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00:33 >>GOOD MORNING FRIENDS AND WELCOME, AGAIN, TO 00:34 SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 00:37 A VERY SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR FRIENDS JOINING US ACROSS THE 00:39 COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD WATCHING ON THE VARIOUS 00:42 TELEVISION NETWORKS AND ALSO STREAMING ON THE INTERNET, THANK 00:46 YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR STUDY TIME TOGETHER. 00:48 ALSO, A VERY WARM WELCOME TO THE MEMBERS HERE OF THE GRANITE BAY 00:52 ADVENTIST CHURCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 00:54 US. WE PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL BLESS 00:56 OUR TIME TOGETHER AS WE STUDY THE WORD. 00:59 NOW, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR SABBATH 01:02 SCHOOL STUDY HOUR, FROM TIME TO TIME WE LIKE TO GIVE YOU A 01:06 LITTLE UPDATE OF SOME EXCITING MISSION ACTIVITY THAT OUR 01:10 MEMBERS OR AMAZING FACTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN. 01:13 AND SO, THIS MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALBERTO CHAVEZ TO 01:16 COME FORWARD AND HE'S GOING TO BE SHARING WITH US ABOUT AN 01:19 EXCITING MISSION PROJECT - NOT OVER IN AFRICA OR INDIA, BUT 01:23 ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE WITHIN OUR BORDERS. 01:27 ALBERTO, NOW YOU WEREN'T OVER, AS I MENTIONED, OVERSEAS IN SOME 01:30 DISTANT LAND, BUT YOU WERE DOING A MISSION PROJECT RIGHT HERE. 01:35 >>GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, WE WERE ACTUALLY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 01:39 AT THE ALAMODOME. 01:41 >>SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - YOU WEREN'T ALONE. 01:44 I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE SOME OTHERS FROM THE CHURCH THAT WENT 01:46 ALONG WITH YOU. >>ABSOLUTELY. 01:48 I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE FOUR MORE PEOPLE FROM OUR 01:53 CHURCH FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEY WERE JOHN FREED, DARYL PROCTOR, 01:56 AND TWO MORE YOUNG ADULTS. >>THAT'S RIGHT. 01:59 AND YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 02:02 FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. 02:05 MATTER OF FACT, I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE UP ON THE SCREEN. 02:08 THIS IS THE SAN ANTONIO DOME AND YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE LINING UP. 02:11 I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE WERE PRETTY COMMITTED TO GETTING 02:14 INSIDE THE BUILDING BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN FOR 02:17 THEM INSIDE THE BUILDING - EVEN IN WEATHER, I UNDERSTAND. 02:20 >>ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE. 02:23 THE OUTREACH THAT THE CHURCHES DID THERE BEFORE WE ARRIVED WAS 02:26 TREMENDOUS SO WE SAW, ACTUALLY, 6,192 PEOPLE. 02:31 >>OKAY. >>THEY WERE LINING UP, AS YOU 02:34 CAN SEE HERE, THE DAY BEFORE TREATMENT. 02:37 SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, WHEN WE GOT THERE, THEY WERE READY FOR US TO 02:40 START WORKING. >>ALRIGHT, SO WHAT WOULD THE 02:43 PEOPLE EXPECT TO SEE INSIDE THE DOME? 02:46 WE HAVE A PICTURE OVER HERE AND THIS IS SOMEBODY GETTING WORK 02:49 DONE ON THEIR TEETH. >>YES, THERE WERE VARIOUS FIELDS 02:52 AND ONE OF THEM BEING DENTAL. THERE WERE EXTRACTIONS, 02:57 FILLINGS, CLEANINGS, ROOT CANALS, CROWNS - I MEAN, IT WAS 03:03 JUST TREMENDOUS OUTREACH FOR THESE PEOPLE. IN THE MEDICAL 03:06 AREA THERE WERE - EYE CARE, PHYSICAL THERAPY, LAB WORK, 03:11 OB-GYN, AND THERE WERE ALSO SOME SURGERIES THAT WERE DONE THERE. 03:15 >>I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE SURGERIES THAT TOOK PLACE RIGHT 03:19 THERE IN THE ALAMODOME AND THERE WERE SOME SURGERIES THAT 03:21 HAPPENED AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL. >>YES, THERE WERE. 03:24 THERE WERE ACTUALLY 1,700 VOLUNTEERS. 03:27 I MEAN, NOT ONLY FROM THE U.S., BUT I HEAR THERE WERE SOME 03:31 PEOPLE COMING IN EVEN FROM AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND. 03:34 SO IT WAS A VERY, VERY GOOD TURNOUT. 03:38 >>OVER HERE ON THE NEXT PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FOLKS 03:40 GETTING EYE EXAMS AND, AS MENTIONED, THERE WERE VOLUNTEERS 03:44 FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I UNDERSTAND THIS EFFORT MADE A 03:47 BIG IMPACT UPON THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I THINK IT WAS THE 03:51 MAYOR THAT ACTUALLY SPOKE AND SHOWED HER APPRECIATION FOR WHAT 03:54 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH WAS DOING THERE. YES, IT WAS TOTALLY GOD'S 03:59 LEADING THAT, TOWARDS THE END OF THE - PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER - 04:06 THEY SAID, 'WELL, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THIS?' 04:08 I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 1,700 VOLUNTEERS AND WE WANT TO 04:10 SEE THIS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. THERE'S NOT ANY LOCATION HERE 04:13 OTHER THAN THE ALAMODOME AND IT WAS ACTUALLY FACILITATED TO OUR 04:18 MINISTRY TO BE ABLE TO HELP THESE PEOPLE OUT. 04:23 >>NOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU GET TO SEE - NOT JUST YOU 04:26 PERSONALLY BUT, I MEAN, THE WHOLE GROUP GET TO SEE OVER THE 04:28 THREE DAYS OR FOUR DAYS THAT THEY WERE DOING THIS? 04:31 >>YEAH, 6,192 AND THE GOAL WAS TO REACH 6,000 AND WE SURPASSED 04:37 THAT BY 192. >>AND HOW MUCH DID THE PEOPLE 04:39 HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS MEDICAL CARE THAT THEY RECEIVED? 04:42 >>ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THE PEOPLE THERE WERE VERY, VERY 04:45 APPRECIATIVE. THEY WERE JUST CRYING. 04:48 THEY WERE BEING VERY THANKFUL THAT SOMEONE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE 04:52 THIS WORK FOR THEM. >>I KNOW YOU HAD SOME WONDERFUL 04:54 OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND EVEN PRAY 04:57 WITH SOME OF THE PATIENTS THAT YOU SAW. 05:00 >>YEAH, IT WAS A TOTALLY BLESSING. 05:03 I WAS ABLE TO PRAY WITH EACH PATIENT I TREATED. 05:05 AND ONE THING STANDS OUT: AT THE END, THERE WAS ONE LADY THAT 05:11 SAID JUST, 'YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PRAYING TO GOD FOR HELP TO TAKE 05:15 CARE OF MY DENTAL AND MEDICAL NEEDS.' AND I SAID, 'WELL, GUESS 05:19 WHAT? YOUR PRAYER HAS BEEN ANSWERED 05:21 BECAUSE THIS EVENT TOOK CARE OF YOUR NEEDS.' AND SO I ENCOURAGED 05:24 HER TO CONTINUE TO PRAY TO GOD. >>AMEN. 05:27 SO MANY LIVES WERE TOUCHED, NOT ONLY TAKING CARE OF THEIR 05:29 PHYSICAL NEEDS, BUT ALSO ENCOURAGING THEM TO DIRECT THEIR 05:33 ATTENTION TO GOD FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL NEEDS AS WELL. 05:36 NOW, OUR FINAL PICTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE IS A YOUNG PATIENT 05:38 WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE AND HE'S HOLDING A STUFFED ANIMAL. 05:42 NOW, THE REASON WE'RE MENTIONING THIS IS BECAUSE THE MEMBERS OF 05:45 THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH HAD A PART IN THIS. 05:47 >>YES, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS. 05:50 EVERY CHILD THAT HAD ANY TREATMENT DONE THERE, THEY ALL 05:55 RECEIVED A STUFFED ANIMAL AND ALL THE ADULTS, ON THEIR WAY 05:58 OUT, WOULD RECEIVE SOME KIND OF LITERATURE, INCLUDING STEPS TO 06:01 CHRIST . IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING FEELING 06:04 TO BE AMONG LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE. I MEAN, THE BRETHREN THAT WERE 06:08 THERE, IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE THAT WE ALL SHARE THE SAME 06:11 VISION - IS TO SERVE OTHERS JUST AS JESUS DID. 06:15 >>THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, ALBERTO. 