WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:05.200 Well, we've been talking about praying all kinds of prayers for all kinds of people, 00:00:05.980 --> 00:00:12.099 and it wasn't actually my intention, but it happened that the Sunday that it came to talk 00:00:12.099 --> 00:00:18.179 about praying for our families was actually Family Day, so I thought, huh, that's good. 00:00:19.699 --> 00:00:24.859 We've talked to the kids a little bit already, but this morning we want to ask the question, 00:00:24.859 --> 00:00:31.679 as we seek to pray for our families, what is it that God wills for our families? 00:00:33.179 --> 00:00:37.399 What should we ask God to do in our families and for our families? 00:00:38.480 --> 00:00:42.780 What does he want to see in our families? 00:00:43.539 --> 00:00:47.840 And our answer this morning comes from Ephesians chapter 5. 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:52.260 If you have your Bibles, please open them up to Ephesians chapter 5. 00:00:52.259 --> 00:01:22.239 Ephesians chapter 5. 00:01:22.260 --> 00:01:31.020 Father, psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing and making music from your heart to the Lord, 00:01:31.960 --> 00:01:40.000 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:45.219 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. 00:01:45.219 --> 00:01:55.519 Much like the passage that we looked at last week, Paul makes a statement. 00:01:56.019 --> 00:01:59.000 He says, understand what the Lord's will is. 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:01.819 Last week it was, this is the will of God. 00:02:02.859 --> 00:02:05.420 Understand what the Lord's will is, he said. 00:02:05.420 --> 00:02:08.379 What is the Lord's will? 00:02:08.379 --> 00:02:15.500 He says that we not be under the influence or the control of substance, 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:20.300 but instead that we be under the influence of the Holy Spirit. 00:02:20.300 --> 00:02:25.120 And there are going to be things that that looks like. 00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:27.460 There are going to be results from that. 00:02:28.500 --> 00:02:31.219 Just like alcohol has its effects, 00:02:31.780 --> 00:02:37.600 the Holy Spirit being under his influence is going to have an effect on your life. 00:02:37.660 --> 00:02:40.939 And it will come out and be seen in these ways, Paul says. 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:43.540 He gives five participles. 00:02:43.539 --> 00:02:48.139 For those of you who are rusty on your grammar, that's a word that ends with ing. 00:02:49.959 --> 00:02:54.939 Speaking with one another, psalms, hymns, songs of the Spirit, 00:02:55.539 --> 00:02:58.819 singing, making music, giving thanks. 00:03:00.359 --> 00:03:01.799 What a wonderful picture. 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:05.599 And then we come to the last participle. 00:03:07.739 --> 00:03:12.699 Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. 00:03:12.699 --> 00:03:14.019 And we're like, what? 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:16.739 One of these things is not like the others. 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:24.699 These first four give you this picture of a church that is joyful and musical and thankful and worshiping. 00:03:27.519 --> 00:03:28.159 Submitting? 00:03:28.899 --> 00:03:31.079 Is that really fit with that? 00:03:32.659 --> 00:03:35.259 According to Paul, it does. 00:03:36.659 --> 00:03:41.299 God's will is that we would live a life under the influence of the Spirit, 00:03:41.300 --> 00:03:42.660 controlled by the Spirit. 00:03:43.660 --> 00:03:51.020 And one of the marks of that is submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:56.960 I had actually planned to preach on this passage last summer when we did our one another series. 00:03:57.420 --> 00:04:00.900 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 00:04:00.900 --> 00:04:05.980 I was halfway through my week and things were looking good. 00:04:06.099 --> 00:04:10.240 But then all of a sudden, the more I started looking at the passage and really studying it, 00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:15.000 I realized, I've got to find myself another one another to preach on for Sunday. 00:04:15.099 --> 00:04:16.920 Because this doesn't mean what I thought it meant. 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:23.860 Up until last summer, I'd kind of just been under the impression that Paul meant that we should generally, 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:26.160 as believers, submit to one another. 00:04:26.939 --> 00:04:28.160 Defer to one another. 00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:30.280 What each other wants. 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:38.279 But the more I looked at the flow, the grammar, the details, what Paul uses for the words, 00:04:38.379 --> 00:04:40.719 what he doesn't, what he omits, 00:04:41.059 --> 00:04:48.059 I started to see that this is not really a call for all of us to just generally submit to one another. 00:04:49.459 --> 00:04:51.139 I took it out of context. 00:04:51.819 --> 00:04:58.739 Paul actually goes on to talk about the kind of submitting to one another that he wants there to be, 00:04:58.740 --> 00:05:00.240 that the Lord wants there to be. 00:05:01.180 --> 00:05:03.400 You can see the flow of this in verse 21. 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:07.220 He says, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:10.620 Wives to your husbands. 00:05:11.259 --> 00:05:13.199 Then down to chapter 6, verse 1. 00:05:13.379 --> 00:05:15.420 Children to your parents. 00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:18.240 Then down to chapter 6, verse 5. 00:05:18.500 --> 00:05:20.280 Slaves to your masters. 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:27.560 He's not talking about how we as believers should just generally submit to one another. 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:35.360 He's talking about how believers in any situation where they find themselves under another person's authority, 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:39.120 out of reverence for Christ, submit to that person. 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:46.399 Whether that's wives to husbands, children to parents, slaves or bond servants to masters. 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:53.759 And so if we trace Paul's argument all the way through, it kind of goes like this. 00:05:54.159 --> 00:05:56.199 Understand what the Lord's will is. 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:57.959 What the Lord wants for you. 00:05:58.339 --> 00:05:59.620 Well, what does he want for you? 00:06:00.739 --> 00:06:05.139 He wants you to live a life that is under the influence and control of the Spirit. 00:06:05.259 --> 00:06:06.379 And what does that look like? 00:06:06.739 --> 00:06:09.000 It looks like submitting to one another. 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:14.019 And then the first place that he goes to apply this is to family. 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:18.420 Is to family relationships. 00:06:19.459 --> 00:06:23.459 And he starts with the wives. 