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 Let me read Luke 11, 1 through 13 for us.

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 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place,

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 and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him,

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

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 And he said to them, when you pray, say,

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 Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.

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 Give us each day our daily bread,

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 and forgive us our sins,

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 for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us,

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 and lead us not into temptation.

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 And he said to them, which of you who has a friend

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 will go to him at midnight and say to him,

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 Friend, lend me three loaves,

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 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey,

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 and I have nothing to set before him.

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 And he will answer from within, do not bother me.

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 The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed.

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 I cannot get up and give you anything.

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 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything

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 because he is his friend,

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 yet because of his impudence,

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 he will rise and give him whatever he needs.

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 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you.

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 Seek, and you will find.

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 Knock, and it will be opened to you.

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 For everyone who asks, receives,

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 and the one who seeks, finds,

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 and to the one who knocks, it will be opened.

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 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish,

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 will instead of a fish, give him a serpent?

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 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

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 If you then, who are evil,

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 know how to give good gifts to your children,

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 how much more will the heavenly father

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 give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

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 So this winter and spring,

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 we're walking through the Gospel of Luke,

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 and in particular, we're studying this middle section

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 of Luke's Gospel where Jesus is on his journey

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 from Galilee up to Jerusalem.

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 And in this middle section of Luke's Gospel,

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 this journey narrative,

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 one of the main themes over and over again

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 is the theme of discipleship.

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 What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus?

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 And we need that kind of instruction today.

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 We need to know what it looks like,

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 what shape it takes,

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 the heart of being a follower of Jesus.

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 So that's what we're gonna be considering together

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 over these coming weeks and few months

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 as we're looking at Luke's Gospel.

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 And the specific topic here in our passage today

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 is the topic of prayer.

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 Jesus himself has just finished praying,

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 and one of his disciples, Luke,

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 doesn't tell us who,

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 it could have been any of them,

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 says, Lord, teach us to pray.

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 Now, I wonder if you've ever found prayer to be hard,

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 something that doesn't come naturally.

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 Maybe for you, prayer is just the easiest thing

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 in the world.

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 You just have rich hours of prayer end on end.

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 You don't need any help.

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 If that's you, this sermon is not gonna be

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 very helpful for you.

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 But for the rest of us in the room,

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 this is gonna be for us.

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 So you can just zone out,

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 scribble in your bulletin,

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 whatever you wanna do.

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 But if you're like the rest of us,

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 maybe you found prayer to be frustrating.

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 Maybe you found prayer to be even boring at times.

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 Maybe you think of prayer as something

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 you wish you could do well,

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 but you struggle to do so.

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 And then, of course,

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 there seems to be so much out there about prayer.

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 I mean, how do you choose?

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 Where to go?

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 Who do you turn to for help?

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 In the first century,

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 there were various Jewish groups

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 and they all had their own distinctive prayers

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 that they used.

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 Apparently, as this first kind of references,

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 apparently John the Baptist

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 even taught his disciples specific prayers to say.

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 And you know, today too,

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 there's no shortage of options.

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 Every religion seems to have its own practices of prayer.

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 Even within Christianity,

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 there are hundreds of books about prayer

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 or collections of prayers.

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 Where do we start?

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 Have you ever wished that someone would just teach you

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 how to really pray?

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 Well, if that's you,

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 and I know that's often how I feel too,

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 you're in good company.

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 Every honest follower of Jesus at some point

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 is going to say,

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 Lord, teach me, teach us to pray.

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 And the beautiful thing about this passage

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 is that Jesus does just that.

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 He teaches us how to pray.

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 And He does so by addressing

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 the heart of two of our biggest problems

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 or two of our biggest difficulties

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 when it comes to prayer.

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 He's going to address one of those problems

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 in verses two through four,

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 and then He's going to address

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 the second deeper problem

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 in the rest of the passage.

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 And this first difficulty

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 that He addresses in verses two through four

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 is the very real difficulty

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 that oftentimes in prayer,

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 we just don't know what to say.

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 What are we actually supposed to be praying for?

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 How many times have you sat down to pray

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 and it feels like all that you can really come up with is,

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 oh Lord, would you bless this person?

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 And then you look down at your prayer list maybe

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 and you say, oh Lord,

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 would you bless that person?

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 And while you're at it,

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 would you bless my spouse and bless my kids

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 and bless my friends and bless my church

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 and bless that guy I met at the gas station

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 the other day?

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 And we don't even know what the word bless means.

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 What are we even praying about?

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 And yet we keep saying that

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 and that's all we say.

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 That's all we know what to do.

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 And pretty soon,

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 if we're brave enough to admit it,

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 we get pretty bored praying like that, right?

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 And our mind immediately wanders

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 to our to-do list for today

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 and our prayer life lacks all the depth

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 and profundity that real communion with God

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 ought to be.

