(MUSIC)
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>>WELCOME TO
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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IT IS BY NO ACCIDENT THAT YOU
HAVE JOINED US, WHETHER YOU'RE
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LIVE ON THE INTERNET, OUT ON
THE AIRWAVES, STUDYING WITH US
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DURING THE WEEK - WE LOVE TO
STUDY TOGETHER, WE LOVE TO SING
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TOGETHER, AND SOMEDAY VERY SOON
WE ARE GOING TO BE IN HEAVEN
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TOGETHER AND I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY.
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SO, FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, IF
YOU WANT TO SING ALONG WITH US,
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WE'RE GOING TO OPEN OUR HYMNAL
TO HYMN #520 - HE HIDETH MY SOUL
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- I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT CONCEPT
TODAY, THAT I CAN BE HELD IN HIS
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HAND IN THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK
AND THAT'S WHERE I CAN RESIDE
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UNTIL HE COMES. WE'RE
GOING TO SING THE FIRST,
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THE THIRD, AND THE FOURTH
VERSES - #520. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>I KNOW YOU SEE A FAMILIAR FACE
THAT YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE WITH
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- SINGING WITH US - KULA
IS JOINING US TODAY FROM SAC
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CENTRAL. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
WE STEAL SOMEBODY AWAY. IF YOU
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HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PRAYER - IF,
SOMETIMES, YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR
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PRAYERS ARE JUST HITTING THE
CEILING AND YOU WANT A BETTER
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PRAYER LIFE, WELL, PASTOR
DOUG HAS AN OFFER FOR YOU.
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HE WROTE A LITTLE BOOK CALLED
TEACH US TO PRAY AND, I THINK -
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I KNOW I'M
SPEAKING FOR ME, PERSONALLY.
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EVERY ONCE IN A
WHILE I NEED A LITTLE HELP.
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SO, IF YOU WANT TO READ WHAT
PASTOR DOUG HAS TO SAY ABOUT
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HAVING A BETTER PRAYER LIFE, I
INVITE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE
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AND IT IS BOOK OFFER #717 -
TEACH US TO PRAY - THE PHONE
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NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 OR
866-STUDY-MORE - SAME THING -
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STUDY MORE IS
EASIER. PRAYER LIFE - THERE'S
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NOTHING LIKE IT. IT IS
TRULY HOW WE COMMUNICATE
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WITH GOD AND HE
WANTS TO SPEAK TO US.
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HEAVENLY MUSIC IS ANOTHER WAY
HE SPEAKS TO US THROUGH MUSIC -
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THROUGH HIS WORD - HYMN #452
- WE'RE GOING TO SING, OH - WHAT
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HEAVENLY MUSIC -
ALL THREE VERSES.
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(PIANO MUSIC)
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>>I AM SO LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT DAY - TO BE IN
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HEAVEN - I CAN
HARDLY WAIT. LET'S PRAY.
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OUR FATHER IN
HEAVEN, IT IS SO DARK HERE.
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AND WE SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE
DAY WHEN YOU BREAK THROUGH THOSE
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CLOUDS AND WE SEE YOU FACE
TO FACE AND WE LIVE WITH YOU
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FOREVER. IT IS WHAT WE LONG
FOR - IT IS WHAT WE LIVE FOR.
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SO LORD, UNTIL THAT TIME COMES,
PLEASE JUST KEEP US FAITHFUL.
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LIVE IN OUR HEARTS. HELP
US TO BE SHINING LIGHTS FOR
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YOU SO THAT THE PEOPLE AROUND US
IN OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE CAN
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SEE YOU SHINING THROUGH US AND
THAT THEY WILL BE DRAWN TO YOU
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BECAUSE YOU PROMISED THAT
IF WE LIFT YOU UP, YOU WILL
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DRAW ALL MEN TO YOU.
SO, THANK YOU FOR THE STUDY,
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LORD, AS WE STUDY
ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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PLEASE JUST SEND A DOUBLE
PORTION, A TRIPLE PORTION ON
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EACH ONE OF US, THAT WE CAN
FINISH YOUR WORK AND GO HOME
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WITH YOU. WE LONG
FOR THAT DAY AND WE PRAY
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THESE THINGS IN YOUR PRECIOUS
AND HOLY NAME, JESUS, AMEN.
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>>AMEN. >>OUR
STUDY TODAY WILL BE
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BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR
MARSHALL MCKENZIE AND HE IS THE
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PUBLISHING
DIRECTOR AT AMAZING FACTS.
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>>GOOD MORNING
AND HAPPY SABBATH.
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>>GOOD MORNING. >>YOU
KNOW, I WAS - JUST AMAZING
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- I WAS JUST BLESSED
AS I STUDIED THIS LESSON.
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AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS
LESSON AS A WHOLE, I'VE BEEN
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BLESSED. AND WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
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HOLY SPIRIT - THE GIFTS OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, THE FRUITS OF THE
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HOLY SPIRIT, THE HOLY
SPIRIT'S LEADING IN OUR LIVES.
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AND IT WAS IMPRESSED UPON
ME EVEN MORE AS I FINISHED THIS
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LESSON, AS WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT,
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THE WORD AND PRAYER - HOW IT'S
REALLY NOT ABOUT US, IT'S REALLY
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ABOUT GOD - WHAT GOD CAN DO,
WHAT GOD LONGS TO DO, AND WHAT
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HE WANTS TO DO
EVERY DAY IN OUR LIVES.
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AND IT WAS JUST SO FORCEFULLY
PUT IN THIS LESSON, AS WE TALK
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ABOUT PRAYER AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT, HOW MUCH IT'S NOT ABOUT
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US, IT'S REALLY ABOUT
GOD. IN THIS WEEK'S STUDY IN
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RELATIONSHIP TO THE HOLY SPIRIT,
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE WORD
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OF GOD AND PRAYER - TWO SUBJECTS
THAT ARE ALWAYS OF VITAL
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IMPORTANCE FOR ANY CHRISTIAN WHO
IS WANTING TO FOLLOW CHRIST WITH
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THEIR WHOLE HEART -
PRAYER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT -
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THE WORD OF GOD. BEFORE WE JUST
JUMP RIGHT IN, I WANT TO SHARE
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AN INSPIRING THOUGHT
FROM A LITTLE BOOK ENTITLED
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STEPS TO CHRIST . THIS
IS FOUND IN PAGES 94 AND 95
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AND IT'S IN RELATIONSHIP
TO THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER.
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NOW, THE LESSON'S GOING TO GET
INTO THE HOLY SPIRIT IN PRAYER
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AND WE'RE GOING TO GO
THERE, BUT THE REAL EMPHASIS IN
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RELATIONSHIP TO THE HOLY SPIRIT,
IN THIS LESSON, IS THE NEED TO
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PRAY AND TO PRAY
FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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THIS IS THE STATEMENT FOUND IN
PAGES 94 AND 95 IN THIS LITTLE
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BOOK ENTITLED STEPS TO CHRIST .
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IT SAYS, "WHY SHOULD THE
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD BE
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RELUCTANT TO PRAY, WHEN PRAYER
IS THE KEY IN THE HAND OF FAITH
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TO UNLOCK HEAVEN'S STOREHOUSE
WHERE ARE TREASURED THE
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BOUNDLESS
RESOURCES OF OMNIPOTENCE?"
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NOW, I WANT TO STOP
THERE JUST FOR A SECOND.
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PRAYER IS THE WHAT?
"PRAYER IS THE KEY IN THE HAND
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OF FAITH THAT UNLOCKS HEAVEN'S
STOREHOUSE WHERE ARE TREASURED
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THE BOUNDLESS
RESOURCES OF OMNIPOTENCE."
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MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU TRY
TO GET IN SOMEWHERE - YOU TRY TO
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ACCESS SOMETHING
WITHOUT THE KEY - YOU CAN WHAT?
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FIND YOURSELF IN A
LOT OF TROUBLE TOO, RIGHT?
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MATTER OF FACT, IT'S
INTERESTING, JESUS SAYS, IN JOHN
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CHAPTER 10, VERSES 1 THROUGH 3,
"MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU,
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HE WHO DOES NOT ENTER THE
SHEEPFOLD BY THE DOOR, BUT
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CLIMBS UP SOME OTHER WAY, THE
SAME IS A THIEF AND A ROBBER.
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BUT HE WHO ENTERS BY THE DOOR
IS THE SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP.
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TO HIM THE DOORKEEPER OPENS, AND
THE SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE; AND HE
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CALLS HIS OWN SHEEP BY
NAME AND LEADS THEM OUT."
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IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE KEY
IF WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH
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THE DOOR, BECAUSE IF WE TRY TO
FORCE OUR WAY IN SOME OTHER WAY,
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IT CAN BE A
CHALLENGING SITUATION.
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WE CAN FIND
OURSELVES IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.
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MY BROTHER AND I WERE 14 AND 15
YEARS OLD, AND MY MOTHER WORKED
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IN THE MORNING AND SHE ALWAYS
TOLD US - LISTEN, WE LIVED IN AN
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APARTMENT - FIRST FLOOR - SHE
SAID, 'WAIT BY THE DOOR UNTIL I
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GET HOME, BEFORE
YOU GO IN THE HOUSE.'
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WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE KEY.
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BUT, IF WE HAD THE KEY, WE COULD
HAVE ENTERED THROUGH THE DOOR.
