I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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We just want to
say Happy Sabbath.
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Happy Sabbath.
I'm Shelley Queen.
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I'm JD Queen.
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And we're so glad
that you're joining us.
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You know, we try to take
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as we get the
family around the table,
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and you're part of the family.
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We're so glad you're joining us.
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But what we do is
try to find a Bible topic
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that would be of
interest to everyone.
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And for some reason,
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as I was thinking,
what would we do tonight?
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What came to my mind immediately
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will not go away,
it's the Lord's Prayer.
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Now some people pray the
Lord's Prayer as it's rote,
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it's a, you know,
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just something that
they do for memorization.
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We're going to look at
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the meaning of
the Lord's Prayer,
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what Jesus was
telling us to do tonight.
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And I think you're
going to be blessed
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because it's so rich.
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But, Honey, you want to
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introduce the
family around the table.
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It's always fun
to have your friends
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around the table.
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We have Ian and Angela, welcome.
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We have Rise and James, welcome.
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Good to be here. Welcome.
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Welcome. Welcome. Thanks, JD.
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Y'all just got in, I know that.
We have been waiting for you.
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Amen.
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And then, of course, my
lovely Shelley, you know.
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Oh, you're sweet, Honey.
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Well, we're just excited
that all of you are here.
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Rise and James Rafferty
are fairly new to the team,
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as are Ian and
Angela Vandervalk.
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But now you guys,
you're not the newbies anymore.
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We've got newbies in the house.
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That's right.
They took it from us.
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We're just really
thrilled you're here.
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And, JD, you want
to open in prayer?
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Oh, most certainly.
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Father, as we come
together in the name of Jesus.
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Thank You, Lord.
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Thank You, that we can,
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thank You that You put it
in our heart to serve You.
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Father, thank You
for the Sabbath day.
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Thank you, Lord that
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if you've given
us this day of rest,
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Father, that we do remember that
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this is your day and
not wanted to follow world.
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So, Father, as we
approach this topic,
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we just ask Lord that
we be emptied of self that
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You will fill us with
the Holy Spirit, Lord,
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and Father, what
comes out of our mouth
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will bring glory to You.
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Amen.
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We love You, and we
thank You in the name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, I'm just thinking,
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maybe somebody is watching us
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and they're going,
"What do you mean Sabbath?
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This is Friday evening."
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Well, we believe that
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when God created the heavens
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and the earth and
everything on the earth,
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it says that evening to morning,
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yeah, evening to
morning that was one day.
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So we start and
celebrate the Sabbath,
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beginning on Friday evening.
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And you know
what the Sabbath is?
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It's not like a listing.
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The Sabbath is a
celebration of God
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as our Creator
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and the one who
recreates us in Jesus Christ.
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The Sabbath, God says,
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is a sign that He
delivered us and redeemed us.
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It's a sign that He's the one
that's working to sanctify us,
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making us more like Jesus.
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The Sabbath is a wonderful time,
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my favorite day of the week.
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Okay, so, we are going to
dive into the Lord's Prayer and,
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Ian, why don't you read?
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We're going to read the version
from the Gospel of Matthew,
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and this is, if
you're turning at home,
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Matthew 6:7-13.
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Matthew 6...
We'll go to verse 7.
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Seven.
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Yeah, want to start a
little and you'll see why.
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Okay. All right.
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So starting with verse 7...
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This is Jesus speaking.
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What does He say?
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And Jesus says,
"And when you pray,
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do not use vain
repetitions as the heathens do.
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For they think
that they will be heard
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for their many words.
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Therefore do not be like them.
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For your Father knows
the things you have need,"
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or excuse me, "the Father knows
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the things you have
need of before you ask Him.
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In this manner, therefore,
pray: Our Father in heaven,
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hallowed be Your name.
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Your kingdom come.
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Your will be done on
earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us this
day our daily bread.
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And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
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And do not lead
us into temptation,
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but deliver us
from the evil one.
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For Yours is the
kingdom and the power
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and the glory forever.
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Amen." Amen.
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Amen. So just
let me kick this off.
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How do we know that Jesus
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is giving this
to us as an example,
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and not a prayer,
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that should just be
mindlessly repeated?
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Key verse, verse 7.
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I mean, that was
where you started,
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because it's not really
part of the Lord's Prayer,
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but it's what leads
into the Lord's Prayer.
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Absolutely.
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And right away, I
mean, I can relate to this
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because I was
raised in a Catholic home.
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And I said my
prayers every night,
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and I said our
Father and Hail Mary.
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But the reason I did that was
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because I memorized
Our Father the Hail Mary.
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And the reason I memorized
them is because as an altar boy,
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and even as a young Catholic,
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going to Catholic school,
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we went to church
every single week, Friday.
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Friday was the
church day for our school.
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And before I would be
part of the altar service,
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the altar boy
service, I would have to go
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into the confessional and
confess my sins, you know,
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I pulled my sister's hair,
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and I did this naughty thing,
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and that naughty thing,
wasn't obedient to my mom.
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And then he would say, "Okay,
say 10, Our Fathers and 15,
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Hail Marys and
light three candles
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and put a little
money in and you're good.
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And so that was it was
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and I would just go
through that prayer,
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those prayers
as fast as I would,
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our Father, which art in heaven,
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hallowed be thy
name, thy kingdom come,
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Thy will be done.
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I'm just this
little kid, you know,
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just wanting to get
through the prayers,
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get that all taken care of.
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So it was
definitely, and the rosary,
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I don't know if you know, you...
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Yeah, 'cause I was
raised Catholic too.
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So I had to go
through the same exact thing
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when you would go and
you repent for your sins
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through the priests, you know,
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bless me, Father,
for I have sinned.
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It's been so many weeks.
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And then like, you know,
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you would be given
say this many Our Fathers
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and this many Hail Marys,
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and you just go and
sit down and you say,
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and it's all of a
sudden, you're good.
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All right.
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And so what Jesus is
saying, though to His,
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here they've asked
Him, teach us how to pray.
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And the first thing He says
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is don't do
these vain repetitions.
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That's what pagan religions
do, in words that are rote.
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When you're just
speaking them thoughtlessly,
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when you're just
repeating something
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without thinking about it,
it doesn't reach your heart,
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and it's certainly not
reaching the heart of the Lord,
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but Jesus said...
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Oh, I think that you
brought up a great point,
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you didn't through it.
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Yeah.
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The ambition was
to get through it
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rather than to concentrate
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and giving your
heart directly to Him.
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Go ahead, Shelley.
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Well, in verse 7, I just want,
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in some case,
somebody at verse 9,
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it says, Jesus says,
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"In this manner, pray."
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So we see here, we're
going to break this down
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verse by verse,
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but what we see is,
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Jesus is giving us an
example of a way to pray.
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You know, the Bible
says, enter His gates
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with thanksgiving in your heart,
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enter His courts with praise.
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And we see here that
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the first three petitions
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of these sinners
our hearts on God,
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where we come
before Him with reverence,
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where we are seeing
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what His divine purpose
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is in our life and His holiness.
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So let's kick this off.
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Matthew 6:9, you
want to take that verse
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and just kind of expound on it?
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Sure, I just wanted,
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one thought I
wanted to share on this...
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Sure, any comment.
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I think it's really good,
and that is in Luke, you know,
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Luke's version
of the Lord's Prayer
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starts a little
different than this one does.
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But it brings out
the same point, you know,
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Jesus is praying in
Luke and the disciples,
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one of the
disciples comes upon Him,
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it came to pass,
Luke 11:1, "Came to pass,
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that as He was praying,
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in a certain
place, when He ceased,
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one of His
disciples said unto Him,
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'Lord, teach us to pray,
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as John taught His
disciples to pray.'"
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And you get this
picture in the context of
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what you said in Matthew
6:7 of this vain repetition
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that the disciples
were, "This is different than
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we've heard the
Pharisees and the Sadducees.
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This is different than
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the kind of
prayers we've heard."
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Jesus is praying this
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in a manner that is earnest
and sincere and heartfelt.
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You know, we don't know
what the prayer was then,
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but we know what the prayer is,
you know, as we get into this.
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So that same point there, okay.
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Matthew 6:9, is that,
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"After this
manner therefore pray:
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Our Father, which art in heaven,
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hallowed be Thy name."
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So let me ask you this question.
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We hear people all the time say
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we're all God's children.
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I mean, God is a
wonderful Father.
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He's a wonderful
spiritual Father.
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But is it true that
we're all God's children?
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When He's saying, Our Father,
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and often when Jesus prayed,
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He prayed My
Father when He was alone,
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but He's teaching
us to pray corporately,
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and He's our Father.
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Is He the Father of all?
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I think He is.
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And here's why I would say that.
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You know, you can
have mixed families
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that come from
adoption or divorce or whatever.
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And the kids might say,
I'm not calling you dad.
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Now he might be the dad,
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but the kid said,
I'm not calling you dad.
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The prodigal son
renounced his father,
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you know, he wanted his
inheritance, and he left.
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But the father,
so I think when we,
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when Jesus
says, pray Our Father,
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He's saying, acknowledge
that God is your Father.
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Now, there's a lot of people
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that don't acknowledge
that God is the Father.
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But what about where
Jesus said in John 8?
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Honey, would you
read John 8:43 and 44?
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Yes.
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"Why do you not
understand My speech?
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Because you are not
able to listen to My word.
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You are of your
father the devil,
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and the desires of
your father you want to do.
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He was a murderer
from the beginning,
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and does not stand in the truth,
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because there
is no truth in him.
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When he speaks a lie,
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he speaks from
his own resources,
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for he is a liar
and the father of it."
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So let's talk
about this whole thing.
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If you think about it, I mean,
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in the fact that
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we were all
created in His image,
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that makes us such
offspring of God is the word
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I'm going to use.
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But as far as calling
Him my Father, our father,
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He's telling the Pharisees,
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you're of your father the devil.
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And what do we have to do
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to qualify to be
adopted as a child of God?
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Well, the Bible says,
only acknowledge, right?
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So this idea
that Jesus is bringing
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I think to the
disciples and us says,
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acknowledge that
God is your Father.
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But would you agree that
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you have to be
born of the Spirit?
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Absolutely.
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To, 'cause we're
born with the surge...
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That probably goes hand in hand.
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It goes hand in hand.
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Yeah. Okay.
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To call the father, your father.