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 But in these first few verses,

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 Jesus realizes what a real need that is.

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 And so rather than launch into a long discourse

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 about prayer,

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 it's nature, it's theology,

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 it's ins and outs.

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 Jesus says,

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 when you pray,

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 say this.

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 It's like when a child's learning

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 to write their letters for the first time

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 and the teacher sort of puts their hand

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 over the child's hand

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 and then helps them move the pencil across the page.

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 Jesus is here putting his hand over our hand

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 to help us begin forming the words of prayer.

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 It's an incredible picture of Jesus

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 as a good teacher

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 with kindness and tenderness.

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 When you pray,

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 say this.

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 And of course,

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 what we have in these verses

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 is what's come to be called

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 the Lord's Prayer.

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 There's another version of this same prayer

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 in Matthew chapter 6.

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 Matthew's version is a little longer

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 and it's probably the more familiar of the two,

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 but in substance,

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 they're really the same.

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 And you'll have to remember

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 that during his ministry,

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 Jesus was constantly traveling

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 from city to city,

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 teaching his disciples

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 and teaching various crowds.

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 And as like any traveling teacher of the day

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 or today,

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 he likely taught this prayer

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 on numerous occasions

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 with slight variations from time to time.

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 So it shouldn't throw us off

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 or surprise us too much

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 that we have at least two versions of this

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 recorded in the Gospels.

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 Jesus probably taught this on numerous occasions.

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 But when we come to the Lord's Prayer,

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 I think there are two dangers

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 that we want to avoid

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 as we approach this prayer

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 that Jesus teaches us.

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 On the one hand,

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 we want to avoid the danger

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 of just empty repetition.

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 You know,

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 even if you didn't grow up in the church,

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 you might be able to recite the Lord's Prayer

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 or at least parts of it will sound familiar.

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 You know,

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 even as I was reading the text,

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 you were probably like,

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 wait a second,

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 this kind of sounds familiar.

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 Where did I hear this before?

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 I know one guy

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 whose high school football team

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 would all recite it together

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 before their games.

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 I don't know what they thought

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 that was going to do

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 before a football game,

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 but they did it anyway.

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 It's just become sort of part

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 of our cultural wallpaper,

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 the Lord's Prayer.

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 So there's a danger

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 that the Lord's Prayer

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 just becomes something

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 that's sort of religiously sounding

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 that we just sort of repeat and recite

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 and we don't really pause

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 to make the prayer our own

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 or to say the words

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 with understanding

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 and with meaning

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 and with the kind of passion

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 and depth

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 that we're meant to pray it.

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 But the other danger

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 is that we swing the pendulum

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 all the way to the other side

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 and we never have any reference

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 to the Lord's Prayer at all

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 in our praying.

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 We just ignore it

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 or we avoid it.

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 As if Jesus had said,

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 when you pray,

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 say whatever comes to mind.

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 Well, that can't be

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 the right way either, right?

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 So rather,

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 putting both of these extremes aside,

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 what we see in the Lord's Prayer

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 is that Jesus is actually

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 giving us a rich pattern

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 to follow and to internalize,

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 a pattern that should deeply shape

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 and form our own praying.

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 Think of an athlete

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 learning their sport.

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 Some drills they will do

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 over and over and over

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 and over again

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 so that in a real game situation

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 it becomes second nature

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 so that when they need

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 to improvise,

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 the fundamentals are in place

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 to actually respond

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 to the new challenges

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 of the game

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 with grace and with skill.

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 Music is another good example.

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 A jazz musician

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 will spend a lot of time

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 learning every single note

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 in a Coltrane song,

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 playing it just like he played it.

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 Not because they're going to play

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 that exact same notes

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 in their own performance

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 but so that when they come

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 to play their own song,

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 they've deeply internalized

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 the principles

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 of how to improvise

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 from the best

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 and they actually have

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 the skill to do it.

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 And prayer is a lot like that.

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 It's a learned experience.

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 And it can be helpful

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 to actually pray

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 and repray

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 the Lord's Prayer

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 word for word

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 either together

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 when we gather

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 or individually

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 in our own times of prayer

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 so that it can sink

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 into our hearts

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 so that our times

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 then of spontaneous prayer

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 are formed

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 and fashioned

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 by the profundity

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 and the power

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 of what Jesus

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 is teaching us here.

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 So the Lord's Prayer

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 rather than something

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 we just mindlessly recite

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 or just we ignore

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 altogether

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 ought to be the scaffolding,

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 the structure,

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 the deep sort of pattern

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 of our praying.

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 So let's take a few moments

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 then and consider

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 this prayer together.