06:17 WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST THAT - ACTUALLY, SEVERAL 06:22 GUESTS - THAT ARE WITH US THIS MORNING. 06:24 KELLY MOWER, A GOOD FRIEND OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 06:27 SHE HAS PARTNERED WITH US SEVERAL TIMES IN VARIOUS LIVE, 06:31 SATELLITE EVANGELISTIC EVENTS WE'VE DONE AROUND THE COUNTRY. 06:35 SHE IS HERE, ALONG WITH HER SON AND SOME OF HER FRIENDS, AND 06:38 THEY'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING US A SPECIAL MUSICAL ITEM THIS 06:41 MORNING, INSTEAD OF OUR REGULAR SINGING THAT WE HAVE. 06:44 THANK YOU SO MUCH, JACKSON, KELLY. 06:46 (MUSIC) (TRUMPET AND PIANO) >>WELL, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE 11:35 GOING TO BE GETTING TO OUR STUDY OF OUR SABBATH SCHOOL QUARTERLY 11:39 AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING THAT HERE, JUST FOLLOWING OUR PRAYER, 11:42 BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE A LESSON QUARTERLY, YOU 11:45 CAN DOWNLOAD TODAY'S STUDY AT THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE - JUST 11:50 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG . WE'RE ON LESSON #7 AND IT'S 11:54 ENTITLED JESUS, THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND PRAYER . 11:57 WELL, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU JUST TO BOW YOUR 12:00 HEADS AS WE ASK GOD'S BLESSING UPON OUR TIME. 12:02 DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GATHER 12:05 TOGETHER ON THIS BEAUTIFUL SABBATH YOU GAVE US, TO STUDY 12:07 YOUR WORD. LORD, IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE 12:11 AND AN ENCOURAGEMENT WHEN WE GET TO READ AND STUDY ABOUT JESUS 12:15 AND HIS LIFE AND THE MINISTRY AND THE WORKS THAT HE DID. 12:19 AND SO, I PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD COME AND GUIDE OUR 12:21 HEARTS AND OUR MINDS ONCE AGAIN, FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, 12:25 AMEN. OUR TEACHER FOR OUR LESSON THIS 12:29 MORNING IS THE AFCOE DIRECTOR AT AMAZING FACTS, 12:33 EVANGELIST CHUCK HOLTRY. COME ON UP, CHUCK. 12:36 WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO TEACH FOR US TODAY. 12:38 HE IS NOT A STRANGER TO TEACHING OUR SABBATH SCHOOL PROGRAM, BUT 12:43 HE HAS TAUGHT BEFORE SO THANK YOU, CHUCK, WE'LL TURN THE TIME 12:47 OVER TO YOU. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR JËAN. 12:49 HAPPY SABBATH. >>HAPPY SABBATH. 12:52 >>GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING. 1899 SOMETHING WAS INVENTED, 12:59 YOU MIGHT GUESS. FLASHLIGHT. THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF LANTERNS 13:05 BEFORE THAT - KEROSENE LANTERNS, HURRICANE LANTERNS - ALL KINDS 13:08 OF THINGS FOR GIVING LIGHT, BUT A FLASHLIGHT THAT PROBABLY 13:12 DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS WAS MADE - FIRST INVENTED 1899. 13:17 THERE'S SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT FLASHLIGHTS. 13:20 YOU HAVE YOUR CASING AND YOUR REFLECTOR AND YOUR BULB AND 13:25 EVERYTHING THAT'S NECESSARY TO MAKE IT WORK, BUT YOU NEED TWO 13:30 THINGS TO MAKE IT WORK. YOU NEED SOMETHING INSIDE. 13:34 AND THIS ONE, CURRENTLY, HAS NOTHING INSIDE. 13:36 I THINK - IT'S CORRECT, YEAH, IT'S EMPTY. 13:40 THERE'S A MISSING ELEMENT AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT MISSING 13:44 ELEMENT TODAY. WE'RE LOOKING AT JESUS, THE HOLY 13:48 SPIRIT, AND PRAYER AND IF I WAS TO RENAME IT, I WOULD CALL IT 13:51 JESUS' CONNECTED LIFE . WHAT'S IT MEAN TO BE CONNECTED? 13:54 JESUS WAS CONNECTED - CONNECTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, CONNECTED 13:57 WITH THE FATHER VIA PRAYER. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU AND I 13:59 TO BE CONNECTED? I GUESS WE NEED SOMETHING. 14:03 I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A FEW D-CELL BATTERIES IN MY POCKET. 14:07 SO HERE THEY ARE. WE WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO SEE 14:12 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CONNECTION TAKES PLACE A LITTLE BIT LATER. 14:15 LUKE CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 35, "AND THE ANGEL ANSWERED AND SAID 14:21 UNTO HER, 'THE HOLY GHOST SHALL COME UPON THEE,'" - 14:24 WHO IS THIS ANGEL SPEAKING TO? 14:26 MARY - "THE HOLY GHOST SHALL COME UPON THEE, AND THE POWER OF 14:29 THE HIGHEST SHALL OVERSHADOW THEE; THEREFORE, ALSO, THAT HOLY 14:32 THING WHICH SHALL BE BORN OF THEE WILL BE CALLED'" - WHO? - 14:35 "'THE SON OF GOD.'" YOU WILL NOTICE THERE IS A 14:41 CONFIRMATION OF WHO THIS CHILD IS. IT IS THE SON OF - 14:47 HE IS THE SON OF WHO? THE LIVING GOD. 14:50 LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT ONE - VERSE 41 - JOHN CHAPTER 1 AND 14:55 VERSE 41, IT SAYS, "AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, WHEN ELISABETH 14:58 HEARD THE SALUTATION OF MARY, THE BABE LEAPED IN HER WOMB; AND 15:03 ELISABETH WAS FILLED WITH" - WHO? - "THE HOLY GHOST:" 15:06 AND THEN SHE STARTS AND GIVES THIS BLESSING ON MARY - AGAIN, 15:11 A CONFIRMATION THAT, IN MARY IS THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH. 15:18 SO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOW CONFIRMING - CONFIRMING 15:21 SPECIFICALLY WHO IS THE SON THAT IS ABOUT TO BE BORN. LET'S LOOK 15:26 AT JOHN CHAPTER 2 - EXCUSE ME, LUKE CHAPTER 2 - LET'S STAY IN 15:29 LUKE - LUKE CHAPTER 2 AND WE'LL LOOK AT VERSE 25. 15:34 WE'RE KIND OF OFF TO A QUICK BIBLE STUDY AS WE START OFF HERE 15:38 - LUKE CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 25, "AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN IN 15:42 JERUSALEM, WHOSE NAME WAS SIMEON; AND THE SAME MAN WAS 15:46 JUST AND DEVOUT, WAITING FOR THE CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL: AND" - 15:49 WHAT'S THAT NEXT PHRASE? - "AND THE HOLY GHOST WAS UPON HIM." 15:54 - AND IT CAME - "AND IT WAS REVEALED UNTO HIM BY THE HOLY 15:58 GHOST (OR HOLY SPIRIT), THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH, 16:01 BEFORE HE HAD SEEN THE LORD'S CHRIST. 16:03 AND HE CAME BY THE SPIRIT INTO THE TEMPLE: AND WHEN THE PARENTS 16:07 BROUGHT IN THE CHILD JESUS, TO DO FOR HIM AFTER THE CUSTOM OF 16:11 THE LAW, THEN TOOK HE HIM UP IN HIS ARMS, AND BLESSED GOD, AND 16:14 SAID, 'LORD, NOW LETTEST THOU THY SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE, 16:17 ACCORDING TO THY WORD: FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THY SALVATION.'" 16:21 - SO HERE'S THIS, AGAIN, A CONFIRMATION THAT JESUS IS FROM 16:25 GOD. SO IN THESE EARLY STAGES - IN 16:29 LUKE CHAPTER 1, LUKE CHAPTER 2, THE HOLY SPIRIT VIA MARY, VIA 16:32 ELIZABETH, VIA SIMEON AND THEN LATER ANA, IS CONFIRMING THAT 16:36 JESUS WAS THE SON OF GOD. THAT'S A CONFIRMATION. 16:43 THAT'S THE PURPOSE - THE FOCUS - OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN JESUS' 16:47 LIFE AT THIS STAGE. BUT IT DOESN'T STOP HERE - LUKE 16:50 CHAPTER 3 - LUKE CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 21, "NOW WHEN ALL THE 17:04 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED, IT CAME TO PASS, THAT JESUS ALSO BEING 17:07 BAPTIZED, AND PRAYING, THE HEAVEN WAS OPENED, AND" - WHO? 17:11 - "THE HOLY GHOST DESCENDED IN A BODILY SHAPE LIKE A DOVE UPON 17:15 HIM, AND A VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN, WHICH SAID, 'THOU ART MY 17:17 BELOVED SON; IN THEE I AM WELL PLEASED." 17:21 HERE, AGAIN, IS A CONFIRMATION - CONFIRMATION - CONFIRMATION. 17:27 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CONFIRMING THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF 17:31 GOD. