(MUSIC)
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>>GOOD MORNING
FRIENDS AND WELCOME, AGAIN, TO
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SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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A VERY SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR
FRIENDS JOINING US ACROSS THE
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COUNTRY AND AROUND THE
WORLD WATCHING ON THE VARIOUS
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TELEVISION NETWORKS AND ALSO
STREAMING ON THE INTERNET, THANK
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YOU FOR BEING A PART OF
OUR STUDY TIME TOGETHER.
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ALSO, A VERY WARM WELCOME TO THE
MEMBERS HERE OF THE GRANITE BAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
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US. WE PRAY THAT
THE LORD WILL BLESS
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OUR TIME TOGETHER
AS WE STUDY THE WORD.
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NOW, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST,
AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR SABBATH
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SCHOOL STUDY HOUR, FROM TIME
TO TIME WE LIKE TO GIVE YOU A
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LITTLE UPDATE OF SOME EXCITING
MISSION ACTIVITY THAT OUR
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MEMBERS OR AMAZING
FACTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN.
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AND SO, THIS MORNING, I WOULD
LIKE TO INVITE ALBERTO CHAVEZ TO
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COME FORWARD AND HE'S GOING
TO BE SHARING WITH US ABOUT AN
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EXCITING MISSION PROJECT -
NOT OVER IN AFRICA OR INDIA, BUT
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ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
RIGHT HERE WITHIN OUR BORDERS.
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ALBERTO, NOW YOU WEREN'T OVER,
AS I MENTIONED, OVERSEAS IN SOME
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DISTANT LAND, BUT YOU WERE DOING
A MISSION PROJECT RIGHT HERE.
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>>GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, WE WERE
ACTUALLY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
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AT THE ALAMODOME.
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>>SAN ANTONIO,
TEXAS - YOU WEREN'T ALONE.
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I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE SOME
OTHERS FROM THE CHURCH THAT WENT
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ALONG WITH YOU. >>ABSOLUTELY.
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I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED
TO SEE FOUR MORE PEOPLE FROM OUR
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CHURCH FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEY
WERE JOHN FREED, DARYL PROCTOR,
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AND TWO MORE YOUNG
ADULTS. >>THAT'S RIGHT.
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AND YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A
NUMBER OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
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FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE
IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA.
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MATTER OF FACT, I THINK WE
HAVE A PICTURE UP ON THE SCREEN.
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THIS IS THE SAN ANTONIO DOME AND
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE LINING UP.
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I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE
WERE PRETTY COMMITTED TO GETTING
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INSIDE THE BUILDING BECAUSE
OF WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN FOR
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THEM INSIDE THE BUILDING -
EVEN IN WEATHER, I UNDERSTAND.
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>>ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS
AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE.
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THE OUTREACH THAT THE CHURCHES
DID THERE BEFORE WE ARRIVED WAS
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TREMENDOUS SO WE SAW,
ACTUALLY, 6,192 PEOPLE.
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>>OKAY. >>THEY
WERE LINING UP, AS YOU
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CAN SEE HERE, THE
DAY BEFORE TREATMENT.
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SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, WHEN WE GOT
THERE, THEY WERE READY FOR US TO
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START WORKING.
>>ALRIGHT, SO WHAT WOULD THE
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PEOPLE EXPECT TO
SEE INSIDE THE DOME?
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WE HAVE A PICTURE OVER HERE AND
THIS IS SOMEBODY GETTING WORK
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DONE ON THEIR TEETH.
>>YES, THERE WERE VARIOUS FIELDS
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AND ONE OF THEM BEING
DENTAL. THERE WERE EXTRACTIONS,
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FILLINGS, CLEANINGS, ROOT
CANALS, CROWNS - I MEAN, IT WAS
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JUST TREMENDOUS OUTREACH
FOR THESE PEOPLE. IN THE MEDICAL
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AREA THERE WERE - EYE CARE,
PHYSICAL THERAPY, LAB WORK,
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OB-GYN, AND THERE WERE ALSO SOME
SURGERIES THAT WERE DONE THERE.
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>>I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE
SURGERIES THAT TOOK PLACE RIGHT
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THERE IN THE ALAMODOME AND
THERE WERE SOME SURGERIES THAT
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HAPPENED AT A NEARBY
HOSPITAL. >>YES, THERE WERE.
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THERE WERE
ACTUALLY 1,700 VOLUNTEERS.
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I MEAN, NOT ONLY FROM THE
U.S., BUT I HEAR THERE WERE SOME
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PEOPLE COMING IN EVEN
FROM AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND.
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SO IT WAS A VERY,
VERY GOOD TURNOUT.
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>>OVER HERE ON THE NEXT PICTURE,
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FOLKS
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GETTING EYE EXAMS AND, AS
MENTIONED, THERE WERE VOLUNTEERS
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FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I
UNDERSTAND THIS EFFORT MADE A
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BIG IMPACT UPON THE CITY OF
SAN ANTONIO. I THINK IT WAS THE
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MAYOR THAT ACTUALLY SPOKE AND
SHOWED HER APPRECIATION FOR WHAT
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THE ADVENTIST CHURCH WAS DOING
THERE. YES, IT WAS TOTALLY GOD'S
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LEADING THAT, TOWARDS THE END OF
THE - PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER -
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THEY SAID, 'WELL, WHERE
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THIS?'
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I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
1,700 VOLUNTEERS AND WE WANT TO
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SEE THIS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
THERE'S NOT ANY LOCATION HERE
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OTHER THAN THE ALAMODOME AND IT
WAS ACTUALLY FACILITATED TO OUR
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MINISTRY TO BE ABLE
TO HELP THESE PEOPLE OUT.
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>>NOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE DID
YOU GET TO SEE - NOT JUST YOU
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PERSONALLY BUT, I MEAN, THE
WHOLE GROUP GET TO SEE OVER THE
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THREE DAYS OR FOUR DAYS
THAT THEY WERE DOING THIS?
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>>YEAH, 6,192 AND THE GOAL WAS
TO REACH 6,000 AND WE SURPASSED
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THAT BY 192. >>AND
HOW MUCH DID THE PEOPLE
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HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS
MEDICAL CARE THAT THEY RECEIVED?
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>>ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THE
PEOPLE THERE WERE VERY, VERY
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APPRECIATIVE.
THEY WERE JUST CRYING.
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THEY WERE BEING VERY THANKFUL
THAT SOMEONE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE
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THIS WORK FOR THEM. >>I
KNOW YOU HAD SOME WONDERFUL
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OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND EVEN PRAY
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WITH SOME OF THE
PATIENTS THAT YOU SAW.
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>>YEAH, IT WAS A
TOTALLY BLESSING.
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I WAS ABLE TO PRAY
WITH EACH PATIENT I TREATED.
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AND ONE THING STANDS OUT: AT
THE END, THERE WAS ONE LADY THAT
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SAID JUST, 'YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
PRAYING TO GOD FOR HELP TO TAKE
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CARE OF MY DENTAL AND MEDICAL
NEEDS.' AND I SAID, 'WELL, GUESS
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WHAT? YOUR
PRAYER HAS BEEN ANSWERED
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BECAUSE THIS EVENT TOOK CARE OF
YOUR NEEDS.' AND SO I ENCOURAGED
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HER TO CONTINUE TO
PRAY TO GOD. >>AMEN.
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SO MANY LIVES WERE TOUCHED,
NOT ONLY TAKING CARE OF THEIR
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PHYSICAL NEEDS, BUT ALSO
ENCOURAGING THEM TO DIRECT THEIR
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ATTENTION TO GOD FOR
THEIR SPIRITUAL NEEDS AS WELL.
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NOW, OUR FINAL PICTURE THAT
WE HAVE HERE IS A YOUNG PATIENT
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WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE AND
HE'S HOLDING A STUFFED ANIMAL.
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NOW, THE REASON WE'RE MENTIONING
THIS IS BECAUSE THE MEMBERS OF
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THE GRANITE BAY
CHURCH HAD A PART IN THIS.
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>>YES, I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS.
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EVERY CHILD THAT HAD ANY
TREATMENT DONE THERE, THEY ALL
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RECEIVED A STUFFED ANIMAL
AND ALL THE ADULTS, ON THEIR WAY
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OUT, WOULD RECEIVE SOME KIND OF
LITERATURE, INCLUDING STEPS TO
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CHRIST . IT WAS AN
OVERWHELMING FEELING
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TO BE AMONG LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE.
I MEAN, THE BRETHREN THAT WERE
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THERE, IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO
SEE THAT WE ALL SHARE THE SAME
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VISION - IS TO SERVE
OTHERS JUST AS JESUS DID.
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>>THANK YOU FOR
SHARING THAT, ALBERTO.
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WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL
GUEST THAT - ACTUALLY, SEVERAL
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GUESTS - THAT ARE
WITH US THIS MORNING.
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KELLY MOWER, A GOOD FRIEND
OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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SHE HAS PARTNERED WITH US
SEVERAL TIMES IN VARIOUS LIVE,
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SATELLITE EVANGELISTIC EVENTS
WE'VE DONE AROUND THE COUNTRY.
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SHE IS HERE, ALONG WITH HER
SON AND SOME OF HER FRIENDS, AND
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THEY'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING
US A SPECIAL MUSICAL ITEM THIS
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MORNING, INSTEAD OF OUR
REGULAR SINGING THAT WE HAVE.
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THANK YOU SO
MUCH, JACKSON, KELLY.
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(MUSIC) (TRUMPET AND PIANO)
>>WELL, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE
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GOING TO BE GETTING TO OUR STUDY
OF OUR SABBATH SCHOOL QUARTERLY
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AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING THAT
HERE, JUST FOLLOWING OUR PRAYER,
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BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT
NOT HAVE A LESSON QUARTERLY, YOU
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CAN DOWNLOAD TODAY'S STUDY AT
THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE - JUST
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AMAZINGFACTS.ORG .
WE'RE ON LESSON #7 AND IT'S
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ENTITLED JESUS, THE
HOLY SPIRIT, AND PRAYER .
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WELL, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE
TO INVITE YOU JUST TO BOW YOUR
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HEADS AS WE ASK GOD'S
BLESSING UPON OUR TIME.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK
YOU THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GATHER
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TOGETHER ON THIS BEAUTIFUL
SABBATH YOU GAVE US, TO STUDY
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YOUR WORD. LORD,
IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE
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AND AN ENCOURAGEMENT WHEN WE GET
TO READ AND STUDY ABOUT JESUS
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AND HIS LIFE AND THE MINISTRY
AND THE WORKS THAT HE DID.
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AND SO, I PRAY THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT WOULD COME AND GUIDE OUR
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HEARTS AND OUR MINDS ONCE AGAIN,
FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME,
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AMEN. OUR TEACHER
FOR OUR LESSON THIS
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MORNING IS THE AFCOE
DIRECTOR AT AMAZING FACTS,
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EVANGELIST CHUCK
HOLTRY. COME ON UP, CHUCK.
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WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE
ABLE TO TEACH FOR US TODAY.
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HE IS NOT A STRANGER TO TEACHING
OUR SABBATH SCHOOL PROGRAM, BUT
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HE HAS TAUGHT BEFORE SO THANK
YOU, CHUCK, WE'LL TURN THE TIME
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OVER TO YOU.
>>THANK YOU, PASTOR JËAN.
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HAPPY SABBATH. >>HAPPY SABBATH.
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>>GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
1899 SOMETHING WAS INVENTED,
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YOU MIGHT GUESS. FLASHLIGHT.
THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF LANTERNS
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BEFORE THAT - KEROSENE LANTERNS,
HURRICANE LANTERNS - ALL KINDS
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OF THINGS FOR GIVING LIGHT,
BUT A FLASHLIGHT THAT PROBABLY
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DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS WAS
MADE - FIRST INVENTED 1899.
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THERE'S SOMETHING
INTERESTING ABOUT FLASHLIGHTS.
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YOU HAVE YOUR CASING AND
YOUR REFLECTOR AND YOUR BULB AND
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EVERYTHING THAT'S NECESSARY TO
MAKE IT WORK, BUT YOU NEED TWO
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THINGS TO MAKE IT WORK.