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BUT MY BROTHER AND I HAD A
DIFFERENT IDEA; WE THOUGHT,
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'WELL, WE REALLY DON'T WANT
TO WAIT BY THE DOOR VERY LONG.
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WE REALLY DON'T WANT THE KEY, WE
NEED TO GET IN.' SO WHEN WE GOT
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HOME, WE ACTUALLY FIGURED OUT
A WAY IN THE BACK - THERE'S A
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SLIDING DOOR WITH A SCREEN DOOR
THERE - AND WE FIGURED OUT HOW
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WE COULD GET INTO THE
HOUSE WITHOUT THE KEY.
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SO WE GOT INTO THE HOUSE AND WE
WERE DOING SOME FUN THINGS AND
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ALL OF A SUDDEN I RAN TO THE
FRONT WINDOW TO NOTICE THAT MY
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MOM WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR.
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AND WE REALIZED, AT THAT POINT,
IT'S TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE,
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BUT MY BROTHER DIDN'T REALIZE
THAT I HAD CLOSED THE SCREEN
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DOOR, LIKE A GOOD SON,
WHEN I CAME INTO THE HOUSE.
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SO, WHEN HE TOOK OFF RUNNING, HE
TOOK THE SCREEN DOOR RIGHT OFF
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THE HINGES AND CARRIED
IT OUT INTO THE BACKYARD.
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AND THERE, MY MOM COMES IN THE
FRONT DOOR AND SHE SEES US AND
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WE'RE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE. WHY?
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE KEY.
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SHE WANTED US TO
WAIT BY THE DOOR.
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THE KEY - PRAYER IS THE KEY IN
THE HAND OF FAITH THAT UNLOCKS
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HEAVEN'S STOREHOUSE. JESUS SAYS
WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE DOOR.
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WE DON'T NEED TO
CLIMB UP SOME OTHER WAY.
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THIS IS WHY PRAYER IS SO
VITAL AND SO IMPORTANT AND WE'RE
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ENCOURAGED TO PRAY CONSISTENTLY
- AND THE SPIRIT IS THERE TO
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HELP US IN PRAYER AS WE GO
THROUGH OUR LESSON THIS MORNING.
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AND AS WE'LL FIND OUT, THE REST
OF THE STATEMENT THAT I BEGAN
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READING GOES LIKE THIS: "WITHOUT
UNCEASING PRAYER AND DILIGENT
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WATCHING, WE ARE IN DANGER
OF GROWING CARELESS AND OF
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DEVIATING FROM THE RIGHT PATH."
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MY BROTHER AND I WERE CARELESS -
WE DEVIATED FROM THE RIGHT PATH.
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"THE ADVERSARY SEEKS,
CONTINUALLY, TO OBSTRUCT THE WAY
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TO THE MERCY SEAT" - WE'RE
ENCOURAGED TO GO TO THAT MERCY
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SEAT IN PRAYER - "THAT WE MAY
NOT, BY EARNEST SUPPLICATION AND
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FAITH, OBTAIN GRACE AND
POWER TO RESIST TEMPTATION.
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SATAN IS ALWAYS WANTING TO
OBSTRUCT OUR WAY TO THE MERCY
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SEAT AND, YET, AS WE STUDY ABOUT
THE HOLY SPIRIT, AS WE STUDY
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ABOUT PRAYER, AS WE STUDY ABOUT
THE WORD OF GOD, WE BEGIN TO
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REALIZE HOW VITAL THIS IS AND
WHY SATAN WOULD WANT TO OBSTRUCT
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OUR WAY, BECAUSE
GOD WANTS TO DO SO MUCH.
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TRUE SPIRITUALITY, AS THE LESSON
BRINGS OUT, IS CONNECTED TO
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PRAYER. SPIRITUALITY AND PRAYER
GO TOGETHER. NOTICE, WITH ME, -
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YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES - I'D LIKE
YOU TO OPEN TO 2 CHRONICLES,
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CHAPTER 7, VERSES 14 AND 15 - 2
CHRONICLES - AND IT'S A PASSAGE
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WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR
WITH, AT LEAST SOME ARE.
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I'VE HEARD IT QUOTED SEVERAL
TIMES - MATTER OF FACT, THIS
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LAST WEEK I WAS SPEAKING TO
SOMEBODY AND THEY QUOTED THIS
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PASSAGE TO ME, 2 CHRONICLES -
EXCUSE ME - I'LL GET THERE - 2
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CHRONICLES CHAPTER 7 - HERE
WE GO - VERSES 14 AND 15 - 2
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CHRONICLES CHAPTER 7, VERSES 14
AND 15 - THIS IS IN RELATIONSHIP
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TO THE TEMPLE, AS SOLOMON
IS DEDICATING THE HOUSE OF GOD.
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IN THE MIDST OF THIS, WE READ
THIS PASSAGE: IT SAYS, "IF MY
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PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY
NAME" - 2 CHRONICLES 7, VERSES
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14 AND 15, "IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE
CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE
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THEMSELVES, AND" - WHAT? -
"AND PRAY" - THEN HE GOES ON -
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"AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM
THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL
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HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND
WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN
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AND HEAL THEIR LAND. NOW
MY EYES WILL BE OPEN AND MY
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EARS ATTENTIVE TO
PRAYER MADE IN THIS PLACE."
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GOD IS ALWAYS
ATTENTIVE WHEN HIS PEOPLE PRAY.
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WHEN THEY PRAY IN THIS MANNER
AND IN THIS WAY, GOD IS VERY
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ATTENTIVE TO THOSE PRAYERS.
A HOLY GOD, IN THIS VERSE, IS
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ENCOURAGING HIS PEOPLE, THAT ARE
CALLED BY HIS NAME, TO BE HOLY,
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TO HUMBLE THEMSELVES, TO
PRAY, TO SEEK HIS FACE, TO TURN
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FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS.
FOR THEN, HE SAYS, HE WOULD
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FORGIVE THEIR SINS AND HE
WOULD WHAT? HEAL THEIR LAND.
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A POWERFUL PROMISE AT THE
END OF AN AMAZING ADMONITION.
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I BELIEVE WE'RE ALL IN NEED OF
FORGIVENESS AND I BELIEVE ALL OF
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US, IN OUR LIVES, AT
SOME POINT, NEED HEALING.
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AND GOD LONGS TO BRING THAT AND
SO HE ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO PRAY
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AND HE SAYS, 'I WILL BE
ATTENTIVE TO YOUR PRAYER.'
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TRUE PRAYER AND
SPIRITUALITY WORK TOGETHER.
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THEY'RE NOT
SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER.
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THEY'RE INTERCONNECTED AND
ALWAYS HAVE GOD AT THE CENTER.
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GOD SHOULD ALWAYS BE AT THE
CENTER OF OUR ATTENTION, AMEN?
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WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO THE
STORE, WHETHER WE'RE JUST AT
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HOME, WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO
VISIT SOME FRIENDS, GOD SHOULD
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BE AT THE CENTER
OF OUR ATTENTION.
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AND, IN PRAYER, GOD SHOULD
ALSO BE AT THE CENTER OF OUR
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ATTENTION. AND
BOTH OF THESE THINGS,
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SPIRITUALITY AND PRAYER,
AS THE LESSON BRINGS OUT, ARE
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ROOTED IN THE WORD OF GOD.
THEY'RE NOT INDEPENDENT OF, BUT
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THEY'RE ROOTED
IN THE WORD OF GOD.
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AND THIS IS TRULY ENCOURAGING TO
ME, AS WE GO THROUGH THE LESSON,
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JUST LIKE WHEN WE WERE STUDYING
SPIRITUAL GIFTS A COUPLE WEEKS
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AGO, YOU NOTICE WE DIDN'T JUST
DIVE RIGHT INTO THE SPIRITUAL
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GIFTS, WE NEEDED TO
TALK ABOUT WHO, FIRST.
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WE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT GOD AND
THE GODHEAD BEFORE WE EVEN GET
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TO THE GIFTS. SAME THING
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRAYER.
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GOD IS THE CENTER OF TRUE PRAYER
AND TRUE SPIRITUAL GROWTH.
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GOD IS THE CENTER OF THIS,
AND SUNDAY'S LESSON - MATTER OF
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FACT, AS WE GO INTO SUNDAY'S
LESSON, THIS IS THE FOCUS OF
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SUNDAY'S LESSON: OUR
RELATIONSHIP TO GOD AND PRAYER
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IN OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD.
THIS IS HOW JESUS EVEN TAUGHT
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HIS DISCIPLES.
NOTICE, WITH ME, MATTHEW
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CHAPTER 6. TURN IN YOUR
BIBLES TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 6.
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WE'LL JUST READ
VERSES 9 THROUGH 13, OKAY?
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MATTHEW CHAPTER 6,
VERSES 9 THROUGH 13.
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MATTHEW CHAPTER 6,
VERSES 9 THROUGH 13.
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YOU KNOW, THE DISCIPLES
WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO PRAY.
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THE DISCIPLES WANTED TO KNOW HOW
TO COMMUNICATE WITH GOD AND SO
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JESUS, BEING THE MASTER TEACHER
- AND, BY THE WAY, WHO SPENT
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MANY HOURS IN PRAYER - HE TOOK
TIME BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN AND
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THE MULTITUDE TO PRAY.
AND EVEN IN THE LAST HOURS OF
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HIS LIFE, BEFORE HE GOES
TO THE CROSS, WHAT DO WE SEE
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HIM DOING IN SCRIPTURE? PRAYING.
