Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:08.619 --> 00:00:13.740
Time<00:00:09.300><c> has</c><00:00:09.599><c> now</c><00:00:09.960><c> come,</c><00:00:10.599><c> it</c><00:00:10.759><c> is</c><00:00:10.919><c> 11</c><00:00:11.179><c> o</c><00:00:11.519><c>'clock,</c><00:00:12.699><c> and</c><00:00:13.000><c> I</c><00:00:13.179><c> hope</c><00:00:13.419><c> that</c>

00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:17.100
you<00:00:14.179><c> have</c><00:00:14.800><c> enjoyed</c><00:00:15.439><c> our</c><00:00:15.660><c> other</c><00:00:15.859><c> two</c><00:00:16.160><c> speakers.</c>

00:00:17.379 --> 00:00:20.839
Our<00:00:17.559><c> third</c><00:00:17.859><c> speaker</c><00:00:18.199><c> will</c><00:00:18.559><c> be</c><00:00:18.940><c> Brother</c><00:00:19.440><c> Richard</c><00:00:19.859><c> Stone.</c>

00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:30.640
His<00:00:24.359><c> topic</c><00:00:24.940><c> is</c><00:00:25.260><c> Rejoice</c><00:00:26.039><c> Evermore,</c><00:00:28.120><c> and</c><00:00:28.260><c> his</c><00:00:28.440><c> subtopic</c><00:00:29.239><c> is</c><00:00:29.660><c> Instant</c><00:00:30.199><c> in</c>

00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:33.539
Prayer,<00:00:31.800><c> and</c><00:00:31.980><c> I</c><00:00:32.179><c> hope</c><00:00:32.399><c> you</c><00:00:33.159><c> will</c><00:00:33.340><c> all</c>

00:00:33.539 --> 00:00:37.780
notice<00:00:33.880><c> that</c><00:00:34.380><c> I</c><00:00:34.799><c> didn't</c><00:00:35.060><c> introduce</c><00:00:35.920><c> any</c><00:00:36.479><c> of</c><00:00:36.640><c> our</c><00:00:36.840><c> speakers</c><00:00:37.359><c> as</c>

00:00:37.780 --> 00:00:40.960
being<00:00:38.060><c> second</c><00:00:38.439><c> class</c><00:00:38.820><c> speakers</c><00:00:39.439><c> as</c><00:00:40.240><c> we</c><00:00:40.479><c> had</c><00:00:40.659><c> this</c>

00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:44.840
morning.<00:00:41.939><c> Brother,</c><00:00:42.700><c> we'll</c><00:00:43.200><c> turn</c><00:00:43.320><c> the</c><00:00:43.579><c> podium</c><00:00:43.799><c> over</c><00:00:44.100><c> to</c><00:00:44.299><c> you.</c>

00:00:45.179 --> 00:00:47.079
The<00:00:45.479><c> second</c><00:00:45.780><c> class</c><00:00:46.039><c> because</c><00:00:46.380><c> third</c><00:00:46.759><c> class</c>

00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:55.399
becomes<00:00:47.420><c> pretty</c><00:00:47.740><c> raunchy.</c><00:00:52.579><c> Dear</c><00:00:53.259><c> brothers</c><00:00:53.539><c> and</c><00:00:53.820><c> sisters,</c><00:00:55.320><c> in</c>

00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:58.299
Luke<00:00:55.640><c> chapter</c><00:00:55.979><c> 18</c><00:00:56.320><c> of</c><00:00:56.479><c> verse</c><00:00:56.759><c> 1</c><00:00:57.060><c> we</c><00:00:57.299><c> read</c><00:00:57.619><c> these</c><00:00:57.960><c> words</c>

00:00:58.299 --> 00:01:02.079
concerning<00:00:58.759><c> Jesus,</c><00:01:00.039><c> and</c><00:01:00.179><c> he</c><00:01:00.399><c> spake</c><00:01:00.659><c> a</c><00:01:00.899><c> parable</c><00:01:01.259><c> unto</c><00:01:01.539><c> them</c><00:01:01.859><c> to</c>

00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:06.939
this<00:01:02.420><c> end</c><00:01:02.939><c> that</c><00:01:03.700><c> men</c><00:01:04.260><c> ought</c><00:01:04.599><c> always</c><00:01:05.319><c> to</c><00:01:05.680><c> pray</c><00:01:06.120><c> and</c><00:01:06.700><c> not</c>

00:01:06.939 --> 00:01:10.920
to<00:01:07.159><c> faint.</c><00:01:08.379><c> Now</c><00:01:08.560><c> the</c><00:01:08.700><c> scriptures</c><00:01:09.239><c> abound</c><00:01:09.920><c> with</c><00:01:10.200><c> prayers</c><00:01:10.620><c> of</c>

00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:14.120
every<00:01:11.200><c> kind</c><00:01:11.719><c> as</c><00:01:12.379><c> men</c><00:01:12.640><c> and</c><00:01:12.739><c> women</c><00:01:13.019><c> of</c><00:01:13.200><c> faith</c><00:01:13.579><c> express</c>

00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:18.459
their<00:01:14.500><c> innermost</c><00:01:14.980><c> feelings</c><00:01:15.439><c> to</c><00:01:15.640><c> God</c><00:01:16.200><c> in</c><00:01:16.900><c> thanksgiving,</c><00:01:18.299><c> in</c>

00:01:18.459 --> 00:01:21.099
seeking<00:01:18.700><c> petitions,</c><00:01:20.000><c> or</c><00:01:20.099><c> merely</c><00:01:20.299><c> in</c><00:01:20.480><c> the</c><00:01:20.680><c> form</c><00:01:20.859><c> of</c>

00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:25.120
worship.<00:01:22.640><c> A</c><00:01:22.840><c> prayer</c><00:01:22.959><c> can</c><00:01:23.140><c> be</c><00:01:23.260><c> very</c><00:01:23.620><c> simple</c><00:01:24.040><c> like</c><00:01:24.659><c> the</c><00:01:24.799><c> one</c><00:01:24.900><c> the</c>

00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:28.540
publican<00:01:25.579><c> said,</c><00:01:25.959><c> God</c><00:01:26.299><c> be</c><00:01:26.640><c> merciful</c><00:01:27.159><c> to</c><00:01:27.420><c> me</c><00:01:27.579><c> a</c><00:01:27.780><c> sinner.</c>

00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:36.680
It<00:01:29.099><c> can</c><00:01:29.219><c> be</c><00:01:29.379><c> very</c><00:01:29.760><c> brief</c><00:01:30.239><c> as</c><00:01:31.120><c> a</c><00:01:31.299><c> prayer</c><00:01:31.519><c> that</c><00:01:31.799><c> Nehemiah</c><00:01:32.819><c> said</c><00:01:33.280><c> when</c><00:01:33.700><c> he</c><00:01:34.000><c> related</c><00:01:34.260><c> to</c><00:01:34.599><c> the</c><00:01:34.819><c> king</c><00:01:35.060><c> that</c><00:01:35.579><c> he</c><00:01:36.099><c> had</c><00:01:36.280><c> a</c><00:01:36.480><c> burden</c>

00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:39.620
to<00:01:36.819><c> go</c><00:01:36.980><c> back</c><00:01:37.180><c> to</c><00:01:37.379><c> Jerusalem</c><00:01:37.840><c> between</c><00:01:38.299><c> the</c><00:01:38.519><c> time</c><00:01:38.719><c> that</c><00:01:38.879><c> the</c><00:01:39.000><c> king</c><00:01:39.120><c> spoke</c><00:01:39.420><c> to</c>

00:01:39.620 --> 00:01:41.420
him,<00:01:39.819><c> he</c><00:01:40.019><c> prayed</c><00:01:40.200><c> to</c><00:01:40.400><c> the</c><00:01:40.579><c> Lord.</c><00:01:41.019><c> It</c><00:01:41.219><c> was</c>

00:01:41.420 --> 00:01:48.780
so<00:01:41.700><c> brief</c><00:01:41.900><c> it's</c><00:01:42.180><c> not</c><00:01:42.359><c> even</c><00:01:42.599><c> recorded.</c><00:01:44.099><c> A</c><00:01:44.340><c> prayer</c><00:01:44.480><c> could</c><00:01:44.680><c> be</c><00:01:44.920><c> long.</c><00:01:45.959><c> Jesus</c><00:01:46.379><c> Christ</c><00:01:46.920><c> continued</c><00:01:47.420><c> all</c><00:01:47.939><c> night</c><00:01:48.260><c> in</c><00:01:48.560><c> prayer</c>

00:01:48.780 --> 00:01:52.939
to<00:01:48.980><c> God.</c><00:01:50.459><c> Of</c><00:01:50.599><c> course</c><00:01:50.599><c> he</c><00:01:50.700><c> was</c><00:01:50.879><c> a</c><00:01:51.099><c> special</c><00:01:51.340><c> man,</c><00:01:51.819><c> wasn't</c><00:01:51.980><c> he?</c><00:01:52.739><c> I</c>

00:01:52.939 --> 00:01:55.319
don't<00:01:53.120><c> suppose</c><00:01:53.439><c> that</c><00:01:53.560><c> any</c><00:01:53.780><c> of</c><00:01:53.939><c> us</c><00:01:54.079><c> could</c><00:01:54.439><c> pray</c><00:01:54.780><c> all</c><00:01:55.159><c> night</c>

00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:59.959
to<00:01:55.500><c> God</c><00:01:55.760><c> or</c><00:01:55.900><c> we</c><00:01:55.939><c> would</c><00:01:56.159><c> soon</c><00:01:56.359><c> fall</c><00:01:56.640><c> asleep.</c><00:01:58.859><c> But</c><00:01:59.420><c> prayers</c><00:01:59.680><c> are</c>

00:01:59.959 --> 00:02:03.620
given<00:02:00.180><c> for</c><00:02:00.560><c> myriads</c><00:02:01.079><c> of</c><00:02:01.299><c> reasons,</c><00:02:02.299><c> for</c><00:02:02.599><c> confession,</c>

00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:07.739
to<00:02:03.920><c> seek</c><00:02:04.159><c> forgiveness,</c><00:02:05.920><c> to</c><00:02:06.079><c> express</c><00:02:06.519><c> thanksgiving</c><00:02:07.260><c> to</c><00:02:07.400><c> God,</c>

00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.759
for<00:02:08.099><c> intercession</c><00:02:08.719><c> or</c><00:02:09.080><c> imprecation</c><00:02:09.759><c> upon</c><00:02:10.180><c> oneself</c>

00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:14.479
or<00:02:11.039><c> upon</c><00:02:11.259><c> another</c><00:02:11.620><c> person.</c><00:02:13.020><c> A</c><00:02:13.240><c> prayer</c><00:02:13.419><c> can</c><00:02:13.639><c> be</c><00:02:13.860><c> uttered</c><00:02:14.099><c> in</c><00:02:14.319><c> a</c>

00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:17.400
standing<00:02:14.740><c> position</c><00:02:15.340><c> with</c><00:02:15.599><c> head</c><00:02:15.860><c> bowed,</c><00:02:16.939><c> kneeling,</c>

00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:21.139
sitting,<00:02:17.900><c> or</c><00:02:18.039><c> even</c><00:02:18.379><c> prostrated</c><00:02:18.879><c> before</c><00:02:19.219><c> the</c><00:02:19.460><c> Lord.</c><00:02:20.680><c> Now</c><00:02:20.919><c> the</c>

00:02:21.139 --> 00:02:24.800
exercise<00:02:21.759><c> of</c><00:02:22.060><c> prayer</c><00:02:22.560><c> presupposes</c><00:02:23.580><c> a</c><00:02:23.900><c> robust</c><00:02:24.419><c> belief</c>

00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:30.020
in<00:02:25.099><c> God</c><00:02:25.639><c> as</c><00:02:26.580><c> a</c><00:02:26.860><c> being,</c><00:02:27.360><c> an</c><00:02:27.659><c> intelligent</c><00:02:28.159><c> being,</c><00:02:29.300><c> who</c><00:02:29.479><c> has</c><00:02:29.780><c> an</c>

00:02:30.020 --> 00:02:32.860
intelligence<00:02:30.539><c> vastly</c><00:02:31.120><c> superior</c><00:02:31.759><c> to</c><00:02:32.000><c> that</c><00:02:32.180><c> of</c><00:02:32.419><c> ours.</c>

00:02:32.860 --> 00:02:39.319
It<00:02:33.639><c> involves</c><00:02:34.039><c> a</c><00:02:34.379><c> recognition</c><00:02:34.879><c> of</c><00:02:35.120><c> the</c><00:02:35.360><c> eternal</c><00:02:35.800><c> self</c><00:02:36.259><c>-existent</c><00:02:36.719><c> God.</c><00:02:38.919><c> And</c><00:02:39.199><c> we</c>

00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:41.900
are<00:02:39.620><c> confident</c><00:02:40.159><c> that</c><00:02:40.979><c> the</c><00:02:41.259><c> high</c><00:02:41.460><c> and</c><00:02:41.659><c> holy</c>

00:02:41.900 --> 00:02:45.680
one<00:02:42.159><c> that</c><00:02:42.379><c> would</c><00:02:42.520><c> have</c><00:02:42.639><c> his</c><00:02:42.900><c> eternity,</c><00:02:44.240><c> who</c><00:02:44.379><c> has</c><00:02:44.680><c> measured</c><00:02:44.919><c> the</c><00:02:45.199><c> waters</c><00:02:45.479><c> in</c>

00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:48.060
the<00:02:45.860><c> hollow</c><00:02:46.039><c> of</c><00:02:46.280><c> his</c><00:02:46.520><c> hands</c><00:02:47.020><c> and</c><00:02:47.780><c> meted</c>

00:02:48.060 --> 00:02:51.139
out<00:02:48.340><c> heaven</c><00:02:48.580><c> with</c><00:02:48.840><c> the</c><00:02:49.159><c> span</c><00:02:49.439><c> and</c><00:02:49.800><c> comprehended</c><00:02:50.439><c> the</c><00:02:50.719><c> dust</c><00:02:50.919><c> of</c>

00:02:51.139 --> 00:02:53.879
the<00:02:51.300><c> earth</c><00:02:51.539><c> in</c><00:02:51.900><c> a</c><00:02:52.080><c> measure</c><00:02:52.400><c> and</c><00:02:53.219><c> has</c><00:02:53.460><c> weighed</c><00:02:53.620><c> the</c>

00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:58.099
mountains<00:02:54.240><c> as</c><00:02:54.500><c> scales</c><00:02:54.819><c> and</c><00:02:55.039><c> the</c><00:02:55.219><c> hills</c><00:02:55.500><c> in</c><00:02:55.699><c> a</c><00:02:55.800><c> balance,</c><00:02:57.020><c> we</c><00:02:57.259><c> are</c><00:02:57.520><c> confident,</c><00:02:57.819><c> I</c>

00:02:58.099 --> 00:02:59.860
say,<00:02:58.419><c> that</c><00:02:58.560><c> he</c><00:02:58.840><c> that</c><00:02:59.000><c> sits</c><00:02:59.240><c> upon</c><00:02:59.560><c> the</c>

00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:02.360
circle<00:03:00.080><c> of</c><00:03:00.340><c> the</c><00:03:00.539><c> earth,</c><00:03:00.900><c> the</c><00:03:01.080><c> inhabitants</c><00:03:01.500><c> of</c><00:03:01.800><c> which</c><00:03:01.979><c> are</c><00:03:02.199><c> but</c>

00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:05.840
grasshoppers<00:03:03.060><c> before</c><00:03:03.560><c> him,</c><00:03:04.599><c> that</c><00:03:05.080><c> stretcheth</c><00:03:05.599><c> out</c>

00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:10.400
the<00:03:06.099><c> curtains</c><00:03:06.699><c> and</c><00:03:07.419><c> spreadeth</c><00:03:07.979><c> out</c><00:03:08.180><c> them</c><00:03:08.439><c> I</c><00:03:08.659><c> contend</c><00:03:09.099><c> to</c><00:03:09.379><c> dwell</c><00:03:09.560><c> in,</c>

00:03:10.419 --> 00:03:12.580
I<00:03:10.699><c> say</c><00:03:10.819><c> we</c><00:03:11.039><c> are</c><00:03:11.300><c> confident</c><00:03:11.680><c> that</c><00:03:11.960><c> this</c><00:03:12.219><c> great</c>

00:03:12.580 --> 00:03:16.039
creator,<00:03:13.159><c> an</c><00:03:13.300><c> eternal</c><00:03:13.620><c> being,</c><00:03:14.919><c> will</c><00:03:15.060><c> listen</c><00:03:15.360><c> to</c><00:03:15.580><c> the</c><00:03:15.740><c> prayers</c>

00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:18.819
of<00:03:16.240><c> his</c><00:03:16.500><c> people</c><00:03:17.159><c> if</c><00:03:17.520><c> they</c><00:03:17.740><c> approach</c><00:03:18.139><c> him</c><00:03:18.500><c> in</c><00:03:18.680><c> the</c>

00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:23.280
right<00:03:19.060><c> way,</c><00:03:20.219><c> a</c><00:03:20.520><c> contrite</c><00:03:21.219><c> and</c><00:03:21.659><c> humble</c><00:03:21.939><c> people</c><00:03:22.479><c> that</c><00:03:22.939><c> tremble</c>

00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:28.280
at<00:03:23.460><c> his</c><00:03:23.759><c> word.</c><00:03:25.139><c> It</c><00:03:25.340><c> is</c><00:03:25.520><c> little</c><00:03:26.219><c> wonder</c><00:03:27.219><c> why</c><00:03:27.599><c> David,</c>

00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:34.000
when<00:03:29.000><c> he</c><00:03:29.199><c> considered</c><00:03:29.759><c> the</c><00:03:30.199><c> inexhaustible</c><00:03:31.699><c> power</c><00:03:32.240><c> of</c><00:03:32.539><c> Almighty</c><00:03:32.879><c> God,</c>

00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:36.740
the<00:03:34.520><c> incomprehensible</c><00:03:35.580><c> nature</c><00:03:36.240><c> and</c>

00:03:36.740 --> 00:03:43.560
wonder<00:03:37.139><c> of</c><00:03:37.400><c> his</c><00:03:37.759><c> creation,</c><00:03:39.300><c> and</c><00:03:39.479><c> the</c><00:03:39.759><c> inescapable</c><00:03:40.599><c> discernment</c><00:03:41.180><c> of</c><00:03:41.379><c> his</c><00:03:41.620><c> spirit,</c><00:03:42.139><c> was</c><00:03:42.259><c> moved</c><00:03:42.500><c> to</c><00:03:42.819><c> say,</c>

00:03:43.780 --> 00:03:48.280
such<00:03:43.780><c> knowledge</c><00:03:44.360><c> is</c><00:03:44.840><c> too</c><00:03:45.139><c> wonderful</c><00:03:45.560><c> for</c><00:03:45.860><c> me.</c><00:03:46.639><c> It</c><00:03:46.939><c> is</c><00:03:47.240><c> high.</c><00:03:48.020><c> I</c>

00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:51.759
cannot<00:03:48.659><c> attain</c><00:03:49.120><c> to</c><00:03:49.360><c> it.</c><00:03:50.879><c> Well,</c><00:03:51.080><c> for</c><00:03:51.259><c> a</c><00:03:51.400><c> few</c><00:03:51.479><c> moments</c>

00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:54.080
this<00:03:52.060><c> morning,</c><00:03:52.719><c> brethren</c><00:03:52.860><c> and</c><00:03:53.039><c> sisters,</c><00:03:53.319><c> we</c><00:03:53.539><c> want</c><00:03:53.740><c> to</c><00:03:53.919><c> look</c>

00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:56.699
at<00:03:54.159><c> some</c><00:03:54.439><c> of</c><00:03:54.580><c> the</c><00:03:54.780><c> important</c><00:03:55.180><c> aspects</c><00:03:55.659><c> of</c><00:03:55.879><c> prayer.</c>

00:03:56.819 --> 00:04:01.699
We're<00:03:57.300><c> not</c><00:03:57.539><c> going</c><00:03:57.780><c> to</c><00:03:57.919><c> be</c><00:03:58.060><c> able</c><00:03:58.240><c> to</c><00:03:58.419><c> cover</c><00:03:58.659><c> all</c><00:03:59.080><c> aspects</c><00:03:59.639><c> in</c><00:03:59.840><c> this</c><00:04:00.060><c> short</c><00:04:00.340><c> time.</c><00:04:01.020><c> This</c><00:04:01.280><c> would</c><00:04:01.479><c> be</c>

00:04:01.699 --> 00:04:03.060
impossible.<00:04:02.919><c> We</c>

00:04:03.060 --> 00:04:07.819
cannot<00:04:03.400><c> possibly</c><00:04:03.939><c> exhaust</c><00:04:04.400><c> the</c><00:04:04.639><c> subject</c><00:04:04.919><c> of</c><00:04:05.139><c> prayer.</c><00:04:05.460><c> It</c><00:04:05.500><c> would</c><00:04:05.620><c> take</c><00:04:05.860><c> many</c><00:04:06.199><c> sessions.</c><00:04:07.460><c> What</c><00:04:07.639><c> we</c>

00:04:07.819 --> 00:04:08.280
would<00:04:08.039><c> like</c>

00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:12.280
to<00:04:08.520><c> consider</c><00:04:08.900><c> is</c><00:04:08.979><c> something</c><00:04:09.340><c> that</c><00:04:09.539><c> we</c><00:04:09.740><c> consider</c><00:04:10.120><c> quite</c><00:04:10.400><c> important</c><00:04:11.000><c> in</c><00:04:11.620><c> relation</c><00:04:12.020><c> to</c>

00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:14.159
prayer.<00:04:13.620><c> There</c><00:04:13.719><c> are</c><00:04:13.939><c> certain</c>

00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:18.360
conditions<00:04:14.780><c> given</c><00:04:15.360><c> for</c><00:04:16.060><c> acceptable</c><00:04:16.459><c> prayer.</c><00:04:17.800><c> We</c><00:04:17.920><c> know,</c><00:04:18.180><c> for</c>

00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:20.100
instance,<00:04:18.600><c> we</c><00:04:18.720><c> can</c><00:04:18.920><c> only</c><00:04:19.120><c> approach</c><00:04:19.459><c> God</c><00:04:19.759><c> through</c><00:04:19.980><c> the</c>

00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:22.899
Lord<00:04:20.279><c> Jesus</c><00:04:20.660><c> Christ.</c><00:04:21.600><c> I</c><00:04:21.779><c> am</c><00:04:21.920><c> the</c><00:04:22.019><c> way,</c><00:04:22.240><c> the</c><00:04:22.360><c> truth,</c><00:04:22.660><c> and</c><00:04:22.779><c> the</c>

00:04:22.899 --> 00:04:26.199
life.<00:04:23.220><c> No</c><00:04:23.480><c> man</c><00:04:23.819><c> cometh</c><00:04:24.079><c> unto</c><00:04:24.300><c> the</c><00:04:24.500><c> Father</c><00:04:24.779><c> but</c><00:04:24.980><c> by</c><00:04:25.259><c> me.</c>

00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:31.319
Our<00:04:27.000><c> prayers</c><00:04:27.480><c> must</c><00:04:27.779><c> be</c><00:04:28.319><c> sincere.</c><00:04:30.120><c> Just</c><00:04:30.120><c> like</c><00:04:30.420><c> Moses</c><00:04:30.839><c> said</c><00:04:31.120><c> in</c>

00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:34.079
Deuteronomy<00:04:31.879><c> 4</c><00:04:32.180><c> and</c><00:04:32.379><c> 29</c><00:04:32.920><c> concerning</c><00:04:33.420><c> Israel,</c>

00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:36.600
when<00:04:34.519><c> they</c><00:04:34.699><c> will</c><00:04:34.860><c> be</c><00:04:35.139><c> scattered</c><00:04:35.420><c> among</c><00:04:35.680><c> the</c><00:04:35.899><c> nations</c><00:04:36.180><c> because</c>

00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:38.319
of<00:04:36.800><c> their</c><00:04:37.040><c> disobedience,</c>

00:04:38.379 --> 00:04:42.000
but<00:04:38.500><c> from</c><00:04:38.980><c> thence</c><00:04:39.480><c> thou</c><00:04:39.720><c> so</c><00:04:40.019><c> seek</c><00:04:40.240><c> the</c><00:04:40.420><c> Lord</c><00:04:40.639><c> thy</c><00:04:40.939><c> God,</c><00:04:41.819><c> thou</c>

00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:45.139
shalt<00:04:42.319><c> find</c><00:04:42.779><c> him</c><00:04:43.220><c> if</c><00:04:43.620><c> thou</c><00:04:43.980><c> seek</c><00:04:44.319><c> him</c><00:04:44.480><c> with</c><00:04:44.819><c> all</c>

00:04:45.139 --> 00:04:49.360
thine<00:04:45.360><c> heart</c><00:04:45.839><c> and</c><00:04:46.319><c> with</c><00:04:46.579><c> all</c><00:04:46.899><c> thine</c><00:04:47.240><c> soul.</c><00:04:48.519><c> We</c><00:04:48.779><c> have</c><00:04:49.000><c> to</c><00:04:49.180><c> seek</c>

00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:52.199
God<00:04:49.639><c> in</c><00:04:49.819><c> this</c><00:04:50.019><c> same</c><00:04:50.279><c> way.</c><00:04:51.220><c> The</c><00:04:51.399><c> Lord</c><00:04:51.579><c> declared</c><00:04:52.000><c> in</c>

00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:59.319
Jeremiah<00:04:52.720><c> 29</c><00:04:53.540><c> and</c><00:04:53.680><c> 13,</c><00:04:54.860><c> search</c><00:04:55.079><c> for</c><00:04:55.399><c> me</c><00:04:55.839><c> with</c><00:04:56.259><c> all</c><00:04:56.600><c> your</c><00:04:56.839><c> hearts.</c><00:04:58.480><c> We</c><00:04:58.839><c> have</c><00:04:59.040><c> to</c>

00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:01.399
have<00:04:59.720><c> sufficient</c><00:05:00.339><c> faith,</c>

00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.899
complete<00:05:01.980><c> trust</c><00:05:02.399><c> that</c><00:05:02.639><c> God</c><00:05:03.000><c> hears</c><00:05:03.379><c> us.</c><00:05:04.220><c> Would</c><00:05:04.339><c> you</c><00:05:04.540><c> turn</c><00:05:04.759><c> with</c>

00:05:04.899 --> 00:05:08.579
me<00:05:05.160><c> to</c><00:05:05.439><c> Psalm</c><00:05:05.720><c> 62</c><00:05:06.519><c> and</c><00:05:07.319><c> here</c><00:05:07.519><c> we</c><00:05:07.800><c> find</c><00:05:07.980><c> the</c><00:05:08.259><c> psalmist</c>

00:05:08.579 --> 00:05:16.759
David<00:05:08.980><c> expressing</c><00:05:09.540><c> his</c><00:05:09.899><c> absolute</c><00:05:10.540><c> faith,</c><00:05:11.620><c> his</c><00:05:11.740><c> unfailing</c><00:05:12.300><c> confidence</c><00:05:13.019><c> that</c><00:05:13.480><c> God</c><00:05:13.819><c> not</c><00:05:14.079><c> only</c><00:05:14.360><c> hears</c><00:05:14.860><c> but</c><00:05:15.339><c> he</c><00:05:15.620><c> responds.</c>

00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:20.279
In<00:05:17.759><c> verse</c><00:05:18.120><c> 1</c><00:05:18.680><c> of</c><00:05:18.939><c> Psalm</c><00:05:19.279><c> 62,</c>

00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:26.579
David<00:05:22.620><c> says,</c><00:05:23.360><c> truly</c><00:05:23.360><c> my</c><00:05:23.819><c> soul</c><00:05:24.319><c> waiteth</c><00:05:24.740><c> upon</c><00:05:25.040><c> God.</c><00:05:25.939><c> From</c><00:05:26.199><c> him</c>

00:05:26.579 --> 00:05:30.019
cometh<00:05:26.920><c> my</c><00:05:27.259><c> salvation.</c><00:05:28.620><c> And</c><00:05:28.740><c> now</c><00:05:28.939><c> verse</c><00:05:29.180><c> 5,</c>

00:05:30.819 --> 00:05:35.180
my<00:05:31.060><c> soul</c><00:05:31.660><c> wait</c><00:05:32.040><c> thou</c><00:05:32.240><c> only</c><00:05:32.740><c> upon</c><00:05:33.079><c> God</c><00:05:33.660><c> for</c><00:05:33.879><c> my</c><00:05:34.220><c> expectation</c><00:05:34.959><c> is</c>

00:05:35.180 --> 00:05:38.959
from<00:05:35.379><c> him.</c><00:05:36.379><c> He</c><00:05:36.720><c> only</c><00:05:37.120><c> is</c><00:05:37.379><c> my</c><00:05:37.620><c> rock</c><00:05:37.899><c> and</c><00:05:38.100><c> my</c><00:05:38.399><c> salvation.</c>

00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:43.500
He<00:05:39.579><c> is</c><00:05:39.819><c> my</c><00:05:40.040><c> defense</c><00:05:40.459><c> and</c><00:05:40.680><c> I</c><00:05:40.980><c> shall</c><00:05:41.139><c> not</c><00:05:41.379><c> be</c><00:05:41.620><c> moved.</c><00:05:42.660><c> In</c><00:05:43.019><c> God</c><00:05:43.259><c> is</c>

00:05:43.500 --> 00:05:45.399
my<00:05:43.740><c> salvation</c><00:05:44.339><c> and</c><00:05:44.660><c> my</c><00:05:44.959><c> glory.</c>

00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:50.579
The<00:05:45.980><c> rock</c><00:05:46.379><c> of</c><00:05:46.600><c> my</c><00:05:47.000><c> strength</c><00:05:47.339><c> and</c><00:05:47.600><c> my</c><00:05:47.899><c> refuge</c><00:05:48.439><c> is</c><00:05:48.800><c> in</c><00:05:49.040><c> God.</c><00:05:50.240><c> Trust</c><00:05:50.360><c> in</c>

00:05:50.579 --> 00:05:52.300
him<00:05:50.720><c> at</c><00:05:50.959><c> all</c><00:05:51.199><c> times</c><00:05:51.560><c> ye</c><00:05:51.779><c> people.</c>

00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:56.300
Pour<00:05:52.819><c> out</c><00:05:53.040><c> your</c><00:05:53.240><c> heart</c><00:05:53.519><c> before</c><00:05:54.000><c> him.</c><00:05:54.819><c> God</c><00:05:55.160><c> is</c><00:05:55.459><c> a</c><00:05:55.620><c> refuge</c><00:05:56.019><c> for</c>

00:05:56.300 --> 00:06:00.139
us.<00:05:57.879><c> What</c><00:05:58.060><c> beautiful</c><00:05:58.519><c> words</c><00:05:58.879><c> to</c><00:05:59.180><c> express</c><00:05:59.600><c> our</c>

00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:06.300
confidence<00:06:00.620><c> that</c><00:06:01.079><c> God</c><00:06:01.399><c> is</c><00:06:01.779><c> always</c><00:06:02.259><c> willing</c><00:06:02.759><c> to</c><00:06:03.199><c> listen</c><00:06:03.439><c> to</c><00:06:03.680><c> his</c><00:06:03.920><c> people.</c><00:06:05.439><c> Prayer</c><00:06:05.759><c> has</c><00:06:06.100><c> to</c>

00:06:06.300 --> 00:06:07.279
be<00:06:06.480><c> based</c><00:06:06.720><c> upon</c><00:06:07.019><c> the</c>

00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:10.560
conviction<00:06:07.660><c> that</c><00:06:07.899><c> God</c><00:06:08.220><c> is</c><00:06:08.759><c> and</c><00:06:09.279><c> that</c><00:06:09.439><c> he</c><00:06:09.579><c> is</c><00:06:09.800><c> a</c><00:06:09.920><c> rewarder</c><00:06:10.399><c> of</c>

00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.100
them<00:06:10.759><c> that</c><00:06:11.079><c> diligently</c><00:06:11.579><c> seek</c><00:06:11.980><c> him.</c>

00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:18.660
We<00:06:14.160><c> must</c><00:06:14.779><c> use</c><00:06:15.740><c> common</c><00:06:16.220><c> sense</c><00:06:16.480><c> in</c><00:06:16.639><c> this</c><00:06:16.860><c> respect.</c><00:06:18.199><c> In</c><00:06:18.259><c> fact</c><00:06:18.500><c> it</c>

00:06:18.660 --> 00:06:21.899
demands<00:06:19.120><c> that</c><00:06:19.399><c> this</c><00:06:19.639><c> be</c><00:06:19.980><c> so</c><00:06:20.240><c> because</c><00:06:21.040><c> our</c><00:06:21.579><c> prayers</c>

00:06:21.899 --> 00:06:25.680
cannot<00:06:22.279><c> be</c><00:06:22.639><c> stricken</c><00:06:22.899><c> through</c><00:06:23.259><c> with</c><00:06:23.500><c> uncertainties</c><00:06:24.259><c> and</c><00:06:24.560><c> doubts.</c><00:06:25.540><c> We</c>

00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:27.579
must<00:06:25.899><c> have</c><00:06:26.100><c> the</c><00:06:26.300><c> firm</c><00:06:26.500><c> conviction</c><00:06:27.019><c> that</c><00:06:27.300><c> God</c>

00:06:27.579 --> 00:06:33.259
hears<00:06:27.939><c> us.</c><00:06:29.500><c> Now</c><00:06:29.720><c> in</c><00:06:29.899><c> James</c><00:06:30.240><c> chapter</c><00:06:30.759><c> 1,</c><00:06:32.139><c> James</c><00:06:32.540><c> attempts</c><00:06:33.019><c> to</c>

00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:37.540
instill<00:06:33.759><c> in</c><00:06:33.939><c> his</c><00:06:34.319><c> readers</c><00:06:34.959><c> certain</c><00:06:35.920><c> basic</c><00:06:36.720><c> truths</c><00:06:37.180><c> that</c>

