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 The book of Exodus chapter 17, and we may read again at verse 8.

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 Exodus chapter 17, reading at verse 8.

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 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

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 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

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 When the Israelite people were miraculously delivered from their Egyptian oppression,

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 the first enemies they faced were not external, but internal.

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 Their first enemies were themselves.

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 Their struggle was with themselves, as the Lord showed them, their own hearts.

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 And I would like to suggest that it is still the same to the present hour.

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 Our struggles are mainly from within and not from without.

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 Now, you may challenge that, but I think if you are any length of time on the Christian path,

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 you will know the truth of that statement.

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 You remember how the Apostle Paul writes about the inward strife that left him struggling time after time.

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 I see, he says, and my members, another law waging war against the law of my mind,

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 and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

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 It wasn't just that he saw it, but that it brought him into captivity.

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 Wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from this body of death,

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 as if he were carrying about a dead body attached to his person.

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 Well, Israel, during their relatively short period in the desert,

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 had encountered genuine difficulties.

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 They came to Mara, and the water was undrinkable, causing them to complain.

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 And you can appreciate how precious water was when you were in a dry, arid area.

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 And they must have been looking forward to arriving at this place,

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 only to be bitterly disappointed by the quality of the water.

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 God made it drinkable by another miracle.

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 Then it was lack of food that made them grumble.

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 And again, God provided them with manna.

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 The difficulty experienced earlier in this chapter

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 was that they were faced not with undrinkable water,

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 but with a lack of water,

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 either because the water was not there,

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 or if it was there,

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 they had no access to it.

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 And you can make your mind up.

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 Which of these two possibilities is true?

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 Because the Bible doesn't really disclose what it was.

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 Such was their ire that Moses was fearful for his own life.

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 He thought they were going to stone him.

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 They didn't trust God to provide.

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 In fact, they wanted God put on trial.

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 As they interpreted matters,

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 God had failed them miserably.

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 And yet again,

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 God graciously and marvelously provides

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 by bringing water from a most unexpected source,

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 a rock.

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 And you know from your New Testament

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 that the New Testament interprets the rock

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 as Christ.

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 And there is a sermon there.

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 Incidentally,

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 there is no indication of thanks

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 for such fulsome and gracious provision.

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 And I wonder how often

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 are we guilty of the sale

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 when the Lord has intervened

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 marvelously and miraculously in our lives,

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 when we have been pleading,

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 perhaps for help,

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 and how forgetful we are

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 to give thanks when he responds.

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 Well, I'd like to bring three thoughts before you.

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 That's just the background

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 to our text this evening.

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 First, conflict at Rephidim.

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 Secondly, countering hostility.

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 And thirdly, celebrating

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 the celebration of victory.

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 Conflict at Rephidim.

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 Countering hostility.

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 And the celebration of victory.

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 Conflict at Rephidim.

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 The writer tells us,

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 Moses, we accept as the writer.

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 The people of Israel

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 were physically attacked

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 from without

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 by those who were hostile to them.

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 Remember?

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 Up until now,

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 their problems arose from themselves.

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 We read,

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 Amalek came and fought with Israel

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 at Rephidim.

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 This was Israel's

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 first experience

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 of our military encounter.

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 The Amalekites

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 were a nomadic people.

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 They could trace their ancestry

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 back to Jacob's twin brother,

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 Esau.

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 In the book of Genesis,

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 we find this information.

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 These are the names of Esau's sons.

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 Eliphaz, the son of Adah,

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 the wife of Esau.

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 And then you find Timnah

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 was a concubine of Eliphaz,

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 Esau's son.

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 She bore Amalek

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 to Eliphaz.

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 And I suppose

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 you could argue

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 that there was a long-standing

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 ethnic tension

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 between the two peoples,

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 given their ancestry.

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 People of Israel

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 tracing their ancestry

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 back to Jacob

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 and the Amalekites

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 back to his twin brother.

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 The writer doesn't suggest

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 a specific reason

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 why these Amalekites

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 attacked Israel

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 at this precise moment.

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 May have been

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 because of the long-standing

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 ethnic tensions.

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 It is also possible

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 that they may have felt

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 threatened by the

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 sudden arrival

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 of all these people

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 in their territory.

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 They may have seen them

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 as a threat

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 to their own existence

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 by coming

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 to the places

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 which they themselves

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 frequented for water.

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 Water being such

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 a precious commodity

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 in the desert,

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 Rephidim,

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 was an oasis.

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 But the writer

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 doesn't tell us

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 why they were attacked.

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 There may be one more reason

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 for the attack.

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 The impression created,

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 at least in my own mind,

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 is that it was,

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 that it happened

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 very unexpectedly.

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 Then Amalek came

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 and fought with Israel.

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 When did Amalek

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 come

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 and fight

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 with Israel?

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 Was it not just

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 after the Israelites

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 had given expression,

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 vehement expression,

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 to their disgruntlement

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 with God,

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 threatening to stone

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 their leader?

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 So,

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 I cannot rule out

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 that this

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 unexpected,

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 sudden attack

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 was indirectly

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 provoked

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 by themselves

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 on account

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 of their behavior.

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 Be that as it may,

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 we cannot

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 remind ourselves

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 too often

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 that the Bible

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 does not record

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 historical events

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 just for the sake

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 of giving us

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 a history lesson.

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 The history

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 in the Bible

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 has spiritual meaning,

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 from which

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 spiritual applications

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 can be made.

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 And I would

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 therefore like

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 to suggest

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 a reason

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 from the New Testament

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 for this

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 actual

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 physical attack

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 by Amalek.

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 In Paul's letter

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 to the Ephesians,

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 he writes

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 twice in the same

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 context

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 of the need

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 of putting on

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 the whole

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 armor of God.

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 He is addressing

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 the church,

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 believers,

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 and the reason

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 he gives

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 for the need

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 to put on

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 the whole

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 armor of God

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 is

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 that you may

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 be able

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 to stand

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 against the

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 schemes

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 of the devil.

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 And then

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 he goes on

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 to tell,

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 for we do

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 not wrestle

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 against flesh

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 and blood,

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 but against

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 the rulers,

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 against the

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 authorities,

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 against the

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 cosmic powers

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 over this

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 present darkness,

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 against the

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 spiritual forces

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 of evil

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 in the heavenly

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 places.

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 Now remember,

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 the people

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 of Israel

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 represent

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 the church

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 of Christ

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 in the world,

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 a people

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 who are

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 a direct

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 result

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 of divine

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 intervention

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 and deliverance,

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 a people

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 who are

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 being led

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 by God

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 and who

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 are actually

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 instructed

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 by the

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 Lord to

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 come to

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 Rephidim.

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 Verse 1

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 in the chapter

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 tells us,

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 all the

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 congregation

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 of the

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 people of

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 Israel

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 moved on

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 from the

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 wilderness

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 of sin

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 by stages

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 according to

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 the commandment

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 of the

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 Lord

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 and

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 camped

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 at Rephidim.

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 They didn't

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 choose

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 to come

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 to this

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 destination

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 in

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 flagrant

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 disobedience

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 to the

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 command of

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 God.

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 They

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 moved there

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 in accord

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 with God's

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 instruction.

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 What could

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 possibly

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 go wrong?

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 They were

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 merely

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 following

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 divine

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 instructions.

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 And then

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 we read,

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 Amalek

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 came

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 and fought.

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 Why?

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 Well,

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 could I

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 suggest

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 it is

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 because

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 the devil

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 hates

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 God

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 and

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 he

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 hates

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 those

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 who

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 represent

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 God

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 in the

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 world.

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 He

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 seeks

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 to

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 destroy

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 God's

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 workmanship.