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'Cause I think Jesus is saying,
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you're approaching
the God of the universe.
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And the disciples are like,
how do we approach this God?
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He's so big, He's so, you know,
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how do we, how are
we to approach Him?
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When you claim
Him as your Father,
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that's the spirit's
moving in your life.
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Amen. That's good.
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Yeah. Amen.
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And we know that we
have to be born again.
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To claim Him to be adopted,
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we are filled
with the Holy Spirit.
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He is the Spirit of adoption,
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the spirit by which
we cry out Abba Father.
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And the reason we're, you know,
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we're mincing words here,
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and I think we're
both saying the same thing.
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But the point is,
that some people think
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they can live like the devil,
and call God their Father.
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And I believe very,
honestly that Jesus says that
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which is born of
the flesh is flesh,
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that which is born
of the spirit is spirit.
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And then he says,
Paul tells us in Romans 8,
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only those who are led by
the Spirit are children of God.
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So if we want to
be a child of God,
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there comes that surrender.
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Amen.
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And I think you're right, Rise,
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that day that
you look up and say,
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"Oh, Lord, I want
You as my Father."
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You know, when you
surrender your heart,
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and you are born
again of the Holy Spirit,
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that's when He
becomes our Father.
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Would you agree?
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That's when we acknowledge
that He's our Father.
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Yeah.
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Because in the reality of,
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it is always like
sheep have gone astray,
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we've turn
everyone under our own way,
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and the Lord laid on him,
Jesus the iniquity of us all.
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So if we're prodigals,
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we're still children in a sense,
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if we're children of wrath,
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we're still
children, in a sense,
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but we're choosing
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not to acknowledge our adoption,
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which is not to
acknowledge our redemption.
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In fact, when you
look in the Bible,
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Jesus talks in John Chapter
5 about two resurrections.
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And He says,
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the first
resurrection is of the just,
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and the second
resurrection of the unjust.
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Well, how does that
second resurrection take place?
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Who allow that to happen?
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Who allowed dead
people to come to life
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who are going to be lost?
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Only Jesus.
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So really, when we're
talking about the Father,
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we're talking about the Creator,
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we're talking about the
one who provides all things.
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But when we're
talking about actual children,
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in acknowledgment,
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we're talking about
born again Christians
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who acknowledge the Father.
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We're not acknowledging
something that isn't a fact.
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Faith doesn't make the
facts, faith embraces the facts.
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So the fact is,
God is the Father,
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but there's a lot of
people who won't embrace that,
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who won't acknowledge it.
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Okay, we're
saying the same thing
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with different words.
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Oh, yeah.
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Because you do
have to be born again,
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you have to acknowledge that.
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Be filled with the Spirit.
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All right.
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You want to read, Angela.
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Let's go to Angela.
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Angela, would you
read 1 John 3:1-2?
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First John...
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Chapter 3, verses 1 and 2.
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You know, while
she's looking that up,
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if you don't mind,
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there was something
that kind of came to my mind
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when you were
talking about previously.
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And, you know, it's
how you were mentioning,
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the way I looked at
it was kind of like,
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pre and post Christian,
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I guess, if that's maybe,
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you know, a
phrase that I could use.
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'Cause I think,
early on in my life,
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when I didn't accept Christ,
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and I didn't
accept God as my Father,
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I inherently
adopted Satan and his ways.
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You know, I was
living in the world,
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I listened to his lies,
you know, the things that
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he was even
telling about myself.
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But you become a
completely different person,
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when you actually
acknowledge God as your Father.
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Yeah.
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You know, you, the person that
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you were before
is no longer there.
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And this Father
that you now have,
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you know, He tells you,
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you know, who you are,
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and how special you are,
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while the other one
just tries to bring you down.
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So you kind of,
you have a choice
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on which father
you want to adopt.
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You can either adopt, you
know, Satan, or you can adopt,
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you know, the true God,
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the one and only God,
as the ruler of my life.
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Let me do this real quick.
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Excuse me.
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Your mind is better than mine,
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so you'll remember it.
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I don't know about that.
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The power of the Holy Spirit
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was just
demonstrated right there.
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Bad boy, good boy.
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Something came in the middle
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of the story
directing traffic differently,
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and that is the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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How did He get in there?
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How did the Holy
Spirit get in there?
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Did you, bad
boy, bad boy, bad boy,
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then the next day you wake
up in the bed you're good boy?
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Or was there an
intercessor there in someplace?
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So how does that work?
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That was kind of
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what we were talking
about before, you know,
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where you're either in the flesh
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and born in the flesh,
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or you're born or
you know, of the spirit.
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So you wake up one
day. And that's that change.
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You're born again.
That's that change.
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You go from, you know,
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being in the flesh to
now being in the Spirit.
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So that's the change
that you're talking about.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, the way I
look at it, is that the DNA,
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the spiritual DNA,
that in our fallen nature,
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is the devil's
nature acquired DNA.
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But in 1 Peter Chapter 2,
00:18:02.84\00:18:05.65
when he says, God has given you
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these exceedingly
great and precious promises,
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so that through them,
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you may partake
of His divine nature.
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So we go from DNA,
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spiritual DNA to
devil's nature acquired
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in this fallen nature,
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that when we
repent, confess our sins,
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come before the Lord and
say, "Oh, Father, I'm a sinner,
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I need you as my Savior,"
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then we accept by
grace His gift of salvation.
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And our new DNA is the
divine nature acquired.
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And that's what He's
working out in us as,
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that's what we call the
process of sanctification.
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We come to Him as He
is, He saves us by grace.
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But He came to
save us from our sins,
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not in our sins, so
He continues to work.
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Go ahead.
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Well, I was just
going to say that
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you mentioned bad boy, bad boy,
00:19:06.88\00:19:08.21
then good boy, but bad boy,
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mercy and truth
were following you
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all the days of your life.
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Amen.
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Jesus loved you from
the moment you were born,
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and your behavior
doesn't change that.
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Right?
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And so, but He wants
you to recognize Him,
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so that you can
call out Abba Father,
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like, you know,
the Bible verse says.
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And so, I love this,
our Father in heaven,
00:19:26.16\00:19:28.70
that's who you are to me.
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But it also identifies who I am.
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All of a sudden, I
have a new identity.
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I'm a child of God
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when I
acknowledge You as my Father.
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Amen. And that's perfect.
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That's the perfect
segue for 1 John 3:1-2.
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"Behold what manner of love
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the Father has bestowed on us,
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that we should be
called children of God!
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Therefore the
world does not know us,
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because it did not know Him."
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Verse 2, "Beloved, now
we are children of God,
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and it has not yet been
revealed that we shall be,
00:20:00.26\00:20:04.10
but we know that
when He is revealed,
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we shall be like Him, for
we shall see Him as He is."
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Hallelujah.
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I know, I think this is
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Pastor John's
favorite scripture...
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It is.
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He refers to this very often,
00:20:17.15\00:20:18.91
but what an amazing thing
to be called a child of God.
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And now we are children of God
00:20:22.98\00:20:24.92
if we've accepted Him.
00:20:24.95\00:20:26.92
So He goes on in verse 9.
00:20:26.96\00:20:29.72
And, Ian, why
don't you do that one,
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verse 9, Matthew 6:9,
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He says, "Our Father
which art in heaven..."
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Then what does He say?
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Then Jesus says,
"Hallowed be Your name."
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What does hallowed mean?
00:20:44.27\00:20:47.84
To be holy.
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To be holy.
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To be, and we're to hold Him
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in reverence and awe, aren't we?
00:20:53.35\00:20:55.72
So, what does
His name represent?
00:20:55.75\00:21:00.36
His character? Who He is.
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His character.
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So when He says,
"Hallowed be Your name."
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I mean, this to me is
00:21:06.23\00:21:10.43
when we stop and say,
00:21:10.47\00:21:13.03
"Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be Your name."
00:21:13.07\00:21:17.04
That's centering our
hearts on God's holiness.
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Suddenly, you know,
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I think the reason
00:21:23.24\00:21:24.58
we come into His gates
with thanksgiving and praise,
00:21:24.61\00:21:27.85
praise doesn't change God,
but it certainly changes me.
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I can start out
in this poor little,
00:21:31.69\00:21:34.82
you know, poor,
pitiful pearl attitude,
00:21:34.86\00:21:37.93
you know, I'm thinking,
00:21:37.96\00:21:39.29
and but I always
start my prayer with
00:21:39.33\00:21:40.90
thanksgiving and praise.
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And suddenly I
recognize who I'm coming before,
00:21:42.33\00:21:45.17
suddenly, my heart is lifted up,
00:21:45.20\00:21:48.00
and I realize,
00:21:48.04\00:21:49.37
my Father in heaven
has all the answers.
00:21:49.40\00:21:53.51
He can do anything.
00:21:53.54\00:21:54.88
Nothing is impossible with Him.
00:21:54.91\00:21:56.85
So I think that what
Jesus is showing us here is,
00:21:56.88\00:22:01.08
our top priority is
to be God in His honor.
00:22:01.12\00:22:03.79
And as we come before the Lord,
if we center in on who He is,
00:22:03.82\00:22:09.32
His character,
His love, His mercy,
00:22:09.36\00:22:12.83
I think that's the
whole part of Him saying,
00:22:12.86\00:22:16.67
pray in this manner.
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Start off with
thanksgiving and praise.
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You know, I
think there's nothing
00:22:21.47\00:22:22.80
more dishonoring to
00:22:22.84\00:22:24.17
someone than to
be misrepresented.
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Amen.
00:22:26.07\00:22:27.78
And, you know, if we
misunderstand each other,
00:22:27.81\00:22:30.98
or if I'm misrepresenting you to
00:22:31.01\00:22:32.35
something you
said to someone else,
00:22:32.38\00:22:34.48
you're like, "Hey,
that was, that's, you know,
00:22:34.52\00:22:35.95
I have a problem with that.
00:22:35.98\00:22:37.32
That was dishonoring
to me, that wasn't truth."
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And I think that
when we pray this prayer,
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hallowed be Your
name, how do we hallow it?
00:22:41.19\00:22:43.86
You know, what do those mean?
00:22:43.89\00:22:45.23
Father, my, one of
my greatest desires
00:22:45.26\00:22:47.63
is for You to be accurately
represented on this earth.
