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of<00:16:00.399><c> the</c><00:16:00.659><c> world</c><00:16:01.120><c> and</c><00:16:01.679><c> as</c><00:16:02.019><c> faith</c><00:16:02.399><c> grows</c><00:16:02.879><c> dim</c><00:16:03.100><c> and</c>

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as<00:16:03.559><c> love</c><00:16:03.740><c> may</c><00:16:04.039><c> wax</c><00:16:04.299><c> it</c><00:16:04.600><c> cold,</c><00:16:05.919><c> then</c><00:16:05.980><c> those</c><00:16:06.460><c> who</c><00:16:06.779><c> love</c><00:16:07.000><c> his</c><00:16:07.340><c> appearing</c><00:16:07.860><c> and</c>

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his<00:16:08.399><c> kingdom</c><00:16:08.700><c> must</c><00:16:09.059><c> be</c><00:16:09.379><c> driven</c><00:16:09.720><c> to</c><00:16:10.100><c> pray.</c>

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And<00:16:10.940><c> therefore</c><00:16:11.440><c> by</c><00:16:11.960><c> that,</c><00:16:12.779><c> by</c><00:16:13.019><c> their</c><00:16:13.259><c> relationship</c><00:16:13.980><c> and</c><00:16:14.440><c> their</c><00:16:14.679><c> response</c><00:16:15.039><c> to</c>

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these<00:16:15.480><c> great</c><00:16:15.779><c> and</c><00:16:15.919><c> holy</c><00:16:16.120><c> things,</c>

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they<00:16:16.960><c> are</c><00:16:17.120><c> being</c><00:16:17.419><c> prepared</c><00:16:17.860><c> to</c><00:16:18.059><c> pray.</c><00:16:20.259><c> But</c><00:16:20.480><c> you</c><00:16:20.720><c> see,</c><00:16:21.379><c> brethren</c><00:16:21.539><c> and</c><00:16:21.740><c> sisters,</c><00:16:21.899><c> we</c>

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cannot<00:16:22.799><c> truly</c><00:16:23.460><c> pray</c><00:16:23.820><c> for</c>

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his<00:16:24.279><c> coming</c><00:16:24.559><c> into</c><00:16:24.799><c> the</c><00:16:25.059><c> world</c><00:16:25.440><c> unless</c><00:16:25.980><c> we</c><00:16:26.159><c> are</c><00:16:26.360><c> willing</c><00:16:26.559><c> to</c>

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have<00:16:26.919><c> his</c><00:16:27.240><c> kingdom</c><00:16:27.580><c> established</c>

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in<00:16:28.799><c> our</c><00:16:29.120><c> own</c><00:16:29.379><c> hearts</c><00:16:29.799><c> first.</c><00:16:30.659><c> We</c><00:16:30.940><c> cannot</c><00:16:31.320><c> long</c><00:16:31.659><c> for</c><00:16:31.879><c> the</c><00:16:32.019><c> millennium</c><00:16:32.659><c> unless</c><00:16:33.019><c> the</c>

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millennium<00:16:33.720><c> is</c><00:16:33.899><c> in</c><00:16:33.980><c> our</c><00:16:34.220><c> lives</c>

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now.<00:16:36.539><c> Whereas</c><00:16:36.700><c> one</c><00:16:36.919><c> is</c><00:16:37.179><c> a</c><00:16:37.299><c> preparation</c><00:16:37.740><c> for</c><00:16:37.980><c> the</c><00:16:38.159><c> other.</c><00:16:39.500><c> So</c><00:16:39.659><c> then</c><00:16:40.059><c> I</c>

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emphasize<00:16:40.840><c> that</c><00:16:41.320><c> as</c><00:16:41.519><c> it</c><00:16:41.720><c> appears</c><00:16:41.940><c> to</c><00:16:42.179><c> me,</c>

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the<00:16:42.799><c> preparation</c><00:16:43.299><c> for</c><00:16:43.580><c> prayer</c><00:16:44.039><c> is</c><00:16:44.879><c> in</c><00:16:45.019><c> a</c><00:16:45.240><c> real</c><00:16:45.460><c> sense</c><00:16:45.860><c> not</c><00:16:46.480><c> something</c><00:16:46.779><c> which</c><00:16:47.080><c> is</c>