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 You

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 know how

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 peoples

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 tend to

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 be proud

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 of their

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 ancestry

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 and that

00:12:49.040 --> 00:12:49.680
 pride

00:12:49.680 --> 00:12:50.340
 can lead

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 to jealousy,

00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:52.040
 envy,

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 and opposition

00:12:53.040 --> 00:12:54.280
 and very

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 often along

00:12:55.060 --> 00:12:55.980
 with pride

00:12:55.980 --> 00:12:57.080
 you get

00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:57.820
 greed and

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 selfishness.

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 And you

00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:00.540
 can see

00:13:00.540 --> 00:13:01.000
 that

00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:02.680
 in many

00:13:02.680 --> 00:13:03.480
 of the

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 wars

00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:05.060
 that

00:13:05.060 --> 00:13:06.140
 have

00:13:06.140 --> 00:13:06.920
 started

00:13:06.920 --> 00:13:07.580
 in the

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 world,

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 how

00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:10.360
 you

00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:10.740
 can

00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:11.300
 find

00:13:11.300 --> 00:13:11.780
 these

00:13:11.780 --> 00:13:12.660
 elements

00:13:12.660 --> 00:13:15.640
 as it

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 were

00:13:16.020 --> 00:13:18.220
 foundational

00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:19.440
 to the

00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:19.820
 beginning

00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:20.440
 of such

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 wars.

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 But

00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:24.600
 if you

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 dig

00:13:25.280 --> 00:13:25.780
 down

00:13:25.780 --> 00:13:26.240
 deep

00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:26.720
 enough

00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:27.040
 and

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 you

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 discover

00:13:28.920 --> 00:13:29.379
 that

00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:29.700
 all

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 of

00:13:29.900 --> 00:13:30.260
 these

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 reasons

00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:32.760
 are

00:13:32.760 --> 00:13:33.080
 the

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 forces

00:13:33.780 --> 00:13:34.180
 of

00:13:34.180 --> 00:13:34.760
 darkness

00:13:34.760 --> 00:13:36.420
 seeking

00:13:36.420 --> 00:13:36.860
 to

00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:37.420
 hinder

00:13:37.420 --> 00:13:38.840
 and

00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:39.160
 even

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 repress

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 the

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 work

00:13:40.540 --> 00:13:40.740
 of

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 light.

00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.260
 Spreading

00:13:43.260 --> 00:13:44.240
 confusion

00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:46.000
 is a

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 tactic

00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:47.320
 favored

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 by the

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 forces

00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:49.400
 of

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 darkness.

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 The

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 attack

00:13:52.180 --> 00:13:52.640
 in this

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 instance

00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:54.240
 was

00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:54.660
 somewhat

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 cowardly.

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 How do

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 we

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 know?

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 Well,

00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:56.960
 in the

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 book of

00:13:57.400 --> 00:13:58.700
 Deuteronomy

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 you find

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 Moses

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 writing,

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 remember

00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:01.960
 what

00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:02.660
 Amalek

00:14:02.660 --> 00:14:03.360
 did to

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 you as

00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:03.940
 he's

00:14:03.940 --> 00:14:04.540
 speaking to

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 Israel,

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 on the

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 way as

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 you came

00:14:06.700 --> 00:14:07.120
 out of

00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:07.620
 Egypt,

00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:08.519
 how he

00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:09.040
 attacked

00:14:09.040 --> 00:14:09.480
 you on

00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:09.860
 the way

00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:10.259
 when you

00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:10.800
 were fed

00:14:10.800 --> 00:14:11.660
 and weary

00:14:11.660 --> 00:14:12.220
 and cut

00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:12.759
 off your

00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:13.200
 tail,

00:14:13.800 --> 00:14:14.240
 those who

00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:14.740
 were lagging

00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:15.600
 behind you,

00:14:16.180 --> 00:14:17.019
 and he

00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:18.360
 did not

00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:19.800
 fear God.

00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:21.279
 not only

00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:21.779
 was the

00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.379
 attack

00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:23.419
 unprovoked,

00:14:23.599 --> 00:14:24.059
 humanly

00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:24.579
 speaking,

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 in the

00:14:25.019 --> 00:14:26.339
 sense that

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 Israel didn't

00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:27.819
 go out of

00:14:27.819 --> 00:14:28.519
 their way

00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:29.740
 to provoke

00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:30.419
 Amalek,

00:14:31.099 --> 00:14:31.679
 but the

00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:32.519
 attack was

00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:33.079
 aimed

00:14:33.079 --> 00:14:34.299
 against the

00:14:34.299 --> 00:14:34.759
 weak,

00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:35.679
 the

00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:36.339
 vulnerable,

00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:37.279
 the

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.759
 helpless,

00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:38.939
 the

00:14:38.939 --> 00:14:39.719
 strugglers

00:14:39.719 --> 00:14:40.240
 at the

00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:40.939
 tail end

00:14:40.939 --> 00:14:41.419
 of the

00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:42.199
 procession,

00:14:42.939 --> 00:14:43.339
 usually

00:14:43.339 --> 00:14:44.279
 defenseless

00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:45.079
 women and

00:14:45.079 --> 00:14:45.539
 children,

00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.259
 and possibly

00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:48.500
 the frail

00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:49.000
 elderly.

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.379
 Now,

00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:51.219
 it may

00:14:51.219 --> 00:14:51.719
 have been

00:14:51.719 --> 00:14:53.139
 that Israel

00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:54.500
 thought there

00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.299
 was no real

00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:56.899
 danger to

00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.979
 those at

00:14:57.979 --> 00:14:58.419
 the end

00:14:58.419 --> 00:14:58.759
 of the

00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.419
 procession.

00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:00.399
 The

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:00.879
 pursuing

00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.479
 Egyptian

00:15:01.479 --> 00:15:02.519
 forces had

00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:03.319
 been destroyed

00:15:03.319 --> 00:15:03.699
 at the

00:15:03.699 --> 00:15:04.319
 Red Sea.

00:15:05.699 --> 00:15:06.559
 But you

00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:07.059
 note it

00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:07.539
 was the

00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:08.000
 most

00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.000
 vulnerable

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:10.559
 who were

00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:11.259
 attacked,

00:15:12.479 --> 00:15:12.959
 and it

00:15:12.959 --> 00:15:13.620
 happened

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:15.259
 possibly

00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:16.219
 where it

00:15:16.219 --> 00:15:16.819
 was least

00:15:16.819 --> 00:15:17.599
 expected.

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.359
 Now,

00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:19.720
 we can

00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:20.200
 apply

00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:20.620
 that.

00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:21.940
 Many

00:15:21.940 --> 00:15:22.720
 things in

00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:24.440
 life can

00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:25.060
 leave us

00:15:25.060 --> 00:15:26.120
 vulnerable to

00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:26.720
 spiritual

00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:27.519
 attack,

00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:29.320
 our pride,

00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:31.240
 an inflated

00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:31.820
 view of

00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:32.519
 ourselves,

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:34.259
 lack of

00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:34.600
 prayer

00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:35.460
 dependency,

00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:37.580
 and when we

00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:38.379
 are vulnerable,

00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.360
 you can be

00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:40.940
 sure that

00:15:40.940 --> 00:15:42.120
 these attacks

00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:43.000
 will

00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:44.019
 intensify.

00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.860
 will be

00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.579
 the

00:15:45.579 --> 00:15:46.000
 clue,

00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.559
 surely,

00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:47.139
 to what

00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:48.279
 lay behind

00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.659
 this

00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:50.019
 cowardly

00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:50.600
 attack

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.240
 lies in

00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:51.799
 the words,

00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:53.079
 he, that

00:15:53.079 --> 00:15:53.860
 is Amalek,

00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:55.039
 did not

00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:56.019
 fear God.

00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:57.819
 What a

00:15:57.819 --> 00:15:58.460
 coup for

00:15:58.460 --> 00:15:58.879
 Satan,

00:15:59.439 --> 00:16:00.220
 if he

00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:00.659
 could

00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:01.620
 prevent

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:01.960
 the

00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:02.319
 children

00:16:02.319 --> 00:16:03.079
 of Israel

00:16:03.079 --> 00:16:04.100
 from

00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:04.679
 reaching the

00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:05.079
 promised

00:16:05.079 --> 00:16:05.579
 land.

