray, 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:56.659 verse 2, 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:57.700 hallowed, 00:09:57.840 --> 00:09:58.559 or holy, 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:01.299 be your name. 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:03.340 It's about his name. 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:04.559 This isn't about us. 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:07.059 And when we're talking, 00:10:07.059 --> 00:10:08.039 about a name, 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:09.679 we're talking, 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:10.820 about somebody's, 00:10:10.820 --> 00:10:11.500 character, 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:12.500 or somebody's, 00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:13.179 reputation. 00:10:14.500 --> 00:10:15.340 Their name, 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:16.259 is tied up, 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:17.659 with the kind, 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:18.419 of person, 00:10:18.620 --> 00:10:19.580 that they are. 00:10:19.580 --> 00:10:19.820 So, 00:10:19.900 --> 00:10:20.720 this is a prayer, 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:22.440 that God's name, 00:10:22.780 --> 00:10:24.280 that his reputation, 00:10:24.740 --> 00:10:25.920 and his character, 00:10:26.420 --> 00:10:27.800 would be set apart, 00:10:28.180 --> 00:10:29.960 from every other name, 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.660 and every other person. 00:10:32.400 --> 00:10:33.500 Because that's what, 00:10:33.620 --> 00:10:34.980 holy or hallowed means. 00:10:35.300 --> 00:10:36.139 It means to be, 00:10:36.139 --> 00:10:36.759 separate, 00:10:37.139 --> 00:10:38.320 or distinct. 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:39.920 So, 00:10:39.920 --> 00:10:41.620 this is all about God's name. 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:43.520 It's all about his character, 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:45.379 and his reputation, 00:10:45.920 --> 00:10:46.980 being made known, 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:47.980 being set apart, 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:49.000 being different, 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:50.560 to everyone else, 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:51.660 and everything else. 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:51.779 Jesus. 00:10:53.980 --> 00:10:55.579 But how do you and I, 00:10:55.819 --> 00:10:57.819 make God's name holy? 00:10:58.439 --> 00:10:59.939 Surely God is holy already, 00:11:00.059 --> 00:11:00.839 so how do we, 00:11:00.839 --> 00:11:01.879 make it holy? 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:03.600 Well, 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:04.740 when we come to, 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:06.279 Jesus in faith, 00:11:07.339 --> 00:11:08.819 we are welcomed, 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:09.679 into, 00:11:09.860 --> 00:11:11.019 God's family. 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:12.899 When we trust Jesus, 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:14.339 we are invited, 00:11:14.339 --> 00:11:15.399 into his family. 00:11:15.659 --> 00:11:16.579 We have access, 00:11:16.579 --> 00:11:17.839 to the same father. 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:19.320 But more than that, 00:11:19.420 --> 00:11:20.360 because we are now, 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:21.440 in his family, 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:23.460 or because we've been, 00:11:23.460 --> 00:11:25.240 adopted into his family, 00:11:25.700 --> 00:11:26.860 we now have, 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:28.120 the same name. 00:11:28.280 --> 00:11:28.820 We bear, 00:11:28.940 --> 00:11:29.780 the same name. 00:11:30.680 --> 00:11:32.139 So keep your finger there, 00:11:32.280 --> 00:11:34.340 in Luke chapter 11, 00:11:34.460 --> 00:11:34.980 and go to, 00:11:35.060 --> 00:11:36.759 Ephesians chapter 3. 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:39.680 Ephesians chapter 3. 00:11:40.560 --> 00:11:41.900 I think this will help us, 00:11:41.900 --> 00:11:42.620 understand, 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:45.920 how we have his name, 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:47.160 if we are his, 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:48.019 children, 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:48.980 through faith, 00:11:49.319 --> 00:11:50.139 in Jesus. 00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:52.339 So, 00:11:53.419 --> 00:11:54.879 Ephesians chapter 3, 00:11:55.899 --> 00:11:59.519 and verse 12. 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:04.839 Ephesians chapter 3, 00:12:04.939 --> 00:12:05.959 and verse 12. 00:12:09.100 --> 00:12:10.279 It says there, 00:12:10.439 --> 00:12:10.959 in him, 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:12.039 or in Jesus, 00:12:12.299 --> 00:12:13.360 and through faith, 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:14.339 in Jesus, 00:12:14.340 --> 00:12:16.820 we may approach God, 00:12:16.899 --> 00:12:17.580 with freedom, 00:12:18.139 --> 00:12:19.399 and confidence. 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:21.399 Verse 14. 00:12:21.920 --> 00:12:23.340 For this reason, 00:12:24.180 --> 00:12:26.180 I kneel before the Father, 00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:30.240 from whom his whole family, 00:12:30.800 --> 00:12:31.420 in heaven, 00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:32.420 and on earth, 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.920 derives its name. 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:36.920 You see, 00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:38.080 we have been given, 00:12:38.300 --> 00:12:39.460 his name. 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:40.960 We've been invited, 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:41.879 into his family. 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:43.440 So we now, 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:44.560 have that name, 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:45.259 so we, 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:46.040 his children, 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:47.519 are to reflect, 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:48.500 his character, 00:12:48.940 --> 00:12:50.360 and his reputation, 00:12:50.800 --> 00:12:51.500 so that, 00:12:51.660 --> 00:12:52.400 his name, 00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:53.340 is made known. 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:54.100 So when people, 00:12:54.280 --> 00:12:54.680 look at us, 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:55.240 they'll think, 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:56.780 God's name, 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:57.820 the Father's name, 00:12:57.900 --> 00:12:58.680 this is who he is, 00:12:58.740 --> 00:12:59.900 this is what he is like. 00:13:02.060 --> 00:13:02.500 Now, 00:13:02.540 --> 00:13:03.720 sometimes in sport, 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:05.420 a name, 00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:06.800 like Nike, 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:08.000 or Adidas, 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:09.220 or something like that, 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:10.080 will sponsor, 00:13:10.560 --> 00:13:11.139 a player. 00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:12.180 That means, 00:13:12.300 --> 00:13:13.340 they have been given, 00:13:13.540 --> 00:13:14.320 the name, 00:13:14.899 --> 00:13:15.540 of Nike. 00:13:16.540 --> 00:13:17.899 They are to represent, 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:18.940 that name, 00:13:19.060 --> 00:13:20.240 on the sports field, 00:13:20.500 --> 00:13:21.320 and when they play, 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:22.060 in competition. 