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 Let's read Scripture together.

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 This is the text from which the sermon will be based tonight.

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! Matthew 7-12.

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 We're working our way through the Sermon on the Mount.

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! Just a few weeks left.

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 And Jesus says this in Matthew 7-12.

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 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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 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

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 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

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 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,

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 how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good gifts, good things to those who ask him?

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 So, whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them.

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 For this is the law and the prophets.

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 This is God's Word to us tonight.

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 My name is Chris.

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 It's my privilege to open God's Word for us tonight.

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 Before I do that, let's pray together that God would enlighten our minds, open up to us,

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 open our minds, open our ears, open our hearts to receive the truth of his Word.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you for the opportunity we have to come before you.

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 We ask, Lord, that you would open our eyes as we read your Scripture,

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 that you'd open our ears so we can hear.

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 Lord, open our hearts so that these words will penetrate deep into us, change us,

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 so that we can live lives worthy of kingdom citizens.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So, we've been working through the Sermon on the Mount,

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 and the Sermon on the Mount is a teaching from Jesus that tells us what it means to live like citizens of the kingdom of heaven.

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 The section that we're in, I think we've just finished the section with the reading that Corey read for us today,

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 is all about the law and the prophets, the Old Testament, the Bible as it was in Jesus' day.

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 And it shaped the religious, moral, civil lives of all the people who were listening to him.

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 In the section that we're in, I think it begins in chapter 5, verse 17,

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 because in chapter 5, verse 17, Jesus says,

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 Do not think that I've come to abolish the law and the prophets.

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 I've not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

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 So, Jesus is telling the people who are listening that he's not come to do away with the laws that they had learned until this point,

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 but he's coming to complete them.

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 He's coming to bring them to fulfillment.

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 And from that point, until where we read to today,

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 Jesus has been explaining to us what it means not just to obey laws,

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 like we might tick boxes on a form,

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 but what it means for them to enter into our hearts,

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 for them to penetrate us,

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 really change us.

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 And not just a list of rules,

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 but a way of living,

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 a way of being before God.

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 Because the way that we live

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 really matters.

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 It matters to us.

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 It matters to the people we live with,

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 the people we live around.

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 And it matters to God.

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 We stop reading at verse 12.

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 And Jesus has again come round to the law and the prophets.

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 And this time,

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 he gives us a summary

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 of what it all means.

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 This is it.

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 According to Jesus,

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 the law and the prophets,

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 all the Old Testament writings boil down

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 to this.

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 Do to other people

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 what you would have them do to you.

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 We don't think that this teaching's

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 entirely unique to Jesus.

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 So, scholars think that maybe 3,000 years

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 before Jesus came into the world,

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 people were living by a maxim

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 that was something like this.

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 Very similar.

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 We call it the golden rule now.

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 That's what it might be titled in your Bible.

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 And before Jesus came,

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 it existed as something like,

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 don't do to other people

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 what you wouldn't want them to do to you.

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 But rather than telling us what not to do,

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 Jesus is telling us what to do.

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 He says,

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 so whatever you wish that others would do to you,

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 do to them,

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 for this is the law and the prophets.

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 And so why is that significant?

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 Why does that matter?

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 Well, I think it's significant

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 because it moves our mindset

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 from just avoiding harm

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 to actively looking

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 to do good to people.

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 But to be able to do that,

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 to be able to live

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 like kingdom citizens,

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 we need to be transformed

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 into kingdom people.

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 people.

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 Because we can't do that by ourselves.

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 And so the rest of the passage

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 that we read,

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 verses 7 to 11,

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 offer us a way

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 of becoming kingdom people.

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 If you want to live

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 like a person

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 of the kingdom of God,

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 you have to come to God

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 and you have to ask Him

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 to change you.

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 You have to come to God

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 and say to Him,

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 God, I want to be different.

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 I read Your Word.

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 I see the truth.

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 This is the kind of person

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 that I want to be.

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 This is how I want to live.

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 And I can't do it by myself.

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 Lord, don't leave me

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 the way that I am.

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 So verses 7 to 11

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 are about prayer.

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 And Jesus has already spoken

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 quite a bit about prayer.

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 in the Sermon on the Mount.

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 He's warned us

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 against hypocritical prayer.

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 So standing in the spotlight,

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 making sure everyone sees us

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 so that everyone can see

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 how prayerful,

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 how holy we are.

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 He's warned us against

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 long prayers

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 or repetitious prayers

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 that think that we'll be heard

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 because we say lots of words.

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 And then in chapter 6,

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 as we went through,

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 I say we,

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 I wasn't here,

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 but you guys did,

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 went through as a congregation

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 the Lord's Prayer,

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 where he teaches us.

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 He gives us a template

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 for how to approach God

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 in our prayer life.

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 So,

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 tonight,

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 this is what Jesus tells us

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 to do

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 with kingdom prayer.

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 There's three things.

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 things.

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 And the first

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 is this.

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 Jesus is calling you,

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 even tonight,

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 to pray like your life

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 depends on it.