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AND HE WAS ENCOURAGING
HIS DISCIPLES TO PRAY.
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BUT EARLY ON IN THE MINISTRY
JESUS IS LIKE, 'LISTEN, LET ME
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TEACH YOU HOW TO PRAY.' BECAUSE
HIS DISCIPLES WERE LIKE, 'TEACH
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US. WE WANT TO KNOW HOW
TO COMMUNICATE WITH GOD.'
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AND SO, THIS IS
HOW JESUS STARTS OUT.
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HERE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 6, VERSE
9 IT SAYS, "IN THIS MANNER,
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THEREFORE, PRAY: OUR FATHER IN
HEAVEN, HALLOWED BY YOUR NAME.
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YOUR KINGDOM COME.
YOUR" - WHAT BE DONE? -
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"YOUR WILL BE DONE ON
EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN."
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NOTICE HOW JESUS BEGINS PRAYER
IN TEACHING HIS DISCIPLES TO
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PRAY. WHO'S THE FOCUS? GOD
THE FATHER, HE'S THE FOCUS,
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BEFORE WE EVEN GET INTO "GIVE
US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD."
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AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANT
OR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED,
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GOD SAYS, 'I WANT YOU TO FIRST
RECOGNIZE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
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PROVIDING THESE THINGS?
AND HIS WILL SHOULD BE CENTRAL
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TO THIS PROCESS OF
PRAYER AND COMMUNICATION.
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"OUR FATHER IN
HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME.
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YOUR KINGDOM COME.
YOUR WILL BE DONE".
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THERE IS AN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GOD HERE.
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THERE'S AN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS HOLINESS.
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THERE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF A HEAVENLY KINGDOM.
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AND, IN THAT PROCESS, THERE IS
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE WILL
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OF GOD. AND THIS
IS A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
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BEFORE WE EVEN JUST DIVE INTO
PRAYER AND SOME OF THE ASPECTS
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OF PRAYER THAT THE LESSON TALKS
ABOUT IN RELATIONSHIP TO ASKING
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AND BELIEVING AND
CLAIMING THE PROMISES.
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BEFORE WE EVEN GO THERE, WE
NEED TO FOCUS ON WHO, FIRST?
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>>GOD. >>WE NEED
TO FOCUS ON GOD FIRST.
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IT GETS US AWAY FROM
FOCUSING ON OURSELVES.
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YOU KNOW, PRAYER LIFTS US UP TO
GOD, AS THE LESSON BROUGHT OUT,
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IT DOESN'T BRING GOD DOWN TO US.
NOTICE WITH ME, IN THE LESSON -
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I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO READ THIS
RIGHT OUT OF SUNDAY - THIS IS
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FROM, AGAIN, THE BOOK STEPS TO
CHRIST , BUT HERE - THIS IS PAGE
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93 - THIS IS IN SUNDAY'S LESSON,
KIND OF TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.
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IT SAYS, "PRAYER IS THE
OPENING OF THE" - WHAT - TO GOD?
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"THE HEART TO GOD."
SOME OF YOU THAT ARE MARRIED
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THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR
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SPOUSES, YOU'RE
OPENING UP YOUR HEART TO THEM.
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THAT'S WHAT PRAYER IS LIKE.
WE'RE JUST OPENING OUR HEART.
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THERE'S NOTHING
THERE THAT WE WANT TO HIDE.
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WE WANT GOD TO
SEE WHAT? EVERYTHING.
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BY THE WAY, GOD CAN
SEE EVERYTHING, CAN'T HE?
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EVEN IF WE DON'T SAY ANYTHING,
HE STILL - HE STILL SEES
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EVERYTHING. "PRAYER
IS THE OPENING OF THE
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HEART TO GOD AS TO A FRIEND."
BY THE WAY, THE BIBLE SAYS
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THERE'S NO FRIEND THAT
STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER."
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AND THAT PERSON IS JESUS CHRIST.
SO COMMUNICATING WITH HIM IS
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OF VITAL
IMPORTANCE FOR THE CHRISTIAN.
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NOT THAT IT IS NECESSARY IN
ORDER TO MAKE KNOWN TO GOD WHAT
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WE ARE, OKAY, THE
FOCUS IS NOT WHAT? US.
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THE FOCUS IS NOT WHO WE ARE, BUT
IN ORDER TO ENABLE US TO RECEIVE
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WHAT? HIM. THIS IS
A POWERFUL STATEMENT.
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"PRAYER DOES NOT BRING GOD DOWN
TO US, BUT PRAYER BRINGS US" -
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WHAT? "UP TO GOD." SO WE
WAIT, AS IT WAS MENTIONED
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EARLIER, WE LONG FOR THAT
HEAVENLY EXPERIENCE WHEN WE CAN
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BE THERE FACE TO FACE WITH
GOD. BUT, IN PRAYER, WE CAN ALSO
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HAVE A HEAVENLY EXPERIENCE.
WHEN PRAYER - THROUGH PRAYER,
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WE'RE BROUGHT UP TO GOD, WE'RE
NOT BRINGING GOD DOWN TO US, BUT
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GOD IS - WE ARE COMING UP
TO HIM. SO GOD IS THE FOCUS.
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JESUS IS TEACHING, IN THE
PRAYER, THAT OUR FOCUS SHOULD
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BE, AGAIN, NOT WITH OUR
WANTS, BUT WITH HIS WILL.
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WE NEED TO SEPARATE OUR
WANTS TO UNDERSTAND HIS WILL.
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OUR WHOLE PRAYER AND PRAYER LIFE
WILL CHANGE WHEN HE IS FIRST IN
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OUR PRAYER - WHEN
HIS PLEASURES ARE FIRST.
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AND THAT'S CHALLENGING.
LET'S BE HONEST, RIGHT?
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THAT'S CHALLENGING. IT'S
CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE'RE
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SURROUNDED BY A WORLD THAT
HAS ITS FOCUS WHERE? ON SELF.
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MATTER OF FACT, EVERYTHING THAT
WE FIND IN THIS WORLD, IN MOST
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CASES, IS ALL FOCUSED ON US -
OUR SITUATIONS, OUR NEEDS, OUR
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WANTS, OUR DESIRES, OUR
PLEASURES, AND ON AND ON AND ON.
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AND YET, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
PRAYER - WE TALK ABOUT PRAYER -
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TRUE PRAYER IS LIFE CHANGING
BECAUSE GOD IS THE ONE WHO IS
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FIRST. MATTER OF
FACT, WE'RE TOLD, IF
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WE MAKE GOD FIRST, LAST, BEST
IN EVERYTHING, WE WOULD BE THE
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HAPPIEST PEOPLE ON THE
EARTH. THINK ABOUT THAT.
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WHAT WOULD THE WORLD LOOK LIKE
IF YOU WERE THE HAPPIEST PERSON
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ON EARTH? HOW
WOULD PEOPLE RESPOND?
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YOU KNOW, JUST THE OTHER DAY -
I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I
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WAS WITH A FRIEND OF MINE AND
WE WALKED INTO HOME DEPOT AND WE
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WERE BUYING - I WAS BUYING SOME
WOOD BECAUSE I WAS DOING SOME
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THINGS AT THE HOUSE, AND THIS
PERSON WAS SO HAPPY - I MEAN, IT
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WAS FUNNY BECAUSE WE
WERE STANDING THERE AND I WAS
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CHECKING OUT AND SHE WAS TALKING
AND TALKING AND TALKING AND SHE
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- BUT SHE WAS TALKING WITH
THIS SMILE AND - AND SHE WASN'T
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ACTING - I COULD TELL THIS
WAS WHO SHE WAS AND IT MADE AN
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IMPACT. I THOUGHT
TO MYSELF, 'NOW THAT'S
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SOMEBODY I WOULD
LOVE TO WORK WITH.'
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MAN, JUST RADIATED - AND
THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN - IT WAS
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INTERESTING - THERE WAS A
GENTLEMAN STANDING OFF TO THE
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SIDE AND HE WAS JUST WAITING AND
YOU KIND OF THINK TO YOURSELF,
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'MAYBE THAT'S KIND OF RUDE.' BUT
SHE TURNS AROUND AND SAYS, 'OH,
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HEY TIM' - SHE KNEW THE
GUY. HE HAD NO PROBLEM WAITING.
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SHE KNEW HIM; SHE GOT TO
KNOW US AND IT WAS NO PROBLEM.
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SHE JUST RADIATED. YOU
KNOW, IF WE MAKE GOD FIRST,
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LAST, AND BEST IN EVERYTHING, WE
WOULD BE THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE ON
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EARTH AND PEOPLE
WOULD SEE THAT HAPPINESS.
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IT'D BE PLASTERED
ALL OVER YOUR FACE.
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IT WOULD BE IN HOW YOU WALK
AND HOW YOU TALK AND HOW YOU
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COMMUNICATE, AND IT'S
INFECTIOUS. KEEPING GOD FIRST IN
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OUR PRAYERS CHANGES OUR
LIVES. IT CHANGES OUR FOCUS.
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TO SEEK GOD FIRST
SHOULD ALWAYS COME FIRST.
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THIS IS WHAT THE LESSON
IN SUNDAY IS TALKING ABOUT.
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THE PRAYER THAT IS PLEASING
TO GOD, NOT THE PRAYER THAT IS
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PLEASING TO ME - IT'S THE
PRAYER THAT IS PLEASING TO GOD.