00:06:37.540 --> 00:06:43.220
some<00:06:37.980><c> found</c><00:06:38.459><c> difficult</c><00:06:39.500><c> to</c><00:06:39.839><c> understand.</c><00:06:42.339><c> The</c><00:06:42.480><c> basic</c><00:06:42.879><c> truth</c>

00:06:43.220 --> 00:06:45.399
was<00:06:43.540><c> of</c><00:06:43.660><c> course</c><00:06:43.899><c> that</c><00:06:44.180><c> when</c><00:06:44.360><c> you</c><00:06:44.560><c> are</c><00:06:44.740><c> tempted</c><00:06:45.060><c> or</c>

00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:48.920
tried,<00:06:46.579><c> when</c><00:06:46.740><c> you're</c><00:06:47.040><c> encountering</c><00:06:47.620><c> these</c><00:06:47.920><c> things,</c><00:06:48.180><c> that</c><00:06:48.339><c> you</c><00:06:48.519><c> are</c><00:06:48.699><c> to</c>

00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:51.620
rejoice.<00:06:50.199><c> Some</c><00:06:50.480><c> of</c><00:06:50.639><c> his</c><00:06:50.839><c> readers</c><00:06:51.100><c> could</c><00:06:51.360><c> not</c>

00:06:51.620 --> 00:06:57.639
grasp<00:06:52.019><c> this</c><00:06:52.339><c> idea.</c><00:06:53.639><c> And</c><00:06:53.720><c> so</c><00:06:53.899><c> James</c><00:06:54.240><c> says</c><00:06:54.620><c> in</c><00:06:54.759><c> verse</c><00:06:55.180><c> 5,</c><00:06:57.279><c> if</c><00:06:57.360><c> any</c>

00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.860
of<00:06:57.759><c> you</c><00:06:57.839><c> lack</c><00:06:58.120><c> wisdom,</c><00:06:58.779><c> that</c><00:06:58.920><c> is</c><00:06:59.100><c> the</c><00:06:59.279><c> wisdom</c><00:06:59.560><c> to</c>

00:06:59.860 --> 00:07:03.160
view<00:07:00.040><c> your</c><00:07:00.339><c> trials</c><00:07:00.579><c> in</c><00:07:00.800><c> this</c><00:07:01.040><c> way,</c><00:07:02.079><c> any</c><00:07:02.360><c> kind</c><00:07:02.560><c> of</c><00:07:02.740><c> wisdom</c><00:07:02.920><c> of</c>

00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:05.779
course,<00:07:03.759><c> if</c><00:07:03.959><c> any</c><00:07:04.240><c> of</c><00:07:04.339><c> you</c><00:07:04.500><c> lack</c><00:07:04.680><c> wisdom</c><00:07:05.060><c> let</c><00:07:05.279><c> him</c><00:07:05.500><c> ask</c>

00:07:05.779 --> 00:07:09.079
of<00:07:05.860><c> God</c><00:07:06.199><c> that</c><00:07:06.459><c> giveth</c><00:07:06.680><c> to</c><00:07:06.939><c> all</c><00:07:07.240><c> men</c><00:07:07.459><c> liberally</c><00:07:08.160><c> and</c><00:07:08.579><c> abradeth</c>

00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:11.720
not<00:07:09.459><c> and</c><00:07:09.980><c> it</c><00:07:10.139><c> shall</c><00:07:10.300><c> be</c><00:07:10.540><c> given</c><00:07:10.759><c> him.</c>

00:07:12.660 --> 00:07:17.060
All<00:07:12.899><c> right,</c><00:07:13.920><c> absolute</c><00:07:14.259><c> assurance</c><00:07:14.779><c> that</c><00:07:14.980><c> God</c><00:07:15.259><c> hears</c><00:07:15.560><c> and</c><00:07:15.800><c> responds.</c><00:07:16.920><c> But</c>

00:07:17.060 --> 00:07:18.240
there<00:07:17.199><c> are</c><00:07:17.399><c> certain</c><00:07:17.620><c> requirements,</c>

00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:20.680
aren't<00:07:18.480><c> there?</c><00:07:19.139><c> Look</c><00:07:19.319><c> at</c><00:07:19.420><c> what</c><00:07:19.480><c> he</c><00:07:19.620><c> says</c><00:07:19.879><c> in</c><00:07:20.040><c> verse</c><00:07:20.220><c> 6</c><00:07:20.519><c> through</c>

00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:23.360
8.<00:07:21.699><c> But</c><00:07:21.800><c> let</c><00:07:22.040><c> him</c><00:07:22.220><c> ask</c><00:07:22.480><c> in</c><00:07:22.740><c> faith</c><00:07:23.000><c> nothing</c>

00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:27.040
wavering<00:07:24.199><c> for</c><00:07:24.660><c> he</c><00:07:24.980><c> that</c><00:07:25.319><c> wavereth</c><00:07:25.800><c> is</c><00:07:26.040><c> like</c><00:07:26.319><c> a</c><00:07:26.420><c> wave</c><00:07:26.620><c> of</c><00:07:26.819><c> the</c>

00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:29.079
sea<00:07:27.300><c> driven</c><00:07:27.699><c> with</c><00:07:27.980><c> the</c><00:07:28.180><c> wind</c><00:07:28.420><c> and</c><00:07:28.740><c> tossed.</c>

00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:33.100
For<00:07:29.860><c> let</c><00:07:30.180><c> not</c><00:07:30.439><c> that</c><00:07:30.740><c> man</c><00:07:31.060><c> think</c><00:07:31.360><c> that</c><00:07:31.540><c> he</c><00:07:31.740><c> should</c><00:07:31.939><c> receive</c><00:07:32.420><c> anything</c><00:07:32.879><c> of</c>

00:07:33.100 --> 00:07:34.199
the<00:07:33.279><c> Lord.</c>

00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:39.459
A<00:07:35.079><c> double</c><00:07:35.339><c>-minded</c><00:07:35.699><c> man</c><00:07:36.019><c> is</c><00:07:36.279><c> unstable</c><00:07:36.779><c> in</c><00:07:37.160><c> all</c><00:07:37.480><c> his</c><00:07:37.839><c> ways.</c><00:07:39.300><c> We</c>

00:07:39.459 --> 00:07:42.060
are<00:07:39.699><c> to</c><00:07:39.879><c> ask</c><00:07:40.279><c> in</c><00:07:40.579><c> faith</c><00:07:40.899><c> nothing</c><00:07:41.319><c> wavering.</c><00:07:41.860><c> This</c>

00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:47.360
means<00:07:42.339><c> with</c><00:07:42.680><c> confidence.</c><00:07:44.139><c> Moffat</c><00:07:44.360><c> translates</c><00:07:45.019><c> this</c><00:07:45.399><c> as</c><00:07:45.839><c> without</c><00:07:46.379><c> a</c><00:07:46.620><c> doubt,</c><00:07:46.879><c> never</c><00:07:47.139><c> a</c>

00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:49.240
doubt.<00:07:48.399><c> Now</c><00:07:48.639><c> James</c><00:07:48.920><c> says</c>

00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.620
that<00:07:49.459><c> God</c><00:07:49.740><c> gives</c><00:07:50.019><c> us</c><00:07:50.339><c> to</c><00:07:50.620><c> liberally.</c><00:07:51.060><c> He</c><00:07:51.180><c> gives</c><00:07:51.399><c> us</c><00:07:51.699><c> liberally.</c><00:07:52.180><c> That</c><00:07:52.399><c> is</c>

00:07:52.620 --> 00:07:54.459
with<00:07:52.920><c> singleness</c><00:07:53.319><c> of</c><00:07:53.680><c> heart.</c>

00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:58.279
There<00:07:54.759><c> is</c><00:07:55.199><c> an</c><00:07:55.399><c> attitude</c><00:07:55.779><c> of</c><00:07:56.060><c> wholeheartedness</c><00:07:57.040><c> unaffected</c>

00:07:58.279 --> 00:07:59.600
and<00:07:58.560><c> this</c><00:07:58.879><c> brethren</c><00:07:59.259><c> and</c><00:07:59.459><c> sisters</c>

00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:03.819
is<00:07:59.980><c> characteristic</c><00:08:00.620><c> of</c><00:08:00.959><c> all</c><00:08:01.199><c> of</c><00:08:01.439><c> God's</c><00:08:01.939><c> giving.</c><00:08:02.839><c> This</c><00:08:03.199><c> is</c><00:08:03.540><c> an</c>

00:08:03.819 --> 00:08:06.420
essential<00:08:04.319><c> attribute</c><00:08:05.040><c> of</c><00:08:05.480><c> the</c><00:08:05.699><c> Godhead</c>

00:08:06.420 --> 00:08:10.019
that<00:08:06.959><c> he</c><00:08:07.160><c> gives</c><00:08:07.439><c> liberally.</c><00:08:08.819><c> Furthermore,</c><00:08:09.439><c> not</c><00:08:09.519><c> only</c><00:08:09.779><c> does</c>

00:08:10.019 --> 00:08:13.160
he<00:08:10.220><c> give</c><00:08:10.519><c> liberally</c><00:08:11.139><c> but</c><00:08:11.399><c> he</c><00:08:11.759><c> abradeth</c><00:08:12.199><c> not.</c>

00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.899
He<00:08:13.660><c> doesn't</c><00:08:13.959><c> reproach</c><00:08:14.579><c> us</c><00:08:14.839><c> because</c><00:08:15.160><c> of</c><00:08:15.379><c> our</c><00:08:15.560><c> many</c><00:08:15.819><c> failures.</c>

00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:19.160
There<00:08:17.279><c> are</c><00:08:17.439><c> no</c><00:08:17.720><c> reprimands</c><00:08:18.439><c> because</c><00:08:18.860><c> of</c>

00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:24.779
our<00:08:19.680><c> ways</c><00:08:20.240><c> or</c><00:08:20.920><c> how</c><00:08:21.160><c> we</c><00:08:21.439><c> abuse</c><00:08:21.759><c> his</c><00:08:22.100><c> kindness.</c><00:08:23.220><c> There</c><00:08:23.420><c> is</c><00:08:23.660><c> no</c><00:08:23.980><c> censoring</c><00:08:24.500><c> of</c>

00:08:24.779 --> 00:08:26.040
us<00:08:24.939><c> because</c><00:08:25.279><c> we</c><00:08:25.500><c> have</c><00:08:25.720><c> wasted</c>

00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:29.360
precious<00:08:26.480><c> moments</c><00:08:26.879><c> that</c><00:08:27.060><c> have</c><00:08:27.180><c> been</c><00:08:27.379><c> given</c><00:08:27.540><c> to</c><00:08:27.819><c> us.</c><00:08:29.100><c> You</c><00:08:29.279><c> know</c>

00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:32.460
we<00:08:29.480><c> can</c><00:08:29.740><c> easily</c><00:08:30.240><c> worry</c><00:08:30.660><c> a</c><00:08:30.939><c> human</c><00:08:31.240><c> benefactor.</c>

00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:36.960
Those<00:08:33.240><c> who</c><00:08:33.500><c> show</c><00:08:33.720><c> kindness</c><00:08:34.240><c> continually</c><00:08:35.059><c> soon</c><00:08:35.580><c> find</c><00:08:35.919><c> it</c><00:08:36.120><c> to</c><00:08:36.279><c> be</c><00:08:36.480><c> quite</c><00:08:36.740><c> a</c>

00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:39.159
burden<00:08:37.279><c> and</c><00:08:38.220><c> the</c><00:08:38.519><c> frequent</c><00:08:38.860><c> and</c>

00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:42.679
the<00:08:39.419><c> repetitious</c><00:08:39.960><c> nature</c><00:08:40.399><c> of</c><00:08:40.659><c> our</c><00:08:40.919><c> requests</c><00:08:41.379><c> would</c><00:08:41.659><c> soon</c><00:08:42.039><c> tire</c><00:08:42.419><c> a</c>

00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:46.240
man.<00:08:44.000><c> He</c><00:08:44.279><c> would</c><00:08:44.440><c> very</c><00:08:44.799><c> soon</c><00:08:45.179><c> painfully</c><00:08:45.759><c> remind</c>

00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:51.299
us<00:08:46.500><c> of</c><00:08:46.679><c> our</c><00:08:46.960><c> many</c><00:08:47.240><c> applications</c><00:08:47.840><c> for</c><00:08:48.179><c> help</c><00:08:48.519><c> and</c><00:08:48.980><c> of</c><00:08:49.100><c> course</c><00:08:49.360><c> the</c><00:08:49.759><c> unprofitable</c><00:08:50.480><c> use</c><00:08:51.100><c> we</c>

00:08:51.299 --> 00:08:52.779
make<00:08:51.600><c> of</c><00:08:51.759><c> his</c><00:08:51.919><c> gifts.</c>

00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:58.120
We<00:08:53.379><c> would</c><00:08:53.659><c> worry</c><00:08:53.940><c> a</c><00:08:54.200><c> human</c><00:08:54.480><c> benefactor</c><00:08:55.120><c> but</c><00:08:55.759><c> not</c><00:08:56.240><c> so</c><00:08:56.539><c> with</c><00:08:56.759><c> God.</c><00:08:57.899><c> One</c>

00:08:58.120 --> 00:08:59.240
of<00:08:58.220><c> the</c><00:08:58.340><c> most</c><00:08:58.539><c> remarkable</c>

00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:02.679
characteristics<00:09:00.000><c> of</c><00:09:00.259><c> our</c><00:09:00.419><c> heavenly</c><00:09:00.740><c> father</c><00:09:01.139><c> is</c><00:09:01.519><c> his</c><00:09:01.799><c> willingness</c><00:09:02.240><c> to</c><00:09:02.539><c> lift</c>

00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:04.879
us<00:09:02.980><c> up,</c><00:09:03.919><c> his</c><00:09:04.139><c> long</c><00:09:04.399><c> suffering</c>

00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:09.519
toward<00:09:05.200><c> his</c><00:09:05.519><c> children.</c><00:09:06.860><c> Truly</c><00:09:07.320><c> the</c><00:09:07.779><c> psalm</c><00:09:08.059><c> captures</c><00:09:08.580><c> this</c><00:09:08.960><c> idea</c><00:09:09.320><c> in</c>

00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.559
the<00:09:09.600><c> 103rd</c><00:09:10.279><c> psalm</c><00:09:11.179><c> when</c><00:09:11.320><c> he</c><00:09:11.419><c> said,</c>

00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:15.159
Like<00:09:11.799><c> as</c><00:09:12.100><c> a</c><00:09:12.240><c> father</c><00:09:12.639><c> pitieth</c><00:09:13.240><c> his</c><00:09:13.440><c> children,</c><00:09:14.539><c> so</c><00:09:14.759><c> the</c><00:09:14.879><c> Lord</c>

00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:17.279
pitieth<00:09:15.559><c> them</c><00:09:15.820><c> that</c><00:09:16.059><c> fear</c><00:09:16.220><c> him.</c>

00:09:17.379 --> 00:09:22.220
He<00:09:17.600><c> knoweth</c><00:09:17.899><c> their</c><00:09:18.179><c> frame.</c><00:09:18.879><c> He</c><00:09:19.299><c> remembered</c><00:09:19.639><c> that</c><00:09:20.000><c> we</c><00:09:20.340><c> are</c><00:09:20.580><c> dust</c><00:09:20.960><c> and</c>

00:09:22.220 --> 00:09:24.820
as<00:09:22.480><c> a</c><00:09:22.620><c> true</c><00:09:22.860><c> father,</c><00:09:23.460><c> God</c><00:09:23.759><c> will</c><00:09:24.059><c> never</c><00:09:24.340><c> rebuke</c>

00:09:24.820 --> 00:09:29.019
us<00:09:25.320><c> because</c><00:09:25.779><c> we</c><00:09:26.039><c> come</c><00:09:26.200><c> to</c><00:09:26.379><c> him</c><00:09:26.700><c> too</c><00:09:27.080><c> often</c><00:09:27.559><c> or</c><00:09:28.139><c> because</c><00:09:28.480><c> we</c><00:09:28.720><c> ask</c>

00:09:29.019 --> 00:09:32.179
too<00:09:29.320><c> much.</c><00:09:30.340><c> In</c><00:09:30.519><c> fact,</c><00:09:30.740><c> he</c><00:09:30.980><c> encouraged</c><00:09:31.440><c> us</c><00:09:31.679><c> to</c><00:09:31.860><c> do</c><00:09:32.019><c> so</c>

00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:35.440
and<00:09:32.360><c> the</c><00:09:32.559><c> fact</c><00:09:32.799><c> is</c><00:09:33.399><c> that</c><00:09:33.840><c> he</c><00:09:33.960><c> is</c><00:09:34.240><c> much</c><00:09:34.519><c> more</c><00:09:34.820><c> willing</c><00:09:35.019><c> to</c><00:09:35.259><c> help</c>

00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:38.740
us<00:09:36.159><c> than</c><00:09:36.600><c> we</c><00:09:36.820><c> are</c><00:09:36.960><c> willing</c><00:09:37.200><c> to</c><00:09:37.460><c> seek</c><00:09:37.639><c> that</c><00:09:37.940><c> help</c>

00:09:38.980 --> 00:09:43.840
because<00:09:39.580><c> it</c><00:09:39.820><c> is</c><00:09:40.120><c> his</c><00:09:40.399><c> way</c><00:09:40.779><c> to</c><00:09:41.019><c> do</c><00:09:41.220><c> exceeding</c><00:09:42.240><c> abundantly</c><00:09:42.980><c> above</c><00:09:43.360><c> all</c>

00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:45.480
that<00:09:43.980><c> we</c><00:09:44.159><c> ask</c><00:09:44.419><c> or</c><00:09:44.679><c> think.</c>

00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:49.299
It's<00:09:45.899><c> a</c><00:09:45.980><c> marvelous</c><00:09:46.379><c> thought,</c><00:09:46.919><c> isn't</c><00:09:46.960><c> it?</c><00:09:47.980><c> He</c><00:09:48.220><c> is</c><00:09:48.639><c> exceeding</c>

00:09:49.299 --> 00:09:52.779
abundantly<00:09:50.019><c> above</c><00:09:50.399><c> all</c><00:09:50.860><c> that</c><00:09:51.019><c> we</c><00:09:51.220><c> ask</c><00:09:51.519><c> or</c><00:09:51.879><c> think.</c>

00:09:52.860 --> 00:09:55.620
When<00:09:53.039><c> Solomon</c><00:09:53.460><c> asked</c><00:09:53.820><c> for</c><00:09:54.059><c> wisdom</c><00:09:54.440><c> to</c><00:09:54.720><c> guide</c><00:09:55.000><c> and</c><00:09:55.200><c> lead</c><00:09:55.340><c> his</c>

00:09:55.620 --> 00:09:59.139
people,<00:09:56.460><c> God</c><00:09:56.740><c> gave</c><00:09:57.039><c> him</c><00:09:57.320><c> wisdom</c><00:09:57.779><c> but</c><00:09:58.379><c> he</c><00:09:58.580><c> also</c><00:09:58.899><c> gave</c>

00:09:59.139 --> 00:10:03.179
him<00:09:59.440><c> wealth.</c><00:10:00.379><c> He</c><00:10:00.539><c> gave</c><00:10:00.779><c> him</c><00:10:01.019><c> families.</c><00:10:02.259><c> He</c><00:10:02.399><c> gave</c><00:10:02.620><c> him</c><00:10:02.879><c> honor</c>

00:10:03.179 --> 00:10:05.679
and<00:10:03.419><c> esteem</c><00:10:03.740><c> among</c><00:10:03.960><c> the</c><00:10:04.200><c> nations</c><00:10:04.440><c> of</c><00:10:04.639><c> the</c><00:10:04.820><c> world.</c>

00:10:05.779 --> 00:10:09.580
God<00:10:06.340><c> was</c><00:10:06.519><c> like</c><00:10:06.799><c> the</c><00:10:07.320><c> father</c><00:10:07.600><c> of</c><00:10:07.779><c> the</c><00:10:07.860><c> prodigal</c><00:10:08.320><c> son</c><00:10:08.840><c> who</c><00:10:09.460><c> when</c>

00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:12.059
the<00:10:09.799><c> son</c><00:10:09.980><c> returned,</c><00:10:10.940><c> he</c><00:10:11.059><c> didn't</c><00:10:11.279><c> reproach</c><00:10:11.879><c> him</c>

00:10:12.059 --> 00:10:15.399
because<00:10:12.460><c> of</c><00:10:12.620><c> his</c><00:10:12.840><c> foolishness</c><00:10:13.639><c> and</c><00:10:14.320><c> when</c><00:10:14.519><c> the</c><00:10:14.799><c> repentant</c><00:10:15.240><c> son</c>

00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:18.720
was<00:10:15.620><c> determined</c><00:10:16.000><c> to</c><00:10:16.259><c> ask</c><00:10:16.500><c> only</c><00:10:16.820><c> to</c><00:10:17.139><c> be</c><00:10:17.759><c> a</c><00:10:18.220><c> servant</c><00:10:18.480><c> in</c>

00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:21.259
the<00:10:18.899><c> father</c><00:10:19.120><c> of</c><00:10:19.279><c> his</c><00:10:19.480><c> house,</c><00:10:20.299><c> the</c><00:10:20.460><c> father</c><00:10:20.679><c> wouldn't</c><00:10:20.860><c> even</c><00:10:21.120><c> let</c>

00:10:21.259 --> 00:10:24.159
him<00:10:21.500><c> say</c><00:10:21.740><c> this.</c><00:10:22.419><c> He</c><00:10:22.620><c> assured</c><00:10:23.000><c> him</c><00:10:23.220><c> of</c><00:10:23.399><c> the</c><00:10:23.679><c> status</c><00:10:23.960><c> and</c>

00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:30.399
the<00:10:24.440><c> honor</c><00:10:24.580><c> of</c><00:10:24.799><c> a</c><00:10:24.940><c> beloved</c><00:10:25.200><c> son.</c><00:10:26.600><c> Such</c><00:10:26.980><c> is</c><00:10:27.440><c> with</c><00:10:27.679><c> God.</c><00:10:28.899><c> He</c><00:10:29.059><c> never</c><00:10:29.379><c> upbraids</c><00:10:29.980><c> us</c>

00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:33.059
because<00:10:30.840><c> of</c><00:10:31.100><c> our</c><00:10:31.360><c> sins.</c><00:10:32.460><c> He</c><00:10:32.779><c> never</c>

00:10:33.059 --> 00:10:38.019
upbraids<00:10:33.620><c> us</c><00:10:33.860><c> because</c><00:10:34.259><c> of</c><00:10:34.500><c> our</c><00:10:34.740><c> great</c><00:10:34.980><c> ignorance,</c><00:10:36.000><c> our</c><00:10:36.120><c> enormous</c><00:10:36.539><c> guilt,</c><00:10:37.919><c> or</c>

00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:39.320
our<00:10:38.259><c> repeated</c><00:10:38.620><c> backsliding</c>

00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:42.659
and<00:10:39.480><c> we're</c><00:10:39.679><c> all</c><00:10:39.919><c> guilty</c><00:10:40.200><c> of</c><00:10:40.399><c> this,</c><00:10:40.639><c> aren't</c><00:10:40.799><c> we?</c><00:10:41.820><c> Or</c><00:10:42.100><c> our</c><00:10:42.399><c> long</c>

00:10:42.659 --> 00:10:46.500
delay<00:10:43.059><c> in</c><00:10:43.340><c> finally</c><00:10:43.740><c> coming</c><00:10:44.139><c> to</c><00:10:44.399><c> him.</c><00:10:45.460><c> He</c><00:10:45.580><c> is</c><00:10:46.000><c> ever</c>

00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:54.059
attentive<00:10:47.200><c> to</c><00:10:47.539><c> the</c><00:10:47.840><c> repentant,</c><00:10:49.659><c> the</c><00:10:49.940><c> poor</c><00:10:50.100><c> in</c><00:10:50.340><c> spirit</c><00:10:50.659><c> and</c><00:10:50.940><c> such</c><00:10:51.120><c> who</c><00:10:51.320><c> are</c><00:10:51.500><c> contrite</c><00:10:51.960><c> before</c><00:10:52.360><c> him.</c><00:10:53.240><c> Never</c><00:10:53.740><c> be</c>

00:10:54.059 --> 00:10:57.179
afraid<00:10:54.460><c> to</c><00:10:54.700><c> approach</c><00:10:55.019><c> God</c><00:10:55.279><c> in</c><00:10:55.580><c> prayer.</c><00:10:55.899><c> In</c><00:10:56.080><c> those</c><00:10:56.340><c> very</c><00:10:56.720><c> times</c>

00:10:57.179 --> 00:10:59.080
when<00:10:57.399><c> we</c><00:10:57.659><c> feel</c><00:10:57.799><c> we</c><00:10:58.019><c> can't</c><00:10:58.460><c> praise</c><00:10:58.639><c> the</c><00:10:58.919><c> time,</c>

00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:02.340
we<00:10:59.299><c> better</c><00:10:59.559><c> get</c><00:11:00.100><c> in</c><00:11:00.379><c> prayer,</c><00:11:01.019><c> in</c><00:11:01.240><c> an</c><00:11:01.419><c> attitude</c><00:11:01.679><c> of</c><00:11:01.919><c> prayer</c><00:11:02.120><c> to</c>

00:11:02.340 --> 00:11:03.779
our<00:11:02.480><c> heavenly</c><00:11:02.799><c> father.</c>

00:11:05.820 --> 00:11:11.000
And<00:11:06.179><c> so</c><00:11:06.279><c> we</c><00:11:06.480><c> ask</c><00:11:06.740><c> in</c><00:11:07.039><c> faith</c><00:11:07.399><c> and</c><00:11:07.960><c> we</c><00:11:08.120><c> ask</c><00:11:08.399><c> in</c><00:11:08.659><c> faith</c><00:11:08.820><c> with</c><00:11:09.139><c> confidence.</c><00:11:10.480><c> We</c><00:11:10.659><c> have</c><00:11:10.840><c> to</c>

00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:12.179
have<00:11:11.100><c> the</c><00:11:11.320><c> same</c><00:11:11.559><c> attitude</c><00:11:11.919><c> as</c>

00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:15.860
Abraham<00:11:12.600><c> did,</c><00:11:13.700><c> who</c><00:11:13.779><c> when</c><00:11:13.879><c> God</c><00:11:14.179><c> promised</c><00:11:14.539><c> him</c><00:11:14.700><c> the</c><00:11:14.899><c> son,</c><00:11:15.159><c> staggered</c><00:11:15.700><c> not</c>

00:11:15.860 --> 00:11:17.639
at<00:11:16.019><c> the</c><00:11:16.179><c> promise</c><00:11:16.519><c> God</c><00:11:16.919><c> through</c><00:11:17.340><c> one</c>

00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:21.279
belief,<00:11:18.519><c> but</c><00:11:18.600><c> was</c><00:11:18.879><c> strong</c><00:11:19.159><c> in</c><00:11:19.480><c> faith,</c><00:11:20.259><c> giving</c><00:11:20.480><c> glory</c><00:11:20.860><c> to</c><00:11:21.120><c> God</c>

00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:23.899
and<00:11:21.440><c> being</c><00:11:21.659><c> fully</c><00:11:21.960><c> persuaded</c><00:11:22.440><c> of</c><00:11:22.620><c> what</c><00:11:22.799><c> God</c><00:11:23.080><c> had</c>

00:11:23.779 --> 00:11:26.960
also<00:11:24.080><c> to</c><00:11:24.679><c> perform</c><00:11:25.120><c> and</c><00:11:25.600><c> therefore</c><00:11:26.039><c> it</c><00:11:26.159><c> was</c><00:11:26.360><c> imputed</c><00:11:26.620><c> to</c><00:11:26.759><c> him</c>

00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:29.980
for<00:11:27.179><c> righteousness.</c><00:11:29.259><c> Abraham</c><00:11:29.539><c> would</c><00:11:29.759><c> not</c>

00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:33.220
consider<00:11:30.480><c> the</c><00:11:30.840><c> deadness</c><00:11:31.179><c> of</c><00:11:31.340><c> his</c><00:11:31.519><c> own</c><00:11:31.759><c> body,</c><00:11:32.179><c> neither</c><00:11:32.360><c> the</c><00:11:32.639><c> deadness</c><00:11:32.980><c> of</c>

00:11:33.220 --> 00:11:35.480
Sarah's<00:11:33.659><c> wombs,</c><00:11:34.419><c> as</c><00:11:34.639><c> factors</c><00:11:35.080><c> ever</c>

00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.600
to<00:11:35.700><c> be</c><00:11:35.919><c> considered</c><00:11:36.419><c> in</c><00:11:36.759><c> the</c><00:11:36.919><c> fulfillment</c><00:11:37.320><c> of</c><00:11:37.539><c> God's</c><00:11:37.940><c> promises.</c><00:11:38.919><c> God</c><00:11:39.299><c> had</c>

00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:41.240
promised<00:11:40.019><c> and</c><00:11:40.220><c> as</c><00:11:40.440><c> far</c><00:11:40.639><c> as</c><00:11:40.899><c> Abraham</c>

00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:46.480
was<00:11:41.539><c> concerned,</c><00:11:42.360><c> it</c><00:11:43.100><c> was</c><00:11:43.679><c> an</c><00:11:44.039><c> accomplished</c><00:11:44.460><c> fact.</c><00:11:45.899><c> This</c><00:11:46.240><c> must</c>

00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:49.500
be<00:11:46.700><c> our</c><00:11:46.960><c> attitude.</c><00:11:48.279><c> It</c><00:11:48.379><c> will</c><00:11:48.539><c> help</c><00:11:48.720><c> us</c><00:11:48.919><c> to</c><00:11:49.179><c> remember</c>

00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:54.320
that<00:11:49.980><c> prayer</c><00:11:50.799><c> in</c><00:11:51.500><c> which</c><00:11:51.779><c> a</c><00:11:52.000><c> petition</c><00:11:52.360><c> is</c><00:11:52.720><c> made</c><00:11:53.279><c> arises</c><00:11:53.860><c> quite</c>

00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:57.600
naturally<00:11:54.899><c> from</c><00:11:55.279><c> a</c><00:11:55.460><c> need.</c><00:11:56.480><c> We</c><00:11:56.779><c> lack</c><00:11:57.100><c> something,</c>

00:11:57.940 --> 00:12:01.240
so<00:11:58.100><c> we</c><00:11:58.279><c> approach</c><00:11:58.620><c> God.</c><00:11:59.519><c> And</c><00:11:59.600><c> in</c><00:11:59.759><c> the</c><00:11:59.779><c> case</c><00:12:00.059><c> of</c><00:12:00.259><c> James,</c><00:12:01.000><c> they</c>

00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:03.919
lacked<00:12:01.500><c> wisdom.</c><00:12:03.080><c> And</c><00:12:03.240><c> when</c><00:12:03.500><c> praying,</c>

00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:07.879
we<00:12:04.179><c> should</c><00:12:04.379><c> attempt</c><00:12:04.679><c> to</c><00:12:04.899><c> keep</c><00:12:05.059><c> our</c><00:12:05.340><c> thoughts</c><00:12:05.559><c> away</c><00:12:05.919><c> from</c><00:12:06.440><c> ourselves</c><00:12:07.019><c> and</c>

00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:10.299
fixed<00:12:08.100><c> upon</c><00:12:08.480><c> God</c><00:12:09.019><c> and</c><00:12:09.399><c> our</c><00:12:09.720><c> intercessor,</c>

00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:14.860
the<00:12:10.500><c> Lord</c><00:12:10.779><c> Jesus</c><00:12:11.220><c> Christ.</c><00:12:12.879><c> A</c><00:12:13.179><c> most</c><00:12:13.379><c> remarkable</c><00:12:14.039><c> quality</c><00:12:14.580><c> of</c>

00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:17.899
God<00:12:15.159><c> and</c><00:12:15.720><c> we</c><00:12:16.059><c> find</c><00:12:16.320><c> this</c><00:12:16.580><c> difficult</c><00:12:17.179><c> really</c><00:12:17.559><c> to</c>

00:12:17.899 --> 00:12:20.820
appreciate.<00:12:18.879><c> He's</c><00:12:19.139><c> not</c><00:12:19.340><c> willing</c><00:12:19.519><c> that</c><00:12:19.700><c> anybody</c><00:12:20.179><c> perishes</c>

00:12:20.820 --> 00:12:23.639
and<00:12:21.779><c> certainly</c><00:12:22.100><c> not</c><00:12:22.320><c> his</c><00:12:22.539><c> children.</c>

00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:27.340
Peter<00:12:24.100><c> said,</c><00:12:24.639><c> the</c><00:12:24.639><c> Lord</c><00:12:24.899><c> is</c><00:12:25.120><c> not</c><00:12:25.419><c> slack</c><00:12:25.759><c> as</c><00:12:26.379><c> some</c><00:12:26.879><c> men</c><00:12:27.120><c> count</c>

00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:30.620
slackness,<00:12:28.399><c> but</c><00:12:28.480><c> as</c><00:12:28.759><c> long</c><00:12:29.159><c> suffering</c><00:12:29.559><c> to</c><00:12:29.879><c> us</c><00:12:30.120><c> were</c><00:12:30.259><c> not</c>

00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:33.980
willing<00:12:30.799><c> that</c><00:12:31.139><c> any</c><00:12:31.440><c> man</c><00:12:31.700><c> should</c><00:12:31.860><c> perish,</c><00:12:32.639><c> but</c><00:12:32.820><c> that</c><00:12:33.100><c> all</c><00:12:33.419><c> should</c><00:12:33.639><c> come</c>

00:12:33.980 --> 00:12:37.059
to<00:12:34.240><c> repentance.</c><00:12:35.559><c> We</c><00:12:35.899><c> must</c><00:12:36.179><c> not</c><00:12:36.500><c> doubt</c><00:12:36.740><c> for</c>