00:13:22.560 --> 00:13:23.600 They are to show, 00:13:23.800 --> 00:13:24.440 that Nike, 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:25.840 makes better, 00:13:25.980 --> 00:13:26.680 and greater, 00:13:26.680 --> 00:13:27.600 sports equipment, 00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:29.019 than everybody else. 00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:32.079 And in the same way, 00:13:32.179 --> 00:13:33.240 we have been given, 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:35.000 the family name, 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:35.919 of God. 00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:37.019 We bear, 00:13:37.179 --> 00:13:37.740 his name. 00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:38.779 So we, 00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:39.740 as his children, 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:40.799 are to reflect, 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:41.779 his character. 00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.500 In other words, 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:44.519 our lives, 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.319 are to show, 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:46.399 how great, 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:47.439 and how awesome, 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:48.899 how magnificent, 00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:50.980 God is. 00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:53.819 So this is a prayer, 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:56.799 that is asking God, 00:13:56.899 --> 00:13:57.860 that he would change, 00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:58.899 our character, 00:13:59.019 --> 00:14:00.379 he would change, 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:01.159 us, 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:04.199 so that God's name, 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:05.639 is made famous, 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:06.860 not ours. 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:07.960 We're wanting, 00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:08.799 to promote, 00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:10.480 the name of God, 00:14:10.699 --> 00:14:11.539 not our name. 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:13.179 We want people, 00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:13.960 to know him, 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:15.460 not us. 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:17.620 That's a God, 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:18.779 centered prayer. 00:14:20.419 --> 00:14:21.860 And when we pray, 00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.799 also verse 2, 00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:24.439 we pray, 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:26.039 your kingdom, 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:26.860 come. 00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:29.220 And when we're talking, 00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:30.039 about a kingdom, 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.879 we're talking about, 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:32.120 well, 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:33.100 there must be a king, 00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:34.639 and if he is king, 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:36.399 then he must rule over lands, 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:37.879 and he must rule over people. 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:39.600 So this is a prayer, 00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.180 a great, 00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:41.039 big prayer, 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:42.720 that God's rule, 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:43.960 his kingship, 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:45.180 would be recognized, 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:47.039 in every nation, 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:48.240 across this world, 00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:51.360 and in every person's life. 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:54.659 Go back to Luke, 00:14:54.940 --> 00:14:55.759 chapter 4. 00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:57.740 Luke, 00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:58.620 chapter 4. 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.240 Here, 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:03.580 Jesus is at the beginning, 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:04.500 of his ministry, 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:06.840 and he's been doing, 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:08.759 these amazing miracles, 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:09.560 signs, 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:10.180 and wonders. 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:10.980 He's been healing, 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:11.580 the sick. 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:14.460 He's been demonstrating, 00:15:14.460 --> 00:15:15.320 his power, 00:15:15.420 --> 00:15:16.180 and his authority, 00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:17.200 over demons, 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.600 and over the forces, 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:19.180 of evil. 00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:20.859 And naturally, 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:21.979 it's attracting, 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:22.500 a huge, 00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:23.179 big crowd. 00:15:23.739 --> 00:15:24.339 But here, 00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:25.859 Jesus makes his priority, 00:15:26.079 --> 00:15:26.419 clear. 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:28.159 At verse 42, 00:15:28.479 --> 00:15:29.659 of chapter 4. 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:35.739 Luke, 00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:36.419 chapter 4, 00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:37.219 verse 42. 00:15:37.339 --> 00:15:38.000 At daybreak, 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:38.939 Jesus went out, 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:40.139 to a solitary place, 00:15:40.439 --> 00:15:41.059 and the people, 00:15:41.199 --> 00:15:42.319 were looking for him, 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.019 because they wanted, 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.740 more miracles. 00:15:45.219 --> 00:15:46.240 And when they came, 00:15:46.339 --> 00:15:47.120 to where he was, 00:15:47.199 --> 00:15:48.579 they tried to keep him, 00:15:48.580 --> 00:15:49.840 from leaving them. 00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:51.900 But he said, 00:15:52.520 --> 00:15:54.040 I must preach, 00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:56.639 the good news, 00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.600 of the kingdom, 00:15:57.820 --> 00:15:58.620 of God, 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:00.379 to other towns, 00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.080 also, 00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:02.660 because that is why, 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.300 I was sent. 00:16:03.540 --> 00:16:05.180 I must tell people, 00:16:05.259 --> 00:16:06.320 about the good news, 00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:06.980 of the kingdom. 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.860 And the good news, 00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:10.580 of the kingdom, 00:16:11.040 --> 00:16:12.220 is that Jesus, 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:14.259 is God's chosen king. 00:16:14.900 --> 00:16:15.820 That Jesus, 00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:16.960 came into the world, 00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:17.940 the God man, 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:18.960 to renew, 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.740 and restore, 00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:20.820 this broken world. 00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:21.980 So when he healed, 00:16:22.040 --> 00:16:22.500 the sick, 00:16:23.060 --> 00:16:23.880 and when he raised, 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:24.440 the dead, 00:16:24.660 --> 00:16:26.260 and when he cast out demons, 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:28.100 he was giving people, 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.160 a glimpse, 00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:30.660 of what God's kingdom, 00:16:31.060 --> 00:16:32.020 would be like. 00:16:32.880 --> 00:16:33.480 A world, 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.300 without pain, 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:35.020 or suffering. 