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JESUS, MATTER OF FACT, IN LUKE
CHAPTER 6, AFTER HE TEACHES HIS
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DISCIPLES HOW TO PRAY, IF YOU GO
DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
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TO VERSE 33, NOTICE WITH ME
VERSE 33, JESUS LATER - HE'S
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TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS
THAT THE FATHER SUPPLIES, RIGHT?
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FOR US - OUR CLOTHING AND OUR
FOOD AND OUR LODGING - ALL OF
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THESE THINGS
THAT ARE OF NECESSITY.
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AND THEN IN VERSE 33, THOUGH,
HE SAYS, "BUT SEEK FIRST" - THE
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WHAT? - "THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THESE
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THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU."
SO HE TEACHES HIS DISCIPLES, IN
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PRAYER WITH "OUR FATHER, WHICH A
FEW VERSES EARLIER, HOW TO ART
IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY PRAY.
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AND HE BEGINS IN THAT NAME.
YOUR KINGDOM COME. YOUR WILL BE
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DONE." AND, LATER, TOWARDS THE
END OF THE CHAPTER, HE ENDS BY
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SAYING, 'BUT SEEK YE
FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS
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RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THESE
THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.'
THAT'S POWERFUL WHEN
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YOU PUT THOSE
TWO THINGS TOGETHER.
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EACH OF US NEED TO COME TO THE
PLACE IN OUR LIVES, BY THE GRACE
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OF GOD, WHEN, LIKE KING DAVID,
WE SHALL BE LED SO MUCH BY GOD
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THAT, LIKE DAVID
SAID, 'WE SHALL NOT' - WHAT?
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- 'WE SHALL NOT WANT.' HE
SAYS, YOU KNOW, 'THE LORD IS MY
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SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT' - WHAT?
WANT. I SHOULD HAVE NO LACK.
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I PRAY FOR THAT IN MY LIFE - AND
THERE ARE CHALLENGES, BUT GOD'S
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WORKING ON THE EDGES TO GET ME
TO THAT PLACE, THAT WE SHOULD BE
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CONTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT
NOT WITH WHO WE ARE, BECAUSE OUR
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GOAL IS TO BE LIKE JESUS.
TO GET TO THAT PLACE, WE NEED
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TO TAKE SERIOUSLY THE WORDS OF
JESUS. NOW THERE'S A PASSAGE -
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I'VE ASKED A FEW PEOPLE THIS
MORNING TO READ SOME VERSES -
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AND THE FIRST VERSE IS JOHN
CHAPTER 15, VERSES 7 THROUGH 9
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AND WE'RE GOING TO
READ THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
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I WANT YOU TO GO THERE, TO YOUR
BIBLES, TO JOHN CHAPTER 15, AND
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I'M GOING TO HAVE THIS
INDIVIDUAL READ ALL OF THESE
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VERSES, BUT I WANT YOU TO
NOTICE, JUST REALLY QUICK, AS WE
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GET INTO THIS VERSE -
JOHN CHAPTER 15 - AND THIS IS
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IMPORTANT - IT BRINGS THIS ALL
TOGETHER - WHY THIS IS SO VITAL
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- IF WE WANT TO HAVE THIS
KIND OF EXPERIENCE, WHERE GOD IS
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FIRST AND 'I SHALL NOT WANT'
SO, THEREFORE, MY PRAYERS ARE
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FOCUSED ON THE WILL OF GOD, NOT
ON MY WILL OR MY DESIRES, OKAY?
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THIS VERSE HELPS US TO
UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN MORE SO.
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I'M GOING TO READ VERSE 7 AND
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT,
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BUT THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE OUR
VOLUNTEER READ TO US VERSES 7
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THROUGH 9. "IF YOU ABIDE IN ME,
AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU
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WILL ASK WHAT YOU DESIRE,
AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU."
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I'LL COME BACK TO THIS VERSE AND
THAT POINT, IN RELATIONSHIP TO
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DESIRE, IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT
IF OUR READER COULD READ FOR US
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THAT WHOLE PASSAGE - WE'RE GOING
TO READ, ACTUALLY, THROUGH VERSE
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9 - IF YOU COULD READ
THAT FOR US - JOHN 15:7-9.
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>>"IF YOU ABIDE IN ME, AND MY
WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK
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WHAT YOU DESIRE, AND
IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU.
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BY THIS MY FATHER IS GLORIFIED,
THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT; SO YOU
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WILL BE MY DISCIPLES. AS
THE FATHER LOVED ME, I ALSO
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HAVE LOVED YOU;
ABIDE IN MY LOVE."
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>>NOW THAT'S A POWERFUL PASSAGE
IN RELATIONSHIP TO CHRIST'S
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LAST DAYS ON EARTH AS
HE'S ENCOURAGING HIS DISCIPLES.
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WHAT'S HE ENCOURAGING
THEM TO DO IN THIS PASSAGE?
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HE'S ENCOURAGING THEM TO ABIDE
IN HIMSELF AND, IN SO DOING,
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ABIDE IN HIS
WHAT? ABIDE IN HIS WHAT?
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>>FATHER. >>OKAY,
FATHER - ABIDE IN HIS
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LOVE. AND, ULTIMATELY,
THAT HIS - WHAT? - ABIDES IN US.
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>>WORD. >>HIS WORD ABIDES IN US.
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IF WE'RE ABIDING IN CHRIST THEN
HIS WORD ABIDES IN US; THEREFORE
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WE, ULTIMATELY, ABIDE
IN THE LOVE OF THE FATHER.
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AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE
WANT TO SEE GOD'S WILL DONE.
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WE WANT TO NOT WANT AND WE
WANT TO FOCUS ON GOD'S WILL.
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AND JESUS SAYS, TO DO THAT, YOU
NEED TO 'ABIDE IN ME AND I IN
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YOU - AND MY WORDS NEED TO
ABIDE IN YOU AND THE LOVE OF THE
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FATHER, THUS WILL ABIDE
IN YOU AND WE IN THAT LOVE.'
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NOW, NOTICE WITH ME, VERSE 7. I
READ THIS JUST A LITTLE EARLIER.
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IT SAYS, "IF YOU ABIDE IN ME AND
MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL
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ASK WHAT YOU" - WHAT HERE? -
"DESIRE AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR
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YOU." SOMETIMES WE CAN LOOK
AT THIS PASSAGE AND WE CAN SAY,
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'WELL, SEE, THERE IT IS.
GOD WANTS TO DO WHAT I DESIRE.'
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BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONTEXT
OF THESE VERSES, IT'S NOT ABOUT
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'I'. IT'S NOT ABOUT 'ME'.
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IT'S ABOUT CHRIST AND THE
FATHER AND ABIDING IN HIM.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING -
I WANT YOU TO TURN WITH ME TO
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HEBREWS CHAPTER 11. IN
THIS PASSAGE IN JOHN, AS
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WE'RE TURNING TO HEBREWS CHAPTER
11, IN THIS PASSAGE IN JOHN THE
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DESIRE, NOW, IS OUR DESIRES
ARE NOW ONE WITH HIS DESIRES.
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SO WHEN WE DESIRE, WHAT
WE DESIRE IS THE WILL OF GOD.
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WHY? BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD IS
ABIDING IN US AND WE, IN TURN,
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ARE ABIDING IN CHRIST.
NOTICE, WITH ME, HEBREWS CHAPTER
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11, AND THE LESSON GOES TO
THIS CHAPTER - WHEN WE GET INTO
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MONDAY'S LESSON AND WE
START TALKING ABOUT FAITH, OKAY?
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BUT HEBREWS CHAPTER 11, NOTICE
WITH ME VERSES 13 THROUGH 16,
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BUT PAY ATTENTION TO
VERSE 16, IN PARTICULAR.
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IT SAYS, "THESE
ALL DIED IN" - WHAT?
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>>FAITH. >>"FAITH,
NOT HAVING RECEIVED
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THE PROMISES, BUT HAVING
SEEN THEM AFAR OFF WERE ASSURED
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OF THEM, EMBRACED THEM
AND CONFESSED THAT THEY WERE
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STRANGERS AND
PILGRIMS ON THE EARTH.
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FOR THOSE WHO SAY SUCH THINGS
DECLARE PLAINLY THAT THEY SEEK A
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HOMELAND. AND TRULY
IF THEY HAD CALLED TO
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MIND THAT COUNTRY FROM WHICH
THEY HAD COME OUT, THEY WOULD
00:35:05.87\00:35:09.50
HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO
RETURN. BUT NOW THEY" - WHAT?
00:35:09.50\00:35:15.31
- IT SAYS - I'M READING THE NEW
KING JAMES - "NOW THEY DESIRE A
00:35:15.31\00:35:20.12
BETTER...COUNTRY." ALL
OF A SUDDEN, YOU SEE THESE
00:35:20.12\00:35:22.82
PEOPLE, WHO HAVE DIED IN FAITH,
WHO HAVE CLAIMED THE PROMISES,
00:35:22.82\00:35:28.39
WHO HAVE ASKED GOD, WHO
HAVE BELIEVED - AND WE'RE GOING
00:35:28.39\00:35:31.09
TO GET INTO THIS ON
MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY.
00:35:31.09\00:35:33.50
IT SAYS THEY NOW
DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY.
00:35:33.50\00:35:36.53
THEY'RE DESIROUS OF WHAT?