00:06:24.620 --> 00:06:26.060 Verse 22. 00:06:26.060 --> 00:06:34.100 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 00:06:35.420 --> 00:06:43.459 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 00:06:44.459 --> 00:06:51.740 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:59.740 These words are not very popular in our culture today. 00:07:01.819 --> 00:07:04.480 Feminists balk at these words. 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:12.860 The general attitude I think of our North American culture is that these words are dated. 00:07:13.379 --> 00:07:14.220 They're backwards. 00:07:14.780 --> 00:07:16.879 They're denigrating towards women. 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:16.959 Men. 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:26.180 There's a strong current of belief in our culture today that men and women are equal in every way. 00:07:31.159 --> 00:07:37.879 And even amongst Christians, this issue is not totally agreed upon. 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:46.480 There are many Christians today who will look at a passage like this and their line of thinking would go something like this. 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:48.480 Well look, he says slaves and masters. 00:07:48.700 --> 00:07:51.020 Well we don't even have slaves and masters today. 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:55.280 And so, you know, culture changes. 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:56.439 Things change. 00:07:58.520 --> 00:08:02.560 The role of men and women in society today has changed. 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:06.240 And so what's written here doesn't apply to us. 00:08:06.379 --> 00:08:12.259 Paul was simply saying that you need to do what's right according to the cultural norms of your day. 00:08:12.259 --> 00:08:14.420 Which means submitting to your husbands. 00:08:14.420 --> 00:08:20.379 Which means submitting to your masters if you're a bondservant. 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:23.339 It's a very well-argued position. 00:08:23.860 --> 00:08:26.439 And there are many believers who hold to that. 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:30.180 And it shouldn't be something that we break faith with them over. 00:08:30.180 --> 00:08:35.919 But I think if we look more closely at what Paul is saying here. 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:41.159 And at the overall teaching about men and women throughout the Bible. 00:08:41.379 --> 00:08:43.500 We'll come to a different conclusion. 00:08:44.560 --> 00:08:49.879 What is the reason that Paul gives for why wives should submit to their husbands? 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:55.000 Submit yourselves to your own husbands. 00:08:56.439 --> 00:08:59.100 Because it's fitting in our day and age. 00:09:01.059 --> 00:09:01.659 No. 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:04.179 That's not what he says. 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:06.960 He says submit yourselves to your own husbands. 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:11.659 For the husband is the head of the wife. 00:09:12.740 --> 00:09:16.419 As Christ is the head of the church. 00:09:16.419 --> 00:09:19.299 That's not a cultural reason. 00:09:20.599 --> 00:09:24.799 God has made Christ to be the head of the church. 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:28.079 The one in authority over his people. 00:09:29.259 --> 00:09:30.279 And in the same way. 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:34.839 God has made the husband to be head of the home. 00:09:35.099 --> 00:09:35.799 Of the household. 00:09:35.939 --> 00:09:36.599 Of the family. 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:41.259 The one in authority over the family. 00:09:42.319 --> 00:09:45.819 He is responsible to God for his family. 00:09:45.820 --> 00:09:49.220 He will answer to God for his family. 00:09:49.220 --> 00:09:52.060 In a way that she will not. 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:06.080 Paul gives a couple instructions about the manner in which we should submit as wives. 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:08.040 To our husbands. 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.920 He says wives submit yourselves to your own husbands. 00:10:13.920 --> 00:10:15.380 As you do to the Lord. 00:10:15.820 --> 00:10:20.000 Down in verse 24. 00:10:20.140 --> 00:10:21.000 He says it again. 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:23.220 In case we might miss the importance of this. 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:24.180 He says it again. 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:27.080 As the church submits to Christ. 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:30.800 So also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 00:10:31.260 --> 00:10:34.360 And I don't think he means for us to press that so far. 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:40.480 That we treat our husbands as if they are Jesus. 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:41.860 In the sense that they are perfect. 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:42.460 That they are perfect. 00:10:42.899 --> 00:10:44.080 That you know. 00:10:44.139 --> 00:10:45.860 They say jump. 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:47.759 And we say how high. 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:51.539 I think the general gist of what he is saying there. 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.779 Is that the way that the church submits to Christ. 00:10:54.779 --> 00:10:57.500 Is out of deep reverence and respect. 00:10:57.860 --> 00:11:00.940 For the position of authority that he has over us. 00:11:00.940 --> 00:11:05.160 In the same way wives are to submit to their husbands. 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:08.339 With reverence and respect. 00:11:08.339 --> 00:11:12.159 For the position of authority that God has given them. 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:13.399 In the home. 00:11:13.899 --> 00:11:14.959 In the family. 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:19.980 And notice those words that he says at the very end of verse 24. 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:24.219 He says wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 00:11:24.220 --> 00:11:29.019 Finances. 00:11:30.180 --> 00:11:31.259 Decision making. 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:33.220 Parenting. 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:34.300 Education. 00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:35.580 You name it. 00:11:36.860 --> 00:11:42.519 The implications of this are that the husband has the final say. 00:11:44.680 --> 00:11:46.519 He will answer to God. 00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:47.759 For everything. 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.960 When it comes to your family. 00:11:51.800 --> 00:11:53.940 Right about now those of you who are married. 00:11:53.940 --> 00:11:56.000 And our women are thinking. 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:56.460 Whew. 00:11:57.340 --> 00:11:59.460 This is not what I signed up for. 