YOU NEED SOMETHING INSIDE.
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AND THIS ONE,
CURRENTLY, HAS NOTHING INSIDE.
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I THINK - IT'S
CORRECT, YEAH, IT'S EMPTY.
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THERE'S A MISSING ELEMENT AND I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT MISSING
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ELEMENT TODAY. WE'RE
LOOKING AT JESUS, THE HOLY
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SPIRIT, AND PRAYER AND IF I WAS
TO RENAME IT, I WOULD CALL IT
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JESUS' CONNECTED LIFE .
WHAT'S IT MEAN TO BE CONNECTED?
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JESUS WAS CONNECTED - CONNECTED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, CONNECTED
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WITH THE FATHER VIA PRAYER.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU AND I
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TO BE CONNECTED? I
GUESS WE NEED SOMETHING.
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I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A FEW
D-CELL BATTERIES IN MY POCKET.
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SO HERE THEY ARE. WE
WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO SEE
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CONNECTION
TAKES PLACE A LITTLE BIT LATER.
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LUKE CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 35,
"AND THE ANGEL ANSWERED AND SAID
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UNTO HER, 'THE HOLY
GHOST SHALL COME UPON THEE,'" -
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WHO IS THIS ANGEL SPEAKING TO?
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MARY - "THE HOLY GHOST SHALL
COME UPON THEE, AND THE POWER OF
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THE HIGHEST SHALL OVERSHADOW
THEE; THEREFORE, ALSO, THAT HOLY
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THING WHICH SHALL BE BORN OF
THEE WILL BE CALLED'" - WHO? -
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"'THE SON OF GOD.'"
YOU WILL NOTICE THERE IS A
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CONFIRMATION OF WHO THIS
CHILD IS. IT IS THE SON OF -
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HE IS THE SON OF
WHO? THE LIVING GOD.
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LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT ONE -
VERSE 41 - JOHN CHAPTER 1 AND
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VERSE 41, IT SAYS, "AND IT CAME
TO PASS, THAT, WHEN ELISABETH
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HEARD THE SALUTATION OF MARY,
THE BABE LEAPED IN HER WOMB; AND
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ELISABETH WAS FILLED
WITH" - WHO? - "THE HOLY GHOST:"
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AND THEN SHE STARTS AND GIVES
THIS BLESSING ON MARY - AGAIN,
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A CONFIRMATION THAT, IN MARY
IS THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH.
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SO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
NOW CONFIRMING - CONFIRMING
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SPECIFICALLY WHO IS THE SON THAT
IS ABOUT TO BE BORN. LET'S LOOK
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AT JOHN CHAPTER 2 - EXCUSE ME,
LUKE CHAPTER 2 - LET'S STAY IN
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LUKE - LUKE CHAPTER 2
AND WE'LL LOOK AT VERSE 25.
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WE'RE KIND OF OFF TO A QUICK
BIBLE STUDY AS WE START OFF HERE
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- LUKE CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 25,
"AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN IN
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JERUSALEM, WHOSE NAME WAS
SIMEON; AND THE SAME MAN WAS
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JUST AND DEVOUT, WAITING FOR THE
CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL: AND" -
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WHAT'S THAT NEXT PHRASE? - "AND
THE HOLY GHOST WAS UPON HIM."
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- AND IT CAME - "AND IT WAS
REVEALED UNTO HIM BY THE HOLY
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GHOST (OR HOLY SPIRIT),
THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH,
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BEFORE HE HAD
SEEN THE LORD'S CHRIST.
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AND HE CAME BY THE SPIRIT INTO
THE TEMPLE: AND WHEN THE PARENTS
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BROUGHT IN THE CHILD JESUS, TO
DO FOR HIM AFTER THE CUSTOM OF
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THE LAW, THEN TOOK HE HIM UP IN
HIS ARMS, AND BLESSED GOD, AND
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SAID, 'LORD, NOW LETTEST THOU
THY SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE,
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ACCORDING TO THY WORD: FOR MINE
EYES HAVE SEEN THY SALVATION.'"
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- SO HERE'S THIS, AGAIN, A
CONFIRMATION THAT JESUS IS FROM
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GOD. SO IN THESE
EARLY STAGES - IN
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LUKE CHAPTER 1, LUKE CHAPTER
2, THE HOLY SPIRIT VIA MARY, VIA
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ELIZABETH, VIA SIMEON AND THEN
LATER ANA, IS CONFIRMING THAT
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JESUS WAS THE SON OF
GOD. THAT'S A CONFIRMATION.
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THAT'S THE PURPOSE - THE FOCUS
- OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN JESUS'
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LIFE AT THIS STAGE. BUT
IT DOESN'T STOP HERE - LUKE
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CHAPTER 3 - LUKE CHAPTER 3
AND VERSE 21, "NOW WHEN ALL THE
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PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED, IT CAME
TO PASS, THAT JESUS ALSO BEING
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BAPTIZED, AND PRAYING, THE
HEAVEN WAS OPENED, AND" - WHO?
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- "THE HOLY GHOST DESCENDED IN
A BODILY SHAPE LIKE A DOVE UPON
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HIM, AND A VOICE CAME FROM
HEAVEN, WHICH SAID, 'THOU ART MY
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BELOVED SON; IN
THEE I AM WELL PLEASED."
00:17:17.80\00:17:21.34
HERE, AGAIN, IS A CONFIRMATION
- CONFIRMATION - CONFIRMATION.
00:17:21.37\00:17:27.68
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CONFIRMING
THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF
00:17:27.71\00:17:31.25
GOD. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.
IT'S THE ROLE WE SEE THE HOLY
00:17:31.28\00:17:34.15
SPIRIT IN JESUS'
EARLY STAGES OF MINISTRY.
00:17:34.18\00:17:39.25
CAN ONLY JESUS - COULD
ONLY JESUS HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT?
00:17:39.29\00:17:46.23
OF COURSE NOT. CAN WE ALSO
HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT? YES. HOW?
00:17:46.26\00:17:51.47
HOW CAN WE HAVE THAT CONNECTION?
00:17:51.50\00:17:53.17
BECAUSE BEING CONNECTED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HUGE.
00:17:53.20\00:17:55.44
YOU AND I REALIZE THAT IS
THE CRUX OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE.
00:17:55.47\00:17:58.91
HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN?
LUKE CHAPTER 11 - LUKE CHAPTER
00:17:58.94\00:18:03.91
11 - AS YOU'RE TURNING THERE,
OUR LESSON FOCUSED ONE DAY ON
00:18:03.95\00:18:10.95
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FOUR DAYS
ON PRAYER SO WE ARE NOT DOING -
00:18:10.99\00:18:13.79
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT GOING TO
BE DOING JUSTICE TO THIS WHOLE
00:18:13.82\00:18:17.29
STUDY THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE'RE
GOING TO BE SPENDING A LOT MORE
00:18:17.33\00:18:19.93
TIME LOOKING IN
PRAYER IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
00:18:19.96\00:18:21.76
BUT I WANT TO NOTE THIS AS
WE - AS WE FINISH THIS SECTION.
00:18:21.80\00:18:24.20
LUKE CHAPTER 11 AND VERSE 13,
"IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW
00:18:24.23\00:18:31.11
HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR
CHILDREN: HOW MUCH MORE SHALL
00:18:31.14\00:18:33.81
YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE" -
WHO? - "THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THEM
00:18:33.84\00:18:38.75
THAT" - WHAT? - "ASK
HIM?" IT'S NOTHING COMPLICATED.
00:18:38.78\00:18:43.82
NO GREAT JOURNEY
THAT YOU MUST GO ON.
00:18:43.85\00:18:47.36
NO INCREDIBLE TASK
THAT YOU MUST FULFILL.
00:18:47.39\00:18:50.53
YOU WANT THE HOLY
SPIRIT IN YOUR LIFE?
00:18:50.56\00:18:52.59
ASK THE FATHER FOR
HIM. BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.
00:18:52.63\00:18:57.30
IT'S SO MUCH HOPE THAT
YOU AND I COULD HAVE THAT.
00:18:57.33\00:19:00.87
YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE
BIBLE IS THAT IT GIVES A VERY
00:19:00.90\00:19:05.14
CLEAR PICTURE - A VERY SIMPLE
PICTURE OF HOW YOU AND I COULD
00:19:05.17\00:19:08.81
HAVE A CONNECTED LIFE. THERE'S
SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO - THAT I
00:19:08.84\00:19:12.71
WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS AND
THAT IS HUMILITY. AND I'M GOING
00:19:12.75\00:19:15.35
TO TIE THIS IN AT THE END OF OUR
LESSON, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL
00:19:15.38\00:19:18.12
YOU AHEAD OF TIME AND
PROVE IT LATER, IF THAT'S OKAY.
00:19:18.15\00:19:20.16
HUMILITY IS NECESSITY FOR
RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:19:20.19\00:19:23.29
HUMILITY IS A NECESSITY
FOR RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:19:23.32\00:19:27.40
NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN
ILLUSTRATION TO EXPLAIN THAT AND
00:19:27.46\00:19:30.70
THEN WE'LL LOOK AT A
VERSE LATER ON, AS WE GET
00:19:30.73\00:19:32.60
TOWARDS THE END OF OUR
LESSON. WE GOT RAIN LAST NIGHT.
00:19:32.63\00:19:35.90
HOW MANY ARE GLAD WE GOT
RAIN LAST NIGHT? I WAS EXCITED.
00:19:35.94\00:19:39.04
I'M FROM THE EAST COAST AND
WE SEE RAIN WE TYPICALLY ARE NOT
00:19:39.07\00:19:42.51
EXCITED. IT JUST
MEANS MORE FLOODS.
00:19:42.54\00:19:44.75
BUT WHEN I SAW RAIN ON THE
UPSTAIRS WINDOW OF OUR HOUSE
00:19:44.78\00:19:48.02
LAST NIGHT I SAID,
'YES, LET IT RAIN!' IT DID.
00:19:48.05\00:19:52.42
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT
RAINS? WHERE DOES THE RAIN GO?
00:19:52.45\00:19:55.69
IT GOES INTO THE GROUND, RIGHT?
00:19:55.72\00:19:58.66
COULD I SAFELY SAY THAT
RAIN GOES TO THE LOWEST PLACE?
00:19:58.69\00:20:02.90
IF THERE'S TOO MUCH RAIN AND
THEN THEY HAVE RUNOFF AND THEN
00:20:02.93\00:20:06.23
IT FILLS UP THE RIVERS AND IT
KEEPS GOING DOWN TIL IT HITS SEA
00:20:06.27\00:20:08.30
LEVEL. RAIN WILL GO
TO THE LOWEST PLACE.
00:20:08.34\00:20:11.14
IT IS THE SAME WAY
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:20:11.17\00:20:14.48
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE USES WATER
AND RAIN TO DESCRIBE THE HOLY
00:20:14.51\00:20:17.31
SPIRIT. THE HOLY SPIRIT (RAIN)
ALSO GOES TO THE LOWEST PLACE.
00:20:17.35\00:20:23.32
THOSE WHO ARE LOWEST BEFORE GOD
- THOSE WHO ARE MOST HUMBLE -
00:20:23.35\00:20:26.86
ARE THE ONES MOST LIKELY TO
BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:20:26.89\00:20:29.39
WHAT A - WHAT A GOOD PICTURE
- WHAT'S - SOMETHING FOR US TO
00:20:29.42\00:20:33.23
SEE. I'D LIKE TO TURN TO
OUR NEXT DAY, MONDAY'S LESSON,
00:20:33.26\00:20:39.10
AND WE LOOK AT THE
PRAYER LIFE OF JESUS.
00:20:39.13\00:20:42.97
AND I LOOKED AT THE PRAYER LIFE
OF JESUS, BUT FIRST QUESTION -
00:20:43.00\00:20:45.24
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME
TO MIND IS 'WHY DID JESUS HAVE
00:20:45.27\00:20:47.28
TO PRAY?' WHY? WHY
WOULD JESUS HAVE TO PRAY?