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 In English,

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 if we take the words

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 ask,

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 seek,

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 not,

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 it makes this lovely little

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 three-letter acronym,

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 ask,

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 which is really easy to remember

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 and quite handy

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 to keep in your pocket.

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 But I think

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 the truth is

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 that a simple ask

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 doesn't do justice

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 to the emphasis

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 that Jesus places

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 on the words

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 that he uses here.

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 Matthew records

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 for us here

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 words that Jesus uses

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 and he uses

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 a rhetorical device.

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 We call it

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 the power of three.

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 So,

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 friends,

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 Romans,

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 countrymen,

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 I came,

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 we came,

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 we saw,

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 we conquered.

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 And he's repeating

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 it three times

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 to emphasize

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 just how important

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 it is to us.

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 This isn't a nonchalant ask,

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 like asking somebody

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 to pass you the salt

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 at the dinner table.

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 This is something

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 much more intentional,

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 much more deliberate,

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 much more intense.

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 Even the words

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 that Jesus uses

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 increase in intensity

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 if you think about them.

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 Because first of all,

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 he says ask,

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 which is

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 opening your mouth

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 to the person

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 before you.

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 Very simple.

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 But the next step

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 is to seek,

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 which at the very least

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 involves lifting your head

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 and scanning about.

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 And thirdly,

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 he says to knock,

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 which adds

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 a physical element.

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 You can't knock

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 without moving your body.

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 So,

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 Jesus is increasing

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 the emphasis,

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 the intensity

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 of the words

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 as he speaks.

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 And to add

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 to that as well,

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 in the original language,

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 ask,

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 seek,

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 knock

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 carries the sense

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 of ongoing action.

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 So,

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 it's not a one-time thing.

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 We could take

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 ask,

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 seek,

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 knock

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 to mean something like

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 knock and keep on knocking.

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 Ask and keep on asking.

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 Seek and keep on seeking.

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 Isn't that

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 a one-and-done,

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 one-time word

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 with the Lord

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 for something?

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 And it isn't a

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 I know he's there

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 when I need him

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 approach to prayer.

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 What we're told here

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 is to come to God

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 with a burning desire

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 to be heard.

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 And to come

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 again

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 and again

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 and again

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 over

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 and over

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 and over.

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 Like a five-year-old

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 might come to you

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 because they want a bunny.

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 Maybe that's a personal

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 anecdote.

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 But we're so bad

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 at asking,

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 at coming to God

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 in this way.

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 Because for us,

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 I think,

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 admitting

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 that there's something

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 that we need

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 that we can't fix

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 by ourselves

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 takes,

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 our pride

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 takes a dent.

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 And more than that,

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 I think

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 for a lot of the time,

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 we can question

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 whether we think

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 prayer works.

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 Is prayer

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 actually

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 that important

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 after all?

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 Sometimes our pride

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 makes us think

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 we don't have weaknesses.

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 Sometimes our pride

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 stops us from

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 seeing those weaknesses.

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 And sometimes

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 our pride

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 tells us

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 that we don't think

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 prayer means anything

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 at all.

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 when it comes

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 to being

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 citizens

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 of God's kingdom,

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 we need to recognize

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 deep down

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 that we're not enough.

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 We're not enough.

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 And we can't do this

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 on our own.

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 We can't earn

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 our way

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 into

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 this kingdom

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 no matter

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 how hard we work.

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 Look at the things

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 that Jesus said

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 it takes

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 to be a citizen

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 of the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Things that we've

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 thought about already

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 in the Sermon on the Mind.

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 And then let's ask

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 which of us

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 would not want

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 to be

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 a citizen

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 of that kingdom?

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 How many of us

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 would not want

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 to live in a place

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 that's populated

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 with people

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 who are always good?

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 Always in control

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 of their anger?

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 Are non-judgmental?

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 People

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 always seeking

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 peace?

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 People who are

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 committed,

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 always loyal,

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 who are always

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 truthful,

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 continually generous?

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 That's not a list

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 of Christian desires.

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 This is what

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 everybody wants

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 to see.

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 This is the kind

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 of Scotland,

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 the Edinburgh

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 that we all

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 want to live in.

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 But if we're

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 honest with

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 ourselves,

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 which one of us

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 can manage

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 to live out

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 one of these

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 attributes perfectly

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 on our own,

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 let alone all of them?

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 If we hang around,

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 sometimes when you

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 apply for citizenship

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 of a country

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 or you have to

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 pass a language test,

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 so I think that

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 if we all hung around

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 for church long enough,

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 we could learn

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 the language

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 of this kingdom.

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 We could put

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 phrases together

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 that make it sound

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 like we belong here.

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 But to be a citizen

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 of God's kingdom,

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 learning the language,

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 saying the words,

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 paying lip service

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 is not enough.

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 It has to be

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 who we are.

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 It has to be

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 pressed down

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 inside of us,

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 imprinted

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 onto our hearts.