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 Of course,

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 it would take more

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 than just one sermon

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 to uncover all the riches

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 of the Lord's Prayer,

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 but I hope I can just highlight

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 some things this morning

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 that will help us

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 to kind of make this prayer

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 our own

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 in the coming weeks

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 and months.

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 The first thing to notice

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 is that the prayer

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 falls into two halves,

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 doesn't it?

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 And you see that

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 the first half,

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 the first part,

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 is centered on God.

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 It's about God's name

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 and God's kingdom.

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 And in Matthew's version,

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 he adds God's will.

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 And then the second part

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 considers our need.

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 Give us.

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 Forgive us.

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 Lead us.

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 So there's God

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 and then there's us.

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 And I think there's

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 a good lesson here.

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 Too often our prayers

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 simply begin and end

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 with our own

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 personal material needs.

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 But Jesus is teaching us here

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 that first and foremost,

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 prayer ought to be

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 God-centered.

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 We should pray

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 for God's name,

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 Jesus says.

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 God's name is

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 God's revealed character,

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 who he's revealed himself

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 to be,

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 his nature.

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 Jesus says we should pray

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 that God's name

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 would be hallowed,

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 which is a really strange word.

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 But it means to be set apart

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 or acknowledged as holy.

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 In other words,

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 we pray that God

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 would be seen

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 and known

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 and honored

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 and loved

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 as the God

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 he really is.

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 That he would get

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 all the praise

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 and glory

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 and reverence

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 he deserves.

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 That's what it means

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 to pray that God's name

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 would be hallowed.

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 And Jesus says

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 we should pray

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 for God's kingdom

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 to come.

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 That his reign

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 of justice and grace

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 would rule in our hearts

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 and our churches

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 and our communities

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 and our families

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 and our neighbors

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 that we would know him

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 and trust him

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 and serve him

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 as king overall.

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 You know,

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 if we spend more time

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 praying for God's name

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 to be exalted

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 and for God's kingdom

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 to come,

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 we'd probably

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 spend a lot less time

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 being upset

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 when it came to the status

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 of our own name

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 and our own kingdom,

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 wouldn't we?

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 Maybe I'm not getting

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 the credit

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 I think I deserve.

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 Maybe my plans

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 and dreams

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 and agendas

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 aren't working out

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 the way I planned.

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 But you know,

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 the more we pray

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 for God's name

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 to be exalted

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 and God's kingdom

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 to come,

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 the more and more

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 our hearts

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 will come to rest

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 in the fact

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 that my real good

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 and my real joy

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 and my real purpose

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 isn't ultimately found

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 in the exaltation

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 of my own reputation

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 or my own agenda,

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 but in the advance

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 of God's name.

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 And God's agenda.

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 So first,

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 the Lord's Prayer

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 teaches us

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 to be God-centered

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 in our prayers,

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 but second,

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 right along with that,

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 it teaches us

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 to bring all,

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 absolutely all

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 of our needs to God,

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 to hold nothing back.

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 Jesus teaches us

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 to pray openly

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 and honestly

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 for provision

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 and for pardon

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 and for protection here.

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 I actually stole that

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 from Pastor Greg

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 as we were talking

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 about this passage

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 earlier this week.

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 Isn't that nice?

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 Provision,

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 pardon,

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 and protection.

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 So let's look

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 at provision.

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 Give us each day

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 our daily bread,

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 Jesus says.

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 That is,

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 whatever is needful

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 for our physical

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 and material well-being.

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 God cares about those things

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 and he wants you

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 to ask him

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 to provide them

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 so that he can

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 demonstrate his goodness

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 and his all-sufficiency.

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 mercy.

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 But then Jesus also teaches us

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 to pray for pardon.

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 Forgive us our sins.

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 Now because of Jesus'

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 finished work on the cross,

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 everyone who places

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 their trust in Christ

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 is completely justified

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 before God.

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 So this request for pardon

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 isn't saying that

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 believers can lose

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 their salvation

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 along the track

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 so they have to keep

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 going back to God

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 to get their justification renewed.

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 No, that's not what Jesus is saying.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 rather,

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 he's showing us the need,

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 he's saying that

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 we need to be daily

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 going back

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 to his finished work

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 that has justified us.

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 Whatever sins

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 have been revealed

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 in our life that day,

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 we need to bring them anew,

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 put them under the cross

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 so that we can know

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 the assurance

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 and the power

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 of his forgiveness.

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 We go back

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 to an already

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 complete forgiveness

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 again and again,

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 which then flows out,

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 Jesus points here,

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 flows out into a life

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 of forgiving others.

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 He says,

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 for we ourselves

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 forgive everyone

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 who is indebted to us.

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 One writer put it this way,

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 believers are not simply

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 objects of forgiveness,

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 they're conduits

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 of forgiveness.

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 Jesus,

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 extending to others

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 what God in grace

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 has freely extended to them.