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:01.320 That sounds awful. 00:12:01.920 --> 00:12:03.540 I mean have you met my husband? 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:10.200 That doesn't sound like a good idea. 00:12:10.660 --> 00:12:13.740 If I hadn't put my foot down many times in our marriage. 00:12:14.040 --> 00:12:15.540 Our family would have been ruined. 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:22.840 The trouble with submission. 00:12:23.940 --> 00:12:28.380 Is not one that's unique to this scenario. 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:31.300 None of us likes to submit. 00:12:31.920 --> 00:12:32.940 To authority. 00:12:33.300 --> 00:12:35.360 We are wired away from that. 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:36.240 Because of sin. 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:40.060 None of us likes to be told what to do. 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:41.660 Or how it's going to go. 00:12:41.820 --> 00:12:46.120 Or to have to come under the authority of someone else. 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:47.120 And yet. 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:48.279 And yet. 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:49.600 Paul says. 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:53.080 This is a mark of the spirit filled life. 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:55.259 Submitting to one another. 00:12:55.940 --> 00:12:57.740 Out of reverence for Christ. 00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:59.480 Wives to their husbands. 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:07.460 It raises all sorts of questions as well for you women. 00:13:07.560 --> 00:13:07.899 I know. 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.039 What if my husband is in the believer? 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:16.279 What if my husband is battling addiction? 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:18.980 What if my husband is abusive? 00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:21.860 And these are very important questions as well. 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:26.600 And this is not the only word that we have in scripture. 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:29.399 About this relationship between husbands and wives. 00:13:29.980 --> 00:13:31.920 There are other places to go to. 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:34.639 As well as we think about those questions. 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:36.980 But this is the general principle. 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:40.960 That Paul gives for the relationship between wives and husbands. 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:43.820 Wives are to submit to their husbands. 00:13:44.680 --> 00:13:50.120 And to respect him as having authority in their family. 00:13:52.300 --> 00:13:52.860 Now. 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:55.820 This doesn't mean that this is without exception. 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:01.000 If God asks you not to do something. 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:02.600 This is clearly sin. 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.100 If you do this it's evil. 00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:06.899 And your husband asks you to do it. 00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:10.399 Then God trumps your husband. 00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:15.399 But as a general rule. 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:19.680 Wives are to submit to their husbands. 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:22.659 And this is not easy. 00:14:24.420 --> 00:14:25.920 It's not easy at all. 00:14:27.180 --> 00:14:30.879 Maybe you have had some wrestling with this. 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:32.480 With your own marriage. 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:36.519 But bear in mind. 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:39.080 That the Lord knows. 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:40.659 That your husband is a sinner. 00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:47.860 He will answer to God. 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:51.840 For how he leads your family. 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:59.980 You may have wrestled with this for years. 00:15:04.180 --> 00:15:08.019 But there's no prayer so precious to God. 00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:10.840 As that of somebody under authority. 00:15:11.300 --> 00:15:12.540 Calling out to him and saying. 00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:13.740 Lord help me. 00:15:14.180 --> 00:15:16.379 To live this the way that you want me to. 00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:20.559 Help me obey my parents. 00:15:21.340 --> 00:15:23.559 Help me submit to my husband. 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:25.759 Even though we don't agree in this situation. 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.340 And things are not looking good here. 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:32.179 The Lord will answer that prayer. 00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:36.139 And he will carry you through wives. 00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:42.980 Right about now you men are probably thinking. 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:43.360 Wow. 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:45.819 I'm so glad I'm not a wife. 00:15:46.199 --> 00:15:46.699 A woman. 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:49.000 Because that sounds hard. 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:51.659 Having to submit to another person. 00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:55.340 But I hope you know men. 00:15:55.819 --> 00:15:58.120 That a part of the reason of why it's hard. 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:01.919 Is because they are married to you. 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:08.360 You make it hard for them. 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:10.519 Oftentimes. 00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:12.500 To submit. 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:14.039 To come under your leadership. 00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.960 Because of your own. 00:16:16.060 --> 00:16:18.060 Our own selfishness. 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:23.080 Our abuse of the authority. 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:25.039 That God has given us. 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:26.560 And if you think the women have it hard. 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:28.439 Wait till you hear what Paul has to say. 00:16:28.619 --> 00:16:29.419 To you men. 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:31.659 In verse 25. 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.719 He says this. 00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:34.099 He says. 00:16:34.219 --> 00:16:34.659 Husbands. 