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. IT'S THE ROLE WE SEE THE HOLY 17:34 SPIRIT IN JESUS' EARLY STAGES OF MINISTRY. 17:39 CAN ONLY JESUS - COULD ONLY JESUS HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT? 17:46 OF COURSE NOT. CAN WE ALSO HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT? YES. HOW? 17:51 HOW CAN WE HAVE THAT CONNECTION? 17:53 BECAUSE BEING CONNECTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HUGE. 17:55 YOU AND I REALIZE THAT IS THE CRUX OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE. 17:58 HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN? LUKE CHAPTER 11 - LUKE CHAPTER 18:03 11 - AS YOU'RE TURNING THERE, OUR LESSON FOCUSED ONE DAY ON 18:10 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FOUR DAYS ON PRAYER SO WE ARE NOT DOING - 18:13 UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT GOING TO BE DOING JUSTICE TO THIS WHOLE 18:17 STUDY THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING A LOT MORE 18:19 TIME LOOKING IN PRAYER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 18:21 BUT I WANT TO NOTE THIS AS WE - AS WE FINISH THIS SECTION. 18:24 LUKE CHAPTER 11 AND VERSE 13, "IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW 18:31 HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR CHILDREN: HOW MUCH MORE SHALL 18:33 YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE" - WHO? - "THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THEM 18:38 THAT" - WHAT? - "ASK HIM?" IT'S NOTHING COMPLICATED. 18:43 NO GREAT JOURNEY THAT YOU MUST GO ON. 18:47 NO INCREDIBLE TASK THAT YOU MUST FULFILL. 18:50 YOU WANT THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOUR LIFE? 18:52 ASK THE FATHER FOR HIM. BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. 18:57 IT'S SO MUCH HOPE THAT YOU AND I COULD HAVE THAT. 19:00 YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE BIBLE IS THAT IT GIVES A VERY 19:05 CLEAR PICTURE - A VERY SIMPLE PICTURE OF HOW YOU AND I COULD 19:08 HAVE A CONNECTED LIFE. THERE'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO - THAT I 19:12 WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS AND THAT IS HUMILITY. AND I'M GOING 19:15 TO TIE THIS IN AT THE END OF OUR LESSON, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL 19:18 YOU AHEAD OF TIME AND PROVE IT LATER, IF THAT'S OKAY. 19:20 HUMILITY IS NECESSITY FOR RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT. 19:23 HUMILITY IS A NECESSITY FOR RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT. 19:27 NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN ILLUSTRATION TO EXPLAIN THAT AND 19:30 THEN WE'LL LOOK AT A VERSE LATER ON, AS WE GET 19:32 TOWARDS THE END OF OUR LESSON. WE GOT RAIN LAST NIGHT. 19:35 HOW MANY ARE GLAD WE GOT RAIN LAST NIGHT? I WAS EXCITED. 19:39 I'M FROM THE EAST COAST AND WE SEE RAIN WE TYPICALLY ARE NOT 19:42 EXCITED. IT JUST MEANS MORE FLOODS. 19:44 BUT WHEN I SAW RAIN ON THE UPSTAIRS WINDOW OF OUR HOUSE 19:48 LAST NIGHT I SAID, 'YES, LET IT RAIN!' IT DID. 19:52 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS? WHERE DOES THE RAIN GO? 19:55 IT GOES INTO THE GROUND, RIGHT? 19:58 COULD I SAFELY SAY THAT RAIN GOES TO THE LOWEST PLACE? 20:02 IF THERE'S TOO MUCH RAIN AND THEN THEY HAVE RUNOFF AND THEN 20:06 IT FILLS UP THE RIVERS AND IT KEEPS GOING DOWN TIL IT HITS SEA 20:08 LEVEL. RAIN WILL GO TO THE LOWEST PLACE. 20:11 IT IS THE SAME WAY WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 20:14 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE USES WATER AND RAIN TO DESCRIBE THE HOLY 20:17 SPIRIT. THE HOLY SPIRIT (RAIN) ALSO GOES TO THE LOWEST PLACE. 20:23 THOSE WHO ARE LOWEST BEFORE GOD - THOSE WHO ARE MOST HUMBLE - 20:26 ARE THE ONES MOST LIKELY TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 20:29 WHAT A - WHAT A GOOD PICTURE - WHAT'S - SOMETHING FOR US TO 20:33 SEE. I'D LIKE TO TURN TO OUR NEXT DAY, MONDAY'S LESSON, 20:39 AND WE LOOK AT THE PRAYER LIFE OF JESUS. 20:43 AND I LOOKED AT THE PRAYER LIFE OF JESUS, BUT FIRST QUESTION - 20:45 ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO MIND IS 'WHY DID JESUS HAVE 20:47 TO PRAY?' WHY? WHY WOULD JESUS HAVE TO PRAY? 20:51 BECAUSE HE CHOSE TO BE OUR EXAMPLE? 20:56 THE SAME REASON WE HAVE TO? YEAH? 20:59 FOR STRENGTH? BUT, I MEAN, JESUS WAS GOD. 21:03 DID HE - HE WAS MAN TOO, THAT'S RIGHT. 21:08 I'M GOING TO STEP OUTSIDE OF LUKE. IS THAT OKAY? 21:11 JUST BRIEFLY - JOHN CHAPTER 5 - JOHN CHAPTER 5 - HE GIVES US A 21:15 LITTLE BIT OF AN INKLING WHY JESUS HAD TO PRAY. 21:19 AND I THINK ALL YOUR ANSWERS ARE NAILING IT RIGHT ON, I'M JUST 21:22 GOING TO BACK THAT UP WITH A TEXT HERE. 21:24 JOHN CHAPTER 5 AND LOOKING AT VERSE 30 - AND THEN WE'LL LOOK 21:28 AT ONE MORE QUICK PLACE IN JOHN 8. 21:30 SO JOHN CHAPTER 5, VERSE 30. JESUS IS SPEAKING. 21:32 HE SAYS SOME STARTLING WORDS: HE SAID, "I CAN OF MINE OWN SELF 21:35 DO" - WHAT? - "NOTHING: AS I HEAR, I JUDGE: AND MY JUDGMENT 21:39 IS JUST; BECAUSE I SEEK NOT MINE OWN WILL, BUT THE WILL OF THE 21:45 FATHER WHICH HATH SENT ME." THAT'S ONE. 21:47 JOHN CHAPTER 8 - JOHN CHAPTER 8 AND VERSE 28 SAYS THIS: JOHN 21:51 8:28, "THEN SAID JESUS UNTO THEM, WHEN YE HAVE LIFTED UP THE 21:56 SON OF MAN, THEN SHALL YE KNOW THAT I AM HE, AND THAT I DO 21:59 NOTHING OF MYSELF; BUT AS MY FATHER HATH TAUGHT ME, I SPEAK 22:04 THESE THINGS.'" JESUS LIVED A LIFE, WHILE HE WAS HERE ON THIS 22:11 PLANET, THE SAME WAY YOU AND I LIVE A LIFE - IN COMPLETE 22:14 DEPENDENCE UPON GOD. THAT NECESSITATES COMMUNICATION. 22:18 YOU MUST BE IN COMMUNICATION. YOU MUST BE CONNECTED BECAUSE HE 22:21 WAS LIVING AS YOU AND I LIVE - AS A MAN. 22:26 HE TOOK UPON HIMSELF HUMANITY SO THAT HE COULD GIVE US AN EXAMPLE 22:31 AND WE COULD SEE THE POWER OF GOD IN ONE'S LIFE. 22:34 WE LOOKED AT THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN CONNECTING. 22:39 NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING A FEW QUESTIONS: WHEN TO CONNECT, 22:42 WHAT IS INVOLVED WITH CONNECTING, AND HOW TO CONNECT. 22:46 THOSE ARE THE THREE AREAS - WHEN TO CONNECT, WHAT IS INVOLVED 22:50 WITH CONNECTING, AND HOW TO CONNECT. 22:53 SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHEN TO CONNECT FIRST. 22:55 IT HAPPENS TO BE OUR NEXT DAY, MONDAY. WHEN DID JESUS PRAY? 22:59 YOU COULD PROBABLY SAY 'ALL THE TIME,' RIGHT? 23:02 BUT THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC TIMES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE BOOK OF 23:05 LUKE THAT HELPS MAKE IT MORE CLEAR FOR US. 23:07 LET'S LOOK AT LUKE CHAPTER 3 - AGAIN, LUKE CHAPTER 3. 23:11 WE HAD ALREADY READ THIS BUT WE'LL REVIEW IT FOR THE SAKE OF 23:17 THIS ONE VERSE. LUKE CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 21, 23:20 "NOW WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED, IT CAME TO PASS, THAT 23:28 JESUS ALSO BEING BAPTIZED, AND PRAYING, THE HEAVEN WAS OPENED." 23:34 - SO AT HIS BAPTISM, WHAT WAS JESUS DOING? HE WAS PRAYING. 23:39 JESUS IS ABOUT TO ENTER INTO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES OF 23:42 HIS LIFE - HE'S ENTERING HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY AND HE TAKES 23:45 THIS TIME TO PRAY - TO CONNECT WITH HIS FATHER. 23:49 IN FACT, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? 23:51 WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER THE BAPTISM? THE TEMPTATION, 23:53 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? SO JESUS IS OUT, HE'S TEMPTED. 23:56 WHAT WAS HE DOING IN THE WILDERNESS FOR 40 DAYS BEFORE 23:59 THE TEMPTATION REACHED ITS FRUITION? 