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slight<00:16:47.720><c> or</c><00:16:48.179><c> spasmodic</c><00:16:48.980><c> or</c>

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dilettante<00:16:49.860><c> or</c><00:16:50.759><c> a</c><00:16:51.139><c> superficial</c><00:16:51.639><c> thing.</c><00:16:52.259><c> It</c><00:16:52.440><c> is</c><00:16:52.879><c> a</c><00:16:53.100><c> supreme</c><00:16:53.840><c> part</c><00:16:54.320><c> of</c>

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our<00:16:55.080><c> spiritual</c><00:16:55.539><c> life.</c>

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Now<00:16:57.679><c> don't</c><00:16:57.899><c> misunderstand</c><00:16:58.519><c> me.</c><00:16:58.820><c> It's</c><00:16:59.039><c> certainly</c><00:16:59.299><c> not</c><00:16:59.539><c> that</c>

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we<00:16:59.799><c> have</c><00:17:00.000><c> to</c><00:17:00.139><c> be</c><00:17:00.419><c> perfect</c><00:17:00.840><c> before</c><00:17:01.179><c> we</c><00:17:01.340><c> can</c><00:17:01.679><c> pray.</c>

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Not<00:17:02.840><c> that.</c><00:17:03.720><c> Else,</c><00:17:04.160><c> God</c><00:17:04.259><c> help</c><00:17:04.539><c> us,</c><00:17:05.059><c> we</c><00:17:05.200><c> should</c><00:17:05.359><c> all</c><00:17:05.539><c> be</c><00:17:05.819><c> silent.</c>

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But<00:17:07.240><c> we</c><00:17:07.500><c> have</c><00:17:07.720><c> to</c><00:17:07.839><c> face</c><00:17:08.039><c> it</c><00:17:08.240><c> that</c><00:17:08.359><c> there</c><00:17:08.640><c> are</c>

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certain<00:17:09.700><c> hindrances</c><00:17:10.359><c> to</c><00:17:10.640><c> prayer</c><00:17:10.980><c> which</c><00:17:11.500><c> need</c><00:17:11.819><c> to</c><00:17:11.960><c> be</c><00:17:12.240><c> removed</c>

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for<00:17:13.519><c> prevailing</c><00:17:14.079><c> prayer</c><00:17:14.619><c> to</c><00:17:15.019><c> be</c><00:17:15.640><c> achieved.</c>

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Or<00:17:16.799><c> to</c><00:17:16.900><c> put</c><00:17:17.079><c> it</c><00:17:17.420><c> to</c><00:17:17.759><c> you</c><00:17:18.380><c> bluntly,</c><00:17:19.279><c> if</c><00:17:19.519><c> we</c><00:17:19.720><c> are</c><00:17:19.920><c> wilfully</c><00:17:20.579><c> unsubmitted</c><00:17:21.579><c> to</c>

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God's<00:17:22.460><c> purpose</c><00:17:22.859><c> and</c><00:17:23.180><c> his</c>

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way<00:17:24.440><c> of</c><00:17:24.640><c> life</c><00:17:25.000><c> enjoined</c><00:17:25.480><c> upon</c><00:17:25.680><c> us,</c><00:17:25.900><c> then</c><00:17:26.160><c> we</c><00:17:26.359><c> are</c><00:17:26.859><c> painfully</c><00:17:27.779><c> unprepared</c><00:17:28.579><c> to</c><00:17:28.859><c> pray.</c><00:17:29.299><c> I</c>

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mean,<00:17:29.880><c> if</c><00:17:30.140><c> we</c><00:17:30.299><c> are</c>

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willing<00:17:30.819><c> to</c><00:17:31.160><c> flirt</c><00:17:31.539><c> with</c><00:17:31.880><c> wrong</c><00:17:32.279><c> things,</c><00:17:34.140><c> then</c><00:17:34.420><c> we</c><00:17:34.799><c> are</c><00:17:35.039><c> not</c>

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being<00:17:35.579><c> prepared</c><00:17:35.960><c> to</c><00:17:36.180><c> pray.</c><00:17:36.660><c> Or</c><00:17:36.880><c> put</c><00:17:37.039><c> it</c><00:17:37.220><c> another</c><00:17:37.460><c> way,</c>