00:16:36.239 --> 00:16:37.599 Love your wives. 00:16:39.219 --> 00:16:41.579 Just as Christ loved the church. 00:16:42.319 --> 00:16:43.979 And gave himself up. 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:44.819 For her. 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:48.000 He did this to make her holy. 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:49.379 Cleansing her. 00:16:49.479 --> 00:16:50.759 By the washing with water. 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:51.659 Through the word. 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:53.759 And to present her to himself. 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:55.239 As a radiant church. 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:57.340 Without stain. 00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:58.060 Or wrinkle. 00:16:58.060 --> 00:17:00.180 Or any other blemish. 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:01.379 But holy. 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:02.740 And blameless. 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.759 In this same way. 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:06.539 Husbands ought to love. 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.819 Their wives. 00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:11.960 The wives have been called. 00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:13.539 To submit to their husbands. 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:16.079 But you men. 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:17.000 Husbands. 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.380 Have been called. 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.559 To die. 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:20.880 For your wives. 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:22.620 To lovingly. 00:17:23.100 --> 00:17:23.760 Lay down. 00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:25.240 Your life. 00:17:26.520 --> 00:17:27.540 For your wife. 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:35.720 This is an incredible. 00:17:36.540 --> 00:17:37.040 Thing. 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:38.400 That God has called. 00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:38.880 Us. 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.420 As men. 00:17:39.560 --> 00:17:39.880 To do. 00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:42.040 And it is not easy. 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:44.620 This means that. 00:17:45.060 --> 00:17:46.300 You have been given authority. 00:17:46.300 --> 00:17:47.460 In your family men. 00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:48.340 Not. 00:17:48.340 --> 00:17:49.559 So that you can. 00:17:50.120 --> 00:17:50.360 Build. 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.819 So that we. 00:17:52.120 --> 00:17:52.559 Can build. 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:54.039 Our own little kingdom. 00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:55.200 Our own little empire. 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:55.740 With our. 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:57.120 Wife and our children. 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:58.039 As our servants. 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.759 To keep our lives. 00:17:59.840 --> 00:18:00.160 Going. 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:00.980 Well. 00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.880 And comfortable. 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:04.160 To cook for us. 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:04.620 And to. 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:06.420 Clean up after us. 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:09.300 Our family. 00:18:09.300 --> 00:18:10.300 Has not been given. 00:18:10.300 --> 00:18:10.800 To us. 00:18:10.860 --> 00:18:11.740 So that we can. 00:18:12.860 --> 00:18:14.060 Have help. 00:18:14.300 --> 00:18:14.480 To. 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:15.640 Do. 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.380 And to get. 00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.420 What we want. 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:18.180 In life. 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.380 The example. 00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:25.220 That we've been given. 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.500 Is the example. 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.380 Of Christ. 00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:28.500 We are to love. 00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:29.019 Our. 00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:29.940 Wives. 00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:31.500 The way that Christ. 00:18:32.140 --> 00:18:32.519 Loved. 00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.560 His people. 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:36.159 Which was. 00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:38.159 Death. 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.519 He gave. 00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:40.960 Up. 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:41.440 His. 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.079 Life. 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.639 Out of love. 00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:47.159 To serve. 00:18:47.659 --> 00:18:48.259 His bride. 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.899 Paul actually. 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.619 Fills up. 00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.619 What he's saying here. 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.740 With details about. 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:55.159 What Christ did. 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:55.819 He said that. 00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.980 He gave himself up. 00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.240 For her. 00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:58.179 To make her holy. 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:00.379 To set her apart. 00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.619 In a special way. 00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:04.139 He was attentive. 00:19:04.139 --> 00:19:04.639 To. 00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:06.119 The needs. 00:19:06.219 --> 00:19:07.000 Of his people. 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.619 Their great need. 00:19:11.239 --> 00:19:12.279 And so. 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:17.959 At just the right time. 00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:19.119 He. 00:19:22.719 --> 00:19:23.719 I might be. 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:24.779 Losing battery here. 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.079 David. 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.179 David. 00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:32.140 He was attentive. 