24:01 THAT'S RIGHT. HE WAS CONNECTING WITH GOD. 24:04 AM I RIGHT? HE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH GOD. 24:06 HE WAS PRAYING. WHY? BECAUSE HE WAS ABOUT TO START 24:09 OUT ON HIS LIFE MINISTRY. SO, WHEN TO PRAY - FOR JESUS? 24:12 WHEN HE WAS STARTING OUT ON HIS LIFE MINISTRY. 24:15 AND, OF COURSE, WE KNOW, AGAIN, HE'S DOING IT ALL THE TIME, BUT 24:17 THIS IS A SPECIFIC TIME. LUKE CHAPTER 6 - LUKE CHAPTER 6 24:22 - GIVES US ANOTHER TIME OF WHEN TO PRAY. 24:28 LUKE CHAPTER 6 AND VERSE 12 - AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE VERSES 24:32 THAT - I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER TRIED PRAYING ALL 24:37 NIGHT BEFORE - THIS IS A VERSE THAT STICKS OUT IN A PERSON'S 24:41 MIND WHEN YOU - WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT TIME. 24:43 "AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS," - LUKE 6, VERSE 12 - 24:47 "THAT HE (JESUS) WENT OUT INTO A MOUNTAIN TO PRAY, AND CONTINUED" 24:50 - HOW LONG? - "ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD." 24:53 WHY THE LONG PRAYER? DOESN'T JESUS KNOW OUR HEARTS? 24:59 CAN HE HEAR US? 25:01 YOU ANSWER, 'OF COURSE, CHUCK.' SO WHY THE LONG PRAYER? 25:04 YOU KNOW, AS MY WIFE AND I WERE DISCUSSING THAT THIS WEEK AND, 25:07 IN OUR FAMILY, WE MAKE DECISIONS AS A FAMILY. 25:13 MY WIFE GETS A 90% VOTE; I GET A 10% VOTE - NOT QUITE, BUT - SHE 25:19 WOULD SAY THE OPPOSITE - BUT WE GET TOGETHER AND WE DISCUSS 25:22 THINGS AND AS WE'RE DISCUSSING AND COMMUNICATING AND CONNECTING 25:25 WITH EACH OTHER, IF IT'S A BIG TOPIC WE TAKE MORE TIME TO TALK 25:27 ABOUT IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 25:29 IF MY WIFE SAYS, 'HEY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR BREAKFAST?' 25:31 SIMPLE. IT MAY TAKE 30 SECONDS. BUT IF IT'S, 'SO WHERE ARE WE 25:36 GOING TO MOVE TO?' THAT TAKES MORE TIME. 25:39 AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S BIG THAT'S TAKING PLACE, 25:43 THERE IS THAT TIME - A LONGER TIME - OF COMMUNICATION. 25:47 YOU SEE THE SAME THING WITH JESUS AND HIS FATHER. 25:49 THEY'RE TAKING MORE TIME. 25:51 THEY'RE TALKING IT - THEY'RE WORKING IT THROUGH. 25:53 I JUST - I WOULD LOVE TO LISTEN TO JESUS PRAY, WOULDN'T YOU? 25:55 YOU KNOW, I WAS A COLPORTEUR LEADER FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AND 26:00 WE WENT TO THE STATE OF ALBUQUERQUE WE WERE IN 26:03 ALAMAGORDO - THE STATE OF ALBUQUERQUE - THE STATE OF NEW 26:07 MEXICO - THANK YOU. AND WE WERE IN ALAMAGORDO THERE 26:09 IN NEW MEXICO AND I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE, A VERY GIFTED LEADER. 26:15 HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN LITERATURE EVANGELISM FOR WELL 26:18 OVER A DECADE AND HE SAID, 'CHUCK, I'D LIKE TO GO WITH YOU 26:20 TODAY AS YOU'RE LEADING AND JUST SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.' I 26:23 SAID, 'THAT'S THRILLING. I WOULD LOVE TO JUST WATCH YOU 26:25 LEAD. I WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING.' 26:27 YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND OUT THAT HE DID? 26:29 HE SPENT ALMOST ALL OF HIS TIME PRAYING - A LOT OF TIME PRAYING 26:33 - AND I, FINALLY, AFTER WATCHING HIM PRAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS THAT 26:37 DAY, WHILE I'M SITTING THERE LOOKING AT THE MAP AND, DARE I 26:40 SAY, A LITTLE BIT OF TWIDDLING MY THUMBS, WHAT IS HE DOING?' 26:43 I ASKED HIM, 'WHAT ARE YOU PRAYING FOR?' AND I EXPECTED TO 26:47 HEAR THINGS LIKE, 'OH, I'M PRAYING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF 26:49 PEOPLE WHO WANT BOOKS. I'M PRAYING THAT THE PEOPLE AT THE 26:52 DOORS ARE OPEN AND" - THAT'S WHAT I USED TO PRAY FOR. 26:56 IT'S NOT BAD TO PRAY FOR THAT, BUT I WAS EXPECTING THAT TO BE 26:59 THE PREDOMINANT - HERE'S WHAT HE SAID: 'CHUCK, I'M PRAYING FOR 27:01 THE PERSONAL LIVES OF MY STUDENTS. I KNOW THAT THIS ONE 27:07 IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR PARENTS, 27:09 SO I'M PRAYING THAT THEY AND THEIR PARENTS ARE ABLE TO 27:11 CONNECT TOGETHER. I KNOW THIS ONE, RIGHT NOW, IS 27:13 HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THEIR FINANCES. 27:15 THEY'RE TRYING TO GO TO SCHOOL SO I'M PRAYING FOR THEIR 27:17 SCHOOLING SITUATION - THAT THEY BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH. 27:19 AS I LISTENED, I KNEW THAT BECAUSE HE KNEW THESE PEOPLE AND 27:23 THEIR NEEDS, HE WAS UPLIFTING THEM BEFORE GOD. 27:26 HE WASN'T PRAYING JUST FOR THAT DAY, HE WAS PRAYING FOR THEM. 27:30 NOW I'D LIKE TO IMAGINE JESUS DOING THAT RIGHT BEFORE HE 27:34 BRINGS ON HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES. CAN YOU IMAGINE? 27:37 SPENDING A WHOLE NIGHT IN PRAYER? 27:39 'GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT PETER'S GOING TO DO. 27:42 YOU KNOW WHAT'S CONNECTED WITH HIM. 27:45 I'VE GOT TO LIVE WITH HIM FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.' I DON'T 27:47 KNOW IF IT WOULD HAVE SOUNDED JUST LIKE THAT, BUT HOW - HOW 27:49 CAN I DRAW HIM CLOSER TO THE KINGDOM? 27:52 HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER? WHAT ABOUT JAMES AND JOHN? 27:56 HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK WITH THOMAS? 27:58 WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE WITH JUDAS? YES, JUDAS. 28:01 HOW'S THIS GOING TO HAPPEN?' CAN YOU IMAGINE THE PRAYER 28:05 BETWEEN GOD AND HIS FATHER THAT NIGHT? 28:07 YOU NOTICE HOW I SAID THAT? CAN YOU IMAGINE? 28:10 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ELSE. SO WE SEE JESUS PRAYING 28:14 BEFORE HE - IF I CAN SAY - INAUGURATES HIS CHURCH. 28:17 HE SETS UP THE TWELVE DISCIPLES. LOOK AT ANOTHER PLACE WHERE WE 28:20 SEE WHEN JESUS IS CONNECTING AND THAT IS - I'M GOING TO SKIP 28:24 THROUGH A FEW OF THEM FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. 28:26 I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT #5 IN YOUR LESSON - THAT'S FOUND IN LUKE 28:31 CHAPTER 22 - PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE PRAYERS THAT WE 28:35 HEAR THE SON OF GOD MAKING - LUKE CHAPTER 22 AND VERSE 39, 28:46 "AND HE CAME OUT, AND WENT, AS HE WAS WONT, TO THE MOUNT OF 28:51 OLIVES; AND HIS DISCIPLES FOLLOWED HIM." 28:53 AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 40, "AND WHEN HE WAS AT THE PLACE, HE 28:57 SAID UNTO THEM, PRAY THAT YE ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION. 29:00 AND HE WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THEM ABOUT A STONE'S CAST, AND 29:03 KNEELED DOWN, AND PRAYED, SAYING, 'FATHER, IF THOU BE 29:06 WILLING, REMOVE THIS CUP FROM ME: NEVERTHELESS NOT MY WILL, 29:10 BUT THINE, BE DONE.'" WHAT A PRAYER. 29:14 'I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS. MY INNERMOST BEING IS FIGHTING 29:19 AGAINST IT, BUT I WANT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO. 29:22 PLEASE, HELP ME.' YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES IN MY LIFE - AND 29:29 YOU MIGHT SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE - THAT THERE ARE 29:31 THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO, YET WE SENSE THAT GOD'S ASKING. 29:36 AND THE THOUGHT OF THAT PAIN AND THE HURT THAT'S CONNECTED WITH 29:40 US MAKES US, KIND OF, RECOIL AWAY AND SAY, 'NO GOD, I'M NOT 29:44 READY FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.' AND THE PICTURE WE'RE SEEING HERE IS 29:47 JESUS SAYS, 'YOU CAN DO IT. I DID IT. 29:51 I DIDN'T WANT TO, BUT I LOVED MY FATHER MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE 29:56 AND HIS WILL WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME.' WHEN TO PRAY? 30:01 WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT. WHEN TO PRAY? WHEN LIFE'S 30:05 DIFFICULT AND YOU'RE FACED WITH SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO DO. 30:08 WHEN TO PRAY? WHEN YOU'RE BEGINNING A MINISTRY FOR GOD. 30:11 THESE ARE GOOD TIMES TO PRAY. AND THE FINAL PRAYER OF JESUS 30:15 THAT WE SEE RECORDED IN LUKE - LUKE CHAPTER 23 AND VERSE 46 - 30:20 LUKE CHAPTER 23 AND VERSE 46 - 30:25 JESUS HAS BEEN HANGING ON THE CROSS. 