00:16:35.260 --> 00:16:35.700 A world, 00:16:35.760 --> 00:16:36.520 without death, 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:37.240 or evil. 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.460 It was the kind, 00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:38.920 of world, 00:16:39.020 --> 00:16:40.140 that people long for, 00:16:40.180 --> 00:16:41.460 and people dream of. 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:44.560 But how do people, 00:16:44.560 --> 00:16:45.480 actually enter, 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.600 into this kingdom? 00:16:46.900 --> 00:16:47.540 How do you get, 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:48.700 a part of this kingdom? 00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.019 Well, 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.879 if we look at Luke, 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:51.920 chapter 5, 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.639 verse 31, 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:56.139 Jesus makes it, 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.860 very clear, 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.900 how that happens. 00:16:59.280 --> 00:17:00.340 He's been spending, 00:17:00.540 --> 00:17:01.019 a lot of time, 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.660 with people, 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:03.600 who the religious people, 00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:05.259 don't want to associate with. 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.180 They're called, 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.880 the sinners. 00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.200 People like you, 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.620 and me. 00:17:08.619 --> 00:17:10.199 And so, 00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:11.039 in verse 31, 00:17:11.139 --> 00:17:11.819 of chapter 5, 00:17:11.919 --> 00:17:12.779 Jesus said to them, 00:17:13.139 --> 00:17:13.959 it's not the healthy, 00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:15.779 who need a doctor, 00:17:16.159 --> 00:17:16.979 but the sick. 00:17:17.639 --> 00:17:18.339 I haven't come, 00:17:18.439 --> 00:17:18.779 for people, 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.819 who think they're good. 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.079 I've come, 00:17:21.159 --> 00:17:21.539 for people, 00:17:21.679 --> 00:17:22.259 who know, 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.939 that they need help. 00:17:24.579 --> 00:17:25.299 Verse 32, 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.959 I have not, 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.819 come to call, 00:17:27.919 --> 00:17:28.479 the righteous, 00:17:29.439 --> 00:17:30.339 but sinners, 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.159 to repentance. 00:17:32.419 --> 00:17:32.959 You see, 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.719 we enter, 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:35.179 into God's kingdom, 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:37.399 when we recognize, 00:17:37.399 --> 00:17:38.279 that we are, 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:39.259 rebellious sinners, 00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:39.920 who've turned, 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:41.079 against God's rule. 00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.819 We have removed, 00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:44.079 God from the centre, 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:46.299 and we've put ourselves, 00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.440 at the centre. 00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.619 We live, 00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.480 as if God, 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.740 revolves around us, 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.660 as if God is there, 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.720 to meet my needs, 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.619 and my wants. 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.000 And so, 00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.799 this is a call, 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:56.579 to repent, 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.700 and to put God, 00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.680 at the very centre, 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.440 of our lives, 00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.339 to make him, 00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:02.099 the ruler, 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.660 of all that we do. 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.420 So, 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:06.059 this prayer, 00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.759 that we have, 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:08.000 in Luke chapter 11, 00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:10.039 your kingdom come, 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.379 is a prayer, 00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:13.879 which is simply asking, 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.099 for God's rule, 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:16.039 in our lives, 00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.700 to put him, 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.839 at the very centre, 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:18.779 of our lives, 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.579 that his rule, 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:20.740 would be demonstrated, 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.599 in us, 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:22.660 and through us. 00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:24.759 But more than that, 00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.640 as we begin, 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.680 to tell the good news, 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.240 of the kingdom, 00:18:27.379 --> 00:18:28.200 to other people, 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.940 that they too, 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.680 would repent, 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.940 and turn to him, 00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:35.259 and make Jesus Christ, 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.279 their king, 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.860 and their lord, 00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:39.279 of their lives. 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:40.880 So, 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.539 we're praying, 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.980 for God's desires, 00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:45.320 that his name, 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.500 is made famous, 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.279 that his name, 00:18:48.360 --> 00:18:48.840 is known, 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.940 throughout the nations, 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:51.759 and that his rule, 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.440 would come, 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.600 in people's lives. 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:55.039 It's not about us, 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:57.000 it's about him, 00:18:57.320 --> 00:18:58.440 and his kingdom. 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.440 So, 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.340 we are praying, 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:03.700 about God's desires, 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.980 his name, 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.860 and his kingdom. 