Please stay with us,
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3ABN Presents
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this a closed
captioned program. FAITH CHAPEL
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Praise God! My
name is Roland Nwosu,
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Pastor at the Salt Lake City
Seventh Day Adventist Church
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Salt Lake City in
the state of Utah.
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Today, I want to
share with you a selection
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from the Lord's Prayer...
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"Our Father Which Art in Heaven"
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Let us pray.
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Our Father which art in Heaven
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Hallowed be Your Name
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Your kingdom come,
Your will be done on earth
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as it is in Heaven.
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Bless us today, as
we study your Word,
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as we hear Your Word,
may we be refreshed by it
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through Jesus
Christ our Lord we pray.
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Amen.
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The disciples had been gone for
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a short time and they came back,
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found their
Master Jesus praying.
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It touched them.
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They reminded
themselves that this Man,
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who spent so
much time in prayer,
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did so many miracles,
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there must be something that had
to do between His prayer life,
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and the miracles that He worked,
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between His work and His prayer.
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So one of His disciples said,
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"Master teach us to pray"
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And Jesus, the Bible tells us
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in Matthew 6:9-13,
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taught them to
pray in this manner.
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This is a great
lesson in prayer.
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A model prayer that shows us how
to pray and not what to pray,
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and at the
beginning of that prayer
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Jesus begins with the
phrase, "Our Father. "
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And the word
'Father' presupposes
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a natural paternal relationship.
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For some the word 'father'
might invoke some positive
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or some negative
impressions or feelings,
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and for those who had a good
relationship with their father,
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the word father may suggest
a heart to heart relationship,
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a paternal
relationship, a kinship
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between father
and son or daughter,
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in which the father feels
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very comfortable with his child.
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It can be a relationship in
which the son or the daughter
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feels and knows the
father's likes and dislikes,
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the father's wishes and desires,
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the father's disposition,
or the father's concerns.
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So God is our Father,
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and my Father as well.
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By creation, He is our Father
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because He created us,
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he is our Father
by adoption, because
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He adopted us
through Jesus Christ,
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and He is our
Father, also, by begetting us
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through the Word of God,
which is through the gospel.
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So the Bible tells
us and shows us that
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the Father predestined
us to adoption as sons,
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through Jesus Christ to Himself,
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according to the
pleasures of His will,
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before the
foundation of this world.
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Although we are God's children,
by creation, we are sold to sin
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through Adam's sin.
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We became separated
from God our Father,
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but thanks be to
Jesus Christ our Lord,
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through whom we have redemption.
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So, the Father-son relationship
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is not a right,
it is a privilege,
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it is an honor
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to mortal beings like us.
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You see, it is
grace, unmerited favor,
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that God has
bestowed upon us, but
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as children of God
we are then special, and
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we cannot settle
for mediocrity, and
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we cannot settle for
anything less than good,
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or lovely and beautiful.
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As the Apostle Paul said,
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"We did not receive
the Spirit of bondage"
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again to fear but we received
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"the Spirit of adoption and sons
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through whom we
cry Abba, Father. "
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The fatherhood of God isn't like
the fatherhood of this earth.
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You see, I love my
father very dearly,
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he loved me and provided
for me all kinds of things,
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good education, all things
as far as this world knows.
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But you know
what, he wanted in fact
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to give his life
for me at one point,
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but is fatherhood to me
is nothing to be compared
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to the Fatherhood of God to us.
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You see, God
Himself cannot be compared
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to any father here on earth,
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no matter how our
fathers have been good to us.
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No matter how good
they've been to us.
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He is our Father. God
our Creator is our Father,
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and He listens, He
communicates with us,
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He negotiates
with us, our Father God
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keeps His part of the agreement,
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His covenant with us,
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this is the kind
of Father we have.
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When we mess up, and
sell ourselves to sin,
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and iniquity or
evil, He searches for us,
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forgives us, redeems us, and
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calls us back
again into the fold,
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and when the storms of
life are raging against us,
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our Father is kind and
merciful, and He brings us back,
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He pulls us back
to Himself again,
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and He is the
Father of our refuge,
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so that when the
storms of this life are raging
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against us He, becomes
our shelter and our refuge.