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 So which one of us

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 thinks that we can

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 measure up on our own?

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 Which one of us

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 even thinks,

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 well,

00:12:51.839 --> 00:12:52.519
 I could give it a go?

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 because right back

00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:56.259
 at the start

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 of Jesus'

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 sermon on the mount,

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 he says that the people

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 who will inherit

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 the kingdom

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 are the poor

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 in spirit.

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 Poor in spirit

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 has got nothing

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 to do with your

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 bank balance,

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 but it's about

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 your posture

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 towards God.

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 It's about

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 understanding

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 that there's

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 nothing you have

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 that you can

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 offer to God

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 in exchange

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 for your passport

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 into his kingdom.

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 Not your time,

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 not your savings,

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 not your talents,

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 not your best effort.

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 It's recognizing

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 that whatever

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 you have materially,

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 whatever gifts

00:13:36.379 --> 00:13:37.440
 God has given

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 to you

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 as a person,

00:13:40.060 --> 00:13:41.100
 you're spiritually

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 destitute.

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 There's nothing

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 you can do

00:13:43.900 --> 00:13:44.860
 to lift yourself

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 up

00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:47.220
 from your

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 spiritual poverty

00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:48.679
 community.

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 If you think

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 that you could

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 work your way

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 into the kingdom,

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 have a go

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 at being good

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 enough to get in,

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 you've already

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 fallen at the

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 first hurdle.

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 This is why

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 Jesus is so

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 insistent

00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:06.980
 that his followers

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 pray.

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 That's why

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 he repeats it,

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 increases in

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 intensity,

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 and insists on

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 constantly coming

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 to God in prayer

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 again and again

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 and again,

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 asking,

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 seeking,

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 knock,

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 knock,

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 knocking on

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 heaven's door.

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 Passionate,

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 consistent,

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 utter reliance

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 on God

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 to shape us

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 into the kind

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 of people

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 who can live

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 in his kingdom.

00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:35.540
 Prayer,

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 as Jesus outlines

00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:37.540
 it for us here,

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 is less a thing

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 we do

00:14:39.560 --> 00:14:41.960
 and more the way

00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:42.820
 that we live.

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 Jesus is teaching

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 that we're to pray

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 as though our life

00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:49.860
 depends on it

00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:51.740
 because our life

00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.580
 does depend

00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:53.680
 on God

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 entirely.

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 We're creatures

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 of absolute

00:14:57.940 --> 00:14:59.060
 dependence

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 on our

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 absolute

00:15:00.780 --> 00:15:01.640
 God.

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 Prayer is

00:15:03.640 --> 00:15:04.520
 acting like it.

00:15:06.900 --> 00:15:07.680
 There's a

00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:08.300
 theologian,

00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.280
 a Puritan theologian

00:15:09.280 --> 00:15:10.040
 called Richard Baxter

00:15:10.040 --> 00:15:10.600
 and he said

00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:11.200
 that prayer

00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:12.680
 is the breath

00:15:12.680 --> 00:15:13.840
 of the new

00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.379
 creature.

00:15:15.160 --> 00:15:15.879
 A new creature,

00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.980
 somebody changed

00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:18.120
 by Jesus.

00:15:19.520 --> 00:15:20.460
 Prayer isn't

00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:21.040
 a tool

00:15:21.040 --> 00:15:21.960
 that you keep

00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:22.600
 up your sleeve

00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:23.020
 for when you

00:15:23.020 --> 00:15:23.379
 need it.

00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:24.660
 It's what

00:15:24.660 --> 00:15:25.700
 sustains a Christian

00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:26.820
 moment to

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 moment.

00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.460
 It's vital,

00:15:29.300 --> 00:15:30.200
 so vital

00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:30.820
 for Christians,

00:15:31.040 --> 00:15:32.200
 Baxter says,

00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.580
 that to be

00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.360
 without prayer

00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:35.460
 is to be

00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:36.360
 without breath.

00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:40.519
 Do you pray

00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:41.700
 to God

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.879
 like your life

00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:44.180
 depends on it?

00:15:46.180 --> 00:15:46.940
 Take a moment

00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:47.759
 to think about

00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:48.840
 the state

00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:49.320
 of your prayer

00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:50.360
 life today,

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.019
 right now.

00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:54.000
 Is prayer

00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:54.539
 the thing

00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:55.680
 that you first

00:15:55.680 --> 00:15:56.320
 think of

00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:57.220
 when you open

00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:57.940
 your eyes?

00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:00.899
 Is prayer

00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:01.259
 the thing

00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.519
 that you're

00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.159
 most committed

00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:03.340
 to as you

00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:03.680
 go about

00:16:03.680 --> 00:16:04.139
 your day?

00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:07.199
 Or has

00:16:07.199 --> 00:16:07.580
 your prayer

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.319
 life become

00:16:08.319 --> 00:16:09.539
 like it's

00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:09.960
 automated?

00:16:13.439 --> 00:16:14.000
 What do you

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.620
 need to change?