00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:41.539
a<00:12:37.200><c> moment</c><00:12:37.480><c> our</c><00:12:38.000><c> need</c><00:12:38.220><c> of</c><00:12:38.440><c> heavenly</c><00:12:38.740><c> help,</c><00:12:39.740><c> nor</c><00:12:39.860><c> yet</c><00:12:40.200><c> the</c><00:12:40.600><c> ability</c><00:12:41.100><c> and</c>

00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:43.480
the<00:12:41.740><c> willingness</c><00:12:42.019><c> of</c><00:12:42.399><c> God</c><00:12:42.539><c> to</c><00:12:42.820><c> supply</c><00:12:43.179><c> that</c>

00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:49.419
help.<00:12:45.379><c> Now</c><00:12:45.700><c> our</c><00:12:45.820><c> approach</c><00:12:46.120><c> to</c><00:12:46.279><c> God</c><00:12:46.580><c> has</c><00:12:46.860><c> to</c><00:12:47.019><c> be</c><00:12:47.139><c> in</c><00:12:47.320><c> righteousness</c><00:12:47.820><c> and</c><00:12:49.120><c> that's</c>

00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:50.080
a<00:12:49.500><c> little</c><00:12:49.679><c> frightening,</c>

00:12:50.299 --> 00:12:54.080
isn't<00:12:50.340><c> it?</c><00:12:51.200><c> Would</c><00:12:51.340><c> you</c><00:12:51.460><c> turn</c><00:12:51.700><c> to</c><00:12:51.879><c> Psalm</c><00:12:52.179><c> 34</c><00:12:52.840><c> for</c><00:12:53.100><c> a</c><00:12:53.259><c> moment?</c>

00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.320
David<00:12:55.059><c> here</c><00:12:55.500><c> outlines</c><00:12:56.320><c> the</c><00:12:57.580><c> qualifications</c>

00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:03.799
of<00:12:58.740><c> acceptable</c><00:12:59.299><c> approach</c><00:12:59.840><c> to</c><00:13:00.039><c> God,</c><00:13:01.279><c> Psalm</c><00:13:01.620><c> 34.</c><00:13:03.179><c> He</c><00:13:03.460><c> defines</c>

00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:06.700
the<00:13:04.139><c> attitude</c><00:13:04.519><c> of</c><00:13:04.720><c> those</c><00:13:05.039><c> who</c><00:13:05.320><c> fear</c><00:13:05.559><c> the</c><00:13:05.799><c> Lord.</c>

00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:10.059
We're<00:13:07.740><c> going</c><00:13:07.919><c> to</c><00:13:08.120><c> read</c><00:13:08.259><c> verses</c><00:13:08.559><c> 12</c><00:13:08.940><c> through</c><00:13:09.179><c> 15.</c>

00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:40.860
the<00:13:36.460><c> earth.</c><00:13:38.220><c> Now</c><00:13:38.279><c> in</c><00:13:38.399><c> a</c><00:13:38.659><c> similar</c><00:13:38.940><c> way,</c><00:13:39.620><c> Peter</c><00:13:39.700><c> said</c><00:13:39.940><c> in</c><00:13:40.100><c> 1</c><00:13:40.320><c> Peter</c><00:13:40.519><c> 3</c>

00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:41.460
and<00:13:40.980><c> 12,</c>

00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:44.820
for<00:13:41.879><c> the</c><00:13:42.039><c> eyes</c><00:13:42.460><c> of</c><00:13:42.659><c> the</c><00:13:42.820><c> Lord</c><00:13:43.019><c> are</c><00:13:43.259><c> over</c><00:13:43.539><c> the</c><00:13:43.759><c> righteous</c><00:13:44.179><c> and</c>

00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:47.080
his<00:13:45.120><c> ears</c><00:13:45.440><c> are</c><00:13:45.679><c> open</c><00:13:45.960><c> under</c><00:13:46.240><c> their</c><00:13:46.559><c> prayers,</c>

00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:51.940
but<00:13:47.679><c> the</c><00:13:47.960><c> face</c><00:13:48.200><c> of</c><00:13:48.399><c> the</c><00:13:48.559><c> Lord</c><00:13:48.799><c> is</c><00:13:49.120><c> against</c><00:13:49.399><c> them</c><00:13:49.620><c> the</c><00:13:49.840><c> due</c><00:13:50.059><c> evil.</c><00:13:51.720><c> Now</c>

00:13:51.940 --> 00:13:54.519
these<00:13:52.320><c> verses</c><00:13:52.820><c> teach</c><00:13:53.179><c> us</c><00:13:53.360><c> two</c><00:13:53.840><c> important</c>

00:13:54.519 --> 00:14:00.919
facts.<00:13:55.899><c> Number</c><00:13:56.220><c> one,</c><00:13:57.100><c> only</c><00:13:57.419><c> when</c><00:13:57.639><c> our</c><00:13:57.919><c> sins</c><00:13:58.080><c> have</c><00:13:58.279><c> been</c><00:13:58.519><c> remitted</c><00:13:58.820><c> in</c><00:13:59.000><c> the</c><00:13:59.139><c> Lord</c><00:13:59.340><c> Jesus</c><00:13:59.799><c> Christ</c><00:14:00.159><c> can</c><00:14:00.379><c> we</c><00:14:00.600><c> approach</c>

00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:06.860
God.<00:14:02.100><c> He</c><00:14:02.259><c> is</c><00:14:02.480><c> a</c><00:14:02.659><c> high</c><00:14:02.899><c> priest</c><00:14:03.120><c> only</c><00:14:03.519><c> for</c><00:14:03.799><c> his</c><00:14:04.080><c> family.</c><00:14:05.480><c> And</c><00:14:05.820><c> second,</c><00:14:06.679><c> our</c>

00:14:06.860 --> 00:14:07.879
manner<00:14:07.120><c> of</c><00:14:07.460><c> life</c>

00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:11.820
has<00:14:08.299><c> to</c><00:14:08.480><c> be</c><00:14:08.679><c> in</c><00:14:08.919><c> concert</c><00:14:09.279><c> with</c><00:14:09.539><c> our</c><00:14:09.779><c> profession.</c><00:14:11.340><c> We</c><00:14:11.480><c> cannot</c>

00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:14.019
expect<00:14:12.320><c> our</c><00:14:12.639><c> petitions</c><00:14:13.039><c> to</c><00:14:13.240><c> be</c><00:14:13.480><c> answered</c><00:14:13.759><c> if</c>

00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:18.799
we<00:14:14.279><c> flagrantly</c><00:14:14.860><c> disregard</c><00:14:15.639><c> the</c><00:14:16.120><c> commandments</c><00:14:16.419><c> of</c><00:14:16.720><c> God.</c><00:14:17.980><c> Israel</c><00:14:18.460><c> made</c>

00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:21.679
this<00:14:19.080><c> mistake</c><00:14:19.620><c> and</c><00:14:20.320><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:20.879><c> said</c><00:14:21.080><c> in</c><00:14:21.259><c> Isaiah</c>

00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:25.820
59<00:14:22.259><c> and</c><00:14:22.519><c> 2,</c><00:14:23.279><c> but</c><00:14:23.360><c> your</c><00:14:23.679><c> iniquities</c><00:14:24.440><c> have</c><00:14:24.860><c> separated</c><00:14:25.379><c> between</c>

00:14:25.820 --> 00:14:28.799
you<00:14:26.139><c> and</c><00:14:26.240><c> your</c><00:14:26.480><c> God</c><00:14:26.840><c> and</c><00:14:27.620><c> your</c><00:14:28.000><c> sins</c><00:14:28.320><c> have</c><00:14:28.620><c> hit</c>

00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:33.240
face<00:14:29.240><c> from</c><00:14:29.500><c> you</c><00:14:29.720><c> that</c><00:14:29.899><c> he</c><00:14:30.080><c> will</c><00:14:30.320><c> not</c><00:14:30.539><c> hear.</c><00:14:31.980><c> An</c><00:14:32.240><c> unholy</c><00:14:32.639><c> life</c>

00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:36.159
coupled<00:14:34.120><c> with</c><00:14:34.340><c> the</c><00:14:34.620><c> deep</c><00:14:35.000><c> moving</c><00:14:35.480><c> and</c><00:14:35.779><c> reverent</c>

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:42.100
prayer<00:14:36.639><c> is</c><00:14:37.279><c> a</c><00:14:37.379><c> very</c><00:14:37.740><c> high</c><00:14:38.059><c> form</c><00:14:38.639><c> of</c><00:14:39.100><c> hypocrisy.</c><00:14:40.820><c> Our</c><00:14:41.100><c> lives</c><00:14:41.440><c> must</c><00:14:41.820><c> be</c>

00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:44.259
in<00:14:42.360><c> harmony</c><00:14:42.679><c> with</c><00:14:43.019><c> our</c><00:14:43.259><c> beliefs.</c>

00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:48.360
Where<00:14:44.580><c> James</c><00:14:44.860><c> says,</c><00:14:45.440><c> a</c><00:14:45.559><c> double</c><00:14:45.860><c>-minded</c><00:14:46.220><c> man,</c><00:14:47.320><c> one</c><00:14:47.659><c> who</c><00:14:48.059><c> serves</c>

00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:49.460
with<00:14:48.720><c> divided</c><00:14:48.980><c> interests,</c>

00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:55.200
a<00:14:49.940><c> double</c><00:14:50.220><c>-minded</c><00:14:50.600><c> man</c><00:14:50.980><c> is</c><00:14:51.340><c> unstable</c><00:14:51.980><c> in</c><00:14:52.419><c> all</c><00:14:52.759><c> his</c><00:14:53.019><c> ways.</c><00:14:54.860><c> How</c>

00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.799
should<00:14:55.399><c> we</c><00:14:55.519><c> approach</c><00:14:55.860><c> God?</c>

00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:00.679
Well,<00:14:57.919><c> there</c><00:14:58.080><c> was</c><00:14:58.200><c> a</c><00:14:58.399><c> proper</c><00:14:58.580><c> time,</c><00:14:58.940><c> proper</c><00:14:59.299><c> way.</c><00:15:00.240><c> At</c><00:15:00.379><c> times</c>

00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:03.379
we<00:15:01.080><c> seem</c><00:15:01.340><c> to</c><00:15:01.620><c> run</c><00:15:01.759><c> headlong</c><00:15:02.440><c> into</c><00:15:02.799><c> prayer</c>

00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:06.259
without<00:15:04.179><c> giving</c><00:15:04.500><c> any</c><00:15:04.879><c> thought</c><00:15:05.120><c> to</c><00:15:05.259><c> what</c><00:15:05.419><c> we're</c><00:15:05.639><c> going</c><00:15:05.820><c> to</c><00:15:06.080><c> say</c>

00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:08.700
and<00:15:06.500><c> how</c><00:15:06.700><c> we're</c><00:15:06.879><c> going</c><00:15:07.039><c> to</c><00:15:07.279><c> express</c><00:15:07.559><c> ourselves.</c>

00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:14.639
Sometimes<00:15:09.559><c> this</c><00:15:09.799><c> is</c><00:15:10.100><c> forced</c><00:15:10.360><c> in</c><00:15:10.559><c> us.</c><00:15:11.580><c> Sometimes</c><00:15:12.100><c> we</c><00:15:13.179><c> have</c><00:15:13.440><c> certain</c><00:15:13.799><c> things</c><00:15:14.159><c> within</c><00:15:14.460><c> us</c>

00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:16.019
we<00:15:14.820><c> find</c><00:15:15.120><c> difficult</c><00:15:15.720><c> to</c>

00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:21.519
express,<00:15:16.360><c> and</c><00:15:16.500><c> I</c><00:15:16.720><c> talked</c><00:15:16.980><c> about</c><00:15:17.240><c> this</c><00:15:17.519><c> the</c><00:15:17.700><c> other</c><00:15:17.899><c> day.</c><00:15:18.820><c> There's</c><00:15:19.059><c> no</c><00:15:19.379><c> time</c><00:15:19.580><c> for</c><00:15:19.799><c> preparation.</c><00:15:20.720><c> But</c><00:15:20.919><c> most</c><00:15:21.159><c> of</c><00:15:21.320><c> the</c>

00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:26.279
time,<00:15:21.820><c> especially</c><00:15:22.279><c> when</c><00:15:22.480><c> you're</c><00:15:22.659><c> leading</c><00:15:22.960><c> the</c><00:15:23.299><c> congregation,</c><00:15:24.480><c> there</c><00:15:24.639><c> is</c><00:15:24.820><c> ample</c><00:15:25.120><c> time</c><00:15:25.440><c> and</c><00:15:25.679><c> opportunity.</c>

00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:32.059
To<00:15:27.039><c> think</c><00:15:27.460><c> out</c><00:15:27.759><c> and</c><00:15:28.000><c> present</c><00:15:28.340><c> in</c><00:15:28.620><c> orderly</c><00:15:29.019><c> fashion</c><00:15:29.399><c> the</c><00:15:29.879><c> various</c><00:15:30.120><c> components</c><00:15:30.720><c> of</c><00:15:31.019><c> prayer.</c>

00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:37.620
Now<00:15:33.059><c> when</c><00:15:33.200><c> the</c><00:15:33.379><c> queen</c><00:15:33.799><c> of</c><00:15:35.059><c> Sheba</c><00:15:36.019><c> came</c><00:15:36.340><c> to</c><00:15:36.539><c> see</c><00:15:36.720><c> Solomon</c><00:15:37.259><c> and</c>

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:39.639
to<00:15:37.899><c> witness</c><00:15:38.159><c> for</c><00:15:38.419><c> her</c><00:15:38.559><c> own</c><00:15:38.779><c> eyes</c><00:15:38.980><c> the</c><00:15:39.159><c> wisdom</c><00:15:39.399><c> of</c>

00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.759
this<00:15:39.879><c> man,</c><00:15:40.919><c> it</c><00:15:41.039><c> is</c><00:15:41.220><c> written</c><00:15:41.480><c> in</c><00:15:41.620><c> 1</c><00:15:41.820><c> Kings</c><00:15:42.159><c> 10,</c><00:15:43.120><c> she</c><00:15:43.259><c> gave</c><00:15:43.519><c> the</c>

00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:47.240
king<00:15:43.980><c> 120</c><00:15:44.820><c> talents</c><00:15:45.200><c> of</c><00:15:45.460><c> gold</c><00:15:45.919><c> and</c><00:15:46.620><c> with</c><00:15:46.860><c> spices,</c>

00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:50.840
very<00:15:47.679><c> great</c><00:15:47.980><c> store</c><00:15:48.379><c> and</c><00:15:48.620><c> precious</c><00:15:48.980><c> stones,</c><00:15:49.879><c> there</c><00:15:50.159><c> came</c><00:15:50.419><c> no</c>

00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:53.200
more<00:15:51.100><c> such</c><00:15:51.360><c> abundance</c><00:15:51.799><c> of</c><00:15:52.139><c> spices</c><00:15:52.500><c> as</c><00:15:52.899><c> these</c>

00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:57.320
the<00:15:53.460><c> queen</c><00:15:53.759><c> of</c><00:15:54.000><c> Sheba</c><00:15:54.220><c> gave</c><00:15:54.500><c> to</c><00:15:54.679><c> King</c><00:15:54.960><c> Solomon.</c><00:15:56.899><c> And</c><00:15:57.039><c> when</c><00:15:57.139><c> one</c>

00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:59.240
of<00:15:57.419><c> the</c><00:15:57.519><c> late</c><00:15:57.720><c> presidents</c><00:15:58.200><c> of</c><00:15:58.419><c> the</c><00:15:58.559><c> United</c><00:15:58.860><c> States</c>

00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:02.700
made<00:15:59.500><c> a</c><00:15:59.720><c> tour</c><00:15:59.960><c> of</c><00:16:00.220><c> the</c><00:16:00.580><c> eastern</c><00:16:00.919><c> countries,</c><00:16:02.220><c> there</c><00:16:02.320><c> proceeded</c>

00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:04.700
his<00:16:03.019><c> own</c><00:16:03.360><c> plane,</c><00:16:03.700><c> an</c><00:16:03.899><c> aircraft</c><00:16:04.299><c> that</c><00:16:04.480><c> was</c>

00:16:04.700 --> 00:16:07.440
heavily<00:16:05.159><c> laden</c><00:16:05.620><c> for</c><00:16:05.919><c> gifts</c><00:16:06.159><c> for</c><00:16:06.559><c> the</c><00:16:06.720><c> heads</c><00:16:06.860><c> of</c><00:16:07.039><c> the</c><00:16:07.179><c> nation</c>

00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:09.379
to<00:16:07.679><c> which</c><00:16:07.799><c> he</c><00:16:07.940><c> was</c><00:16:08.159><c> going</c><00:16:08.360><c> to</c><00:16:08.600><c> visit.</c>

00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:12.360
But<00:16:10.059><c> months</c><00:16:10.320><c> before</c><00:16:10.840><c> this,</c><00:16:11.259><c> a</c><00:16:11.379><c> special</c><00:16:11.639><c> committee</c><00:16:12.000><c> had</c><00:16:12.159><c> been</c>

00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:15.500
set<00:16:12.600><c> up</c><00:16:12.779><c> in</c><00:16:13.159><c> Washington</c><00:16:13.740><c> to</c><00:16:14.600><c> give</c><00:16:14.840><c> scrupulous</c>

00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:21.740
attention<00:16:16.080><c> to</c><00:16:16.279><c> the</c><00:16:16.539><c> selection</c><00:16:16.860><c> of</c><00:16:17.120><c> each</c><00:16:17.399><c> gift</c><00:16:17.740><c> as</c><00:16:18.320><c> to</c><00:16:18.600><c> protocol,</c><00:16:19.720><c> desirability,</c><00:16:21.019><c> its</c><00:16:21.259><c> worthiness,</c>

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:25.279
value,<00:16:22.779><c> and</c><00:16:22.779><c> the</c><00:16:23.120><c> appropriateness</c><00:16:23.700><c> of</c><00:16:23.860><c> the</c><00:16:24.019><c> gift.</c><00:16:24.980><c> You</c><00:16:25.139><c> see,</c>

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.000
the<00:16:25.480><c> world</c><00:16:25.820><c> observes</c><00:16:26.659><c> proper</c><00:16:27.179><c> protocol</c>

00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:32.299
when<00:16:28.539><c> they</c><00:16:28.740><c> approach</c><00:16:29.200><c> an</c><00:16:29.600><c> earthly</c><00:16:29.899><c> dignitary.</c><00:16:31.639><c> But</c><00:16:31.779><c> when</c><00:16:32.059><c> we</c>

00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:33.639
pray,<00:16:32.679><c> brethren</c><00:16:32.980><c> and</c><00:16:33.200><c> sisters,</c>

00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:38.360
we<00:16:34.480><c> are</c><00:16:34.799><c> praying</c><00:16:35.179><c> to</c><00:16:35.379><c> the</c><00:16:35.600><c> creator</c><00:16:36.039><c> of</c><00:16:36.240><c> the</c><00:16:36.399><c> universe.</c><00:16:37.480><c> In</c><00:16:37.580><c> Malachi</c><00:16:38.059><c> 1</c>

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.440
and<00:16:38.620><c> 4,</c><00:16:39.120><c> God</c><00:16:39.159><c> says,</c>

00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:43.059
For<00:16:39.639><c> I</c><00:16:40.039><c> am</c><00:16:40.200><c> a</c><00:16:40.399><c> great</c><00:16:40.779><c> king,</c><00:16:41.460><c> saith</c><00:16:41.559><c> the</c><00:16:41.740><c> Lord</c><00:16:41.960><c> of</c><00:16:42.179><c> hosts,</c><00:16:42.840><c> and</c>

00:16:43.059 --> 00:16:46.080
my<00:16:43.340><c> name</c><00:16:43.539><c> is</c><00:16:43.879><c> dreadful</c><00:16:44.460><c> among</c><00:16:44.740><c> the</c><00:16:45.019><c> heathen.</c>

00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:50.279
How<00:16:47.039><c> then</c><00:16:47.519><c> should</c><00:16:47.700><c> we</c><00:16:47.879><c> approach</c><00:16:48.220><c> God?</c><00:16:49.559><c> Well,</c><00:16:49.700><c> the</c><00:16:49.899><c> disciples</c>

00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:51.899
asked<00:16:50.620><c> Jesus</c><00:16:51.019><c> on</c><00:16:51.279><c> an</c><00:16:51.419><c> occasion,</c>

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:55.539
Lord<00:16:52.379><c> teach</c><00:16:52.639><c> us</c><00:16:52.799><c> how</c><00:16:52.960><c> to</c><00:16:53.179><c> pray.</c><00:16:54.220><c> And</c><00:16:54.379><c> the</c><00:16:54.519><c> Lord</c><00:16:54.659><c> responded</c><00:16:55.240><c> by</c>

00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.860
repeating<00:16:55.980><c> the</c><00:16:56.299><c> model</c><00:16:56.460><c> prayer</c>

00:16:56.860 --> 00:17:01.000
of<00:16:57.000><c> what</c><00:16:57.139><c> he</c><00:16:57.259><c> had</c><00:16:57.480><c> said</c><00:16:57.580><c> on</c><00:16:57.779><c> the</c><00:16:57.960><c> sermon</c><00:16:58.200><c> on</c><00:16:58.419><c> the</c><00:16:58.600><c> mount.</c><00:17:00.179><c> We</c><00:17:00.460><c> are</c><00:17:00.639><c> not</c><00:17:00.799><c> to</c>

00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:02.480
be<00:17:01.340><c> ostentatious,</c>

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:06.480
not<00:17:02.960><c> pray</c><00:17:03.360><c> to</c><00:17:03.720><c> show</c><00:17:04.019><c> people</c><00:17:04.299><c> how</c><00:17:04.539><c> good</c><00:17:04.740><c> we</c><00:17:04.980><c> can</c><00:17:05.140><c> pray,</c><00:17:06.160><c> or</c><00:17:06.319><c> not</c>

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.000
to<00:17:06.660><c> be</c><00:17:06.859><c> seen</c><00:17:07.059><c> of</c><00:17:07.299><c> others.</c><00:17:07.559><c> In</c><00:17:07.759><c> fact,</c>

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:11.539
Jesus<00:17:08.559><c> encourages</c><00:17:09.220><c> us</c><00:17:09.519><c> to</c><00:17:09.660><c> go</c><00:17:09.819><c> into</c><00:17:10.039><c> the</c><00:17:10.319><c> secret</c><00:17:10.559><c> chamber,</c><00:17:11.380><c> to</c>

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.880
close<00:17:11.779><c> the</c><00:17:11.980><c> door</c><00:17:12.140><c> behind</c><00:17:12.559><c> us</c><00:17:12.700><c> and</c>

00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:18.980
reveal<00:17:13.440><c> and</c><00:17:13.740><c> unburden</c><00:17:14.140><c> our</c><00:17:14.359><c> heart</c><00:17:14.539><c> to</c><00:17:14.720><c> God.</c><00:17:16.000><c> We</c><00:17:16.099><c> are</c><00:17:16.279><c> not</c><00:17:16.480><c> to</c><00:17:16.680><c> use</c><00:17:17.039><c> vain</c><00:17:17.279><c> repetition</c><00:17:18.059><c> as</c><00:17:18.779><c> a</c>

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.640
heathen<00:17:19.319><c> does,</c>

00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:22.799
thinking<00:17:20.119><c> they'll</c><00:17:20.420><c> be</c><00:17:20.640><c> heard</c><00:17:20.839><c> further</c><00:17:21.119><c> much</c><00:17:21.359><c> speaking.</c><00:17:22.559><c> We</c>

00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:25.500
often<00:17:23.119><c> disobey</c><00:17:23.619><c> this.</c><00:17:24.000><c> I've</c><00:17:24.220><c> done</c><00:17:24.339><c> it</c><00:17:24.500><c> myself.</c>

00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:28.599
We<00:17:25.880><c> have</c><00:17:26.079><c> heard</c><00:17:26.259><c> certain</c><00:17:26.619><c> phrases</c><00:17:27.099><c> repeated</c><00:17:27.640><c> many</c><00:17:28.019><c> times</c><00:17:28.380><c> in</c>

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.339
the<00:17:28.759><c> same</c><00:17:29.019><c> prayer,</c><00:17:29.819><c> the</c><00:17:29.980><c> same</c><00:17:30.279><c> idea</c><00:17:30.660><c> expressed</c><00:17:31.059><c> in</c>

00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:36.759
different<00:17:31.519><c> ways.</c><00:17:33.160><c> But</c><00:17:33.440><c> the</c><00:17:33.619><c> Lord's</c><00:17:34.099><c> Prayer</c><00:17:34.400><c> is</c><00:17:35.220><c> a</c><00:17:35.440><c> model</c><00:17:35.619><c> prayer.</c><00:17:36.480><c> It's</c>

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:39.579
a<00:17:36.940><c> model</c><00:17:37.099><c> of</c><00:17:37.339><c> brevity,</c><00:17:38.539><c> simplicity,</c>

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:44.099
sincerity.<00:17:41.220><c> The</c><00:17:41.480><c> prayer</c><00:17:41.759><c> is</c><00:17:42.200><c> reverent.</c><00:17:43.019><c> It</c><00:17:43.119><c> has</c><00:17:43.380><c> a</c><00:17:43.480><c> sense</c><00:17:43.740><c> of</c>

00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:46.619
dependence<00:17:44.619><c> and</c><00:17:45.000><c> penitence</c><00:17:45.500><c> about</c><00:17:45.779><c> it.</c>

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:50.140
It's<00:17:46.940><c> a</c><00:17:47.099><c> prayer</c><00:17:47.279><c> which</c><00:17:47.700><c> you</c><00:17:47.880><c> and</c><00:17:48.059><c> I</c><00:17:48.200><c> should</c><00:17:48.380><c> pray.</c><00:17:49.519><c> So</c><00:17:49.720><c> Jesus</c>

00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:52.319
commanded<00:17:50.579><c> them</c><00:17:50.900><c> after</c><00:17:51.240><c> this</c><00:17:51.640><c> manner,</c><00:17:52.180><c> therefore,</c>

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.960
pray<00:17:52.819><c> ye</c><00:17:53.259><c> saying,</c><00:17:54.660><c> our</c><00:17:54.660><c> Father</c><00:17:55.039><c> who</c><00:17:55.319><c> art</c><00:17:55.519><c> in</c><00:17:55.759><c> heaven.</c><00:17:56.660><c> And</c><00:17:56.839><c> you</c>

00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.539
notice<00:17:57.240><c> he</c><00:17:57.500><c> uses</c><00:17:57.740><c> the</c><00:17:58.079><c> plural</c><00:17:58.339><c> adjective,</c>

00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:03.660
our<00:18:00.200><c> Father.</c><00:18:01.240><c> All</c><00:18:01.640><c> through</c><00:18:01.799><c> the</c><00:18:02.039><c> gospel,</c><00:18:02.500><c> Jesus</c><00:18:02.960><c> maintains</c>

00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:05.640
this<00:18:04.000><c> sharp</c><00:18:04.319><c> distinction</c><00:18:04.779><c> between</c><00:18:05.240><c> his</c>

00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:08.819
relationship<00:18:06.180><c> with</c><00:18:06.380><c> God</c><00:18:06.759><c> and</c><00:18:07.200><c> the</c><00:18:07.380><c> relationship</c><00:18:07.880><c> of</c><00:18:08.079><c> his</c><00:18:08.299><c> brethren</c><00:18:08.599><c> and</c>

00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:11.559
sisters.<00:18:09.880><c> We</c><00:18:10.220><c> approach</c><00:18:10.640><c> God</c><00:18:10.960><c> by</c><00:18:11.299><c> saying,</c>

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:18.160
our<00:18:11.980><c> Father,</c><00:18:13.259><c> not</c><00:18:13.480><c> mine.</c><00:18:14.500><c> If</c><00:18:14.720><c> you'll</c><00:18:14.779><c> turn</c><00:18:14.960><c> to</c><00:18:15.200><c> Psalm</c><00:18:15.660><c> 89,</c><00:18:17.700><c> it's</c><00:18:17.980><c> a</c>

00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:20.200
messianic<00:18:18.779><c> Psalm.</c><00:18:19.380><c> It</c><00:18:19.380><c> deals</c><00:18:19.680><c> with</c><00:18:19.880><c> the</c>

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:23.099
confirmation<00:18:20.660><c> of</c><00:18:20.940><c> the</c><00:18:21.160><c> covenant</c><00:18:21.460><c> God</c><00:18:21.839><c> made</c><00:18:22.099><c> with</c><00:18:22.299><c> King</c><00:18:22.539><c> David</c>

00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:25.720
concerning<00:18:24.000><c> the</c><00:18:24.500><c> establishment</c><00:18:24.960><c> of</c><00:18:25.220><c> his</c><00:18:25.480><c> throne</c>

00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:29.960
and<00:18:26.059><c> kingdom</c><00:18:26.339><c> in</c><00:18:26.700><c> perpetuity.</c><00:18:28.079><c> And</c><00:18:28.440><c> he</c><00:18:28.700><c> speaks</c><00:18:29.200><c> of</c><00:18:29.519><c> the</c><00:18:29.720><c> one</c>

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:32.319
that<00:18:30.059><c> was</c><00:18:30.279><c> going</c><00:18:30.539><c> to</c><00:18:30.779><c> bring</c><00:18:30.920><c> this</c><00:18:31.200><c> about.</c>

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:37.519
Psalm<00:18:33.579><c> 89.</c><00:18:34.180><c> Now</c><00:18:34.259><c> we</c><00:18:34.339><c> know</c><00:18:34.599><c> this</c><00:18:34.799><c> refers</c><00:18:35.200><c> to</c><00:18:35.420><c> Jesus</c><00:18:35.819><c> because</c><00:18:36.240><c> these</c><00:18:36.559><c> words</c><00:18:36.819><c> are</c><00:18:37.079><c> quoted</c><00:18:37.319><c> in</c>

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:39.900
the<00:18:37.579><c> New</c><00:18:37.799><c> Testament</c><00:18:38.279><c> and</c><00:18:38.619><c> apply</c><00:18:38.960><c> to</c><00:18:39.140><c> him.</c>

00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:46.960
Verse<00:18:41.339><c> 26</c><00:18:41.900><c> and</c><00:18:42.019><c> 27</c><00:18:42.539><c> of</c><00:18:42.759><c> Psalm</c><00:18:43.000><c> 89.</c><00:18:44.740><c> He</c><00:18:44.799><c> so</c><00:18:45.079><c> crying</c><00:18:45.420><c> to</c><00:18:45.700><c> me,</c><00:18:46.799><c> thou</c>

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:51.619
art<00:18:47.220><c> my</c><00:18:47.819><c> Father,</c><00:18:48.799><c> my</c><00:18:49.160><c> God</c><00:18:49.460><c> on</c><00:18:49.640><c> the</c><00:18:49.859><c> rock</c><00:18:50.039><c> of</c><00:18:50.259><c> my</c><00:18:50.480><c> salvation.</c>

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:55.539
Also<00:18:52.319><c> I</c><00:18:52.519><c> will</c><00:18:52.759><c> make</c><00:18:53.019><c> him</c><00:18:53.279><c> my</c><00:18:53.619><c> firstborn</c><00:18:54.200><c> higher</c><00:18:54.680><c> than</c><00:18:54.900><c> the</c><00:18:55.099><c> kings</c><00:18:55.299><c> of</c>

00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:57.799
the<00:18:55.720><c> earth.</c><00:18:56.519><c> So</c><00:18:56.700><c> we</c><00:18:56.799><c> know</c><00:18:56.940><c> this</c><00:18:57.140><c> applies</c><00:18:57.539><c> to</c>

00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:02.940
Jesus<00:18:58.700><c> Christ.</c><00:18:59.619><c> Jesus</c><00:19:00.160><c> never</c><00:19:00.599><c> joins</c><00:19:01.039><c> himself</c><00:19:01.680><c> with</c><00:19:01.900><c> his</c><00:19:02.119><c> disciples</c><00:19:02.640><c> in</c>

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:05.500
the<00:19:03.200><c> expression</c><00:19:03.619><c> of</c><00:19:04.339><c> our</c><00:19:04.599><c> Father.</c>

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:10.559
He<00:19:07.079><c> refers</c><00:19:07.559><c> to</c><00:19:07.779><c> God</c><00:19:07.980><c> as</c><00:19:08.180><c> my</c><00:19:08.480><c> Father.</c><00:19:09.420><c> A</c><00:19:09.599><c> few</c><00:19:09.799><c> quick</c><00:19:10.019><c> examples</c>

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:14.579
will<00:19:10.880><c> suffice.</c><00:19:11.299><c> Turn</c><00:19:11.599><c> to</c><00:19:11.859><c> Matthew's</c><00:19:12.420><c> gospel,</c><00:19:12.980><c> chapter</c><00:19:13.339><c> 7.</c>

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:19.920
We<00:19:16.599><c> shall</c><00:19:16.819><c> confine</c><00:19:17.420><c> our</c><00:19:18.039><c> review</c><00:19:18.359><c> to</c><00:19:18.680><c> the</c><00:19:18.880><c> gospel</c><00:19:19.220><c> of</c><00:19:19.400><c> Matthew</c>

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:23.819
because<00:19:20.339><c> of</c><00:19:20.660><c> time.</c><00:19:21.980><c> But</c><00:19:22.119><c> here</c><00:19:22.380><c> in</c><00:19:22.700><c> Matthew</c><00:19:23.039><c> 7,</c>

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:32.359
in<00:19:24.140><c> verse</c><00:19:24.380><c> 21,</c><00:19:27.480><c> he</c><00:19:27.599><c> says,</c><00:19:27.960><c> not</c><00:19:27.960><c> everyone</c><00:19:28.640><c> that</c><00:19:28.900><c> saith</c><00:19:29.160><c> unto</c><00:19:29.420><c> me,</c><00:19:29.740><c> Lord,</c><00:19:30.200><c> Lord,</c><00:19:30.519><c> shall</c><00:19:30.599><c> enter</c><00:19:30.819><c> the</c><00:19:30.960><c> kingdom</c><00:19:31.240><c> of</c><00:19:31.500><c> heaven,</c>