30:30 IT'S BEEN SIX HOURS - A LONG TIME. 30:34 VERSE 46, "AND WHEN JESUS HAD CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, HE 30:39 SAID, 'FATHER, INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT:' AND HAVING 30:44 SAID THUS, HE GAVE UP THE GHOST." 30:47 - FATHER, UNTO THY HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT. 30:51 AT THE END OF OUR ROAD - WHATEVER OUR ROAD MAY BE ON - AT 30:57 THE END OF OUR LIFE, THAT IS IT. TO SAY, 'I'VE LIVED IT. 31:01 I'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING I CAN. FATHER, TAKE ME.' 31:05 THAT FINAL PRAYER. WHEN TO PRAY? 31:08 I WOULD SAY ALL THE TIME. BUT THESE ARE SOME SPECIFIC 31:12 TIMES THAT WE SEE JESUS LIFTING UP HIS HEART IN PRAYER. 31:14 NOW HOW DOES ONE HAVE A PRAYER LIFE THAT IS NOT FORCED? 31:26 LET'S FACE IT, MAYBE SOME OF YOU DON'T FEEL THIS WAY, BUT MAYBE 31:30 SOME OF YOU CAN CONNECT WITH WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. 31:33 I USED TO PRAY BECAUSE I KNEW I SHOULD. 31:35 I'M SUPPOSED TO PRAY. I'VE GOT TO PRAY. 31:39 I'M A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN - I BETTER BE PRAYING. 31:42 AND YES, I'M A BIBLE TEACHER. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PRAY, 31:46 SO I'M PRAYING. OKAY GOD, GOOD MORNING. 31:50 OKAY.' AND OUR LIFE PRAYER - OUR PRAYER LIFE IS A LITTLE BIT 31:55 FORCED AND, DARE I SAY, A LITTLE BIT DRY. 32:00 HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT? DOES IT HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT? 32:05 SHOULD OUR PRAYER LIFE BE A FORCED EXPERIENCE? 32:08 AND, OF COURSE, THE ANSWER IS NO. I'M ASKING A RHETORICAL 32:11 QUESTION. BUT HOW COULD IT NOT BE? I WAS JUST READING A BOOK 32:17 RECENTLY AND A STORY OF A LADY IN IT, AND SHE'S STRUGGLING 32:21 WITH, YOU KNOW, 'I SEE THAT I NEED TO HAVE A PRAYER WALK. 32:23 I NEED TO BE CONNECTED WITH GOD. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME, BUT I 32:26 JUST DON'T HAVE IT IN ME.' AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE STARTED 32:31 GETTING A PICTURE THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 32:34 WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH THAT YOUR GOD IS YOUR SAVIOR AND HE LOVES 32:45 YOU TO THE UTTERMOST, PRAYER BECOMES EASIER. 32:50 I'M NOT GIVING SOME KIND OF PANACEA - PILL - TAKE IT AND 32:56 EVERYTHING WILL BE RESOLVED, BUT WHEN YOU ARE REALIZING TRULY, BY 33:00 FAITH, 'GOD LOVES ME,' IT'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO TALK TO HIM. 33:06 YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, I HAD TO GO SPEAK TO SOMEONE AT THE 33:11 CONFERENCE OFFICE. I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS. 33:13 I HAD NEVER MET HIM BEFORE AND I'M WORKING ON A RECOMMENDATION 33:17 FOR SOMETHING AND THEY SAID, 'CHUCK, WE WANT TO SEE YOU 33:19 BEFORE WE GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION,' 33:20 WHICH MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. 33:21 I SAID, 'OKAY.' SO WE SAT DOWN AND FOR 45 MINUTES THIS 33:24 GENTLEMAN TALKED WITH ME. HE TALKED WITH ME. 33:27 I FELT LIKE I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN HIS OFFICE. 33:31 YOU EVER BEEN AROUND A PERSON LIKE THAT? LIKE EVERYTHING WAS 33:34 PUT ASIDE, HE CAME DOWN, HE SAT DOWN, AND HE STARTED 33:36 COMMUNICATING AND SAID, 'SO CHUCK, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 33:39 ABOUT YOURSELF.' AND I STARTED SENSING, 'YES, HE'S WANTING TO 33:43 KNOW MORE ABOUT ME.' BUT THERE'S ALSO A WILLINGNESS 33:45 TO PAY ATTENTION. I THOUGHT, 'WOW, I'M WILLING TO TALK IN A 33:48 SETTING LIKE THIS. I TALKED FOR 45 MINUTES TO 33:50 SOMEONE I NEVER KNEW UNTIL THURSDAY. WHAT ABOUT YOU? 33:53 DOES YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER CARE ABOUT YOU MORE THAN SOME 33:57 CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATOR? ABSOLUTELY. 34:00 DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE IT? AND YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK, I 34:04 ASKED FOR - I'M NOT SURE.' WELL, ASK, 'LORD, HELP MY UNBELIEF.' I 34:07 MEAN, THAT'S ALL I CAN DO SOMETIMES, AMEN? LORD, I 34:09 BELIEVE, HELP MY UNBELIEF. HELP ME TO REALIZE, BY FAITH, 34:12 THAT YOU LOVE ME AND THAT WILL CHANGE MY PRAYER LIFE.' YOU 34:15 KNOW, THERE'S FEW PEOPLE I LIKE TALKING MORE TO THAN MY PARENTS. 34:18 I KNOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT A FEW DECADES AGO, BUT I 34:24 CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT NOW. I LOVE TALKING TO THEM. 34:27 THEY'RE LIKE SOME OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE TO TALK TO. 34:30 AND WE COULD TALK FOR HOURS WITHOUT TRYING. 34:32 I KNOW THAT THEY LOVE ME COMPLETELY AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM 34:38 SHARING WHAT I'M THINKING. MY DAD'LL TELL ME, 'I DISAGREE 34:40 WITH YOU.' HE DOES THAT EVERY NOW AND THEN. 34:43 IT DOESN'T CHANGE OUR LOVE RELATIONSHIP AT ALL. 34:45 AND THAT'S THE KIND OF RELATIONSHIP, WHEN I TRUST THAT 34:48 GOD LOVES ME, THE KIND OF COMMUNICATION I BELIEVE WILL BE 34:51 GOING ON BETWEEN HIM AND I. I WROTE THIS DOWN - I'M GOING TO 34:58 READ IT BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER IT WITHOUT READING IT. 35:00 "A GREAT PRAYER LIFE DOESN'T COME BY WORKS ANY MORE THAN 35:04 SALVATION DOES. IT COMES BY FAITH. 35:07 ONLY WHEN WE HAVE A DEEP TRUST IN THE LOVE OF CHRIST, CAN 35:11 PRAYER BE WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE." SO, A PRAYER OF FAITH - 35:18 DO WE HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF PRAYERS OF FAITH? 35:20 PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST PRAYERS EVER GIVEN US AND THAT'S 35:23 FOUND IN THE - WE CALL IT THE LORD'S PRAYER . 35:24 LET'S LOOK IN LUKE CHAPTER 11. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IT 35:27 STEP BY STEP AND LOOK AT THE FAITH THAT IS CONNECTED WITH IT. 35:30 LUKE CHAPTER 11 AND WE'LL START WITH VERSE 1. 35:41 WE LOOKED AT THE HOLY SPIRIT'S ROLE IN JESUS' LIFE. 35:46 WE LOOKED AT WHEN TO CONNECT AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S 35:49 INVOLVED WITH CONNECTING - FAITH IS A KEY - AND WE'RE GOING TO BE 35:52 LOOKING AT SOME OTHER THINGS ARE CONNECTED. 35:53 LOOK AT VERSE 1, PLEASE: "AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, AS HE WAS 35:57 PRAYING IN A CERTAIN PLACE, WHEN HE CEASED, ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES 36:00 SAID UNTO HIM, 'LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY,' 36:03 AS JOHN ALSO TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES. 36:05 AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, 'WHEN YE PRAY, SAY, 'OUR FATHER WHICH ART 36:11 IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME. 36:15 THY WILL BE DONE, AS IN HEAVEN, SO IN EARTH. 36:19 GIVE US DAY BY DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE US OUR SINS; 36:24 FOR WE ALSO FORGIVE EVERY ONE THAT IS INDEBTED TO US. 36:27 AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION; BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.''" 36:32 BEAUTIFUL, CONCISE, SAID SO MANY TIMES - I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU 36:38 MEMORIZED IT, BUT I REMEMBER MEMORIZING IT AS A LITTLE CHILD. 36:40 I COULD SAY IT BY MEMORY AND NOT KNOW ANYTHING THAT I JUST SAID. 36:43 'OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. 