00:22:47.66\00:22:50.70
That's why I want to
have an accurate rep,
00:22:50.73\00:22:52.67
I want to know
you for who you are,
00:22:52.70\00:22:54.60
I want to see You
for who You really are,
00:22:54.64\00:22:57.17
and then may I be an
accurate representation
00:22:57.21\00:23:01.54
of who You are to the world.
00:23:01.58\00:23:03.31
And you realize a lot
of our misunderstandings
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of each other, our
misunderstandings of God,
00:23:07.18\00:23:09.82
you know, lead us to
dysfunctional behaviors,
00:23:09.85\00:23:12.52
or alienation, and so
forth in relationships.
00:23:12.55\00:23:15.72
So, yeah, when we think
of hallowed be Thy name,
00:23:15.76\00:23:18.46
that's what I
think of, who is God?
00:23:18.49\00:23:20.83
Are we
accurately representing Him?
00:23:20.86\00:23:22.96
I know I'm in my mid-70s,
00:23:23.00\00:23:25.60
and I don't think
that I've ever used hallow
00:23:25.63\00:23:29.60
for anybody's name
except my Father in heaven.
00:23:29.64\00:23:33.84
So it's extremely special
was I'm thinking about this,
00:23:33.88\00:23:37.61
I haven't studied this at all.
00:23:37.65\00:23:39.91
It's just that
our Father in heaven,
00:23:39.95\00:23:41.28
hallowed be Your name.
00:23:41.32\00:23:42.65
I've never heard.
00:23:42.68\00:23:44.85
Johnny, you're a good
guy, hallowed be Your name.
00:23:44.89\00:23:48.89
Never heard that. No.
00:23:48.92\00:23:50.49
You know, so this
is reserved for Him.
00:23:50.53\00:23:53.29
Amen. Amen.
00:23:53.33\00:23:54.66
There's nobody else like
Him, is what we're saying there.
00:23:54.70\00:23:57.20
Nobody else like God,
and when we think about
00:23:57.23\00:23:59.40
hallowed be the
name of some human being,
00:23:59.43\00:24:01.84
immediately some
thought reminds us that
00:24:01.87\00:24:04.74
that doesn't quite fit.
00:24:04.77\00:24:07.08
But with God, and like Rise,
00:24:07.11\00:24:08.94
said, I think it's
really important...
00:24:08.98\00:24:10.31
Amen.
00:24:10.35\00:24:11.68
There's nobody that's been
more misrepresented than God.
00:24:11.71\00:24:13.05
Amen.
00:24:13.08\00:24:14.42
No human being has been
more misrepresented than God.
00:24:14.45\00:24:16.22
And so there are a lot of people
00:24:16.25\00:24:17.59
that can't say,
hallowed be Thy name
00:24:17.62\00:24:18.95
because they don't see
God the way He really is.
00:24:18.99\00:24:21.79
Amen. Amen.
00:24:21.82\00:24:23.16
Amen.
00:24:23.19\00:24:24.53
Rise, you want to
take Matthew 6:10?
00:24:24.56\00:24:27.30
Do you want just one line or?
00:24:27.33\00:24:28.96
Okay. Go ahead
with the whole line.
00:24:29.00\00:24:30.93
Okay.
00:24:30.97\00:24:32.30
"Your kingdom come,
00:24:32.33\00:24:33.67
Your will be done on
earth as it is in heaven."
00:24:33.70\00:24:36.84
Let's break that down.
00:24:36.87\00:24:40.11
What's going on in heaven?
00:24:40.14\00:24:42.84
Would you agree that
00:24:42.88\00:24:44.21
there's perfect unity
and harmony in heaven?
00:24:44.25\00:24:47.08
First word that
came was perfect.
00:24:47.12\00:24:48.75
It's perfect.
00:24:48.78\00:24:50.79
But I heard
somebody say the other day,
00:24:50.82\00:24:53.42
"This is a dangerous prayer."
00:24:53.46\00:24:55.42
And I'm thinking,
what's dangerous about this?
00:24:55.46\00:25:00.90
Would you agree, let
me ask this question,
00:25:00.93\00:25:04.37
on the day of Pentecost,
00:25:04.40\00:25:06.90
the kingdom of heaven began
00:25:06.94\00:25:10.71
in the hearts of some?
00:25:10.74\00:25:12.74
Absolutely.
00:25:12.77\00:25:14.11
But the kingdom, when
He says, Your kingdom come,
00:25:14.14\00:25:18.18
or as you read
in the King James,
00:25:18.21\00:25:21.18
Thy Kingdom come,
why are we praying?
00:25:21.22\00:25:25.95
I mean, that's really
powerful to think about praying,
00:25:25.99\00:25:29.39
oh, Lord, Your kingdom come,
00:25:29.42\00:25:32.19
Your will be done on
earth as it is in heaven.
00:25:32.23\00:25:36.23
It's God's will, is His perfect
will being done on earth now?
00:25:36.26\00:25:40.80
No.
00:25:40.84\00:25:42.17
No, I feel like these verses
00:25:42.20\00:25:43.54
are just saying
there are two kingdoms.
00:25:43.57\00:25:45.11
There's a Your
kingdom, there's another kingdom
00:25:45.14\00:25:47.54
that's present
right now on this earth.
00:25:47.58\00:25:48.94
Yeah.
00:25:48.98\00:25:50.31
And so we can say
God's permissive will.
00:25:50.35\00:25:53.21
There's some things
that, you know, boy,
00:25:53.25\00:25:56.32
we can get really deep here.
00:25:56.35\00:25:59.55
There's rules of engagement.
00:25:59.59\00:26:01.46
God has given
Satan a limited time.
00:26:01.49\00:26:06.86
And so, there's certain
things that God has allowed.
00:26:06.90\00:26:09.56
Satan's trying to
prove his lies against Him.
00:26:09.60\00:26:13.27
And you talk about
being misrepresented.
00:26:13.30\00:26:16.17
You know, somebody
called me the other day,
00:26:16.20\00:26:19.97
and they said something
that was probably 95% truth,
00:26:20.01\00:26:24.98
but had a twist on it.
00:26:25.01\00:26:27.05
And at first I was thinking,
00:26:27.08\00:26:29.95
and then I
decided to investigate.
00:26:29.98\00:26:34.42
Lies, errors, especially,
00:26:34.46\00:26:36.86
the most
deceptive err is the one
00:26:36.89\00:26:40.10
that presents 95%
truth, and tweaks it.
00:26:40.13\00:26:44.33
Did God really say you
can't eat from all the trees?
00:26:44.37\00:26:50.24
Is that what God said?
00:26:50.27\00:26:52.81
What did God say in the garden?
00:26:52.84\00:26:54.71
No, He said, "You can eat from
all the trees except for one."
00:26:54.74\00:26:57.55
Except for one. Exactly.
00:26:57.58\00:27:00.28
So, why are we praying
for His kingdom to come?
00:27:00.32\00:27:05.52
Why should we pray?
00:27:05.55\00:27:07.76
Well, while we read this verse,
you know, as Rise alluded to,
00:27:07.79\00:27:11.89
you know, there's
two kingdoms here.
00:27:11.93\00:27:13.26
Yeah.
00:27:13.29\00:27:14.63
There's the one that
lives within us, which...
00:27:14.66\00:27:18.73
What came to my
mind was Luke 17:21,
00:27:18.77\00:27:22.37
where it says, He start,
00:27:22.40\00:27:23.74
it's now, where
we start in verse 20,
00:27:23.77\00:27:26.54
where it says,
"Now when He was asked
00:27:26.57\00:27:27.91
by the Pharisees
00:27:27.94\00:27:29.28
when the kingdom
of God would come,
00:27:29.31\00:27:30.65
He answered them and said,
00:27:30.68\00:27:32.01
'The kingdom of God does
not come with observation,
00:27:32.05\00:27:34.78
nor will they say, 'See here!'
00:27:34.82\00:27:36.42
or 'See there!'
00:27:36.45\00:27:37.79
For indeed, the
kingdom of God is within you.'"
00:27:37.82\00:27:39.72
Amen.
00:27:39.75\00:27:41.09
So, there's two
different kingdoms here that
00:27:41.12\00:27:42.72
we're talking about.
00:27:42.76\00:27:44.09
And it's the
one that's within us
00:27:44.13\00:27:45.49
when we've
accepted God as our Father,
00:27:45.53\00:27:47.63
and we start to
take on His name,
00:27:47.66\00:27:49.73
and develop His character.
00:27:49.76\00:27:51.57
But then there's
that other kingdom,
00:27:51.60\00:27:53.00
which is, you know,
00:27:53.03\00:27:54.37
God bringing His
kingdom back here to earth,
00:27:54.40\00:27:56.77
which is represented,
I think in Daniel 2,
00:27:56.81\00:28:00.11
where He's going to
bring back down the kingdom
00:28:00.14\00:28:02.78
where no man is now ruler of.
00:28:02.81\00:28:04.55
It is only God who
is the ruler of it.
00:28:04.58\00:28:06.41
Yeah.
00:28:06.45\00:28:07.78
And He does away
with death and sin,
00:28:07.82\00:28:10.69
as 1 Corinthians 15 talks about.
00:28:10.72\00:28:14.02
When He returns,
00:28:14.06\00:28:16.12
His kingdom will
be fully established.
00:28:16.16\00:28:20.06
Yeah, I think that
what you were saying there,
00:28:20.10\00:28:22.23
in also, verse 17 of Romans 14,
00:28:22.26\00:28:25.63
"For the kingdom of God is not
00:28:25.67\00:28:27.20
in meat and drink,
00:28:27.24\00:28:28.60
but in righteousness and peace
00:28:28.64\00:28:30.17
and joy in the Holy Ghost."
00:28:30.21\00:28:32.41
So you do have in Hebrews 4,
00:28:32.44\00:28:36.11
it talks about,
let us come boldly
00:28:36.14\00:28:37.88
to the throne of grace.
00:28:37.91\00:28:39.78
Where there's a throne
there is a kingdom, right?
00:28:39.81\00:28:42.35
So if we have
the throne of grace,
00:28:42.38\00:28:43.72
we have a kingdom of grace,
00:28:43.75\00:28:45.09
and it's
something we can come to.