00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:15.659
 What are the

00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.659
 things when you

00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.179
 go home tonight

00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:17.659
 that you can

00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.600
 change to

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:18.939
 make your

00:16:18.939 --> 00:16:19.679
 prayer life

00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:20.699
 more fruitful?

00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.279
 How can you

00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:25.460
 pray like

00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:25.960
 your life

00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:26.580
 depends on

00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:26.720
 it?

00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:29.120
 Okay,

00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:29.860
 secondly,

00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:32.159
 pray to

00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.659
 the life

00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:33.299
 of Christ

00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:34.399
 pulsates

00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.279
 in your

00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:35.679
 heart.

00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.679
 We've spoken

00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:37.939
 about the

00:16:37.939 --> 00:16:38.439
 context of

00:16:38.439 --> 00:16:38.859
 this passage

00:16:38.859 --> 00:16:39.279
 being really

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:39.799
 important,

00:16:40.099 --> 00:16:40.819
 and context

00:16:40.819 --> 00:16:41.240
 is really

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.859
 important for

00:16:41.859 --> 00:16:42.639
 every passage,

00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:43.839
 because the

00:16:43.839 --> 00:16:44.519
 danger is if

00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:45.139
 we take

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:46.539
 a statement

00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.879
 like ask

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.179
 and it will

00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:48.479
 be given

00:16:48.479 --> 00:16:48.699
 you,

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.000
 and we

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.819
 copy and

00:16:49.819 --> 00:16:50.419
 paste it

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:51.159
 and stick

00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.459
 it on a

00:16:51.459 --> 00:16:52.059
 t-shirt or

00:16:52.059 --> 00:16:52.439
 stick it on

00:16:52.439 --> 00:16:52.819
 a mug,

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:53.979
 when we

00:16:53.979 --> 00:16:54.419
 look at it

00:16:54.419 --> 00:16:55.059
 by itself,

00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:55.419
 we can

00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:55.839
 think,

00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:56.579
 well,

00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:57.579
 God says

00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:57.979
 that all

00:16:57.979 --> 00:16:58.339
 I have to

00:16:58.339 --> 00:16:58.799
 do is ask

00:16:58.799 --> 00:16:59.439
 for something,

00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.319
 and then

00:17:00.319 --> 00:17:00.699
 he'll give

00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.740
 me anything

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.399
 that I

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:02.820
 want.

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.079
 Some people

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:05.079
 do think

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:05.460
 like this,

00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:05.759
 we know

00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.019
 that they

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.299
 do,

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:07.859
 people call

00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:08.519
 it power

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:08.980
 prayers,

00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:11.200
 or name

00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.519
 it and

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.019
 claim it

00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:12.500
 praying,

00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:13.779
 you say

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.019
 what you

00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:14.359
 want,

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.420
 God will

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:16.000
 provide it,

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.559
 but it's

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.160
 dangerous,

00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:19.420
 because it

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.059
 reduces the

00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:21.579
 gospel down

00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:22.220
 to being

00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:23.079
 about our

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.460
 health and

00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:25.099
 our wealth,

00:17:25.099 --> 00:17:27.539
 we think,

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:29.679
 God,

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:30.279
 I'm going

00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:30.539
 to need

00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:31.000
 a pay

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.399
 rise,

00:17:31.939 --> 00:17:33.279
 God,

00:17:33.439 --> 00:17:33.919
 I'm going

00:17:33.919 --> 00:17:34.079
 to need

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.539
 a guarantee

00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:34.919
 that I'm

00:17:34.919 --> 00:17:35.159
 not going

00:17:35.159 --> 00:17:35.339
 to get

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:35.879
 lower than

00:17:35.879 --> 00:17:36.379
 a C

00:17:36.379 --> 00:17:36.740
 in my

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 Hebrew

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 exam,

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 God,

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 I want

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 at least

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 two

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 grandchildren

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 by the

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 time I'm

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 60,

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 God,

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 I know

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 you can

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 do this,

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 oh yeah,

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 God is

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 a giver

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 of all

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 good gifts,

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 everything

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 that we

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 have is

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 from God,

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 and God

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 can do

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 these

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 things,

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 but the

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 problem

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 with name

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 it and

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 claim it

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 power

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 prayers

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 is that

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 they treat

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 God like

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 some sort

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 of genie

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 who's on

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 hand to

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 fulfill our

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 desires,

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 and what

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 that reveals

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 in the

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 heart of

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 a person

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 is that

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 they want

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 the things

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 that God

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 can give

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 them and

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 not God

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 himself.

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 I think

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 it also

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 assumes

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 that we

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 think that

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 we know

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 better

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 what we

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 need

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 than

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 God

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 does,

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 and a

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 God

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 who

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 doesn't

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 know

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 more

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 than

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 you

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 is

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 not

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 a

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 God

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 that

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 you

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 want

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 to

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 trust

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 in.