00:20:47.31\00:20:51.65
BECAUSE HE CHOSE
TO BE OUR EXAMPLE?
00:20:51.68\00:20:56.52
THE SAME REASON
WE HAVE TO? YEAH?
00:20:56.55\00:20:59.22
FOR STRENGTH? BUT,
I MEAN, JESUS WAS GOD.
00:20:59.25\00:21:03.59
DID HE - HE WAS
MAN TOO, THAT'S RIGHT.
00:21:03.63\00:21:08.33
I'M GOING TO STEP
OUTSIDE OF LUKE. IS THAT OKAY?
00:21:08.36\00:21:11.67
JUST BRIEFLY - JOHN CHAPTER 5
- JOHN CHAPTER 5 - HE GIVES US A
00:21:11.70\00:21:15.84
LITTLE BIT OF AN
INKLING WHY JESUS HAD TO PRAY.
00:21:15.87\00:21:19.67
AND I THINK ALL YOUR ANSWERS ARE
NAILING IT RIGHT ON, I'M JUST
00:21:19.71\00:21:22.41
GOING TO BACK THAT
UP WITH A TEXT HERE.
00:21:22.44\00:21:24.31
JOHN CHAPTER 5 AND LOOKING AT
VERSE 30 - AND THEN WE'LL LOOK
00:21:24.35\00:21:28.38
AT ONE MORE
QUICK PLACE IN JOHN 8.
00:21:28.42\00:21:30.42
SO JOHN CHAPTER 5,
VERSE 30. JESUS IS SPEAKING.
00:21:30.45\00:21:32.52
HE SAYS SOME STARTLING WORDS:
HE SAID, "I CAN OF MINE OWN SELF
00:21:32.55\00:21:35.22
DO" - WHAT? - "NOTHING: AS I
HEAR, I JUDGE: AND MY JUDGMENT
00:21:35.26\00:21:39.89
IS JUST; BECAUSE I SEEK NOT MINE
OWN WILL, BUT THE WILL OF THE
00:21:39.93\00:21:45.00
FATHER WHICH HATH
SENT ME." THAT'S ONE.
00:21:45.03\00:21:47.10
JOHN CHAPTER 8 - JOHN CHAPTER
8 AND VERSE 28 SAYS THIS: JOHN
00:21:47.14\00:21:51.84
8:28, "THEN SAID JESUS UNTO
THEM, WHEN YE HAVE LIFTED UP THE
00:21:51.87\00:21:56.04
SON OF MAN, THEN SHALL YE
KNOW THAT I AM HE, AND THAT I DO
00:21:56.08\00:21:59.58
NOTHING OF MYSELF; BUT AS MY
FATHER HATH TAUGHT ME, I SPEAK
00:21:59.61\00:22:04.65
THESE THINGS.'" JESUS LIVED A
LIFE, WHILE HE WAS HERE ON THIS
00:22:04.69\00:22:10.99
PLANET, THE SAME WAY YOU
AND I LIVE A LIFE - IN COMPLETE
00:22:11.03\00:22:14.30
DEPENDENCE UPON GOD. THAT
NECESSITATES COMMUNICATION.
00:22:14.36\00:22:18.27
YOU MUST BE IN COMMUNICATION.
YOU MUST BE CONNECTED BECAUSE HE
00:22:18.30\00:22:21.74
WAS LIVING AS YOU
AND I LIVE - AS A MAN.
00:22:21.77\00:22:26.54
HE TOOK UPON HIMSELF HUMANITY SO
THAT HE COULD GIVE US AN EXAMPLE
00:22:26.57\00:22:31.51
AND WE COULD SEE THE
POWER OF GOD IN ONE'S LIFE.
00:22:31.55\00:22:34.68
WE LOOKED AT THE ROLE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN CONNECTING.
00:22:34.72\00:22:39.02
NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING A
FEW QUESTIONS: WHEN TO CONNECT,
00:22:39.05\00:22:42.89
WHAT IS INVOLVED WITH
CONNECTING, AND HOW TO CONNECT.
00:22:42.92\00:22:46.56
THOSE ARE THE THREE AREAS - WHEN
TO CONNECT, WHAT IS INVOLVED
00:22:46.59\00:22:50.90
WITH CONNECTING,
AND HOW TO CONNECT.
00:22:50.93\00:22:53.60
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT WHEN TO CONNECT FIRST.
00:22:53.64\00:22:55.87
IT HAPPENS TO BE OUR NEXT DAY,
MONDAY. WHEN DID JESUS PRAY?
00:22:55.90\00:22:59.07
YOU COULD PROBABLY
SAY 'ALL THE TIME,' RIGHT?
00:22:59.11\00:23:02.74
BUT THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC TIMES
THAT ARE LISTED IN THE BOOK OF
00:23:02.78\00:23:05.38
LUKE THAT HELPS MAKE
IT MORE CLEAR FOR US.
00:23:05.41\00:23:07.88
LET'S LOOK AT LUKE CHAPTER
3 - AGAIN, LUKE CHAPTER 3.
00:23:07.92\00:23:11.22
WE HAD ALREADY READ THIS BUT
WE'LL REVIEW IT FOR THE SAKE OF
00:23:11.25\00:23:17.19
THIS ONE VERSE. LUKE
CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 21,
00:23:17.23\00:23:20.50
"NOW WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE WERE
BAPTIZED, IT CAME TO PASS, THAT
00:23:20.53\00:23:28.87
JESUS ALSO BEING BAPTIZED, AND
PRAYING, THE HEAVEN WAS OPENED."
00:23:28.90\00:23:34.71
- SO AT HIS BAPTISM, WHAT
WAS JESUS DOING? HE WAS PRAYING.
00:23:34.74\00:23:39.35
JESUS IS ABOUT TO ENTER INTO ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES OF
00:23:39.38\00:23:42.48
HIS LIFE - HE'S ENTERING
HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY AND HE TAKES
00:23:42.52\00:23:45.42
THIS TIME TO PRAY - TO
CONNECT WITH HIS FATHER.
00:23:45.45\00:23:49.36
IN FACT, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
00:23:49.39\00:23:51.03
WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER
THE BAPTISM? THE TEMPTATION,
00:23:51.06\00:23:53.90
ISN'T THAT RIGHT? SO
JESUS IS OUT, HE'S TEMPTED.
00:23:53.93\00:23:56.36
WHAT WAS HE DOING IN THE
WILDERNESS FOR 40 DAYS BEFORE
00:23:56.40\00:23:59.07
THE TEMPTATION
REACHED ITS FRUITION?
00:23:59.10\00:24:01.44
THAT'S RIGHT. HE
WAS CONNECTING WITH GOD.
00:24:01.47\00:24:04.54
AM I RIGHT? HE WAS
COMMUNICATING WITH GOD.
00:24:04.57\00:24:06.37
HE WAS PRAYING. WHY?
BECAUSE HE WAS ABOUT TO START
00:24:06.41\00:24:09.21
OUT ON HIS LIFE MINISTRY.
SO, WHEN TO PRAY - FOR JESUS?
00:24:09.24\00:24:12.81
WHEN HE WAS STARTING
OUT ON HIS LIFE MINISTRY.
00:24:12.85\00:24:15.92
AND, OF COURSE, WE KNOW, AGAIN,
HE'S DOING IT ALL THE TIME, BUT
00:24:15.95\00:24:17.79
THIS IS A SPECIFIC TIME.
LUKE CHAPTER 6 - LUKE CHAPTER 6
00:24:17.82\00:24:22.96
- GIVES US ANOTHER
TIME OF WHEN TO PRAY.
00:24:22.99\00:24:28.43
LUKE CHAPTER 6 AND VERSE 12 -
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE VERSES
00:24:28.46\00:24:32.53
THAT - I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF
YOU HAVE EVER TRIED PRAYING ALL
00:24:32.57\00:24:37.61
NIGHT BEFORE - THIS IS A VERSE
THAT STICKS OUT IN A PERSON'S
00:24:37.64\00:24:41.21
MIND WHEN YOU - WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THAT TIME.
00:24:41.24\00:24:43.95
"AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE
DAYS," - LUKE 6, VERSE 12 -
00:24:43.98\00:24:47.32
"THAT HE (JESUS) WENT OUT INTO A
MOUNTAIN TO PRAY, AND CONTINUED"
00:24:47.35\00:24:50.09
- HOW LONG? - "ALL
NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD."
00:24:50.12\00:24:53.69
WHY THE LONG PRAYER?
DOESN'T JESUS KNOW OUR HEARTS?
00:24:53.72\00:24:59.76
CAN HE HEAR US?
00:24:59.79\00:25:01.56
YOU ANSWER, 'OF COURSE,
CHUCK.' SO WHY THE LONG PRAYER?
00:25:01.60\00:25:04.73
YOU KNOW, AS MY WIFE AND I WERE
DISCUSSING THAT THIS WEEK AND,
00:25:04.77\00:25:07.90
IN OUR FAMILY, WE
MAKE DECISIONS AS A FAMILY.
00:25:07.94\00:25:13.68
MY WIFE GETS A 90% VOTE; I GET A
10% VOTE - NOT QUITE, BUT - SHE
00:25:13.71\00:25:19.38
WOULD SAY THE OPPOSITE - BUT
WE GET TOGETHER AND WE DISCUSS
00:25:19.41\00:25:22.52
THINGS AND AS WE'RE DISCUSSING
AND COMMUNICATING AND CONNECTING
00:25:22.55\00:25:25.09
WITH EACH OTHER, IF IT'S A BIG
TOPIC WE TAKE MORE TIME TO TALK
00:25:25.12\00:25:27.86
ABOUT IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:25:27.89\00:25:29.92
IF MY WIFE SAYS, 'HEY, WHAT
WOULD YOU LIKE FOR BREAKFAST?'
00:25:29.96\00:25:31.93
SIMPLE. IT MAY TAKE 30 SECONDS.
BUT IF IT'S, 'SO WHERE ARE WE
00:25:31.96\00:25:36.30
GOING TO MOVE TO?'
THAT TAKES MORE TIME.
00:25:36.33\00:25:39.47
AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING
THAT'S BIG THAT'S TAKING PLACE,
00:25:39.50\00:25:43.74
THERE IS THAT TIME - A
LONGER TIME - OF COMMUNICATION.
00:25:43.77\00:25:47.51
YOU SEE THE SAME THING
WITH JESUS AND HIS FATHER.
00:25:47.54\00:25:49.91
THEY'RE TAKING MORE TIME.
00:25:49.94\00:25:51.68
THEY'RE TALKING IT -
THEY'RE WORKING IT THROUGH.
00:25:51.71\00:25:53.92
I JUST - I WOULD LOVE TO LISTEN
TO JESUS PRAY, WOULDN'T YOU?
00:25:53.95\00:25:55.68
YOU KNOW, I WAS A COLPORTEUR
LEADER FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AND
00:25:55.72\00:26:00.32
WE WENT TO THE STATE
OF ALBUQUERQUE WE WERE IN
00:26:00.36\00:26:03.43
ALAMAGORDO - THE STATE OF
ALBUQUERQUE - THE STATE OF NEW
00:26:03.46\00:26:07.13
MEXICO - THANK YOU. AND
WE WERE IN ALAMAGORDO THERE
00:26:07.13\00:26:09.56
IN NEW MEXICO AND I HAD A FRIEND
OF MINE, A VERY GIFTED LEADER.
00:26:09.60\00:26:15.47
HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN
LITERATURE EVANGELISM FOR WELL
00:26:15.50\00:26:18.04
OVER A DECADE AND HE SAID,
'CHUCK, I'D LIKE TO GO WITH YOU
00:26:18.07\00:26:20.61
TODAY AS YOU'RE LEADING AND JUST
SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.' I
00:26:20.64\00:26:23.51
SAID, 'THAT'S THRILLING. I
WOULD LOVE TO JUST WATCH YOU
00:26:23.55\00:26:25.55
LEAD. I WANT TO
LEARN SOMETHING.'
00:26:25.58\00:26:27.38
YOU KNOW WHAT I
FOUND OUT THAT HE DID?