THEIR DESIRES HAVE CHANGED -
00:35:36.53\00:35:41.94
DRAMATICALLY CHANGED - AND IT
GOES BACK TO THE WORD OF GOD -
00:35:41.94\00:35:48.21
THE PROMISES OF GOD - WHAT THEY
EMBRACE - WHAT THEY CONFESS.
00:35:48.21\00:35:52.88
IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
AND THEIR DESIRES CHANGE.
00:35:52.88\00:35:56.22
SO WHEN YOU READ JOHN CHAPTER 15
AND HE SAYS, "YOU SHALL ASK WHAT
00:35:56.22\00:35:59.49
YOU DESIRE." WHEN
WE'RE ABIDING IN HIM AND
00:35:59.49\00:36:03.63
HIS WORD IS ABIDING IN US -
JUST LIKE THESE MEN AND WOMEN IN
00:36:03.63\00:36:07.10
FAITH IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 11 -
OUR DESIRES ARE CHANGED - THEIR
00:36:07.10\00:36:11.43
DESIRES HAVE CHANGED AND
WE ASK ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.
00:36:11.43\00:36:18.44
THE FOUNDATION OF OUR PRAYER
LIFE MUST BE A BIBLICAL ONE, THE
00:36:18.44\00:36:23.41
LESSON BRINGS THIS OUT, IF
WE WANT TO SEE GOD CONTINUE TO
00:36:23.41\00:36:27.02
CHANGE US IN THE PROCESS,
AND PREPARE US FOR HEAVEN.
00:36:27.02\00:36:33.12
NOW, IF YOU TURN IN YOUR LESSONS
- MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY
00:36:33.12\00:36:38.26
- MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY
YOU REALLY CAN'T - I MEAN, WE
00:36:38.26\00:36:42.36
SEPARATED THEM IN THE LESSON,
BUT THEY REALLY ALL GO TOGETHER.
00:36:42.36\00:36:46.80
AND, IN HEBREWS CHAPTER
11, WHERE I JUST READ TO YOU 13
00:36:46.80\00:36:49.67
THROUGH 16, ALL OF THESE THINGS
ARE LINKED TOGETHER, OKAY?
00:36:49.67\00:36:54.81
KIND OF LIKE LINKS IN A CHAIN.
AND SO, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
00:36:54.81\00:36:58.78
DO IS KIND OF LOOK AT MONDAY,
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY ALL TOGETHER
00:36:58.78\00:37:02.72
- KIND OF LUMP THEM TOGETHER.
MONDAY'S LESSON - THE FOUNDATION
00:37:02.72\00:37:06.45
OF BIBLICAL PRAYER - TALKS ABOUT
'ASK GOD'. WE'LL GET INTO THAT.
00:37:06.45\00:37:10.96
AND THEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT BELIEVING AND FAITH .
00:37:10.96\00:37:13.86
AND THEN, OVER ON WEDNESDAY
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLAIMING
00:37:13.86\00:37:16.36
GOD'S PROMISES . ALL
OF THIS IS ACTUALLY PUT
00:37:16.36\00:37:19.47
TOGETHER, WHERE WE JUST
READ HEBREWS CHAPTER 11.
00:37:19.47\00:37:23.37
SO, WITHOUT KIND OF GOING
THROUGH THEM INDIVIDUDALLY, I'M
00:37:23.37\00:37:26.64
JUST GOING TO BRING THEM ALL
TOGETHER FOR YOU THIS MORNING.
00:37:26.64\00:37:30.11
BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK OF
MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY'S
00:37:30.11\00:37:33.62
LESSONS IN RELATIONSHIP TO A
CHAIN THAT HAS LINKS, AND THESE
00:37:33.62\00:37:37.89
THINGS ARE TOGETHER. AND
THE FIRST ONE IS ASKING -
00:37:37.89\00:37:42.22
NOTICE WITH ME MATTHEW CHAPTER -
ACTUALLY, I'LL JUST READ IT FOR
00:37:42.22\00:37:45.46
THE SAKE OF TIME - IT SAYS,
"ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO
00:37:45.46\00:37:49.00
YOU; SEEK, AND YOU WILL FIND;
00:37:49.00\00:37:52.30
KNOCK, AND IT
WILL BE OPENED TO YOU.
00:37:52.30\00:37:56.10
FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES,
AND HE WHO SEEKS FINDS, AND TO
00:37:56.10\00:38:02.68
HIM WHO KNOCKS
IT WILL BE OPENED."
00:38:02.68\00:38:04.98
NOW, THIS ASKING IS
NOT INDEPENDENT OF FAITH.
00:38:04.98\00:38:08.45
THIS ASKING IS
ASKING IN FAITH, OKAY?
00:38:08.45\00:38:14.29
WE'RE GOING FORWARD AND WE'RE
ASKING BECAUSE WE BELIEVE -
00:38:14.29\00:38:18.53
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT GOD'S
PROMISES ARE REAL AND TRUE AND
00:38:18.53\00:38:23.23
WE CAN CLAIM THEM
AND HANG ON TO THEM.
00:38:23.23\00:38:25.57
AND SO, WE ASK. WE
ASK, WE SEEK, WE KNOCK.
00:38:25.57\00:38:32.57
GOD IS CONSTANTLY, THROUGHOUT
SCRIPTURE, ENCOURAGING HIS
00:38:32.57\00:38:37.78
CHILDREN TO ASK, BUT HE JUST
WANTS US TO ASK ACCORDING TO HIS
00:38:37.78\00:38:43.65
WHAT? >>WILL.
00:38:43.65\00:38:45.45
>>ASK ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.
NOT WHAT WE THINK HIS WILL IS,
00:38:45.45\00:38:50.93
OR WHAT SOMEBODY HAS TOLD US
HIS WILL IS, BUT WHAT HIS WILL
00:38:50.93\00:38:56.00
REALLY IS, AS IT'S
REVEALED IN HIS WORD.
00:38:56.00\00:38:59.73
ASK IN FAITH,
ACCORDING TO THE PROMISES.
00:38:59.73\00:39:05.57
THIS IS WHERE ASKING, BELIEVING,
AND CLAIMING THE PROMISES OF GOD
00:39:05.57\00:39:11.85
ALL COME TOGETHER
AS ONE UNITED PACKAGE.
00:39:11.85\00:39:18.59
IN ROMANS CHAPTER 10, VERSE
17, IT SAYS, 'FAITH COMETH BY
00:39:18.59\00:39:21.56
HEARING AND
HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD.
00:39:21.56\00:39:26.26
NOW, THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL
ILLUSTRATION OF THIS GIVEN TO US
00:39:26.26\00:39:29.90
IN THE LIFE OF DAVID, AND I'M
JUST GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE TO
00:39:29.90\00:39:32.73
GO THERE. GO TO 2
SAMUEL CHAPTER 7 - JUST
00:39:32.73\00:39:36.07
FOR A SECOND - GO TO 2 SAMUEL
CHAPTER 7 AND LOOK, WITH ME, AT
00:39:36.07\00:39:41.78
HOW THIS IS ILLUSTRATED IN
THE LIFE OF DAVID - 2 SAMUEL
00:39:41.78\00:39:46.92
CHAPTER 7 - 2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 7.
GOD HAS THE PROPHET NATHAN COME
00:39:46.92\00:39:56.19
TO DAVID AND HE'S GOING TO TELL
DAVID SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC,
00:39:56.19\00:40:01.40
IN THAT A HOUSE
WILL BE BUILT FOR GOD.
00:40:01.40\00:40:05.37
AND HE TALKS ABOUT HOW
HIS SON WILL BUILD THIS HOUSE.
00:40:05.37\00:40:08.87
NOTICE, WITH ME, 2
SAMUEL CHAPTER 7, VERSE 11.
00:40:08.87\00:40:12.51
VERSE 11 SAYS, "SINCE THAT TIME
THAT I COMMANDED JUDGES TO BE
00:40:12.51\00:40:18.01
OVER MY PEOPLE ISRAEL, AND HAVE
CAUSED YOU TO REST FROM ALL YOUR
00:40:18.01\00:40:22.02
ENEMIES. ALSO THE LORD TELLS YOU
00:40:22.02\00:40:25.85
THAT HE WILL" -
WHAT? - "MAKE YOU A HOUSE."
00:40:25.85\00:40:30.63
AND THEN WE GO TO VERSE 16
AND IT SAYS, "AND YOUR HOUSE AND
00:40:30.63\00:40:35.03
YOUR KINGDOM SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED FOREVER BEFORE YOU.
00:40:35.03\00:40:40.10
YOUR THRONE SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED FOREVER."
00:40:40.10\00:40:43.51
- VERSE 17 SAYS, "ACCORDING TO
ALL THESE WORDS AND ACCORDING TO
00:40:43.51\00:40:48.88
ALL THIS VISION, SO
NATHAN SPOKE TO DAVID."
00:40:48.88\00:40:51.51
SO GOD SPOKE HIS WORD TO DAVID
THROUGH HIS PROPHET NATHAN.
00:40:51.51\00:40:56.38
NOW NOTICE, DAVID IS GOING
TO TURN AROUND AND HE'S GOING TO
00:40:56.38\00:40:59.09
BEGIN TO PRAY. AND,
IN THE PROCESS OF THIS
00:40:59.09\00:41:03.16
PRAYER, ALL HE'S DOING IS
PRAYING ACCORDING TO THE WORD
00:41:03.16\00:41:07.93
THAT JUST CAME TO HIM
FROM NATHAN THE PROPHET.