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When people betray us,
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and there is none to trust,
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our Father's faithfulness
is new and fresh every morning,
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so when people hurt us,
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our Father says,
"Vengeance is mine,
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I will repay. "
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Our Father is the
Father of all creation,
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as well, as all believers.
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We became orphans
languishing in the starvation
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and thirsty alleys
of this worlds slums.
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We became spiritually hopeless,
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helpless, and homeless on the
streets of this world's ghettos,
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daily searching and
looking for a better country.
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In spite of here we've been
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our Father has been merciful,
and sent His Son Jesus Christ,
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His only
begotten Son, Jesus Christ
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to seek for us, and
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He found us, and lifted us up
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from this miry clay
of sin, cleansed us up
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and He forgave us and gave
us a new change of clothes,
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took us in and sat
us around the table,
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filled with abundant,
delicious and warm foods
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succulent fruits, sumptuous
desserts, and He gave us
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us warm cozy beds to sleep on.
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Yes! that's the kind
of Father you and I have,
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and we became His children,
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and He became our Father.
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If we pray, "Our
Father, who art in heaven"
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we recognize that
we are His children,
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therefore as
children, we accept Him,
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not just as Father,
but we accept His plans
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for our lives,
and we obey Him, and
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we do what He says we
must do as our Father.
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Then, we being His children,
have to uphold His character,
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our highest goal and interest
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will be to uphold
our Father's honor,
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it will be to uphold
our Father's character,
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and remain in
the Father's family,
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to do His will, to do His work,
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and to be faithful
according to His will.
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When we are sons
and daughters of God,
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then we are
heirs of the kingdom,
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and if heirs, we are
heirs with Jesus Christ, and if
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heirs with Christ, then we will
reign with Him for eternity,
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and if we reign
with Him for eternity,
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then we will be with our Savior.
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You see, because
Jesus is our brother
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with us, and God is our Father.
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When we pray, "Our
Father, which art in heaven, "
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we recognize that God in heaven
has a family here on earth.
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You see, we
recognize that everyone,
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created in God's image,
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is our brother or our sister,
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regardless of our differences,
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regardless of our gender,
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regardless of our ethnicity,
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language, or even religion,
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we recognize that we are
part of one great family of God.
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We also recognize
that some of God's children
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have become
servants of sin and Satan,
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either through their
choices, or by ignorance,
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therefore when we pray,
we do not limit our petitions
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to ourselves, or to
our immediate family.
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We recognize that God,
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as their Father also
is interested in them.
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When we pray, "Our
Father, which art in heaven ",
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we recognize that our Father
in heaven is our real Father,
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He is our Provider,
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He is our Supporter,
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He is our
Protector, He's our Guardian,
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as a true Father, He
will not let us suffer loss,
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He will provide
for our needs. So when
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we are afraid, our Father
provides peace and security,
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and so, even though we walk
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through the valley
of the shadow of death,
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we will not fear any evil.
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In times of anger,
our Father provides
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that counsel and comfort
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that we need, that peace within;
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in times of frustration, He
provides comfort and strength;
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in times of rebellion and pride,
our Father provides humility,
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humbles us, and demands that we
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have this mind
which was in Christ Jesus,
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who even though he was God,
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did not count equality with
God something to be grasped.
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In times of suffering God, our
Father, provides us fortitude,
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in times of discouragement, He
sends us courage and strength,
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asking us to hold on,
and be of good courage.
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In times of
depression, He sends His Spirit
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to cheer us, and to
console us, and lift us up.
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In times of trouble,
He becomes our Refuge,
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our strength,
and our present help.
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In times of need, He
becomes our Shepherd,
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and fills our
hungry soul with goodness.
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In times of temptation,
brothers and sisters,
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our Father
provides us an escape.
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In times of patience, He
says to us, "Wait on the Lord
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and He shall
strengthen your heart."
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In times of
sickness, He provides healing.
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And He says, "Call on the
elders of the church to pray",
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and when the elders pray,
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the prayer of faithful
will make the sick whole.
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In times of sadness,
our Father comforts us,
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He cheers us up,
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in times of guilt, He provides
release and forgiveness.