00:26:27.42\00:26:29.18
HE SPENT ALMOST ALL OF HIS TIME
PRAYING - A LOT OF TIME PRAYING
00:26:29.22\00:26:33.22
- AND I, FINALLY, AFTER WATCHING
HIM PRAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS THAT
00:26:33.25\00:26:37.33
DAY, WHILE I'M SITTING THERE
LOOKING AT THE MAP AND, DARE I
00:26:37.36\00:26:40.46
SAY, A LITTLE BIT OF TWIDDLING
MY THUMBS, WHAT IS HE DOING?'
00:26:40.50\00:26:43.60
I ASKED HIM, 'WHAT ARE YOU
PRAYING FOR?' AND I EXPECTED TO
00:26:43.63\00:26:47.07
HEAR THINGS LIKE, 'OH, I'M
PRAYING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
00:26:47.10\00:26:49.90
PEOPLE WHO WANT BOOKS. I'M
PRAYING THAT THE PEOPLE AT THE
00:26:49.94\00:26:52.87
DOORS ARE OPEN AND" -
THAT'S WHAT I USED TO PRAY FOR.
00:26:52.91\00:26:56.51
IT'S NOT BAD TO PRAY FOR THAT,
BUT I WAS EXPECTING THAT TO BE
00:26:56.54\00:26:58.98
THE PREDOMINANT - HERE'S WHAT
HE SAID: 'CHUCK, I'M PRAYING FOR
00:26:59.01\00:27:01.85
THE PERSONAL LIVES OF MY
STUDENTS. I KNOW THAT THIS ONE
00:27:01.88\00:27:07.22
IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW IN THEIR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR PARENTS,
00:27:07.26\00:27:09.89
SO I'M PRAYING THAT THEY
AND THEIR PARENTS ARE ABLE TO
00:27:09.92\00:27:11.76
CONNECT TOGETHER. I
KNOW THIS ONE, RIGHT NOW, IS
00:27:11.79\00:27:13.83
HAVING DIFFICULTY
WITH THEIR FINANCES.
00:27:13.86\00:27:15.56
THEY'RE TRYING TO GO TO
SCHOOL SO I'M PRAYING FOR THEIR
00:27:15.60\00:27:17.23
SCHOOLING SITUATION - THAT
THEY BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH.
00:27:17.27\00:27:19.70
AS I LISTENED, I KNEW THAT
BECAUSE HE KNEW THESE PEOPLE AND
00:27:19.73\00:27:23.71
THEIR NEEDS, HE WAS
UPLIFTING THEM BEFORE GOD.
00:27:23.74\00:27:26.94
HE WASN'T PRAYING JUST FOR THAT
DAY, HE WAS PRAYING FOR THEM.
00:27:26.98\00:27:30.71
NOW I'D LIKE TO IMAGINE
JESUS DOING THAT RIGHT BEFORE HE
00:27:30.75\00:27:34.68
BRINGS ON HIS TWELVE
DISCIPLES. CAN YOU IMAGINE?
00:27:34.72\00:27:37.15
SPENDING A
WHOLE NIGHT IN PRAYER?
00:27:37.19\00:27:39.49
'GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT
PETER'S GOING TO DO.
00:27:39.52\00:27:42.42
YOU KNOW WHAT'S
CONNECTED WITH HIM.
00:27:42.46\00:27:45.13
I'VE GOT TO LIVE WITH HIM FOR
THE NEXT THREE YEARS.' I DON'T
00:27:45.16\00:27:47.13
KNOW IF IT WOULD HAVE SOUNDED
JUST LIKE THAT, BUT HOW - HOW
00:27:47.13\00:27:49.83
CAN I DRAW HIM
CLOSER TO THE KINGDOM?
00:27:49.86\00:27:52.30
HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER?
WHAT ABOUT JAMES AND JOHN?
00:27:52.33\00:27:56.37
HOW ARE WE GOING
TO WORK WITH THOMAS?
00:27:56.40\00:27:58.37
WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE
PLACE WITH JUDAS? YES, JUDAS.
00:27:58.41\00:28:01.48
HOW'S THIS GOING TO HAPPEN?'
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE PRAYER
00:28:01.51\00:28:05.28
BETWEEN GOD AND
HIS FATHER THAT NIGHT?
00:28:05.31\00:28:07.18
YOU NOTICE HOW I SAID
THAT? CAN YOU IMAGINE?
00:28:07.22\00:28:10.92
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
ELSE. SO WE SEE JESUS PRAYING
00:28:10.95\00:28:14.42
BEFORE HE - IF I CAN SAY
- INAUGURATES HIS CHURCH.
00:28:14.46\00:28:17.36
HE SETS UP THE TWELVE DISCIPLES.
LOOK AT ANOTHER PLACE WHERE WE
00:28:17.39\00:28:20.26
SEE WHEN JESUS IS CONNECTING
AND THAT IS - I'M GOING TO SKIP
00:28:20.30\00:28:24.10
THROUGH A FEW OF
THEM FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.
00:28:24.13\00:28:26.57
I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT #5 IN YOUR
LESSON - THAT'S FOUND IN LUKE
00:28:26.60\00:28:31.07
CHAPTER 22 - PROBABLY ONE OF THE
MOST INCREDIBLE PRAYERS THAT WE
00:28:31.11\00:28:35.88
HEAR THE SON OF GOD MAKING -
LUKE CHAPTER 22 AND VERSE 39,
00:28:35.91\00:28:46.82
"AND HE CAME OUT, AND WENT,
AS HE WAS WONT, TO THE MOUNT OF
00:28:46.86\00:28:51.09
OLIVES; AND HIS
DISCIPLES FOLLOWED HIM."
00:28:51.13\00:28:53.60
AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 40, "AND
WHEN HE WAS AT THE PLACE, HE
00:28:53.63\00:28:57.63
SAID UNTO THEM, PRAY THAT
YE ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION.
00:28:57.67\00:29:00.17
AND HE WAS WITHDRAWN FROM
THEM ABOUT A STONE'S CAST, AND
00:29:00.20\00:29:03.77
KNEELED DOWN, AND PRAYED,
SAYING, 'FATHER, IF THOU BE
00:29:03.81\00:29:06.47
WILLING, REMOVE THIS CUP FROM
ME: NEVERTHELESS NOT MY WILL,
00:29:06.51\00:29:10.31
BUT THINE, BE
DONE.'" WHAT A PRAYER.
00:29:10.35\00:29:14.18
'I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
MY INNERMOST BEING IS FIGHTING
00:29:14.22\00:29:19.52
AGAINST IT, BUT I WANT TO
DO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.
00:29:19.55\00:29:22.22
PLEASE, HELP ME.' YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE TIMES IN MY LIFE - AND
00:29:22.26\00:29:29.50
YOU MIGHT SAY THE SAME THING
ABOUT YOUR LIFE - THAT THERE ARE
00:29:29.53\00:29:31.73
THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO,
YET WE SENSE THAT GOD'S ASKING.
00:29:31.77\00:29:36.81
AND THE THOUGHT OF THAT PAIN AND
THE HURT THAT'S CONNECTED WITH
00:29:36.84\00:29:40.61
US MAKES US, KIND OF, RECOIL
AWAY AND SAY, 'NO GOD, I'M NOT
00:29:40.64\00:29:44.01
READY FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.' AND
THE PICTURE WE'RE SEEING HERE IS
00:29:44.05\00:29:47.72
JESUS SAYS, 'YOU
CAN DO IT. I DID IT.
00:29:47.75\00:29:51.65
I DIDN'T WANT TO, BUT I LOVED MY
FATHER MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
00:29:51.69\00:29:56.22
AND HIS WILL WAS MOST
IMPORTANT TO ME.' WHEN TO PRAY?
00:29:56.26\00:30:01.10
WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE
IT. WHEN TO PRAY? WHEN LIFE'S
00:30:01.13\00:30:05.37
DIFFICULT AND YOU'RE FACED WITH
SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO DO.
00:30:05.40\00:30:07.97
WHEN TO PRAY? WHEN YOU'RE
BEGINNING A MINISTRY FOR GOD.
00:30:08.00\00:30:11.37
THESE ARE GOOD TIMES TO PRAY.
AND THE FINAL PRAYER OF JESUS
00:30:11.41\00:30:15.61
THAT WE SEE RECORDED IN LUKE
- LUKE CHAPTER 23 AND VERSE 46 -
00:30:15.64\00:30:20.45
LUKE CHAPTER 23 AND VERSE 46 -
00:30:20.48\00:30:25.05
JESUS HAS BEEN
HANGING ON THE CROSS.
00:30:25.09\00:30:30.26
IT'S BEEN SIX
HOURS - A LONG TIME.
00:30:30.29\00:30:34.60
VERSE 46, "AND WHEN JESUS
HAD CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, HE
00:30:34.63\00:30:39.53
SAID, 'FATHER, INTO THY HANDS
I COMMEND MY SPIRIT:' AND HAVING
00:30:39.57\00:30:44.87
SAID THUS, HE
GAVE UP THE GHOST."
00:30:44.91\00:30:47.44
- FATHER, UNTO THY
HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT.
00:30:47.48\00:30:51.95
AT THE END OF OUR ROAD -
WHATEVER OUR ROAD MAY BE ON - AT
00:30:51.98\00:30:57.35
THE END OF OUR LIFE, THAT
IS IT. TO SAY, 'I'VE LIVED IT.
00:30:57.39\00:31:01.92
I'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING
I CAN. FATHER, TAKE ME.'
00:31:01.96\00:31:05.16
THAT FINAL PRAYER. WHEN TO PRAY?
00:31:05.19\00:31:08.80
I WOULD SAY ALL THE TIME.
BUT THESE ARE SOME SPECIFIC
00:31:08.83\00:31:12.03
TIMES THAT WE SEE JESUS
LIFTING UP HIS HEART IN PRAYER.
00:31:12.07\00:31:14.74
NOW HOW DOES ONE HAVE A
PRAYER LIFE THAT IS NOT FORCED?
00:31:14.77\00:31:26.01
LET'S FACE IT, MAYBE SOME OF YOU
DON'T FEEL THIS WAY, BUT MAYBE
00:31:26.05\00:31:30.82
SOME OF YOU CAN CONNECT
WITH WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
00:31:30.85\00:31:33.39
I USED TO PRAY
BECAUSE I KNEW I SHOULD.
00:31:33.42\00:31:35.66
I'M SUPPOSED TO
PRAY. I'VE GOT TO PRAY.
00:31:35.69\00:31:39.46
I'M A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHRISTIAN - I BETTER BE PRAYING.
00:31:39.49\00:31:42.83
AND YES, I'M A BIBLE TEACHER.
I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PRAY,
00:31:42.86\00:31:46.77
SO I'M PRAYING.
OKAY GOD, GOOD MORNING.
00:31:46.80\00:31:50.44
OKAY.' AND OUR LIFE PRAYER -
OUR PRAYER LIFE IS A LITTLE BIT
00:31:50.47\00:31:55.11
FORCED AND, DARE I
SAY, A LITTLE BIT DRY.
00:31:55.14\00:32:00.42
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT?
DOES IT HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT?
00:32:00.45\00:32:05.29
SHOULD OUR PRAYER LIFE
BE A FORCED EXPERIENCE?
00:32:05.32\00:32:08.76
AND, OF COURSE, THE ANSWER
IS NO. I'M ASKING A RHETORICAL
00:32:08.79\00:32:11.93
QUESTION. BUT HOW COULD IT NOT
BE? I WAS JUST READING A BOOK
00:32:11.96\00:32:17.93
RECENTLY AND A STORY OF A
LADY IN IT, AND SHE'S STRUGGLING
00:32:17.97\00:32:21.40
WITH, YOU KNOW, 'I SEE THAT
I NEED TO HAVE A PRAYER WALK.
00:32:21.44\00:32:23.61
I NEED TO BE CONNECTED WITH GOD.
THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME, BUT I
00:32:23.64\00:32:25.97
JUST DON'T HAVE IT IN ME.'