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 The

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 epistle

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 of

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 James

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 is a

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 letter

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 that was

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 written

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 by one

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 of

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 Jesus'

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 followers,

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 probably

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 Jesus'

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 half-brother,

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 so likelihood

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 he heard

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 Jesus

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 saying,

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 if not

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 these exact

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 words,

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 things very

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 like them,

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 and near

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 the beginning

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 of his

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 letter,

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 he uses

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 language really

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 similar to

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 our ask

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 and it

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 will be

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 given

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 you,

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 and James

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 says that

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 the thing

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 that we're

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 to ask

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 for is

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 wisdom,

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 and wisdom

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 is required

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 if we're

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 going to

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 follow the

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 path of

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 a citizen,

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 a kingdom

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 citizen.

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 We need to

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 know how

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 to discern

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 between being

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 judgmental

00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.039
 and naive,

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 and we know

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 that wisdom

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 is a good

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 thing for us

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 to pray for.

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 King Solomon,

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 hundreds of

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 years before

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 Jesus,

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 he had a

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 dream one

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 night,

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 and God

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 came to

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 him and

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 said,

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 ask me

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 for whatever

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 you want

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 and I'll

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 give it

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 to you.

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 And the

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 thing that

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 Solomon

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 asked for

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 was an

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 understanding

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 mind to

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 discern between

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 good and

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 evil.

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 Solomon asked

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 for wisdom,

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 and God was

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 pleased that

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 Solomon asked

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 for wisdom,

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 and so he

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 answered his

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 prayer and

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 he gave him

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 wisdom.

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 He made him

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 the wisest

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 man that's

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 ever lived.

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 Even today,

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 even people who

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 don't think the

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 Bible is true

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 still use Solomon

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 as a cultural

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 reference for

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 what it means

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 to be really

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 wise.

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 But despite

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 a promising

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 start,

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 despite all

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 this wisdom,

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 Solomon fell

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 into sin,

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 he turned

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 to idols,

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 and he looked

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 to things that

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 weren't God

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 to satisfy

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 him.

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 If the

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 wisest man

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 who's ever

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.899
 lived fell

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 away from

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 God, how

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 much more

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:22.980
 clear can

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 it be that

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 we need to

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 be constantly,

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:27.279
 persistently

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:28.819
 pursuing after

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.379
 God in

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 prayer?

00:20:31.939 --> 00:20:32.500
 Solomon

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 shows us

00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:34.039
 that wisdom

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 is good,

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.159
 to ask for

00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:36.559
 wisdom is

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.740
 good, but

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.539
 discernment

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.919
 alone isn't

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 enough.

00:20:41.679 --> 00:20:42.199
 There's a

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 parallel passage

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.459
 to this

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:44.640
 passage in

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.180
 Luke chapter

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 11.

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 And there we

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.720
 can read the

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.200
 same passage,

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 it's almost

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.180
 word for

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 word.

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.620
 Ask and it

00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:50.960
 will be given

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.380
 to you,

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.220
 seek and you

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.819
 will find,

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 knock and

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.100
 the door will

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 be opened

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 for you.

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 For everyone

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 who asks

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.600
 receives,

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.279
 and the one

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.700
 who seeks

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.680
 finds, and

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 to the one

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.579
 who knocks,

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.319
 the door

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.980
 will be

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.340
 opened.

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 But at

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.420
 the end of

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:04.779
 the Luke

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.220
 account,

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 Luke tells

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 us the

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:09.180
 what,

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 the good

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:12.000
 thing that

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.460
 God will

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:12.799
 give to

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.279
 his children

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 who ask.

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 He says,

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 if you

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 then,

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.440
 although you're

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:18.880
 evil, know

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.279
 how to give

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.720
 good gifts

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:19.960
 to your

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 children,

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.039
 how much

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.359
 more will

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.759
 the heavenly

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.359
 father give

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:23.299
 the Holy

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.819
 Spirit to

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.819
 those who

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.500
 ask him?

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.799
 Be asking,

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.200
 seeking,

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.400
 knocking,

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:33.079
 because God

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:34.200
 is ready and

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:35.059
 waiting to

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:36.359
 gift you the

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:37.039
 Holy Spirit.

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:39.039
 What does

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.319
 that mean?

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:41.000
 Well, it's

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.359
 the Holy

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.700
 Spirit,

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.139
 the third

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:44.200
 person of

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.919
 the Godhead,

00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:46.059
 who enters

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.839
 into believers'

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.679
 hearts when

00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.139
 they put their

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.619
 trust in

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:48.859
 Jesus.

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.599
 And the

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.000
 Holy Spirit

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.859
 never leaves.

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:53.960
 It's a

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.639
 mark of your

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 citizenship of

00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.599
 the kingdom of

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:56.960
 heaven,

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.539
 irrevocable

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.859
 and secure.

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 And he

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.799
 dwells in

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.279
 believers,

00:22:05.159 --> 00:22:05.899
 working in

00:22:05.899 --> 00:22:06.559
 them, changing

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.439
 their hearts,

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:09.180
 renewing

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.539
 them, shaping

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.220
 them more

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.860
 and more

00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:12.799
 into the

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.559
 image of

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 Jesus.