00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:09.900 So, 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.500 does that mean, 00:19:10.600 --> 00:19:10.960 that God, 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.680 isn't interested, 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.700 in my needs? 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.820 Does God, 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.600 not care about, 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.360 my health, 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.720 or my job? 00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:20.539 Does God, 00:19:20.580 --> 00:19:21.559 even want us, 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.059 to pray, 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:23.120 about our concerns? 00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.480 Is he, 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.320 is he even, 00:19:24.320 --> 00:19:25.420 interested in us? 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.500 Well, 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.039 of course, 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.920 God does. 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:29.680 He is our loving father, 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:31.000 that's what we've been looking at, 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:32.539 in Luke chapter 11. 00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.900 He takes, 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.840 delight, 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.580 when we, 00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.300 as his children, 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.039 come to him, 00:19:37.300 --> 00:19:38.580 and bring our requests, 00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.700 and ask him, 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.220 for things. 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.900 But when we pray, 00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.880 for our needs, 00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:46.400 we need to pray, 00:19:46.560 --> 00:19:47.300 for our needs, 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:49.140 in a God-centered way, 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:51.420 not a selfish way. 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.519 So, 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.180 when we pray, 00:19:54.340 --> 00:19:55.220 for our needs, 00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:57.740 here's what we're to pray. 00:19:58.460 --> 00:20:00.120 Verse 3 of chapter 11. 00:20:01.560 --> 00:20:02.640 When we pray, 00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.560 we pray, 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.800 give us this day, 00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:06.360 our daily bread. 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.640 Now, 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.640 if you're like me, 00:20:09.820 --> 00:20:10.500 in any way, 00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:12.019 when you're hungry, 00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:14.420 maybe yesterday afternoon, 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.220 you were sitting down, 00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:17.019 you go to the fridge, 00:20:17.300 --> 00:20:18.140 and you root around, 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.000 for a bit of food. 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:21.059 And if there's nothing, 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:21.859 in the fridge, 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.099 well, 00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:24.119 you go down to Dunn's, 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:25.240 or down to Barry Collins, 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:26.720 and you go and buy some food. 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:29.319 If we haven't got food, 00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:30.619 we don't tend to pray, 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:32.680 give us this day, 00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.579 our daily bread. 00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:36.399 we just go buy it. 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.759 But the point is, 00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.619 we should. 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:43.139 Because when we pray this prayer, 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.679 we are recognizing, 00:20:44.679 --> 00:20:45.879 that the source, 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:48.259 of all the food that we eat, 00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:50.579 and all the food that we buy, 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.579 is God. 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.599 He's the source. 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.799 He's the one who gives life. 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:57.819 He's the one who sustains all life. 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:59.859 He's the one who makes the rain fall. 00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:01.559 He's the one who makes the sunshine, 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:03.740 that makes everything grow. 00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.019 You see, 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:08.180 if God were to remove his hand, 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.180 from this world, 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:11.500 we'd have nothing. 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:14.359 So this is a prayer, 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:16.680 that shows my complete, 00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:18.119 and utter dependence, 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.579 on God. 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:21.220 That I need God, 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.200 and that without him, 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.940 I would simply die. 00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:25.700 Because God is, 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.279 after all, 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:27.420 at the very center, 00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.319 of the universe. 00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:30.460 He holds everything together, 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:32.580 and I need to be reminded, 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:34.200 of that on a daily basis, 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.400 as I sit down, 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.420 to my shredded wheat, 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.100 in the morning, 00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:38.319 when I sit down, 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.100 to my spuds, 00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.840 in the evening, 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:41.539 I need to be reminded, 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.700 that this came from God. 00:21:47.860 --> 00:21:49.680 But praying this prayer, 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.880 also helps us, 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.680 to focus, 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.860 on his name, 00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:56.339 and his kingdom. 00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:58.399 Have a look at Luke, 00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.379 chapter 12, 00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.559 verse 22. 00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:02.740 This was part of our second reading. 00:22:05.159 --> 00:22:05.639 Luke, 00:22:05.719 --> 00:22:06.379 chapter 12, 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.339 verse 22. 