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE STARTED
00:32:26.01\00:32:30.98
GETTING A PICTURE
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
00:32:31.01\00:32:34.85
WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH THAT YOUR
GOD IS YOUR SAVIOR AND HE LOVES
00:32:34.88\00:32:45.29
YOU TO THE UTTERMOST,
PRAYER BECOMES EASIER.
00:32:45.33\00:32:50.83
I'M NOT GIVING SOME KIND OF
PANACEA - PILL - TAKE IT AND
00:32:50.87\00:32:56.17
EVERYTHING WILL BE RESOLVED, BUT
WHEN YOU ARE REALIZING TRULY, BY
00:32:56.20\00:33:00.41
FAITH, 'GOD LOVES ME,' IT'S A
WHOLE LOT EASIER TO TALK TO HIM.
00:33:00.44\00:33:06.65
YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, I HAD
TO GO SPEAK TO SOMEONE AT THE
00:33:06.68\00:33:11.12
CONFERENCE OFFICE. I
WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS.
00:33:11.15\00:33:13.96
I HAD NEVER MET HIM BEFORE AND
I'M WORKING ON A RECOMMENDATION
00:33:13.99\00:33:17.19
FOR SOMETHING AND THEY
SAID, 'CHUCK, WE WANT TO SEE YOU
00:33:17.23\00:33:19.13
BEFORE WE GIVE
YOU A RECOMMENDATION,'
00:33:19.16\00:33:20.06
WHICH MAKES A
WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.
00:33:20.10\00:33:21.10
I SAID, 'OKAY.' SO WE SAT
DOWN AND FOR 45 MINUTES THIS
00:33:21.13\00:33:24.30
GENTLEMAN TALKED WITH
ME. HE TALKED WITH ME.
00:33:24.33\00:33:27.80
I FELT LIKE I WAS THE
ONLY PERSON IN HIS OFFICE.
00:33:27.84\00:33:31.44
YOU EVER BEEN AROUND A PERSON
LIKE THAT? LIKE EVERYTHING WAS
00:33:31.47\00:33:34.38
PUT ASIDE, HE CAME DOWN,
HE SAT DOWN, AND HE STARTED
00:33:34.41\00:33:36.75
COMMUNICATING AND SAID,
'SO CHUCK, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
00:33:36.78\00:33:39.71
ABOUT YOURSELF.' AND I STARTED
SENSING, 'YES, HE'S WANTING TO
00:33:39.75\00:33:43.42
KNOW MORE ABOUT ME.' BUT
THERE'S ALSO A WILLINGNESS
00:33:43.45\00:33:45.82
TO PAY ATTENTION. I THOUGHT,
'WOW, I'M WILLING TO TALK IN A
00:33:45.85\00:33:48.29
SETTING LIKE THIS. I
TALKED FOR 45 MINUTES TO
00:33:48.32\00:33:50.16
SOMEONE I NEVER KNEW
UNTIL THURSDAY. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
00:33:50.19\00:33:53.76
DOES YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER
CARE ABOUT YOU MORE THAN SOME
00:33:53.80\00:33:57.60
CONFERENCE
ADMINISTRATOR? ABSOLUTELY.
00:33:57.63\00:34:00.50
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE IT?
AND YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK, I
00:34:00.54\00:34:04.07
ASKED FOR - I'M NOT SURE.' WELL,
ASK, 'LORD, HELP MY UNBELIEF.' I
00:34:04.11\00:34:07.58
MEAN, THAT'S ALL I CAN
DO SOMETIMES, AMEN? LORD, I
00:34:07.61\00:34:09.78
BELIEVE, HELP MY UNBELIEF.
HELP ME TO REALIZE, BY FAITH,
00:34:09.81\00:34:12.78
THAT YOU LOVE ME AND THAT
WILL CHANGE MY PRAYER LIFE.' YOU
00:34:12.81\00:34:15.52
KNOW, THERE'S FEW PEOPLE I LIKE
TALKING MORE TO THAN MY PARENTS.
00:34:15.55\00:34:18.65
I KNOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID
THAT A FEW DECADES AGO, BUT I
00:34:18.69\00:34:24.43
CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT
NOW. I LOVE TALKING TO THEM.
00:34:24.46\00:34:27.93
THEY'RE LIKE SOME OF MY
FAVORITE PEOPLE TO TALK TO.
00:34:27.96\00:34:30.13
AND WE COULD TALK
FOR HOURS WITHOUT TRYING.
00:34:30.17\00:34:32.47
I KNOW THAT THEY LOVE ME
COMPLETELY AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM
00:34:32.50\00:34:38.31
SHARING WHAT I'M THINKING.
MY DAD'LL TELL ME, 'I DISAGREE
00:34:38.34\00:34:40.81
WITH YOU.' HE DOES
THAT EVERY NOW AND THEN.
00:34:40.84\00:34:42.98
IT DOESN'T CHANGE OUR
LOVE RELATIONSHIP AT ALL.
00:34:43.01\00:34:45.01
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP, WHEN I TRUST THAT
00:34:45.05\00:34:48.52
GOD LOVES ME, THE KIND OF
COMMUNICATION I BELIEVE WILL BE
00:34:48.55\00:34:51.15
GOING ON BETWEEN HIM AND I. I
WROTE THIS DOWN - I'M GOING TO
00:34:51.19\00:34:58.46
READ IT BECAUSE I CAN'T
REMEMBER IT WITHOUT READING IT.
00:34:58.49\00:35:00.93
"A GREAT PRAYER LIFE DOESN'T
COME BY WORKS ANY MORE THAN
00:35:00.96\00:35:04.87
SALVATION DOES.
IT COMES BY FAITH.
00:35:04.90\00:35:07.57
ONLY WHEN WE HAVE A DEEP
TRUST IN THE LOVE OF CHRIST, CAN
00:35:07.60\00:35:11.61
PRAYER BE WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE." SO, A PRAYER OF FAITH -
00:35:11.64\00:35:18.71
DO WE HAVE ANY
EXAMPLES OF PRAYERS OF FAITH?
00:35:18.75\00:35:20.82
PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST
PRAYERS EVER GIVEN US AND THAT'S
00:35:20.85\00:35:22.98
FOUND IN THE - WE
CALL IT THE LORD'S PRAYER .
00:35:23.02\00:35:24.95
LET'S LOOK IN LUKE CHAPTER
11. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IT
00:35:24.99\00:35:27.52
STEP BY STEP AND LOOK AT THE
FAITH THAT IS CONNECTED WITH IT.
00:35:27.56\00:35:30.96
LUKE CHAPTER 11 AND
WE'LL START WITH VERSE 1.
00:35:30.99\00:35:40.97
WE LOOKED AT THE HOLY
SPIRIT'S ROLE IN JESUS' LIFE.
00:35:41.00\00:35:46.17
WE LOOKED AT WHEN TO CONNECT
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S
00:35:46.21\00:35:49.08
INVOLVED WITH CONNECTING - FAITH
IS A KEY - AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
00:35:49.11\00:35:52.01
LOOKING AT SOME
OTHER THINGS ARE CONNECTED.
00:35:52.05\00:35:53.72
LOOK AT VERSE 1, PLEASE: "AND
IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, AS HE WAS
00:35:53.75\00:35:57.69
PRAYING IN A CERTAIN PLACE, WHEN
HE CEASED, ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES
00:35:57.72\00:36:00.62
SAID UNTO HIM,
'LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY,'
00:36:00.66\00:36:03.29
AS JOHN ALSO
TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES.
00:36:03.32\00:36:05.56
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, 'WHEN YE
PRAY, SAY, 'OUR FATHER WHICH ART
00:36:05.59\00:36:10.97
IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE
THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME.
00:36:11.00\00:36:15.04
THY WILL BE DONE, AS
IN HEAVEN, SO IN EARTH.
00:36:15.07\00:36:19.14
GIVE US DAY BY DAY OUR DAILY
BREAD. AND FORGIVE US OUR SINS;
00:36:19.17\00:36:24.41
FOR WE ALSO FORGIVE EVERY
ONE THAT IS INDEBTED TO US.
00:36:24.45\00:36:27.12
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION;
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.''"
00:36:27.15\00:36:32.69
BEAUTIFUL, CONCISE, SAID SO MANY
TIMES - I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU
00:36:32.72\00:36:38.29
MEMORIZED IT, BUT I REMEMBER
MEMORIZING IT AS A LITTLE CHILD.
00:36:38.33\00:36:40.40
I COULD SAY IT BY MEMORY AND NOT
KNOW ANYTHING THAT I JUST SAID.
00:36:40.43\00:36:43.50
'OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN
HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
00:36:43.53\00:36:46.27
THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL
BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN
00:36:46.30\00:36:48.57
HEAVEN.' RIGHT? YOU
COULD PROBABLY SAY IT WITH
00:36:48.60\00:36:50.34
ME, ALL OF YOU.
WHAT - WHAT'S THERE?
00:36:50.37\00:36:55.24
YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO
PRAY THIS PRAYER, IT ONLY CAN BE
00:36:55.28\00:36:57.88
PRAYED BY FAITH. IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE ANY OTHER WAY.
00:36:57.91\00:37:02.08
IT STARTS OUT WITH
THOSE TWO WORDS, WHAT?
00:37:02.12\00:37:04.99
'OUR FATHER.' THAT FIRST PHRASE
IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MY
00:37:05.02\00:37:14.23
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND, BY FAITH, THAT FIRST PHRASE
00:37:14.30\00:37:19.57
IS AN ACCEPTANCE
OF HIM AS MY PARENT.
00:37:19.60\00:37:23.71
SOON AS I'VE DONE THAT, THE REST
OF THE PRAYER BECOMES EASIER.
00:37:23.74\00:37:28.71
DOES THAT MAKE
SENSE? SO I START OUT WITH
00:37:28.74\00:37:31.05
ACKNOWLEDGING - 'I ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU ARE MY FATHER AND I'M
00:37:31.08\00:37:35.12
ACCEPTING THAT RELATIONSHIP.'
NOW, I KNOW THAT THERE IS -
00:37:35.15\00:37:39.02
EVERY TIME THAT I DISCUSS
FATHERS AND PARENTING, I PUT
00:37:39.05\00:37:43.12
THIS IN BECAUSE I REALIZE
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD
00:37:43.16\00:37:45.59
REALLY BAD PARENTS AND
I AM JUST SO - SO SORRY.
00:37:45.63\00:37:48.23
IT'S TERRIBLE THAT THOSE KIND OF
THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, BUT I WANT
00:37:48.26\00:37:52.37
TO ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR HEAVENLY
FATHER IS NOTHING LIKE YOUR
00:37:52.40\00:37:55.37
EARTHLY ONES.
THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
00:37:55.40\00:37:58.57
THERE'S SOMETHING MORE PURE -
NO, COMPLETELY PURE - COMPLETELY
00:37:58.61\00:38:02.01
HOLY AND
COMPLETELY LOVING. OUR FATHER.
00:38:02.04\00:38:05.98
THE NEXT PHRASE IS "WHICH ART IN
HEAVEN" - "OUR FATHER WHICH ART
00:38:06.01\00:38:10.42
IN HEAVEN" - HE IS MY FATHER,
BUT HE IS ALSO IN HEAVEN.
00:38:10.45\00:38:14.42
HE IS MY FATHER,
BUT WHERE IS HE AT?
00:38:14.46\00:38:19.06
HE'S IN HEAVEN. HE IS HOLY.
IN FACT, THAT'S THE NEXT PHRASE,
00:38:19.09\00:38:22.33
"HALLOWED BE THY NAME" OR
'HOLY IS YOUR NAME' - SO "OUR
00:38:22.36\00:38:26.10
FATHER" - I'M
ACKNOWLEDGING A RELATIONSHIP.
00:38:26.13\00:38:29.44
THE NEXT PHRASE IS, "WHICH
ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY
00:38:29.47\00:38:34.18
NAME."
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS FATHERHOOD
00:38:34.21\00:38:37.11
AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS HOLINESS.