00:28:45.12\00:28:46.89
So even though
God's temporal kingdom
00:28:46.92\00:28:49.59
hasn't been
established on earth yet,
00:28:49.62\00:28:51.43
His kingdom of grace has,
00:28:51.46\00:28:53.26
and the kingdom of
grace is the transformation
00:28:53.29\00:28:55.33
that takes place when
we finally acknowledge
00:28:55.36\00:28:56.87
that God is our Father.
00:28:56.90\00:28:58.57
That He loves
us, He died for us,
00:28:58.60\00:28:59.97
He gave His Son for us.
00:29:00.00\00:29:01.40
And when we make
that acknowledgement,
00:29:01.44\00:29:02.77
we get
righteousness, and we get joy,
00:29:02.80\00:29:05.57
and we get peace,
joy in the Holy Ghost,
00:29:05.61\00:29:07.91
and we get peace,
00:29:07.94\00:29:09.28
and great peace have
they that love thy law,
00:29:09.31\00:29:11.51
nothing shall offend them.
00:29:11.55\00:29:12.88
We have this
infilling of the Holy Spirit
00:29:12.91\00:29:14.98
that pushes out fear,
00:29:15.02\00:29:17.19
that love that comes in
and pushes out everything else.
00:29:17.22\00:29:19.05
And that's the kingdom of God
00:29:19.09\00:29:20.42
being established in our hearts.
00:29:20.46\00:29:21.89
And we choose to start
doing things differently.
00:29:21.92\00:29:26.13
You know, we want to be
an asset in people's lives,
00:29:26.16\00:29:30.37
rather than a liability.
00:29:30.40\00:29:31.90
We want to give,
00:29:31.93\00:29:33.27
we don't want to
be just be taking.
00:29:33.30\00:29:34.64
Amen.
00:29:34.67\00:29:36.00
You know what I was
thinking on the way here today?
00:29:36.04\00:29:38.27
I was thinking, you know,
God is a God of boundaries.
00:29:38.31\00:29:42.08
Would you not agree?
00:29:42.11\00:29:43.45
I mean, God is a
boundary setting,
00:29:43.48\00:29:46.51
boundary keeping God.
00:29:46.55\00:29:48.42
And one of the boundaries
00:29:48.45\00:29:49.78
He put on
Himself, this is amazing.
00:29:49.82\00:29:54.76
He created us to be
creatures of free will
00:29:54.79\00:29:57.13
and He will not
cross that boundary.
00:29:57.16\00:29:59.86
Isn't that an amazing thought
00:29:59.89\00:30:01.86
that the creator of everything
has said to Shelley Quinn,
00:30:01.90\00:30:06.43
I've given you free will,
now, I want you to love Me,
00:30:06.47\00:30:10.57
but you've got to
choose to love Me?
00:30:10.61\00:30:13.91
And, to me, it's amazing thing,
the boundaries that He gave us,
00:30:13.94\00:30:18.95
the Ten Commandments.
00:30:18.98\00:30:21.15
You know, some
people think that,
00:30:21.18\00:30:23.05
"Oh, God is
limiting our freedom."
00:30:23.08\00:30:25.72
It's like you just said,
00:30:25.75\00:30:27.19
He told you can
eat of all the trees,
00:30:27.22\00:30:29.42
but one, because He knew
00:30:29.46\00:30:30.93
it was going to be bad for them.
00:30:30.96\00:30:32.49
When He put the Ten
Commandments around us,
00:30:32.53\00:30:35.03
He's saying, you know,
00:30:35.06\00:30:37.37
you can run in this
path of My Commandments,
00:30:37.40\00:30:40.07
have a beautiful life.
00:30:40.10\00:30:42.84
And I love, I can't
think, Isaiah 40 or 50.
00:30:42.87\00:30:48.01
Anyway, He
said, "Oh that you had
00:30:48.04\00:30:50.21
heeded My commandments!
00:30:50.25\00:30:51.71
And your peace would have been
00:30:51.75\00:30:53.08
like a river and
your righteousness
00:30:53.11\00:30:55.62
like the noonday sun."
00:30:55.65\00:30:57.42
God gave us commandments
to free us from sin,
00:30:57.45\00:31:01.86
the 10 promises.
00:31:01.89\00:31:03.39
So it's so amazing to me.
00:31:03.43\00:31:06.13
You know, this verse to me
is a promise too, you know,
00:31:06.16\00:31:09.43
we're praying for
something to happen,
00:31:09.46\00:31:11.13
but it's a promise
is going to happen.
00:31:11.17\00:31:12.50
Amen.
00:31:12.53\00:31:13.87
In Revelation, it says,
the kingdoms of this world
00:31:13.90\00:31:15.40
had become the
kingdom of our God,
00:31:15.44\00:31:16.94
and it was Christ.
00:31:16.97\00:31:18.31
And that's going
to be reality someday.
00:31:18.34\00:31:20.08
And so we have
the choice now to say,
00:31:20.11\00:31:21.88
"Well, what kingdom do
I want to identify with?
00:31:21.91\00:31:25.85
Or you know, put my interest in?
00:31:25.88\00:31:27.92
Where's my citizenship?"
00:31:27.95\00:31:29.28
Yeah, and live in the
context of that citizenship.
00:31:29.32\00:31:33.52
I'm an American citizen,
00:31:33.56\00:31:34.89
and I'm proud to be
an American citizen,
00:31:34.92\00:31:36.49
and I'm going to
abide by the principles
00:31:36.52\00:31:38.69
and what I believe that
this country represents, right?
00:31:38.73\00:31:41.26
And so as a
citizen of the kingdom,
00:31:41.30\00:31:44.27
that is someday
going to become a reality,
00:31:44.30\00:31:46.33
like visible reality.
00:31:46.37\00:31:47.84
I'm still choosing
by faith to live it
00:31:47.87\00:31:50.17
and live in the
context of that kingdom.
00:31:50.21\00:31:51.77
Okay. Very well explained.
00:31:51.81\00:31:53.27
Very well. All right.
00:31:53.31\00:31:54.64
Yeah.
00:31:54.68\00:31:56.01
So, He has, Jesus is giving
us an example of how to pray,
00:31:56.04\00:32:01.28
center our hearts on
God, see Him for who He is,
00:32:01.32\00:32:06.09
that He's character of love.
00:32:06.12\00:32:08.36
And you know
what makes God holy?
00:32:08.39\00:32:10.83
Holiness is to be
separated from sin.
00:32:10.86\00:32:14.10
Love can't sin.
00:32:14.13\00:32:16.56
Love, God is love.
00:32:16.60\00:32:19.43
So God can't sin.
00:32:19.47\00:32:21.10
God can't lie, He can't
use the tactics of the devil.
00:32:21.14\00:32:24.41
God is love.
00:32:24.44\00:32:26.24
And when we center
00:32:26.27\00:32:28.48
our hearts on that, and realize,
00:32:28.51\00:32:31.78
we stand in awe of
what He's done for us,
00:32:31.81\00:32:34.85
but then the
next three petitions,
00:32:34.88\00:32:37.29
in my mind, kind of recognize
00:32:37.32\00:32:39.82
the hindrances to
our Christian walk.
00:32:39.85\00:32:43.83
That it's
something that talks about
00:32:43.86\00:32:47.66
our humble dependence
upon His daily provision,
00:32:47.70\00:32:51.03
we're seeking forgiveness,
and we're seeking His grace,
00:32:51.07\00:32:55.80
His guidance,
deliverance from evil.
00:32:55.84\00:32:59.34
Who wants to take?
00:32:59.37\00:33:00.71
Honey, why
don't you do verse 11?
00:33:00.74\00:33:03.75
That's Matthew 6:11.
00:33:03.78\00:33:06.31
"Give us this
day our daily bread."
00:33:06.35\00:33:09.85
Imagine we've all prayed
that many times, you know,
00:33:09.88\00:33:14.72
that just, in other words,
00:33:14.76\00:33:19.56
I'll starve if you
don't provide for me.
00:33:19.59\00:33:23.77
And that's the bottom line.
00:33:23.80\00:33:25.47
And, Lord, please help me.
00:33:25.50\00:33:29.20
And sometimes we're
always asking for help,
00:33:29.24\00:33:31.97
but we're never
praising His name.
00:33:32.01\00:33:33.41
And if we get that help,
00:33:33.44\00:33:35.54
you know, but
He's sitting there.
00:33:35.58\00:33:36.91
There's nothing
wrong with asking,
00:33:36.95\00:33:39.58
because that's
what I want to do.
00:33:39.61\00:33:41.65
I love my children,
00:33:41.68\00:33:43.02
I want to
provide for my children.
00:33:43.05\00:33:45.52
But here, this petition brings
in the humility, you know,
00:33:45.55\00:33:50.06
Lord, please, in
the name of Jesus,
00:33:50.09\00:33:52.16
please take care of us today.
00:33:52.19\00:33:54.46
I mean, wow, we, you know,
00:33:54.50\00:33:56.20
that big wall is staring
us in the face right there.
00:33:56.23\00:33:58.67
We need Your assistance.
00:33:58.70\00:34:00.10
Amen. Anyway, give us this day.
00:34:00.14\00:34:03.34
And there are some
scriptures to back this up
00:34:03.37\00:34:04.71
if you'd like
for me to read one.
00:34:04.74\00:34:06.07
Sure, please.
00:34:06.11\00:34:07.44
1 Kings 8:59-61, "And
may these words of mine,
00:34:07.48\00:34:12.61
with which I have made
supplication before the Lord,
00:34:12.65\00:34:15.95
be near the Lord
our God day and night,
00:34:15.98\00:34:18.99
that He may maintain
the cause of His servant
00:34:19.02\00:34:22.66
and the cause of
His people Israel,
00:34:22.69\00:34:24.59
as each day may require."
00:34:24.63\00:34:27.20
I love that
scripture. As each day require.
00:34:27.23\00:34:31.03
And I think, the
thing about this,
00:34:31.07\00:34:34.60
the humility in this is
00:34:34.64\00:34:36.47
we're recognizing
God is our provider.
00:34:36.50\00:34:39.44
But the other part of that is
00:34:39.47\00:34:41.24
that we're asking only
00:34:41.28\00:34:46.11
for the needs of...
00:34:46.15\00:34:48.05
What's our actual needs are.
00:34:48.08\00:34:50.09
You know, some
people look at God
00:34:50.12\00:34:51.65
as they're praying
and you would think
00:34:51.69\00:34:53.09
He was a slot
machine or something.