36:46 THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN 36:48 HEAVEN.' RIGHT? YOU COULD PROBABLY SAY IT WITH 36:50 ME, ALL OF YOU. WHAT - WHAT'S THERE? 36:55 YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO PRAY THIS PRAYER, IT ONLY CAN BE 36:57 PRAYED BY FAITH. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE ANY OTHER WAY. 37:02 IT STARTS OUT WITH THOSE TWO WORDS, WHAT? 37:05 'OUR FATHER.' THAT FIRST PHRASE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MY 37:14 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. AND, BY FAITH, THAT FIRST PHRASE 37:19 IS AN ACCEPTANCE OF HIM AS MY PARENT. 37:23 SOON AS I'VE DONE THAT, THE REST OF THE PRAYER BECOMES EASIER. 37:28 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO I START OUT WITH 37:31 ACKNOWLEDGING - 'I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE MY FATHER AND I'M 37:35 ACCEPTING THAT RELATIONSHIP.' NOW, I KNOW THAT THERE IS - 37:39 EVERY TIME THAT I DISCUSS FATHERS AND PARENTING, I PUT 37:43 THIS IN BECAUSE I REALIZE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD 37:45 REALLY BAD PARENTS AND I AM JUST SO - SO SORRY. 37:48 IT'S TERRIBLE THAT THOSE KIND OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, BUT I WANT 37:52 TO ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS NOTHING LIKE YOUR 37:55 EARTHLY ONES. THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 37:58 THERE'S SOMETHING MORE PURE - NO, COMPLETELY PURE - COMPLETELY 38:02 HOLY AND COMPLETELY LOVING. OUR FATHER. 38:06 THE NEXT PHRASE IS "WHICH ART IN HEAVEN" - "OUR FATHER WHICH ART 38:10 IN HEAVEN" - HE IS MY FATHER, BUT HE IS ALSO IN HEAVEN. 38:14 HE IS MY FATHER, BUT WHERE IS HE AT? 38:19 HE'S IN HEAVEN. HE IS HOLY. IN FACT, THAT'S THE NEXT PHRASE, 38:22 "HALLOWED BE THY NAME" OR 'HOLY IS YOUR NAME' - SO "OUR 38:26 FATHER" - I'M ACKNOWLEDGING A RELATIONSHIP. 38:29 THE NEXT PHRASE IS, "WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY 38:34 NAME." ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS FATHERHOOD 38:37 AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS HOLINESS. 38:41 AND, CAN I SAY, 'ACCEPTANCE OF HIS HOLINESS' WHEN I PRAY BY 38:46 FAITH? WHEN YOU SPEND TIME WITH GOD, 38:53 YOU'RE WALKING ON HOLY GROUND YET, AT THE SAME TIME, HE IS 38:58 YOUR FATHER. THERE'S THAT RESPECT, BUT 39:02 THERE'S ALSO THAT REALIZATION THAT HE LOVES YOU 100%. 39:07 IT'S THE PICTURE WE'RE SEEING HERE. 39:10 "OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME." 39:13 THAT NEXT PHRASE IS A BEAUTIFUL ONE, "THY KINGDOM COME" - WHAT 39:18 KINGDOM? WHOSE KINGDOM? 39:22 SO ARE WE PRAYING FOR THE SECOND COMING? 39:24 - "THY KINGDOM COME" - ARE WE PRAYING FOR THE SECOND COMING? 39:30 POSSIBLY, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAT'S BEING SAID 39:35 HERE, "THY KINGDOM" - WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD? 39:38 THE SPIRITUAL ONE? ABSOLUTELY. 39:42 JUST AS THERE'S A REAL ONE, THERE'S A SPIRITUAL KINGDOM THAT 39:44 JESUS INAUGURATED WHEN HE CAME HERE. 39:45 ROMANS CHAPTER 14, VERSE 17, "THY KINGDOM COME" - I AM 39:52 PRAYING BECAUSE I WANT HIS KINGDOM TO COME - I ACKNOWLEDGE 39:54 THAT HE HAS A KINGDOM AND I WANT TO ACCEPT THAT KINGDOM IN HIS 39:57 LIFE. THIS IS A POWERFUL PRAYER. 39:59 ROMANS CHAPTER 14 AND VERSE 17 - ROMANS 14 AND VERSE 17, "FOR THE 40:11 KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT MEAT AND DRINK; BUT" - WHAT? - 40:18 "RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND PEACE, AND JOY IN" - WHOM? - 40:23 "THE HOLY SPIRIT." 40:25 SO GOD'S KINGDOM IS RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY. 40:29 SO WHEN I PRAY, "THY KINGDOM COME" - I'M LONGING FOR 40:32 RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE, AND JOY. 40:37 I'M ACKNOWLEDGING THAT'S WHAT HIS KINGDOM IS AND, BY FAITH, 40:41 I'M ACCEPTING THAT KINGDOM INTO MY LIFE. 40:44 I WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT SPIRITUAL KINGDOM. 40:48 I WANT HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. I WANT HIS PEACE. I WANT HIS JOY. 40:53 THAT'S THE PICTURE BEING LAID OUT. 40:55 SO, QUICK RECAP: I ACKNOWLEDGE MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. 41:02 I ACKNOWLEDGE HIS HOLINESS AND I ACKNOWLEDGE HIS KINGDOM. 41:06 NOW, THE NEXT PHRASE OF THE PRAYER IS "THY KINGDOM COME" - 41:09 WHAT'S THAT NEXT PHRASE? - 'THY WILL BE DONE, IN EARTH AS 41:14 IT IS IN HEAVEN.' WOW, NOW I'M ACKNOWLEDGING HIS WILL. 41:21 I'M ACCEPTING HIS WILL, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE IN MY LIFE. 41:30 WHAT'S INVOLVED IN A MARRIAGE? 41:32 PLEASE, DON'T GIVE ME A LONG LIST. 41:34 RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW IF I CONJURED UP A HUGE - MAYBE A 41:36 BOOK. MY WIFE AND I WERE READING 41:39 SOMETHING ABOUT CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE LAST NIGHT. 41:41 WE'RE THOROUGHLY ENJOYING OURSELVES. 41:42 I THINK SO, YEAH, IT WAS A GOOD TIME. 41:46 WHAT IS IT - WHAT'S INVOLVED IN A MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP - IN A 41:52 CONNECTION? I WOULD ASSUME A COUPLE OF 41:54 THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED. 41:56 WOULD YOU SAY TRUST NEEDS TO BE THERE? 41:57 AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP NEEDS TO BE THERE, 42:01 RIGHT? THERE BETTER BE LOVE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THERE NEEDS 42:05 TO BE A SACRED UNION. THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING ELSE, 42:10 WHICH WE'RE ABOUT TO GET TO, AND THAT IS FORGIVENESS. 42:13 THESE ARE ALL ELEMENTS - PART OF A MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP - AND I 42:17 BELIEVE THESE ARE ALSO ELEMENTS OF A GOOD, SUCCESSFUL PRAYER 42:20 LIFE. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD; 42:24 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WHO HE IS AND WHO YOU ARE; A WILLINGNESS TO 42:27 ACCEPT HIS WILL IN YOUR LIFE. I'D LIKE TO - IF WE COULD TURN 42:30 TO THE NEXT PAGE, IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING IN YOUR LESSON, IT IS 42:35 LUKE 11, VERSE 3, "GIVE US DAY BY DAY OUR DAILY BREAD." 42:46 - OR OUR BREAD - "GIVE US DAY BY DAY OUR DAILY BREAD." 42:51 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I READ THIS, I WOULD SAY IT AS A CHILD 42:55 AND, YEAH, IT'S OKAY, BUT WHEN I FIRST READ IT AS A STUDY - I HAD 43:01 TO STUDY THIS FOR A CLASS - ONE OF THE CLASSES I WAS TAKING IN 43:04 COLLEGE. WHAT IS THIS PHRASE, 'GIVE US 43:06 THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD' - OR 'GIVE US DAY BY DAY OUR DAILY 43:09 BREAD' - WHAT AM I REALLY PRAYING FOR? 43:11 WELL, IF I WAS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE MY 43:16 BREAD GUARANTEED ME, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO PRAY 43:19 THIS, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I MEAN, I THINK HERE IN THE 43:22 UNITED STATES, THIS PHRASE IS ALMOST LIKE, HO HUM - 'YEAH, 43:24 GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. 43:27 I'VE GOT ENOUGH STORED UP IN MY HOUSE FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, 43:30 BUT GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. 43:32 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE LIKE THAT, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF FOOD 43:34 AT OUR HOUSE. I'M MARRIED TO AN ITALIAN SO 43:36 WE'VE GOT TONS OF FOOD. WE ALWAYS HAVE PASTA AND CANS OF 43:39 GRAVY OR TOMATO SAUCE, HOWEVER YOU LIKE TO CALL IT. 43:43 WE HAVE THIS - THERE'S VEGETABLES AND FRUITS AND 43:45 ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN OUR HOUSE. 