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 In other words,

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 as we pray for God

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 to forgive our sins

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 in the same breath,

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 we pray for our own hearts

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 that we would forgive others

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 in the same way.

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 So there's provision,

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 there's pardon,

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 and then there's protection.

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 Lead us not into temptation.

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 And with this request,

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 ultimately,

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 Jesus is teaching us

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 to be humble.

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 To acknowledge our need

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 for God every moment

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 to keep us free from sin.

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 We acknowledge with this prayer

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 that we are not

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 spiritual superstars.

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 That we can't make it

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 on our own.

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 That we need God's help

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 to live holy lives

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 and to withstand the tests

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 to our faith

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 that come every day.

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 So with these three requests,

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 we're really meant

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 to bring every area

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 of our lives

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 to God in prayer.

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 Now the last thing

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 I want to point out

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 about the Lord's Prayer

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 is not just that

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 it's very God-centered,

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 that it involves

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 all of our needs

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 and all of our requests,

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 but it's also

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 a corporate prayer.

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 And I think we overlook

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 this a lot.

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 Jesus says it's about us

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 and our.

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 Give us.

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 Forgive us.

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 Lead us.

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 This prayer isn't just

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 for our private,

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 personal requests.

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 It's meant to be prayed

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 together as the church.

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 This is the church's prayer

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 that Jesus taught us.

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 You know,

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 isn't it amazing

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 that though cultural practices

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 of prayer change

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 from place and place

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 and time to time,

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 you could go

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 to almost any Christian church

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 of any time

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 and any place

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 and you'd find them

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 praying these words.

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 Isn't that a beautiful thing?

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 So yes,

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 from time to time,

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 honoring the corporate nature

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 of this prayer

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 might mean actually

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 repraying these actual words

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 together in unison

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 during a church service

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 or during a prayer gathering.

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 But more than that,

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 it will mean praying

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 the substances

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 of these requests

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 with one another

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 and for one another.

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 Take any of these

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 five petitions

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 that Luke lists here

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 and consider

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 what would it mean

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 for us to pray this

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 as a church?

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 For example,

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 how might we be praying

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 as a church

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 for God's name,

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 for his revealed character

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 to be seen as holy

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 in us

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 and among us

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 and around us,

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 through us?

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 Well,

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 one way would be

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 for our love

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 to grow for one another

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 more and more.

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 Jesus said

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 that the world

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 would know

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 we are his disciples

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 by our love

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 for one another.

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 God is love,

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 John says

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 in his first epistle.

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 No one has ever seen God.

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 If we love one another,

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 God abides in us

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 and his love

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 is perfected in us.

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 We might pray,

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 God,

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 make your name

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 great among us

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 by empowering us

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 to be a loving church.

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 Help us to reflect

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 your self-giving love

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 that you displayed

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 on the cross.

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 You loved us

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 when we didn't love you.

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 We were your enemies

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 and you died for us,

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 so help us to love

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 one another

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 even when it seems

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 like we are not

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 being loved in return.

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 And may our city

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 see this love

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 that we share,

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 this supernatural love,

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 and may they know

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 how great

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 and how holy you are.

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 Father,

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 hallowed be your name.

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 And each one

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 of the petitions

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 could be expanded

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 like that

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 in infinite ways

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 as we take this prayer

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 and make it our own,

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 not just personally,

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 but corporately.

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 You see,

00:18:56.639 --> 00:18:57.519
 the Lord's prayer

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 is beautiful

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 in its simplicity,

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 isn't it?

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 It's so straightforward.

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 We don't have to heap up

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 lots and lots of phrases

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 to pray how Jesus taught us,

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 and yet this prayer

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 is utterly profound.

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 Each one of these petitions

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 is like a mountain range

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 that you can scale

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 and climb

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 and explore.

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 And the more time

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 you spend praying

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 and meditating

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 on one of these great summits,

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 the better perspective

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 you get of all the others,

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 like climbing one mountain

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 and then getting

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 an even better view

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 of the mountain range

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 on the other side

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 of the valley.

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 Each one of these prayers

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 should become our own.

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 So friends,

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 when you encounter

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 the difficulty

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 of not knowing

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 what to say in prayer

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 and how many of us

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 have been there,

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 take up this prayer

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 Jesus has taught us.

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 Pray it

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 and make it your own.

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 Say it in your own words.

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 Fill out the petitions

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 with the details

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 of your own life,

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 with the details

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 of the life

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 of our church.

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 See how other prayers

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 in scripture

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 expand on the same themes.

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 I've been spending

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 some time reading

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 the Psalms lately

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 and it's striking

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 how many of the petitions

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 in the Psalms

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 in one way or another

00:20:05.280 --> 00:20:06.460
 can be connected

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.340
 to the Lord's prayer.