00:34:53.12\00:34:55.92
I mean, the way they praise,
you know, I want a Corvette,
00:34:55.96\00:34:59.63
Lord, I want this, I want that.
00:34:59.66\00:35:01.70
And, you know,
Solomon's dedication prayer
00:35:01.73\00:35:05.90
at the temple, he's saying,
00:35:05.93\00:35:08.94
"Oh, Lord, hear our
prayer day and night."
00:35:08.97\00:35:11.54
And then he says,
00:35:11.57\00:35:12.91
"God maintains the
cause of His people,
00:35:12.94\00:35:16.78
day and night, as
each day may require."
00:35:16.81\00:35:22.98
I love that.
00:35:23.02\00:35:25.05
I love that.
00:35:25.09\00:35:26.55
And it makes sense.
00:35:26.59\00:35:28.09
And if you really understand
00:35:28.12\00:35:29.46
that it takes
selfishness out of the deal.
00:35:29.49\00:35:32.06
The old saying,
keeping up with the Joneses.
00:35:32.09\00:35:34.20
There is no more
keeping up with the Joneses,
00:35:34.23\00:35:36.20
because that's not the priority.
00:35:36.23\00:35:38.50
The priority is, "Lord,
00:35:38.53\00:35:40.27
give us this
day, provide for us."
00:35:40.30\00:35:42.44
It's challenging
for us, isn't it?
00:35:42.47\00:35:43.81
It is.
00:35:43.84\00:35:45.17
In the Western world,
it's challenging for us,
00:35:45.21\00:35:46.94
because we...
00:35:46.98\00:35:48.31
I have, we have a bunch
of bread in the freezer,
00:35:48.34\00:35:49.94
you know, so to speak.
00:35:49.98\00:35:51.31
You know, we got a few days
00:35:51.35\00:35:53.21
stored up or a
few weeks stored up,
00:35:53.25\00:35:55.02
you know, we've got, you know,
00:35:55.05\00:35:56.38
we've got toilet
paper in the storage bin,
00:35:56.42\00:35:57.89
you know, type of thing.
00:35:57.92\00:35:59.25
But you go to some of these
other underdeveloped countries,
00:35:59.29\00:36:02.39
and we think
about maybe, you know,
00:36:02.42\00:36:04.03
not getting off course here,
00:36:04.06\00:36:05.39
but some of the, you know,
00:36:05.43\00:36:06.76
crisis that we've
been through recently.
00:36:06.80\00:36:08.53
And we feel affected, "Oh,
we're not going to have this,
00:36:08.56\00:36:12.03
we're not going to have that."
00:36:12.07\00:36:13.40
Well, in some
of these countries,
00:36:13.44\00:36:14.77
millions of people are dying.
00:36:14.80\00:36:16.14
Yes.
00:36:16.17\00:36:17.51
They're dying,
00:36:17.54\00:36:18.87
because they
don't have the things
00:36:18.91\00:36:20.31
that we kind of
take for granted.
00:36:20.34\00:36:21.81
But we freak out,
because, you know,
00:36:21.84\00:36:23.38
we don't have a lot of stored up
00:36:23.41\00:36:25.18
for enough time.
00:36:25.21\00:36:26.55
They don't have anything.
00:36:26.58\00:36:27.92
So when Jesus is
praying this prayer,
00:36:27.95\00:36:29.58
you know,
definitely He's speaking
00:36:29.62\00:36:31.45
about the sense, the need,
00:36:31.49\00:36:34.56
that's daily, that urgency
00:36:34.59\00:36:36.42
that we have to
depend on God daily,
00:36:36.46\00:36:38.56
and we lose that I think.
00:36:38.59\00:36:39.93
Some of us lose
that in this kind of,
00:36:39.96\00:36:42.06
you know, environment.
00:36:42.10\00:36:43.43
But you go to some of
these other countries,
00:36:43.47\00:36:44.80
I've traveled the
world, I've been to, you know,
00:36:44.83\00:36:46.33
Asia and Africa and
South Central America,
00:36:46.37\00:36:48.60
and there's a
difference in the way that
00:36:48.64\00:36:51.61
people relate to the Word of God
00:36:51.64\00:36:53.41
and they relate to
prayer and relate to, you know,
00:36:53.44\00:36:56.95
their spiritual experience.
00:36:56.98\00:36:59.41
They have a completely
different dependence on God
00:36:59.45\00:37:02.38
than we have.
00:37:02.42\00:37:03.75
You know, that's what
God's whole plan is about,
00:37:03.79\00:37:06.12
is that we're
completely dependent upon Him.
00:37:06.15\00:37:08.36
And really, I don't care
00:37:08.39\00:37:09.72
if you've got
millions in the bank,
00:37:09.76\00:37:11.39
when you think that
00:37:11.43\00:37:12.96
He's going to give you
grace as each day may require.
00:37:12.99\00:37:17.13
We are dependent upon
Him for our next breath.
00:37:17.17\00:37:19.87
So it doesn't
matter what we've got.
00:37:19.90\00:37:22.30
But we do need to
have, when Jesus said,
00:37:22.34\00:37:25.64
lest you become
as little children,
00:37:25.67\00:37:28.31
you won't enter the kingdom.
00:37:28.34\00:37:30.25
I think what He's saying is,
00:37:30.28\00:37:32.35
a child looks to their
father for complete provision,
00:37:32.38\00:37:37.25
a child depends and
trusts their father,
00:37:37.29\00:37:41.96
and that's what
He wants from us.
00:37:41.99\00:37:43.32
Amen.
00:37:43.36\00:37:44.69
But when a child comes to
His father or mother and says,
00:37:44.73\00:37:48.33
"I'm hungry, can
I have some bread?"
00:37:48.36\00:37:50.23
Right?
00:37:50.27\00:37:51.60
The father is going to
give it, but I think that
00:37:51.63\00:37:53.07
it's an
expression from the child,
00:37:53.10\00:37:54.44
"No, I'm hungry."
00:37:54.47\00:37:55.80
And whether you're rich,
00:37:55.84\00:37:57.17
or whether you're
poor, everyone's hungry.
00:37:57.21\00:37:58.71
Yeah. Amen.
00:37:58.74\00:38:00.08
That's good Everyone has
need and so hunger, desires.
00:38:00.11\00:38:04.71
And this is recognizing,
as we pray this, that Father,
00:38:04.75\00:38:08.42
You're the source of fulfillment
00:38:08.45\00:38:10.99
for the hunger
that I experienced,
00:38:11.02\00:38:12.85
that we try to satisfy
00:38:12.89\00:38:14.22
with a zillion things out there.
00:38:14.26\00:38:17.39
You're the one who holds the key
00:38:17.43\00:38:19.63
for my total fulfillment
to satisfy the hunger.
00:38:19.66\00:38:21.83
Amen. Amen.
00:38:21.86\00:38:23.20
Powerful height.
00:38:23.23\00:38:24.57
James, you want
to take Matthew 6:13?
00:38:24.60\00:38:27.34
Matthew 6:13, and lead
us not into temptation...
00:38:27.37\00:38:30.47
Wait a minute,
we skipped verse 12,
00:38:30.51\00:38:32.77
one of the most important ones.
00:38:32.81\00:38:34.14
Yeah. Okay.
00:38:34.18\00:38:35.54
"And forgive us our debts
as we forgive our debtors."
00:38:35.58\00:38:39.21
That's a big one. Yeah.
00:38:39.25\00:38:41.35
That's huge. So
let's get into it.
00:38:41.38\00:38:46.76
It's really the central
focus of the prayer almost.
00:38:46.79\00:38:52.63
And you find this, I think,
00:38:52.66\00:38:54.73
being directing
us to the gospel,
00:38:54.76\00:38:57.37
to salvation,
you know, to Jesus.
00:38:57.40\00:39:00.14
The whole
motivation for acknowledging
00:39:00.17\00:39:03.41
that God is our
Father is a recognition
00:39:03.44\00:39:06.37
that He is our
Redeemer, He's our Savior,
00:39:06.41\00:39:08.98
He's
accomplished something for us.
00:39:09.01\00:39:10.38
And I remember when, you know,
00:39:10.41\00:39:12.31
I first realized that and
I prayed a different prayer
00:39:12.35\00:39:15.88
than the Our
Fathers and the Hail Marys,
00:39:15.92\00:39:18.49
and it was a very
simple, short, heartfelt prayer.
00:39:18.52\00:39:22.96
And it brought
Jesus into my heart,
00:39:22.99\00:39:25.46
it brought forgiveness of sins,
00:39:25.49\00:39:27.16
it brought the Holy Spirit,
00:39:27.20\00:39:28.86
it transformed me
into acknowledging God,
00:39:28.90\00:39:31.90
and immediately,
00:39:31.93\00:39:34.30
I had a sense of
goodwill toward other people.
00:39:34.34\00:39:37.47
And I think what this
verse is saying to us is,
00:39:37.51\00:39:39.81
you will forgive other people
00:39:39.84\00:39:41.24
and you will be gracious to them
00:39:41.28\00:39:42.61
and merciful to them
00:39:42.64\00:39:43.98
as you experience
God's forgiveness,
00:39:44.01\00:39:46.48
as you experience
the gospel of salvation.
00:39:46.51\00:39:49.35
As you experienced that,
00:39:49.38\00:39:50.72
it will automatically
flow out to others.
00:39:50.75\00:39:52.15
And if it's not flowing out
to others, you got to go back.
00:39:52.19\00:39:54.56
You can't make
yourself be merciful to people.
00:39:54.59\00:39:56.96
You've got to go back
00:39:56.99\00:39:58.33
and partake again of that
salvation grace and spirit.
00:39:58.36\00:40:00.40
Automatic sounds so easy.
00:40:00.43\00:40:02.23
I don't know if it's automatic,
00:40:02.26\00:40:03.87
it's definitely a
struggle for me like, Father,
00:40:03.90\00:40:06.94
I've been hurt.
00:40:06.97\00:40:08.30
You know, I've been wounded.
00:40:08.34\00:40:09.80
There are people
who have deeply hurt me,
00:40:09.84\00:40:11.87
and it's hard for
me to let that go.
00:40:11.91\00:40:14.18
You know, 'cause in essence,
00:40:14.21\00:40:15.54
I feel like letting it go,
00:40:15.58\00:40:16.91
might be saying that was okay
00:40:16.95\00:40:18.28
or let them off the hook.