00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:15.039 Jesus said to his disciples, 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.859 therefore, 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.799 I tell you, 00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.720 do not worry, 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.759 about your life. 00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:23.000 And who of us, 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:24.139 don't worry about life, 00:22:24.199 --> 00:22:24.359 eh? 00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:26.159 I tell you, 00:22:26.199 --> 00:22:26.779 do not worry, 00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.480 about your life, 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.559 what you will eat, 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.220 or about your body, 00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.099 what you will wear. 00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:33.059 Life, 00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:34.639 is more than food, 00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.199 and the body, 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.039 more than clothes. 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:37.240 So consider, 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.980 the ravens. 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:41.619 We don't have too many ravens, 00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.960 come down into our garden. 00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.740 We have a few, 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.379 sparrows, 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.079 and things like that. 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.779 So consider the sparrows, 00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.339 if you like. 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.659 They do not sow, 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.279 or reap. 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.960 They have no storeroom, 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.639 or barn. 00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:55.440 Yet God feeds them. 00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:59.819 And how much more valuable, 00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.819 are you, 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.819 than birds? 00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:04.779 You are his children. 00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:06.899 So how much more valuable, 00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.519 are you, 00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.500 than the birds, 00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.939 that land down in your garden? 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.200 Verse 25, 00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.139 Who of you, 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:14.159 by worrying, 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.819 can add a single hour, 00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.799 to his life? 00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:20.559 Since you cannot do, 00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:22.319 this very little thing, 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.139 why do you worry, 00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.919 about the rest, 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.759 about food, 00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:27.319 and all of these things? 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:30.259 God knows, 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.879 what our needs are. 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:34.200 So we are to come, 00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:35.339 independent, 00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:38.480 and stop worrying. 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.700 Verse 29, 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:42.179 And do not set your heart, 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.159 on what you will eat, 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.639 or drink. 00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:45.480 Do not worry about it. 00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:47.359 For the pagan world, 00:23:47.439 --> 00:23:49.119 runs after all such things, 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:50.439 and your father, 00:23:50.439 --> 00:23:51.879 knows that you need them. 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.740 But, 00:23:53.179 --> 00:23:54.819 seek his kingdom, 00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:56.679 and these things, 00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:58.019 will be given to you as well. 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.700 You see, 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.639 we are to pray, 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:03.200 this very simple prayer, 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.759 for our daily bread, 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.480 trusting, 00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.319 that God will provide, 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.139 for us, 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.859 so that, 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.619 we can focus, 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.439 and give our attention, 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:18.539 to God's kingdom. 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.659 kingdom. 00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.740 You see, 00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.659 most of us, 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.819 myself included, 00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.180 spend our time, 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.519 worrying about the future. 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:27.139 What are we going to eat? 00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:29.099 What are we going to wear? 00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:31.259 What about all those bills, 00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.159 that I have to pay? 00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:33.359 What about saving, 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.059 for a pension, 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.319 and a retirement package? 00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.839 What about my future, 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.639 and all these things? 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:37.879 And, 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:38.879 well, 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.759 we give our time, 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.559 to building up, 00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:41.960 our own little kingdoms. 00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.740 Making sure, 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.480 that we are all, 00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:45.480 so secure, 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.359 and that we are, 00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.879 all so well protected, 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:49.620 that any eventuality, 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.840 that might come upon us, 00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.240 well, 00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:52.160 we'll be okay. 00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.500 In fact, 00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.220 we have become, 00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.500 so secure, 00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:59.820 we don't need, 00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.260 God, 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.980 anymore. 00:25:02.300 --> 00:25:03.200 We're so, 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.480 protected in our life, 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.960 we don't need to pray, 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.920 give us this day, 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.820 our daily bread. 