00:16:06.179 --> 00:16:06.740
 Here are

00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.279
 the forces

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:08.120
 of darkness

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.899
 using

00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.759
 guerrilla

00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.819
 tactics to

00:16:10.819 --> 00:16:11.559
 ambush

00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:12.779
 and deter

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:13.299
 the

00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:13.919
 progression

00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:14.500
 of the

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:14.859
 church

00:16:14.859 --> 00:16:15.159
 in the

00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:15.559
 world.

00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:17.500
 And that,

00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:18.339
 I believe,

00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:19.699
 is still

00:16:19.699 --> 00:16:20.359
 ongoing.

00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:21.359
 It would

00:16:21.359 --> 00:16:22.000
 be a huge

00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:22.779
 mistake

00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:24.019
 on our

00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.679
 part to

00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.119
 think

00:16:25.119 --> 00:16:26.319
 otherwise.

00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:26.979
 Our

00:16:26.979 --> 00:16:27.819
 real enemy,

00:16:28.439 --> 00:16:28.839
 it's not

00:16:28.839 --> 00:16:29.519
 other people,

00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:30.919
 it's the

00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.719
 forces of

00:16:31.719 --> 00:16:32.279
 darkness

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:33.679
 who will

00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.159
 keep

00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.099
 attacking

00:16:35.099 --> 00:16:35.500
 you,

00:16:35.859 --> 00:16:36.299
 yes,

00:16:37.119 --> 00:16:38.019
 even use

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:39.339
 people to

00:16:39.339 --> 00:16:40.119
 further their

00:16:40.119 --> 00:16:40.839
 aims, and

00:16:40.839 --> 00:16:41.239
 of course,

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.600
 you don't

00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:41.899
 have to

00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:43.159
 go further

00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:44.200
 than Calvary

00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:45.379
 to see

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:45.840
 how the

00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.580
 forces of

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.139
 darkness

00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:48.519
 manipulated

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.340
 people

00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:50.700
 seeking

00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:52.620
 to destroy

00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.879
 Christ

00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.899
 in the

00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.360
 world.

00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.840
 And they

00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.480
 do that

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.620
 to you

00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.100
 and me

00:16:59.100 --> 00:16:59.399
 in the

00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.799
 hope that

00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.159
 we will

00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:01.799
 do something

00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:03.100
 to dishonor

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.639
 God.

00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:05.279
 Our

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:05.920
 demise

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.880
 then becomes

00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.519
 the food

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:09.079
 of those

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.699
 hostile

00:17:09.699 --> 00:17:09.720
 hostile

00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:11.220
 to the

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:11.839
 cause of

00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.359
 Christ.

00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:13.919
 One

00:17:13.919 --> 00:17:14.379
 glaring

00:17:14.379 --> 00:17:15.299
 example in

00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:15.839
 the Bible

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:17.599
 is a

00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:18.439
 man who

00:17:18.439 --> 00:17:19.159
 began

00:17:19.159 --> 00:17:19.639
 well,

00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:22.279
 who had

00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:24.939
 a great

00:17:24.939 --> 00:17:25.839
 reputation,

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:26.879
 a man by

00:17:26.879 --> 00:17:27.259
 the name

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:28.000
 of Samson.

00:17:28.779 --> 00:17:29.460
 And the

00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:30.399
 Bible tells

00:17:30.399 --> 00:17:30.919
 us the

00:17:30.919 --> 00:17:31.599
 Philistine

00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.539
 seized him,

00:17:33.639 --> 00:17:34.379
 gouged out

00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:35.039
 his eyes,

00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.700
 because in

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.279
 a moment

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.180
 of weakness,

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:40.259
 rather than

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:41.139
 trusting the

00:17:41.139 --> 00:17:41.680
 Almighty,

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:43.359
 he trusted

00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:43.960
 his fellow

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.559
 creature,

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.460
 gouged out

00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:47.059
 his eyes

00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:47.599
 and brought

00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:48.159
 him down

00:17:48.159 --> 00:17:48.899
 to Gaza

00:17:48.899 --> 00:17:50.319
 and bound

00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:50.759
 him with

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:52.039
 bronze shackles.

00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:52.759
 This is the

00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.159
 point.

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.579
 And he

00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.659
 ground at

00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.220
 the mill

00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.500
 in the

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:57.960
 prison.

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.240
 Now there

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:01.379
 he was

00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:02.440
 being used

00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:04.799
 as a

00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:07.200
 source of

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.820
 providing

00:18:07.820 --> 00:18:10.360
 food for

00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:10.840
 the very

00:18:10.840 --> 00:18:11.640
 people he

00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.080
 had been

00:18:12.080 --> 00:18:13.039
 engaged in

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.820
 destroying.

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.279
 And now

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:16.600
 they were

00:18:16.600 --> 00:18:17.380
 being fed

00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:18.460
 by his

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:19.000
 efforts.

00:18:19.820 --> 00:18:20.160
 Well,

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.820
 that hasn't

00:18:20.820 --> 00:18:21.400
 changed.

00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:22.920
 The world

00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:24.840
 still feeds

00:18:24.840 --> 00:18:25.259
 on the

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:26.580
 fall of

00:18:26.580 --> 00:18:27.160
 God's

00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:28.380
 people and

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 the world.

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 Conflict

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.880
 at

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.519
 Rephidim.

00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.440
 A hostile

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.460
 encounter

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:35.980
 and brings

00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:36.300
 me to

00:18:36.300 --> 00:18:36.860
 my second

00:18:36.860 --> 00:18:37.259
 point,

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:38.019
 countering

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.720
 hostility.

00:18:40.040 --> 00:18:40.580
 The

00:18:40.580 --> 00:18:41.060
 chapter

00:18:41.060 --> 00:18:41.800
 informs

00:18:41.800 --> 00:18:43.080
 us how

00:18:43.080 --> 00:18:43.519
 Israel

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.360
 launched a

00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:45.360
 counter-attack.

00:18:46.540 --> 00:18:46.940
 Moses

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:48.160
 addressing

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.800
 Joshua,

00:18:49.040 --> 00:18:49.600
 choose for

00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:50.200
 his men,

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:51.340
 go out

00:18:51.340 --> 00:18:51.840
 and fight

00:18:51.840 --> 00:18:52.680
 with Amalek.

00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:54.060
 Tomorrow I

00:18:54.060 --> 00:18:54.820
 will stand,

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.540
 says Moses,

00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.220
 on the top

00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.820
 of the hill

00:18:56.820 --> 00:18:58.180
 with the

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.740
 staff of

00:18:58.740 --> 00:19:00.000
 God in

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.900
 my hand.

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.019
 So

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.680
 Joshua

00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.460
 obeyed.

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.240
 He did

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.859
 as Moses

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.619
 told him,

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.460
 fought with

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:09.039
 Amalek,

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.839
 while Moses,

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:11.460
 Aaron,

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.099
 and her

00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:13.460
 went up

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:13.819
 to the

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.279
 top of

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:14.799
 the hill.

00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:17.759
 Fascinating

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.259
 how the

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.740
 writer,

00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.000
 well,

00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.420
 Aaron,

00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.019
 we know,

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:21.940
 was related

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.680
 to Moses,

00:19:22.900 --> 00:19:23.539
 but her,

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.819
 he's just

00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.539
 introduced

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:27.019
 as if we

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.400
 ought to

00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:27.839
 know who

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.380
 he is.

00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:29.960
 Joshua

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.620
 goes to

00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:30.800
 the

00:19:30.800 --> 00:19:31.460
 battlefield.