00:41:07.93\00:41:12.07
THIS IS PRAYING IN
FAITH. THIS IS PRAYING,
00:41:12.07\00:41:15.90
CLAIMING THE PROMISES.
THIS IS ASKING IN FAITH.
00:41:15.90\00:41:20.21
THIS IS ASKING
ACCORDING TO THE PROMISES.
00:41:20.21\00:41:23.45
NOTICE, WITH ME,
VERSES 25 THROUGH 29.
00:41:23.45\00:41:27.78
IT SAYS, "NOW, O LORD," - THIS
IS DAVID, WHO IS NOW PRAYING A
00:41:27.78\00:41:31.79
PRAYER WHICH IS ACCORDING TO THE
WORD THAT CAME TO NATHAN BY GOD
00:41:31.79\00:41:39.66
- "NOW, O LORD GOD, THE WORD
WHICH YOU HAVE SPOKEN CONCERNING
00:41:39.66\00:41:43.16
YOUR SERVANT AND CONCERNING HIS
HOUSE, ESTABLISH IT FOREVER AND
00:41:43.16\00:41:48.80
DO AS" - WHAT?
- "YOU HAVE SAID."
00:41:48.80\00:41:52.27
IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S SAYING,
'DO YOUR WILL.' - AND - 'THIS IS
00:41:52.27\00:41:57.41
YOUR WILL. I JUST
WANT YOU TO ESTABLISH
00:41:57.41\00:42:00.82
YOUR WILL.' THAT'S HOW
OUR PRAYER LIFE SHOULD BE.
00:42:00.82\00:42:05.22
'LORD, IN MY LIFE
TODAY, ESTABLISH YOUR WILL.
00:42:05.22\00:42:08.46
THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE SAID AND
I'M CLINGING TO WHAT YOU HAVE
00:42:08.46\00:42:13.40
SAID AND I'M PRAYING IN
RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT YOU HAVE
00:42:13.40\00:42:17.00
SAID.' THIS IS
WHAT DAVID'S DOING.
00:42:17.00\00:42:19.33
THIS IS PRAYING IN FAITH.
HE SAYS, WHAT "YOU HAVE SPOKEN
00:42:19.33\00:42:25.24
CONCERNING YOUR SERVANT AND
CONCERNING HIS HOUSE, ESTABLISH
00:42:25.24\00:42:28.38
IT FOREVER AND
DO AS YOU HAVE SAID.
00:42:28.38\00:42:30.68
SO LET YOUR NAME BE MAGNIFIED
FOREVER, SAYING, 'THE LORD OF
00:42:30.68\00:42:34.52
HOSTS IS THE GOD OVER ISRAEL.'
AND LET THE HOUSE OF YOUR
00:42:34.52\00:42:38.45
SERVANT DAVID BE
ESTABLISHED BEFORE YOU.
00:42:38.45\00:42:42.32
FOR YOU, O LORD OF HOSTS, GOD
OF ISRAEL, HAVE REVEALED THIS TO
00:42:42.32\00:42:45.66
YOUR SERVANT, SAYING, 'I WILL
BUILD YOU A HOUSE.' THEREFORE
00:42:45.66\00:42:49.00
YOUR SERVANT HAS FOUND IT IN
HIS HEART TO PRAY THIS PRAYER TO
00:42:49.00\00:42:53.17
YOU." WHAT'S HIS
PRAYER ACCORDING TO?
00:42:53.17\00:42:56.94
>>HIS WILL. >>HIS WILL.
00:42:56.94\00:42:59.41
THE WORD THAT CAME THROUGH THE
PROPHET NATHAN, WHICH IS GOD'S
00:42:59.41\00:43:03.65
WORD. HE GOES ON
- VERSE 28 - "AND
00:43:03.65\00:43:07.45
NOW, O LORD GOD, YOU ARE GOD,
AND YOUR WORDS AREE TRUE, AND
00:43:07.45\00:43:11.85
YOU HAVE PROMISED THIS
GOODNESS TO YOUR SERVANT."
00:43:11.85\00:43:15.22
HE'S CLAIMING THE PROMISES.
THIS IS WEDNESDAY'S LESSON -
00:43:15.22\00:43:23.77
"...PROMISED THIS
GOODNESS TO YOUR SERVANT.
00:43:23.77\00:43:25.67
NOW THEREFORE, LET IT PLEASE
YOU" - THIS GOES BACK TO MONDAY
00:43:25.67\00:43:31.17
- "TO BLESS THE HOUSE OF YOUR
SERVANT, THAT IT MAY CONTINUE
00:43:31.17\00:43:34.38
BEFORE YOU FOREVER; FOR YOU,
O LORD GOD, HAVE SPOKEN IT, AND
00:43:34.38\00:43:40.68
WITH YOUR BLESSING LET THE
HOUSES OF YOUR SERVANT BE" -
00:43:40.68\00:43:43.62
WHAT? - "BLESSED
FOREVER." THAT'S POWERFUL.
00:43:43.62\00:43:47.96
GOD SAID 'THIS IS
WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
00:43:47.96\00:43:50.96
THIS IS WHAT MY DESIRE IS.' AND
SO DAVID GOES TO A CORNER AND HE
00:43:50.96\00:43:55.23
BEGINS TO PRAY AND HE PRAYS
EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TOLD WOULD
00:43:55.23\00:43:59.33
TAKE PLACE.
THAT'S PRAYING BY FAITH.
00:43:59.33\00:44:04.01
FAITH COMETH BY HEARING
AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD.
00:44:04.01\00:44:07.94
AND SO, AS WE PRAY BY THE
WORD OF GOD, GOD'S WILL TO BE
00:44:07.94\00:44:14.95
ACCOMPLISHED, IT
WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED.
00:44:14.95\00:44:18.89
HIS PRAYER WAS ALTOGETHER OF
FAITH BECAUSE IT WAS ALTOGETHER
00:44:18.89\00:44:23.76
OF THE WORD OF
GOD. THE WORD OF GOD WAS
00:44:23.76\00:44:27.36
THE CAUSE OF IT. THE WORD
OF GOD WAS THE BASIS OF IT.
00:44:27.36\00:44:31.27
AND THE WORD OF GOD WAS ALL THE
HOPE OF DAVID THAT THE PRAYER
00:44:31.27\00:44:35.70
WOULD EVER BE ANSWERED.
IN JUST A MINUTE I'M GOING TO
00:44:35.70\00:44:40.91
HAVE A VOLUNTEER READ AGAIN.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHY FAITH
00:44:40.91\00:44:45.25
IS IMPORTANT IN
RELATIONSHIP TO PRAYER.
00:44:45.25\00:44:47.45
GO WITH ME TO JAMES CHAPTER
1 - JAMES CHAPTER 1, VERSES 6
00:44:47.45\00:44:51.42
THROUGH 8 - CHAPTER 1, VERSES
6 THROUGH 8 - WHY IS PRAYING
00:44:51.42\00:44:57.46
ACCORDING TO THE WORD - PRAYING
IN FAITH - SO IMPORTANT WHEN IT
00:44:57.46\00:45:00.96
COMES TO OUR PRAYER
LIFE? JAMES CHAPTER 1, VERSES 6
00:45:00.96\00:45:05.40
THROUGH 8 - JAMES CHAPTER 1,
VERSES 6 THROUGH 8 - "BUT LET
00:45:05.40\00:45:12.74
HIM ASK IN FAITH,"
- LET HIM ASK IN WHAT?
00:45:12.74\00:45:17.88
>>FAITH. >>FAITH.
00:45:17.88\00:45:19.21
"WITH NO DOUBTING, FOR HE WHO
DOUBTS IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA
00:45:19.21\00:45:25.09
DRIVEN AND TOSSED BY THE WIND."
- HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AT SEA WHEN
00:45:25.09\00:45:30.63
THERE'S WAVES AND THERE'S
WIND AND YOU'RE IN THAT BOAT
00:45:30.63\00:45:34.40
AND YOU'RE BEING TOSSED?
MY FAMILY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY,
00:45:34.40\00:45:38.47
ONE TIME, OF GOING ON A CRUISE.
AND WE HAD SOME STORMS AND SOME
00:45:38.47\00:45:42.47
WIND AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE SHIPS
ARE SO BIG YOU DON'T REALLY
00:45:42.47\00:45:45.84
FEEL MUCH, BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON
A LITTLE BOAT, YOU FEEL IT EVEN
00:45:45.84\00:45:48.51
MORE - JUST BEING
TOSSED BACK AND FORTH.
00:45:48.51\00:45:51.45
AND JAMES IS SAYING, 'LISTEN, A
PERSON THAT REALLY DOESN'T PRAY
00:45:51.45\00:45:54.95
IN FAITH IS LIKE THAT PERSON
THAT'S OUT TO SEA ON A BOAT AND
00:45:54.95\00:45:58.95
HE'S JUST BEING
TOSSED BACK AND FORTH.
00:45:58.95\00:46:01.22
YOU REMEMBER, IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, JESUS IS ON A BOAT
00:46:01.22\00:46:03.79
WITH HIS DISCIPLES, RIGHT?
AND SUDDENLY THERE'S - THIS
00:46:03.79\00:46:06.43
STORM ARISES AND THIS BOAT
IS BEING TOSSED BACK AND FORTH.