00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:33.039 To her needs. 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:37.120 She was filthy. 00:19:39.320 --> 00:19:40.360 And he did. 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:41.320 What was necessary. 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.620 He went to the cross. 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.600 To make her clean. 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:46.740 She was stained. 00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.500 With sin. 00:19:48.340 --> 00:19:48.960 It says. 00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.980 And he. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.980 Gave up his life. 00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.779 To make her. 00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.639 Her radiant. 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:58.700 To do what was best. 00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.259 For her. 00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.240 We are called. 00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:02.099 As men. 00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.079 To follow. 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:05.599 In how we love. 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.480 Our wives. 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.399 To put this in terms. 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.039 That we men. 00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:09.740 Understand. 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:14.000 Imagine that you were. 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:14.779 Invited. 00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.359 To go on. 00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.139 An adventure. 00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.379 To. 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.259 Go through. 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.299 Special training. 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:24.180 And to join. 00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:26.059 In a special mission. 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.839 An operation. 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:29.399 By the Canadian military. 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.720 And. 00:20:31.879 --> 00:20:33.180 If you go on this mission. 00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.000 Your family. 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.259 Will be compensated. 00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.740 So richly. 00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:38.200 How would you. 00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.639 Think about. 00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.440 Such a decision. 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.720 That'd be a pretty big decision. 00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.539 Do I go. 00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:45.419 Do I join the military. 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:47.460 Do I leave my family. 00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.519 To go and serve. 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:51.500 And what if you knew. 00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.200 That this mission. 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.500 Was. 00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:54.160 So significant. 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.319 That this would actually. 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.599 Change. 00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.420 How things go. 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.379 For your country. 00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.799 For generations. 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.460 To come. 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.720 An incredible opportunity. 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.440 To serve. 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.960 And to love. 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.480 Not only your family. 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.319 But your country. 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:11.819 All the training. 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.679 Will be provided. 00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:15.480 It's going to be an adventure. 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:17.299 The band of brothers. 00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.559 What if you knew. 00:21:20.679 --> 00:21:21.220 In advance. 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.599 Though. 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.039 That this. 00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:24.700 Mission. 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.980 Was a one way trip. 00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:30.079 That there is a hundred percent. 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.480 Chance. 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.779 That you would not be coming back. 00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.559 From this alive. 00:21:37.439 --> 00:21:38.779 That's what marriage is. 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:41.379 It's a one way trip. 00:21:42.419 --> 00:21:43.279 Where you. 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.200 Give up your life. 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.279 To serve. 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.720 Your family. 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.539 Your wife. 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.099 You were called. 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:55.159 To lay down. 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.179 Your life. 00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.779 This means. 00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.919 That you will have to make. 00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.859 Difficult decisions. 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.359 This means. 00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:00.799 That sometimes. 00:22:00.919 --> 00:22:02.079 You're going to have to say no. 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.039 To something. 00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.980 That you want. 00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:07.460 You may have to give up. 00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.700 Plans. 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.160 Or dreams. 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.920 In order. 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.440 To serve. 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:16.120 And to meet the needs. 