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 This is the Lord himself

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 teaching us to pray.

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 How could we not

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 make it the heartbeat

00:20:14.320 --> 00:20:16.380
 of our own prayer life?

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 Surely Jesus knew

00:20:19.040 --> 00:20:19.620
 what he was doing

00:20:19.620 --> 00:20:20.240
 when he taught us

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 this prayer as a pattern

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 for our own.

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 But there's another problem,

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 isn't there?

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 On the one hand,

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:27.900
 prayer is hard

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 because often we don't

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.099
 know what to say,

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 but there's a deeper

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:32.079
 difficulty that we encounter.

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 We often struggle

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 to pray

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 because, well,

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:39.200
 we don't think

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 it'll make any difference.

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.519
 Right?

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 God doesn't seem

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 to answer,

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 so we stop asking.

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 Have you been there?

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:52.859
 wondering what use

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.859
 is it to pray?

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 And I think

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.420
 this problem

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:57.880
 really gets

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.400
 to the heart

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:58.920
 of prayer.

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 We need words

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 to say,

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.120
 yes,

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.759
 we need Jesus

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.620
 to put his hand

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.200
 over ours,

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.539
 as it were,

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.000
 and to help us

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.539
 form the words,

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 but just as much,

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.519
 we need Jesus

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 to teach our hearts,

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:10.120
 to speak to our hearts,

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.099
 to encourage us

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 to pray

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 when we've grown tired

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 or weary

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 or even cynical.

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 And to do that,

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 Jesus tells a story.

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 Imagine at midnight,

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.060
 he says,

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 you hear a knock

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 on the door.

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 A friend

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 has just arrived

00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:30.720
 to your home

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 on a journey.

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 He's traveled

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 through the middle

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 of the night

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 as so many travelers

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:36.299
 would in Jesus' day

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:38.620
 to avoid the burning heat

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:40.279
 of the Middle Eastern sun.

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 He's arrived

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 at your doorstep

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 at midnight,

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 but you have nothing

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:45.480
 to set before your friend.

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 Not even a few loaves

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:49.759
 of bread

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 for a single meal.

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 And of course,

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:52.240
 hospitality meant

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:54.000
 everything in Jesus' day.

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 It would have been

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:56.400
 massively embarrassing,

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 not just for you,

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.519
 but for your whole village

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.700
 to leave a guest

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 unprovided for.

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.500
 That would have been

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:04.300
 like a big social no-no.

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.860
 Hugely embarrassing

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.600
 not to provide

00:22:06.600 --> 00:22:07.300
 for your guest.

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:10.140
 But you're all out.

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.800
 And of course,

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:13.099
 the next batches

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.419
 of bread

00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:14.059
 won't be baked

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.720
 until the morning.

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.099
 And unfortunately,

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:18.139
 there are no 7-Elevens

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:19.519
 who are open 24-7

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.379
 in the first century,

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.359
 so you are out of luck.

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.319
 You are not going

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.819
 to get some hostess cakes

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.419
 to sort of set

00:22:25.419 --> 00:22:26.099
 before your friend.

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.279
 What do you do?

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.279
 Well,

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.659
 the only thing

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.379
 anyone would do

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.619
 in your shoes,

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:34.079
 you quickly head outside,

00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:35.559
 go to your neighbor's door,

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.440
 and you start knocking.

00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.059
 Ah,

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.859
 open up.

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.839
 I need to borrow

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.559
 some food.

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.039
 Lord,

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.539
 somebody just arrived.

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.859
 They didn't text me beforehand,

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:45.139
 and I don't have anything

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:45.879
 to give to them.

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.440
 And then Jesus says,

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.619
 imagine this answer

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.519
 comes from within.

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.339
 From your neighbor's

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.759
 small,

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.899
 one-room peasant home

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.720
 just like yours,

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.799
 you hear him call out,

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.899
 ah,

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.319
 really?

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.240
 Come on.

00:23:01.419 --> 00:23:03.339
 I finally got the kids

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.980
 to sleep.

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.659
 I am not going

00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:06.259
 to get up

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.359
 and give you

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:08.000
 any bread.

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.839
 It is not going

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.240
 to happen.

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.440
 There ain't no way.

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.339
 I already locked the door.

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.279
 Do you know how hard

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:14.180
 it is to unlock

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.660
 the door?

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.859
 I'm sleeping.

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:18.599
 I cannot get up

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.460
 and help you.

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.940
 Go knock

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.839
 on someone else's door.

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:25.000
 But then Jesus says

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:26.619
 this.

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.940
 He says to this group

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.880
 of first century people

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:32.420
 exactly what they know

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:33.119
 he's going to say.