00:40:18.31\00:40:19.65
But I realize that
me holding a grudge
00:40:19.68\00:40:21.55
against them is inhibiting also,
00:40:21.58\00:40:24.55
you know, me
experiencing the mercy
00:40:24.59\00:40:26.35
and forgiveness that
I so desperately need.
00:40:26.39\00:40:28.12
And I love that
point you just made that
00:40:28.16\00:40:29.49
as I receive mercy and
forgiveness for my own sin,
00:40:29.52\00:40:33.53
now I have, you know,
00:40:33.56\00:40:35.06
the ability to
extend it to other people.
00:40:35.10\00:40:36.77
But I love, I
feel like God's saying,
00:40:36.80\00:40:39.00
"Tell me about it.
00:40:39.03\00:40:40.37
Tell me about, you
know, the, your debtors,
00:40:40.40\00:40:42.74
and so that I can help you
00:40:42.77\00:40:44.77
in this process
of forgiving them."
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.01
The words that come to my mind
00:40:47.04\00:40:48.38
is being
vulnerable, and fighting pride,
00:40:48.41\00:40:52.61
because there's some people
they just don't want to let go.
00:40:52.65\00:40:55.02
Yeah.
00:40:55.05\00:40:56.38
And the more
they think about it,
00:40:56.42\00:40:57.75
the more they rationalize,
00:40:57.79\00:40:59.12
well, I don't have to
say no, he needs to say no.
00:40:59.15\00:41:01.79
And then it gets in that battle,
00:41:01.82\00:41:03.96
and I will just
imagine the enemies over here,
00:41:03.99\00:41:06.16
just really enjoying this.
00:41:06.19\00:41:08.23
Y'all fight it out for a while,
00:41:08.26\00:41:10.27
I'll see you
next week, you know?
00:41:10.30\00:41:12.73
So what I'm hearing...
00:41:12.77\00:41:14.24
I think Ian has got
something to say real quick.
00:41:14.27\00:41:16.20
Yeah, if you don't mind.
00:41:16.24\00:41:17.57
Oh, that's what
you're here for generally.
00:41:17.61\00:41:19.31
This verse really
00:41:19.34\00:41:22.31
hits home deeply.
00:41:22.34\00:41:25.75
And I'm just going to be,
you know, open for a moment.
00:41:25.78\00:41:28.15
But you know, Angela and I,
00:41:28.18\00:41:29.95
we have had some challenges,
00:41:29.98\00:41:31.95
some big
challenges in our marriage,
00:41:31.99\00:41:34.09
a lot of them stemmed
00:41:34.12\00:41:35.46
from prior to me
being a Christian.
00:41:35.49\00:41:37.93
And my amazing wife,
00:41:37.96\00:41:41.40
she showed that
type of forgiveness,
00:41:41.43\00:41:44.60
she showed the
forgiveness of Jesus.
00:41:44.63\00:41:46.50
Amen.
00:41:46.53\00:41:47.87
And if it wasn't for
that, and her following
00:41:47.90\00:41:50.67
what the Lord wanted her to do,
00:41:50.71\00:41:52.41
to show that type of forgiveness
00:41:52.44\00:41:53.78
for others,
00:41:53.81\00:41:55.14
even though I had crossed
her, she showed that to me,
00:41:55.18\00:41:57.55
and that, you know,
looking back on it now,
00:41:57.58\00:42:01.62
I didn't realize it then.
00:42:01.65\00:42:03.59
But that just
revealed Christ to me,
00:42:03.62\00:42:06.15
and I didn't even
know it at the time.
00:42:06.19\00:42:08.22
Amen.
00:42:08.26\00:42:09.59
You know, but now as
I've grown closer to the Lord,
00:42:09.62\00:42:11.26
and I look back at what,
00:42:11.29\00:42:12.63
you know, what
my wife did for me,
00:42:12.66\00:42:14.70
and I she had to
pray this prayer,
00:42:14.73\00:42:16.43
you know, "Forgive me,
Father, so I can forgive them."
00:42:16.46\00:42:19.33
You know, I'm sure
she was on her knees,
00:42:19.37\00:42:21.10
saying those same exact things,
00:42:21.14\00:42:22.47
but she showed that same
type of forgiveness that,
00:42:22.50\00:42:25.21
and that forgiveness,
00:42:25.24\00:42:26.57
even though I
wasn't a Christian,
00:42:26.61\00:42:27.94
if you show that
to somebody else,
00:42:27.98\00:42:29.68
that can bring
that person to Christ.
00:42:29.71\00:42:31.68
Amen. You know, it did for me.
00:42:31.71\00:42:34.22
It showed me a type of
love that is not natural.
00:42:34.25\00:42:38.15
Most wouldn't have
forgiven, but she did.
00:42:38.19\00:42:40.72
Amen.
00:42:40.76\00:42:42.09
And it's just,
00:42:42.12\00:42:43.46
it's a beautiful
thing to not only,
00:42:43.49\00:42:45.03
I would think for to give
that forgiveness to others,
00:42:45.06\00:42:47.60
but it's a beautiful thing,
00:42:47.63\00:42:48.96
especially in my case to receive
00:42:49.00\00:42:50.33
that kind of forgiveness.
00:42:50.37\00:42:51.70
Absolutely.
00:42:51.73\00:42:53.07
Has that changed
the way you look at
00:42:53.10\00:42:54.44
other people who hurt you?
00:42:54.47\00:42:55.87
It does, you know, it does,
00:42:55.90\00:42:58.01
definitely because I
know the impact it had on me.
00:42:58.04\00:43:00.94
And, you know, we
don't always realize
00:43:00.98\00:43:03.98
why people are the way
they are and the damage
00:43:04.01\00:43:06.38
that they have.
00:43:06.41\00:43:07.75
You know, there could be
things that are so underlying,
00:43:07.78\00:43:09.58
that are so buried, and
they don't even realize it,
00:43:09.62\00:43:11.45
but it's coming
out in their emotions
00:43:11.49\00:43:13.92
and their actions towards you.
00:43:13.96\00:43:15.76
And I teach my
son this all the time.
00:43:15.79\00:43:17.56
But when you start to
show somebody forgiveness,
00:43:17.59\00:43:20.70
or be kind to them,
00:43:20.73\00:43:22.06
even when they're
not being kind to you,
00:43:22.10\00:43:24.67
it makes them stop
and just think like,
00:43:24.70\00:43:27.30
"Why is this person?
00:43:27.34\00:43:29.47
You know, I'm
treating them terribly.
00:43:29.50\00:43:31.47
You know, why are
they being so kind to me?
00:43:31.51\00:43:33.74
Why are they forgiving me
when I don't deserve that?"
00:43:33.78\00:43:36.51
And it just opens up questions
and words and, you know...
00:43:36.54\00:43:39.38
How hard was it, Angela?
00:43:39.41\00:43:42.18
How hard was it?
00:43:42.22\00:43:43.85
Oh, to forgive him?
00:43:43.89\00:43:45.95
I mean, it took time.
00:43:45.99\00:43:48.22
But I want to, you know,
00:43:48.26\00:43:49.62
I felt like if God forgave me...
00:43:49.66\00:43:50.99
Amen.
00:43:51.03\00:43:52.36
How could I not
forgive my husband?
00:43:52.39\00:43:54.30
And then I just
want to do God's will,
00:43:54.33\00:43:56.03
not my own will.
00:43:56.06\00:43:57.57
So...
00:43:57.60\00:43:58.93
You see, I
think even forgiveness
00:43:58.97\00:44:00.30
is a gift from God.
00:44:00.34\00:44:01.67
I think it's something that...
00:44:01.70\00:44:03.94
I remember,
there's only one time that
00:44:03.97\00:44:06.51
I've ever felt
hatred in my heart.
00:44:06.54\00:44:08.18
And as I was praying one night,
00:44:08.21\00:44:11.21
this was someone who
put us deeply into debt.
00:44:11.25\00:44:13.88
It was a business partner.
00:44:13.92\00:44:15.65
He threatened my life,
00:44:15.68\00:44:17.15
supposedly had a
contract on my life,
00:44:17.19\00:44:19.19
and I'm in Europe, feeling
like I'm being chased around.
00:44:19.22\00:44:22.82
Long story short, I'm praying
after I got back home safely,
00:44:22.86\00:44:27.23
and saying, "Lord,
forgive me in my sins."
00:44:27.26\00:44:30.43
And suddenly what I hear
is basically Matthew 6:14-15,
00:44:30.47\00:44:35.20
where He says, "I'll forgive you
00:44:35.24\00:44:36.57
if you'll forgive him."
00:44:36.60\00:44:37.94
And I'm going like,
00:44:37.97\00:44:39.31
"No, no way I'm
going to forgive him."
00:44:39.34\00:44:42.01
And so, the Lord and
I had this conversation,
00:44:42.04\00:44:45.15
and I said I don't know how.
00:44:45.18\00:44:47.45
And He said, "Pray
for his salvation."
00:44:47.48\00:44:52.52
And you know what I said?
00:44:52.55\00:44:54.26
I don't want him to be saved.
00:44:54.29\00:44:56.52
I didn't.
00:44:56.56\00:44:57.89
That's, I actually
first time in my life
00:44:57.93\00:45:00.26
had hatred in my heart.
00:45:00.30\00:45:01.63
I didn't care if
this man was saved,
00:45:01.66\00:45:03.23
it was like, let
him face the other.
00:45:03.26\00:45:06.50
And so finally I told the Lord,
00:45:06.53\00:45:09.70
"Okay, I'll pray
for his forgiveness.
00:45:09.74\00:45:13.04
But you know, I don't mean it."
00:45:13.07\00:45:14.64
That's, I mean,
00:45:14.68\00:45:16.38
I may as well confess it
because it's in my heart.
00:45:16.41\00:45:20.88
And so I'm praying
00:45:20.92\00:45:23.62
for his forgiveness
dutifully every night,
00:45:23.65\00:45:26.65
didn't mean it.
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.02
About two weeks into it,
00:45:28.06\00:45:30.39
I'm praying for
this man salvation,
00:45:30.43\00:45:33.60
and I'm in it.
00:45:33.63\00:45:36.67
God had put His love.
00:45:36.70\00:45:40.20
He's shown me this man
as God saw him as a lost
00:45:40.24\00:45:44.31
and suffering human.