00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.960 Of your wife. 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.600 Your family. 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.900 That's the kind of love. 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.299 That Christ had. 00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.059 For the church. 00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:25.659 And so often. 00:22:25.659 --> 00:22:26.019 As men. 00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.859 We get that backwards. 00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.319 We think. 00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:29.240 It's all about me. 00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.980 And my mission. 00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.899 And what I want to do. 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.599 With my life. 00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.720 And my family's here. 00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.839 To serve me. 00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:34.980 And help me do that. 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.480 No. 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:38.220 The example. 00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.680 We're given. 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:38.700 The example. 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:38.720 We're given. 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:38.740 We're given. 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:38.860 We're given. 00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.400 The opposite. 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.180 You have been given. 00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.819 Authority. 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.259 You are the head. 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.920 Of your home. 00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:46.160 Not so that you can. 00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.960 Achieve what you want. 00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.559 In life. 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.279 But so that you. 00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.099 Like Christ. 00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:54.079 Can serve your family. 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.740 By giving up your life. 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.360 For them. 00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.759 This is difficult. 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.420 This is something. 00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.200 That we need. 00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.220 The Lord's. 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.759 Help. 00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.559 To do. 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.359 As men. 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.419 Marriage is meant. 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.079 To be a picture. 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.779 Of the gospel. 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.139 God's desire. 00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:13.039 For our families. 00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.599 Is that. 00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.599 They show. 00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.879 A little bit. 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.480 Of the relationship. 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.359 Between the father. 00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:20.899 And the son. 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.159 And the son. 00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:23.059 And his bride. 00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:26.679 And when marriage. 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.099 Is done. 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.879 God's way. 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.240 It's a beautiful thing. 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.980 Both Jen and I. 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.919 Have had the privilege. 00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:34.679 Of growing up. 00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.299 In families. 00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.019 Where this was. 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.799 This was lived out. 00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.559 Well. 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.559 And so. 00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.220 From the time. 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.819 We were married. 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.579 We have sought. 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.200 To live. 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.759 Our marriage. 00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.519 This way. 00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.619 And in. 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.960 As much as we have. 00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.399 With the Lord's help. 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.819 We have had an amazing marriage. 00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.899 It's been wonderful. 00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.200 Doesn't mean. 00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.279 That we've done it perfectly. 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.200 I know. 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.799 I blow it. 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.079 I blow it. 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.519 Every. 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:57.559 Every. 00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.559 Day. 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.000 Every week. 00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.819 Jen doesn't do it perfectly. 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.299 Either. 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.259 But God's way. 00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.279 Is the best way. 00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:06.740 And we know. 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.639 Countless couples. 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.359 In our lives. 00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.599 Whose marriages. 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.759 For lack of a better word. 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.299 Suck. 00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.960 They have heartache. 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.940 They have conflict. 