43:48 WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED SO PRAYING 'GIVE US THIS DAY OUR 43:51 DAILY BREAD' IT'S ALMOST LIKE, 'OKAY.' THIS PRAYER - BY THE 43:57 WAY, IT'S NOT WRONG TO HAVE EXTRA FOOD IN YOUR HOUSE, THAT'S 44:02 NOT WHERE I'M - TRYING TO SAY - BUT THIS PRAYER IS A PRAYER 44:04 THAT'S A DAILY PRAYER. IT'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT MY 44:08 PROVISIONS TODAY HAVE TO COME FROM YOU. WHO IS YOU? GOD. 44:13 THERE WILL COME A DAY, I BELIEVE, WHEN THIS WILL BE OUR 44:20 PRAYER. IT CAN BE OUR PRAYER NOW, I BELIEVE, AND SOMETIMES 44:24 NOW THAT PRAYER IS BY FAITH. BUT I BELIEVE THERE WILL COME A 44:29 DAY WHEN THIS WILL HAVE TO BE OUR PRAYER. 44:30 "GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD" AND TRUST HIM. 44:32 WOULD YOU THINK OUR FAITH WOULD BE STRONGER IF EVERY SINGLE DAY 44:35 WE HAD TO PRAY FOR WHAT WE RECEIVED? 44:37 HOW MANY OF YOU READ THE STORY OF GEORGE MUELLER? 44:40 ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE BACKGROUND WITH HIM? 44:42 WAS HE PRAYING THIS PRAYER? GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD 44:46 - WE NEED TO FEED HOW MANY MOUTHS? 44:48 WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING - "GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD." 44:55 OUR NEXT PHRASE - LUKE CHAPTER 11 AND VERSE 4, "AND FORGIVE US 45:02 OUR SINS; FOR WE ALSO FORGIVE EVERY ONE THAT IS INDEBTED TO 45:05 US." - FORGIVE US OUR SINS FOR WE ALSO FORGIVE. FORGIVE US. 45:12 THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FORGIVENESS - 45:17 ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT GOD IS GOING TO FORGIVE - ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT 45:21 GOD IS GOING TO PROVIDE. AND I'M GOING TO JUST RECAP 45:24 WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT, IF THAT'S OKAY. 45:27 IN THIS PRAYER, HERE'S THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT: 'I ACKNOWLEDGE 45:32 MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD; I ACKNOWLEDGMENT - I HAVE 45:34 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS HOLINESS; I ACKNOWLEDGE HIS KINGDOM; I 45:37 ACKNOWLEDGE HIS WILL; I ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PROVISION 45:41 AND NOW I'M ACKNOWLEDGING HIS WHAT? 45:43 FORGIVENESS - SIX THINGS I THINK WE'VE COVERED SO FAR. 45:47 I SAID IN A CHURCH - I WAS A YOUNG MAN, AGED 16 OR 17, AND I 45:56 HEARD THIS LADY SAYING SOMETHING THAT WAS SHOCKING. 45:59 SHE SAID, 'I CAN'T FORGIVE. IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO 46:05 FORGIVE AND GOD KNOWS THAT.' AND I REMEMBER SITTING THERE AND 46:10 SAYING, 'BUT WAIT, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THIS PASSAGE? 46:12 'FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.' - I GUESS 46:16 I'M QUOTING MATTHEW, ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW, BUT HOW DOES IT WORK? 46:19 THAT FORGIVENESS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FORGIVENESS? 46:22 DO YOU MEAN THAT IT HAS TO GO BOTH WAYS? 46:26 OR MY FORGIVENESS OF PEOPLE IS CONNECTED WITH GOD'S FORGIVENESS 46:30 OF ME? IS THERE SOME CONNECTION? ABSOLUTELY. HOW? BECAUSE WHEN 46:38 YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS YOUR 46:41 FATHER, AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIS HOLINESS AND YOU 46:44 ACKNOWLEDGE HIS KINGDOM, RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY, 46:50 AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIS WILL, AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIS 46:52 PROVISION, SURELY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FORGIVE. 46:56 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT PART OF GOD'S PROVISION IS NOT JUST OUR 47:01 PHYSICAL FOOD, GOD CAN GIVE YOU FORGIVENESS. 47:03 GOD CAN GIVE YOU FORGIVENESS WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T 47:08 HAVE IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I 47:11 CAN CONJURE UP. I'M ACTUALLY NOT A PERSON WHO HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE 47:14 I'VE GOT A BAD LIST WITH RIGHT NOW. I JUST - I DON'T KNOW, 47:20 I WAS RAISED BY PARENTS WHO FORGIVE PRETTY EASILY. 47:23 BUT I KNOW SOME FRIENDS WHO STRUGGLE WITH IT AND I SAY, 47:27 'WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO?' I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO IN 47:29 AREAS THAT I STRUGGLE WITH. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? 47:30 'GOD, YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME BECAUSE I CAN'T DO IT MYSELF.' 47:32 AND THAT IS ALSO A SCENARIO THAT I THINK IS ESSENTIAL HERE, 'GOD, 47:36 I CAN'T FORGIVE.' YES, I MEAN, 'YOU CAN FORGIVE. 47:39 YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR KINGDOM: RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY, 47:41 SO SURELY YOU CAN GIVE ME FORGIVENESS.' CAN GOD GIVE YOU 47:45 FORGIVENESS? CAN GOD GIVE YOU FORGIVENESS? 47:49 HE GIVES IT TO YOU AND HE GIVES IT TO YOU. 47:53 THAT'S GOOD ABOUT GOD, ISN'T IT? HE GIVES YOU FORGIVENESS AND HE 47:57 GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO FORGIVE. I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR 48:00 LAST PHRASE HERE IN THE LORD'S PRAYER, "AND LEAD US NOT INTO 48:05 TEMPTATION; BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL." 48:09 NOW THIS FINAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS ABILITY TO 48:13 DELIVER ME. HE CAN DO IT. 48:16 HE HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE MY LIFE. 48:19 HE HAS THE POWER TO FORGIVE ME. HE HAS THE POWER TO DELIVER ME. 48:21 WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GOD I HAVE. ACCEPTING HIS DELIVERANCE IS 48:25 ALSO PART OF IT. THAT'S WHEN I PRAY BY FAITH. 48:27 I ACCEPT HIS DELIVERANCE IN MY LIFE. 48:29 THERE IT IS, THE LORD'S PRAYER - SEVEN STEPS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT - 48:31 SEVEN STEPS OF ACCEPTANCE. CAN GOD DO A MIRACLE IN MY LIFE? 48:38 YES, JUST LIKE HE CAN GIVE ME FORGIVENESS, GOD CAN GIVE ME 48:42 VICTORY. I ASKED FOR IT, 'GOD, I NEED HELP. I KNOW WHO I AM AND 48:50 I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT THE SAME. 48:52 PLEASE HELP ME.' AND I HAVE SEEN GOD DO A MIRACLE IN MY LIFE - 48:59 I'VE SEEN GOD DO A MIRACLE IN FRIENDS' LIVES - PEOPLE WHO HAVE 49:03 STRUGGLED WITH THINGS FOR DECADES, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY 49:06 MEET JESUS AND THEY FALL IN LOVE AND LIFE CHANGES. 49:08 GOD CAN DO THAT. 49:11 WE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT'S INVOLVED IN CONNECTING AT, DARE 49:15 I SAY, FAITH AND A PRAYER OF FAITH? 49:18 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF WHAT GOD IS AND WHAT HE GIVES AND ACCEPTANCE 49:21 OF THOSE THINGS. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE OUR 49:24 FINAL SECTION HERE WITH HOW TO CONNECT. 49:26 I'VE LOOKED AT WHEN TO CONNECT, WHAT'S INVOLVED WITH CONNECTING, 49:31 HOW DO I CONNECT - HOW DO I CONNECT WITH GOD? 49:34 THERE'S TWO PASSAGES THAT WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN IN YOUR LESSON, 49:40 BUT I'M GOING TO SUM IT UP WITH THE FIRST LINE THAT'S LISTED 49:46 HERE IN THE LORD'S PRAYER: "OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN." 49:51 - TWO POINTS: OUR FATHER, YOU ARE MY GOD. 49:55 YOU ARE MY FATHER. I CAN BE PERSISTENT IN PRAYER WITH YOU. 49:58 SECOND POINT: 'WHICH ART IN HEAVEN' - YOU'RE HOLY, YOU ARE 50:03 RIGHTEOUS, AND SO THEREFORE, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO BE HUMBLE 50:10 BEFORE YOU. TWO THINGS: I WILL PERSIST 50:13 BECAUSE YOU'RE MY FATHER; I WILL BE HUMBLE BECAUSE YOU ARE GOD. 50:16 THAT IS HOW TO PRAY. THAT IS IT. 50:21 LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS TO SUMMARIZE THESE - LUKE 50:25 CHAPTER 11, VERSES 5 THROUGH 8, "AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, 'WHICH 50:28 OF YOU SHALL HAVE A FRIEND, AND SHALL GO UNTO HIM AT MIDNIGHT, 50:30 AND SAY UNTO HIM, 'FRIEND, LEND ME THREE LOAVES; FOR A FRIEND OF 50:34 MINE IN HIS JOURNEY IS COME TO ME, AND I HAVE NOTHING TO SET 50:36 BEFORE HIM?' AND HE FROM WITHIN SHALL ANSWER 50:39 AND SAY, 'TROUBLE ME NOT: THE DOOR IS NOW SHUT, AND MY 50:42 CHILDREN ARE WITH ME IN BED; I CANNOT RISE AND GIVE THEE.' I 50:45 SAY UNTO YOU, THOUGH HE WILL NOT RISE AND GIVE HIM, BECAUSE HE IS 50:50 HIS FRIEND, YET BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTUNITY HE WILL RISE AND 50:54 GIVE HIM AS MANY AS HE NEEDETH.'" IN OTHER WORDS, 50:57 'I'M NOT GOING TO STOP.' CAN YOU THINK OF PEOPLE WHO JUST 51:00 DID NOT STOP ASKING GOD? 