00:46:06.43\00:46:09.73
AND, AT THE END OF THIS
SCENARIO, WHAT DOES JESUS SAY TO
00:46:09.73\00:46:13.47
HIS DISCIPLES? 'OH YE
OF LITTLE FAITH.' WHEN
00:46:13.47\00:46:17.81
YOU SEE THEM GO THROUGH THIS
EXPERIENCE IT SAYS, "BUT LET HIM
00:46:17.81\00:46:22.08
ASK IN FAITH, WITH NO DOUBTING,
FOR HE WHO DOUBTS IS LIKE A WAVE
00:46:22.08\00:46:25.75
OF THE SEA DRIVEN
AND TOSSED BY THE WIND.
00:46:25.75\00:46:28.85
FOR LET NOT THAT MAN SUPPOSE
THAT HE WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING
00:46:28.85\00:46:32.85
FROM THE LORD; HE IS A
DOUBLE-MINDED MAN, UNSTABLE IN"
00:46:32.85\00:46:36.89
- WHAT? - "ALL HIS
WAYS." IT'S IMPORTANT TO
00:46:36.89\00:46:41.80
PRAY NOT DOUBTING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLAIM THE
00:46:41.80\00:46:46.17
PROMISES AND KNOW
THAT THE PROMISES ARE REAL.
00:46:46.17\00:46:48.90
DAVID CLUNG TO THOSE PROMISES
WHEN HE PRAYED THAT PRAYER, AS
00:46:48.90\00:46:52.54
WE JUST READ IN 2 SAMUEL, AND
GOD ANSWERED ACCORDING TO HIS
00:46:52.54\00:46:57.01
WILL AND GREAT THINGS
HAPPENED. THE LORD WAS BLESSED.
00:46:57.01\00:47:02.95
DAVID WAS BLESSED. AND, FOR
A TIME, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
00:47:02.95\00:47:05.52
WERE BLESSED BECAUSE GOD
ANSWERED THAT PRAYER. HAVE YOU
00:47:05.52\00:47:13.19
EVER SPOKEN OR HAVE LISTENED
TO A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN? IN THIS
00:47:13.19\00:47:18.07
BIBLICAL CONTEXT, TWO MINDS ARE
NOT BETTER THAN ONE. YOU KNOW,
00:47:18.07\00:47:21.47
WE KNOW THE PHRASE 'TWO MINDS
ARE ALWAYS BETTER THAN ONE'?
00:47:21.47\00:47:24.41
IN THIS CONTEXT, TWO MINDS
ARE NOT ALWAYS BETTER THAN ONE.
00:47:24.41\00:47:27.34
YOU KNOW, THE PROPHET SAID
- ISAIAH SAID THAT THERE WOULD
00:47:27.34\00:47:30.95
COME A TIME WHEN PEOPLE WOULD
EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL AND WE
00:47:30.95\00:47:34.42
GO BACK AND
FORTH - DOUBLE MINDED.
00:47:34.42\00:47:37.42
'FOR WITHOUT FAITH IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD.
00:47:37.42\00:47:42.89
NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE - I'VE
ASKED SOMEONE TO READ ROMANS
00:47:42.89\00:47:46.19
CHAPTER 8, VERSES 26 AND 27.
>>ROMANS 8:26 AND 27, "LIKEWISE
00:47:46.19\00:47:53.57
THE SPIRIT ALSO
HELPS IN OUR WEAKNESSES.
00:47:53.57\00:47:55.90
FOR WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE
SHOULD PRAY FOR AS WE OUGHT, BUT
00:47:55.90\00:47:59.61
THE SPIRIT HIMSELF
MAKES INTERCESSION FOR US WITH
00:47:59.61\00:48:02.38
GROANINGS WHICH
CANNOT BE UTTERED.
00:48:02.38\00:48:05.11
NOW HE WHO SEARCHES THE HEARTS
KNOWS WHAT THE MIND OF THE
00:48:05.11\00:48:08.08
SPIRIT IS, BECAUSE HE MAKES
INTERCESSION FOR THE SAINTS
00:48:08.08\00:48:11.52
ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD."
>>NOW, THIS IS A POWERFUL VERSE.
00:48:11.52\00:48:16.39
IT'S OUR MEMORY VERSE - AND YOU
PROBABLY MIGHT WONDER WHY WE'RE
00:48:16.39\00:48:18.46
DEALING WITH IT AT THE END.
BUT THIS IS A POWERFUL VERSE
00:48:18.46\00:48:21.56
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT PRAYING
IN FAITH AND YOU REALIZE WHAT
00:48:21.56\00:48:25.93
PRAYING IN FAITH IS, SOMETIMES
WE MAY FEEL INADEQUATE.
00:48:25.93\00:48:30.47
'I JUST DON'T KNOW THE PROMISES
THAT WELL.' 'I JUST DON'T KNOW
00:48:30.47\00:48:34.28
WHAT I SHOULD SAY OR HOW TO SAY
IT OR HOW IT SHOULD COME OUT OF
00:48:34.28\00:48:37.48
MY MOUTH.' 'I KNOW I NEED TO
PRAY IN FAITH, THE BIBLE TEACHES
00:48:37.48\00:48:40.42
ME HOW TO PRAY IN FAITH,
BUT I JUST AM NOT THERE.'
00:48:40.42\00:48:44.39
SOMETIMES WE FEEL LIKE THAT.
00:48:44.39\00:48:46.19
OR WE FEEL, 'MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
MY PRAYER, IT'S NOT EVEN LEAVING
00:48:46.19\00:48:49.56
THE ROOM.' AND WE FEEL
LIKE IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
00:48:49.56\00:48:53.66
AND I LOVE THIS PASSAGE BECAUSE
IT TALKS ABOUT OUR WEAKNESS AND
00:48:53.66\00:48:59.10
HOW THE SPIRIT ALSO
HELPS OUR WHAT? OUR WEAKNESS.
00:48:59.10\00:49:05.81
'FOR WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO
PRAY AS WE SHOULD.' GOD ALREADY
00:49:05.81\00:49:10.18
KNOWS, IN MANY CASES, THAT
WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PRAY AS WE
00:49:10.18\00:49:16.02
SHOULD, BUT
WHO'S THERE TO HELP US?
00:49:16.02\00:49:19.39
THE HOLY SPIRIT'S RIGHT THERE.
WHILE YOU'RE PRAYING, THE HOLY
00:49:19.39\00:49:24.43
SPIRIT IS PRAYING ON
YOUR BEHALF AND FOR YOU.
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AND WHO, BY THE WAY, KNOWS HOW
TO PRAY BETTER THAN THE SPIRIT
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WHO KNOWS THE MIND OF GOD
AND GOD KNOWING THE MIND OF THE
00:49:34.10\00:49:39.14
SPIRIT? WHO'S BETTER PREPARED TO
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PRAY, IF WE LOOK AT
THIS? THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
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MATTER OF FACT, JESUS - YOU
KNOW, PETER HAD A SITUATION AND
00:49:45.01\00:49:49.35
WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO PETER WHEN
HE SAID, 'I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU
00:49:49.35\00:49:55.26
THAT YOUR FAITH FAIL NOT.'
YOU KNOW, GOD IS ALWAYS DOING
00:49:55.26\00:50:01.23
EVERYTHING HE POSSIBLY CAN TO
HELP US - EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO
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PRAYER. NOW, BY
THE WAY, THAT DOESN'T
00:50:08.30\00:50:11.41
MEAN, 'OKAY, PRAYER
IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT.
00:50:11.41\00:50:14.21
I CAN SAY WHATEVER I WANT TO
SAY.' BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO
00:50:14.21\00:50:16.88
THIS VERSE BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY
ENCOURAGES US, BUT AT THE SAME
00:50:16.88\00:50:21.28
TIME, THIS VERSE
ACTUALLY CHALLENGES US.
00:50:21.28\00:50:27.29
HE SAYS, 'THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPS
OUR WEAKNESS FOR WE DO NOT KNOW
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HOW TO PRAY AS WE SHOULD.'
IN OTHER WORDS, WE SHOULD BE
00:50:32.93\00:50:39.27
LEARNING HOW TO WHAT? >>PRAY.
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>>PRAY. WE SHOULD
BE LEARNING, EVERY
00:50:41.27\00:50:44.54
DAY, WHAT IT
MEANS TO PRAY IN FAITH.
00:50:44.54\00:50:48.28
PRAYER IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
LEARN AND CONTINUALLY LEARN HOW
00:50:48.28\00:50:51.98
TO DO BETTER, AND THE SPIRIT IS
THERE TO HELP US IN OUR WEAKNESS
00:50:51.98\00:50:57.62
WHEN IT COMES TO PRAYER, BUT
WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE GROWING AND
00:50:57.62\00:51:01.36
LEARNING HOW TO
PRAY AS WE SHOULD.
00:51:01.36\00:51:04.39
WE SHOULD BE COMING MORE AND
MORE IN LINE WITH THE WILL OF
00:51:04.39\00:51:08.36
GOD. OUR MINDS
SHOULD BECOME MORE AND
00:51:08.36\00:51:12.03
MORE IN LINE WITH THE
WORD OF GOD AS WE PRAY.
00:51:12.03\00:51:16.91
SO WE PRAY ACCORDING
TO HIS WILL, NOT OUR WILL.
00:51:16.91\00:51:20.98
BUT GOD SAYS, 'HEY, I'M
WALKING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.
00:51:20.98\00:51:24.75
I'M EVEN GOING TO HELP YOU
IN THIS.' YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS
00:51:24.75\00:51:28.92
COMES, THERE'S
GOING TO BE NO EXCUSES.