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.819 All the time. 00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:19.700 The wife. 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:21.220 Is trying to manipulate him. 00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.339 Into doing. 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.359 What she wants. 00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:24.480 Him to do. 00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:24.899 Because. 00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.980 She can't find. 00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.740 Any other way. 00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:28.220 To control him. 00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.859 To get what she wants. 00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.539 And the husband. 00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.759 Just sees her. 00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.819 As there for his. 00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.579 Pleasure. 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.740 When he wants her. 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.639 And when he needs her. 00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.639 And marriages. 00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:39.039 Are blowing apart. 00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:39.819 Families. 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.859 Are ripped apart. 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.839 Children grow up. 00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.419 Without a mother. 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.960 And a father. 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.359 God's way. 00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.779 Is the best way. 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.679 God's will. 00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.339 For family. 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.419 Is the best way. 00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:51.819 Submission. 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.659 Is not. 00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.579 Inherently. 00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.220 Evil. 00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.359 Even Jesus. 00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.439 The son of God. 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.779 Had to submit himself. 00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:03.079 To the father's plan. 00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:04.139 And he did that. 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:06.099 And it was a beautiful thing. 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.639 And it's a beautiful thing. 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.139 When we. 00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.379 Do family. 00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:11.539 Like this. 00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.579 So as we finish up. 00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.319 What's left of. 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.519 Family day weekend. 00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:21.819 I want to challenge you. 00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.559 Women. 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.559 To understand. 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.779 What the Lord's will is. 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.359 For you. 00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.399 In your family. 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.319 Submitting. 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.139 To one another. 00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.379 To your husbands. 00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.399 Out of reverence. 00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.179 For Christ. 00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:35.939 I want to challenge you men. 00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:37.359 To understand. 00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.740 What the Lord's will is. 00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.240 For you. 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.000 In your family. 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.099 In your family. 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.579 Leading. 00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.380 By lovingly. 00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.259 Laying. 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.819 Down. 00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.619 Your life. 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.039 For your family. 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.640 Kids. 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.640 I want to challenge you. 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.579 To understand. 00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.940 What the Lord's will is. 00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:56.019 For your life. 00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.380 Obeying. 00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.259 Your parents. 00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.039 In everything. 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:05.480 As we. 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.559 Come to a close. 00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.079 I want to. 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.399 I want to bring this back. 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:08.899 To prayer. 00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.700 We've been talking about prayer. 00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.319 How should we pray. 00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.159 For our families. 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.339 Instead of praying. 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.139 God. 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.119 Please bless. 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.920 And be with. 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.440 And bless. 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.059 And be with. 00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.500 And bless. 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.099 And be with. 00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:23.439 Let's use. 00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:24.000 The picture. 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.980 That we get here. 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:26.139 Of what a family. 