00:25:10.560 --> 00:25:11.800 But that's being, 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.760 me centered, 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.520 rather than, 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.280 God centered. 00:25:14.280 --> 00:25:15.920 We simply pray, 00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:17.220 give us today, 00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:18.339 our daily bread, 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.259 for today, 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.740 not for the next week, 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.839 but for today, 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.519 so that we can focus, 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.819 on God's kingdom, 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.000 which will last, 00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.980 for an eternity. 00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.279 Seek his kingdom, 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.299 and these things, 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.240 will be given to you, 00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:33.920 as well. 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.600 So we pray, 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.519 independence, 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.140 asking God, 00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.799 to give us, 00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.519 our basic, 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.559 daily needs, 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.180 so that, 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.019 we can give, 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.940 our resources, 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.579 and time, 00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.119 and energy, 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:48.700 to his kingdom. 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:52.279 And when we pray, 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:53.240 for ourselves, 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:57.039 verse 4, 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.980 of chapter 11, 00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.619 we pray, 00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.740 forgive us our sins, 00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.599 for we also, 00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.759 forgive everyone, 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.500 who sins, 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.839 against us. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.839 In case, 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.240 you haven't realized yet, 00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:11.259 we all continue, 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.819 to sin. 00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.799 And so, 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.599 we continue, 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.259 to need, 00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.299 to come to God, 00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.900 and ask for forgiveness. 00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.819 In fact, 00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.200 seeking forgiveness, 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.859 is a sign, 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.759 that we are, 00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.720 God's children. 00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.480 It's not something, 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.319 we do once, 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:28.460 and then forget about it, 00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.200 as something, 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.259 in the past. 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.980 It's an ongoing, 00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.240 daily exercise. 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.839 It's a child, 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.859 coming to their father, 00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.559 knowing that, 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.420 they need forgiveness. 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:40.000 It's a little bit, 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.800 like marriage. 00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.740 If I fall out, 00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.519 with Kirstie, 00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:47.060 and we sometimes do, 00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.960 we're still married. 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.039 We're still bound, 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.200 to each other. 00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.460 But the point is, 00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.180 the relationship, 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.740 isn't what it ought to be. 00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.259 And so, 00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.019 we need to come, 00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:00.200 and ask for forgiveness, 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.640 so that, 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.580 that relationship, 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:04.019 is restored, 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.840 and it's everything, 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.779 that it should be. 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.360 And in the, 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:08.099 same way, 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.519 when I sin, 00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.240 it doesn't mean, 00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.759 that somehow, 00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.399 the father, 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.219 has shut me out, 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.919 of his presence, 00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.779 and he doesn't want, 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.959 to talk to me anymore. 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.019 No, 00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.759 the relationship, 00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.759 still exists. 00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.299 He is still my father, 00:27:19.479 --> 00:27:20.419 and I am still, 00:27:20.479 --> 00:27:21.199 his child, 00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.699 but the relationship, 00:27:22.699 --> 00:27:24.419 is not what it ought to be. 00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.679 So I come to him, 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.079 asking for forgiveness. 00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.759 And when I ask, 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.379 for forgiveness, 00:27:32.199 --> 00:27:33.039 it has this, 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.819 amazing, 00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.799 knock on effect. 00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.599 Look at verse 4, 00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.539 the second part. 00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.220 You see, 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.139 when we ask God, 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.919 to forgive us, 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.079 of all of our sins, 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.799 we do so, 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:46.139 for we also, 00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:47.539 forgive everyone, 00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.119 who sins, 00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.339 against us. 00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.119 You see, 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.859 the sign, 00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.960 or the evidence, 00:27:54.659 --> 00:27:56.000 that I have been, 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.399 forgiven by God, 00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.779 is that I now, 00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.700 begin to forgive, 00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.379 others, 00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:02.080 who sin against me. 