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Child of God, in
times of bereavement,
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our Father provides comfort,
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and this Father of ours,
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your Father and my Father,
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is a merciful Father,
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let us trust Him.
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When we pray, "Our
Father which art in Heaven "
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there is something else we say,
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"Hallowed be Your Name. "
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And you know what?
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This was the first request
Jesus taught His disciples
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to make when they pray.
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Does that tell us something?
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Many of us think paryer
means asking for things,
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and asking for
things, and we have a
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whole laundry list of
things to ask God for,
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but the very
first request Jesus made
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when He taught His
disciples to pray was,
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"Father,
hallowed be Your Name. "
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What does it mean
to hallow God's name?
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The word hallow comes from the
Greek word hagiazo, which means
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to treat or regard as holy,
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it means to
sanctify, to set apart,
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something from a
common use to a holy purpose,
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so when we say,
"Lord, hallowed be Your name"
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we are saying, "Let
God's name be reverenced,
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let God's name be revered. "
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What we means is that
when we speak the name
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of the Almighty God, it
should be and must be expressed
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with reverence, respect and
awe, even the angels themselves,
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veil their
faces in His presence.
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There is something else
we also mean when we pray,
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"Hallowed be Your name",
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it means and it requires
that we do not use God's name
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to convince someone
to believe in our lives.
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You see, when we pray,
the third one, when we pray
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"Hallowed be Your name"
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we pray that God's name
be hallowed, be sanctified,
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be made holy, not
just in this world
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but also in us,
in our character.
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It means we pray, "Lord, we do
not want to dishonor your name "
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in anything that we do,
in the way that we talk,
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in the way that we act,
in the way we do things,
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or in the way we
do our businesses.
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We also mean, that if we
cannot then hallow God's name
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when we pray, we
cannot then represent Him
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as his children, and if
we are not God's children
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we are whose children? Hmmm.
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The name of God is Holy,
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it stands for at
least three things.
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The name of God
stands for His character,
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His character,
His majestic being,
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His
relationship and His attitude
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toward us as His children.
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You see, "What is in a
name?" as someone has said,
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God's name stands
for His character,
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since God's character
is reflected in His law
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then God Himself is holy,
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because the apostle Paul
says that God's law is holy,
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and the commandment
holy and just and good,
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and if God's law
reflects God's character
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and God's law is
holy, just and good
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then God Himself is
good, He's just, He's holy,
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and only a holy God
gives a holy and just law.
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You see, another aspect is that,
God's name reveals His nature,
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His attitude toward us.
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Moses, one day
wanted to see God's glory,
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he asked for it,
and God gave it to him.
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In Exodus chapter 34,
reading from verse 6-7,
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When we pray, "Our
Father which art in Heaven"
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we recognize that
heaven is our Father's home.
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You see, Heaven
is our Father's home,
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His official residence,
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that is where His
throne is located,
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and there are some who believe
that Heaven is not real, but
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you know what?,
if Heaven is not real
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then the throne
of God is not real,
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and if the throne
of God is not real
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then God Himself is not real,
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and if God is not real, then we
are doomed to oblivion, because
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we don't have
faith, it's useless,
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but you know if
Heaven is not real,
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our faith is pointless,
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so Heaven is real.
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"Our Father which art
in Heaven," when we pray,
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"Our Father which art in Heaven"
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we are in essence,
sharing our desire, our longing
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to be with our Father.
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I'd like to visit my
Father someday wouldn't you?
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Let me give you a little
bit of a taste of Heaven,
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ok, the "eye has not
seen, the ear has not heard,"
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it doesn't even
enter into the mind of man
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what Heaven is
like, a little taste
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of what the Bible
tells us about Heaven.
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In Revelation, chapter 21
verse 4, the Bible tells us
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In Heaven, we will have eternal
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salvation, and
remain with Jesus,
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in Heaven we'll be
like Christ, in heaven
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we'll be eternally present
with Christ all the time!
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In Heaven we will
reign with Christ,
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in Heaven we will
be judges with Him,
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in Heaven we will see God,
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in Heaven we will experience
the eternal weight of glory.
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Child of God, in
Heaven we will experience
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that perfect knowledge, and
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we will have
fullness of glory and joy.