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:35.039
 they all know

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.919
 that that neighbor

00:23:35.919 --> 00:23:37.459
 might not get up

00:23:37.459 --> 00:23:38.439
 and give you bread

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:39.419
 on account of your friendship

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:41.459
 but because it's

00:23:41.459 --> 00:23:42.599
 so embarrassing

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:44.239
 to have you knocking

00:23:44.239 --> 00:23:44.839
 on his door

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.519
 late at night

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.899
 and because all

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.819
 the neighbors can hear

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:49.539
 and because the reality

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.339
 is in your village

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.439
 nobody wants to be

00:23:51.439 --> 00:23:52.379
 that guy

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.399
 who refused

00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:54.339
 to give a few

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:55.199
 loaves of bread

00:23:55.199 --> 00:23:56.299
 to someone in need

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.039
 so he could show

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.819
 the all-important thing

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.519
 of hospitality.

00:23:58.739 --> 00:23:59.259
 In other words,

00:23:59.719 --> 00:24:01.000
 because your lazy neighbor

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.519
 wants to save face,

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:04.099
 Jesus says

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.779
 you know he's going

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.240
 to get up

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.960
 and give you

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.779
 whatever you need.

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.440
 The social pressure

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.879
 is just going

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.579
 to be too great

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.299
 and he's going

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.740
 to do it.

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.539
 And I think

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.279
 Jesus' audience

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.200
 would have kind

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.720
 of chuckled

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.359
 as he told them

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.900
 this parable

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.460
 just as you

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.059
 and I do today

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.500
 as we think

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.039
 about this grumpy

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.960
 neighbor complaining

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.460
 that he doesn't

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.980
 want to wake up

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.440
 the kids

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.940
 and yet still

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.839
 rolling out of bed

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.680
 because he's embarrassed

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.359
 by the racket

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.900
 being made

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.359
 and not wanting

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.039
 to come across

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.639
 as stingy

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.299
 and inhospitable.

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.980
 Many in Jesus'

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.259
 audience might have

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.519
 actually been that guy

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.460
 on an occasion or two.

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.740
 Who had a knock

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.139
 on their door

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.900
 and had to get up

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.639
 and give the bread.

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.200
 And the point

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.879
 Jesus wants us

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.700
 to see is this.

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.539
 Even if your grumpy

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.059
 neighbor,

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:46.420
 if even your grumpy

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.259
 neighbor will get

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.839
 out of bed

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:49.000
 and give you

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.660
 what you need,

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.819
 if even he's

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.639
 going to get up

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.539
 and respond

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:55.200
 and answer your request,

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:57.839
 how much more

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.899
 will your generous

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:01.480
 heavenly father

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:03.459
 who neither slumbers

00:25:03.459 --> 00:25:04.859
 nor sleeps,

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:07.019
 who knows every request

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:08.220
 before you even ask,

00:25:08.459 --> 00:25:09.799
 how much more

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:11.319
 is he going to hear

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.879
 every request you make

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:14.220
 and give you

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.740
 exactly what you need?

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:18.279
 So ask,

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.240
 Jesus says,

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.939
 and seek

00:25:20.939 --> 00:25:22.220
 and knock

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.659
 and don't give up.

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:25.680
 And then he switches

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.160
 the metaphor

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.480
 and says,

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.680
 if earthly fathers

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.200
 know how to give

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.900
 good gifts

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.560
 to their children,

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.360
 how much more

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.460
 your heavenly father?

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.700
 Ask and it'll be

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.600
 given to you.

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.660
 Seek and you'll find.

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.500
 Knock and it'll be

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.560
 open to you.

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:41.960
 Now of course,

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.019
 ask and it will

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.099
 be given to you.

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.019
 Doesn't mean that

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.059
 God will give us

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.019
 absolutely anything

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.759
 and everything

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.619
 we ask for.

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.599
 Our heavenly father

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.480
 is so much

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.460
 infinitely wiser

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:51.980
 than us

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.960
 and has infinitely

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.039
 better plans

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.899
 than we could imagine.

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.379
 The divine story

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:58.279
 that he is telling

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.480
 might not go

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.059
 according to

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.139
 our timeline.

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.940
 The divine story

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.519
 that God's telling

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.940
 in our lives

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.940
 might not follow

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:06.720
 our plot arc

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.720
 that we would have

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.259
 scripted.

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.159
 But that doesn't

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.559
 mean

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:12.779
 that God's

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.159
 sovereignty

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.899
 and love

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.480
 and wisdom

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.419
 and patience

00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:16.559
 are all working

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.720
 for your good.

00:26:18.179 --> 00:26:18.539
 Indeed,

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.700
 for your greatest

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.759
 and highest good.