00:38:37.15\00:38:41.22
AND, CAN I SAY, 'ACCEPTANCE
OF HIS HOLINESS' WHEN I PRAY BY
00:38:41.25\00:38:46.39
FAITH? WHEN YOU
SPEND TIME WITH GOD,
00:38:46.42\00:38:53.13
YOU'RE WALKING ON HOLY GROUND
YET, AT THE SAME TIME, HE IS
00:38:53.16\00:38:58.27
YOUR FATHER.
THERE'S THAT RESPECT, BUT
00:38:58.30\00:39:02.70
THERE'S ALSO THAT REALIZATION
THAT HE LOVES YOU 100%.
00:39:02.74\00:39:07.91
IT'S THE PICTURE
WE'RE SEEING HERE.
00:39:07.94\00:39:10.11
"OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN
HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME."
00:39:10.15\00:39:13.35
THAT NEXT PHRASE IS A BEAUTIFUL
ONE, "THY KINGDOM COME" - WHAT
00:39:13.38\00:39:18.22
KINGDOM? WHOSE KINGDOM?
00:39:18.25\00:39:22.42
SO ARE WE PRAYING
FOR THE SECOND COMING?
00:39:22.46\00:39:24.83
- "THY KINGDOM COME" - ARE WE
PRAYING FOR THE SECOND COMING?
00:39:24.86\00:39:30.73
POSSIBLY, BUT I THINK THERE'S
SOMETHING MORE THAT'S BEING SAID
00:39:30.77\00:39:35.64
HERE, "THY KINGDOM" -
WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
00:39:35.67\00:39:38.37
THE SPIRITUAL ONE? ABSOLUTELY.
00:39:38.41\00:39:42.11
JUST AS THERE'S A REAL ONE,
THERE'S A SPIRITUAL KINGDOM THAT
00:39:42.14\00:39:44.01
JESUS INAUGURATED
WHEN HE CAME HERE.
00:39:44.05\00:39:45.91
ROMANS CHAPTER 14, VERSE
17, "THY KINGDOM COME" - I AM
00:39:45.95\00:39:52.15
PRAYING BECAUSE I WANT HIS
KINGDOM TO COME - I ACKNOWLEDGE
00:39:52.19\00:39:54.76
THAT HE HAS A KINGDOM AND I WANT
TO ACCEPT THAT KINGDOM IN HIS
00:39:54.79\00:39:57.19
LIFE. THIS IS A POWERFUL PRAYER.
00:39:57.23\00:39:59.06
ROMANS CHAPTER 14 AND VERSE 17 -
ROMANS 14 AND VERSE 17, "FOR THE
00:39:59.09\00:40:11.67
KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT
MEAT AND DRINK; BUT" - WHAT? -
00:40:11.71\00:40:18.08
"RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND
PEACE, AND JOY IN" - WHOM? -
00:40:18.11\00:40:23.62
"THE HOLY SPIRIT."
00:40:23.65\00:40:24.99
SO GOD'S KINGDOM IS
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY.
00:40:25.02\00:40:29.36
SO WHEN I PRAY, "THY
KINGDOM COME" - I'M LONGING FOR
00:40:29.39\00:40:32.33
RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND PEACE, AND JOY.
00:40:32.36\00:40:37.23
I'M ACKNOWLEDGING THAT'S WHAT
HIS KINGDOM IS AND, BY FAITH,
00:40:37.27\00:40:41.60
I'M ACCEPTING THAT
KINGDOM INTO MY LIFE.
00:40:41.64\00:40:44.04
I WANT TO BE A MEMBER
OF THAT SPIRITUAL KINGDOM.
00:40:44.07\00:40:48.08
I WANT HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. I
WANT HIS PEACE. I WANT HIS JOY.
00:40:48.11\00:40:53.21
THAT'S THE
PICTURE BEING LAID OUT.
00:40:53.25\00:40:55.68
SO, QUICK RECAP: I ACKNOWLEDGE
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
00:40:55.72\00:41:02.09
I ACKNOWLEDGE HIS HOLINESS
AND I ACKNOWLEDGE HIS KINGDOM.
00:41:02.12\00:41:06.59
NOW, THE NEXT PHRASE OF THE
PRAYER IS "THY KINGDOM COME" -
00:41:06.63\00:41:09.30
WHAT'S THAT NEXT PHRASE? -
'THY WILL BE DONE, IN EARTH AS
00:41:09.33\00:41:14.04
IT IS IN HEAVEN.' WOW, NOW
I'M ACKNOWLEDGING HIS WILL.
00:41:14.07\00:41:21.24
I'M ACCEPTING HIS WILL,
WHATEVER THAT MAY BE IN MY LIFE.
00:41:21.28\00:41:30.95
WHAT'S INVOLVED IN A MARRIAGE?
00:41:30.99\00:41:32.49
PLEASE, DON'T
GIVE ME A LONG LIST.
00:41:32.52\00:41:34.59
RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW IF I
CONJURED UP A HUGE - MAYBE A
00:41:34.62\00:41:36.83
BOOK. MY WIFE AND I WERE READING
00:41:36.86\00:41:39.09
SOMETHING ABOUT
CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE LAST NIGHT.
00:41:39.13\00:41:41.23
WE'RE THOROUGHLY
ENJOYING OURSELVES.
00:41:41.26\00:41:42.66
I THINK SO, YEAH,
IT WAS A GOOD TIME.
00:41:42.70\00:41:46.10
WHAT IS IT - WHAT'S INVOLVED IN
A MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP - IN A
00:41:46.13\00:41:52.14
CONNECTION? I
WOULD ASSUME A COUPLE OF
00:41:52.17\00:41:54.28
THINGS THAT WE'VE
ALREADY DISCUSSED.
00:41:54.31\00:41:56.11
WOULD YOU SAY
TRUST NEEDS TO BE THERE?
00:41:56.14\00:41:57.95
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF YOUR
RELATIONSHIP NEEDS TO BE THERE,
00:41:57.98\00:42:01.35
RIGHT? THERE BETTER BE LOVE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. THERE NEEDS
00:42:01.38\00:42:05.55
TO BE A SACRED UNION. THERE
ALSO NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING ELSE,
00:42:05.59\00:42:10.96
WHICH WE'RE ABOUT TO GET
TO, AND THAT IS FORGIVENESS.
00:42:10.99\00:42:13.03
THESE ARE ALL ELEMENTS - PART OF
A MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP - AND I
00:42:13.06\00:42:17.17
BELIEVE THESE ARE ALSO ELEMENTS
OF A GOOD, SUCCESSFUL PRAYER
00:42:17.20\00:42:20.67
LIFE. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD;
00:42:20.70\00:42:24.07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WHO HE IS AND
WHO YOU ARE; A WILLINGNESS TO
00:42:24.11\00:42:27.28
ACCEPT HIS WILL IN YOUR LIFE.
I'D LIKE TO - IF WE COULD TURN
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TO THE NEXT PAGE, IF YOU ARE
FOLLOWING IN YOUR LESSON, IT IS
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LUKE 11, VERSE 3, "GIVE US
DAY BY DAY OUR DAILY BREAD."
00:42:35.68\00:42:46.56
- OR OUR BREAD - "GIVE US
DAY BY DAY OUR DAILY BREAD."
00:42:46.59\00:42:51.17
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I READ
THIS, I WOULD SAY IT AS A CHILD
00:42:51.20\00:42:55.90
AND, YEAH, IT'S OKAY, BUT WHEN I
FIRST READ IT AS A STUDY - I HAD
00:42:55.94\00:43:01.94
TO STUDY THIS FOR A CLASS - ONE
OF THE CLASSES I WAS TAKING IN
00:43:01.98\00:43:04.78
COLLEGE. WHAT IS
THIS PHRASE, 'GIVE US
00:43:04.81\00:43:06.61
THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD' -
OR 'GIVE US DAY BY DAY OUR DAILY
00:43:06.65\00:43:09.72
BREAD' - WHAT AM I
REALLY PRAYING FOR?
00:43:09.75\00:43:11.82
WELL, IF I WAS IN ANOTHER
COUNTRY WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE MY
00:43:11.85\00:43:16.46
BREAD GUARANTEED ME, IT WOULD
BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO PRAY
00:43:16.49\00:43:19.13
THIS, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
I MEAN, I THINK HERE IN THE
00:43:19.16\00:43:22.56
UNITED STATES, THIS PHRASE
IS ALMOST LIKE, HO HUM - 'YEAH,
00:43:22.60\00:43:24.47
GIVE US THIS
DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
00:43:24.50\00:43:27.57
I'VE GOT ENOUGH STORED UP IN MY
HOUSE FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS,
00:43:27.60\00:43:30.11
BUT GIVE US THIS
DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
00:43:30.14\00:43:32.07
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE LIKE
THAT, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF FOOD
00:43:32.11\00:43:34.34
AT OUR HOUSE. I'M
MARRIED TO AN ITALIAN SO
00:43:34.38\00:43:36.88
WE'VE GOT TONS OF FOOD. WE
ALWAYS HAVE PASTA AND CANS OF
00:43:36.91\00:43:39.21
GRAVY OR TOMATO SAUCE,
HOWEVER YOU LIKE TO CALL IT.
00:43:39.25\00:43:43.55
WE HAVE THIS - THERE'S
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS AND
00:43:43.59\00:43:45.95
ALL KINDS OF
THINGS IN OUR HOUSE.
00:43:45.99\00:43:48.46
WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED
SO PRAYING 'GIVE US THIS DAY OUR
00:43:48.49\00:43:51.59
DAILY BREAD' IT'S ALMOST LIKE,
'OKAY.' THIS PRAYER - BY THE
00:43:51.63\00:43:57.63
WAY, IT'S NOT WRONG TO HAVE
EXTRA FOOD IN YOUR HOUSE, THAT'S
00:43:57.67\00:44:02.07
NOT WHERE I'M - TRYING TO SAY
- BUT THIS PRAYER IS A PRAYER
00:44:02.10\00:44:04.94
THAT'S A DAILY PRAYER.
IT'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT MY
00:44:04.97\00:44:08.54
PROVISIONS TODAY HAVE TO
COME FROM YOU. WHO IS YOU? GOD.
00:44:08.58\00:44:13.05
THERE WILL COME A DAY, I
BELIEVE, WHEN THIS WILL BE OUR
00:44:13.08\00:44:20.02
PRAYER. IT CAN BE OUR PRAYER
NOW, I BELIEVE, AND SOMETIMES
00:44:20.06\00:44:24.49
NOW THAT PRAYER IS BY FAITH.
BUT I BELIEVE THERE WILL COME A
00:44:24.53\00:44:29.23
DAY WHEN THIS WILL
HAVE TO BE OUR PRAYER.
00:44:29.26\00:44:30.90
"GIVE US THIS DAY OUR
DAILY BREAD" AND TRUST HIM.
00:44:30.93\00:44:32.90
WOULD YOU THINK OUR FAITH WOULD
BE STRONGER IF EVERY SINGLE DAY
00:44:32.93\00:44:35.47
WE HAD TO PRAY
FOR WHAT WE RECEIVED?
00:44:35.50\00:44:37.17
HOW MANY OF YOU READ
THE STORY OF GEORGE MUELLER?
00:44:37.21\00:44:40.01
ARE FAMILIAR WITH
THE BACKGROUND WITH HIM?
00:44:40.04\00:44:42.01
WAS HE PRAYING THIS PRAYER?
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
00:44:42.04\00:44:46.48
- WE NEED TO
FEED HOW MANY MOUTHS?
00:44:46.51\00:44:48.32
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING - "GIVE
US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD."
00:44:48.35\00:44:55.26
OUR NEXT PHRASE - LUKE CHAPTER
11 AND VERSE 4, "AND FORGIVE US
00:44:55.29\00:45:02.40
OUR SINS; FOR WE ALSO FORGIVE
EVERY ONE THAT IS INDEBTED TO
00:45:02.43\00:45:04.97
US." - FORGIVE US OUR SINS
FOR WE ALSO FORGIVE. FORGIVE US.