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it<00:17:38.039><c> makes</c><00:17:38.680><c> praying</c><00:17:39.079><c> very</c><00:17:39.599><c> difficult.</c><00:17:42.619><c> Or</c><00:17:43.079><c> if</c><00:17:43.640><c> we</c><00:17:43.940><c> are</c><00:17:43.940><c> nursing</c>

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for<00:17:44.619><c> instance</c><00:17:45.859><c> an</c><00:17:46.220><c> unconfessed</c><00:17:47.099><c> sin,</c>

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if<00:17:48.059><c> we</c><00:17:48.200><c> will</c><00:17:48.359><c> not</c><00:17:48.519><c> bring</c><00:17:48.700><c> ourselves</c><00:17:49.099><c> to</c><00:17:49.400><c> confess</c><00:17:49.740><c> it</c><00:17:50.099><c> and</c><00:17:50.339><c> seek</c>

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pardon,<00:17:51.420><c> then</c><00:17:51.740><c> you</c><00:17:52.220><c> must</c><00:17:52.660><c> know</c><00:17:53.400><c> that</c><00:17:54.119><c> it</c><00:17:54.359><c> creates</c>

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a<00:17:55.539><c> barrier</c><00:17:55.539><c> on</c><00:17:55.859><c> the</c><00:17:56.019><c> pathway</c><00:17:56.380><c> of</c><00:17:56.700><c> prayer.</c><00:17:58.220><c> If</c><00:17:58.299><c> you've</c><00:17:58.500><c> ever</c><00:17:58.839><c> been</c><00:17:59.079><c> in</c>

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that<00:17:59.380><c> position,</c><00:18:00.500><c> then</c><00:18:00.660><c> your</c><00:18:01.000><c> experience</c>

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there's<00:18:07.819><c> a</c><00:18:08.000><c> sin</c><00:18:08.259><c> upon</c><00:18:08.799><c> your</c><00:18:09.160><c> soul</c><00:18:09.420><c> and</c><00:18:09.539><c> you</c><00:18:09.720><c> haven't</c><00:18:09.960><c> confessed</c><00:18:10.400><c> it</c><00:18:10.839><c> and</c>

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it's<00:18:11.240><c> not</c><00:18:11.839><c> been</c><00:18:12.960><c> forgiven.</c><00:18:14.660><c> We</c><00:18:14.920><c> know</c>

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we<00:18:15.380><c> ought</c><00:18:15.640><c> to,</c><00:18:16.539><c> but</c><00:18:16.839><c> somehow</c><00:18:17.160><c> we</c><00:18:17.400><c> never</c><00:18:17.680><c> do.</c><00:18:18.099><c> Or</c><00:18:18.400><c> we</c><00:18:18.839><c> are</c><00:18:19.059><c> reluctant</c><00:18:19.819><c> to</c><00:18:20.400><c> do</c>

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it.<00:18:21.480><c> We</c><00:18:21.799><c> intend</c><00:18:22.160><c> to</c><00:18:22.420><c> clear</c><00:18:22.539><c> the</c><00:18:22.759><c> obstacle</c>

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procrastinating.<00:18:27.039><c> That's</c><00:18:27.440><c> the</c><00:18:27.660><c> peril,</c>

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to<00:18:33.220><c> forget</c><00:18:33.500><c> it,</c><00:18:34.259><c> but</c><00:18:34.460><c> somehow</c><00:18:34.920><c> God,</c>

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God<00:18:37.839><c> sustains</c><00:18:38.380><c> the</c><00:18:38.779><c> controversy</c><00:18:39.480><c> in</c><00:18:39.779><c> our</c><00:18:40.000><c> hearts.</c><00:18:40.359><c> He</c><00:18:40.559><c> will</c>

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not<00:18:41.000><c> let</c><00:18:41.200><c> us</c><00:18:41.539><c> forget</c><00:18:41.859><c> it.</c>

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You<00:18:43.839><c> know</c><00:18:44.119><c> David,</c><00:18:44.680><c> King</c><00:18:44.859><c> David</c><00:18:45.200><c> understood</c><00:18:45.680><c> it</c><00:18:45.859><c> and</c><00:18:46.000><c> told</c><00:18:46.240><c> it</c>

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in<00:18:46.819><c> Psalm</c><00:18:47.119><c> 32.</c><00:18:48.799><c> He</c><00:18:49.000><c> said,</c><00:18:49.579><c> when</c><00:18:49.940><c> I</c><00:18:50.440><c> kept</c>