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.340
 The

00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:32.760
 hostile

00:19:32.760 --> 00:19:33.540
 forces

00:19:33.540 --> 00:19:34.580
 had to

00:19:34.580 --> 00:19:34.800
 be

00:19:34.800 --> 00:19:35.460
 engaged.

00:19:36.520 --> 00:19:36.740
 They

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.280
 fought in

00:19:37.280 --> 00:19:37.420
 the

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:37.720
 valley.

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.280
 Moses

00:19:39.280 --> 00:19:39.940
 was up

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:40.840
 on the

00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:41.260
 top of

00:19:41.260 --> 00:19:41.720
 the hill.

00:19:43.260 --> 00:19:43.620
 Verse

00:19:43.620 --> 00:19:44.640
 11 tells

00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:44.920
 us,

00:19:45.060 --> 00:19:45.220
 whenever

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:46.280
 Moses held

00:19:46.280 --> 00:19:46.700
 up his

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.180
 hand,

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.400
 Israel

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:49.280
 prevailed.

00:19:49.820 --> 00:19:50.040
 When

00:19:50.040 --> 00:19:50.640
 his hand

00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.120
 lowered,

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.320
 Amalek

00:19:52.320 --> 00:19:52.960
 prevailed.

00:19:54.040 --> 00:19:54.580
 And does

00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:55.100
 that not

00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:56.120
 indicate to

00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:56.339
 us,

00:19:56.399 --> 00:19:57.259
 whatever

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:58.059
 Moses was

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.539
 doing on

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.379
 the hilltop

00:19:59.379 --> 00:20:02.279
 is connected

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.859
 with the

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:03.659
 fortunes

00:20:03.659 --> 00:20:04.879
 of the

00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:05.719
 fighting men

00:20:05.719 --> 00:20:06.679
 on the

00:20:06.679 --> 00:20:07.539
 battlefield in

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:07.939
 the valley.

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.619
 Some might

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:11.139
 suggest that

00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:11.439
 he was

00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:11.939
 merely

00:20:11.939 --> 00:20:12.959
 directing

00:20:12.959 --> 00:20:14.639
 the fighting

00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:15.319
 men in

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.019
 the valley

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:17.919
 below from

00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:19.779
 his vantage

00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:20.399
 point on

00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:21.259
 the hilltop.

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:23.519
 and when

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:25.400
 I

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:27.099
 think of

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.700
 that view,

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.900
 I think

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.440
 of Moses

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.319
 almost like

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.960
 a choir

00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.779
 conductor.

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.359
 And I

00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:34.599
 would

00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:35.140
 discount

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:35.579
 that

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.240
 immediately

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.680
 for one

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.220
 simple

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.759
 reason.

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.259
 Moses

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.220
 held the

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:42.819
 staff of

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.420
 God in

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.980
 his hand.

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.859
 Tomorrow I

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.480
 will stand

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.819
 on the

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.259
 top of

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.660
 the hill

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.599
 with the

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.379
 staff of

00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:49.579
 God in

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.339
 my hand.

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:51.199
 member

00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:51.480
 of the

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.779
 staff has

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.319
 history.

00:20:54.179 --> 00:20:54.879
 It was

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.619
 instrumental

00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:57.480
 in the

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.699
 displays of

00:20:58.699 --> 00:20:59.879
 divine power

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:00.599
 connected

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.819
 with the

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.459
 exodus.

00:21:03.699 --> 00:21:04.000
 And so

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.579
 therefore I

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.319
 understand

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.819
 Moses'

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.779
 uplifted

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:08.720
 hand to

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.819
 be symbolic

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:11.199
 of

00:21:11.199 --> 00:21:12.179
 intercessory

00:21:12.179 --> 00:21:12.699
 prayer.

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:13.859
 Now you

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.419
 may tell

00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:15.779
 me there

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.220
 is no

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.799
 word of

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:18.099
 prayer in

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.759
 the passage.

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:20.920
 but if

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.339
 you look

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.019
 through your

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:23.140
 Bible you

00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.819
 will find

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.379
 that the

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:25.500
 uplifting

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.039
 of the

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:27.599
 hand is

00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:28.440
 a symbol

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:30.059
 for prayer.

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:31.019
 For example

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.579
 in the

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.379
 Psalms,

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:32.859
 the very

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:34.019
 first Psalm

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.420
 that we

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.039
 sang this

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.440
 evening,

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.779
 so I

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.339
 will bless

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.720
 you as

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.180
 long as

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.799
 I live

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.859
 in your

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.420
 name.

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.700
 I will

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.279
 lift up

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.079
 my hands.

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:43.680
 What was

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.140
 the psalmist

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.799
 doing there?

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:45.900
 He was

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.779
 engaging in

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.220
 prayer,

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:49.220
 engaging in

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.019
 wrestling with

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.460
 God.

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:51.980
 And then

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.500
 the second

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.220
 Psalm that

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.700
 we sang,

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.160
 let my

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.700
 prayer be

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.319
 counted as

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.180
 incense before

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.420
 you,

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.259
 and the

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.059
 lifting up

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.480
 of my

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.859
 hands as

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.500
 the evening

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.579
 sacrifice.

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.579
 What took

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.759
 place when

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.279
 the evening

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.440
 sacrifice was

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:05.940
 being offered

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.339
 up?

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.119
 There was

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:08.299
 prayer on

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.799
 the part

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.160
 of the

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.639
 priests.

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.700
 And although

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.420
 there is no

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.299
 record of

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.639
 what Moses

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.279
 said,

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.940
 the inference

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:19.559
 is that

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:21.180
 Moses' actions

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.759
 on the

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.500
 hilltop

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.619
 were an

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.799
 unmistakable

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.539
 sign of

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:27.259
 dependence on

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.180
 God alone

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.519
 to win the

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.940
 battle.

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.759
 In holding

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.599
 the rod up

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.220
 to heaven,

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.359
 he was

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.200
 appealing for

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.879
 God to

00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.759
 defend his

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.180
 people.

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.279
 Yes,

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.779
 men were

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:42.660
 selected for

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.940
 battle.

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.420
 And again,

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:45.960
 the writer

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.619
 doesn't go

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.519
 into detail

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.059
 of their

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.039
 skills or

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.720
 their

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.639
 suitability.

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.319
 None of

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.660
 that is

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.079
 revealed.

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.440
 Yet despite

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.940
 having selected

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.599
 men to

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.039
 fight,

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.440
 the outcome

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.200
 was not

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.519
 determined by

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.200
 the bravery

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.920
 and fighting

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:02.359
 skills of

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.960
 these men

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.279
 on the

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.799
 battlefield,

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.579
 but by

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.619
 what happened

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.619
 on the

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.220
 hilltop.

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.240
 It depended

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.759
 on the

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.460
 God he

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:11.980
 was being

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.859
 pled with

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.920
 in prayer.

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.099
 Whenever

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.200
 Moses held

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.640
 up his

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.059
 hand,

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.259
 Israel

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.720
 prevailed.

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.039
 Whenever he

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.700
 lowered his

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.140
 hand,

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.339
 Amalek

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.079
 prevailed.

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.920
 Now remember,

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.640
 God answers

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.160
 prayer.

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.420
 Oh,

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.339
 how thankful

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:35.779
 every believer

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.680
 ought to be

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.680
 that God

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.220
 answers

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.839
 prayer.

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:41.759
 Moses saw

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.179
 this

00:23:42.179 --> 00:23:43.379
 firsthand

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.699
 as he

00:23:44.699 --> 00:23:45.439
 watched the

00:23:45.439 --> 00:23:46.199
 conflict

00:23:46.199 --> 00:23:46.980
 in the

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.339
 valley.

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.879
 The success

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.559
 in battle

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:52.039
 depended on

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.559
 the God

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.279
 who answers

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.859
 prayer.