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.140
 One

00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.580
 theologian

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:17.160
 describes what

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.420
 the Holy

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:17.860
 Spirit does

00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.420
 like this.

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.180
 The work

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.640
 of the Holy

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.380
 Spirit is

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:21.820
 to make

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.320
 the life

00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:22.799
 of Christ

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:24.259
 pulsate in

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.900
 the life of

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.360
 the believer

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:26.940
 so that we

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.660
 live not,

00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:29.039
 but Christ

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.039
 lives in

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.480
 us.

00:22:32.080 --> 00:22:32.720
 We're to

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.279
 pray so

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.960
 diligently for

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.240
 the Holy

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.940
 Spirit that

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.220
 he would

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:37.120
 increase in

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.819
 our lives,

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:38.899
 that he

00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.379
 would fill

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.839
 us up with

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.139
 the good

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.659
 things of

00:22:40.659 --> 00:22:41.979
 God so

00:22:41.979 --> 00:22:42.199
 that we

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 can be

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 made to

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 live more

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.899
 and more

00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:45.779
 like Jesus

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 did.

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 So that

00:22:47.939 --> 00:22:48.779
 good things,

00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:50.500
 love, joy,

00:22:50.719 --> 00:22:51.119
 peace,

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:52.319
 forbearance,

00:22:52.479 --> 00:22:52.839
 kindness,

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.379
 goodness,

00:22:53.739 --> 00:22:54.539
 faithfulness,

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.679
 gentleness,

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.679
 and self-control

00:22:56.679 --> 00:22:57.879
 come pouring

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.579
 out of us.

00:23:01.979 --> 00:23:02.979
 I wonder if

00:23:02.979 --> 00:23:03.639
 we are seeing

00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:05.719
 evidence of the

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.259
 Holy Spirit

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.620
 working in

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.180
 our lives.

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.620
 Is your

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.700
 heart pulsating

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.740
 with Christ

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.380
 likeness?

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.240
 Is it

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.680
 evident to

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.039
 the people

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.700
 around you?

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.819
 Do you

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.759
 get angry

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:22.259
 way less

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.100
 than you

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.559
 might once

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:23.880
 have?

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.940
 Do people

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.299
 see you

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.339
 becoming more

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.720
 and more

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.140
 humble?

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.500
 Do you

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.400
 exude joy in

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:32.920
 your life,

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:34.440
 thankful for

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.779
 the things

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.180
 that God's

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.779
 given you

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.519
 rather than

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.140
 always being

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.680
 worried about

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.240
 the next

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.080
 thing that

00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.460
 you want

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:39.920
 to get?

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 Those are

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.640
 all signs

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.300
 that the

00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:43.940
 Holy Spirit's

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.060
 working in

00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:45.320
 you.

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 This is

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:47.980
 what we

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.220
 are to

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 pray for

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 so

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:51.060
 unwaveringly

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:52.019
 and

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.800
 impassionately

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 because the

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.779
 way to be

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.740
 shaped into

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 a citizen

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.039
 of the

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.480
 kingdom of

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.759
 heaven is

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.640
 by imitating

00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.380
 the life of

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:01.840
 the king.

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 And to

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.279
 do that,

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.340
 we need

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:05.700
 help.

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:08.240
 And if you

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.920
 are producing

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.519
 this kind of

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:09.920
 fruit in your

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:11.000
 life, if you

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.560
 are noticing

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:12.460
 that you have

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.519
 changed, if

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.100
 people around

00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.660
 you are, what

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.400
 a witness that

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:15.860
 is to the

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.320
 power of

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:17.340
 God and

00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:17.580
 what a

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:17.920
 witness to

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.440
 the power

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.480
 of prayer.

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.860
 We so

00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.720
 often look for

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.759
 miraculous

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.940
 cures to

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.680
 terminal illnesses

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.039
 or for

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:28.080
 survivors of

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:29.140
 horrific accidents

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.320
 as evidence

00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:30.940
 that God's

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.740
 working in

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.259
 the world.

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:34.039
 But the

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.620
 slow, steady

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.680
 shaping of

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.180
 his people

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.880
 to be more

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.340
 like his

00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:39.500
 son is

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.460
 clear evidence

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.860
 of the

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.920
 power God

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.500
 offers to

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.300
 those who

00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:43.860
 ask for

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.060
 it.

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.360
 Thirdly, and

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:49.000
 lastly, pray

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.940
 because God

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:51.500
 guarantees the

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.660
 best answer.

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.560
 So we said

00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:55.200
 this passage is

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.759
 about prayer,

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:57.200
 and I think we

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.560
 can be even

00:24:57.560 --> 00:24:58.180
 more specific

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.720
 than that.