00:45:44.34\00:45:46.44
And God had poured His
love for this man into my heart.
00:45:46.47\00:45:50.95
And you know, the neatest thing,
00:45:50.98\00:45:52.85
and I've used this before,
00:45:52.88\00:45:54.22
but I'm going to put
it in here real quickly.
00:45:54.25\00:45:55.58
Because when you
were saying like,
00:45:55.62\00:45:57.75
it's like you're saying to them,
00:45:57.79\00:45:59.55
"Well, that's excusing him."
00:45:59.59\00:46:01.32
No, no, no.
00:46:01.36\00:46:02.69
I asked God for an illustration.
00:46:02.72\00:46:05.49
"Lord, explain this."
00:46:05.53\00:46:06.90
Because as soon
as I forgave him,
00:46:06.93\00:46:09.30
it was just like
this burden rolled off
00:46:09.33\00:46:11.63
of my back, I was freed.
00:46:11.67\00:46:14.10
And I said, "Show me."
00:46:14.14\00:46:15.50
And what God showed me
00:46:15.54\00:46:17.37
was if there's this
little mount or hill,
00:46:17.41\00:46:20.54
and there's a
stream coming down the hill
00:46:20.58\00:46:23.41
into the valley,
well, if you take a wire
00:46:23.45\00:46:26.21
and you anchor it on
either side of that stream,
00:46:26.25\00:46:28.88
anybody upstream that
throws trash into the stream,
00:46:28.92\00:46:33.15
guess what happens?
00:46:33.19\00:46:34.52
It floats down and
it catches on that wire.
00:46:34.56\00:46:38.99
And trash after trash
collects around the wire,
00:46:39.03\00:46:42.90
it begins to
build up like a beaver
00:46:42.93\00:46:45.93
would build a
dam stick by stick,
00:46:45.97\00:46:48.24
it blocks the flow of water.
00:46:48.27\00:46:50.91
And you know what
the Lord showed me?
00:46:50.94\00:46:52.77
He said,
"Unforgiveness in your heart is
00:46:52.81\00:46:55.84
like that wire."
00:46:55.88\00:46:57.78
And you let all these, you know,
00:46:57.81\00:47:00.55
people say hurtful things.
00:47:00.58\00:47:02.45
They do hurtful things.
00:47:02.48\00:47:04.02
And it begins to
collect around that wire
00:47:04.05\00:47:06.96
till you wake up one day,
00:47:06.99\00:47:08.82
and the flow of the Holy Spirit,
00:47:08.86\00:47:10.99
the living water is no
longer flowing through you.
00:47:11.03\00:47:13.83
And it's like you forgive him.
00:47:13.86\00:47:15.66
And here it is, again.
00:47:15.70\00:47:18.23
It's like you've opened, so,
00:47:18.27\00:47:20.04
God asks us to
forgive even our enemies.
00:47:20.07\00:47:24.11
It's, you know what?
00:47:24.14\00:47:25.54
This guy could have
cared less that I forgave him.
00:47:25.57\00:47:28.61
But it made all the difference
in the world in my life.
00:47:28.64\00:47:31.18
Amen. Want that
water to run for you.
00:47:31.21\00:47:34.52
Amen. All right.
00:47:34.55\00:47:36.48
Whose turn? You
want to take one?
00:47:36.52\00:47:38.49
Rise. Rise's turn?
00:47:38.52\00:47:40.22
Whose turn? Okay.
00:47:40.26\00:47:41.59
Matthew 6:13.
00:47:41.62\00:47:43.69
You know, I just had a question
00:47:43.73\00:47:45.06
about this forgiveness
thing, if you don't mind.
00:47:45.09\00:47:46.43
Sure.
00:47:46.46\00:47:47.80
'Cause sometimes I
think we read this,
00:47:47.83\00:47:49.16
and we're like, God is saying,
00:47:49.20\00:47:50.53
"Oh, if you forgive,
then I'll forgive you."
00:47:50.57\00:47:54.07
And I don't think
that's what it's saying, is it?
00:47:54.10\00:47:56.91
No. What is it saying?
00:47:56.94\00:47:59.11
It says as we... As.
00:47:59.14\00:48:02.04
Yeah. There is a
parallelism there.
00:48:02.08\00:48:03.41
Yeah.
00:48:03.45\00:48:04.78
Yeah, we talked a
little bit about...
00:48:04.81\00:48:06.15
About that already, yeah.
00:48:06.18\00:48:07.52
As forgiveness comes into us,
it flows out of us to others.
00:48:07.55\00:48:09.35
Yeah. Yeah.
00:48:09.38\00:48:10.72
If we're healthy.
00:48:10.75\00:48:12.09
And you know,
there's this thing,
00:48:12.12\00:48:14.39
some people will say,
you've already been washed.
00:48:14.42\00:48:19.43
Why do you, I mean,
you've confessed your sins,
00:48:19.46\00:48:21.33
you've accepted Christ,
00:48:21.36\00:48:22.73
why do you need
to confess daily?
00:48:22.76\00:48:26.17
Why do we need to confess daily?
00:48:26.20\00:48:27.87
You know...
00:48:27.90\00:48:30.07
'Cause we need to confess daily.
00:48:30.11\00:48:33.44
And even Jesus when
He was washing the feet,
00:48:33.48\00:48:35.88
and Peter said, "No, no, no, no,
00:48:35.91\00:48:37.35
you'll never wash my feet."
00:48:37.38\00:48:38.71
And He says,
"You're washed already."
00:48:38.75\00:48:41.52
But the, how can you say this?
00:48:41.55\00:48:44.95
The defilement of the
world gets on our faith.
00:48:44.99\00:48:50.36
We're walking through it,
00:48:50.39\00:48:51.76
we end up seeing
things, doing things,
00:48:51.79\00:48:54.80
we need, and, Angela,
00:48:54.83\00:48:56.33
what is 1 John 1:9-10 say?
00:48:56.36\00:49:02.27
Because, it's important that
00:49:02.30\00:49:06.81
we come before the Lord.
00:49:06.84\00:49:08.18
We're washed in the blood
00:49:08.21\00:49:10.08
and justified and acquitted
00:49:10.11\00:49:11.95
from the guilt of our sin,
00:49:11.98\00:49:13.88
but I guarantee we
need our feet washed daily.
00:49:13.92\00:49:17.72
What does 1 John 1:9-10 say?
00:49:17.75\00:49:20.79
"If we confess our sins,
00:49:20.82\00:49:22.32
He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
00:49:22.36\00:49:25.46
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:49:25.49\00:49:28.83
If we say that we have not sin,
00:49:28.86\00:49:30.57
we make Him a liar
and His word is not in us.
00:49:30.60\00:49:33.44
Praise God.
00:49:33.47\00:49:35.64
We can turn to Him to
be cleansed day by day.
00:49:35.67\00:49:38.37
Amen.
00:49:38.41\00:49:39.91
And then in Luke,
it talks about Mary
00:49:39.94\00:49:43.11
with the alabaster
box and it says, verse 7,
00:49:43.14\00:49:46.75
"Wherefore I say unto thee,
00:49:46.78\00:49:48.18
her sins which
are many are forgiven,
00:49:48.22\00:49:50.69
for she loved much,
00:49:50.72\00:49:52.05
but to whom little is forgiven,
the same love is little."
00:49:52.09\00:49:54.32
And I think that
last part of the verse
00:49:54.36\00:49:57.06
gets it correct for us
00:49:57.09\00:49:59.39
and puts it in
order that we understand.
00:49:59.43\00:50:00.96
So he says again...
00:50:01.00\00:50:02.33
That's Luke 7:47, one
of my favorite verses.
00:50:02.36\00:50:04.03
Yeah.
00:50:04.07\00:50:05.40
"To whom little is forgiven
the same loveth little."
00:50:05.43\00:50:07.84
So she backwards, she gave much
00:50:07.87\00:50:12.01
because she loved
much or she's forgiven much
00:50:12.04\00:50:13.81
because she loved much,
but really, it's, she...
00:50:13.84\00:50:16.48
Received... You're right.
00:50:16.51\00:50:17.85
First.
00:50:17.88\00:50:19.21
Received the love first,
00:50:19.25\00:50:20.58
and then the
forgiveness comes out of that.
00:50:20.62\00:50:21.95
Yeah. Thank you. Yeah.
00:50:21.98\00:50:23.32
Okay, now what
verse you want me to read?
00:50:23.35\00:50:24.69
Verse 13. Thirteen.
00:50:24.72\00:50:26.59
"And do not lead
us into temptation,
00:50:26.62\00:50:29.09
but deliver us
from the evil one."
00:50:29.12\00:50:32.43
Amen. So does God ever tempt us?
00:50:32.46\00:50:35.96
No. No.
00:50:36.00\00:50:37.97
What's your
justification for saying no?
00:50:38.00\00:50:40.04
So...
00:50:40.07\00:50:41.90
What scripture tells us that?
00:50:41.94\00:50:44.67
Well, James 1. James 1.
00:50:44.71\00:50:46.68
Okay, so yeah, James, 1:13-14.
00:50:46.71\00:50:50.98
You want to read that? Sure.
00:50:51.01\00:50:52.61
And it says, "Let no one say
00:50:52.65\00:50:54.25
when he is tempted,
00:50:54.28\00:50:55.62
I am tempted by God,
00:50:55.65\00:50:57.02
for God cannot
be tempted by evil,
00:50:57.05\00:50:59.42
nor does He
Himself tempt anyone.
00:50:59.45\00:51:02.02
But each one is tempted
00:51:02.06\00:51:03.73
when he is drawn away
00:51:03.76\00:51:05.29
by his own desires and enticed."
00:51:05.33\00:51:08.60
So He doesn't tempt us,
this God allow us to be tested.
00:51:08.63\00:51:12.33
Why?
00:51:12.37\00:51:14.70
To prove what's in us,
00:51:14.74\00:51:16.10
to help us to see what's in us,
00:51:16.14\00:51:18.31
and to develop our characters.
00:51:18.34\00:51:19.67
I mean, there's many reasons
00:51:19.71\00:51:21.04
we can't even
talk about them all.
00:51:21.08\00:51:22.41
But I love those verses,
00:51:22.44\00:51:23.78
because they really
lay out how it works.