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:54.720
 I'm sure

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.439
 everyone has

00:23:55.439 --> 00:23:55.899
 heard the

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.399
 phrase,

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.019
 the pen,

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.579
 is mightier

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.059
 than the

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.500
 sword.

00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:01.099
 But in

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:02.480
 this example,

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.159
 it was the

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:06.019
 petition that

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.980
 was mightier

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:08.079
 than the

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.620
 sword.

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.480
 And prayer

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.680
 is an

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.360
 effective

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:14.059
 weapon in

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.579
 the hands

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:14.960
 of the

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.380
 believer.

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.500
 In fact,

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:18.480
 Paul counsels

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.099
 the church.

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.519
 I could put it

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.140
 stronger.

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:23.240
 He instructs the

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.039
 church in the

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.860
 letter to the

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.640
 Ephesians,

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.660
 pray at all

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:29.160
 times in the

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:29.680
 Spirit,

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.120
 with all

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:32.740
 prayer and

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.720
 supplication.

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:33.860
 prayer.

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.380
 And when

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.940
 he writes

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.960
 that, it's

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.460
 after putting

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:38.900
 on the

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.539
 whole armor

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.180
 of God.

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.519
 What does

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.960
 that tell

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.279
 us?

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.079
 Does it

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.519
 not tell

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.000
 us this,

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.360
 that we

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.740
 may put

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.380
 on the

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.819
 whole

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.220
 armor,

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.779
 the belt

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.319
 of truth,

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.079
 the breastplate

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.740
 of righteousness,

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.539
 the shield

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.039
 of faith,

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.480
 the helmet

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.400
 of salvation,

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.680
 and the

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.240
 sword of

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.839
 the Spirit?

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.759
 But if we

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.160
 do not

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.759
 entrust

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.860
 ourselves to

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.460
 God in

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.839
 prayer,

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:58.539
 then we

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.059
 will not

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.740
 stand.

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.140
 We'll be

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.759
 led away

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.420
 into error.

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.700
 we'll give

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.200
 way to

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.920
 temptation.

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.060
 We'll be

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.940
 dragged down

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.700
 into doubt

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.740
 and discouragement.

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.300
 We could

00:25:10.300 --> 00:25:11.380
 fight valiantly

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:12.279
 like Joshua,

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.180
 but unless we

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.840
 pray like

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:14.279
 Moses,

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.380
 we'll not

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.120
 overcome in

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.620
 the battle.

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.460
 So how do

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.960
 we fight

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:20.380
 back against

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.259
 the forces of

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.720
 darkness?

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.320
 Do we not

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:22.720
 do what

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.440
 Moses did?

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.860
 He engaged

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.539
 in prayer.

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.759
 It is by

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.940
 persevering and

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:29.200
 prevailing in

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.920
 prayer that we

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.120
 become victorious

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:32.079
 on the

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:33.019
 battlefield of

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.579
 sin and

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.219
 temptation.

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.359
 If you ask

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.019
 me, why

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.819
 is prayer

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:39.379
 of such

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.519
 huge importance?

00:25:41.719 --> 00:25:42.539
 Why is it

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.000
 such an

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.539
 effective

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.279
 spiritual

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.839
 weapon?

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.699
 My answer

00:25:46.699 --> 00:25:47.179
 would be

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.859
 this, that

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.859
 God is the

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.539
 difference

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:51.679
 between victory

00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:53.359
 and defeat.

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.219
 It is by

00:25:55.219 --> 00:25:56.219
 prayer that

00:25:56.219 --> 00:25:56.959
 we depend

00:25:56.959 --> 00:25:57.679
 on him

00:25:57.679 --> 00:25:59.000
 to win the

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.379
 battle.

00:25:59.380 --> 00:25:59.440
 prayer.

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.620
 Does that

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.940
 mean that

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.320
 it is the

00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:04.140
 power of

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.980
 prayer that

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.940
 is important?

00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:07.800
 Is it that

00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:08.740
 prayer itself

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.220
 is the

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.740
 important

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.340
 factor?

00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:11.900
 If we pray

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.540
 long enough,

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:13.140
 if we pray

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.840
 hard enough,

00:26:13.840 --> 00:26:14.320
 or often

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.600
 enough,

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.340
 then God

00:26:15.340 --> 00:26:15.760
 will do

00:26:15.760 --> 00:26:16.280
 what we

00:26:16.280 --> 00:26:16.800
 are asking

00:26:16.800 --> 00:26:17.220
 him to

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.520
 do.

00:26:18.800 --> 00:26:19.800
 The power

00:26:19.800 --> 00:26:20.480
 of prayer

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:22.420
 is not

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.040
 the prayer

00:26:23.040 --> 00:26:23.720
 itself,

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:25.480
 but the

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.100
 power of

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.619
 God.

00:26:27.699 --> 00:26:28.679
 In prayer,

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.759
 we are

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.579
 acknowledging

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:32.579
 our absolute

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.519
 dependence

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:35.219
 on God.

00:26:36.219 --> 00:26:37.219
 Reminds me

00:26:37.219 --> 00:26:38.259
 of a

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.879
 definition

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.779
 of prayer

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:41.240
 that I

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.939
 read many

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.819
 years ago

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:44.379
 in a book

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:45.000
 written by

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.459
 a man

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:45.939
 called

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.759
 Octavius

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.500
 Winslow,

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.719
 and the

00:26:48.719 --> 00:26:49.339
 title of

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.740
 the book

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.219
 was The

00:26:50.219 --> 00:26:51.500
 Work of

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.980
 the Holy

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.480
 Spirit.

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.380
 This is

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:53.700
 what he

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.200
 wrote on

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.660
 prayer.

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.779
 Prayer is

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.700
 the expression

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.680
 of want,

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.299
 the desire

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.079
 of need,

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.500
 the acknowledgement

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.620
 of poverty,

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:05.000
 the language

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.120
 of dependence,

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.059
 the breathing

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.980
 of a soul

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.900
 that has

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.519
 nothing in

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.380
 itself but

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:12.059
 hangs on

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:13.680
 God for

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.220
 all its

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.799
 wants.

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.759
 That

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.559
 definition

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.559
 of prayer

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:21.120
 greatly

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.900
 appealed to

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.320
 me when

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:23.060
 I first

00:27:23.060 --> 00:27:23.920
 read it,

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.200
 and it

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:26.300
 still does

00:27:26.300 --> 00:27:28.440
 years later.

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.700
 Prayer is

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.400
 also for

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.980
 the glory

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.560
 of God.

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.519
 It glorifies

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.320
 God by

00:27:34.320 --> 00:27:35.380
 showing that

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.080
 the victory

00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:37.400
 belongs to

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.120
 God alone.

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:40.640
 Some have

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.320
 suggested

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:42.740
 that is why

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.560
 Moses was

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:43.940
 on the

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.560
 hilltop,

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:46.040
 because you

00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:46.440
 could say,

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:46.900
 could he not

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.420
 have prayed

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.740
 in the

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.019
 valley?

00:27:49.300 --> 00:27:50.080
 On the

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.720
 hilltop,

00:27:50.800 --> 00:27:51.140
 he was

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:52.320
 making sure

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:54.120
 that Israel

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:56.080
 learned the

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.720
 power of

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.240
 prayer.

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.200
 Had he not

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.920
 been visible

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.340
 on the

00:27:59.340 --> 00:27:59.920
 hilltop,

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.820
 Israel might

00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:01.540
 have concluded

00:28:01.540 --> 00:28:02.040
 that they

00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:02.900
 themselves were

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:04.480
 responsible for

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.100
 the victory.

00:28:06.040 --> 00:28:06.920
 They would be

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.020
 celebrating their

00:28:08.020 --> 00:28:09.940
 own strength

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.980
 and military

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.560
 power.

00:28:12.560 --> 00:28:13.759
 We are so

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:16.020
 prone to

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.819
 this type

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.539
 of failing,

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:19.460
 of thinking

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.139
 that we

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:21.039
 ourselves

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:23.200
 have done

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.799
 it all.