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.639
 You see,

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.200
 what Jesus

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.779
 is trying to

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:26.019
 drive home

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.119
 in the second half

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:28.139
 of the passage

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:30.559
 is the unimaginable

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:32.119
 reality contained

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:33.179
 in that single

00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:33.980
 word

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.679
 with which

00:26:34.679 --> 00:26:35.519
 the Lord prayer

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.240
 begins,

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:37.500
 Father.

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:40.500
 You don't get it,

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:40.859
 do you?

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:41.359
 He says.

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.200
 God

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.200
 is now

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.179
 your father.

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:48.299
 Jesus is inviting

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.819
 us to experience

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.899
 the same

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.539
 intimacy

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.779
 that he has

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:54.079
 as the eternal

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.000
 son of God

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:56.000
 with God the father.

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.480
 He's saying,

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.319
 you now

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.659
 step into that

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.579
 because I've come.

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.159
 God

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:03.179
 is the

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.740
 God

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.099
 of God

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.399
 as their

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:04.879
 ministry

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.279
 that his

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.779
 followers

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.299
 now

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.159
 also have

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.720
 God

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.740
 as their

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.139
 father.

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.159
 Now,

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.500
 I know

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.039
 that your

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:14.079
 earthly father

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:15.379
 may have done

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.960
 nothing

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:17.399
 but bring pain

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:18.099
 and heartache

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.799
 in your life.

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.139
 Lots of us

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.899
 can attest to that

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.419
 in this room.

00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:23.179
 But don't you see

00:27:23.179 --> 00:27:23.859
 that is not

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.899
 how God

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.419
 relates to

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:25.879
 his children.

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.000
 children.

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.420
 He's the

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.340
 perfect father

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.700
 who holds

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.820
 nothing back

00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:31.400
 in his love

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.900
 toward you.

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:34.020
 Think about

00:27:34.020 --> 00:27:34.700
 the mission

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.300
 of Jesus

00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:35.940
 itself

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.640
 that climaxes

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.340
 in his death

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:39.200
 and resurrection.

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.640
 The heart

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.400
 of compassion

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.820
 that Jesus

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:43.040
 constantly shows

00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:43.640
 the way in which

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.100
 he's willing

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.800
 to absorb

00:27:44.800 --> 00:27:45.360
 the shame

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.840
 of the people

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.400
 around them

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.300
 and give them

00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:47.800
 his honor.

00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:49.460
 All of that

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:51.200
 is Jesus

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.160
 carrying out

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:53.080
 and expressing

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:55.080
 the father's

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.939
 love for you.

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.319
 And as Paul

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.919
 says in Romans

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.519
 8.32,

00:28:00.699 --> 00:28:01.259
 he who did

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.759
 not spare

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.740
 his own son

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.899
 but gave

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.240
 him up

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.980
 for us all,

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.019
 how will

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.879
 he not also

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.319
 with him

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.899
 graciously

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.419
 give us

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:09.159
 all things?

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.379
 You see,

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.579
 friends,

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.319
 the cross

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.419
 is the

00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:14.319
 undeniable

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.019
 sign

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:16.480
 that our

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.799
 father

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.960
 loves us

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.740
 and will

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.519
 always be

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.099
 loving to

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.419
 us

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:22.240
 in all

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.819
 things.

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.480
 And the

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.200
 supreme

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.799
 gift

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.160
 of the

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.539
 father

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:28.180
 as Jesus

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.640
 highlights

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.559
 in Luke

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.160
 11 here

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.480
 is the

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.120
 Holy Spirit.

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.700
 You see,

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.259
 because of

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.660
 what Jesus

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.339
 has done,

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.259
 we not

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.099
 only share

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.440
 Jesus'

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.500
 status

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.860
 as sons

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.319
 and daughters

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.640
 of the

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:43.980
 father,

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:46.500
 but wonder

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.339
 of wonders,

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.420
 we become

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.220
 partakers

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.220
 of the

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.640
 divine

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.240
 nature.

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.339
 not just

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.240
 a new

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.819
 status,

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.720
 but a

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.180
 whole new

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.720
 nature.

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.579
 The sharing

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.240
 of God's

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.759
 own

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:02.140
 life with

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.579
 us

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:04.940
 through the

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.620
 Holy Spirit.

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.000
 The same

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.640
 Holy Spirit

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.359
 that indwelt

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.359
 Jesus throughout

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.240
 his ministry

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.640
 now dwells

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.059
 in us.

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:15.379
 You know,

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:15.720
 in prayer,

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.220
 you may not

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.679
 always get

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.000
 what you

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.639
 ask for,

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.960
 but in

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.299
 this kind

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.799
 of prayer

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.879
 that Jesus

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.440
 teaches us,

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.799
 you will

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.399
 always get

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.960
 more and

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.379
 more of

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.599
 God

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.079
 himself.

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.279
 So when

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.099
 you ask,

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.500
 Jesus says,

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.599
 ask

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.720
 confidently.