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Yes, in heaven my friends
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in my Father's home we
will have no more sickness,
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no more cancer, no more
ailments, no more old age
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no more knocking
knees, no more heart attacks.
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In Heaven there'll be
no more hunger or thirst,
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there'll be no more
hunger or starvation.
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In Heaven the redeemed
will eat of the Tree of Life,
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yes, in Heaven we will
drink of the water of life,
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we will be praising
God with the angels.
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All through eternity in Heaven
there will be sinlessness,
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a sinless perfect environment!
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In Heaven we
will have true rest,
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true retirement,
compensations abounding
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fringe benefits and
topped off with eternal life.
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Children of God, in
Heaven there'll be peace.
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No more wars in Heaven.
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You and I will
be with our Father.
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You see, Revelation 7:15-17
has something I would like
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to share with you...
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There is a
misconception about God,
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that God our Father is such
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a distant God, not caring,
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who is no longer in existence or
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who just left the
world out there or who,
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even among some
Christians believe
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their Father is such a
stern, firm, mean Father.
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But the Bible tells
us that God is the One
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who will wipe away
every tear from our eyes.
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Humm, it takes a kind
person, it takes a Holy God.
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God tells us about Himself,
He is gracious, merciful,
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long suffering and
abounding in goodness and truth.
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Giving mercy to all those
throughout their generations
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forgiving iniquity
and transgression and sin
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"For God so loved the world
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that He sent His
only begotten Son
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that whosoever believes in Him
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will not perish but
have everlasting life."
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Our Father does not change,
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He is the same
yesterday, today and forever.
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And He says, "I am God, I
am the Lord, I change not. "
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I really wish, I really do wish
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to meet with you in Heaven.
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You see, there is only one way
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that we can do that,
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you and I, by the
special mercies of God,
00:24:23.47\00:24:27.78
if we accept Jesus
Christ as our personal Savior,
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we'll be able to do that.
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Accept Him as
your personal Savior.
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His free gift accept and
He will give you the power
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to live a life,
to live that life
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that is pleasing to Him.
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Accept Him now.
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Confess your sins
and repent of your sins
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and the Lord will give you
refreshment of your spirit.
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to strengthen, to
support, to encourage you
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to give you that power
to walk in newness of life.
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And it is my prayer that
after hearing today's message
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that you can find God
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a loving Father, a holy
God who lives in another realm
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in Heaven and we here on Earth.
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That relationship, that Father,
son or daughter relationship
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is not hindered by distance,
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is not restricted by our
sinfulness and His holiness,
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He is holy because
there is no sin in Him.
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He is holy and that's
why he pulls us to Himself,
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that's why He has
provided a bridge to us
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through Jesus Christ our Savior.
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Jesus is the bridge
between us and our Father,
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"He is the Way,
the Truth, The Life.
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And no one comes to the
Father except through Him."
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Are you ready to
accept Jesus Christ today?
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Because He is the
One who has overcome,
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He is the one who came and died,
00:26:14.00\00:26:16.94
the One who died
and has resurrected,
00:26:16.97\00:26:19.96
the One who lives forevermore.
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It is He who lives and is
seated at the right hand of God.
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He's ministering for you and me,
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in the presence of God
He is pleading our case,
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yes, He intercedes for us.
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Are you willing
to accept Him today?
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Let us pray, Father,
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that man, that woman,
that child who is willing
00:26:44.37\00:26:50.07
to accept you right
now, Father, we pray
00:26:50.10\00:26:52.39
please accept them.
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Show them your
glory, show them your peace,
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give them that assurance that
their sins have been forgiven.
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Oh Lord, and we ask that
You give them the Holy Spirit,
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to give them the
strength to live a new life.
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We ask also, Father, that You
give them that assurance that
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there is peace in their
hearts right now because
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they've accepted You.
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We ask it, do it in the
name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Amen.
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Thank you for listening today,
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and we are hoping
the Lord will bless you,
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and may the Lord keep
you and give you peace.
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May His
countenance shine mightily
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and precious upon your
face and those of your children
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and those of your
relatives in your family.
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May the Lord
bless you and keep you,
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and may He continue to guide
you and give you the strength
00:27:50.90\00:27:53.71
to live a new life in Jesus.
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Amen.
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