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:35.339
but<00:19:32.500><c> he</c><00:19:32.859><c> that</c><00:19:33.039><c> doeth</c><00:19:33.339><c> the</c><00:19:33.539><c> will</c><00:19:33.680><c> of</c><00:19:33.920><c> my</c><00:19:34.299><c> Father,</c><00:19:34.759><c> which</c><00:19:34.900><c> is</c><00:19:35.180><c> in</c>

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:39.500
heaven,<00:19:36.259><c> my</c><00:19:36.640><c> Father.</c><00:19:37.480><c> And</c><00:19:37.819><c> again</c><00:19:38.039><c> in</c><00:19:38.259><c> chapter</c><00:19:38.680><c> 16,</c>

00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:45.420
at<00:19:40.099><c> verse</c><00:19:40.319><c> 27,</c><00:19:41.079><c> Jesus</c><00:19:41.500><c> refers</c><00:19:42.079><c> to</c><00:19:42.339><c> his</c><00:19:42.519><c> own</c><00:19:42.859><c> return</c><00:19:43.319><c> to</c><00:19:43.559><c> the</c><00:19:43.759><c> earth.</c><00:19:44.500><c> Matthew</c><00:19:44.880><c> 16</c>

00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:52.279
and<00:19:45.579><c> 27,</c><00:19:47.539><c> for</c><00:19:47.759><c> the</c><00:19:47.980><c> Son</c><00:19:48.220><c> of</c><00:19:51.960><c> man</c>

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:55.000
and<00:19:52.460><c> then</c><00:19:52.759><c> shall</c><00:19:52.960><c> he</c><00:19:53.140><c> reward</c><00:19:53.500><c> every</c><00:19:53.880><c> man</c><00:19:54.119><c> according</c><00:19:54.500><c> to</c><00:19:54.740><c> his</c>

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.779
works.<00:19:56.359><c> And</c><00:19:56.579><c> of</c><00:19:56.720><c> course,</c><00:19:56.819><c> we're</c><00:19:57.079><c> all</c><00:19:57.279><c> familiar</c><00:19:57.599><c> with</c>

00:19:57.779 --> 00:20:02.720
Matthew<00:19:58.079><c> 25</c><00:19:58.680><c> and</c><00:19:58.819><c> 34,</c><00:19:59.920><c> come</c><00:20:00.200><c> ye</c><00:20:00.420><c> blessed</c><00:20:00.720><c> of</c><00:20:00.940><c> my</c><00:20:01.359><c> Father,</c><00:20:02.140><c> inherit</c><00:20:02.440><c> the</c>

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.440
kingdom<00:20:03.039><c> prepared</c><00:20:03.460><c> for</c><00:20:03.660><c> you</c><00:20:03.980><c> from</c><00:20:04.200><c> the</c>

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:08.940
foundation<00:20:05.059><c> of</c><00:20:05.279><c> the</c><00:20:05.500><c> world.</c><00:20:06.599><c> And</c><00:20:06.920><c> finally,</c><00:20:07.539><c> in</c><00:20:07.700><c> chapter</c><00:20:07.960><c> 26</c>

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:14.140
of<00:20:09.880><c> Matthew</c><00:20:10.259><c> here,</c><00:20:10.640><c> verse</c><00:20:10.920><c> 29,</c><00:20:13.039><c> at</c><00:20:13.380><c> the</c><00:20:13.660><c> institution</c>

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:19.900
of<00:20:14.299><c> the</c><00:20:14.519><c> breaking</c><00:20:14.799><c> of</c><00:20:15.160><c> bread.</c><00:20:17.420><c> 26</c><00:20:17.960><c> and</c><00:20:18.240><c> verse</c><00:20:18.519><c> 29.</c>

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:37.440
Now<00:20:33.319><c> after</c><00:20:33.599><c> the</c><00:20:33.859><c> resurrection</c><00:20:34.259><c> of</c><00:20:34.539><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:35.059><c> when</c><00:20:35.400><c> he</c><00:20:35.599><c> was</c><00:20:35.779><c> confronted</c><00:20:36.200><c> by</c><00:20:36.500><c> Mary,</c>

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:40.779
you<00:20:37.839><c> remember</c><00:20:38.160><c> he</c><00:20:38.319><c> said,</c><00:20:38.660><c> touch</c><00:20:38.859><c> me</c><00:20:39.099><c> not,</c><00:20:39.319><c> for</c><00:20:39.460><c> I</c><00:20:39.640><c> have</c><00:20:39.779><c> not</c><00:20:40.019><c> yet</c><00:20:40.240><c> ascended</c><00:20:40.599><c> to</c>

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:42.019
my<00:20:41.059><c> Father.</c>

00:20:42.049 --> 00:20:46.319
But<00:20:42.339><c> go</c><00:20:42.579><c> to</c><00:20:42.740><c> my</c><00:20:43.000><c> brethren</c><00:20:43.279><c> and</c><00:20:43.579><c> say</c><00:20:43.779><c> unto</c><00:20:44.000><c> them,</c><00:20:44.660><c> I</c><00:20:44.960><c> ascend</c><00:20:45.319><c> unto</c><00:20:45.720><c> my</c>

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:48.039
Father<00:20:46.799><c> and</c><00:20:47.200><c> your</c><00:20:47.500><c> Father,</c>

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:52.279
and<00:20:48.420><c> to</c><00:20:48.660><c> my</c><00:20:49.039><c> God</c><00:20:49.440><c> and</c><00:20:49.720><c> your</c><00:20:50.059><c> God.</c><00:20:51.079><c> And</c><00:20:51.420><c> when</c><00:20:51.519><c> he</c><00:20:51.720><c> addressed</c><00:20:52.000><c> the</c>

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:54.420
Father<00:20:52.519><c> in</c><00:20:52.839><c> prayer,</c><00:20:53.039><c> he</c><00:20:53.220><c> simply</c><00:20:53.640><c> said,</c><00:20:53.900><c> Father,</c>

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:59.779
as<00:20:55.000><c> in</c><00:20:55.140><c> John</c><00:20:55.440><c> 17</c><00:20:55.940><c> and</c><00:20:56.200><c> 1,</c><00:20:56.880><c> Father,</c><00:20:57.339><c> the</c><00:20:57.539><c> hour</c><00:20:57.819><c> has</c><00:20:58.079><c> come,</c><00:20:58.819><c> glorify</c><00:20:59.420><c> thy</c>

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:03.599
Son.<00:21:01.380><c> In</c><00:21:01.640><c> the</c><00:21:02.099><c> Garden</c><00:21:02.420><c> of</c><00:21:02.599><c> Gethsemane,</c>

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:07.799
Father,<00:21:04.660><c> if</c><00:21:04.839><c> thou</c><00:21:05.019><c> be</c><00:21:05.200><c> willing,</c><00:21:05.700><c> let</c><00:21:05.779><c> this</c><00:21:06.039><c> cup</c><00:21:06.240><c> pass</c><00:21:06.579><c> from</c><00:21:06.839><c> me.</c><00:21:07.420><c> He</c>

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:10.980
always<00:21:08.240><c> used</c><00:21:08.519><c> the</c><00:21:08.700><c> term</c><00:21:08.900><c> Father</c><00:21:09.380><c> or</c><00:21:09.700><c> my</c><00:21:10.059><c> Father.</c>

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:14.779
All<00:21:11.940><c> of</c><00:21:12.119><c> these</c><00:21:12.380><c> are</c><00:21:12.700><c> to</c><00:21:12.940><c> indicate</c><00:21:13.519><c> the</c><00:21:13.819><c> close</c><00:21:14.180><c> and</c><00:21:14.500><c> intimate</c>

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:17.099
nature<00:21:15.339><c> of</c><00:21:15.619><c> the</c><00:21:15.859><c> relationship</c><00:21:16.359><c> that</c><00:21:16.619><c> Jesus</c>

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:21.599
bare<00:21:17.380><c> to</c><00:21:17.579><c> his</c><00:21:17.839><c> heavenly</c><00:21:18.200><c> Father,</c><00:21:19.599><c> and</c><00:21:19.960><c> to</c><00:21:20.240><c> reveal</c><00:21:20.400><c> the</c><00:21:20.660><c> teaching</c><00:21:20.940><c> of</c><00:21:21.180><c> God</c>

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:24.099
manifested<00:21:22.480><c> in</c><00:21:22.779><c> his</c><00:21:23.079><c> Son.</c>

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:29.259
In<00:21:24.599><c> John</c><00:21:24.900><c> 14</c><00:21:25.380><c> and</c><00:21:25.460><c> 11,</c><00:21:25.900><c> he</c><00:21:26.019><c> said</c><00:21:26.299><c> to</c><00:21:26.519><c> one</c><00:21:26.839><c> who</c><00:21:27.119><c> doubted</c><00:21:27.480><c> him,</c><00:21:28.539><c> believe</c><00:21:28.940><c> me</c>

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.980
that<00:21:29.460><c> I</c><00:21:29.839><c> am</c><00:21:29.920><c> in</c><00:21:30.039><c> the</c><00:21:30.220><c> Father</c><00:21:30.539><c> and</c><00:21:30.759><c> the</c>

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:34.160
Father<00:21:31.279><c> in</c><00:21:31.460><c> me.</c><00:21:31.940><c> So</c><00:21:32.259><c> our</c><00:21:32.440><c> approach</c><00:21:32.720><c> to</c><00:21:32.900><c> God</c><00:21:33.180><c> has</c><00:21:33.500><c> to</c><00:21:33.660><c> be</c><00:21:33.799><c> on</c><00:21:33.980><c> a</c>

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:38.240
collective<00:21:34.460><c> basis</c><00:21:34.960><c> our</c><00:21:35.519><c> Father.</c><00:21:36.680><c> We</c><00:21:37.039><c> are</c><00:21:37.440><c> all</c><00:21:37.819><c> brethren</c>

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:46.240
and<00:21:38.819><c> one</c><00:21:39.240><c> is</c><00:21:39.519><c> our</c><00:21:39.759><c> Father.</c><00:21:42.420><c> Now</c><00:21:42.680><c> broadly</c><00:21:43.000><c> speaking,</c><00:21:43.700><c> there</c><00:21:43.799><c> are</c><00:21:44.039><c> three</c><00:21:44.400><c> categories</c><00:21:45.019><c> of</c><00:21:45.240><c> prayer.</c>

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:49.980
One,<00:21:47.160><c> the</c><00:21:47.299><c> form</c><00:21:47.539><c> of</c><00:21:47.819><c> worship.</c><00:21:48.579><c> Two,</c><00:21:49.039><c> the</c><00:21:49.160><c> giving</c><00:21:49.319><c> of</c><00:21:49.660><c> thanks.</c>

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:53.700
And<00:21:50.640><c> three,</c><00:21:51.500><c> petitioning.</c><00:21:53.079><c> Now</c><00:21:53.380><c> in</c><00:21:53.400><c> reference</c>

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:58.980
to<00:21:54.019><c> the</c><00:21:54.640><c> form</c><00:21:54.880><c> of</c><00:21:55.200><c> worship,</c><00:21:56.579><c> in</c><00:21:57.180><c> Anthem</c><00:21:57.640><c> 20,</c><00:21:58.039><c> we</c><00:21:58.220><c> often</c><00:21:58.640><c> sing,</c>

00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:02.859
I<00:21:59.400><c> will</c><00:21:59.720><c> extol</c><00:22:00.400><c> thee,</c><00:22:00.619><c> my</c><00:22:00.920><c> God,</c><00:22:01.259><c> O</c><00:22:01.599><c> King.</c><00:22:02.480><c> Now</c><00:22:02.680><c> the</c>

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:07.960
extol<00:22:03.599><c> means</c><00:22:03.920><c> to</c><00:22:04.299><c> elevate</c><00:22:04.660><c> with</c><00:22:05.039><c> praise,</c><00:22:05.920><c> to</c><00:22:06.119><c> magnify,</c><00:22:07.359><c> to</c><00:22:07.420><c> praise</c><00:22:07.680><c> in</c>

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:10.380
the<00:22:08.099><c> highest</c><00:22:08.480><c> terms.</c><00:22:09.440><c> It</c><00:22:09.579><c> is</c><00:22:09.779><c> taken</c><00:22:10.039><c> right</c>

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:14.920
out<00:22:10.579><c> of</c><00:22:10.700><c> the</c><00:22:10.880><c> 145th</c><00:22:11.960><c> Psalm.</c><00:22:12.940><c> And</c><00:22:13.119><c> the</c><00:22:13.359><c> Psalms</c><00:22:13.579><c> are</c><00:22:13.940><c> filled</c><00:22:14.200><c> with</c><00:22:14.519><c> all</c>

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:18.720
kinds<00:22:15.319><c> of</c><00:22:15.700><c> example</c><00:22:16.279><c> of</c><00:22:17.160><c> worshiping</c><00:22:17.759><c> God</c><00:22:18.220><c> and</c>

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:22.000
of<00:22:19.019><c> expressing</c><00:22:19.319><c> our</c><00:22:19.700><c> praise</c><00:22:19.940><c> to</c><00:22:20.160><c> God.</c><00:22:21.200><c> I</c><00:22:21.339><c> would</c><00:22:21.539><c> like</c><00:22:21.720><c> you</c><00:22:21.859><c> to</c>

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:26.000
turn<00:22:22.160><c> with</c><00:22:22.359><c> me</c><00:22:22.599><c> to</c><00:22:22.799><c> the</c><00:22:22.960><c> 34th</c><00:22:23.619><c> Psalm.</c><00:22:25.119><c> And</c><00:22:25.259><c> here</c><00:22:25.539><c> David</c>

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:32.420
vows<00:22:26.579><c> to</c><00:22:26.839><c> bless</c><00:22:27.599><c> and</c><00:22:28.279><c> praise</c><00:22:28.759><c> God</c><00:22:29.599><c> throughout</c><00:22:30.140><c> his</c><00:22:30.440><c> life.</c><00:22:31.599><c> Psalm</c><00:22:31.799><c> 34,</c>

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.759
we're<00:22:32.579><c> going</c><00:22:32.819><c> to</c><00:22:32.980><c> read</c><00:22:33.099><c> the</c><00:22:33.279><c> first</c><00:22:33.480><c> three</c>

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:39.299
verses.<00:22:36.240><c> I</c><00:22:36.259><c> will</c><00:22:36.440><c> bless</c><00:22:36.799><c> the</c><00:22:37.099><c> Lord</c><00:22:37.299><c> at</c><00:22:37.599><c> all</c><00:22:37.920><c> times.</c><00:22:38.559><c> His</c><00:22:38.779><c> praise</c><00:22:39.079><c> shall</c>

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:41.519
continually<00:22:40.019><c> be</c><00:22:40.299><c> in</c><00:22:40.480><c> my</c><00:22:40.700><c> mouth.</c>

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:44.680
My<00:22:41.880><c> soul</c><00:22:42.160><c> shall</c><00:22:42.380><c> make</c><00:22:42.619><c> her</c><00:22:42.859><c> boast</c><00:22:43.140><c> in</c><00:22:43.319><c> the</c><00:22:43.500><c> Lord.</c><00:22:44.200><c> The</c><00:22:44.420><c> humble</c>

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:46.779
shall<00:22:44.880><c> hear</c><00:22:45.200><c> there</c><00:22:45.440><c> and</c><00:22:45.599><c> be</c><00:22:45.799><c> glad.</c>

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:50.720
O<00:22:47.240><c> magnify</c><00:22:47.940><c> the</c><00:22:48.220><c> Lord</c><00:22:48.500><c> with</c><00:22:48.779><c> me</c><00:22:49.000><c> and</c><00:22:49.160><c> let</c><00:22:49.400><c> us</c><00:22:49.619><c> exalt</c><00:22:50.099><c> his</c><00:22:50.440><c> name</c>

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:55.059
together.<00:22:52.380><c> Magnify</c><00:22:52.940><c> means</c><00:22:53.220><c> to</c><00:22:53.460><c> increase,</c><00:22:54.119><c> to</c><00:22:54.259><c> make</c>

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:59.299
to<00:22:55.480><c> lift</c><00:22:55.740><c> up</c><00:22:55.960><c> and</c><00:22:56.220><c> glorify.</c><00:22:57.259><c> And</c><00:22:57.500><c> this</c><00:22:57.640><c> is</c><00:22:57.839><c> our</c><00:22:58.039><c> purpose.</c><00:22:59.119><c> We</c>

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:02.299
have<00:22:59.539><c> to</c><00:22:59.779><c> glorify</c><00:23:00.339><c> God</c><00:23:00.660><c> on</c><00:23:00.900><c> the</c><00:23:01.119><c> earth.</c><00:23:01.759><c> And</c><00:23:02.000><c> that</c>

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:06.680
consists<00:23:03.019><c> in</c><00:23:04.299><c> manifesting</c><00:23:05.019><c> the</c><00:23:05.380><c> qualities</c><00:23:05.880><c> that</c><00:23:06.220><c> belong</c><00:23:06.500><c> to</c>

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:11.920
his<00:23:06.980><c> glory.</c><00:23:08.200><c> Look</c><00:23:08.400><c> at</c><00:23:08.599><c> Psalm</c><00:23:08.880><c> 113.</c><00:23:11.099><c> How</c><00:23:11.279><c> the</c><00:23:11.519><c> Psalm</c><00:23:11.700><c> is</c>

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:17.799
here<00:23:12.160><c> speaks</c><00:23:12.500><c> of</c><00:23:12.880><c> magnifying</c><00:23:13.500><c> the</c><00:23:13.779><c> Lord.</c><00:23:15.920><c> We're</c><00:23:16.099><c> going</c><00:23:16.319><c> to</c><00:23:16.579><c> read</c><00:23:16.779><c> verses</c><00:23:17.160><c> one</c><00:23:17.619><c> to</c>

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:21.420
three<00:23:18.119><c> again</c><00:23:18.839><c> in</c><00:23:19.319><c> Psalm</c><00:23:19.579><c> 113.</c>

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:27.519
Praise<00:23:23.420><c> ye</c><00:23:23.660><c> the</c><00:23:23.819><c> Lord.</c><00:23:24.940><c> Praise,</c><00:23:25.460><c> O</c><00:23:25.619><c> ye</c><00:23:25.819><c> servants</c><00:23:26.180><c> of</c><00:23:26.380><c> the</c><00:23:26.539><c> Lord.</c><00:23:27.000><c> Praise</c><00:23:27.359><c> the</c>

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:29.660
name<00:23:27.759><c> of</c><00:23:27.920><c> the</c><00:23:28.059><c> Lord.</c><00:23:29.019><c> Blessed</c><00:23:29.319><c> be</c><00:23:29.599><c> the</c>

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:34.519
name<00:23:29.900><c> of</c><00:23:30.039><c> the</c><00:23:30.160><c> Lord</c><00:23:30.359><c> from</c><00:23:30.660><c> this</c><00:23:30.940><c> time</c><00:23:31.259><c> forth</c><00:23:31.539><c> and</c><00:23:31.779><c> for</c><00:23:32.079><c> evermore.</c><00:23:33.539><c> From</c><00:23:33.680><c> the</c><00:23:33.940><c> rising</c><00:23:34.279><c> of</c>

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.559
the<00:23:34.779><c> sun</c><00:23:35.079><c> until</c><00:23:35.319><c> the</c>

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:40.799
going<00:23:35.839><c> down</c><00:23:36.119><c> of</c><00:23:36.420><c> the</c><00:23:36.519><c> same,</c><00:23:36.940><c> the</c><00:23:37.019><c> Lord's</c><00:23:37.619><c> name</c><00:23:37.920><c> is</c><00:23:38.200><c> to</c><00:23:38.359><c> be</c><00:23:38.680><c> praised.</c><00:23:40.359><c> His</c>

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:43.160
praise<00:23:41.160><c> should</c><00:23:41.440><c> continually</c><00:23:42.119><c> be</c><00:23:42.480><c> upon</c><00:23:42.799><c> our</c>

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:46.859
lips,<00:23:43.559><c> brethren</c><00:23:43.720><c> and</c><00:23:43.980><c> sisters,</c><00:23:44.819><c> for</c><00:23:45.019><c> he</c><00:23:45.220><c> has</c><00:23:45.480><c> redeemed</c><00:23:45.920><c> us.</c>

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:50.420
Paul<00:23:47.579><c> encouraged</c><00:23:48.400><c> prayers</c><00:23:48.920><c> among</c><00:23:49.240><c> the</c><00:23:49.519><c> believers.</c>

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:55.259
As<00:23:50.980><c> a</c><00:23:51.220><c> means</c><00:23:51.440><c> by</c><00:23:51.720><c> which</c><00:23:51.940><c> our</c><00:23:52.299><c> praise</c><00:23:52.539><c> and</c><00:23:52.880><c> worship</c><00:23:53.240><c> can</c><00:23:53.579><c> be</c><00:23:53.859><c> expressed.</c><00:23:55.180><c> He</c>

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:57.460
said<00:23:55.420><c> in</c><00:23:55.579><c> 1st</c><00:23:55.940><c> Timothy</c><00:23:56.220><c> 4</c><00:23:56.619><c> and</c><00:23:56.779><c> 2</c><00:23:56.960><c> and</c><00:23:57.019><c> 8,</c>

00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:01.539
I<00:23:57.799><c> will</c><00:23:58.079><c> therefore</c><00:23:58.599><c> that</c><00:23:58.960><c> all</c><00:23:59.359><c> men</c><00:23:59.579><c> pray</c><00:23:59.960><c> everywhere</c><00:24:00.880><c> lifting</c>

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:04.599
up<00:24:01.859><c> holy</c><00:24:02.160><c> hands</c><00:24:02.720><c> without</c><00:24:03.180><c> wrath</c><00:24:03.539><c> and</c><00:24:03.799><c> doubting.</c>

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:08.700
And<00:24:05.180><c> again</c><00:24:05.359><c> in</c><00:24:05.579><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:05.839><c> 13</c><00:24:06.359><c> and</c><00:24:06.519><c> 15,</c><00:24:07.380><c> by</c><00:24:07.599><c> him</c><00:24:07.900><c> therefore</c><00:24:08.440><c> let</c>

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:11.599
us<00:24:08.980><c> offer</c><00:24:09.440><c> the</c><00:24:09.920><c> sacrifice</c><00:24:10.500><c> of</c><00:24:10.819><c> praise</c><00:24:11.039><c> to</c><00:24:11.259><c> God</c>

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:18.079
continually.<00:24:12.940><c> That</c><00:24:13.119><c> is</c><00:24:13.420><c> a</c><00:24:13.539><c> fruit</c><00:24:13.660><c> of</c><00:24:13.900><c> our</c><00:24:14.119><c> lips</c><00:24:14.319><c> giving</c><00:24:14.640><c> thanks</c><00:24:15.019><c> to</c><00:24:15.240><c> his</c><00:24:15.480><c> name.</c><00:24:16.720><c> Now</c><00:24:16.940><c> these</c><00:24:17.220><c> terms</c><00:24:17.579><c> here</c><00:24:17.880><c> in</c>

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:22.920
Hebrews<00:24:18.380><c> are</c><00:24:18.579><c> taken</c><00:24:18.900><c> from</c><00:24:19.180><c> the</c><00:24:19.460><c> ordinances</c><00:24:19.819><c> of</c><00:24:20.019><c> the</c><00:24:20.200><c> law</c><00:24:20.500><c> covering</c><00:24:20.980><c> peace</c><00:24:21.420><c> offerings.</c><00:24:22.859><c> They</c>

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.880
are<00:24:23.119><c> a</c><00:24:23.240><c> manner</c><00:24:23.480><c> in</c><00:24:23.640><c> which</c>

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:28.339
we<00:24:24.000><c> can</c><00:24:24.240><c> give</c><00:24:24.500><c> thanks.</c><00:24:25.660><c> The</c><00:24:25.779><c> fruit</c><00:24:25.960><c> of</c><00:24:26.140><c> our</c><00:24:26.359><c> lips</c><00:24:26.559><c> are</c><00:24:26.859><c> literally</c><00:24:27.440><c> the</c><00:24:27.759><c> heifers</c><00:24:28.160><c> of</c>

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.740
our<00:24:28.559><c> lips,</c><00:24:29.299><c> a</c><00:24:29.500><c> reference</c>

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:33.180
through<00:24:30.019><c> animal</c><00:24:30.420><c> sacrifice</c><00:24:31.240><c> in</c><00:24:31.839><c> which</c><00:24:32.019><c> the</c><00:24:32.339><c> Israelites</c><00:24:32.839><c> made</c>

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:36.420
their<00:24:33.480><c> vows</c><00:24:33.720><c> to</c><00:24:33.900><c> God.</c><00:24:34.900><c> And</c><00:24:35.200><c> here</c><00:24:35.380><c> in</c><00:24:35.599><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:35.980><c> it</c><00:24:36.180><c> is</c>

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:40.980
an<00:24:36.619><c> oral</c><00:24:36.900><c> expression</c><00:24:37.599><c> of</c><00:24:38.160><c> our</c><00:24:38.440><c> love</c><00:24:38.799><c> and</c><00:24:39.279><c> reverence</c><00:24:39.619><c> for</c><00:24:39.819><c> God.</c>

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:44.140
Prayer<00:24:41.660><c> can</c><00:24:41.960><c> use</c><00:24:42.140><c> to</c><00:24:42.299><c> be</c><00:24:42.440><c> given</c><00:24:42.619><c> thanks</c><00:24:42.960><c> to</c><00:24:43.079><c> God</c><00:24:43.359><c> also.</c>

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:48.559
Paul<00:24:45.140><c> in</c><00:24:45.339><c> Ephesians</c><00:24:45.920><c> chapter</c><00:24:46.460><c> 5</c><00:24:46.799><c> expresses</c><00:24:47.400><c> the</c><00:24:47.740><c> true</c><00:24:47.980><c> spirit</c>

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:52.339
of<00:24:48.819><c> the</c><00:24:49.039><c> thankful.</c><00:24:50.460><c> Ephesians</c><00:24:50.980><c> the</c><00:24:51.140><c> 5th</c><00:24:51.420><c> chapter.</c>

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:56.359
The<00:24:53.559><c> innermost</c><00:24:54.140><c> thoughts</c><00:24:54.619><c> of</c><00:24:54.859><c> the</c><00:24:55.039><c> heart</c><00:24:55.319><c> must</c><00:24:55.700><c> be</c><00:24:56.079><c> centered</c>

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.619
upon<00:24:56.700><c> God.</c>

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:04.500
Ephesians<00:25:00.759><c> chapter</c><00:25:01.140><c> 5</c><00:25:02.119><c> verses</c><00:25:02.599><c> 19</c><00:25:03.079><c> and</c><00:25:03.299><c> 20.</c>

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:10.759
Speaking<00:25:06.579><c> to</c><00:25:06.859><c> yourselves</c><00:25:07.500><c> in</c><00:25:07.880><c> psalms</c><00:25:08.359><c> and</c><00:25:08.599><c> hymns</c><00:25:09.039><c> and</c><00:25:09.359><c> spiritual</c><00:25:09.859><c> songs,</c>

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.900
singing<00:25:11.500><c> a</c><00:25:11.779><c> making</c><00:25:12.039><c> melody</c><00:25:12.460><c> in</c><00:25:12.640><c> your</c>

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:16.859
heart<00:25:13.099><c> to</c><00:25:13.319><c> the</c><00:25:13.400><c> Lord,</c><00:25:14.160><c> giving</c><00:25:14.480><c> thanks</c><00:25:14.920><c> always</c><00:25:15.559><c> for</c><00:25:15.940><c> all</c><00:25:16.299><c> things</c><00:25:16.559><c> unto</c>

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:19.099
God<00:25:17.259><c> and</c><00:25:17.460><c> the</c><00:25:17.559><c> Father</c><00:25:18.000><c> in</c><00:25:18.440><c> the</c><00:25:18.579><c> name</c><00:25:18.859><c> of</c><00:25:19.099><c> the</c>

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:24.819
Lord<00:25:19.460><c> Jesus</c><00:25:19.920><c> Christ.</c><00:25:21.400><c> All</c><00:25:21.779><c> things,</c><00:25:23.160><c> all</c><00:25:23.400><c> because</c><00:25:23.759><c> all</c><00:25:24.200><c> we</c><00:25:24.440><c> have</c><00:25:24.660><c> are</c>

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:27.599
of<00:25:24.980><c> God.</c><00:25:26.079><c> Every</c><00:25:26.339><c> good</c><00:25:26.480><c> and</c><00:25:26.720><c> perfect</c><00:25:27.000><c> gift</c><00:25:27.299><c> comes</c>

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:32.359
down<00:25:27.920><c> for</c><00:25:28.119><c> the</c><00:25:28.240><c> Father</c><00:25:28.599><c> of</c><00:25:28.720><c> lights</c><00:25:29.019><c> with</c><00:25:29.259><c> whom</c><00:25:29.400><c> is</c><00:25:29.599><c> no</c><00:25:29.960><c> variable</c><00:25:30.380><c> of</c><00:25:30.460><c> this,</c><00:25:30.960><c> neither</c><00:25:30.960><c> shadow</c><00:25:31.380><c> of</c><00:25:31.619><c> turning.</c>

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:37.099
How<00:25:33.680><c> frequently</c><00:25:34.339><c> are</c><00:25:35.200><c> we</c><00:25:35.460><c> urged</c><00:25:35.680><c> to</c><00:25:36.119><c> expect</c><00:25:36.420><c> thanks</c><00:25:36.819><c> in</c><00:25:37.019><c> the</c>

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:38.359
New<00:25:37.299><c> Testament?</c>

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:42.220
1st<00:25:39.039><c> Peter</c><00:25:39.359><c> 1</c><00:25:39.599><c> and</c><00:25:39.720><c> 3</c><00:25:40.059><c> he</c><00:25:40.220><c> says,</c><00:25:40.859><c> Blessed</c><00:25:40.859><c> be</c><00:25:41.099><c> the</c><00:25:41.299><c> God</c><00:25:41.519><c> and</c><00:25:41.740><c> Father</c><00:25:42.039><c> of</c>

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:44.619
the<00:25:42.339><c> Lord</c><00:25:42.599><c> Jesus</c><00:25:43.019><c> Christ</c><00:25:43.559><c> which</c><00:25:44.200><c> according</c>

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:50.099
to<00:25:44.859><c> his</c><00:25:45.059><c> abundant</c><00:25:45.519><c> mercy</c><00:25:45.940><c> has</c><00:25:46.259><c> begotten</c><00:25:46.759><c> us</c><00:25:46.980><c> again</c><00:25:47.900><c> unto</c><00:25:48.960><c> a</c><00:25:49.279><c> lively</c><00:25:49.559><c> hope</c><00:25:49.859><c> by</c>

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:51.319
the<00:25:50.319><c> resurrection</c><00:25:51.119><c> of</c>

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:54.880
Jesus<00:25:51.720><c> Christ</c><00:25:52.019><c> from</c><00:25:52.240><c> the</c><00:25:52.400><c> dead.</c><00:25:53.400><c> And</c><00:25:53.599><c> again</c><00:25:53.839><c> Ephesians</c><00:25:54.420><c> 1</c><00:25:54.680><c> and</c>

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:57.619
3,<00:25:56.019><c> blessed</c><00:25:56.140><c> be</c><00:25:56.440><c> the</c><00:25:56.640><c> God</c><00:25:56.839><c> and</c><00:25:57.160><c> Father</c><00:25:57.400><c> of</c><00:25:57.599><c> the</c>

00:25:57.619 --> 00:26:02.119
Lord<00:25:57.880><c> Jesus</c><00:25:58.440><c> who</c><00:25:59.099><c> has</c><00:25:59.680><c> blessed</c><00:26:00.099><c> us</c><00:26:00.319><c> with</c><00:26:00.599><c> all</c><00:26:00.880><c> spiritual</c><00:26:01.420><c> blessing</c><00:26:01.839><c> in</c>

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:04.039
the<00:26:02.259><c> heaven,</c><00:26:02.599><c> these</c><00:26:02.680><c> are</c><00:26:02.819><c> heavenly</c><00:26:03.099><c> places.</c>

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:09.019
These<00:26:05.960><c> thanksgiving</c><00:26:06.480><c> should</c><00:26:06.720><c> be</c><00:26:07.039><c> continually</c><00:26:07.480><c> upon</c><00:26:07.900><c> our</c><00:26:08.220><c> lips</c><00:26:08.460><c> brethren</c><00:26:08.779><c> and</c>

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:11.140
sisters<00:26:09.440><c> for</c><00:26:10.279><c> what</c><00:26:10.500><c> God</c><00:26:10.740><c> has</c><00:26:10.960><c> done</c>

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:16.619
for<00:26:11.339><c> us.</c><00:26:12.819><c> How</c><00:26:12.960><c> can</c><00:26:13.220><c> we</c><00:26:13.599><c> bless</c><00:26:14.000><c> God?</c><00:26:15.460><c> A</c><00:26:15.640><c> young</c><00:26:15.819><c> girl</c><00:26:16.099><c> once</c><00:26:16.359><c> asked</c>

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:19.259
me<00:26:16.779><c> that</c><00:26:17.039><c> question.</c><00:26:18.240><c> This</c><00:26:18.440><c> young</c><00:26:18.720><c> girl</c><00:26:18.920><c> was</c><00:26:19.119><c> a</c>

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:22.500
daughter<00:26:19.519><c> of</c><00:26:19.579><c> brother</c><00:26:19.859><c> Bob</c><00:26:20.160><c> Evans</c><00:26:20.539><c> and</c><00:26:21.759><c> it</c><00:26:21.880><c> was</c><00:26:21.980><c> a</c><00:26:22.019><c> difficult</c>