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.799
 Ask,

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.559
 seek,

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.639
 knock,

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.440
 for the

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.139
 follower of

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.399
 Jesus'

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.639
 prayer always,

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:41.200
 always makes

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.799
 a difference.

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.380
 Because you

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.500
 see,

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:43.819
 in Jesus,

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.160
 we don't

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.519
 pray to

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.980
 some distant

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.319
 God,

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.819
 we don't

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.200
 pray to

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.680
 some far

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.059
 off deity,

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.720
 we pray to

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.460
 the holy,

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.460
 loving,

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.559
 triune God,

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.100
 our heavenly

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.539
 Father,

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.240
 who sent

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.700
 his Son to

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.180
 atone for

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.640
 our sins,

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.140
 and who

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.680
 sends his

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.100
 Spirit to

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.360
 make us

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:56.080
 partakers of

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.340
 the new

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:56.840
 creation,

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.519
 to put

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.299
 something in

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:01.480
 us that

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.759
 is so

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.700
 powerful and

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.200
 rich and

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.559
 new that

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.580
 connects us to

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:05.080
 the age to

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.360
 come,

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.000
 and that will

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.940
 draw us

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.279
 there,

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:09.019
 whether we

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.620
 realize it or

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.000
 not.

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:14.180
 So this is

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.580
 what it looks

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:15.279
 like to pray

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.680
 as followers

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.500
 of Jesus.

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.080
 Confident that

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.600
 God is our

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.140
 Father through

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.680
 the work of

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:21.920
 Jesus,

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:23.019
 we can take

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.759
 up these

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.759
 bold petitions,

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.600
 may your name

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.500
 be hallowed,

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.600
 may your kingdom

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.180
 come,

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.420
 give us what we

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.920
 need,

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.200
 forgive us when

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.600
 we've fallen

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:31.960
 short,

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.539
 lead us in

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.080
 your paths of

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.580
 righteousness,

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.039
 and we can

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.700
 ask with

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.799
 expectant trust

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.120
 that our

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:37.880
 heavenly Father

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.539
 not only hears,

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.240
 but he answers,

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.380
 answers,

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.740
 and he answers

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.440
 with a readiness

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.779
 and an abundance

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.500
 that flows over

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.640
 even to the

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.620
 giving of his

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.819
 very own self

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.519
 and the person

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.819
 of the Holy

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.259
 Spirit.

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.539
 So friends,

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.180
 this week and

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.980
 this season

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:57.700
 in our life as a

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:57.859
 church,

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:59.480
 may we commit

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.900
 to a renewed

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:02.500
 practice of

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.019
 prayer.

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.599
 Where is your

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.160
 difficulty?

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.079
 Is it because you

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.680
 don't know what to

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:08.980
 say?

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.279
 Is it because you

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.680
 don't know what

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.259
 difference it will

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.620
 make?

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.539
 Do you see what

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.279
 Jesus is teaching

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.779
 you here?

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:18.000
 You can take up

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.740
 this Lord's Prayer

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.360
 as your own,

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.920
 and you can expect

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:22.660
 a fresh outpouring

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.720
 of his Spirit

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.539
 as the result.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 God, in the quiet

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.200
 of this moment,

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.180
 we confess that

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:45.759
 Lord, prayer

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.279
 is difficult

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.920
 for us.

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.560
 Lord, we

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:51.080
 confess that

00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:52.019
 oftentimes it's

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:53.380
 not just the

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.120
 busyness of our

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.779
 schedules that

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.460
 gets in the way.

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.120
 Lord, it's not

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.880
 just the crowding

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.160
 of our

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.779
 responsibilities.

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.680
 It's not just

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.840
 our distractedness

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.440
 that keeps us

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.980
 from prayer,

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:02.480
 but we confess,

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.180
 Father, that it's

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.180
 a deep unbelief

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.960
 in your goodness

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.819
 and your

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.519
 willingness to

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.079
 hear us.

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:10.000
 It's a deep

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.259
 doubt that you

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.480
 really do respond

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.140
 to us as a

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:14.120
 father responds

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:15.940
 to his children.

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.900
 Father, as we

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.519
 gather around

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.579
 this table again

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.360
 and take the

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:22.019
 Lord's Supper,

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.160
 would we taste

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.200
 and see afresh

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.779
 with the eyes

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.579
 of our hearts

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:29.259
 that you are

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.200
 exceedingly,

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:32.019
 wonderfully good.

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 And that if you

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.600
 have indeed

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.360
 given us your

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:39.039
 Son, how will

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.980
 you not also

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:41.880
 graciously in

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.799
 your own time

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.779
 give us all

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.500
 good things?

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.299
 Father, we pray

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.799
 this in the name

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.220
 of Jesus.

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:49.840
 Amen.