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.019
 When you

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.700
 read this

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.839
 book of

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.279
 Exodus

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.139
 carefully,

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.599
 you cannot

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.259
 but be

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.079
 struck by

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:33.119
 the frequency

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.879
 of prayer

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:36.440
 in the life

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.099
 of Moses,

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.940
 the servant

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.759
 of God.

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.039
 Again and

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.720
 again you

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.440
 find him

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.680
 talking over

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.639
 his problems

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.160
 with the

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.560
 Lord.

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.940
 Here he

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.880
 intercedes

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.620
 on behalf

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.280
 of Israel.

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.460
 When he

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.380
 lifted his

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.880
 hand on

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.360
 the hill,

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.300
 top as I

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:53.880
 believe in

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.400
 prayer,

00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:55.380
 he was

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.259
 elevating the

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.700
 entire nation

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.460
 before the

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.020
 throne of

00:28:59.020 --> 00:28:59.560
 grace.

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.300
 Given the

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:02.160
 many wonderful

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.780
 answers to

00:29:03.780 --> 00:29:04.620
 prayer that

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.540
 he received,

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.920
 many might

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.500
 have thought

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.820
 of him as

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:09.340
 a prayer

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.840
 warrior.

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:11.659
 But what

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.379
 I believe

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:13.319
 this chapter

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:15.240
 shows about

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.220
 Moses'

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.359
 prayer life

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.879
 is not

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.839
 its strength

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:21.399
 but its

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.000
 weakness.

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.639
 As long

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.159
 as he

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:26.220
 interceded,

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:27.899
 the Israelite

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:29.179
 forces had

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.639
 the upper

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.159
 hand.

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.759
 But there

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.339
 came a

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.819
 time when

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.299
 Moses'

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:36.199
 hands grew

00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:36.759
 weary.

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.980
 Verse 12.

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.460
 He was

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.700
 unable to

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.460
 persevere

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.299
 in prayer.

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.259
 And that

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.220
 surely points

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.700
 to the

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.220
 need of

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.059
 one greater

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.880
 than Moses

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:50.880
 who is a

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.220
 better

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.039
 mediator,

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.559
 even the

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.240
 Lord Jesus

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.839
 Christ.

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.319
 The writer

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.720
 to the

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.120
 Hebrews

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:57.059
 reminds us

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:58.000
 that he

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:59.279
 always lives

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.559
 to make

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.360
 intercession

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:02.019
 for his

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.440
 people.

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.819
 He requires

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.519
 no one

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.519
 to hold

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:05.920
 up his

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.380
 hands.

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:08.320
 There

00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:08.820
 came a

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.660
 time for

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.260
 Moses

00:30:10.260 --> 00:30:11.500
 when

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.040
 sheer

00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:12.820
 exhaustion

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:14.120
 set in,

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.840
 unable to

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.580
 keep going.

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.820
 And I

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.440
 am sure

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.180
 that every

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.780
 person

00:30:19.780 --> 00:30:21.420
 who engages

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.160
 in prayer

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.700
 will agree

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.100
 that

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.960
 persistent,

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.580
 continuous

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.360
 prayer

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.540
 can be

00:30:28.540 --> 00:30:29.280
 wearisome,

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.540
 can be

00:30:30.540 --> 00:30:31.200
 exhausting.

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.380
 it is

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.000
 difficult

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.539
 to remember

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:36.120
 what is

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.980
 recorded

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.120
 of the

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.720
 disciples

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.559
 who were

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.340
 with Jesus

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:41.420
 in

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.220
 Gethsemane.

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.779
 Remember,

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.319
 Jesus had

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.700
 gone a

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.319
 stone's

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.019
 throw from

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.299
 them.

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:47.779
 He had

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.140
 taken

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.799
 three with

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:48.980
 them.

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.360
 And we

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:50.779
 are told

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.259
 he came

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.600
 to the

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.160
 disciples

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.920
 and found

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.180
 them

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.680
 sleeping.

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:55.019
 And he

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.319
 spoke

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.980
 particularly

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.799
 to Peter.

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:58.659
 So could

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.039
 you not

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.720
 watch with

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.960
 me one

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.539
 hour?

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.440
 And then

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.759
 he goes

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.159
 on to

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:04.359
 say,

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.039
 The spirit

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.740
 indeed is

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.079
 willing,

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.720
 but the

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.240
 flesh is

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.799
 weak.

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:11.139
 The flesh

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.839
 is always

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.460
 weak.

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.299
 But the

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.779
 weakness

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.879
 of Moses

00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:18.639
 only served

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.559
 to highlight

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:21.419
 and magnify

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.079
 the glory

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.859
 of God.

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.960
 It showed

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.879
 that Israel

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:26.019
 was victorious

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:28.039
 not because

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.940
 Joshua was

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.359
 a good

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.960
 military

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.579
 leader or

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.539
 because Moses

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.359
 was a man

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.079
 of prayer,

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.099
 but because

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:37.079
 God was

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.900
 their captain

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:39.220
 in the

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.599
 battle.

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.599
 We read

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.019
 Moses'

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.960
 hands grew

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.379
 weary,

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.819
 so they

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.220
 took a

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.720
 stone and

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.019
 put it

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.579
 under him,

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.960
 sat on

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.359
 it while

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.940
 Aaron and

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.440
 her held

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.779
 up his

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.099
 hands,

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.500
 and so

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.759
 on.

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.960
 And what

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:52.799
 this picture

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:54.019
 sets before

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.559
 us and

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.379
 suggests,

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.599
 is that

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.319
 Moses was

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.599
 given

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:59.420
 support in

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.539
 persevering in

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.920
 prayer by

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.539
 these two

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.440
 individuals,

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.539
 Aaron and

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:04.900
 her.

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.700
 With their

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.139
 help,

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.619
 his hands

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:10.200
 remain steady.

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.460
 Even prayer

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.240
 warriors

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.700
 require

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.480
 assistance.

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.599
 prayer.

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:18.000
 And I

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.720
 think it

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.400
 demonstrates

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.319
 to us

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:21.779
 the need

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.700
 of corporate

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.339
 prayer.

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.319
 Yes,

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.799
 individual

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.680
 prayer

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:29.019
 ought to

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:30.079
 be a

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.819
 constant

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:32.120
 feature and

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:33.819
 mark of

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.500
 the believer

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.240
 in life,

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.880
 but there is

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.599
 a need for

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.500
 corporate

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.279
 prayer.

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.099
 That's a

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:41.160
 feature of

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.500
 the New

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.059
 Testament

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:43.220
 church from

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.600
 the very

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.360
 outset in

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:45.079
 the book

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.380
 of the

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.880
 Acts of

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.039
 the

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.740
 Apostles.

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.819
 You find

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.339
 the early

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.039
 Christians

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:50.100
 engaged in

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:51.140
 prayer and

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.680
 groups.

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.460
 At

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.160
 Pentecost,

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.019
 for example,

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.100
 they were

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.860
 all together

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.500
 in one

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.200
 place.

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.200
 Can you

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.819
 find this?

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.799
 They devoted

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.620
 themselves to

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.200
 the apostle

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.059
 teaching and

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.640
 the fellowship,

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.440
 to the

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.039
 breaking of

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:05.259
 bread and

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:06.000
 the prayers.

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.220
 When choosing

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.900
 men to

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.980
 the diaconate,

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.180
 you remember

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.960
 the disciples

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.339
 said,

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.759
 we will

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.159
 devote

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.699
 ourselves

00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:13.000
 to

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:14.439
 prayer and

00:33:14.439 --> 00:33:14.759
 to the

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.459
 ministry of

00:33:15.459 --> 00:33:16.099
 the word.