00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:27.000 Should look like. 00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.939 To help shape. 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.539 Our prayers. 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:32.839 Wives. 00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:34.379 Pray for your husbands. 00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:37.500 That they would. 00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.259 Find. 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.219 What they need. 00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.899 From the Lord. 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:41.319 To carry the mantle. 00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.980 Of headship. 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.599 Of leadership. 00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.339 In the family. 00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.099 And that they would do it well. 00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:47.559 That they would not be crushed. 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.899 Or cave. 00:26:48.959 --> 00:26:49.639 Under the pressure. 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.059 Of that. 00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.359 Husbands. 00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.039 Pray. 00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.500 And ask. 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:53.959 That the Lord. 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.500 Would help you. 00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:54.959 To see. 00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.839 What your wife. 00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.699 And what your children. 00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.619 Really need. 00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:59.379 And how you can meet. 00:26:59.379 --> 00:26:59.980 That need. 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.480 And what you need. 00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.259 To give up. 00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.959 In your life. 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.859 In order to serve them. 00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.719 Well. 00:27:06.719 --> 00:27:07.740 With that position. 00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.679 God has given you. 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.559 Kids. 00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:12.859 Pray for your mom. 00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:13.339 And dad. 00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:16.019 Pray that they would make. 00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.539 Decisions. 00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:17.419 That please God. 00:27:18.459 --> 00:27:18.959 And that are. 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.539 Are good. 00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.319 For your family. 00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:25.399 Some of you probably. 00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:26.359 Already do this. 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.419 But if you don't. 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.539 I would encourage you. 00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:29.240 To begin. 00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.039 This week. 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.559 The habit. 00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:31.119 Of praying. 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.859 Every day. 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.939 For every single person. 00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:35.000 In your immediate family. 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.900 I hope some of you. 00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.680 Do that already. 00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.420 But if you don't. 00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.680 I would just like. 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.460 To encourage you. 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.380 To make this. 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.920 A habit. 00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.500 Every single day. 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.440 For the rest. 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.059 Of your life. 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.079 Everybody. 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:48.480 In your immediate family. 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.720 Pray for them. 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.680 If you need a list. 00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:52.160 To remember. 00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.559 To do it. 00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.720 Get it. 00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.259 If you need. 00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.599 To make a little photo album. 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.599 To keep in your wallet. 00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.319 Or your purse. 00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.640 Or if you just need. 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.540 To take some pictures. 00:28:00.540 --> 00:28:01.660 On your phone. 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.840 So that as you do it. 00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.980 You can look at their faces. 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.500 You can see their eyes. 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.780 You can remember. 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.040 Who they are. 00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.880 And what's going on. 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.560 In their lives. 00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.480 But this is so important. 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.660 That we pray. 00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:15.259 For each person. 00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.920 In our family. 00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.100 Every day. 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.560 And. 00:28:20.020 --> 00:28:20.900 As we do. 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:22.019 Let's allow. 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.560 God's vision. 00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.860 God's desire. 00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:25.519 For family. 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.120 To shape. 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.540 What we ask him for. 00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.440 Amen.