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:26.059
question<00:26:23.079><c> because</c><00:26:24.480><c> we're</c><00:26:24.880><c> told</c><00:26:25.099><c> in</c><00:26:25.319><c> Hebrews</c><00:26:25.640><c> that</c><00:26:25.880><c> the</c>

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:29.700
less<00:26:26.240><c> is</c><00:26:26.440><c> blessed</c><00:26:26.660><c> to</c><00:26:26.799><c> the</c><00:26:26.960><c> greater.</c><00:26:27.920><c> How</c><00:26:28.099><c> do</c><00:26:28.259><c> we</c><00:26:28.400><c> bless</c><00:26:28.680><c> God?</c>

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:33.279
Well<00:26:30.259><c> it's</c><00:26:30.519><c> rather</c><00:26:31.259><c> a</c><00:26:31.859><c> pronouncement</c><00:26:32.660><c> of</c><00:26:32.859><c> a</c><00:26:33.119><c> state</c>

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:37.359
of<00:26:33.900><c> blessedness</c><00:26:34.279><c> in</c><00:26:34.359><c> which</c><00:26:34.579><c> God</c><00:26:34.839><c> exists.</c><00:26:36.339><c> David</c><00:26:36.660><c> said,</c><00:26:37.019><c> All</c>

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:40.299
things<00:26:37.779><c> come</c><00:26:38.059><c> of</c><00:26:38.240><c> thee</c><00:26:38.559><c> and</c><00:26:38.900><c> of</c><00:26:39.180><c> thine</c><00:26:39.440><c> own</c><00:26:39.779><c> have</c><00:26:40.059><c> we</c>

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:43.640
given.<00:26:41.339><c> Whatever</c><00:26:41.680><c> we</c><00:26:41.960><c> give</c><00:26:42.099><c> to</c><00:26:42.319><c> God</c><00:26:42.619><c> we</c><00:26:42.799><c> have</c><00:26:43.039><c> received</c><00:26:43.380><c> from</c>

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:47.339
him.<00:26:44.920><c> By</c><00:26:45.119><c> giving</c><00:26:45.559><c> praise</c><00:26:46.140><c> and</c><00:26:46.480><c> thanks</c><00:26:46.819><c> and</c><00:26:47.079><c> by</c>

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:52.859
blessing<00:26:47.680><c> his</c><00:26:48.019><c> names</c><00:26:48.400><c> we</c><00:26:48.940><c> are</c><00:26:49.240><c> showing</c><00:26:49.539><c> appreciation</c><00:26:50.380><c> for</c><00:26:50.740><c> his</c><00:26:51.019><c> bountifulness</c><00:26:51.859><c> and</c><00:26:52.480><c> by</c>

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:54.240
exercising<00:26:53.539><c> our</c><00:26:54.000><c> willing</c>

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:57.980
and<00:26:54.539><c> voluntary</c><00:26:55.140><c> conforming</c><00:26:55.740><c> to</c><00:26:55.880><c> his</c><00:26:56.119><c> ways</c><00:26:56.500><c> we</c><00:26:57.259><c> are</c><00:26:57.559><c> rendering</c>

00:26:57.980 --> 00:27:00.880
to<00:26:58.259><c> him</c><00:26:58.599><c> the</c><00:26:58.940><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:59.559><c> of</c><00:26:59.940><c> praise.</c>

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:05.849
Remember<00:27:01.660><c> the</c><00:27:01.839><c> words</c><00:27:02.059><c> of</c><00:27:02.240><c> the</c><00:27:02.400><c> apostle</c><00:27:02.759><c> Paul</c><00:27:03.220><c> in</c><00:27:03.519><c> 2nd</c><00:27:04.019><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:04.400><c> 9</c><00:27:04.880><c> and</c><00:27:05.059><c> 15,</c>

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:11.700
thanks<00:27:06.740><c> be</c><00:27:07.059><c> to</c><00:27:07.339><c> God</c><00:27:07.660><c> for</c><00:27:07.900><c> his</c><00:27:08.339><c> unspeakable</c><00:27:09.140><c> gift.</c><00:27:10.799><c> Words</c><00:27:11.039><c> would</c><00:27:11.460><c> fail</c>

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:13.900
us<00:27:11.880><c> to</c><00:27:12.119><c> express</c><00:27:12.579><c> the</c><00:27:12.900><c> worth</c><00:27:13.160><c> of</c><00:27:13.400><c> that</c><00:27:13.680><c> gift</c>

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:18.039
that<00:27:14.099><c> God</c><00:27:14.319><c> has</c><00:27:14.500><c> given</c><00:27:14.660><c> us,</c><00:27:15.400><c> the</c><00:27:15.740><c> hope</c><00:27:16.039><c> of</c><00:27:16.299><c> eternal</c><00:27:16.559><c> life.</c><00:27:17.839><c> And</c>

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:20.240
through<00:27:18.240><c> the</c><00:27:18.440><c> eyes</c><00:27:18.759><c> of</c><00:27:19.000><c> our</c><00:27:19.319><c> natural</c><00:27:19.619><c> eyes</c><00:27:19.839><c> we</c><00:27:20.000><c> can</c>

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:25.940
see<00:27:20.519><c> God</c><00:27:20.980><c> in</c><00:27:21.279><c> creation</c><00:27:21.680><c> about</c><00:27:22.059><c> us.</c><00:27:23.200><c> If</c><00:27:23.400><c> our</c><00:27:23.660><c> minds</c><00:27:24.039><c> are</c><00:27:24.519><c> spiritually</c><00:27:24.940><c> attuned</c><00:27:25.440><c> to</c><00:27:25.539><c> that</c><00:27:25.779><c> of</c>

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:27.380
God<00:27:26.359><c> we</c><00:27:27.019><c> can</c><00:27:27.259><c> learn</c>

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:30.799
to<00:27:27.799><c> recognize</c><00:27:28.119><c> more</c><00:27:28.599><c> and</c><00:27:28.720><c> more</c><00:27:29.019><c> the</c><00:27:29.259><c> blessings</c><00:27:29.740><c> and</c><00:27:30.000><c> the</c><00:27:30.220><c> provision</c><00:27:30.579><c> that</c>

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:33.220
he<00:27:30.960><c> has</c><00:27:31.240><c> made</c><00:27:31.920><c> and</c><00:27:32.220><c> his</c><00:27:32.519><c> kindness</c><00:27:32.940><c> and</c>

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:37.839
benevolence<00:27:34.059><c> that</c><00:27:34.279><c> has</c><00:27:34.440><c> been</c><00:27:34.619><c> made</c><00:27:34.900><c> possible.</c><00:27:36.660><c> We</c><00:27:36.839><c> shall</c><00:27:37.099><c> discern</c><00:27:37.559><c> the</c>

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:40.119
unfailing<00:27:38.400><c> love</c><00:27:38.640><c> of</c><00:27:38.839><c> God</c><00:27:39.160><c> and</c><00:27:39.440><c> the</c><00:27:39.700><c> commonest</c>

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:47.359
things<00:27:40.359><c> about</c><00:27:40.720><c> us,</c><00:27:41.480><c> our</c><00:27:41.660><c> daily</c><00:27:41.940><c> life,</c><00:27:42.940><c> the</c><00:27:43.160><c> warmth</c><00:27:43.359><c> of</c><00:27:43.579><c> the</c><00:27:43.779><c> sun,</c><00:27:44.720><c> the</c><00:27:45.039><c> refreshing</c><00:27:45.440><c> rain,</c><00:27:46.579><c> the</c><00:27:46.779><c> seasons</c><00:27:47.099><c> of</c>

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.779
the<00:27:47.559><c> year,</c>

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:52.319
the<00:27:48.019><c> rotation</c><00:27:48.559><c> of</c><00:27:48.740><c> this</c><00:27:49.000><c> earth</c><00:27:49.220><c> upon</c><00:27:49.559><c> its</c><00:27:49.900><c> axis</c><00:27:50.359><c> and</c><00:27:50.619><c> its</c><00:27:50.900><c> tilt,</c><00:27:51.619><c> without</c><00:27:51.920><c> which</c><00:27:52.220><c> of</c>

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.359
course<00:27:52.640><c> life</c><00:27:52.920><c> would</c><00:27:53.140><c> be</c>

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:56.779
impossible<00:27:53.799><c> upon</c><00:27:54.140><c> this</c><00:27:54.420><c> planet.</c><00:27:55.839><c> I</c><00:27:55.900><c> want</c><00:27:56.079><c> you</c><00:27:56.259><c> to</c><00:27:56.460><c> turn</c><00:27:56.599><c> with</c>

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:59.039
me<00:27:57.019><c> to</c><00:27:57.319><c> Psalm</c><00:27:57.579><c> 104.</c>

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:05.099
This<00:28:00.579><c> whole</c><00:28:01.160><c> 104th</c><00:28:02.059><c> Psalm</c><00:28:02.380><c> is</c><00:28:02.740><c> filled</c><00:28:03.279><c> with</c><00:28:04.039><c> praises</c><00:28:04.519><c> to</c><00:28:04.759><c> God</c>

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:08.079
because<00:28:05.539><c> of</c><00:28:05.680><c> his</c><00:28:05.940><c> bountiful</c><00:28:06.880><c> provisions.</c>

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:13.920
He<00:28:10.900><c> has</c><00:28:11.180><c> made</c><00:28:11.380><c> provisions</c><00:28:11.880><c> in</c><00:28:12.119><c> the</c><00:28:12.279><c> earth</c><00:28:12.400><c> not</c><00:28:12.680><c> only</c><00:28:12.900><c> for</c><00:28:13.160><c> mankind</c><00:28:13.660><c> but</c>

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:16.359
for<00:28:14.319><c> every</c><00:28:14.799><c> single</c><00:28:15.359><c> creature</c><00:28:15.740><c> that</c><00:28:16.019><c> he</c>

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:21.720
created.<00:28:18.339><c> Notice</c><00:28:18.720><c> in</c><00:28:18.900><c> verse</c><00:28:19.220><c> 1,</c><00:28:20.339><c> Psalm</c><00:28:20.380><c> 104,</c>

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:49.940
the<00:28:46.380><c> branches.</c><00:28:47.940><c> He</c><00:28:48.059><c> watered</c><00:28:48.480><c> the</c><00:28:48.700><c> hills</c><00:28:49.000><c> from</c><00:28:49.200><c> his</c><00:28:49.420><c> chambers.</c>

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:52.160
The<00:28:50.519><c> earth</c><00:28:50.740><c> is</c><00:28:51.059><c> satisfied</c><00:28:51.599><c> but</c><00:28:51.819><c> the</c><00:28:52.019><c> fruit</c>

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:55.359
of<00:28:52.319><c> thy</c><00:28:52.480><c> works.</c><00:28:53.359><c> He</c><00:28:53.619><c> calls</c><00:28:53.839><c> it</c><00:28:53.980><c> the</c><00:28:54.180><c> grass</c><00:28:54.500><c> to</c><00:28:54.720><c> grow</c><00:28:54.940><c> for</c><00:28:55.160><c> the</c>

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:57.359
cattle<00:28:55.599><c> and</c><00:28:55.900><c> herb</c><00:28:56.099><c> for</c><00:28:56.299><c> the</c><00:28:56.480><c> service</c><00:28:56.759><c> of</c><00:28:57.000><c> man</c>

00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:01.579
that<00:28:57.779><c> he</c><00:28:57.980><c> may</c><00:28:58.180><c> bring</c><00:28:58.480><c> forth</c><00:28:58.779><c> food</c><00:28:59.400><c> out</c><00:28:59.880><c> of</c><00:29:00.000><c> the</c><00:29:00.200><c> earth.</c><00:29:01.200><c> And</c><00:29:01.400><c> in</c>

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:03.140
verse<00:29:01.839><c> 19,</c>

00:29:03.250 --> 00:29:06.440
He<00:29:03.559><c> appointed</c><00:29:03.920><c> the</c><00:29:04.160><c> moon</c><00:29:04.339><c> for</c><00:29:04.660><c> seasons.</c><00:29:05.680><c> The</c><00:29:05.740><c> sun,</c><00:29:06.099><c> knoweth,</c>

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:09.259
is<00:29:06.599><c> going</c><00:29:06.839><c> down.</c><00:29:07.960><c> Thou</c><00:29:08.200><c> makest</c><00:29:08.660><c> darkness,</c>

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:12.859
and<00:29:09.640><c> it</c><00:29:09.779><c> is</c><00:29:10.019><c> night,</c><00:29:11.079><c> wherein</c><00:29:11.200><c> all</c><00:29:11.740><c> the</c><00:29:11.900><c> beasts</c><00:29:12.099><c> of</c><00:29:12.279><c> the</c><00:29:12.519><c> forest</c>

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:15.440
do<00:29:13.140><c> creep.</c><00:29:14.359><c> And</c><00:29:14.480><c> in</c><00:29:14.599><c> verse</c><00:29:14.819><c> 24,</c>

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:21.819
O<00:29:15.819><c> Lord,</c><00:29:16.200><c> how</c><00:29:16.519><c> manifold</c><00:29:16.980><c> are</c><00:29:17.240><c> thy</c><00:29:17.420><c> works!</c><00:29:18.180><c> In</c><00:29:18.500><c> wisdom</c><00:29:19.099><c> hast</c><00:29:19.640><c> thou</c><00:29:19.819><c> made</c><00:29:20.099><c> them</c><00:29:20.380><c> all.</c><00:29:20.839><c> The</c><00:29:21.119><c> earth</c><00:29:21.400><c> is</c>

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.539
full<00:29:22.079><c> of</c><00:29:22.299><c> thy</c>

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:28.380
riches.<00:29:23.440><c> And</c><00:29:23.880><c> finally,</c><00:29:24.799><c> the</c><00:29:25.099><c> psalmist</c><00:29:25.500><c> makes</c><00:29:25.920><c> this</c><00:29:26.240><c> acclamation</c><00:29:26.839><c> of</c><00:29:27.200><c> praise</c><00:29:27.420><c> in</c><00:29:27.619><c> verse</c><00:29:27.920><c> 33</c>

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.079
and<00:29:28.559><c> 34,</c>

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:35.079
I<00:29:29.339><c> will</c><00:29:30.059><c> sing</c><00:29:30.359><c> unto</c><00:29:30.619><c> the</c><00:29:30.900><c> Lord</c><00:29:31.140><c> as</c><00:29:31.480><c> long</c><00:29:31.740><c> as</c><00:29:31.960><c> I</c><00:29:32.220><c> live.</c><00:29:33.019><c> I</c><00:29:33.079><c> will</c><00:29:33.380><c> sing</c><00:29:33.579><c> praise</c><00:29:33.920><c> to</c><00:29:34.160><c> my</c><00:29:34.400><c> God</c><00:29:34.619><c> while</c><00:29:34.839><c> I</c>

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:36.500
have<00:29:35.279><c> my</c><00:29:35.619><c> being.</c>

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:40.339
My<00:29:36.839><c> meditation</c><00:29:37.500><c> of</c><00:29:37.779><c> him</c><00:29:37.920><c> shall</c><00:29:38.119><c> be</c><00:29:38.480><c> sweet.</c><00:29:39.240><c> I</c><00:29:39.420><c> will</c><00:29:39.660><c> be</c><00:29:39.880><c> glad</c>

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.700
in<00:29:40.559><c> the</c><00:29:40.740><c> Lord.</c>

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:50.200
Now<00:29:43.119><c> the</c><00:29:43.319><c> third</c><00:29:44.380><c> way</c><00:29:45.059><c> or</c><00:29:45.619><c> reason</c><00:29:45.880><c> for</c><00:29:46.200><c> praying</c><00:29:46.500><c> is</c><00:29:46.859><c> for</c><00:29:47.119><c> petitions.</c><00:29:48.920><c> Our</c><00:29:49.119><c> petitions</c><00:29:49.579><c> are</c><00:29:49.839><c> known</c><00:29:50.000><c> of</c>

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.839
God<00:29:50.460><c> before</c>

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:53.940
the<00:29:51.079><c> utter</c><00:29:51.279><c> them.</c><00:29:52.059><c> But</c><00:29:52.240><c> our</c><00:29:52.420><c> Heavenly</c><00:29:52.779><c> Father</c><00:29:53.180><c> requests</c><00:29:53.700><c> that</c>

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:58.099
we<00:29:54.440><c> speak</c><00:29:54.720><c> to</c><00:29:54.940><c> him</c><00:29:55.420><c> and</c><00:29:56.279><c> ask</c><00:29:56.559><c> him</c><00:29:56.680><c> for</c><00:29:56.940><c> these</c><00:29:57.240><c> gifts.</c>

00:29:58.220 --> 00:30:02.079
And<00:29:58.500><c> of</c><00:29:58.680><c> course,</c><00:29:59.519><c> certain</c><00:29:59.539><c> things</c><00:29:59.819><c> can</c><00:30:00.019><c> only</c><00:30:00.180><c> be</c><00:30:00.420><c> accomplished</c><00:30:00.799><c> by</c><00:30:01.099><c> prayers.</c>

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.519
For<00:30:02.299><c> instance,</c>

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:06.180
the<00:30:02.799><c> forgiveness</c><00:30:03.119><c> of</c><00:30:03.359><c> our</c><00:30:03.559><c> sins.</c><00:30:04.740><c> When</c><00:30:04.859><c> we</c><00:30:05.059><c> confess</c><00:30:05.480><c> our</c><00:30:05.779><c> sins,</c><00:30:06.099><c> we</c>

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:08.119
are<00:30:06.420><c> quite</c><00:30:06.720><c> confident</c><00:30:07.160><c> that</c><00:30:07.380><c> God</c><00:30:07.599><c> will</c><00:30:07.880><c> forgive</c>

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:12.859
them<00:30:08.539><c> through</c><00:30:08.799><c> the</c><00:30:08.900><c> Lord</c><00:30:09.099><c> Jesus</c><00:30:09.500><c> Christ.</c><00:30:10.579><c> Remember</c><00:30:10.940><c> the</c><00:30:11.119><c> words</c><00:30:11.359><c> of</c><00:30:11.579><c> the</c><00:30:11.720><c> beloved</c><00:30:12.019><c> John</c><00:30:12.400><c> in</c><00:30:12.599><c> 1</c>

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.920
John<00:30:13.140><c> 1</c><00:30:13.420><c> and</c><00:30:13.539><c> 9?</c>

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:18.779
If<00:30:14.460><c> we</c><00:30:14.660><c> confess</c><00:30:15.059><c> our</c><00:30:15.400><c> sins,</c><00:30:16.680><c> he</c><00:30:16.680><c> is</c><00:30:16.960><c> just</c><00:30:17.279><c> and</c><00:30:17.680><c> faithful</c><00:30:17.940><c> to</c><00:30:18.240><c> forgive</c><00:30:18.480><c> us</c>

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:21.099
our<00:30:19.019><c> sins</c><00:30:19.380><c> and</c><00:30:19.819><c> to</c><00:30:20.099><c> cleanse</c><00:30:20.299><c> us</c><00:30:20.539><c> from</c><00:30:20.819><c> all</c>

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:24.480
unrighteousness.<00:30:22.180><c> We</c><00:30:22.460><c> have</c><00:30:22.759><c> to</c><00:30:22.960><c> believe</c><00:30:23.220><c> this</c><00:30:23.740><c> because</c><00:30:24.220><c> we</c>

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:27.579
all<00:30:24.839><c> sin.</c><00:30:25.759><c> But</c><00:30:25.920><c> if</c><00:30:26.059><c> we</c><00:30:26.279><c> confess</c><00:30:26.700><c> our</c><00:30:27.059><c> sins,</c><00:30:27.380><c> he</c><00:30:27.460><c> is</c>

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:36.680
just<00:30:28.019><c> and</c><00:30:28.279><c> faithful</c><00:30:28.579><c> to</c><00:30:28.839><c> forgive</c><00:30:29.180><c> us</c><00:30:29.539><c> all</c><00:30:29.839><c> of</c><00:30:30.000><c> our</c><00:30:30.180><c> sins.</c><00:30:35.099><c> Guidance,</c><00:30:36.039><c> knowledge</c><00:30:36.440><c> of</c>

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:38.119
divine<00:30:37.059><c> truths,</c>

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:41.440
these<00:30:38.720><c> can</c><00:30:38.900><c> all</c><00:30:39.240><c> be</c><00:30:39.480><c> enhanced.</c><00:30:40.079><c> Our</c><00:30:40.200><c> understanding</c><00:30:40.799><c> of</c><00:30:41.019><c> him,</c>

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:43.839
he<00:30:41.920><c> can</c><00:30:42.079><c> provide</c><00:30:42.440><c> us</c><00:30:42.640><c> with</c><00:30:42.839><c> his</c><00:30:43.119><c> wisdom</c><00:30:43.519><c> through</c>

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:49.039
prayer.<00:30:45.059><c> But</c><00:30:45.200><c> of</c><00:30:45.380><c> course,</c><00:30:45.900><c> not</c><00:30:46.180><c> prayer</c><00:30:46.619><c> alone.</c><00:30:48.180><c> Our</c><00:30:48.440><c> knowledge</c><00:30:48.700><c> of</c><00:30:48.880><c> the</c>

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.779
gospel<00:30:49.619><c> and</c><00:30:50.059><c> of</c><00:30:50.220><c> the</c><00:30:50.319><c> will</c><00:30:50.420><c> of</c><00:30:50.559><c> God</c>

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:53.700
will<00:30:51.059><c> only</c><00:30:51.460><c> grow</c><00:30:51.720><c> if</c><00:30:51.920><c> we</c><00:30:52.119><c> couple</c><00:30:52.359><c> our</c><00:30:52.740><c> reading</c><00:30:52.980><c> of</c><00:30:53.180><c> his</c><00:30:53.420><c> word</c>

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:56.119
and<00:30:53.980><c> the</c><00:30:54.220><c> study</c><00:30:54.400><c> of</c><00:30:54.519><c> his</c><00:30:54.759><c> word</c><00:30:54.940><c> with</c><00:30:55.200><c> prayer.</c>

00:30:56.299 --> 00:31:00.400
We<00:30:56.900><c> can</c><00:30:57.140><c> receive</c><00:30:57.640><c> real</c><00:30:58.180><c> strength</c><00:30:58.740><c> in</c><00:30:59.019><c> a</c><00:30:59.079><c> posture</c><00:30:59.420><c> of</c><00:30:59.720><c> prayer.</c>

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:03.500
We<00:31:00.839><c> can</c><00:31:01.039><c> be</c><00:31:01.220><c> uplifted.</c><00:31:02.359><c> We</c><00:31:02.500><c> can</c><00:31:02.720><c> be</c><00:31:02.960><c> encouraged.</c>

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:06.960
We<00:31:03.900><c> can</c><00:31:04.099><c> be</c><00:31:04.420><c> energized</c><00:31:04.900><c> to</c><00:31:05.180><c> fight</c><00:31:05.339><c> the</c><00:31:05.500><c> good</c><00:31:05.700><c> fight</c><00:31:05.920><c> of</c><00:31:06.160><c> faith.</c>

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:10.980
And<00:31:07.400><c> again,</c><00:31:08.799><c> go</c><00:31:08.980><c> back</c><00:31:09.240><c> to</c><00:31:09.440><c> the</c><00:31:09.640><c> psalm.</c><00:31:09.940><c> Psalm</c><00:31:10.240><c> 65,</c>

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:17.299
you<00:31:11.579><c> know</c><00:31:11.680><c> the</c><00:31:11.920><c> psalms</c><00:31:12.279><c> are</c><00:31:12.660><c> so</c><00:31:13.160><c> filled</c><00:31:13.619><c> with</c><00:31:14.059><c> ready</c><00:31:14.380><c>-made</c><00:31:14.559><c> prayers</c><00:31:15.180><c> that</c><00:31:15.900><c> answer</c><00:31:16.259><c> every</c><00:31:16.799><c> need</c><00:31:17.099><c> of</c>

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.680
God's<00:31:17.779><c> children.</c>

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:25.880
But<00:31:19.259><c> notice</c><00:31:19.640><c> in</c><00:31:19.880><c> Psalm</c><00:31:20.180><c> 65,</c><00:31:22.579><c> verses</c><00:31:22.640><c> 1</c><00:31:22.940><c> to</c><00:31:23.059><c> 5,</c><00:31:24.779><c> praise</c><00:31:25.339><c> waiteth</c>

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:28.140
for<00:31:26.079><c> thee,</c><00:31:26.579><c> O</c><00:31:26.579><c> God</c><00:31:26.920><c> in</c><00:31:27.220><c> Zion,</c>

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:32.240
and<00:31:28.359><c> unto</c><00:31:28.619><c> thee</c><00:31:28.920><c> shall</c><00:31:29.200><c> the</c><00:31:29.440><c> vow</c><00:31:29.619><c> be</c><00:31:29.920><c> performed.</c><00:31:31.500><c> O</c><00:31:31.700><c> thou</c><00:31:32.000><c> that</c>

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:35.039
hearest<00:31:32.660><c> prayer,</c><00:31:33.579><c> unto</c><00:31:33.779><c> thee</c><00:31:34.279><c> shall</c><00:31:34.519><c> all</c><00:31:34.819><c> flesh</c>

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:41.259
come.<00:31:36.720><c> Iniquities</c><00:31:37.400><c> prevail</c><00:31:37.859><c> against</c><00:31:38.319><c> me,</c><00:31:39.339><c> as</c><00:31:39.559><c> for</c><00:31:39.819><c> our</c><00:31:40.240><c> transgressions</c><00:31:40.940><c> thou</c>

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.859
shall<00:31:41.579><c> purge</c><00:31:41.980><c> them</c><00:31:42.259><c> away.</c>

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:48.000
Blessed<00:31:43.759><c> is</c><00:31:44.019><c> a</c><00:31:44.180><c> man</c><00:31:44.380><c> whom</c><00:31:44.619><c> thou</c><00:31:44.859><c> chooseth</c><00:31:45.420><c> and</c><00:31:45.640><c> causes</c><00:31:46.019><c> to</c><00:31:46.279><c> approach</c><00:31:46.680><c> unto</c><00:31:46.980><c> thee</c><00:31:47.400><c> that</c><00:31:47.819><c> he</c>

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.960
may<00:31:48.220><c> dwell</c><00:31:48.539><c> in</c><00:31:48.720><c> thy</c>

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:54.140
courts.<00:31:50.039><c> We</c><00:31:50.200><c> shall</c><00:31:50.359><c> be</c><00:31:50.680><c> satisfied</c><00:31:51.319><c> with</c><00:31:51.599><c> the</c><00:31:51.779><c> goodness</c><00:31:52.039><c> of</c><00:31:52.299><c> thy</c><00:31:52.460><c> house,</c><00:31:53.539><c> even</c><00:31:53.880><c> of</c>

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:56.059
thy<00:31:54.400><c> holy</c><00:31:54.819><c> temple,</c>

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:59.819
by<00:31:56.400><c> terrible</c><00:31:56.819><c> things</c><00:31:57.160><c> and</c><00:31:57.480><c> righteousness,</c><00:31:58.079><c> but</c><00:31:58.299><c> thou</c><00:31:58.539><c> answer</c><00:31:59.000><c> us.</c>

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:06.920
We<00:32:03.480><c> are</c><00:32:03.819><c> confident,</c><00:32:04.180><c> brethren</c><00:32:04.619><c> and</c><00:32:05.000><c> sisters,</c><00:32:05.220><c> that</c><00:32:05.420><c> only</c><00:32:05.819><c> through</c><00:32:06.420><c> his</c>

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:09.779
providence,<00:32:08.480><c> only</c><00:32:08.799><c> through</c><00:32:09.460><c> his</c>

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:14.640
mighty<00:32:10.660><c> acts,</c><00:32:11.960><c> that</c><00:32:12.059><c> we</c><00:32:12.200><c> will</c><00:32:12.420><c> have</c><00:32:12.740><c> hope</c><00:32:13.000><c> for</c><00:32:13.259><c> a</c><00:32:13.319><c> better</c><00:32:13.539><c> future.</c><00:32:14.460><c> And</c>

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.700
that's<00:32:14.799><c> why</c><00:32:15.059><c> David</c><00:32:15.440><c> spoke</c>

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:21.500
of<00:32:15.920><c> all</c><00:32:16.200><c> the</c><00:32:16.420><c> ends</c><00:32:16.700><c> of</c><00:32:16.940><c> the</c><00:32:17.079><c> earth.</c><00:32:18.519><c> We</c><00:32:18.700><c> can</c><00:32:18.920><c> make</c><00:32:19.140><c> prayer</c><00:32:19.480><c> on</c><00:32:19.720><c> behalf</c><00:32:20.079><c> of</c><00:32:20.319><c> others.</c><00:32:21.019><c> This</c><00:32:21.180><c> is</c><00:32:21.380><c> a</c>

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.839
divine<00:32:21.819><c> command.</c>

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:28.420
In<00:32:23.539><c> 1</c><00:32:23.799><c> Timothy</c><00:32:24.160><c> 2,</c><00:32:25.059><c> Paul</c><00:32:25.160><c> enjoins</c><00:32:25.720><c> upon</c><00:32:26.299><c> God's</c><00:32:26.940><c> people</c><00:32:27.279><c> to</c><00:32:27.859><c> pray</c><00:32:28.119><c> for</c>

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:31.460
all<00:32:28.640><c> men.</c><00:32:29.519><c> Sometimes</c><00:32:30.039><c> we</c><00:32:30.579><c> kind</c><00:32:30.859><c> of</c><00:32:31.079><c> neglect</c>

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:35.420
this<00:32:31.799><c> commandment</c><00:32:32.720><c> to</c><00:32:32.940><c> pray</c><00:32:33.180><c> for</c><00:32:33.460><c> all</c><00:32:33.680><c> men,</c><00:32:34.480><c> but</c><00:32:34.720><c> he</c><00:32:35.059><c> explains</c>

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:38.400
why<00:32:35.859><c> here</c><00:32:36.200><c> in</c><00:32:36.240><c> 1</c><00:32:36.559><c> Timothy</c><00:32:36.880><c> 2.</c><00:32:37.859><c> There's</c><00:32:38.099><c> only</c>

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:43.180
one<00:32:38.660><c> God,</c><00:32:39.240><c> and</c><00:32:39.240><c> he</c><00:32:39.440><c> is</c><00:32:39.680><c> the</c><00:32:39.859><c> Savior</c><00:32:40.140><c> of</c><00:32:40.420><c> all</c><00:32:40.700><c> mankind.</c><00:32:42.259><c> If</c><00:32:42.480><c> anybody's</c><00:32:42.900><c> going</c><00:32:43.079><c> to</c>

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.299
be<00:32:43.420><c> saved,</c><00:32:43.740><c> it</c><00:32:43.740><c> has</c><00:32:44.000><c> to</c><00:32:44.180><c> be</c>

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:48.819
through<00:32:44.559><c> the</c><00:32:44.700><c> God</c><00:32:44.880><c> of</c><00:32:45.059><c> Israel.</c><00:32:46.259><c> And</c><00:32:46.420><c> so</c><00:32:46.539><c> in</c><00:32:46.700><c> 1</c><00:32:46.980><c> Timothy</c><00:32:47.339><c> 2,</c><00:32:48.640><c> he</c>

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:51.920
says<00:32:49.160><c> in</c><00:32:49.279><c> verses</c><00:32:49.559><c> 1</c><00:32:49.859><c> to</c><00:32:49.940><c> 3,</c><00:32:50.880><c> I</c><00:32:51.019><c> exhort</c><00:32:51.420><c> therefore</c>

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:56.920
that<00:32:52.240><c> first</c><00:32:52.559><c> of</c><00:32:52.799><c> all,</c><00:32:53.759><c> supplications,</c><00:32:55.099><c> prayers,</c><00:32:55.759><c> intercessions,</c><00:32:56.500><c> and</c><00:32:56.660><c> giving</c>

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.819
of<00:32:57.180><c> thanks</c><00:32:57.359><c> be</c><00:32:57.599><c> made</c>

00:32:57.819 --> 00:33:01.740
for<00:32:58.099><c> all</c><00:32:58.420><c> men.</c><00:32:59.160><c> Now</c><00:32:59.660><c> what</c><00:32:59.759><c> does</c><00:32:59.920><c> he</c><00:33:00.059><c> mean</c><00:33:00.180><c> for</c><00:33:00.400><c> all</c><00:33:00.759><c> men?</c><00:33:01.500><c> For</c>

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:04.380
kings,<00:33:02.799><c> and</c><00:33:02.980><c> for</c><00:33:03.220><c> all</c><00:33:03.480><c> that</c><00:33:03.640><c> are</c><00:33:03.720><c> in</c><00:33:03.900><c> authority,</c>

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:08.579
that<00:33:04.880><c> we</c><00:33:05.119><c> may</c><00:33:05.400><c> lead</c><00:33:05.539><c> a</c><00:33:05.839><c> quiet</c><00:33:06.099><c> and</c><00:33:06.500><c> peaceful</c><00:33:06.859><c> life</c><00:33:07.279><c> in</c><00:33:07.539><c> all</c><00:33:07.779><c> godliness</c><00:33:08.259><c> and</c>

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:10.799
honesty.<00:33:09.559><c> For</c><00:33:09.579><c> this</c><00:33:09.839><c> is</c><00:33:10.039><c> good</c><00:33:10.359><c> and</c>

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:14.680
acceptable<00:33:11.220><c> in</c><00:33:11.420><c> the</c><00:33:11.619><c> sight</c><00:33:11.759><c> of</c><00:33:11.960><c> God</c><00:33:12.160><c> our</c><00:33:12.380><c> Savior.</c><00:33:13.559><c> Why?</c><00:33:14.400><c> Verse</c>