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.060
 I think we

00:25:00.060 --> 00:25:00.480
 can say that

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.180
 this passage is

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.640
 about the

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.320
 God-given

00:25:02.320 --> 00:25:03.020
 guarantee

00:25:03.020 --> 00:25:04.200
 that your

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.160
 praying life

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.880
 will be

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.580
 rewarded.

00:25:08.020 --> 00:25:08.800
 This whole

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:09.340
 passage is

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:10.420
 filled with

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.020
 the assurance

00:25:11.020 --> 00:25:11.780
 that we

00:25:11.780 --> 00:25:13.280
 will receive.

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.480
 Ask and

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.180
 it will be

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.560
 given to

00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:16.800
 you.

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.740
 Seek and

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.300
 you will

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:18.740
 find.

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.860
 Knock and

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.220
 the door

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.940
 will be

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.280
 opened.

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.259
 For

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.840
 everyone who

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.200
 asks

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.880
 receives,

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:24.820
 and the

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.140
 one who

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.520
 seeks

00:25:25.520 --> 00:25:26.259
 finds,

00:25:26.780 --> 00:25:27.100
 and to

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.360
 the one

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.880
 who knocks,

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:28.780
 it will

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.319
 be

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.720
 opened.

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.019
 These are

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.619
 statements of

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.259
 certainty.

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.839
 And to

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.480
 emphasize the

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.559
 point, in

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.519
 verses 9 and

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.259
 10, Jesus

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.059
 uses these

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.960
 rhetorical

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.879
 questions that

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.579
 I think are

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.740
 deliberately a

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.519
 bit ridiculous.

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.480
 He asks

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.980
 parents, if

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.379
 your son

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.779
 asks for

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.259
 bread, would

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.500
 you give

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:48.759
 him a

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.119
 stone?

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.399
 Or if

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:50.759
 he asks

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.639
 for fish,

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.480
 would you

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.920
 give him

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.960
 a serpent?

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:56.180
 We know

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:57.279
 that not

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.340
 all parents

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:58.840
 are good

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.340
 parents.

00:25:59.559 --> 00:25:59.779
 Some

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.360
 children

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:00.720
 suffer

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.160
 terribly,

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.259
 and we

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.880
 pray against

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.380
 that evil.

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.579
 But generally

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.160
 speaking,

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:07.779
 parents

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.819
 intuitively

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.420
 know how

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.700
 to give

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.380
 good things

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.840
 to their

00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.180
 children.

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.559
 The

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.039
 unspoken

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.460
 answer to

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:16.759
 these

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.539
 rhetorical

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.340
 questions is,

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.279
 none of us,

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:19.819
 Jesus, we

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.160
 all know how

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.579
 to give good

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:20.940
 things to

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.400
 our children.

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:22.940
 Jesus

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.380
 says,

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.600
 if you

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.200
 then, being

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.480
 evil, know

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:26.900
 how to give

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.420
 good gifts

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.779
 to your

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:29.180
 children, how

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.360
 much more

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:31.279
 will your

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.039
 father who's

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.140
 in heaven give

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.059
 good things to

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.940
 those who

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.640
 ask him?

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.799
 Driving

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.200
 home the

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.380
 point, Jesus

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:43.100
 compares God

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:44.380
 the father with

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.120
 an earthly

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:46.360
 parent.

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.960
 He says,

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.279
 if you who

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.200
 struggle to be

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.059
 filled with love

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.460
 the way that

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.140
 you should be,

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:53.840
 can still

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.380
 give good

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.980
 things to

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.580
 your children,

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.240
 how much

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.720
 more likely

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.140
 is it that

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.360
 your perfectly

00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.940
 good, perfectly

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:02.240
 merciful, perfectly

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.320
 holy father

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:04.560
 will give good

00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:05.840
 things to his

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.860
 children when

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.480
 they ask?

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.880
 Giving them

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:11.740
 exactly what

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.200
 they need.

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.620
 The answer is

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:16.000
 infinitely more

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.380
 likely.

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.480
 certainty.

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.460
 God doing

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.180
 what he says

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.520
 he's going

00:27:20.520 --> 00:27:21.640
 to do is

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.560
 not even a

00:27:22.560 --> 00:27:24.060
 likelihood, it's

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.660
 a certainty.

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.580
 Just like a

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.200
 good father

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:30.140
 always answers,

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.100
 just like a

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:31.560
 good father,

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.340
 God answers

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:34.880
 our prayers by

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.540
 giving us

00:27:35.540 --> 00:27:36.880
 exactly what

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.360
 we need,

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:39.660
 not always

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.620
 what we want.

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:42.500
 earlier in

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.019
 the series,

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.399
 Ryan quoted

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.000
 Tim Keller

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.699
 and Tim Keller

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:47.799
 said, God

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.559
 will give you

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.599
 what you

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.079
 would have

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.759
 asked for

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:52.659
 if you

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:54.459
 knew everything

00:27:54.459 --> 00:27:55.559
 he knows.

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.000
 God does

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.199
 answer, he

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.939
 does give

00:27:59.939 --> 00:28:02.239
 exactly what

00:28:02.239 --> 00:28:02.679
 you need.