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silence,<00:18:52.099><c> notice</c><00:18:52.460><c> the</c><00:18:52.779><c> word,</c><00:18:53.140><c> every</c><00:18:53.440><c> word</c><00:18:53.660><c> is</c><00:18:53.839><c> important.</c><00:18:54.799><c> When</c><00:18:55.019><c> I</c>

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kept<00:18:55.680><c> silence,</c><00:18:56.720><c> my</c><00:18:56.960><c> bones</c><00:18:57.460><c> waxed</c><00:18:58.079><c> old</c><00:18:59.700><c> through</c><00:19:00.319><c> my</c>

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roaring<00:19:01.220><c> all</c><00:19:01.640><c> the</c><00:19:01.799><c> day</c><00:19:02.039><c> long.</c><00:19:02.720><c> For</c><00:19:02.960><c> day</c><00:19:03.339><c> and</c><00:19:03.480><c> night</c><00:19:03.799><c> my</c><00:19:04.240><c> hand</c>

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was<00:19:04.960><c> heavy</c><00:19:05.240><c> upon</c><00:19:05.619><c> me.</c><00:19:07.440><c> My</c><00:19:07.720><c> moisture</c><00:19:08.259><c> turned</c><00:19:08.700><c> into</c>

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a<00:19:13.599><c> picture</c><00:19:13.839><c> of</c><00:19:14.619><c> restlessness.</c><00:19:16.180><c> There</c><00:19:16.319><c> was</c><00:19:16.559><c> no</c><00:19:16.839><c> rest.</c>

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It<00:19:25.880><c> was</c><00:19:26.180><c> sustained</c><00:19:26.619><c> and</c><00:19:26.819><c> it</c><00:19:26.980><c> couldn't</c><00:19:27.119><c> be</c><00:19:27.380><c> hidden.</c><00:19:28.319><c> Well</c><00:19:28.480><c> as</c>

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you<00:19:28.779><c> know</c><00:19:28.920><c> in</c><00:19:29.119><c> the</c><00:19:29.240><c> end,</c><00:19:30.180><c> thankfully</c><00:19:30.440><c> David</c>

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acknowledged<00:19:32.460><c> it</c><00:19:32.759><c> fairly.</c><00:19:33.000><c> Yet</c><00:19:33.140><c> the</c><00:19:33.339><c> breach</c><00:19:33.700><c> was</c><00:19:34.200><c> healed</c><00:19:34.519><c> and</c>

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the<00:19:35.680><c> pathway</c><00:19:35.980><c> was</c><00:19:36.440><c> cleared.</c><00:19:37.079><c> And</c><00:19:37.160><c> the</c><00:19:37.319><c> window</c><00:19:37.539><c> was</c>

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says,<00:19:45.859><c> for</c><00:19:46.000><c> this</c><00:19:46.279><c> shall</c><00:19:46.500><c> everyone</c><00:19:47.000><c> that</c><00:19:47.119><c> is</c><00:19:47.400><c> godly</c><00:19:47.779><c> pray</c><00:19:48.079><c> unto</c>

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obstacle<00:19:58.460><c> to</c><00:19:58.779><c> be</c><00:19:59.079><c> cleared.</c><00:19:59.960><c> No,</c><00:20:00.519><c> I'm</c><00:20:00.599><c> not</c><00:20:00.900><c> saying</c><00:20:01.180><c> of</c><00:20:01.400><c> course</c>

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that<00:20:02.579><c> you</c><00:20:03.240><c> can</c><00:20:03.480><c> only</c><00:20:03.819><c> pray</c><00:20:04.000><c> when</c><00:20:04.160><c> you</c><00:20:04.359><c> are</c><00:20:04.559><c> free</c>

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have<00:20:07.980><c> a</c><00:20:08.099><c> sense</c><00:20:08.299><c> of</c><00:20:08.559><c> guilt</c><00:20:08.920><c> for</c><00:20:09.359><c> our</c><00:20:09.519><c> failures.</c><00:20:10.539><c> But</c>

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I<00:20:10.920><c> am</c><00:20:11.140><c> saying</c><00:20:11.380><c> that</c><00:20:12.259><c> when</c><00:20:12.720><c> we</c><00:20:13.099><c> practice</c><00:20:13.720><c> guile,</c><00:20:14.259><c> because</c><00:20:14.480><c> that's</c><00:20:14.799><c> what</c>