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:18.559
4,<00:33:15.400><c> who</c><00:33:15.400><c> will</c><00:33:15.640><c> have</c><00:33:15.900><c> all</c><00:33:16.599><c> men</c><00:33:16.859><c> to</c><00:33:17.039><c> be</c><00:33:17.359><c> saved</c><00:33:17.900><c> and</c>

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:22.660
to<00:33:18.799><c> come</c><00:33:19.000><c> unto</c><00:33:19.180><c> the</c><00:33:19.440><c> knowledge</c><00:33:19.940><c> of</c><00:33:20.579><c> the</c><00:33:20.779><c> truth.</c><00:33:21.839><c> Who</c><00:33:22.000><c> have</c><00:33:22.220><c> all</c>

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:25.200
men<00:33:22.859><c> to</c><00:33:23.079><c> be</c><00:33:23.339><c> saved</c><00:33:23.559><c> and</c><00:33:23.779><c> come</c><00:33:23.980><c> to</c><00:33:24.180><c> a</c><00:33:24.359><c> knowledge</c><00:33:24.640><c> of</c>

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:30.279
the<00:33:25.359><c> truth.</c><00:33:26.799><c> Jesus</c><00:33:27.400><c> felt</c><00:33:27.759><c> that</c><00:33:28.140><c> same</c><00:33:28.519><c> responsibility,</c><00:33:30.019><c> and</c>

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:32.839
he<00:33:30.519><c> enjoins</c><00:33:30.900><c> that</c><00:33:31.099><c> responsibility</c><00:33:31.900><c> upon</c><00:33:32.299><c> us.</c>

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:37.200
The<00:33:33.619><c> harvest</c><00:33:34.180><c> is</c><00:33:34.819><c> truly</c><00:33:35.180><c> as</c><00:33:35.420><c> plenteous,</c><00:33:36.160><c> but</c><00:33:36.380><c> the</c><00:33:36.640><c> labors</c><00:33:36.900><c> are</c>

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:40.160
few.<00:33:38.299><c> Pray</c><00:33:38.380><c> ye</c><00:33:38.680><c> therefore</c><00:33:39.160><c> that</c><00:33:39.380><c> the</c><00:33:39.539><c> Lord</c><00:33:39.759><c> of</c><00:33:39.900><c> the</c>

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:42.519
harvest,<00:33:40.420><c> that</c><00:33:40.519><c> he</c><00:33:40.700><c> will</c><00:33:40.900><c> send</c><00:33:41.140><c> forth</c><00:33:41.440><c> the</c><00:33:41.640><c> labors</c><00:33:42.019><c> into</c><00:33:42.279><c> his</c>

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:45.140
harvest.<00:33:43.539><c> Now</c><00:33:43.700><c> the</c><00:33:43.799><c> real</c><00:33:44.119><c> harvest</c><00:33:44.519><c> is</c><00:33:44.700><c> the</c><00:33:44.839><c> end</c><00:33:44.980><c> of</c>

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:48.400
the<00:33:45.259><c> world.</c><00:33:46.319><c> If</c><00:33:46.460><c> it</c><00:33:46.680><c> could</c><00:33:46.819><c> be</c><00:33:47.079><c> said</c><00:33:47.279><c> so</c><00:33:47.559><c> in</c><00:33:47.779><c> that</c><00:33:48.059><c> day,</c><00:33:48.299><c> that</c>

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:51.420
they<00:33:48.640><c> needed</c><00:33:48.940><c> labors</c><00:33:49.579><c> much</c><00:33:49.900><c> more</c><00:33:50.240><c> so</c><00:33:50.440><c> today.</c>

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:54.500
Through<00:33:52.039><c> the</c><00:33:52.319><c> preaching</c><00:33:52.559><c> of</c><00:33:52.779><c> Jesus</c><00:33:53.140><c> Christ,</c><00:33:53.660><c> many</c><00:33:53.940><c> believed</c>

00:33:54.500 --> 00:34:03.319
what<00:33:55.180><c> they</c><00:33:55.440><c> needed</c><00:33:55.599><c> to</c><00:33:55.839><c> be</c><00:33:56.079><c> taught.</c><00:34:02.299><c> The</c>

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:07.220
and<00:34:03.839><c> we</c><00:34:04.059><c> need</c><00:34:04.420><c> teachers.</c><00:34:05.480><c> So</c><00:34:05.599><c> let</c><00:34:05.799><c> us</c><00:34:06.079><c> pray</c><00:34:06.400><c> that</c><00:34:06.619><c> the</c><00:34:06.779><c> God</c><00:34:07.019><c> of</c>

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:09.940
heaven<00:34:07.400><c> will</c><00:34:07.660><c> send</c><00:34:07.920><c> labors</c><00:34:08.420><c> into</c><00:34:08.699><c> his</c><00:34:08.940><c> vineyards.</c>

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:16.099
You<00:34:11.699><c> know,</c><00:34:11.800><c> we</c><00:34:12.019><c> need</c><00:34:12.360><c> the</c><00:34:12.699><c> prayers</c><00:34:13.119><c> of</c><00:34:13.539><c> our</c><00:34:13.800><c> brethren</c><00:34:14.039><c> and</c><00:34:14.280><c> sisters.</c><00:34:15.440><c> Sometimes</c><00:34:15.860><c> we</c>

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:17.159
may<00:34:16.380><c> feel</c><00:34:16.619><c> we</c><00:34:16.860><c> don't,</c>

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:21.639
but<00:34:17.400><c> we</c><00:34:17.679><c> do,</c><00:34:18.119><c> believe</c><00:34:18.420><c> me.</c><00:34:19.300><c> In</c><00:34:19.460><c> 1</c><00:34:19.739><c> Thessalonians</c><00:34:20.539><c> 5</c><00:34:20.860><c> and</c><00:34:21.019><c> 25,</c>

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:24.579
Paul<00:34:22.039><c> said,</c><00:34:22.460><c> Brethren,</c><00:34:23.000><c> pray</c><00:34:23.360><c> for</c><00:34:23.599><c> us.</c>

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:29.159
And<00:34:25.179><c> in</c><00:34:25.360><c> Romans</c><00:34:25.599><c> 15</c><00:34:26.099><c> and</c><00:34:26.219><c> 30,</c><00:34:26.599><c> Paul</c><00:34:26.940><c> said,</c><00:34:27.300><c> Now</c><00:34:27.440><c> I</c><00:34:27.639><c> beseech</c><00:34:28.059><c> you,</c><00:34:28.420><c> brethren,</c><00:34:28.960><c> for</c>

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.380
the<00:34:29.340><c> Lord</c><00:34:29.559><c> Jesus</c><00:34:30.039><c> Christ,</c>

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:33.920
and<00:34:30.460><c> for</c><00:34:30.619><c> the</c><00:34:30.860><c> love</c><00:34:31.019><c> of</c><00:34:31.179><c> the</c><00:34:31.420><c> Spirit,</c><00:34:32.360><c> that</c><00:34:32.480><c> ye</c><00:34:32.760><c> strive</c><00:34:33.179><c> together</c><00:34:33.659><c> with</c>

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:35.880
me<00:34:34.300><c> in</c><00:34:34.519><c> your</c><00:34:34.780><c> prayers.</c>

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:43.260
And<00:34:36.460><c> here</c><00:34:36.639><c> is</c><00:34:36.880><c> Paul,</c><00:34:37.940><c> the</c><00:34:38.199><c> apostle</c><00:34:38.619><c> Paul,</c><00:34:39.260><c> Paul</c><00:34:39.659><c> the</c><00:34:39.900><c> dauntless,</c><00:34:41.079><c> intrepid,</c><00:34:42.039><c> who</c><00:34:42.159><c> possesses</c><00:34:42.739><c> a</c><00:34:42.920><c> heart</c><00:34:43.079><c> of</c>

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:48.320
a<00:34:43.420><c> lion,</c><00:34:44.440><c> and</c><00:34:44.639><c> yet</c><00:34:44.820><c> he</c><00:34:45.260><c> needed</c><00:34:45.739><c> prayers.</c><00:34:47.360><c> How</c><00:34:47.639><c> much</c><00:34:47.880><c> more</c><00:34:48.139><c> do</c>

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:50.559
we<00:34:48.659><c> need</c><00:34:48.840><c> to</c><00:34:49.119><c> pray</c><00:34:49.320><c> for</c><00:34:49.539><c> each</c><00:34:49.800><c> other,</c><00:34:50.179><c> brethren</c><00:34:50.320><c> and</c>

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:54.940
sisters?<00:34:51.739><c> None</c><00:34:52.000><c> of</c><00:34:52.179><c> us</c><00:34:52.599><c> is</c><00:34:52.840><c> an</c><00:34:53.039><c> island.</c><00:34:53.980><c> We're</c><00:34:54.179><c> all</c><00:34:54.519><c> part</c><00:34:54.760><c> of</c>

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:58.400
the<00:34:55.099><c> body</c><00:34:55.380><c> of</c><00:34:55.579><c> Christ.</c><00:34:57.019><c> What</c><00:34:57.360><c> about</c><00:34:57.599><c> the</c><00:34:57.920><c> frequency</c>

00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:02.239
of<00:34:58.579><c> prayer?</c><00:34:58.900><c> How</c><00:34:59.119><c> often</c><00:34:59.460><c> should</c><00:34:59.659><c> we</c><00:34:59.800><c> approach</c><00:35:00.139><c> God</c><00:35:00.400><c> in</c><00:35:00.719><c> prayer?</c><00:35:02.059><c> What</c>

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:05.320
is<00:35:02.400><c> Psalm</c><00:35:02.659><c> 55</c><00:35:03.280><c> and</c><00:35:03.519><c> 17?</c><00:35:04.760><c> It</c><00:35:04.760><c> is</c><00:35:05.039><c> written,</c>

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:09.920
evening,<00:35:06.639><c> morning,</c><00:35:07.260><c> and</c><00:35:07.519><c> noon,</c><00:35:07.780><c> will</c><00:35:07.920><c> I</c><00:35:08.139><c> pray</c><00:35:08.420><c> and</c><00:35:08.719><c> cry</c><00:35:09.039><c> aloud,</c><00:35:09.699><c> and</c>

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:13.119
he<00:35:10.099><c> shall</c><00:35:10.260><c> hear</c><00:35:10.500><c> me.</c><00:35:11.500><c> In</c><00:35:11.699><c> the</c><00:35:11.920><c> 119th</c><00:35:12.820><c> Psalm,</c>

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:16.179
seven<00:35:13.579><c> days</c><00:35:13.940><c> do</c><00:35:14.179><c> I</c><00:35:14.440><c> praise</c><00:35:14.719><c> thee</c><00:35:14.940><c> because</c><00:35:15.380><c> of</c><00:35:15.579><c> thy</c><00:35:15.719><c> righteous</c>

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:19.300
judgments.<00:35:17.739><c> And</c><00:35:17.920><c> your</c><00:35:18.059><c> memory</c><00:35:18.300><c> was</c><00:35:18.539><c> Daniel's</c>

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:23.179
custom<00:35:19.699><c> to</c><00:35:20.940><c> open</c><00:35:21.239><c> the</c><00:35:21.480><c> doors</c><00:35:21.699><c> of</c><00:35:21.860><c> his</c><00:35:22.059><c> windows</c><00:35:22.280><c> three</c><00:35:22.659><c> times</c><00:35:22.980><c> a</c>

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:25.199
day<00:35:23.320><c> and</c><00:35:23.519><c> pray</c><00:35:23.780><c> towards</c><00:35:24.119><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:29.619
Jesus<00:35:26.079><c> said</c><00:35:26.500><c> in</c><00:35:26.760><c> Luke</c><00:35:27.139><c> 18,</c><00:35:27.500><c> men</c><00:35:27.739><c> ought</c><00:35:27.900><c> always</c><00:35:28.280><c> to</c><00:35:28.579><c> pray.</c><00:35:29.480><c> Paul</c>

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:31.199
said,<00:35:29.980><c> pray</c><00:35:30.039><c> without</c><00:35:30.380><c> ceasing.</c>

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:44.760
Though<00:35:41.039><c> great</c><00:35:41.340><c> emphasis</c><00:35:41.920><c> is</c><00:35:42.280><c> placed</c><00:35:42.579><c> upon</c><00:35:42.920><c> the</c><00:35:43.159><c> morning</c><00:35:43.480><c> prayer,</c><00:35:44.619><c> yet</c>

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:46.639
Peter<00:35:45.079><c> prayed</c><00:35:45.480><c> about</c><00:35:45.679><c> the</c><00:35:45.900><c> six</c><00:35:46.179><c> hour</c><00:35:46.460><c> when</c>

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:49.079
the<00:35:46.880><c> vision</c><00:35:47.039><c> came</c><00:35:47.380><c> to</c><00:35:47.559><c> him</c><00:35:47.800><c> informing</c><00:35:48.260><c> him</c><00:35:48.559><c> that</c><00:35:48.699><c> he</c><00:35:48.820><c> was</c><00:35:48.960><c> to</c>

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.980
go<00:35:49.179><c> to</c><00:35:49.320><c> the</c><00:35:49.440><c> house</c><00:35:49.639><c> of</c><00:35:49.780><c> Cornelius.</c>

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:54.940
Now<00:35:52.019><c> I'd</c><00:35:52.300><c> like</c><00:35:52.440><c> you</c><00:35:52.579><c> to</c><00:35:52.719><c> turn</c><00:35:53.039><c> with</c><00:35:53.300><c> me</c><00:35:53.480><c> to</c><00:35:53.699><c> the</c><00:35:53.840><c> 18th</c><00:35:54.420><c> chapter</c>

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:56.940
of<00:35:55.300><c> Luke.</c>

00:35:58.059 --> 00:36:03.780
18th<00:35:58.539><c> chapter.</c><00:35:58.780><c> You</c><00:35:58.820><c> know,</c><00:35:59.059><c> Paul,</c><00:35:59.739><c> inside</c><00:36:00.019><c> us,</c><00:36:00.219><c> when</c><00:36:00.320><c> they</c><00:36:00.519><c> were</c><00:36:00.760><c> imprisoned,</c><00:36:02.219><c> they</c><00:36:02.440><c> prayed</c><00:36:02.639><c> at</c><00:36:02.860><c> midnight.</c>

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:10.019
Now<00:36:05.980><c> here</c><00:36:06.199><c> we</c><00:36:06.360><c> have</c><00:36:06.559><c> the</c><00:36:06.719><c> words</c><00:36:06.940><c> of</c><00:36:07.119><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:07.760><c> very</c><00:36:08.199><c> instructive,</c><00:36:09.400><c> reflecting</c>

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:12.420
the<00:36:11.039><c> power</c><00:36:11.320><c> of</c><00:36:11.619><c> prayer.</c>

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:16.940
It<00:36:14.400><c> begins</c><00:36:14.679><c> this</c><00:36:14.960><c> chapter</c><00:36:15.320><c> in</c><00:36:15.500><c> verse</c><00:36:15.739><c> one</c><00:36:15.960><c> by</c><00:36:16.300><c> saying,</c><00:36:16.639><c> and</c><00:36:16.659><c> he</c>

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:18.940
spake<00:36:17.199><c> a</c><00:36:17.440><c> parable</c><00:36:17.699><c> unto</c><00:36:17.980><c> them</c><00:36:18.219><c> to</c><00:36:18.420><c> this</c><00:36:18.699><c> end,</c>

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:25.199
that<00:36:19.519><c> men</c><00:36:19.800><c> ought</c><00:36:20.059><c> always</c><00:36:20.579><c> to</c><00:36:20.940><c> pray</c><00:36:21.320><c> and</c><00:36:21.840><c> not</c><00:36:22.119><c> to</c><00:36:22.400><c> faint.</c><00:36:23.900><c> And</c><00:36:24.239><c> then</c><00:36:24.579><c> he</c><00:36:24.699><c> gives</c><00:36:24.900><c> a</c>

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:26.739
parable<00:36:25.519><c> here.</c>

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:33.219
In<00:36:27.400><c> the</c><00:36:27.639><c> 17th</c><00:36:28.260><c> chapter,</c><00:36:29.260><c> before</c><00:36:29.599><c> this,</c><00:36:30.219><c> in</c><00:36:30.340><c> verse</c><00:36:30.539><c> 22,</c><00:36:31.960><c> he</c><00:36:32.219><c> warned</c><00:36:32.719><c> that</c><00:36:33.099><c> the</c>

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:34.599
days<00:36:33.539><c> will</c><00:36:33.820><c> come</c><00:36:34.059><c> when</c><00:36:34.239><c> ye</c><00:36:34.440><c> shall</c>

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:37.920
desire<00:36:35.079><c> to</c><00:36:35.380><c> see</c><00:36:35.559><c> one</c><00:36:35.840><c> of</c><00:36:35.980><c> the</c><00:36:36.119><c> days</c><00:36:36.360><c> of</c><00:36:36.559><c> the</c><00:36:36.639><c> Son</c><00:36:36.880><c> of</c><00:36:37.119><c> Man</c><00:36:37.679><c> and</c>

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:41.019
shall<00:36:38.079><c> not</c><00:36:38.320><c> see</c><00:36:38.500><c> us.</c><00:36:39.800><c> The</c><00:36:40.099><c> times</c><00:36:40.440><c> ahead</c><00:36:40.679><c> were</c><00:36:40.900><c> going</c>

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:43.980
to<00:36:41.159><c> be</c><00:36:41.400><c> terrible</c><00:36:41.719><c> for</c><00:36:41.920><c> the</c><00:36:42.179><c> believers,</c><00:36:42.739><c> as</c><00:36:42.940><c> it</c><00:36:43.099><c> was</c><00:36:43.199><c> in</c><00:36:43.420><c> the</c><00:36:43.519><c> days</c><00:36:43.719><c> of</c>

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.639
Noah<00:36:44.159><c> and</c><00:36:44.440><c> Sodom</c><00:36:44.699><c> and</c><00:36:44.840><c> Gomorrah.</c>

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:49.639
False<00:36:46.239><c> Christ</c><00:36:46.599><c> would</c><00:36:46.860><c> arise</c><00:36:47.400><c> and</c><00:36:47.920><c> his</c><00:36:48.159><c> own</c><00:36:48.539><c> death</c><00:36:48.760><c> would</c><00:36:49.079><c> indicate</c><00:36:49.460><c> that</c>

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:51.159
there<00:36:49.820><c> was</c><00:36:50.019><c> going</c><00:36:50.179><c> to</c><00:36:50.340><c> be</c><00:36:50.480><c> a</c><00:36:50.760><c> long</c>

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:57.940
period<00:36:51.599><c> of</c><00:36:51.860><c> waiting.</c><00:36:52.860><c> And</c><00:36:53.059><c> these</c><00:36:53.280><c> conditions</c><00:36:53.780><c> were</c><00:36:54.079><c> conducive</c><00:36:54.739><c> to</c><00:36:55.380><c> disappointment</c><00:36:56.079><c> and</c><00:36:56.880><c> despair.</c>

00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:01.440
So<00:36:58.739><c> now</c><00:36:59.059><c> he</c><00:36:59.280><c> speaks</c><00:36:59.579><c> a</c><00:36:59.880><c> parable</c><00:37:00.219><c> concerning</c><00:37:00.699><c> a</c><00:37:00.960><c> widow</c><00:37:01.119><c> woman</c>

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:03.000
who<00:37:01.639><c> had</c><00:37:01.780><c> been</c><00:37:02.019><c> wrong.</c>

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:07.079
And<00:37:03.199><c> she</c><00:37:03.300><c> comes</c><00:37:03.519><c> to</c><00:37:03.760><c> a</c><00:37:03.940><c> judge.</c><00:37:05.599><c> And</c><00:37:05.719><c> she</c><00:37:05.940><c> implores</c><00:37:06.400><c> this</c><00:37:06.780><c> judge</c>

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:09.360
to<00:37:07.420><c> avenge</c><00:37:07.960><c> her</c><00:37:08.239><c> of</c><00:37:08.380><c> the</c><00:37:08.559><c> one</c><00:37:08.699><c> who</c><00:37:08.880><c> had</c><00:37:09.059><c> wronged</c>

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:13.260
her.<00:37:09.699><c> Now</c><00:37:10.000><c> this</c><00:37:10.300><c> judge</c><00:37:10.760><c> is</c><00:37:11.119><c> an</c><00:37:11.280><c> atheist.</c><00:37:12.460><c> Well,</c><00:37:12.599><c> at</c><00:37:12.800><c> any</c><00:37:13.000><c> rate,</c>

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:15.900
he<00:37:13.420><c> has</c><00:37:13.659><c> no</c><00:37:13.940><c> respect,</c><00:37:14.440><c> he</c><00:37:14.559><c> has</c><00:37:14.800><c> no</c><00:37:15.139><c> fear</c><00:37:15.340><c> or</c><00:37:15.619><c> reverence</c>

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:19.619
for<00:37:16.159><c> God.</c><00:37:17.239><c> But</c><00:37:17.440><c> she</c><00:37:17.579><c> comes</c><00:37:17.920><c> to</c><00:37:18.079><c> him</c><00:37:18.300><c> to</c><00:37:18.559><c> seek</c><00:37:18.780><c> legal</c><00:37:19.179><c> action.</c>

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:22.619
She<00:37:20.280><c> wants</c><00:37:20.539><c> him</c><00:37:20.800><c> to</c><00:37:20.960><c> play</c><00:37:21.099><c> the</c><00:37:21.360><c> part</c><00:37:21.480><c> of</c><00:37:21.659><c> the</c><00:37:21.820><c> judge.</c>

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:26.420
And<00:37:23.579><c> finally,</c><00:37:24.039><c> her</c><00:37:24.239><c> demands</c><00:37:24.659><c> becomes</c><00:37:25.079><c> a</c><00:37:25.300><c> nuisance</c><00:37:25.659><c> to</c><00:37:25.840><c> him</c><00:37:26.039><c> because</c><00:37:26.280><c> he</c>

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:28.139
wasn't<00:37:26.659><c> going</c><00:37:26.940><c> to</c><00:37:27.099><c> do</c><00:37:27.159><c> anything</c><00:37:27.519><c> about</c><00:37:27.880><c> it</c>

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:32.179
and<00:37:28.860><c> rather</c><00:37:29.179><c> put</c><00:37:29.460><c> up</c><00:37:29.940><c> than</c><00:37:30.139><c> put</c><00:37:30.340><c> up</c><00:37:30.519><c> with</c><00:37:30.780><c> the</c><00:37:31.000><c> incessant</c><00:37:31.840><c> and</c>

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:35.500
continual<00:37:32.639><c> petition</c><00:37:33.239><c> he</c><00:37:33.820><c> gives</c><00:37:34.139><c> him.</c><00:37:35.099><c> Now</c><00:37:35.340><c> this</c>

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:40.659
is<00:37:35.659><c> related</c><00:37:36.079><c> to</c><00:37:36.380><c> us</c><00:37:36.619><c> in</c><00:37:37.219><c> Luke</c><00:37:37.519><c> 8</c><00:37:37.679><c> of</c><00:37:37.820><c> verse</c><00:37:37.980><c> 4</c><00:37:38.280><c> and</c><00:37:38.340><c> 5.</c><00:37:39.719><c> And</c><00:37:39.739><c> he</c><00:37:39.880><c> would</c><00:37:40.059><c> not</c><00:37:40.199><c> for</c><00:37:40.440><c> a</c>

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:42.320
while,<00:37:40.920><c> but</c><00:37:41.159><c> afterward</c><00:37:41.760><c> he</c><00:37:42.099><c> said</c>

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:47.420
within<00:37:42.599><c> himself,</c><00:37:44.139><c> Though</c><00:37:44.260><c> I</c><00:37:44.760><c> fear</c><00:37:45.039><c> not</c><00:37:45.360><c> God</c><00:37:45.679><c> nor</c><00:37:45.900><c> regard</c><00:37:46.340><c> man,</c>

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:49.639
yet<00:37:47.719><c> because</c><00:37:48.260><c> this</c><00:37:48.559><c> widow</c><00:37:48.800><c> troubleeth</c><00:37:49.440><c> me,</c>

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:53.320
I<00:37:49.840><c> will</c><00:37:50.079><c> avenge</c><00:37:50.579><c> her,</c><00:37:51.300><c> lest</c><00:37:51.440><c> by</c><00:37:51.679><c> her</c><00:37:51.940><c> continual</c><00:37:52.559><c> coming</c><00:37:52.940><c> she</c>

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:56.440
worry<00:37:53.639><c> me.</c><00:37:55.019><c> Now</c><00:37:55.300><c> there</c><00:37:55.440><c> are</c><00:37:55.599><c> three</c><00:37:55.880><c> factors,</c>

00:37:56.599 --> 00:38:01.619
three<00:37:57.079><c> interesting</c><00:37:57.659><c> factors</c><00:37:58.139><c> in</c><00:37:58.340><c> this</c><00:37:58.599><c> story.</c><00:37:59.519><c> Three</c><00:37:59.940><c> contrasts</c><00:38:00.800><c> between</c><00:38:01.119><c> God</c>

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:03.039
and<00:38:01.940><c> the</c><00:38:02.119><c> human</c><00:38:02.320><c> avenger.</c>

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:07.300
Now<00:38:03.780><c> this</c><00:38:04.079><c> judge</c><00:38:04.480><c> was</c><00:38:04.780><c> concerned</c><00:38:05.260><c> only</c><00:38:05.679><c> with</c><00:38:05.940><c> his</c><00:38:06.179><c> own</c><00:38:06.440><c> ease.</c>

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:09.360
His<00:38:07.719><c> refusal</c><00:38:08.159><c> to</c><00:38:08.400><c> act</c><00:38:08.659><c> on</c><00:38:08.860><c> the</c><00:38:09.000><c> part</c><00:38:09.159><c> of</c>

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:12.860
the<00:38:09.480><c> widow</c><00:38:09.659><c> woman</c><00:38:10.019><c> was</c><00:38:10.380><c> because</c><00:38:10.780><c> of</c><00:38:10.980><c> his</c><00:38:11.119><c> selfishness.</c><00:38:12.639><c> But</c>

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:15.380
God,<00:38:13.119><c> on</c><00:38:13.280><c> the</c><00:38:13.380><c> other</c><00:38:13.619><c> hand,</c><00:38:14.059><c> is</c><00:38:14.400><c> concerned</c><00:38:14.900><c> for</c><00:38:15.139><c> his</c>

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:20.320
people.<00:38:16.400><c> His</c><00:38:16.719><c> delay</c><00:38:17.280><c> in</c><00:38:17.579><c> responding</c><00:38:18.119><c> to</c><00:38:18.539><c> our</c><00:38:18.980><c> request</c><00:38:19.599><c> is</c><00:38:20.039><c> not</c>

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:23.659
due<00:38:20.579><c> to</c><00:38:20.920><c> indifference.</c><00:38:22.340><c> To</c><00:38:22.500><c> this</c><00:38:22.820><c> man</c><00:38:23.039><c> while</c><00:38:23.239><c> I</c><00:38:23.460><c> look,</c>

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:27.480
God<00:38:24.039><c> said,</c><00:38:24.659><c> even</c><00:38:24.900><c> to</c><00:38:25.159><c> him</c><00:38:25.380><c> that</c><00:38:25.599><c> is</c><00:38:25.820><c> humble</c><00:38:26.179><c> and</c><00:38:26.320><c> of</c><00:38:26.480><c> a</c><00:38:26.579><c> contrite</c><00:38:27.059><c> spirit,</c>

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:29.820
God<00:38:28.239><c> must</c><00:38:28.500><c> be</c><00:38:28.800><c> true</c><00:38:29.119><c> to</c><00:38:29.320><c> his</c><00:38:29.519><c> own</c>

00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:33.960
character.<00:38:31.119><c> And</c><00:38:31.380><c> second,</c><00:38:32.300><c> this</c><00:38:32.699><c> widow</c><00:38:32.940><c> woman,</c><00:38:33.280><c> there</c><00:38:33.519><c> are</c><00:38:33.679><c> no</c>

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:36.340
special<00:38:34.300><c> relation</c><00:38:34.800><c> to</c><00:38:35.059><c> this</c><00:38:35.420><c> judge,</c>

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:42.159
but<00:38:36.880><c> we</c><00:38:37.280><c> are</c><00:38:37.599><c> God's</c><00:38:38.219><c> own</c><00:38:38.460><c> elect.</c><00:38:39.400><c> We</c><00:38:39.579><c> are</c><00:38:39.820><c> his</c><00:38:40.119><c> sons</c><00:38:40.340><c> and</c><00:38:40.619><c> daughters.</c><00:38:41.639><c> Having</c><00:38:41.880><c> been</c>

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.900
redeemed<00:38:42.559><c> with</c><00:38:42.719><c> the</c>

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:46.219
blood<00:38:43.019><c> of</c><00:38:43.219><c> Christ,</c><00:38:43.820><c> we</c><00:38:44.019><c> are</c><00:38:44.219><c> the</c><00:38:44.460><c> children</c><00:38:44.719><c> of</c><00:38:44.880><c> the</c><00:38:45.019><c> Most</c><00:38:45.380><c> High,</c><00:38:46.059><c> for</c>

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:48.239
as<00:38:46.440><c> many</c><00:38:46.619><c> as</c><00:38:46.840><c> are</c><00:38:46.980><c> led</c><00:38:47.139><c> by</c><00:38:47.420><c> the</c><00:38:47.639><c> Spirit</c><00:38:47.820><c> of</c><00:38:47.960><c> God</c>

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:52.480
are<00:38:48.559><c> the</c><00:38:48.739><c> children</c><00:38:49.059><c> of</c><00:38:49.239><c> God.</c><00:38:50.159><c> So</c><00:38:50.480><c> we</c><00:38:50.619><c> do</c><00:38:50.880><c> have</c><00:38:51.059><c> a</c><00:38:51.380><c> special</c><00:38:51.639><c> relationship</c><00:38:52.260><c> with</c>

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:54.889
God.<00:38:53.019><c> And</c><00:38:53.420><c> third,</c><00:38:54.239><c> we</c><00:38:54.400><c> have</c><00:38:54.619><c> the</c>

00:38:54.889 --> 00:38:59.809
patience<00:38:55.429><c> of</c><00:38:55.809><c> the</c><00:38:56.030><c> man</c><00:38:56.849><c> contrasted</c><00:38:57.670><c> with</c><00:38:57.789><c> the</c><00:38:58.030><c> long</c><00:38:58.269><c>-suffering</c><00:38:58.690><c> of</c><00:38:58.909><c> God.</c>

00:38:59.989 --> 00:39:00.889
Now<00:39:00.150><c> the</c><00:39:00.269><c> long</c><00:39:00.570><c>-suffering</c>

00:39:00.889 --> 00:39:05.210
of<00:39:01.050><c> the</c><00:39:01.269><c> man</c><00:39:01.489><c> was</c><00:39:01.710><c> due</c><00:39:01.889><c> to</c><00:39:02.050><c> his</c><00:39:02.269><c> refusal</c><00:39:02.710><c> to</c><00:39:03.010><c> act.</c><00:39:03.869><c> If</c><00:39:04.090><c> he</c><00:39:04.309><c> doesn't</c><00:39:04.710><c> last</c>

00:39:05.210 --> 00:39:06.750
do<00:39:05.570><c> something,</c><00:39:05.969><c> it's</c><00:39:06.210><c> only</c><00:39:06.369><c> to</c>

00:39:06.750 --> 00:39:10.050
relieve<00:39:06.989><c> an</c><00:39:07.269><c> obvious</c><00:39:07.690><c> nuisance</c><00:39:08.349><c> that</c><00:39:08.889><c> he</c><00:39:09.110><c> may</c><00:39:09.289><c> then</c><00:39:09.530><c> be</c><00:39:09.869><c> free</c>

00:39:10.050 --> 00:39:13.070
to<00:39:10.329><c> continue</c><00:39:10.969><c> his</c><00:39:11.469><c> selfish</c><00:39:11.769><c> pursuits.</c>

00:39:13.289 --> 00:39:17.030
But<00:39:13.650><c> God</c><00:39:14.050><c> bears</c><00:39:14.449><c> long,</c><00:39:15.070><c> that</c><00:39:15.230><c> is,</c><00:39:15.510><c> he</c><00:39:15.730><c> delays</c><00:39:16.090><c> to</c><00:39:16.449><c> interpose</c>

00:39:17.030 --> 00:39:20.630
on<00:39:17.250><c> our</c><00:39:17.449><c> behalf,</c><00:39:18.530><c> not</c><00:39:18.849><c> because</c><00:39:19.210><c> he</c><00:39:19.409><c> is</c><00:39:19.630><c> unwilling,</c>

00:39:20.909 --> 00:39:25.750
but<00:39:21.250><c> rather</c><00:39:21.829><c> to</c><00:39:22.349><c> draw</c><00:39:22.630><c> them</c><00:39:22.929><c> closer</c><00:39:23.530><c> and</c><00:39:24.190><c> to</c><00:39:24.409><c> perhaps</c><00:39:25.289><c> bestow</c>

00:39:25.750 --> 00:39:28.130
upon<00:39:26.070><c> them</c><00:39:26.349><c> an</c><00:39:26.510><c> even</c><00:39:26.750><c> greater</c><00:39:27.130><c> blessing.</c>

00:39:28.309 --> 00:39:34.889
He<00:39:28.469><c> might</c><00:39:28.690><c> even</c><00:39:29.070><c> chase</c><00:39:29.409><c> in</c><00:39:29.570><c> us</c><00:39:29.750><c> to</c><00:39:30.050><c> develop</c><00:39:30.449><c> a</c><00:39:30.630><c> much</c><00:39:30.929><c> closer</c><00:39:31.329><c> relationship</c><00:39:32.070><c> and</c><00:39:32.570><c> union</c><00:39:32.789><c> with</c><00:39:33.070><c> him.</c><00:39:33.989><c> So</c><00:39:34.389><c> his</c>