00:45:05.00\00:45:12.44
THERE NEEDS TO BE AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FORGIVENESS -
00:45:12.47\00:45:17.28
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT GOD IS GOING
TO FORGIVE - ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT
00:45:17.31\00:45:21.02
GOD IS GOING TO PROVIDE.
AND I'M GOING TO JUST RECAP
00:45:21.05\00:45:24.42
WHERE WE'RE AT AT
THIS POINT, IF THAT'S OKAY.
00:45:24.45\00:45:27.29
IN THIS PRAYER, HERE'S THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT: 'I ACKNOWLEDGE
00:45:27.32\00:45:31.99
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD; I ACKNOWLEDGMENT - I HAVE
00:45:32.03\00:45:34.13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS HOLINESS;
I ACKNOWLEDGE HIS KINGDOM; I
00:45:34.20\00:45:37.03
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS WILL; I
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PROVISION
00:45:37.07\00:45:41.17
AND NOW I'M
ACKNOWLEDGING HIS WHAT?
00:45:41.20\00:45:43.94
FORGIVENESS - SIX THINGS I
THINK WE'VE COVERED SO FAR.
00:45:43.97\00:45:47.51
I SAID IN A CHURCH - I WAS A
YOUNG MAN, AGED 16 OR 17, AND I
00:45:47.54\00:45:56.69
HEARD THIS LADY SAYING
SOMETHING THAT WAS SHOCKING.
00:45:56.72\00:45:59.05
SHE SAID, 'I CAN'T FORGIVE.
IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO
00:45:59.09\00:46:05.43
FORGIVE AND GOD KNOWS THAT.'
AND I REMEMBER SITTING THERE AND
00:46:05.46\00:46:10.77
SAYING, 'BUT WAIT, HOW DOES
THAT WORK WITH THIS PASSAGE?
00:46:10.80\00:46:12.73
'FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE
FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.' - I GUESS
00:46:12.77\00:46:16.64
I'M QUOTING MATTHEW, ACTUALLY,
RIGHT NOW, BUT HOW DOES IT WORK?
00:46:16.67\00:46:19.71
THAT FORGIVENESS AND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FORGIVENESS?
00:46:19.74\00:46:22.21
DO YOU MEAN THAT IT
HAS TO GO BOTH WAYS?
00:46:22.24\00:46:26.38
OR MY FORGIVENESS OF PEOPLE IS
CONNECTED WITH GOD'S FORGIVENESS
00:46:26.41\00:46:30.95
OF ME? IS THERE SOME CONNECTION?
ABSOLUTELY. HOW? BECAUSE WHEN
00:46:30.99\00:46:38.39
YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE
AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS YOUR
00:46:38.43\00:46:41.73
FATHER, AND YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS HOLINESS AND YOU
00:46:41.76\00:46:44.47
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS KINGDOM,
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY,
00:46:44.50\00:46:50.14
AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIS
WILL, AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIS
00:46:50.17\00:46:52.77
PROVISION, SURELY YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO FORGIVE.
00:46:52.81\00:46:56.34
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT PART OF
GOD'S PROVISION IS NOT JUST OUR
00:46:56.38\00:47:01.25
PHYSICAL FOOD, GOD
CAN GIVE YOU FORGIVENESS.
00:47:01.28\00:47:03.75
GOD CAN GIVE YOU FORGIVENESS
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T
00:47:03.79\00:47:08.16
HAVE IT. YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING I
00:47:08.19\00:47:11.36
CAN CONJURE UP. I'M ACTUALLY NOT
A PERSON WHO HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:47:11.39\00:47:14.73
I'VE GOT A BAD LIST WITH RIGHT
NOW. I JUST - I DON'T KNOW,
00:47:14.73\00:47:20.90
I WAS RAISED BY PARENTS
WHO FORGIVE PRETTY EASILY.
00:47:20.94\00:47:23.87
BUT I KNOW SOME FRIENDS
WHO STRUGGLE WITH IT AND I SAY,
00:47:23.91\00:47:26.98
'WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO?'
I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO IN
00:47:27.01\00:47:29.18
AREAS THAT I STRUGGLE
WITH. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
00:47:29.21\00:47:30.85
'GOD, YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME
BECAUSE I CAN'T DO IT MYSELF.'
00:47:30.88\00:47:32.81
AND THAT IS ALSO A SCENARIO THAT
I THINK IS ESSENTIAL HERE, 'GOD,
00:47:32.85\00:47:36.65
I CAN'T FORGIVE.' YES,
I MEAN, 'YOU CAN FORGIVE.
00:47:36.69\00:47:39.22
YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR KINGDOM:
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY,
00:47:39.25\00:47:41.72
SO SURELY YOU CAN GIVE ME
FORGIVENESS.' CAN GOD GIVE YOU
00:47:41.76\00:47:45.39
FORGIVENESS? CAN GOD
GIVE YOU FORGIVENESS?
00:47:45.43\00:47:49.10
HE GIVES IT TO YOU
AND HE GIVES IT TO YOU.
00:47:49.13\00:47:53.34
THAT'S GOOD ABOUT GOD, ISN'T IT?
HE GIVES YOU FORGIVENESS AND HE
00:47:53.37\00:47:57.01
GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO
FORGIVE. I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR
00:47:57.04\00:47:59.94
LAST PHRASE HERE IN THE LORD'S
PRAYER, "AND LEAD US NOT INTO
00:48:00.04\00:48:05.85
TEMPTATION; BUT
DELIVER US FROM EVIL."
00:48:05.88\00:48:09.68
NOW THIS FINAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS ABILITY TO
00:48:09.72\00:48:12.99
DELIVER ME. HE CAN DO IT.
00:48:13.02\00:48:16.46
HE HAS THE POWER
TO CHANGE MY LIFE.
00:48:16.49\00:48:19.06
HE HAS THE POWER TO FORGIVE ME.
HE HAS THE POWER TO DELIVER ME.
00:48:19.09\00:48:21.36
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GOD I HAVE.
ACCEPTING HIS DELIVERANCE IS
00:48:21.40\00:48:25.17
ALSO PART OF IT.
THAT'S WHEN I PRAY BY FAITH.
00:48:25.20\00:48:27.37
I ACCEPT HIS
DELIVERANCE IN MY LIFE.
00:48:27.40\00:48:29.07
THERE IT IS, THE LORD'S PRAYER -
SEVEN STEPS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT -
00:48:29.10\00:48:31.81
SEVEN STEPS OF ACCEPTANCE.
CAN GOD DO A MIRACLE IN MY LIFE?
00:48:31.84\00:48:38.05
YES, JUST LIKE HE CAN GIVE
ME FORGIVENESS, GOD CAN GIVE ME
00:48:38.08\00:48:42.68
VICTORY. I ASKED FOR IT, 'GOD,
I NEED HELP. I KNOW WHO I AM AND
00:48:42.72\00:48:50.83
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND
I KNOW WE'RE NOT THE SAME.
00:48:50.86\00:48:52.49
PLEASE HELP ME.' AND I HAVE SEEN
GOD DO A MIRACLE IN MY LIFE -
00:48:52.53\00:48:59.83
I'VE SEEN GOD DO A MIRACLE IN
FRIENDS' LIVES - PEOPLE WHO HAVE
00:48:59.87\00:49:03.34
STRUGGLED WITH THINGS FOR
DECADES, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY
00:49:03.37\00:49:06.04
MEET JESUS AND THEY FALL
IN LOVE AND LIFE CHANGES.
00:49:06.07\00:49:08.01
GOD CAN DO THAT.
00:49:08.04\00:49:11.38
WE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT'S
INVOLVED IN CONNECTING AT, DARE
00:49:11.41\00:49:15.82
I SAY, FAITH AND
A PRAYER OF FAITH?
00:49:15.85\00:49:18.09
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF WHAT GOD IS
AND WHAT HE GIVES AND ACCEPTANCE
00:49:18.12\00:49:21.69
OF THOSE THINGS. AND
NOW WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE OUR
00:49:21.72\00:49:24.13
FINAL SECTION HERE
WITH HOW TO CONNECT.
00:49:24.16\00:49:26.93
I'VE LOOKED AT WHEN TO CONNECT,
WHAT'S INVOLVED WITH CONNECTING,
00:49:26.96\00:49:31.60
HOW DO I CONNECT -
HOW DO I CONNECT WITH GOD?
00:49:31.63\00:49:34.67
THERE'S TWO PASSAGES THAT WERE
ACTUALLY GIVEN IN YOUR LESSON,
00:49:34.70\00:49:40.08
BUT I'M GOING TO SUM IT UP WITH
THE FIRST LINE THAT'S LISTED
00:49:40.11\00:49:46.51
HERE IN THE LORD'S PRAYER: "OUR
FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN."
00:49:46.55\00:49:51.25
- TWO POINTS: OUR
FATHER, YOU ARE MY GOD.
00:49:51.29\00:49:55.72
YOU ARE MY FATHER. I CAN BE
PERSISTENT IN PRAYER WITH YOU.
00:49:55.76\00:49:58.93
SECOND POINT: 'WHICH ART IN
HEAVEN' - YOU'RE HOLY, YOU ARE
00:49:58.96\00:50:03.33
RIGHTEOUS, AND SO THEREFORE,
I AM GOING TO HAVE TO BE HUMBLE
00:50:03.37\00:50:10.34
BEFORE YOU. TWO
THINGS: I WILL PERSIST
00:50:10.37\00:50:13.27
BECAUSE YOU'RE MY FATHER; I WILL
BE HUMBLE BECAUSE YOU ARE GOD.
00:50:13.31\00:50:16.11
THAT IS HOW TO PRAY. THAT IS IT.
00:50:16.14\00:50:21.45
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE
SAYS TO SUMMARIZE THESE - LUKE
00:50:21.48\00:50:25.19
CHAPTER 11, VERSES 5 THROUGH 8,
"AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, 'WHICH
00:50:25.22\00:50:28.56
OF YOU SHALL HAVE A FRIEND, AND
SHALL GO UNTO HIM AT MIDNIGHT,
00:50:28.59\00:50:30.49
AND SAY UNTO HIM, 'FRIEND, LEND
ME THREE LOAVES; FOR A FRIEND OF
00:50:30.53\00:50:34.10
MINE IN HIS JOURNEY IS COME
TO ME, AND I HAVE NOTHING TO SET
00:50:34.10\00:50:36.30
BEFORE HIM?' AND HE
FROM WITHIN SHALL ANSWER
00:50:36.33\00:50:39.33
AND SAY, 'TROUBLE ME NOT:
THE DOOR IS NOW SHUT, AND MY
00:50:39.37\00:50:42.20
CHILDREN ARE WITH ME IN BED;
I CANNOT RISE AND GIVE THEE.' I
00:50:42.24\00:50:45.84
SAY UNTO YOU, THOUGH HE WILL NOT
RISE AND GIVE HIM, BECAUSE HE IS
00:50:45.87\00:50:50.05
HIS FRIEND, YET BECAUSE OF
HIS IMPORTUNITY HE WILL RISE AND
00:50:50.08\00:50:54.38
GIVE HIM AS MANY AS HE
NEEDETH.'" IN OTHER WORDS,
00:50:54.42\00:50:57.75
'I'M NOT GOING TO STOP.'
CAN YOU THINK OF PEOPLE WHO JUST
00:50:57.79\00:51:00.26
DID NOT STOP ASKING
GOD? 'I'M GOING TO PERSIST.'
00:51:00.29\00:51:02.86
HOW ABOUT ELIJAH? REMEMBER
WHEN ELIJAH WAS PRAYING -
00:51:02.89\00:51:06.49
PRAYING FOR RAIN? DID
NOT STOP. SOMEONE ELSE.
00:51:06.53\00:51:10.77
DANIEL - THAT'S RIGHT - DANIEL
WAS INSISTENT, 'GOD, I NEED AN
00:51:10.80\00:51:15.84
ANSWER.' AND HE
CONTINUE PUSHING.
00:51:15.87\00:51:18.07
WHO ELSE? HANNAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
00:51:18.11\00:51:21.08
'PLEASE GOD, I WANT A CHILD.'