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.460 It's the sign, 00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.380 it's the evidence. 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:08.040 So if I hold something, 00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:09.360 against another person, 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.860 if I don't forgive them, 00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.720 if I continue, 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.780 to hold a grudge, 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:15.000 against that person, 00:28:15.260 --> 00:28:16.560 and won't forgive them, 00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.380 then I need, 00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.000 to go back, 00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.740 to the cross, 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:21.140 and look at Christ, 00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.080 and see, 00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:23.100 how God, 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.320 has forgiven me, 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.280 in Christ. 00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:28.000 And when I see, 00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:29.140 what he has done for me, 00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:30.180 I cannot, 00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.580 withhold forgiveness, 00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:33.320 from another person. 00:28:34.520 --> 00:28:35.960 So this is a prayer, 00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.880 about me, 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.560 yes, 00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:38.780 and my needs, 00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.240 yes, 00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.500 I need forgiveness. 00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:42.240 But this is a prayer, 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.759 saying, 00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.720 Father, 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.420 forgive me, 00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.680 so that, 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.220 I can forgive, 00:28:48.540 --> 00:28:49.280 like you. 00:28:50.060 --> 00:28:50.940 Forgive me, 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.440 Father, 00:28:51.780 --> 00:28:52.400 so that, 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.440 I am gracious, 00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:54.880 and compassionate, 00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:55.960 and merciful, 00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.060 like you. 00:28:57.300 --> 00:28:58.259 So that when people, 00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.319 see my life, 00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.180 they will begin, 00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.940 to see something, 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.099 of your character, 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.980 in me. 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.799 They will see, 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.539 how merciful, 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.279 and compassionate, 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.339 you are, 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.519 because I, 00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.720 am compassionate. 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.440 So this prayer, 00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.200 is essentially, 00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.420 yes, 00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.579 it's about our needs, 00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.259 forgiveness, 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.119 but it's about, 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:19.960 us becoming, 00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.400 like God. 00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:25.300 So we need to pray, 00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:26.540 for God's desires, 00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:29.019 we need to pray, 00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.160 for our needs, 00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:33.420 and then finally, 00:29:33.780 --> 00:29:35.600 we need to pray, 00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.880 that our prayers, 00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:38.800 continue to be, 00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:40.140 God centred. 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:42.220 Look at the conclusion, 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.060 to this prayer, 00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:44.400 in chapter 11, 00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:46.280 verse 4. 00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:48.540 That little phrase, 00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.159 at the end, 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.180 and lead us, 00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.899 not into temptation. 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.619 This is like, 00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.259 a summary, 00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.659 of the whole prayer. 00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.099 The focus, 00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.940 is all about, 00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:59.740 praying God centred prayers, 00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:01.539 not me centred prayers. 00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.819 And the temptation, 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.779 is always to think, 00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:06.279 that life is about me. 00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:09.000 Our natural drift, 00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:10.139 is to remove God, 00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.799 from the centre, 00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.420 and put me, 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.019 at the centre, 00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.339 and pray things, 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.480 for my wants. 00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:14.879 God, 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.720 do this for me, 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.579 do this now, 00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.600 I want this, 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.680 I need this. 00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.940 So this is a great, 00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:23.019 prayer to pray, 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.500 lead us not, 00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.799 into temptation. 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.700 It's not about me, 00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:30.079 I don't want to be tempted, 00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.519 into, 00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.900 it's about me. 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.579 I want it to be, 00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.460 about God. 00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.200 Now of course, 00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.980 it doesn't mean, 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.900 that we will never, 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.579 be tempted. 