00:39:34.889 --> 00:39:39.610
withdrawal<00:39:35.670><c> is</c><00:39:36.389><c> only</c><00:39:36.769><c> apparent.</c><00:39:37.929><c> And</c><00:39:38.090><c> of</c><00:39:38.210><c> course,</c><00:39:38.530><c> in</c><00:39:38.610><c> due</c><00:39:38.809><c> season,</c><00:39:39.329><c> he</c>

00:39:39.610 --> 00:39:42.329
will<00:39:39.869><c> act.</c><00:39:41.510><c> But</c><00:39:41.730><c> so</c><00:39:42.030><c> often,</c>

00:39:42.489 --> 00:39:45.750
brethren<00:39:42.670><c> and</c><00:39:42.869><c> sisters,</c><00:39:43.309><c> when</c><00:39:43.610><c> the</c><00:39:44.289><c> world's</c><00:39:44.730><c> hostility</c><00:39:45.389><c> has</c>

00:39:45.750 --> 00:39:48.190
been<00:39:46.150><c> manifested</c><00:39:46.670><c> against</c><00:39:47.010><c> the</c><00:39:47.289><c> faithful</c><00:39:47.570><c> of</c><00:39:47.849><c> God,</c>

00:39:48.190 --> 00:39:53.429
it's<00:39:48.750><c> permitted.</c><00:39:50.429><c> When</c><00:39:50.489><c> they</c><00:39:50.630><c> have</c><00:39:50.869><c> been</c><00:39:51.190><c> imprisoned,</c><00:39:52.130><c> tortured,</c><00:39:53.230><c> faced</c>

00:39:53.429 --> 00:39:55.309
with<00:39:53.730><c> death,</c><00:39:54.449><c> we</c><00:39:54.570><c> find</c><00:39:54.849><c> that</c><00:39:55.130><c> heaven</c>

00:39:55.309 --> 00:39:59.010
is<00:39:55.610><c> silent.</c><00:39:56.909><c> How</c><00:39:57.110><c> often</c><00:39:57.429><c> have</c><00:39:57.610><c> the</c><00:39:57.829><c> servants</c><00:39:58.110><c> of</c><00:39:58.349><c> God,</c><00:39:58.789><c> on</c><00:39:58.809><c> the</c>

00:39:59.010 --> 00:40:02.010
very<00:39:59.349><c> verge</c><00:39:59.750><c> of</c><00:40:00.130><c> fainting,</c><00:40:01.150><c> cried</c><00:40:01.329><c> piteously</c>

00:40:02.010 --> 00:40:06.170
and<00:40:02.269><c> despondently</c><00:40:02.929><c> to</c><00:40:03.170><c> heaven</c><00:40:03.409><c> for</c><00:40:03.650><c> deliverance,</c><00:40:04.489><c> crying,</c><00:40:05.190><c> how</c><00:40:05.309><c> long,</c><00:40:05.849><c> O</c>

00:40:06.170 --> 00:40:07.789
Lord,<00:40:06.670><c> will</c><00:40:06.730><c> thou</c><00:40:06.969><c> not</c><00:40:07.329><c> judge</c>

00:40:07.789 --> 00:40:12.750
and<00:40:08.309><c> avenge</c><00:40:08.670><c> our</c><00:40:08.969><c> blood?</c><00:40:09.929><c> It</c><00:40:10.170><c> has</c><00:40:10.329><c> been</c><00:40:10.469><c> the</c><00:40:10.710><c> repeated</c><00:40:11.070><c> experience</c><00:40:11.650><c> of</c><00:40:11.929><c> many,</c><00:40:12.710><c> as</c>

00:40:12.750 --> 00:40:13.829
they<00:40:12.949><c> have</c><00:40:13.150><c> looked</c><00:40:13.309><c> to</c><00:40:13.590><c> heaven</c>

00:40:13.829 --> 00:40:18.429
for<00:40:13.989><c> the</c><00:40:14.210><c> divine</c><00:40:14.489><c> response.</c><00:40:15.650><c> As</c><00:40:15.650><c> David</c><00:40:15.929><c> said</c><00:40:16.190><c> in</c><00:40:16.409><c> Psalm</c><00:40:16.650><c> 22</c><00:40:17.210><c> and</c><00:40:17.489><c> 2,</c>

00:40:18.550 --> 00:40:21.130
O<00:40:18.730><c> my</c><00:40:19.130><c> Lord,</c><00:40:19.590><c> I</c><00:40:19.889><c> cried</c><00:40:20.329><c> unto</c><00:40:20.630><c> thee</c><00:40:20.769><c> in</c><00:40:20.949><c> the</c>

00:40:21.130 --> 00:40:27.030
daytime,<00:40:22.289><c> but</c><00:40:22.449><c> thou</c><00:40:22.670><c> hearest</c><00:40:23.190><c> not.</c><00:40:24.389><c> In</c><00:40:24.650><c> all</c><00:40:25.449><c> ages,</c><00:40:26.050><c> the</c><00:40:26.210><c> hostility</c><00:40:26.849><c> of</c>

00:40:27.030 --> 00:40:28.570
the<00:40:27.230><c> world</c><00:40:27.449><c> has</c><00:40:27.710><c> been</c><00:40:27.949><c> manifested</c>

00:40:28.570 --> 00:40:31.650
against<00:40:28.969><c> men</c><00:40:29.250><c> and</c><00:40:29.389><c> women</c><00:40:29.670><c> of</c><00:40:29.949><c> faith</c><00:40:30.309><c> and</c><00:40:30.929><c> has</c><00:40:31.150><c> been</c><00:40:31.289><c> permitted</c>

00:40:31.650 --> 00:40:34.570
by<00:40:31.929><c> God.</c><00:40:33.550><c> And</c><00:40:33.769><c> if</c><00:40:33.869><c> you</c><00:40:34.050><c> are</c><00:40:34.210><c> acquainted</c>

00:40:34.570 --> 00:40:40.369
with<00:40:34.889><c> the</c><00:40:35.170><c> European</c><00:40:35.570><c> history,</c><00:40:36.230><c> you'll</c><00:40:36.429><c> remember</c><00:40:36.949><c> the</c><00:40:38.250><c> lengthened</c><00:40:38.710><c> persecutions,</c><00:40:40.070><c> the</c>

00:40:40.369 --> 00:40:41.230
horrible<00:40:40.750><c> prisons</c>

00:40:41.230 --> 00:40:45.409
crowded<00:40:41.710><c> with</c><00:40:42.010><c> God's</c><00:40:42.989><c> saints,</c><00:40:43.769><c> and</c><00:40:43.829><c> of</c><00:40:43.889><c> course,</c><00:40:44.369><c> the</c><00:40:44.510><c> silencing</c><00:40:44.969><c> of</c><00:40:45.230><c> many</c>

00:40:45.409 --> 00:40:47.610
on<00:40:45.610><c> the</c><00:40:45.809><c> scaffold</c><00:40:46.230><c> or</c><00:40:47.010><c> by</c><00:40:47.210><c> the</c><00:40:47.449><c> slow</c>

00:40:47.610 --> 00:40:51.170
torture<00:40:48.030><c> of</c><00:40:48.230><c> the</c><00:40:48.429><c> fiery</c><00:40:48.690><c> stake.</c><00:40:49.269><c> But</c><00:40:49.610><c> all</c><00:40:49.909><c> of</c><00:40:50.150><c> these</c><00:40:50.510><c> tested</c>

00:40:51.170 --> 00:40:55.269
gods,<00:40:52.670><c> tested</c><00:40:52.889><c> their</c><00:40:53.230><c> faith</c><00:40:53.449><c> in</c><00:40:53.710><c> God.</c><00:40:54.650><c> But</c><00:40:54.909><c> there</c><00:40:55.110><c> was</c>

00:40:55.269 --> 00:41:00.849
still<00:40:55.570><c> silence.</c><00:40:56.809><c> No</c><00:40:57.269><c> sudden</c><00:40:57.690><c> bolt</c><00:40:58.090><c> of</c><00:40:58.349><c> divine</c><00:40:58.989><c> vengeance</c><00:40:59.630><c> that</c><00:40:59.949><c> would</c><00:41:00.130><c> destroy</c><00:41:00.550><c> the</c>

00:41:00.849 --> 00:41:02.449
enemies<00:41:01.130><c> of</c><00:41:01.349><c> the</c><00:41:01.570><c> truth.</c>

00:41:02.769 --> 00:41:08.809
And<00:41:03.050><c> I</c><00:41:03.170><c> would</c><00:41:03.369><c> suppose</c><00:41:03.849><c> that</c><00:41:04.110><c> this</c><00:41:04.429><c> apparent</c><00:41:04.909><c> lack</c><00:41:05.230><c> of</c><00:41:05.590><c> response</c><00:41:06.130><c> was</c><00:41:07.030><c> the</c><00:41:07.150><c> most</c><00:41:07.429><c> severest</c><00:41:08.150><c> trial</c><00:41:08.570><c> to</c>

00:41:08.809 --> 00:41:09.989
the<00:41:09.110><c> quiet</c>

00:41:10.190 --> 00:41:13.230
and<00:41:10.710><c> the</c><00:41:10.889><c> non</c><00:41:11.269><c>-resistant</c><00:41:11.789><c> character</c><00:41:12.389><c> to</c><00:41:12.650><c> which</c><00:41:12.789><c> the</c><00:41:13.030><c> people</c>

00:41:13.230 --> 00:41:16.489
of<00:41:13.409><c> God</c><00:41:13.710><c> are</c><00:41:14.050><c> called.</c><00:41:15.090><c> But</c><00:41:15.230><c> this</c><00:41:15.429><c> is</c><00:41:15.610><c> God's</c><00:41:16.070><c> way.</c>

00:41:16.949 --> 00:41:20.530
He<00:41:17.150><c> moves</c><00:41:17.309><c> slowly,</c><00:41:18.110><c> doesn't</c><00:41:18.289><c> he?</c><00:41:19.289><c> When</c><00:41:19.550><c> sin</c><00:41:19.929><c> entered</c><00:41:20.269><c> into</c>

00:41:20.530 --> 00:41:22.670
the<00:41:20.750><c> world</c><00:41:21.030><c> through</c><00:41:21.269><c> Adam</c><00:41:21.630><c> and</c><00:41:21.829><c> Eve,</c><00:41:22.289><c> immediately</c>

00:41:22.670 --> 00:41:25.610
there<00:41:22.829><c> was</c><00:41:22.989><c> a</c><00:41:23.250><c> promise</c><00:41:23.429><c> of</c><00:41:23.610><c> a</c><00:41:23.769><c> Redeemer.</c><00:41:24.730><c> To</c><00:41:24.909><c> the</c><00:41:25.170><c> serpent</c><00:41:25.409><c> I</c>

00:41:25.610 --> 00:41:27.809
will<00:41:25.789><c> put</c><00:41:26.090><c> enmity</c><00:41:26.510><c> between</c><00:41:26.829><c> thee</c><00:41:27.110><c> and</c><00:41:27.170><c> the</c><00:41:27.369><c> woman</c><00:41:27.590><c> and</c>

00:41:27.809 --> 00:41:34.429
between<00:41:28.130><c> thy</c><00:41:28.489><c> seed</c><00:41:28.610><c> and</c><00:41:28.769><c> her</c><00:41:29.050><c> seed.</c><00:41:29.750><c> It</c><00:41:29.929><c> shall</c><00:41:30.090><c> bruise</c><00:41:30.469><c> thy</c><00:41:30.710><c> head</c><00:41:30.849><c> and</c><00:41:31.070><c> thou</c><00:41:31.250><c> shalt</c><00:41:31.409><c> bruise</c><00:41:31.769><c> his</c><00:41:31.949><c> heel.</c><00:41:33.409><c> But</c><00:41:33.789><c> 4</c><00:41:34.050><c>,000</c>

00:41:34.429 --> 00:41:41.010
years<00:41:34.750><c> went</c><00:41:34.949><c> by</c><00:41:35.550><c> before</c><00:41:36.210><c> at</c><00:41:36.489><c> last</c><00:41:36.750><c> in</c><00:41:36.969><c> the</c><00:41:37.130><c> fullness</c><00:41:37.429><c> of</c><00:41:37.670><c> the</c><00:41:37.889><c> time</c><00:41:38.130><c> God</c><00:41:38.469><c> sent</c><00:41:38.769><c> forth</c><00:41:39.090><c> his</c><00:41:39.309><c> Son</c><00:41:39.590><c> made</c><00:41:39.829><c> of</c><00:41:39.989><c> a</c><00:41:40.110><c> woman.</c>

00:41:41.489 --> 00:41:46.389
Jesus<00:41:41.929><c> was</c><00:41:42.329><c> 30</c><00:41:42.630><c> years</c><00:41:43.030><c> old</c><00:41:43.349><c> before</c><00:41:43.670><c> he</c><00:41:43.909><c> entered</c><00:41:44.030><c> into</c><00:41:44.349><c> his</c><00:41:44.590><c> ministry.</c><00:41:46.230><c> And</c>

00:41:46.389 --> 00:41:47.909
after<00:41:46.650><c> his</c><00:41:46.929><c> resurrection,</c><00:41:47.429><c> he</c><00:41:47.530><c> could</c><00:41:47.750><c> say</c>

00:41:47.909 --> 00:41:51.809
that<00:41:48.190><c> all</c><00:41:48.550><c> power</c><00:41:48.909><c> is</c><00:41:49.110><c> given</c><00:41:49.309><c> unto</c><00:41:49.610><c> me</c><00:41:49.789><c> in</c><00:41:49.949><c> heaven</c><00:41:50.190><c> and</c><00:41:50.409><c> in</c><00:41:50.610><c> earth.</c><00:41:51.630><c> But</c>

00:41:51.809 --> 00:41:55.030
another<00:41:52.190><c> 2</c><00:41:52.590><c>,000</c><00:41:52.949><c> years</c><00:41:53.329><c> have</c><00:41:53.650><c> dragged</c><00:41:53.889><c> by.</c>

00:41:55.070 --> 00:41:59.050
And<00:41:55.309><c> today</c><00:41:55.889><c> practically</c><00:41:56.550><c> the</c><00:41:56.869><c> whole</c><00:41:57.429><c> habitable</c><00:41:57.989><c> globe</c><00:41:58.570><c> lies</c>

00:41:59.050 --> 00:42:02.329
in<00:41:59.409><c> absolute</c><00:41:59.869><c> ignorance</c><00:42:00.349><c> of</c><00:42:00.590><c> God</c><00:42:00.909><c> and</c><00:42:01.090><c> his</c><00:42:01.289><c> purpose.</c>

00:42:02.650 --> 00:42:06.469
This<00:42:03.250><c> is</c><00:42:03.570><c> the</c><00:42:03.670><c> way</c><00:42:03.969><c> it</c><00:42:04.309><c> works.</c><00:42:04.829><c> All</c><00:42:05.170><c> things</c><00:42:05.610><c> work</c><00:42:06.030><c> according</c>

00:42:06.469 --> 00:42:10.010
to<00:42:06.769><c> God's</c><00:42:07.409><c> own</c><00:42:07.769><c> time.</c><00:42:08.889><c> We</c><00:42:09.070><c> must</c><00:42:09.369><c> accept</c>

00:42:10.010 --> 00:42:13.809
the<00:42:10.369><c> divine</c><00:42:10.730><c> forbearance</c><00:42:11.869><c> and</c><00:42:12.269><c> his</c><00:42:12.489><c> long</c><00:42:12.809><c>-suffering</c><00:42:13.309><c> even</c><00:42:13.550><c> in</c>

00:42:13.809 --> 00:42:16.630
the<00:42:13.949><c> face</c><00:42:14.170><c> of</c><00:42:14.530><c> arrogant</c><00:42:14.809><c> and</c><00:42:15.110><c> oppressive</c><00:42:15.550><c> sin.</c>

00:42:17.230 --> 00:42:19.510
The<00:42:17.389><c> hour</c><00:42:17.610><c> is</c><00:42:17.829><c> coming</c><00:42:18.050><c> in</c><00:42:18.210><c> which</c><00:42:18.329><c> we're</c><00:42:18.590><c> going</c><00:42:18.730><c> to</c><00:42:19.050><c> understand</c>

00:42:19.510 --> 00:42:21.349
this<00:42:19.809><c> far</c><00:42:20.090><c> better</c><00:42:20.329><c> than</c><00:42:20.469><c> we</c><00:42:20.650><c> do</c><00:42:20.829><c> now.</c>

00:42:21.809 --> 00:42:25.190
But<00:42:22.010><c> we</c><00:42:22.190><c> may</c><00:42:22.389><c> rest</c><00:42:22.710><c> assured</c><00:42:23.110><c> meantime</c><00:42:23.769><c> that</c><00:42:24.590><c> this</c><00:42:24.789><c> apparent</c>

00:42:25.190 --> 00:42:27.389
lack<00:42:25.489><c> of</c><00:42:25.769><c> response</c><00:42:26.150><c> is</c><00:42:26.429><c> not</c><00:42:26.650><c> due</c><00:42:26.909><c> to</c><00:42:27.130><c> his</c>

00:42:27.389 --> 00:42:31.670
indifference<00:42:27.789><c> to</c><00:42:28.030><c> our</c><00:42:28.329><c> plight</c><00:42:29.070><c> but</c><00:42:29.409><c> rather</c><00:42:29.849><c> for</c><00:42:30.070><c> the</c><00:42:30.269><c> ultimate</c><00:42:30.690><c> good</c><00:42:31.289><c> of</c>

00:42:31.670 --> 00:42:33.269
our<00:42:31.869><c> own</c><00:42:32.090><c> well</c><00:42:32.329><c>-being.</c>

00:42:34.010 --> 00:42:38.230
The<00:42:34.250><c> substance</c><00:42:34.650><c> of</c><00:42:34.849><c> this</c><00:42:35.170><c> parable</c><00:42:35.449><c> of</c><00:42:35.610><c> course</c><00:42:35.889><c> is</c><00:42:36.570><c> if</c><00:42:37.829><c> a</c><00:42:38.050><c> man</c>

00:42:38.230 --> 00:42:40.449
will<00:42:38.550><c> yield</c><00:42:38.829><c> to</c><00:42:39.070><c> the</c><00:42:39.269><c> petitions</c><00:42:39.690><c> of</c><00:42:39.909><c> one</c><00:42:40.110><c> who</c><00:42:40.250><c> has</c>

00:42:40.449 --> 00:42:43.869
no<00:42:40.829><c> special</c><00:42:41.090><c> relation</c><00:42:41.510><c> to</c><00:42:41.769><c> him</c><00:42:42.369><c> and</c><00:42:42.869><c> in</c><00:42:42.969><c> whom</c><00:42:43.090><c> he</c><00:42:43.190><c> has</c><00:42:43.409><c> not</c><00:42:43.630><c> the</c>

00:42:43.869 --> 00:42:47.369
slightest<00:42:44.170><c> interest,</c><00:42:45.409><c> how</c><00:42:45.849><c> confident</c><00:42:46.269><c> we</c><00:42:46.610><c> may</c><00:42:46.909><c> feel</c>

00:42:47.369 --> 00:42:51.510
in<00:42:48.050><c> our</c><00:42:48.510><c> approach</c><00:42:48.769><c> to</c><00:42:49.010><c> a</c><00:42:49.110><c> loving</c><00:42:49.309><c> God</c><00:42:49.829><c> and</c><00:42:50.409><c> how</c><00:42:50.750><c> confident</c><00:42:51.050><c> that</c><00:42:51.309><c> he</c>

00:42:51.510 --> 00:42:55.190
will<00:42:51.750><c> interpose.</c><00:42:53.090><c> We</c><00:42:53.409><c> realize</c><00:42:53.929><c> this</c><00:42:54.150><c> only</c><00:42:54.389><c> a</c>

00:42:55.269 --> 00:43:01.329
as<00:42:55.630><c> Jesus</c><00:42:56.070><c> said,</c><00:42:56.809><c> I</c><00:42:56.809><c> tell</c><00:42:57.269><c> you</c><00:42:57.570><c> he</c><00:42:57.710><c> will</c><00:42:58.130><c> avenge</c><00:42:58.449><c> him</c><00:42:58.750><c> speedily.</c><00:43:00.110><c> Therefore</c><00:43:00.610><c> we</c><00:43:01.030><c> are</c>

00:43:01.329 --> 00:43:02.409
encouraged<00:43:01.730><c> to</c><00:43:01.989><c> be</c>

00:43:02.409 --> 00:43:10.289
persistent<00:43:02.869><c> and</c><00:43:03.809><c> continuous</c><00:43:04.230><c> in</c><00:43:04.590><c> prayer.</c><00:43:06.789><c> And</c><00:43:06.929><c> now</c><00:43:07.150><c> in</c><00:43:07.369><c> conclusion</c><00:43:08.010><c> I</c><00:43:09.730><c> would</c><00:43:09.929><c> like</c><00:43:10.090><c> to</c>

00:43:10.289 --> 00:43:11.510
relate<00:43:10.550><c> to</c><00:43:10.849><c> an</c><00:43:11.090><c> incident</c>

00:43:11.510 --> 00:43:19.329
that<00:43:11.769><c> occurred</c><00:43:11.989><c> in</c><00:43:12.190><c> the</c><00:43:12.289><c> life</c><00:43:12.409><c> of</c><00:43:12.710><c> Christ.</c><00:43:17.590><c> It</c><00:43:17.789><c> very</c><00:43:18.210><c> movingly</c>

00:43:19.329 --> 00:43:21.530
illustrates<00:43:19.969><c> the</c><00:43:20.389><c> power</c><00:43:20.849><c> of</c><00:43:21.210><c> prayer,</c>

00:43:21.530 --> 00:43:26.949
the<00:43:22.289><c> power</c><00:43:22.630><c> of</c><00:43:23.070><c> entreaty.</c><00:43:24.510><c> The</c><00:43:24.650><c> story</c><00:43:24.929><c> concerns</c><00:43:25.469><c> one</c><00:43:25.909><c> who</c><00:43:26.210><c> simply</c><00:43:26.590><c> was</c>

00:43:26.949 --> 00:43:28.670
not<00:43:27.230><c> to</c><00:43:27.489><c> be</c><00:43:27.750><c> deferred.</c>

00:43:29.210 --> 00:43:33.190
Jesus<00:43:29.590><c> and</c><00:43:29.849><c> his</c><00:43:30.050><c> disciples</c><00:43:30.530><c> had</c><00:43:30.769><c> left</c><00:43:31.030><c> the</c><00:43:31.110><c> area</c><00:43:31.550><c> of</c><00:43:31.750><c> Capernaum</c><00:43:32.289><c> and</c><00:43:33.050><c> they</c>

00:43:33.190 --> 00:43:34.769
were<00:43:33.389><c> traveling</c><00:43:33.750><c> northward</c>

00:43:34.769 --> 00:43:39.429
close<00:43:35.469><c> to</c><00:43:35.829><c> the</c><00:43:36.369><c> border</c><00:43:36.590><c> of</c><00:43:36.869><c> Tyre</c><00:43:37.250><c> and</c><00:43:37.389><c> Sidon.</c><00:43:38.809><c> Now</c><00:43:39.050><c> they</c><00:43:39.170><c> had</c>

00:43:39.429 --> 00:43:41.650
gone<00:43:39.630><c> there</c><00:43:39.869><c> no</c><00:43:40.090><c> doubt</c><00:43:40.409><c> to</c><00:43:40.650><c> gain</c><00:43:40.809><c> the</c><00:43:41.130><c> safety</c><00:43:41.429><c> and</c>

00:43:41.650 --> 00:43:45.389
seclusion<00:43:42.070><c> of</c><00:43:42.329><c> repose</c><00:43:43.230><c> but</c><00:43:43.650><c> his</c><00:43:44.010><c> fame</c><00:43:44.329><c> had</c><00:43:44.590><c> already</c><00:43:44.989><c> spread</c>

00:43:45.389 --> 00:43:48.829
to<00:43:45.590><c> these</c><00:43:45.809><c> northern</c><00:43:46.110><c> cities,</c><00:43:47.269><c> to</c><00:43:47.289><c> the</c><00:43:47.429><c> Phoenician</c><00:43:47.769><c> cities</c>

00:43:48.889 --> 00:43:53.429
and<00:43:49.289><c> the</c><00:43:49.570><c> little</c><00:43:49.849><c> band</c><00:43:50.090><c> didn't</c><00:43:50.389><c> actually</c><00:43:50.789><c> enter</c><00:43:51.090><c> into</c><00:43:51.429><c> the</c><00:43:51.570><c> Phoenician</c><00:43:51.909><c> cities</c><00:43:52.230><c> but</c><00:43:52.409><c> they</c><00:43:52.650><c> came</c><00:43:52.809><c> close</c><00:43:53.090><c> to</c><00:43:53.269><c> the</c>

00:43:53.429 --> 00:43:57.150
border<00:43:53.730><c> and</c><00:43:54.710><c> though</c><00:43:54.929><c> Jesus</c><00:43:55.369><c> and</c><00:43:55.590><c> his</c><00:43:55.829><c> apostles</c><00:43:56.250><c> had</c><00:43:56.550><c> gone</c><00:43:56.730><c> there</c><00:43:56.969><c> to</c>

00:43:57.150 --> 00:43:59.289
seek<00:43:57.349><c> rest</c><00:43:57.789><c> they</c><00:43:58.210><c> weren't</c><00:43:58.389><c> going</c><00:43:58.610><c> to</c><00:43:58.849><c> find</c><00:43:59.030><c> it</c>

00:43:59.650 --> 00:44:02.269
because<00:44:00.170><c> as</c><00:44:00.389><c> they</c><00:44:00.590><c> went</c><00:44:00.690><c> through</c><00:44:00.929><c> the</c><00:44:01.150><c> cities</c><00:44:01.409><c> they</c><00:44:01.610><c> were</c><00:44:01.789><c> seeing</c><00:44:02.010><c> a</c>

00:44:02.269 --> 00:44:05.590
woman<00:44:02.610><c> following</c><00:44:03.349><c> them</c><00:44:03.909><c> with</c><00:44:04.389><c> passionate</c>

00:44:05.789 --> 00:44:09.989
entreaties.<00:44:06.889><c> Have</c><00:44:06.949><c> mercy</c><00:44:07.449><c> on</c><00:44:07.690><c> me</c><00:44:07.929><c> old</c><00:44:08.170><c> lord</c><00:44:08.469><c> thou</c><00:44:08.710><c> son</c><00:44:08.969><c> of</c><00:44:09.170><c> David</c><00:44:09.570><c> for</c>

00:44:09.989 --> 00:44:12.269
my<00:44:10.369><c> daughter</c><00:44:10.670><c> is</c><00:44:11.030><c> grievously</c><00:44:11.570><c> vexed</c><00:44:12.030><c> with</c>

00:44:12.269 --> 00:44:16.630
devil.<00:44:13.650><c> The</c><00:44:13.829><c> woman</c><00:44:14.150><c> speaks</c><00:44:14.670><c> as</c><00:44:14.909><c> if</c><00:44:15.230><c> she</c><00:44:15.650><c> was</c><00:44:15.969><c> one</c><00:44:16.230><c> that</c><00:44:16.409><c> needed</c>

00:44:16.630 --> 00:44:19.469
healing.<00:44:17.849><c> She</c><00:44:18.050><c> identified</c><00:44:18.650><c> herself</c><00:44:19.070><c> with</c><00:44:19.289><c> her</c>

00:44:19.469 --> 00:44:23.369
daughter,<00:44:19.690><c> her</c><00:44:19.869><c> little</c><00:44:20.050><c> girl.</c><00:44:21.090><c> Her</c><00:44:21.329><c> anguish</c><00:44:21.909><c> and</c><00:44:22.489><c> her</c><00:44:22.730><c> mother's</c><00:44:23.170><c> love</c>

00:44:23.369 --> 00:44:25.469
made<00:44:23.630><c> the</c><00:44:23.989><c> illness</c><00:44:24.309><c> of</c><00:44:24.610><c> the</c><00:44:24.809><c> child</c><00:44:25.170><c> her</c>

00:44:25.469 --> 00:44:29.150
own.<00:44:26.909><c> Now</c><00:44:27.110><c> we</c><00:44:27.170><c> understand</c><00:44:27.769><c> this</c><00:44:28.050><c> don't</c><00:44:28.269><c> we?</c><00:44:28.389><c> How</c><00:44:28.650><c> often</c><00:44:28.949><c> have</c>

00:44:29.150 --> 00:44:31.989
we<00:44:29.269><c> seen</c><00:44:29.469><c> our</c><00:44:29.750><c> children</c><00:44:30.469><c> languish</c><00:44:31.130><c> under</c><00:44:31.409><c> disease</c>

00:44:31.989 --> 00:44:34.710
and<00:44:32.550><c> could</c><00:44:32.769><c> wish</c><00:44:32.949><c> that</c><00:44:33.090><c> we</c><00:44:33.190><c> could</c><00:44:33.449><c> just</c><00:44:33.730><c> change</c><00:44:34.050><c> places</c><00:44:34.449><c> with</c>

00:44:34.710 --> 00:44:37.530
them.<00:44:35.829><c> But</c><00:44:36.110><c> actually</c><00:44:36.570><c> if</c><00:44:36.769><c> you</c><00:44:36.949><c> listen</c><00:44:37.170><c> to</c><00:44:37.389><c> her</c>

00:44:37.530 --> 00:44:41.110
carefully<00:44:38.130><c> there</c><00:44:38.510><c> was</c><00:44:38.750><c> no</c><00:44:38.929><c> request</c><00:44:39.449><c> to</c><00:44:39.710><c> heal</c><00:44:39.869><c> her</c><00:44:40.190><c> daughter.</c>

00:44:41.329 --> 00:44:43.210
She<00:44:41.550><c> merely</c><00:44:41.889><c> allowed</c><00:44:42.289><c> the</c><00:44:42.590><c> woeful</c>

00:44:43.210 --> 00:44:47.210
details<00:44:43.690><c> of</c><00:44:43.929><c> the</c><00:44:44.190><c> story</c><00:44:44.570><c> to</c><00:44:45.070><c> speak</c><00:44:45.250><c> for</c><00:44:45.429><c> themselves.</c><00:44:46.909><c> Now</c><00:44:47.070><c> we</c>

00:44:47.210 --> 00:44:49.250
might<00:44:47.429><c> imagine</c><00:44:47.909><c> that</c><00:44:48.150><c> Jesus</c><00:44:48.510><c> would</c><00:44:48.750><c> immediately</c>

00:44:49.250 --> 00:44:52.489
heal<00:44:49.510><c> this</c><00:44:49.769><c> woman's</c><00:44:50.190><c> daughter.</c><00:44:51.050><c> Surely</c><00:44:51.329><c> he</c><00:44:51.489><c> would</c><00:44:51.750><c> grant</c><00:44:52.110><c> her</c>

00:44:52.489 --> 00:44:55.869
his<00:44:52.829><c> mercy.</c><00:44:53.889><c> All</c><00:44:54.010><c> the</c><00:44:54.170><c> more</c><00:44:54.409><c> so</c><00:44:54.710><c> since</c><00:44:54.989><c> his</c><00:44:55.349><c> act</c><00:44:55.550><c> would</c>

00:44:55.869 --> 00:44:59.150
then<00:44:56.190><c> symbolically</c><00:44:56.869><c> demonstrate</c><00:44:57.590><c> the</c><00:44:58.250><c> opening</c><00:44:58.590><c> of</c><00:44:58.809><c> the</c><00:44:58.989><c> door</c>

00:44:59.150 --> 00:45:01.929
of<00:44:59.369><c> faith</c><00:44:59.510><c> to</c><00:44:59.750><c> the</c><00:44:59.889><c> Gentiles.</c><00:45:01.150><c> What</c><00:45:01.369><c> a</c><00:45:01.570><c> wonderful</c>

00:45:01.929 --> 00:45:05.349
opportunity<00:45:02.750><c> to</c><00:45:03.090><c> foretell</c><00:45:03.610><c> the</c><00:45:03.889><c> breaking</c><00:45:04.170><c> down</c><00:45:04.530><c> of</c><00:45:04.650><c> the</c><00:45:04.849><c> middle</c><00:45:05.070><c> wall</c>

00:45:05.349 --> 00:45:07.670
of<00:45:05.610><c> partition</c><00:45:05.989><c> because</c><00:45:06.909><c> this</c><00:45:07.210><c> woman</c><00:45:07.429><c> was</c>

00:45:07.670 --> 00:45:13.989
a<00:45:07.849><c> Canaanite,</c><00:45:08.829><c> a</c><00:45:08.909><c> Syrophoenician.</c><00:45:10.630><c> Well</c><00:45:10.710><c> we're</c><00:45:10.929><c> told</c><00:45:11.170><c> that</c><00:45:11.489><c> Jesus</c><00:45:12.170><c> answered</c><00:45:12.849><c> her</c><00:45:13.469><c> not</c><00:45:13.809><c> a</c>

00:45:13.989 --> 00:45:16.289
word.<00:45:15.269><c> In</c><00:45:15.429><c> no</c><00:45:15.829><c> other</c>

00:45:16.289 --> 00:45:20.929
instance<00:45:16.789><c> in</c><00:45:17.010><c> the</c><00:45:17.170><c> life</c><00:45:17.389><c> of</c><00:45:17.670><c> Jesus</c><00:45:18.050><c> do</c><00:45:18.269><c> we</c><00:45:18.510><c> find</c><00:45:18.789><c> such</c><00:45:19.110><c> coldness</c><00:45:19.690><c> of</c><00:45:19.929><c> this.</c><00:45:20.650><c> He</c>

00:45:20.929 --> 00:45:22.690
never<00:45:21.289><c> refused</c><00:45:21.769><c> to</c><00:45:22.010><c> help</c><00:45:22.190><c> anyone</c>

00:45:22.690 --> 00:45:26.710
who<00:45:22.909><c> was</c><00:45:23.110><c> in</c><00:45:23.369><c> need</c><00:45:23.769><c> but</c><00:45:24.550><c> now</c><00:45:24.829><c> the</c><00:45:25.030><c> Lord</c><00:45:25.269><c> was</c><00:45:25.570><c> strangely</c><00:45:26.010><c> silent</c>