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.359
 And again

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.319
 remember when

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.119
 Peter was

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.599
 imprisoned by

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.139
 Herod,

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.679
 earnest

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:24.799
 prayer for

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.279
 him was

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.919
 made to

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:27.439
 God by

00:33:27.439 --> 00:33:28.199
 the church.

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.480
 When he

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.859
 was miraculously

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.879
 released from

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.819
 imprisonment,

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.980
 he went to

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.599
 look for his

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:39.179
 friends, and

00:33:39.179 --> 00:33:39.699
 you remember

00:33:39.699 --> 00:33:40.279
 what was

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.639
 true.

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:41.939
 when he

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.539
 came to

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.099
 the house

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.579
 of John

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.059
 Mark,

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.659
 they were

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:47.179
 engaged in

00:33:47.179 --> 00:33:47.859
 all-night

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.439
 prayer.

00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:50.019
 Many were

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.559
 gathered

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:52.319
 together and

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.980
 were praying.

00:33:54.199 --> 00:33:55.279
 The strange

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.839
 thing is,

00:33:55.899 --> 00:33:56.179
 in that

00:33:56.179 --> 00:33:56.779
 example,

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.359
 they didn't

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:59.339
 even believe

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.699
 that the

00:34:00.699 --> 00:34:01.240
 Lord had

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.779
 done what

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.099
 they were

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.779
 praying for.

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.559
 And sometimes

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.019
 we're like

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.519
 that too.

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:07.519
 we ask

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.280
 for something,

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.719
 and when it

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.380
 happens, we

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.900
 can hardly

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.599
 believe that

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.219
 does happen.

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.719
 There was

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.940
 Peter knocking

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.000
 frantically at

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.500
 the door.

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.219
 And you

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.719
 remember

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:20.500
 how

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:23.119
 Rhoda came

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.480
 to the

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.880
 door.

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.039
 She ran

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.599
 back in,

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.179
 such was her

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.759
 excitement.

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.960
 And they

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.280
 weren't

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.019
 believing it.

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:31.000
 that required

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.000
 some convincing.

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:32.820
 Well,

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.980
 prayer is the

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:35.199
 spiritual weapon

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.619
 of the

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.980
 church.

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.920
 Cannot be

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.380
 emphasized

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:38.739
 enough how

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.219
 we need

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:40.380
 to meet

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.920
 in prayer.

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.460
 Remember,

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.940
 the promise

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.559
 of Jesus

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.059
 to the

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.440
 church,

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.780
 where two

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.259
 or three

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:46.900
 are gathered

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.480
 in my

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.860
 name.

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.440
 There am

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.079
 I among

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.360
 them.

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:52.000
 there is

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.260
 need,

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.660
 as I

00:34:52.660 --> 00:34:52.940
 said,

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.200
 for

00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:53.740
 private

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:54.500
 intercession.

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.300
 But there

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.680
 is a

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.280
 great need

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.539
 for

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.180
 corporate

00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:58.860
 prayer,

00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:00.480
 where we

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.519
 pray for

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:03.180
 and pray

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.760
 with

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.980
 other

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.579
 Christians.

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.720
 And you

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:06.880
 know,

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.460
 that can

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.579
 be very

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.260
 encouraging

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:11.240
 to people

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:11.820
 when they're

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:13.260
 praying for

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.019
 and with

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:15.300
 one another.

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.180
 Countering

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:20.039
 hostility,

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.880
 the importance

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.579
 of prayer,

00:35:21.779 --> 00:35:22.279
 conflict,

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.519
 and

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.920
 referendum,

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.159
 a hostile

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:25.599
 finally celebration

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.320
 of victory.

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.860
 The narrative

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.699
 tells us

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.699
 Joshua

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.940
 overwhelmed

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.880
 Amalek and

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.460
 his people

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.860
 with a

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.279
 sword.

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:36.259
 Does the

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:37.259
 writer tell

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.719
 us

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:41.119
 how they

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.980
 celebrated

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.719
 the victory?

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:44.019
 A huge

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:45.360
 victory

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.199
 party was

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.759
 held.

00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:48.539
 That's not

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.960
 what we

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.340
 read.

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:51.039
 But what

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.480
 we read

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.179
 is this,

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:54.900
 or what

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.719
 is implied

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.340
 by what

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:56.880
 we read.

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.199
 They

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.599
 offered

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.559
 thanksgiving

00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:00.079
 to God.

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.079
 They

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.759
 worshipped.

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.880
 How

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.579
 appropriate.

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.199
 Moses is

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:07.119
 instructed to

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.559
 write

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.639
 what took

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.099
 place,

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.320
 and

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:11.199
 significantly

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:12.460
 instructed

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.059
 to bring

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.539
 this to

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.199
 the attention

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:15.039
 of Joshua

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:17.320
 as the

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.019
 future leader

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.420
 of the

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.739
 nation.

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.300
 Not so

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.920
 much that

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.300
 he might

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.759
 read the

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.239
 report,

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.980
 but to

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.539
 have it

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.780
 read out

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.179
 to him.

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.480
 Write this

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.820
 as a

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.480
 memorial in

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:27.960
 a book,

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.599
 and recite

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:32.019
 it in the

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.579
 years of

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.019
 Joshua.

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.500
 You know,

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.460
 write it as a

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.280
 memorial and

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:36.900
 let him read

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.159
 it.

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.920
 That's not what's

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:39.380
 said in the

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.139
 context here,

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:42.139
 but recite it

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:43.619
 in the

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.099
 years of

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.519
 Joshua.

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.119
 And then

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.500
 there is

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.299
 this message,

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:47.920
 a very

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.699
 solemn message

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.379
 that I will

00:36:49.379 --> 00:36:50.239
 utterly blot

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.639
 out the

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.219
 memory of

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:52.779
 Amalek from

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.460
 under heaven.

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:55.019
 The report

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.519
 was to

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.559
 act as a

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.460
 reminder to

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.119
 the future

00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:59.259
 leader and

00:36:59.259 --> 00:36:59.619
 to the

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.879
 nation what

00:37:00.879 --> 00:37:01.480
 God had

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.859
 done, what

00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:03.279
 he still

00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:04.059
 intended to

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:05.579
 do regarding

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.719
 the Amalekites.

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.219
 Israel would

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.920
 face these

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.839
 peoples again.

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:11.260
 God wanted

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.820
 Israel to

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.519
 remember what

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.039
 he had done

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.620
 for them in

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:14.780
 the past, so

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.140
 when they

00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:15.620
 came under

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:16.539
 attack again,

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.960
 they would

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.539
 look to the

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:19.800
 Lord for

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.680
 deliverance.

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.420
 And not only

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.700
 that, but

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.140
 that these

00:37:23.140 --> 00:37:23.820
 people were

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.160
 to be

00:37:24.160 --> 00:37:24.720
 destroyed.

00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:26.780
 And yet

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.440
 so often,

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:29.400
 we tend to

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:31.760
 disregard or

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:35.240
 forget the

00:37:35.240 --> 00:37:36.740
 lessons of

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.620
 the past.

00:37:38.180 --> 00:37:38.600
 Is that not

00:37:38.600 --> 00:37:38.980
 true?

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.280
 And we

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:41.840
 repeat the

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:43.240
 same mistakes

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.800
 again.

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:47.460
 Israel sadly

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.840
 did just

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.220
 that.

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.800
 They

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:51.460
 encountered

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:53.240
 the Amalekites

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:54.640
 again when

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:55.100
 they reached

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:56.039
 the borders of

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.660
 the promised

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:57.180
 land.

00:37:57.600 --> 00:37:58.160
 Instead of

00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:58.640
 looking to

00:37:58.640 --> 00:37:59.240
 the Lord in

00:37:59.240 --> 00:38:00.660
 prayer, they

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:01.519
 were afraid.

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.079
 As a result,

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.840
 they spent the

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.820
 next 38

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:08.880
 years wandering

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:10.180
 in the wilderness.