'I'M GOING TO PERSIST.' 51:02 HOW ABOUT ELIJAH? REMEMBER WHEN ELIJAH WAS PRAYING - 51:06 PRAYING FOR RAIN? DID NOT STOP. SOMEONE ELSE. 51:10 DANIEL - THAT'S RIGHT - DANIEL WAS INSISTENT, 'GOD, I NEED AN 51:15 ANSWER.' AND HE CONTINUE PUSHING. 51:18 WHO ELSE? HANNAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 51:21 'PLEASE GOD, I WANT A CHILD.' SPECIFICALLY, I THINK, WAS THE 51:24 PRAYER. SHE WAS PRAYING SO MUCH THAT THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS DRUNK. 51:27 PERSISTENT. WHAT ELSE? REMEMBER THE 51:31 CANAANITE WOMAN? THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL - JESUS 51:33 GAVE US AN EXAMPLE OF PRAYER, I BELIEVE, RIGHT THERE. 51:36 A CANAANITE WOMAN WAS SAYING, 'PLEASE, COME HEAL MY DAUGHTER.' 51:39 AND HE SAID, 'HMMM.' 'NO, NO, I MEAN IT. PLEASE COME HEAL MY 51:43 DAUGHTER.' 'IT'S NOT MEAT THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THAT WHICH 51:47 BELONGS TO THE CHILDREN TO THE DOGS.' SHE GOES, 'WELL, EVEN 51:50 THE DOGS GET THE CRUMBS.' INCREDIBLE FAITH, AMEN? THAT'S 51:53 THE KIND OF FAITH - YOU KNOW WHY SHE WAS ABLE TO PRAY THAT WAY? 51:56 BECAUSE SHE SAW - BEAUTIFUL - YOU READ THIS IN THE BOOK DESIRE 52:00 OF AGES - SHE SAW, IN THE EYES OF JESUS, LOVE. 52:03 SHE SAW COMPASSION IN HIS EYES AND WHEN HE WAS SAYING 'NO,' SHE 52:08 KNEW THAT IT WAS JUST AN ILLUSTRATION OF SOME KIND. 52:11 SHE - IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO HER BECAUSE SHE SAW HIS EYES AND 52:13 SHE KNEW, 'HE WILL GIVE ME - I CAN SEE IT IN HIS EYES.' YOUR 52:16 GOD WILL DO THE SAME THING FOR YOU. 52:20 SOMETIMES WE FEEL LIKE THE ANSWER IS 'NO.' AND SOMETIMES WE 52:24 SEE A 'NO.' LOOK AT HIM THROUGH GOD'S EYES AND SEE WHAT HE'S 52:29 LOOKING LIKE AT YOU. IT'S AMAZING TO IMAGINE WHAT 52:33 GOD'S LOOK LIKE IS FOR YOU. THERE'S ANOTHER STORY THAT'S 52:42 GIVEN, IT'S LUKE CHAPTER 18 - LUKE CHAPTER 18 AND VERSE 9 - 52:51 WE'VE LEARNED PERSISTENCE - WE PERSIST BECAUSE HE'S OUR FATHER. 52:56 LUKE 18, VERSE 9, "AND HE SPAKE THIS PARABLE UNTO CERTAIN WHICH 53:00 TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES THAT THEY WERE RIGHTEOUS, AND DESPISED 53:03 OTHERS: TWO MEN WENT UP INTO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY; THE ONE A 53:05 PHARISEE, AND THE OTHER A PUBLICAN. 53:07 THE PHARISEE STOOD AND PRAYED THUS WITH HIMSELF, GOD, I THANK 53:10 THEE, THAT I AM NOT AS OTHER MEN ARE, EXTORTIONERS, UNJUST, 53:15 ADULTERERS, OR EVEN AS THIS PUBLICAN. 53:17 I FAST TWICE IN THE WEEK, I GIVE TITHES OF ALL THAT I POSSESS. 53:20 AND THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF, WOULD NOT LIFT UP SO MUCH 53:24 AS HIS EYES UNTO HEAVEN, BUT SMOTE UPON HIS BREAST, SAYING, 53:27 'GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME A SINNER.' I TELL YOU, THIS MAN 53:31 WENT DOWN TO HIS HOUSE JUSTIFIED RATHER THAN THE OTHER: FOR EVERY 53:35 ONE THAT EXALTETH HIMSELF SHALL BE ABASED; AND HE THAT HUMBLETH 53:39 HIMSELF SHALL BE EXALTED." IN SHALLOW FRIENDSHIPS, WHICH I 53:51 BELIEVE OUR WORLD'S FILLED WITH THEM - IS THAT OKAY IF I SAY 53:54 THAT? - IN SHALLOW FRIENDSHIPS, 53:57 EXTERNALS ARE EVERYTHING, RIGHT? CAN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR SHALLOW 54:01 FRIENDSHIPS? MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO, SORRY. BUT WHAT YOU 54:06 LOOK LIKE, HOW YOU'RE DRESSED, THE WORDS THAT YOU SAY - 54:12 THAT'S WHAT MATTERS IN A SHALLOW FRIENDSHIP. 54:17 BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD IS NOT 54:20 SHALLOW. HE ALREADY KNOWS WHAT YOU LOOK 54:23 LIKE ALL THE TIME. HE KNOWS WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE ALL 54:24 THE TIME. HE HEARD YOU YELL AT YOUR 54:26 CHILDREN OR SPOUSE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. HE KNOWS THAT. 54:29 SO LET'S GET PAST THAT AND LET'S TALK. 54:32 IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A GOD LIKE THAT, AMEN? 54:36 BUT WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT AND COME BEFORE HIM AND SAY, 54:39 'HEY, I KNOW WHO I AM. YOU KNOW WHO I AM. 54:42 PLEASE, PLEASE, DO SOMETHING IN MY LIFE. 54:47 WORK A MIRACLE IN MY LIFE.' YES, I'M STILL HOLDING THIS 54:52 FLASHLIGHT - I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I CONNECT IT IN 54:54 WITH THE NEXT PART - I NEED TO CONNECT - SO - RIGHT? 54:58 I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR 55:03 RELATIONSHIP LIKE THE PHARISEE. THIS IS ME, RIGHT? 55:11 I LOOK GOOD. I'M BUILT FOR THE JOB. 55:15 I'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT'S NECESSARY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING 55:18 THERE - NOTHING COMING OUT - AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS OFTEN 55:23 TRUE. SEE, GOD'S NOT LOOKING AT EXTERNALS. 55:26 DON'T GET ME WRONG, GOD CAN USE GREAT EXTERNALS, AMEN? 55:31 PEOPLE HAVE TALENT AND GIFTS, GOD WANTS TO USE THEM. 55:33 HE CAN'T - HE'S THRILLED TO USE THEM. 55:35 BUT I TELL YOU, ALL EXTERNALS IN THE WORLD NOT CONNECTED WITH 55:38 HUMILITY ARE USELESS IN THE WORK OF GOD. YOU NEED TO HAVE BOTH. 55:42 WELL, YOU NEED TO HAVE HUMILITY. GOD CAN DO WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO. 55:45 THOSE WHO HE CALLS, HE QUALIFIES, AMEN? 55:47 SO I'D LIKE TO NOW, THROUGH PRAYER, I'M CONNECTED WITH 55:53 POWER. WHICH POWER? 55:55 THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN? 55:56 AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, SOMETHING CHANGES. 56:00 THAT CHANGE TAKES PLACE - NOT THAT I LOOK ANY DIFFERENT. 56:05 NOT THAT I HAVE - IT'S ALWAYS HARDER WHEN THERE'S BATTERIES IN 56:09 IT. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT? 56:11 I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PEW TRYING TO DO THIS A WHILE AGO - 56:13 THERE WE GO - AND YOU PUT YOUR NEW BATTERIES IN AND - SORRY - I 56:22 JUST SHINE THE LIGHT THERE A LITTLE BIT. BEAUTIFUL. 56:26 THERE'S NOW LIGHT. THERE'S SOMETHING POWERFUL. 56:28 IT DOESN'T LOOK DIFFERENT, BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE OF 56:31 WHAT GOD HAS DONE. CONNECTION. 56:34 JESUS NEEDED A CONNECTED LIFE AND WE SEE HIS CONNECTED LIFE. 56:38 WE SEE HIS EXAMPLE HOW TO PRAY, WHICH BRINGS A CONNECTED LIFE. 56:41 I WANT TO HAVE A CONNECTED LIFE. 56:43 AND I KNOW THAT A CONNECTED LIFE COMES THROUGH ME REALIZING HE 56:48 LOVES ME SO MUCH IT'S WORTH PRAYING TO HIM AND TALKING 56:50 BECAUSE HE WANTS TO HEAR AND HE WANTS TO TALK TO ME AND ALLOWING 56:53 HIM TO FILL ME WITH HIS SPIRIT SO THAT I'M A NEW PERSON. 56:56 DO YOU WANT THAT KIND OF LIFE? I DO. LET'S PRAY. 57:02 OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU LOVE US. 57:08 WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE US. TEACH US HOW TO PRAY. 57:13 HELP US TO TRUST YOU, TO HONOR YOU, TO RESPECT YOU AND, FATHER, 57:19 TO NOTICE WHAT YOU WILL DO WITH US AS WE HUMBLE OUR LIVES BEFORE 57:23 YOU. 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