00:51:23.81\00:51:26.08
Every man is tempted
00:51:26.11\00:51:27.45
when he's drawn
away of his own desires.
00:51:27.48\00:51:28.82
Yes.
00:51:28.85\00:51:30.19
And that word desire is not
00:51:30.22\00:51:31.55
a negative word
through Scripture.
00:51:31.59\00:51:32.92
It's a neutral word.
00:51:32.95\00:51:34.39
You know, Jesus desire to eat
the supper with the disciples.
00:51:34.42\00:51:38.26
So it was the same
word that was used there.
00:51:38.29\00:51:40.23
But if the desire
00:51:40.26\00:51:41.96
is not in
harmony with God's will,
00:51:42.00\00:51:43.67
guess where it's taking us?
00:51:43.70\00:51:45.37
In another direction.
00:51:45.40\00:51:46.74
And so God allows
us to face desires that
00:51:46.77\00:51:49.50
may or may not be in
harmony with His will.
00:51:49.54\00:51:51.61
What are we going to
do with those desires?
00:51:51.64\00:51:53.01
Are we going to
surrender them to God?
00:51:53.04\00:51:54.71
Are we going to pray about them?
00:51:54.74\00:51:56.08
Are we going to
ask for His lead?
00:51:56.11\00:51:57.45
You know, are we just
going to do our desires?
00:51:57.48\00:51:58.81
When Jesus was
standing before Herod,
00:51:58.85\00:52:00.88
Herod brought in a
bunch of sick people.
00:52:00.92\00:52:02.92
And Jesus'
inclination for, you know,
00:52:02.95\00:52:05.39
the last three and a half
years is heal, heal, heal.
00:52:05.42\00:52:07.82
And so Satan comes in
through Herod and says,
00:52:07.86\00:52:10.73
heal, heal, heal.
00:52:10.76\00:52:12.29
That was his natural
desire, that was a good desire,
00:52:12.33\00:52:14.60
but it wasn't God's will.
00:52:14.63\00:52:16.06
It wasn't in
harmony with God's will.
00:52:16.10\00:52:17.70
And so that was not the time
for him to heal, heal, heal.
00:52:17.73\00:52:20.57
And so with us, we have to be
00:52:20.60\00:52:22.67
so connected
with the Holy Spirit.
00:52:22.70\00:52:24.31
We can think, well,
that's not a bad thing,
00:52:24.34\00:52:26.21
turning those stones into bread,
00:52:26.24\00:52:27.58
that's not a bad thing.
00:52:27.61\00:52:28.94
I'm hungry, we're hungry, right?
00:52:28.98\00:52:30.38
But then there's other times
00:52:30.41\00:52:31.75
when Jesus does
actually multiply the bread
00:52:31.78\00:52:33.58
and the loaves and the fishes,
00:52:33.62\00:52:35.02
and it's God's will, and
it's a desire that He has.
00:52:35.05\00:52:37.79
So God lets us be
tempted in the sense that
00:52:37.82\00:52:40.46
our desires are brought up.
00:52:40.49\00:52:42.39
And then we ask the question
00:52:42.42\00:52:43.76
is this desire in
harmony with God's will?
00:52:43.79\00:52:45.36
And you really don't know,
00:52:45.39\00:52:46.73
our responsibility
is to step out in faith
00:52:46.76\00:52:48.80
and do the very best we can.
00:52:48.83\00:52:51.20
Okay, it doesn't
promise great results.
00:52:51.23\00:52:55.14
Ours is to be faithful to do it.
00:52:55.17\00:52:59.41
All right. It's amazing.
00:52:59.44\00:53:01.68
Okay, we want to
continue that just a second.
00:53:01.71\00:53:04.61
But here's what we'll just say.
00:53:04.65\00:53:07.25
God always provides a way out.
00:53:07.28\00:53:09.75
The Bible tells us He tests
us, allows us to be tested,
00:53:09.78\00:53:13.46
so that our
faith will be purified,
00:53:13.49\00:53:16.73
and it will be genuine as gold.
00:53:16.76\00:53:18.79
And if you don't
ever face a test,
00:53:18.83\00:53:20.80
you don't even realize
what's in your own heart.
00:53:20.83\00:53:23.26
But He always
provides a way out according to
00:53:23.30\00:53:25.67
1 Corinthians 10:13.
00:53:25.70\00:53:28.27
And James goes on in Chapter 4
00:53:28.30\00:53:30.74
just to say, resist the devil,
00:53:30.77\00:53:33.31
you draw near to God,
00:53:33.34\00:53:34.98
He draws near to
you, resist the devil,
00:53:35.01\00:53:36.91
and he will flee.
00:53:36.95\00:53:38.28
So, let's look though,
00:53:38.31\00:53:39.78
'cause we've only got
like three minutes left.
00:53:39.81\00:53:42.08
So let's look at the conclusion
00:53:42.12\00:53:44.85
because this is
the last petition.
00:53:44.89\00:53:47.76
Here, He's centered our hearts
on God, we're praising God,
00:53:47.79\00:53:52.33
then we've looked at
how we need to be humble,
00:53:52.36\00:53:55.26
how we need to be forgiven,
00:53:55.30\00:53:57.10
how we need to avoid,
depend on God to avoid evil.
00:53:57.13\00:54:01.97
But Matthew 6:13, J.D.
00:54:02.00\00:54:06.84
Okay, we've gone through
lead us not into temptation.
00:54:06.88\00:54:09.38
This is... Yeah.
00:54:09.41\00:54:10.75
Yes.
00:54:10.78\00:54:12.11
"For Yours is the kingdom
00:54:12.15\00:54:13.58
and the power and glory forever.
00:54:13.62\00:54:16.58
Amen." I can't help it.
00:54:16.62\00:54:19.72
I get so excited
when I read that because,
00:54:19.75\00:54:22.49
you know, this is
just an affirmation
00:54:22.52\00:54:25.09
of faith in God's power.
00:54:25.13\00:54:27.40
You know, when we
recognize how powerful God is,
00:54:27.43\00:54:31.57
and we can just say to Him,
00:54:31.60\00:54:33.10
"Oh, Lord, Yours is the power,
00:54:33.13\00:54:37.44
the power that is
going to change my heart,
00:54:37.47\00:54:40.61
the power that's going to
00:54:40.64\00:54:42.54
change the
dynamics of a marriage.
00:54:42.58\00:54:46.31
The power of love that will
00:54:46.35\00:54:49.82
eventually change the world."
00:54:49.85\00:54:51.65
Somebody jump in there.
00:54:51.69\00:54:53.25
Well, what I see is we
started with our Father
00:54:53.29\00:54:56.19
which separated Him
from everybody else,
00:54:56.22\00:54:58.39
and then we end and
what I'm giving you is,
00:54:58.43\00:55:02.73
for Yours is the
kingdom and the power
00:55:02.76\00:55:06.20
and the glory forever.
00:55:06.23\00:55:07.57
So you tie those in,
00:55:07.60\00:55:08.94
He starts off as the
creator of the universe.
00:55:08.97\00:55:11.27
And because He is the
creator of the universe,
00:55:11.31\00:55:13.78
He ends being the
creator of the universe.
00:55:13.81\00:55:15.64
Yeah, God knows that
00:55:15.68\00:55:17.05
His is the kingdom and
the power and the glory.
00:55:17.08\00:55:19.31
We're not telling Him
anything He doesn't know.
00:55:19.35\00:55:20.92
Exactly. But do I know it?
00:55:20.95\00:55:22.68
And do I live on
that truth and that faith?
00:55:22.72\00:55:25.72
Is that my foundation?
00:55:25.75\00:55:27.09
You know, for everything I do?
00:55:27.12\00:55:28.46
Because if did live on
that, man, some of that power,
00:55:28.49\00:55:31.69
and I'd be
experiencing that in my life.
00:55:31.73\00:55:33.86
Yeah. Amen.
00:55:33.90\00:55:35.23
And I want, Angela, would
you read Ephesians 3:16 for us?
00:55:35.26\00:55:40.84
Because, you know,
Peter tells us that
00:55:40.87\00:55:44.11
God is hit by His divine power.
00:55:44.14\00:55:46.94
He's given us exceedingly great
00:55:46.98\00:55:49.61
and precious promises
that through Him we can become
00:55:49.64\00:55:54.18
partakers of His divine nature.
00:55:54.22\00:55:56.22
But how do we get this power?
00:55:56.25\00:55:58.39
How do we even recognize?
00:55:58.42\00:56:00.82
'Cause, like we said earlier,
praise isn't changing God,
00:56:00.86\00:56:04.23
it changes us.
00:56:04.26\00:56:05.59
How do we get this power?
00:56:05.63\00:56:06.96
What is Ephesians 3:16 say?
00:56:07.00\00:56:10.03
"That He would grant you,
00:56:10.07\00:56:11.43
according to the
riches of His glory,
00:56:11.47\00:56:13.64
to be strengthened with
might through His Spirit
00:56:13.67\00:56:17.31
in the inner man."
00:56:17.34\00:56:18.74
So how do we get the power, Ian?
00:56:18.77\00:56:21.54
Holy Spirit.
00:56:21.58\00:56:23.24
Through the Spirit
Through the Holy Spirit.
00:56:23.28\00:56:25.68
How do we get the Holy Spirit?
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We pray and ask. Right?
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Barely ask.
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Amen. Keep on asking.
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Seeking, keep on seeking.
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Knocking, keep on knocking.
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And how much more
will heavenly Father
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give us the Holy Spirit,
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you know, if we ask Him?
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Amen.
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Quick thoughts,
we got 20 seconds.
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All right.
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I've just, you know,
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this was the first time
that I studied this prayer.
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And it's just completely changed
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how I look at my prayer
life with God and just...
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Praise God.
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It's just a way to
strengthen my relationship
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and our relationship with Him.
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Amen. Praise, God.
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Oh, we're so
grateful that you did.
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Ten seconds.
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I love the fact that
this is an outline of prayer.
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It helps us, it directs us,
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it reminds us that
this world is temporary
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and the evil in this
world is not God's kingdom,
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but His kingdom is coming.
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Amen and amen.
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Thank you all so
much for being here
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for all of your wonderful input.
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Thank you so much
for joining us at home.
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And our prayer is that
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the grace of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ,
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the love of the Father,
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and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
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will be with you
today, and always.
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Happy Sabbath. Amen.
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