00:51:28.92\00:51:32.29
GOD IS DOING
EVERYTHING HE POSSIBLY CAN.
00:51:32.29\00:51:35.79
HE'S EVEN INTERCEDING WHERE
WE FALL SHORT OF INTERCEDING.
00:51:35.79\00:51:42.30
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE CONTEXT
HERE, ALSO, OF THIS PASSAGE.
00:51:42.30\00:51:45.70
IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT
SAYS 'THE SPIRIT, HIMSELF,
00:51:45.70\00:51:48.94
INTERCEDES.' YOU
KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING
00:51:48.94\00:51:51.14
ABOUT THAT WORD 'INTERCEDING'?
INTERCEDE IS ON THE BEHALF OF
00:51:51.14\00:51:57.15
SOMEONE WITH SPECIFIC EMPHASIS
UPON THE FACT THAT WHAT IS BEING
00:51:57.15\00:52:02.15
DONE IS FOR THE
SAKE OF SOMEONE ELSE.
00:52:02.15\00:52:05.75
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'RE
PRAYING FOR SOMEONE ELSE, YOU'RE
00:52:05.75\00:52:09.86
INTERCEDING. BUT
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO
00:52:09.86\00:52:13.26
PRAY IN FAITH AS YOU OUGHT.
SO WHAT DOES THE SPIRIT DO?
00:52:13.26\00:52:18.03
THE SPIRIT COMES DOWN - OR
HE'S THERE WITH US - AND HE IS
00:52:18.03\00:52:22.00
INTERCEDING ON BEHALF OF
THE PERSON WE'RE PRAYING FOR.
00:52:22.00\00:52:26.34
THIS IS NOT ABOUT US.
00:52:26.34\00:52:28.68
THIS IS ABOUT US PRAYING FOR
OTHERS AND THE SPIRIT HELPING US
00:52:28.68\00:52:32.85
TO PRAY FOR OTHERS SO THAT
OTHERS MAY COME TO KNOW HIM AND
00:52:32.85\00:52:39.32
LOVE HIM AND SERVE
CHRIST WITH THEIR WHOLE HEART.
00:52:39.32\00:52:44.46
BUT THE SPIRIT
IS THERE TO HELP US.
00:52:44.46\00:52:48.73
HE'S THERE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND
THE WORD, WHICH IS THE WILL OF
00:52:48.73\00:52:52.53
GOD, BUT HE'S ALSO THERE TO PRAY
WHEN OUR PRAYERS FALL SHORT - ON
00:52:52.53\00:53:00.68
BEHALF OF OTHERS
THAT WE'RE PRAYING FOR.
00:53:00.68\00:53:04.45
THIS IS WHAT I
SAID IN THE BEGINNING.
00:53:04.45\00:53:05.88
THIS LESSON IS
NOT SO MUCH ABOUT US.
00:53:05.88\00:53:08.95
IT'S NOT ABOUT LEARNING HOW
TO PRAY BETTER FOR MYSELF, THIS
00:53:08.95\00:53:13.56
LESSON IS ABOUT LEARNING HOW
TO PRAY FOR OTHERS BETTER, THEN
00:53:13.56\00:53:18.83
YOURSELF. AND IN
THAT PROCESS YOU ARE
00:53:18.83\00:53:24.37
BLESSED AND YOU WILL GROW
AND YOU WILL BECOME ALL THAT
00:53:24.37\00:53:31.34
GOD WANTS YOU TO BE.
IT'S ALL ABOUT OTHERS,
00:53:31.34\00:53:36.71
IT'S NOT ABOUT US. AND
THE SPIRIT IS RIGHT THERE TO
00:53:36.71\00:53:40.92
HELP US PRAY - AND TO
PRAY IN FAITH. GOD IS SO GOOD.
00:53:40.92\00:53:47.92
NOTICE, WITH ME, IN CLOSING,
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 3, VERSES 14
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THROUGH 19 - NOTICE WITH ME IN
CLOSING - EPHESIANS CHAPTER 3,
00:53:52.26\00:53:56.13
VERSES 14 THROUGH 19 - SPEAKING
ABOUT PRAYING FOR OTHERS, PAUL
00:53:56.13\00:54:04.61
WRITES IN EPHESIANS - EPHESIANS
CHAPTER 3, VERSES 14 THROUGH 19,
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"FOR THIS REASON" - I LOVE THAT
- "FOR THIS REASON" - HE SAYS -
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"I BOW MY KNEES TO THE FATHER
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHCRIST, FROM
00:54:16.52\00:54:21.96
WHOM THE WHOLE FAMILY IN HEAVEN
AND EARTH IS NAMED, THAT HE
00:54:21.96\00:54:28.20
WOULD GRANT YOU, ACCORDING TO
THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY, TO BE
00:54:28.20\00:54:31.97
STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT THROUGH
HIS SPIRIT IN THE INNER MAN,
00:54:31.97\00:54:36.14
THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR
HEARTS THROUGH FAITH; THAT YOU ,
00:54:36.14\00:54:39.71
BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN
LOVE, MAY BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND
00:54:39.71\00:54:43.55
WITH ALL THE SAINTS" - VERSE 18
- "WHAT IS THE WIDTH AND LENGTH
00:54:43.55\00:54:47.22
AND DEPTH AND HEIGHT - TO KNOW
THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSES
00:54:47.22\00:54:49.88
KNOWLEDGE; THAT YOU MAY BE
FILLED WITH ALL THE FULLNESS OF
00:54:49.88\00:54:52.69
GOD." HE SAYS, 'BY
THIS REASON I BOW MY KNEES'.
00:54:52.69\00:54:56.99
IS HE BOWING HIS KNEES
FOR HIMSELF IN THIS PASSAGE?
00:54:56.99\00:55:01.26
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS PRAYER,
HIS PRAYER IS ABOUT THE CHURCH.
00:55:01.26\00:55:06.77
HIS PRAYER IS ABOUT OTHERS.
HIS PRAYER IS ABOUT HE BUILDING
00:55:06.77\00:55:10.74
UP OF THE CHURCH AND THE MESSAGE
GOING OUT AND THAT PEOPLE MIGHT
00:55:10.74\00:55:16.95
EXPERIENCE THE LOVE OF
CHRIST LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
00:55:16.95\00:55:22.02
"FOR THIS REASON I BOW MY KNEES
TO THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS
00:55:22.02\00:55:25.42
CHRIST, FROM WHOM THE WHOLE
FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH IS
00:55:25.42\00:55:27.92
NAMED, THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU"
- NOTICE, I'M PRAYING - PAUL'S
00:55:27.92\00:55:33.06
SAYING - 'I'M
PRAYING' FOR WHAT? FOR YOU.
00:55:33.06\00:55:37.33
AND THE SPIRIT HELPS US
IN THAT PROCESS - TO PRAY.
00:55:37.33\00:55:42.17
AND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, MAY WE
PRAY IN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE
00:55:42.17\00:55:47.48
WORD OF GOD - AND WE'LL SEE GOD
DO GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS IN
00:55:47.48\00:55:52.98
THESE LAST DAYS OF EARTH'S
HISTORY THAT WE'VE YET TO SEE.
00:55:52.98\00:55:58.12
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER OUR FREE
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TEACH US TO PRAY BY
PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
00:56:16.37\00:56:18.37
THANK YOU. (MUSIC)
00:56:18.37\00:56:31.02
>>FRIENDS, WE'RE OUT
HERE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN NOT
00:56:31.02\00:56:33.19
TOO FAR FROM THE ISLAND OF FIJI,
AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO LOOK
00:56:33.19\00:56:35.92
AT SOME WONDERS IN THE DEEP.
THE BIBLE SAYS GOD MADE THE
00:56:35.92\00:56:40.40
HEAVEN AND THE
EARTH AND THE SEA.
00:56:40.40\00:56:42.23
AND THERE ARE THINGS UNDER THE
SEA THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL THAT MANY
00:56:42.23\00:56:44.50
PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN.
SOME FOLKS MIGHT JUST SKIM ALONG
00:56:44.50\00:56:47.54
- SNORKLE ON THE SURFACE, BUT IF
YOU WANT TO SEE THE REAL MAJESTY
00:56:47.54\00:56:51.04
OF THE OCEAN, YOU'VE GOT
TO GO DEEPER. (LIVELY MUSIC)
00:56:51.04\00:57:07.69
>>BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE
GILLS LIKE FISH, WE HAVE TO DO
00:57:07.69\00:57:10.43
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY TO
BE ABLE TO BREATHE BELOW THE
00:57:10.43\00:57:13.19
SURFACE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
BREATHE ALL THE TIME, WE NEED
00:57:13.19\00:57:16.60
THIS SPECIAL EQUIPMENT.
(SOUND OF BREATHING APARATUS)
00:57:16.60\00:57:20.67
IN THE SAME WAY, THE BIBLE
SAYS A CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO PRAY
00:57:20.67\00:57:23.24
WITHOUT CEASING. WE
NEED TO ALWAYS BE BREATHING
00:57:23.24\00:57:26.21
THE ATMOSPHERE OF HEAVEN IF
WE'RE GOING TO LIVE A CHRISTIAN
00:57:26.21\00:57:28.71
LIFE IN THIS
WORLD BELOW. (MUSIC)
00:57:28.71\00:57:57.54
>>WOW, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD.
00:57:57.54\00:58:00.24
(MUSIC)
00:58:00.24\00:58:15.26