00:45:26.710 --> 00:45:30.389
and<00:45:28.170><c> it</c><00:45:28.369><c> teaches</c><00:45:28.590><c> us</c><00:45:28.949><c> that</c><00:45:29.329><c> though</c><00:45:29.570><c> God</c><00:45:29.809><c> is</c><00:45:30.090><c> silent</c>

00:45:30.389 --> 00:45:34.230
let's<00:45:30.750><c> pray</c><00:45:31.090><c> on.</c><00:45:32.110><c> He</c><00:45:32.289><c> hears</c><00:45:32.630><c> us</c><00:45:32.929><c> just</c><00:45:33.190><c> as</c><00:45:33.309><c> Jesus</c><00:45:33.690><c> heard</c><00:45:33.929><c> this</c>

00:45:34.230 --> 00:45:37.150
woman<00:45:34.489><c> but</c><00:45:34.789><c> he</c><00:45:35.130><c> may</c><00:45:35.469><c> choose</c><00:45:35.829><c> to</c><00:45:36.010><c> be</c><00:45:36.269><c> silent.</c>

00:45:37.610 --> 00:45:40.130
Well<00:45:37.769><c> now</c><00:45:38.110><c> Christ</c><00:45:38.550><c> and</c><00:45:38.710><c> the</c><00:45:38.889><c> apostles</c><00:45:39.230><c> enter</c><00:45:39.510><c> a</c><00:45:39.730><c> house</c><00:45:39.969><c> for</c>

00:45:40.130 --> 00:45:43.010
seclusion<00:45:40.789><c> but</c><00:45:41.469><c> the</c><00:45:41.630><c> woman</c><00:45:41.869><c> followed</c><00:45:42.250><c> right</c><00:45:42.550><c> behind</c>

00:45:43.010 --> 00:45:47.489
them.<00:45:43.849><c> She</c><00:45:44.110><c> continued</c><00:45:44.670><c> her</c><00:45:45.010><c> pleading</c><00:45:45.650><c> and</c><00:45:46.130><c> finally</c><00:45:46.349><c> the</c><00:45:46.570><c> disciples</c><00:45:46.969><c> turned</c><00:45:47.309><c> to</c>

00:45:47.489 --> 00:45:48.829
Jesus<00:45:47.829><c> and</c><00:45:48.250><c> begged</c><00:45:48.510><c> him</c>

00:45:48.829 --> 00:45:53.110
send<00:45:49.170><c> her</c><00:45:49.510><c> away</c><00:45:49.849><c> for</c><00:45:50.070><c> she</c><00:45:50.449><c> crieth</c><00:45:50.809><c> after</c><00:45:51.190><c> us.</c><00:45:52.010><c> That</c><00:45:52.269><c> is</c><00:45:52.630><c> heal</c>

00:45:53.110 --> 00:45:55.429
this<00:45:53.429><c> woman's</c><00:45:53.889><c> child</c><00:45:54.090><c> and</c><00:45:54.309><c> get</c><00:45:54.510><c> rid</c><00:45:54.670><c> of</c><00:45:54.829><c> her</c>

00:45:55.429 --> 00:45:59.750
because<00:45:56.369><c> their</c><00:45:57.030><c> intervention</c><00:45:57.610><c> sprang</c><00:45:58.090><c> from</c><00:45:58.369><c> annoyance.</c><00:45:59.590><c> She</c>

00:45:59.750 --> 00:46:02.489
had<00:46:00.030><c> broken</c><00:46:00.309><c> the</c><00:46:00.590><c> coenstance</c><00:46:01.269><c> and</c><00:46:01.510><c> the</c><00:46:01.789><c> solitude</c>

00:46:02.489 --> 00:46:05.269
that<00:46:02.869><c> they</c><00:46:03.150><c> sought</c><00:46:03.329><c> and</c><00:46:03.530><c> furthermore</c><00:46:04.050><c> she</c><00:46:04.230><c> was</c><00:46:04.530><c> attracting</c><00:46:04.949><c> a</c>

00:46:05.269 --> 00:46:07.489
crowd<00:46:05.630><c> and</c><00:46:06.150><c> she</c><00:46:06.309><c> was</c><00:46:06.610><c> occasioning</c><00:46:07.070><c> the</c><00:46:07.210><c> very</c>

00:46:07.489 --> 00:46:12.449
notoriety<00:46:08.269><c> notoriety</c><00:46:08.869><c> that</c><00:46:09.070><c> they</c><00:46:09.309><c> were</c><00:46:09.510><c> attempting</c><00:46:09.750><c> to</c><00:46:10.150><c> avoid.</c><00:46:11.429><c> Their</c><00:46:11.690><c> request</c><00:46:12.150><c> was</c>

00:46:12.449 --> 00:46:13.730
not<00:46:12.750><c> born</c><00:46:12.949><c> out</c><00:46:13.170><c> of</c><00:46:13.389><c> compassion</c>

00:46:13.730 --> 00:46:18.329
for<00:46:13.989><c> her</c><00:46:14.429><c> but</c><00:46:14.829><c> out</c><00:46:15.070><c> of</c><00:46:15.230><c> mere</c><00:46:15.449><c> selfishness</c><00:46:16.570><c> but</c><00:46:17.510><c> Jesus</c><00:46:17.889><c> said</c><00:46:18.150><c> to</c>

00:46:18.329 --> 00:46:21.989
them<00:46:18.690><c> I</c><00:46:19.449><c> am</c><00:46:19.670><c> not</c><00:46:19.989><c> sent</c><00:46:20.289><c> but</c><00:46:20.730><c> under</c><00:46:20.989><c> the</c><00:46:21.250><c> lost</c><00:46:21.570><c> sheep</c><00:46:21.789><c> of</c>

00:46:21.989 --> 00:46:26.690
the<00:46:21.989><c> house</c><00:46:22.250><c> of</c><00:46:22.469><c> Israel.</c><00:46:23.969><c> She</c><00:46:24.130><c> was</c><00:46:24.369><c> a</c><00:46:24.489><c> Gentile.</c><00:46:25.730><c> She</c><00:46:25.869><c> was</c><00:46:26.130><c> outside</c><00:46:26.510><c> of</c>

00:46:26.690 --> 00:46:29.570
his<00:46:26.909><c> scope.</c><00:46:28.250><c> Jesus</c><00:46:28.429><c> could</c><00:46:28.690><c> not</c><00:46:28.889><c> help</c><00:46:29.170><c> her</c>

00:46:29.570 --> 00:46:32.090
without<00:46:29.889><c> departing</c><00:46:30.469><c> from</c><00:46:30.590><c> the</c><00:46:30.809><c> very</c><00:46:31.110><c> rule</c><00:46:31.269><c> he</c><00:46:31.409><c> had</c><00:46:31.650><c> made</c><00:46:31.869><c> for</c>

00:46:32.090 --> 00:46:35.150
himself<00:46:32.650><c> and</c><00:46:32.949><c> to</c><00:46:33.110><c> the</c><00:46:33.309><c> others.</c><00:46:34.389><c> Go</c><00:46:34.489><c> not</c><00:46:34.730><c> to</c><00:46:34.889><c> the</c><00:46:34.969><c> way</c>

00:46:35.150 --> 00:46:38.510
of<00:46:35.289><c> the</c><00:46:35.409><c> Gentiles</c><00:46:36.250><c> into</c><00:46:36.650><c> the</c><00:46:36.909><c> cities</c><00:46:37.110><c> of</c><00:46:37.329><c> the</c><00:46:37.570><c> Samaritans</c><00:46:38.030><c> enter</c><00:46:38.289><c> ye</c>

00:46:38.510 --> 00:46:40.570
not<00:46:38.909><c> but</c><00:46:39.230><c> go</c><00:46:39.429><c> rather</c><00:46:39.690><c> to</c><00:46:39.909><c> the</c><00:46:40.070><c> lost</c><00:46:40.289><c> sheep</c><00:46:40.409><c> of</c>

00:46:40.570 --> 00:46:43.789
the<00:46:40.690><c> house</c><00:46:40.849><c> of</c><00:46:41.070><c> Israel.</c><00:46:42.130><c> As</c><00:46:42.389><c> Paul</c><00:46:42.690><c> said</c><00:46:42.949><c> he</c><00:46:43.090><c> was</c><00:46:43.369><c> a</c><00:46:43.469><c> minister</c>

00:46:43.789 --> 00:46:47.389
to<00:46:44.010><c> the</c><00:46:44.230><c> circumcision</c><00:46:44.929><c> but</c><00:46:45.989><c> the</c><00:46:46.230><c> woman</c><00:46:46.469><c> refused</c><00:46:47.010><c> to</c><00:46:47.230><c> be</c>

00:46:47.389 --> 00:46:50.730
disheartened<00:46:48.510><c> and</c><00:46:48.949><c> finally</c><00:46:49.190><c> she</c><00:46:49.349><c> comes</c><00:46:49.650><c> and</c><00:46:49.949><c> falls</c><00:46:50.289><c> at</c><00:46:50.510><c> the</c>

00:46:50.730 --> 00:46:53.329
feet<00:46:50.909><c> of</c><00:46:51.090><c> Jesus</c><00:46:51.510><c> and</c><00:46:51.829><c> worships</c><00:46:52.349><c> and</c><00:46:52.349><c> worships</c><00:46:52.889><c> in</c>

00:46:53.329 --> 00:47:01.409
and<00:46:53.690><c> says</c><00:46:53.829><c> Lord</c><00:46:54.489><c> help</c><00:46:55.150><c> me.</c><00:46:56.929><c> Could</c><00:46:57.030><c> Jesus</c><00:46:57.610><c> still</c><00:46:58.070><c> remain</c><00:46:58.590><c> untouched</c><00:46:59.309><c> by</c><00:46:59.610><c> this</c><00:46:59.869><c> sorrow?</c><00:47:00.929><c> Could</c><00:47:01.090><c> he</c>

00:47:01.409 --> 00:47:02.130
refuse<00:47:01.849><c> this</c>

00:47:02.130 --> 00:47:05.489
woman's<00:47:02.630><c> appeal</c><00:47:02.849><c> and</c><00:47:03.170><c> send</c><00:47:03.329><c> her</c><00:47:03.530><c> home</c><00:47:03.769><c> to</c><00:47:04.030><c> a</c><00:47:04.250><c> lifelong</c><00:47:04.730><c> agony</c>

00:47:05.489 --> 00:47:08.969
of<00:47:06.170><c> watching</c><00:47:06.449><c> her</c><00:47:06.809><c> child</c><00:47:07.190><c> pine</c><00:47:07.550><c> away</c><00:47:08.130><c> and</c><00:47:08.670><c> alas</c>

00:47:08.969 --> 00:47:15.409
to<00:47:09.110><c> come</c><00:47:09.289><c> to</c><00:47:09.550><c> death</c><00:47:10.849><c> calmly,</c><00:47:12.489><c> coldly</c><00:47:13.309><c> and</c><00:47:13.650><c> for</c><00:47:13.849><c> the</c><00:47:14.090><c> first</c><00:47:14.349><c> time</c><00:47:14.710><c> addressing</c><00:47:15.130><c> the</c>

00:47:15.409 --> 00:47:16.869
woman<00:47:15.690><c> direct</c><00:47:16.090><c> he</c><00:47:16.469><c> said</c>

00:47:16.869 --> 00:47:20.889
it<00:47:17.449><c> is</c><00:47:17.710><c> not</c><00:47:18.050><c> me</c><00:47:18.329><c> to</c><00:47:18.650><c> take</c><00:47:18.849><c> the</c><00:47:19.110><c> children's</c><00:47:19.730><c> bread</c><00:47:19.989><c> and</c><00:47:20.409><c> cast</c><00:47:20.650><c> it</c>

00:47:20.889 --> 00:47:24.250
to<00:47:21.110><c> dogs.</c><00:47:22.469><c> These</c><00:47:22.869><c> lips</c><00:47:23.250><c> that</c><00:47:23.429><c> had</c><00:47:23.590><c> never</c><00:47:23.929><c> answered</c>

00:47:24.250 --> 00:47:29.550
with<00:47:24.550><c> anything</c><00:47:25.030><c> but</c><00:47:25.369><c> mercy</c><00:47:25.969><c> now</c><00:47:26.730><c> coldly</c><00:47:27.590><c> refused</c><00:47:27.949><c> this</c><00:47:28.190><c> pathetic</c><00:47:28.610><c> plea.</c>

00:47:29.789 --> 00:47:32.010
Never<00:47:30.090><c> before</c><00:47:30.610><c> has</c><00:47:30.869><c> it</c><00:47:31.130><c> heart</c><00:47:31.570><c> and</c>

00:47:32.010 --> 00:47:34.869
contemptuous<00:47:32.650><c> words</c><00:47:32.969><c> been</c><00:47:33.289><c> uttered</c><00:47:33.949><c> in</c><00:47:34.170><c> the</c><00:47:34.329><c> face</c><00:47:34.550><c> of</c><00:47:34.750><c> such</c>

00:47:34.869 --> 00:47:38.750
obvious<00:47:35.610><c> pathos</c><00:47:36.949><c> and</c><00:47:37.329><c> I'm</c><00:47:37.590><c> sure</c><00:47:37.789><c> that</c><00:47:38.030><c> this</c><00:47:38.250><c> reply</c>

00:47:38.750 --> 00:47:44.230
would<00:47:39.030><c> have</c><00:47:39.309><c> sent</c><00:47:39.449><c> a</c><00:47:39.889><c> cold</c><00:47:40.289><c> chill</c><00:47:40.530><c> of</c><00:47:40.670><c> defeat</c><00:47:40.929><c> upon</c><00:47:41.309><c> us</c><00:47:41.789><c> but</c><00:47:42.929><c> Jesus</c><00:47:43.409><c> could</c><00:47:43.750><c> see</c><00:47:44.030><c> in</c>

00:47:44.230 --> 00:47:46.190
her<00:47:44.389><c> and</c><00:47:44.610><c> discern</c><00:47:44.989><c> that</c><00:47:45.369><c> rare</c><00:47:45.769><c> trust</c>

00:47:46.190 --> 00:47:49.670
and<00:47:46.409><c> persistence</c><00:47:47.010><c> that</c><00:47:47.650><c> he</c><00:47:47.829><c> looked</c><00:47:48.030><c> for.</c><00:47:48.989><c> You</c><00:47:49.130><c> remember</c><00:47:49.309><c> John</c>

00:47:49.670 --> 00:47:51.989
said<00:47:49.889><c> it</c><00:47:49.989><c> wasn't</c><00:47:50.369><c> necessary</c><00:47:50.969><c> for</c><00:47:51.269><c> any</c><00:47:51.510><c> man</c><00:47:51.730><c> to</c>

00:47:51.989 --> 00:47:55.369
testify<00:47:52.449><c> to</c><00:47:52.670><c> Jesus</c><00:47:53.010><c> of</c><00:47:53.329><c> man</c><00:47:53.769><c> because</c><00:47:54.150><c> he</c><00:47:54.489><c> knew</c><00:47:54.730><c> what</c><00:47:54.929><c> was</c><00:47:55.150><c> in</c>

00:47:55.369 --> 00:47:58.070
man<00:47:55.630><c> and</c><00:47:56.510><c> though</c><00:47:56.769><c> these</c><00:47:57.090><c> words</c><00:47:57.449><c> would</c><00:47:57.650><c> have</c><00:47:57.889><c> stopped</c>

00:47:58.070 --> 00:48:02.769
an<00:47:58.289><c> ordinary</c><00:47:58.750><c> person</c><00:47:59.150><c> she</c><00:47:59.409><c> was</c><00:47:59.670><c> undismayed</c><00:48:00.929><c> her</c><00:48:01.309><c> burning</c><00:48:01.730><c> love</c><00:48:02.250><c> and</c>

00:48:02.769 --> 00:48:05.630
her<00:48:03.130><c> determination</c><00:48:03.789><c> to</c><00:48:04.030><c> have</c><00:48:04.190><c> her</c><00:48:04.530><c> child</c><00:48:05.090><c> healed</c>

00:48:05.630 --> 00:48:08.969
wasn't<00:48:06.150><c> going</c><00:48:06.369><c> to</c><00:48:06.550><c> be</c><00:48:06.710><c> quenched</c><00:48:06.909><c> so</c><00:48:07.170><c> easily</c><00:48:07.590><c> and</c><00:48:08.550><c> promptly</c>

00:48:08.969 --> 00:48:13.309
she<00:48:09.369><c> echoes</c><00:48:09.670><c> her</c><00:48:09.909><c> reply</c><00:48:10.469><c> truth</c><00:48:11.250><c> Lord</c><00:48:11.710><c> yet</c><00:48:12.349><c> the</c><00:48:12.630><c> dogs</c><00:48:12.969><c> eat</c>

00:48:13.309 --> 00:48:17.510
crumbs<00:48:13.869><c> that</c><00:48:14.230><c> fall</c><00:48:14.389><c> from</c><00:48:14.730><c> the</c><00:48:14.829><c> tables</c><00:48:15.110><c> to</c><00:48:15.750><c> the</c><00:48:15.889><c> master's</c><00:48:16.289><c> table.</c><00:48:17.269><c> How</c>

00:48:17.510 --> 00:48:20.389
this<00:48:17.889><c> woman</c><00:48:18.230><c> had</c><00:48:18.670><c> triumphed</c><00:48:19.630><c> here</c><00:48:19.889><c> was</c><00:48:20.130><c> a</c>

00:48:20.389 --> 00:48:24.429
crown<00:48:20.610><c> and</c><00:48:21.010><c> summit</c><00:48:21.230><c> of</c><00:48:21.650><c> her</c><00:48:21.949><c> unshakable</c><00:48:22.489><c> faith</c><00:48:22.969><c> and</c><00:48:23.730><c> not</c><00:48:23.889><c> a</c><00:48:24.050><c> moment</c><00:48:24.230><c> or</c>

00:48:24.429 --> 00:48:26.510
longer<00:48:24.750><c> did</c><00:48:24.989><c> Jesus</c><00:48:25.349><c> prolong</c><00:48:25.789><c> her</c><00:48:26.070><c> agony</c>

00:48:26.510 --> 00:48:34.789
oh<00:48:27.409><c> woman</c><00:48:28.150><c> great</c><00:48:28.730><c> as</c><00:48:28.969><c> I</c><00:48:29.269><c> faith</c><00:48:29.650><c> be</c><00:48:30.250><c> it</c><00:48:30.429><c> unto</c><00:48:30.630><c> thee</c><00:48:31.210><c> even</c><00:48:31.670><c> as</c><00:48:31.969><c> thou</c><00:48:32.190><c> wilt.</c><00:48:33.889><c> Such</c><00:48:34.309><c> should</c><00:48:34.670><c> be</c>

00:48:34.789 --> 00:48:36.130
the<00:48:35.050><c> pattern</c><00:48:35.389><c> of</c><00:48:35.769><c> our</c>

00:48:36.130 --> 00:48:40.389
treaties<00:48:36.630><c> you</c><00:48:37.610><c> know</c><00:48:37.789><c> this</c><00:48:38.030><c> woman</c><00:48:38.269><c> recognized</c><00:48:38.989><c> that</c><00:48:39.550><c> his</c><00:48:39.889><c> words</c><00:48:40.110><c> were</c>

00:48:40.389 --> 00:48:43.130
true<00:48:40.809><c> she</c><00:48:41.869><c> was</c><00:48:42.090><c> willing</c><00:48:42.289><c> to</c><00:48:42.530><c> identify</c>

00:48:43.130 --> 00:48:45.349
herself<00:48:43.610><c> with</c><00:48:43.829><c> the</c><00:48:43.949><c> little</c><00:48:44.170><c> puppies</c><00:48:44.489><c> that</c><00:48:44.869><c> played</c><00:48:44.969><c> at</c><00:48:45.150><c> the</c>

00:48:45.349 --> 00:48:48.190
children's<00:48:46.409><c> feet</c><00:48:46.650><c> and</c><00:48:47.289><c> therefore</c><00:48:47.610><c> she</c><00:48:47.809><c> could</c><00:48:47.989><c> lay</c>

00:48:48.190 --> 00:48:51.909
claims<00:48:48.630><c> to</c><00:48:48.889><c> the</c><00:48:49.289><c> crumbs</c><00:48:49.590><c> that</c><00:48:49.909><c> fell</c><00:48:50.010><c> to</c><00:48:50.230><c> the</c><00:48:50.429><c> floor.</c><00:48:51.650><c> The</c><00:48:51.710><c> Jews</c>

00:48:51.909 --> 00:48:55.710
were<00:48:52.170><c> a</c><00:48:52.329><c> wayward</c><00:48:52.690><c> people</c><00:48:53.170><c> they</c><00:48:54.269><c> had</c><00:48:54.630><c> rejected</c><00:48:55.289><c> the</c>

00:48:55.710 --> 00:48:58.909
bread<00:48:55.809><c> of</c><00:48:56.050><c> life</c><00:48:56.590><c> and</c><00:48:57.309><c> the</c><00:48:57.489><c> little</c><00:48:57.650><c> dogs</c><00:48:58.030><c> playing</c><00:48:58.389><c> under</c><00:48:58.650><c> the</c>

00:48:58.909 --> 00:49:00.610
table<00:48:59.130><c> at</c><00:48:59.329><c> the</c><00:48:59.489><c> feet</c><00:48:59.610><c> of</c><00:48:59.769><c> the</c><00:48:59.929><c> children</c><00:49:00.170><c> had</c><00:49:00.389><c> the</c>

00:49:00.610 --> 00:49:04.630
liberty<00:49:00.969><c> of</c><00:49:01.510><c> licking</c><00:49:01.730><c> up</c><00:49:01.989><c> the</c><00:49:02.190><c> crumbs</c><00:49:02.389><c> that</c><00:49:02.690><c> fell</c><00:49:02.829><c> there.</c><00:49:04.269><c> She</c>

00:49:04.630 --> 00:49:08.989
pleaded<00:49:05.409><c> only</c><00:49:06.070><c> for</c><00:49:06.289><c> the</c><00:49:06.489><c> crumbs.</c><00:49:07.929><c> She</c><00:49:08.110><c> as</c><00:49:08.349><c> a</c><00:49:08.409><c> gentile</c>

00:49:08.989 --> 00:49:13.670
was<00:49:09.349><c> as</c><00:49:09.449><c> she</c><00:49:09.710><c> admitted</c><00:49:09.949><c> no</c><00:49:10.250><c> better</c><00:49:10.489><c> than</c><00:49:10.730><c> a</c><00:49:10.969><c> dog</c><00:49:11.250><c> and</c><00:49:12.130><c> could</c><00:49:12.369><c> therefore</c><00:49:12.969><c> share</c><00:49:13.429><c> in</c>

00:49:13.670 --> 00:49:15.070
the<00:49:13.809><c> precious</c><00:49:14.050><c> crumbs.</c>

00:49:15.469 --> 00:49:18.849
Let<00:49:15.690><c> us</c><00:49:15.929><c> my</c><00:49:16.210><c> brethren</c><00:49:16.489><c> and</c><00:49:16.690><c> sisters</c><00:49:16.949><c> like</c><00:49:17.250><c> this</c><00:49:17.550><c> woman</c><00:49:18.110><c> follow</c>

00:49:18.849 --> 00:49:22.449
the<00:49:19.210><c> spirit</c><00:49:19.429><c> of</c><00:49:19.650><c> Christ's</c><00:49:20.150><c> words</c><00:49:20.409><c> to</c><00:49:20.889><c> always</c><00:49:21.349><c> pray</c>

00:49:22.449 --> 00:49:23.929
and<00:49:22.809><c> not</c><00:49:23.070><c> think.</c>

00:49:26.070 --> 00:49:32.570
And<00:49:27.349><c> it's</c><00:49:27.590><c> not</c><00:49:27.909><c> where</c><00:49:28.369><c> we</c><00:49:28.730><c> pray</c><00:49:29.210><c> that's</c><00:49:29.690><c> important</c><00:49:30.389><c> but</c><00:49:31.349><c> how.</c>

00:49:33.610 --> 00:49:37.989
And<00:49:33.989><c> prayer</c><00:49:34.429><c> without</c><00:49:35.429><c> action</c><00:49:36.230><c> is</c><00:49:36.969><c> dead.</c>

00:49:38.630 --> 00:49:47.469
Brother<00:49:38.750><c> I</c><00:49:38.909><c> appreciate</c><00:49:39.530><c> your</c><00:49:40.349><c> kind</c><00:49:40.590><c> words.</c><00:49:42.650><c> We</c><00:49:42.889><c> will</c><00:49:43.110><c> continue</c><00:49:44.010><c> by</c><00:49:46.110><c> singing</c><00:49:46.750><c> hymn</c>

00:49:47.469 --> 00:49:50.530
204<00:49:48.710><c> after</c><00:49:49.469><c> which</c><00:49:49.889><c> we'll</c>

00:49:50.530 --> 00:49:54.929
remain<00:49:50.789><c> standing</c><00:49:51.550><c> with</c><00:49:51.929><c> the</c><00:49:52.070><c> closing</c><00:49:52.389><c> prayer</c><00:49:53.170><c> by</c><00:49:53.730><c> our</c><00:49:54.030><c> brother</c><00:49:54.389><c> Peter</c>

00:49:54.929 --> 00:49:57.769
Stonell<00:49:55.429><c> from</c><00:49:55.789><c> Hamilton</c><00:49:56.289><c> Ontario.</c>

00:50:09.489 --> 00:50:13.949
Lord<00:50:09.969><c> we</c><00:50:10.250><c> wait</c><00:50:10.610><c> the</c><00:50:10.869><c> time</c><00:50:11.190><c> of</c><00:50:11.530><c> blessing</c><00:50:12.110><c> rest</c><00:50:12.989><c> on</c><00:50:13.329><c> thy</c><00:50:13.469><c> promise</c>

00:50:13.949 --> 00:50:18.309
now<00:50:14.730><c> hear</c><00:50:15.289><c> our</c><00:50:15.690><c> prayer</c><00:50:16.289><c> the</c><00:50:16.829><c> throne</c><00:50:17.090><c> addressing</c>

00:50:18.329 --> 00:50:23.510
Lord<00:50:18.949><c> how</c><00:50:19.389><c> long</c><00:50:20.050><c> why</c><00:50:20.670><c> tarry</c><00:50:21.070><c> us</c><00:50:21.329><c> thou</c><00:50:21.730><c> in</c><00:50:22.389><c> 204</c>

00:50:42.690 --> 00:50:50.730
Lord<00:50:44.090><c> we</c><00:50:45.489><c> wait</c><00:50:46.250><c> the</c><00:50:47.190><c> time</c><00:50:48.389><c> of</c><00:50:49.329><c> blessing</c>

00:50:50.730 --> 00:50:52.989
resting<00:50:52.610><c> on</c><00:50:52.989><c> thy</c><00:50:52.989><c> promise</c><00:50:52.989><c> now</c><00:50:52.989><c> hear</c><00:50:52.989><c> our</c><00:50:52.989><c> prayer</c><00:50:52.989><c> the</c><00:50:52.989><c> throne</c><00:50:52.989><c> addressing</c>

00:50:52.989 --> 00:50:54.369
Lord<00:50:53.349><c> how</c><00:50:53.349><c> long</c><00:50:54.369><c> why</c><00:50:54.369><c> tarry</c><00:50:54.369><c> us</c><00:50:54.369><c> thou</c>

00:50:54.369 --> 00:50:55.989
Lord<00:50:54.369><c> we</c><00:50:54.369><c> wait</c><00:50:54.369><c> the</c><00:50:54.369><c> time</c><00:50:54.369><c> of</c><00:50:54.369><c> blessing</c><00:50:54.369><c> rest</c><00:50:54.369><c> on</c><00:50:54.369><c> thy</c><00:50:54.369><c> promise</c>

00:50:55.989 --> 00:51:04.550
now<00:50:57.570><c> hear</c><00:50:59.030><c> our</c><00:50:59.949><c> prayer</c><00:51:00.849><c> the</c><00:51:01.630><c> throne</c><00:51:02.570><c> addressing</c>

00:51:04.550 --> 00:51:12.230
Lord<00:51:06.030><c> how</c><00:51:06.949><c> long</c><00:51:07.730><c> why</c><00:51:08.590><c> tarry</c><00:51:10.170><c> us</c><00:51:10.650><c> thou</c>

00:51:14.210 --> 00:51:27.349
above<00:51:15.610><c> the</c><00:51:17.010><c> wings</c><00:51:17.849><c> of</c><00:51:18.949><c> spirit</c><00:51:20.369><c> come</c><00:51:21.670><c> reaching</c><00:51:23.190><c> thy</c><00:51:24.329><c> morning</c><00:51:25.889><c> prize</c>

00:51:55.429 --> 00:51:56.829
give<00:51:56.829><c> our</c><00:51:56.829><c> king</c>

00:51:58.889 --> 00:52:13.789
And<00:52:00.289><c> remember</c><00:52:01.690><c> for</c><00:52:03.469><c> the</c><00:52:04.389><c> gladness</c><00:52:05.869><c> Of</c><00:52:07.170><c> the</c><00:52:07.889><c> day</c><00:52:08.909><c> of</c><00:52:09.889><c> sweet</c><00:52:10.969><c> surprise.</c>

00:52:14.829 --> 00:52:26.809
O<00:52:16.230><c> have</c><00:52:17.269><c> sin</c><00:52:18.429><c> and</c><00:52:19.269><c> death</c><00:52:20.469><c> enslave</c><00:52:22.130><c> us,</c><00:52:23.510><c> Long</c><00:52:24.230><c> in</c><00:52:25.230><c> us</c><00:52:25.789><c> that</c>

00:52:26.809 --> 00:52:29.610
faith<00:52:27.969><c> remain.</c>

00:52:29.610 --> 00:52:43.829
Thou,<00:52:31.809><c> O</c><00:52:32.670><c> Lord,</c><00:52:33.550><c> whose</c><00:52:34.309><c> grace</c><00:52:35.510><c> hath</c><00:52:36.269><c> saved</c><00:52:37.389><c> us,</c><00:52:38.949><c> Give</c><00:52:39.289><c> thy</c><00:52:40.010><c> saints</c><00:52:40.969><c> the</c><00:52:42.090><c> victory.</c>

00:52:46.530 --> 00:52:58.690
For<00:52:47.929><c> our</c><00:52:49.289><c> hope</c><00:52:50.349><c> and</c><00:52:51.269><c> consolation</c><00:52:54.670><c> Bring</c><00:52:56.050><c> thine</c><00:52:57.090><c> is</c><00:52:57.929><c> wealth</c>

00:52:58.690 --> 00:53:00.329
with<00:52:59.610><c> relief.</c>

00:53:00.329 --> 00:53:17.829
O<00:53:02.789><c> refresh</c><00:53:05.250><c> us</c><00:53:06.230><c> with</c><00:53:07.230><c> salvation,</c><00:53:10.409><c> Be</c><00:53:11.150><c> our</c><00:53:11.789><c> strength,</c><00:53:13.150><c> our</c><00:53:13.710><c> joy,</c><00:53:14.530><c> our</c><00:53:15.969><c> peace.</c>

00:53:35.409 --> 00:53:55.610
We<00:53:36.489><c> ask</c><00:53:37.570><c> that</c><00:53:38.389><c> you</c><00:53:51.849><c> give</c><00:53:52.789><c> us</c><00:53:53.289><c> thy</c><00:53:53.530><c> strength,</c><00:53:54.949><c> That</c><00:53:55.130><c> we</c><00:53:55.269><c> may</c>

00:53:55.610 --> 00:53:57.489
remove<00:53:55.869><c> those</c><00:53:56.329><c> obstructions,</c>

00:53:57.489 --> 00:54:05.289
And<00:53:58.050><c> that</c><00:53:58.150><c> we</c><00:53:58.289><c> may</c><00:53:58.690><c> come</c><00:53:58.929><c> to</c><00:53:59.190><c> a</c><00:53:59.389><c> measure</c><00:54:00.829><c> of</c><00:54:02.269><c> thy</c><00:54:02.809><c> Son,</c><00:54:04.969><c> That</c><00:54:05.110><c> we</c>

00:54:05.289 --> 00:54:10.510
may<00:54:05.829><c> at</c><00:54:06.230><c> last</c><00:54:06.929><c> be</c><00:54:08.010><c> counted</c><00:54:08.329><c> worthy</c><00:54:08.630><c> of</c><00:54:08.829><c> a</c><00:54:08.969><c> place</c><00:54:09.130><c> in</c><00:54:09.329><c> thy</c><00:54:09.489><c> kingdom.</c>

00:54:11.210 --> 00:54:14.750
Go<00:54:11.329><c> with</c><00:54:11.530><c> us,</c><00:54:11.789><c> then,</c><00:54:11.849><c> Heavenly</c><00:54:12.130><c> Father,</c><00:54:13.050><c> until</c><00:54:13.409><c> this</c><00:54:13.710><c> time.</c>

00:54:15.170 --> 00:54:17.829
For<00:54:15.329><c> it's</c><00:54:15.510><c> in</c><00:54:15.610><c> and</c><00:54:15.730><c> through</c><00:54:15.909><c> the</c><00:54:16.050><c> name</c><00:54:16.210><c> of</c><00:54:16.429><c> our</c><00:54:16.570><c> Lord</c><00:54:16.750><c> Jesus</c><00:54:17.150><c> Christ</c>

00:54:17.829 --> 00:54:21.929
That<00:54:17.829><c> we</c><00:54:18.510><c> give</c><00:54:18.730><c> thee</c><00:54:18.949><c> praise</c><00:54:19.269><c> and</c><00:54:19.590><c> thanks</c><00:54:19.789><c> for</c><00:54:20.090><c> all</c><00:54:20.269><c> things.</c><00:54:20.949><c> Amen.</c>