00:28:04.679 --> 00:28:05.419
 So if you're

00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:05.879
 sitting in your

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:07.359
 seat tonight

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.319
 and you're

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.299
 holding back

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.859
 from pouring

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.619
 yourself out

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.139
 to God

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.579
 in prayer

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.319
 like this

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.659
 because you're

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.480
 afraid that

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.419
 you'll put

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:17.000
 yourself out

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.259
 there and

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.720
 your prayer

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.119
 will go

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:19.579
 unanswered,

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.200
 well you

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.180
 can lay

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:22.019
 that concern

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.200
 aside completely

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.399
 because right

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:26.700
 now God

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.359
 is asking

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.240
 you to

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.659
 come to

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:28.859
 him.

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.960
 When you

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.980
 beg and

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.200
 search and

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.019
 hammer on

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.480
 the door of

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.819
 heaven to

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.240
 be made

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.740
 more like

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.220
 Jesus,

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.980
 it's more

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.579
 certain God

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:39.900
 will answer

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.360
 your prayers

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:40.779
 than you'll

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.140
 answer your

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.559
 next phone

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.860
 call.

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.120
 God gives

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.440
 you his

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.799
 word.

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.099
 Maybe you're

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 not ready

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 for constant

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 unwavering

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 passionate

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 pursuit of

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 God because

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 it sounds like

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 a lot to

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 commit to.

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 And if

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 that's the

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 case,

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 then I'd

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.259
 invite you to

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 think about

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 just for a

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 moment how

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 committed

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 Jesus is to

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 guaranteeing that

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 your prayers

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 will be

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 answered.

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 Jesus is so

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 committed to

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 making sure your

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 prayers are

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 answered that

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 he died on

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 the cross for

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 you to

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 guarantee it.

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 Before Jesus

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 went to the

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.859
 cross, he was

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 in a garden

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 with some

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 friends.

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 And three

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 times he went

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 to pray to

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 his father

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 asking,

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.120
 seeking,

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 knocking.

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 Jesus was

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 in agony.

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 He was

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 praying so

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 fervently and

00:29:45.060 --> 00:29:46.200
 his sweat fell

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 to the ground

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 like drops of

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 blood.

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 And Jesus

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 prayed to

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 God, his

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 good,

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 merciful

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 father, and

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 he said,

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 is it

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 possible for

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 me not to

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 have to do

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 this?

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 Father, is

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 there any

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 other way?

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 But you

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 know what's

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 right.

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 There was no

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 other way.

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 God is a

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 God of

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 justice.

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 When Jesus

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:18.440
 died on the

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.840
 cross, he

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 didn't die for

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.039
 his sin.

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 He didn't

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.420
 have any.

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:26.039
 He died to

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.420
 pay the

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.799
 justice for

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.680
 your sins.

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 So what

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:31.980
 you have

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:33.640
 now is

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 access and

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.420
 answers.

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 You can

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 come into

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.480
 the presence

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 of almighty

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 God, not

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.220
 as a

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.519
 guilty

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.039
 prisoner

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:45.100
 before a

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:46.160
 judge given

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.940
 a stay of

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.519
 execution,

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:50.100
 but as a

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:51.200
 child comes

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.180
 before a

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:53.060
 loving father

00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:55.180
 who longs to

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:56.100
 be pestered

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.640
 by you,

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.539
 asking,

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.680
 seeking,

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:00.980
 knocking,

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.619
 to be made

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.339
 more and

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.980
 more like

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.500
 Jesus,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.879
 your older

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:08.799
 brother who

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.579
 sacrificed

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.879
 himself to

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.539
 save you.

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.339
 When you

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.159
 pray to God

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:15.920
 for God,

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.879
 your prayer

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.759
 is guaranteed

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.460
 to be

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.920
 answered,

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:22.180
 because that

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.759
 prayer of

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:24.000
 Jesus that

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.759
 he prayed in

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.240
 the garden

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:27.240
 went unanswered.

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.339
 God,

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:30.000
 let's pray.

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.779
 Lord God,

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.380
 we thank

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.880
 you for

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:37.660
 the opportunity

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.279
 we have to

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.779
 pray to you.

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.200
 We thank

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.559
 you for the

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.059
 gift of

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.400
 prayer.

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:41.759
 Teach us,

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.180
 Lord, to

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.660
 pray to

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.240
 you as

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.759
 we should,

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.799
 fervently,

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.880
 diligently,

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.460
 consistently.

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.400
 Lord,

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.859
 make us

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.359
 people who

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.359
 breathe in

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.120
 and pray

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.559
 out.

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:55.619
 we thank

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:55.899
 you for

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.440
 the assurance

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.079
 we have

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.839
 that you

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.240
 will hear

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.720
 us because

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.079
 of what

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.799
 Jesus has

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.059
 done.

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.519
 And we

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.960
 pray in

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.480
 his name.

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.899
 Amen.

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.019
 Amen.

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.079
 Amen.

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