SPECIFICALLY, I THINK, WAS THE
00:51:21.11\00:51:24.55
PRAYER. SHE WAS PRAYING SO MUCH
THAT THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS DRUNK.
00:51:24.58\00:51:27.12
PERSISTENT. WHAT
ELSE? REMEMBER THE
00:51:27.15\00:51:31.19
CANAANITE WOMAN? THAT
WAS A BEAUTIFUL - JESUS
00:51:31.22\00:51:33.66
GAVE US AN EXAMPLE OF
PRAYER, I BELIEVE, RIGHT THERE.
00:51:33.69\00:51:36.19
A CANAANITE WOMAN WAS SAYING,
'PLEASE, COME HEAL MY DAUGHTER.'
00:51:36.22\00:51:39.59
AND HE SAID, 'HMMM.' 'NO, NO,
I MEAN IT. PLEASE COME HEAL MY
00:51:39.63\00:51:43.67
DAUGHTER.' 'IT'S NOT MEAT
THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THAT WHICH
00:51:43.70\00:51:47.00
BELONGS TO THE CHILDREN TO
THE DOGS.' SHE GOES, 'WELL, EVEN
00:51:47.04\00:51:50.64
THE DOGS GET THE CRUMBS.'
INCREDIBLE FAITH, AMEN? THAT'S
00:51:50.67\00:51:53.34
THE KIND OF FAITH - YOU KNOW WHY
SHE WAS ABLE TO PRAY THAT WAY?
00:51:53.38\00:51:56.61
BECAUSE SHE SAW - BEAUTIFUL -
YOU READ THIS IN THE BOOK DESIRE
00:51:56.64\00:52:00.12
OF AGES - SHE SAW, IN
THE EYES OF JESUS, LOVE.
00:52:00.15\00:52:03.35
SHE SAW COMPASSION IN HIS EYES
AND WHEN HE WAS SAYING 'NO,' SHE
00:52:03.39\00:52:08.39
KNEW THAT IT WAS JUST AN
ILLUSTRATION OF SOME KIND.
00:52:08.42\00:52:11.43
SHE - IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO
HER BECAUSE SHE SAW HIS EYES AND
00:52:11.46\00:52:13.50
SHE KNEW, 'HE WILL GIVE ME -
I CAN SEE IT IN HIS EYES.' YOUR
00:52:13.53\00:52:16.73
GOD WILL DO THE
SAME THING FOR YOU.
00:52:16.77\00:52:20.94
SOMETIMES WE FEEL LIKE THE
ANSWER IS 'NO.' AND SOMETIMES WE
00:52:20.97\00:52:24.71
SEE A 'NO.' LOOK AT HIM THROUGH
GOD'S EYES AND SEE WHAT HE'S
00:52:24.74\00:52:29.48
LOOKING LIKE AT YOU.
IT'S AMAZING TO IMAGINE WHAT
00:52:29.51\00:52:33.15
GOD'S LOOK LIKE IS FOR YOU.
THERE'S ANOTHER STORY THAT'S
00:52:33.18\00:52:41.99
GIVEN, IT'S LUKE CHAPTER 18
- LUKE CHAPTER 18 AND VERSE 9 -
00:52:42.02\00:52:51.43
WE'VE LEARNED PERSISTENCE - WE
PERSIST BECAUSE HE'S OUR FATHER.
00:52:51.47\00:52:56.77
LUKE 18, VERSE 9, "AND HE SPAKE
THIS PARABLE UNTO CERTAIN WHICH
00:52:56.81\00:53:00.91
TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES THAT THEY
WERE RIGHTEOUS, AND DESPISED
00:53:00.94\00:53:03.04
OTHERS: TWO MEN WENT UP INTO
THE TEMPLE TO PRAY; THE ONE A
00:53:03.08\00:53:05.65
PHARISEE, AND
THE OTHER A PUBLICAN.
00:53:05.68\00:53:07.92
THE PHARISEE STOOD AND PRAYED
THUS WITH HIMSELF, GOD, I THANK
00:53:07.95\00:53:10.89
THEE, THAT I AM NOT AS OTHER
MEN ARE, EXTORTIONERS, UNJUST,
00:53:10.92\00:53:15.16
ADULTERERS, OR
EVEN AS THIS PUBLICAN.
00:53:15.19\00:53:16.99
I FAST TWICE IN THE WEEK, I GIVE
TITHES OF ALL THAT I POSSESS.
00:53:17.03\00:53:20.43
AND THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR
OFF, WOULD NOT LIFT UP SO MUCH
00:53:20.46\00:53:24.43
AS HIS EYES UNTO HEAVEN, BUT
SMOTE UPON HIS BREAST, SAYING,
00:53:24.47\00:53:27.54
'GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME A
SINNER.' I TELL YOU, THIS MAN
00:53:27.57\00:53:31.31
WENT DOWN TO HIS HOUSE JUSTIFIED
RATHER THAN THE OTHER: FOR EVERY
00:53:31.34\00:53:35.54
ONE THAT EXALTETH HIMSELF SHALL
BE ABASED; AND HE THAT HUMBLETH
00:53:35.58\00:53:39.05
HIMSELF SHALL BE EXALTED."
IN SHALLOW FRIENDSHIPS, WHICH I
00:53:39.08\00:53:51.86
BELIEVE OUR WORLD'S FILLED WITH
THEM - IS THAT OKAY IF I SAY
00:53:51.89\00:53:54.36
THAT? - IN SHALLOW FRIENDSHIPS,
00:53:54.40\00:53:57.07
EXTERNALS ARE EVERYTHING, RIGHT?
CAN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR SHALLOW
00:53:57.10\00:54:01.84
FRIENDSHIPS? MAYBE YOU DON'T
WANT TO, SORRY. BUT WHAT YOU
00:54:01.87\00:54:06.24
LOOK LIKE, HOW YOU'RE DRESSED,
THE WORDS THAT YOU SAY -
00:54:06.27\00:54:12.68
THAT'S WHAT MATTERS
IN A SHALLOW FRIENDSHIP.
00:54:12.71\00:54:17.85
BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT
YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD IS NOT
00:54:17.89\00:54:20.79
SHALLOW. HE
ALREADY KNOWS WHAT YOU LOOK
00:54:20.82\00:54:22.99
LIKE ALL THE TIME. HE
KNOWS WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE ALL
00:54:23.02\00:54:24.96
THE TIME. HE
HEARD YOU YELL AT YOUR
00:54:24.99\00:54:26.73
CHILDREN OR SPOUSE OR WHATEVER
IT MAY BE. HE KNOWS THAT.
00:54:26.76\00:54:29.13
SO LET'S GET PAST
THAT AND LET'S TALK.
00:54:29.16\00:54:32.70
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A
GOD LIKE THAT, AMEN?
00:54:32.73\00:54:36.44
BUT WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT
AND COME BEFORE HIM AND SAY,
00:54:36.47\00:54:39.91
'HEY, I KNOW WHO I
AM. YOU KNOW WHO I AM.
00:54:39.94\00:54:42.01
PLEASE, PLEASE, DO
SOMETHING IN MY LIFE.
00:54:42.04\00:54:47.58
WORK A MIRACLE IN MY LIFE.'
YES, I'M STILL HOLDING THIS
00:54:47.62\00:54:52.02
FLASHLIGHT - I'M TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE I CONNECT IT IN
00:54:52.05\00:54:54.56
WITH THE NEXT PART - I
NEED TO CONNECT - SO - RIGHT?
00:54:54.59\00:54:58.56
I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE
ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR
00:54:58.59\00:55:03.60
RELATIONSHIP LIKE THE
PHARISEE. THIS IS ME, RIGHT?
00:55:03.63\00:55:11.94
I LOOK GOOD. I'M
BUILT FOR THE JOB.
00:55:11.97\00:55:15.38
I'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT'S
NECESSARY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING
00:55:15.41\00:55:18.91
THERE - NOTHING COMING OUT -
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS OFTEN
00:55:18.95\00:55:23.79
TRUE. SEE, GOD'S NOT
LOOKING AT EXTERNALS.
00:55:23.82\00:55:26.72
DON'T GET ME WRONG, GOD
CAN USE GREAT EXTERNALS, AMEN?
00:55:26.76\00:55:31.03
PEOPLE HAVE TALENT AND
GIFTS, GOD WANTS TO USE THEM.
00:55:31.06\00:55:33.70
HE CAN'T - HE'S
THRILLED TO USE THEM.
00:55:33.73\00:55:35.66
BUT I TELL YOU, ALL EXTERNALS
IN THE WORLD NOT CONNECTED WITH
00:55:35.70\00:55:38.00
HUMILITY ARE USELESS IN THE WORK
OF GOD. YOU NEED TO HAVE BOTH.
00:55:38.03\00:55:42.24
WELL, YOU NEED TO HAVE HUMILITY.
GOD CAN DO WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO.
00:55:42.27\00:55:45.91
THOSE WHO HE
CALLS, HE QUALIFIES, AMEN?
00:55:45.94\00:55:47.41
SO I'D LIKE TO NOW, THROUGH
PRAYER, I'M CONNECTED WITH
00:55:47.44\00:55:53.55
POWER. WHICH POWER?
00:55:53.58\00:55:55.32
THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN?
00:55:55.35\00:55:56.95
AND WHEN THAT
HAPPENS, SOMETHING CHANGES.
00:55:56.99\00:56:00.16
THAT CHANGE TAKES PLACE -
NOT THAT I LOOK ANY DIFFERENT.
00:56:00.19\00:56:05.46
NOT THAT I HAVE - IT'S ALWAYS
HARDER WHEN THERE'S BATTERIES IN
00:56:05.49\00:56:09.90
IT. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT?
00:56:09.93\00:56:11.70
I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PEW
TRYING TO DO THIS A WHILE AGO -
00:56:11.73\00:56:13.80
THERE WE GO - AND YOU PUT YOUR
NEW BATTERIES IN AND - SORRY - I
00:56:13.84\00:56:22.34
JUST SHINE THE LIGHT
THERE A LITTLE BIT. BEAUTIFUL.
00:56:22.38\00:56:26.18
THERE'S NOW LIGHT.
THERE'S SOMETHING POWERFUL.
00:56:26.21\00:56:28.65
IT DOESN'T LOOK DIFFERENT, BUT
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE OF
00:56:28.68\00:56:31.89
WHAT GOD HAS DONE. CONNECTION.
00:56:31.92\00:56:34.36
JESUS NEEDED A CONNECTED LIFE
AND WE SEE HIS CONNECTED LIFE.
00:56:34.39\00:56:38.46
WE SEE HIS EXAMPLE HOW TO PRAY,
WHICH BRINGS A CONNECTED LIFE.
00:56:38.49\00:56:41.53
I WANT TO HAVE A CONNECTED LIFE.
00:56:41.56\00:56:43.43
AND I KNOW THAT A CONNECTED LIFE
COMES THROUGH ME REALIZING HE
00:56:43.47\00:56:48.40
LOVES ME SO MUCH IT'S
WORTH PRAYING TO HIM AND TALKING
00:56:48.44\00:56:50.54
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO HEAR AND HE
WANTS TO TALK TO ME AND ALLOWING
00:56:50.57\00:56:53.58
HIM TO FILL ME WITH HIS
SPIRIT SO THAT I'M A NEW PERSON.
00:56:53.61\00:56:56.44
DO YOU WANT THAT KIND
OF LIFE? I DO. LET'S PRAY.
00:56:56.48\00:57:02.65
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN,
WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU LOVE US.
00:57:02.68\00:57:08.29
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL
GUIDE US. TEACH US HOW TO PRAY.
00:57:08.32\00:57:13.50
HELP US TO TRUST YOU, TO HONOR
YOU, TO RESPECT YOU AND, FATHER,
00:57:13.53\00:57:19.43
TO NOTICE WHAT YOU WILL DO WITH
US AS WE HUMBLE OUR LIVES BEFORE
00:57:19.47\00:57:23.14
YOU. WE ASK THIS
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
00:57:23.17\00:57:28.18
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00:57:30.58\00:57:34.55
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