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.160
 However, to

00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:11.720
 come back to

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.280
 my third

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:13.160
 heading, the

00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:14.119
 celebration of

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:15.280
 victory, they

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.700
 built an

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.099
 altar.

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.840
 Moses built an

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.000
 altar.

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.700
 That was a

00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:20.680
 common practice

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:23.059
 amongst those

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:24.440
 who would

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.140
 probably be

00:38:25.140 --> 00:38:26.220
 regarded as the

00:38:26.220 --> 00:38:27.079
 patriarchs.

00:38:27.140 --> 00:38:27.720
 For example,

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.680
 Noah, when he

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:29.400
 came out of the

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.900
 ark, he built

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.519
 an altar.

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:33.800
 Abram built an

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:34.440
 altar at

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.579
 Shechem when

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:35.960
 the Lord

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.739
 appeared to

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:36.900
 him.

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.219
 Now, you

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:38.820
 will probably

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.639
 tell me there

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.360
 is no

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:41.280
 mention of

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:42.460
 an offering

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.239
 made in this

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:43.920
 context.

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:45.059
 There is not.

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:48.159
 but there is

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:50.159
 no mention

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:55.259
 of an

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:56.119
 offering not

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.759
 being made.

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.920
 The very

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.940
 word altar

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:01.360
 is derived

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:02.019
 from the

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:03.599
 idea of

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.320
 sacrificial

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:04.940
 slaughter.

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.400
 It's on the

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.000
 basis of

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:08.360
 sacrifice that

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:09.259
 fellowship with

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:10.440
 God was

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.059
 maintained.

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:13.159
 and this

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:14.980
 altar, I

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.779
 would suggest,

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.940
 was erected

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:18.320
 in order to

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:19.159
 thank God.

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.900
 But it also

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.940
 serves as a

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:23.900
 memorial to

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.779
 the assistance

00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:26.019
 given by the

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:27.500
 Lord in

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:28.420
 enabling the

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.500
 Israelite forces

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.960
 to overcome

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:32.039
 the Amalekites.

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.000
 The name

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.659
 which Moses

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.500
 gives to the

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.860
 altar is most

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.480
 interesting.

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.639
 The Lord

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:38.739
 is my

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.199
 banner.

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:41.500
 Yahweh

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.939
 Nisi.

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:44.319
 There is

00:39:44.319 --> 00:39:45.079
 acknowledgement

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.179
 that God

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:47.039
 is banner

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:48.519
 and strength

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.899
 of his

00:39:48.899 --> 00:39:49.339
 people.

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:50.019
 A banner

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.659
 in the

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:51.799
 conventional

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:53.000
 military sense

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.679
 is usually

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:55.559
 military standard

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:56.419
 with a piece

00:39:56.419 --> 00:39:57.119
 of cloth

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:58.699
 or a flag

00:39:58.699 --> 00:39:59.639
 bearing the

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:01.019
 regimental

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.859
 insignia

00:40:01.859 --> 00:40:02.699
 and raised

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:03.379
 on a pole

00:40:03.379 --> 00:40:03.899
 that usually

00:40:03.899 --> 00:40:05.059
 becomes a

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.939
 rallying point

00:40:05.939 --> 00:40:06.719
 in battle

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:08.480
 reminding soldiers

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:09.039
 of their

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.639
 identity

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.320
 but also

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:10.960
 giving them

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.980
 encouragement

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.719
 at hope

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:13.480
 as long as

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:13.940
 the banner

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.840
 is displayed

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:16.000
 they know

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.579
 the battle

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.079
 is not

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.740
 lost.

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.179
 And Moses

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:20.079
 by this

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:20.420
 name

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:21.800
 is saying

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.179
 to the

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:22.619
 nation

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:24.500
 the staff

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.099
 for my

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.820
 upraised

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.340
 hand

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:27.079
 is not

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.679
 your source

00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:28.920
 of encouragement

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:30.480
 but God

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:30.940
 himself.

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:32.960
 This was

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.780
 to be the

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:34.800
 rallying cry

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.619
 of the people

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.400
 of Israel.

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:38.460
 It's the

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.380
 rallying cry

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:41.039
 for the

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.599
 church to

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:42.139
 the present

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.799
 hour.

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.359
 There's a

00:40:44.359 --> 00:40:44.920
 need for

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.799
 vigilance

00:40:45.799 --> 00:40:46.279
 in our

00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:47.179
 daily life

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:48.519
 as we

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.179
 encounter

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:50.059
 the world

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:51.219
 the flesh

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.579
 and the

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:51.900
 devil.

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.819
 That may

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.179
 be an

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:54.839
 old truth

00:40:54.839 --> 00:40:56.839
 but all

00:40:56.839 --> 00:40:57.480
 truths

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:58.880
 require

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.599
 constant

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:00.179
 emphasis.

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.839
 Can we

00:41:01.839 --> 00:41:02.460
 say this

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:02.880
 evening

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.780
 that Jesus

00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:05.500
 is our

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.880
 banner

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:09.539
 and that

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:09.920
 we

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:11.539
 are

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:12.220
 walking

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:14.679
 under

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.119
 him

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:16.820
 as our

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.300
 banner.

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.220
 Conflict

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:19.440
 at

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.000
 Rephidim

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:21.039
 a hostile

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.820
 encounter

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:23.400
 countering

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.179
 hostility

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:25.079
 the importance

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.960
 of prayer

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:27.480
 celebration

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.599
 of victory

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:30.000
 they give

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.619
 thanks

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:32.480
 and declared

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:33.880
 that the

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.599
 Lord was

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:34.839
 their

00:41:34.839 --> 00:41:35.259
 banner.

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:35.940
 Let us

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.299
 pray.

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:40.000
 Almighty

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:41.039
 God

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:43.299
 we

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:43.859
 thank

00:41:43.859 --> 00:41:44.259
 thee

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:46.059
 that

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.279
 thou

00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:46.679
 art the

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:47.480
 hearer

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.519
 and the

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.199
 answerer

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:49.920
 of prayer

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:52.440
 that thou

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.940
 art even

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.239
 the

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:54.019
 instigator

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.900
 of prayer

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:56.699
 in the

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:57.400
 lives of

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:58.119
 those

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:59.780
 who have

00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:00.800
 been imbued

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:03.119
 with new

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:03.820
 spiritual

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.579
 life

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:06.400
 and we

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:07.220
 bless thy

00:42:07.220 --> 00:42:07.660
 name

00:42:07.660 --> 00:42:09.500
 that however

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.400
 feeble

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.320
 they might

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:11.800
 feel

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:13.380
 that they

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:14.079
 come to

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.980
 a strong

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:16.519
 and a

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.139
 powerful

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:17.940
 God

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:19.500
 even to

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.099
 one who

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:21.400
 is omnipotent

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:23.220
 who is able

00:42:23.220 --> 00:42:23.860
 to turn

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:24.480
 matters

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.059
 around

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:26.900
 even

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.519
 when

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:29.360
 these

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:30.860
 situations

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:31.780
 may seem

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:32.719
 so bleak

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:34.360
 so hopeless

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:35.059
 and so

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.539
 lost

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:37.039
 that thou

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.639
 art able

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.260
 to turn

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:39.039
 them around

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:40.880
 help us

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:42.079
 to look

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.840
 increasingly

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.579
 more to

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:43.960
 thee

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:45.599
 to trust

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.079
 in thy

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.880
 power

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:48.280
 to seek

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:49.300
 thy face

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:50.420
 and the

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:51.219
 glory shall

00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:51.900
 be thine

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:53.380
 in jesus

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:54.039
 name we

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.720
 ask it

00:42:54.720 --> 00:42:55.660
 amen

00:42:55.660 --> 00:42:58.300
 let us

00:42:58.300 --> 00:42:59.039
 conclude

00:42:59.039 --> 00:42:59.660
 by