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.500 Temptation, 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.240 is part of, 00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:44.240 the Christian life. 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:46.039 Luke 4, 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:47.039 tells us all about, 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:48.440 how Jesus was tempted. 00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:51.160 So we are not asking, 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.220 that we will never, 00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.880 be tempted. 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.700 Rather, 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.660 in this prayer, 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.799 we are asking, 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.000 that we would be able, 00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.839 to resist, 00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.200 temptation. 00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.359 That we would, 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.240 stand up, 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.359 under the pressure, 00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.859 to put me, 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.559 at the centre, 00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.539 and to push God out. 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.779 So in conclusion, 00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.839 this is a prayer, 00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:13.559 that God, 00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.159 that God remains, 00:31:14.159 --> 00:31:15.000 central. 00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.240 That he increases, 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.919 and I become less. 00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.579 It's a prayer, 00:31:22.699 --> 00:31:23.519 that every time, 00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.500 I am tempted, 00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:25.980 to promote my name, 00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.480 and want things from me, 00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.439 and things to be done, 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.039 my way, 00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:30.179 I stop, 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.019 and I pray, 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.319 holy be, 00:31:32.699 --> 00:31:33.459 your name. 00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:35.379 We want the name, 00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:36.000 of God, 00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.879 to be made famous. 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:40.480 And it's a prayer, 00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.320 that every time, 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.960 I'm tempted, 00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.920 to build my own, 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.540 little kingdom, 00:31:43.780 --> 00:31:44.440 and secure, 00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:45.580 my own little future, 00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:47.200 and protect my life, 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.960 and my world, 00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:50.640 I simply stop, 00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.220 and I pray, 00:31:51.540 --> 00:31:53.220 your kingdom come. 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.620 Whatever may happen, 00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.280 my health, 00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.560 whatever may happen, 00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.380 to my children, 00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.640 whatever may happen, 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.460 to my job, 00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:02.040 your kingdom come, 00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:03.620 your rule be done, 00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:05.340 in our lives, 00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.780 and in this world. 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:11.140 So this is, 00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:12.120 a major, 00:32:12.560 --> 00:32:14.200 reorientation, 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.740 to how we pray. 00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:17.780 We take ourselves, 00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.720 out of the centre, 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.520 we put God, 00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.400 into the centre, 00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.760 because we revolve, 00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.580 around God. 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.340 We are dependent, 00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:27.080 on him, 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.820 and we want, 00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.740 what he wants, 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:32.000 and what he wills, 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.980 for us. 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.800 So, 00:32:35.260 --> 00:32:37.040 as we close, 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.900 let's pray, 00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.980 this prayer, 00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.860 together. 00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:41.560 You can keep, 00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.420 your Bible open, 00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.860 and we can read, 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.600 this prayer, 00:32:44.760 --> 00:32:45.620 simply together, 00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.460 in response, 00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.240 to what we've just, 00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.480 been looking at. 00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.580 We'll start, 00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.200 with Father, 00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:55.240 and we'll end, 00:32:55.320 --> 00:32:55.860 where it says, 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.400 temptation. 00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.920 So let's pray, 00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.780 this prayer, 00:32:59.040 --> 00:32:59.420 together. 00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.380 Father, 00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:02.519 Father, 00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:04.840 hallowed be your name, 00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:06.920 your kingdom come, 00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:09.039 give us each day, 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.160 our daily bread, 00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.539 forgive us our sins, 00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:14.640 for we also forgive, 00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:16.060 everyone who sins, 00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:16.960 against us, 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.759 and lead us not, 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.840 into temptation. 00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.660 Amen. 00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:27.880 We're going to sing, 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.860 words that reflect, 00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.920 this very prayer, 00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:34.920 let your kingdom come, 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:52.940 to go.