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David<00:20:15.420><c> was</c><00:20:15.700><c> doing,</c>

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in<00:20:22.660><c> the</c><00:20:22.880><c> pathway</c><00:20:23.259><c> of</c><00:20:23.640><c> prayer.</c><00:20:25.079><c> David</c><00:20:25.380><c> says,</c>

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blessed<00:20:26.200><c> is</c><00:20:26.480><c> the</c><00:20:26.660><c> man</c><00:20:26.859><c> whose</c><00:20:27.140><c> sin</c><00:20:27.380><c> is</c><00:20:27.660><c> forgiven</c><00:20:28.039><c> and</c><00:20:28.839><c> in</c><00:20:29.660><c> whose</c>

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heart<00:20:30.660><c> there</c><00:20:31.180><c> is</c><00:20:31.599><c> no</c><00:20:32.000><c> guile.</c><00:20:32.960><c> He</c><00:20:33.259><c> knew</c><00:20:33.500><c> it,</c><00:20:33.839><c> you</c><00:20:33.839><c> see.</c>

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So<00:20:36.339><c> as</c><00:20:36.900><c> far</c><00:20:37.240><c> as</c><00:20:37.420><c> possible,</c><00:20:37.900><c> clean</c><00:20:38.259><c> hands</c><00:20:38.700><c> and</c><00:20:38.880><c> a</c><00:20:39.059><c> pure</c><00:20:39.319><c> heart</c>

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are<00:20:39.819><c> the</c><00:20:39.920><c> best</c><00:20:40.839><c> conditions</c><00:20:41.440><c> for</c><00:20:41.680><c> those</c><00:20:42.059><c> who</c><00:20:42.339><c> seek</c>

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to<00:20:42.799><c> be</c><00:20:43.000><c> alone</c><00:20:43.180><c> with</c><00:20:43.380><c> the</c><00:20:43.420><c> great</c><00:20:43.700><c> god</c><00:20:43.940><c> of</c><00:20:44.099><c> heaven.</c><00:20:44.640><c> Hearts</c><00:20:45.079><c> then</c>

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can<00:20:46.079><c> be</c><00:20:46.220><c> uplifted</c><00:20:47.339><c> to</c><00:20:47.460><c> the</c><00:20:47.640><c> majesty</c><00:20:48.019><c> on</c><00:20:48.500><c> high</c><00:20:48.779><c> without</c>

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being<00:20:49.619><c> afraid,</c><00:20:50.819><c> certainly</c><00:20:51.359><c> reverently,</c><00:20:52.619><c> but</c><00:20:52.779><c> without</c><00:20:53.480><c> a</c><00:20:53.700><c> feeling</c><00:20:53.980><c> of</c>

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dread.<00:20:56.559><c> So</c><00:20:56.900><c> that's</c><00:20:57.240><c> all</c><00:20:57.460><c> I</c><00:20:57.559><c> want</c><00:20:57.759><c> to</c><00:20:57.960><c> say</c>

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about<00:20:58.880><c> preparation.</c><00:21:00.599><c> Let's</c><00:21:00.920><c> now</c><00:21:01.200><c> come</c><00:21:01.480><c> to</c><00:21:01.940><c> practice.</c>

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practical.<00:21:10.920><c> So</c><00:21:11.039><c> I</c><00:21:11.200><c> bring</c><00:21:11.400><c> you</c><00:21:11.779><c> to</c>

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thou,<00:21:45.900><c> when</c><00:21:46.140><c> thou</c><00:21:46.380><c> prayest,</c>

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enter<00:21:47.740><c> into</c><00:21:48.000><c> thy</c><00:21:48.180><c> closet,</c><00:21:49.559><c> and</c><00:21:49.640><c> when</c><00:21:49.779><c> thou</c><00:21:49.940><c> hast</c><00:21:50.119><c> shut</c><00:21:50.319><c> thy</c><00:21:50.599><c> door,</c><00:21:51.599><c> pray</c><00:21:51.660><c> to</c>

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thy<00:21:53.059><c> father</c><00:21:53.339><c> which</c><00:21:53.500><c> is</c><00:21:53.700><c> in</c><00:21:53.980><c> secret,</c>

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and<00:21:55.299><c> thy</c><00:21:55.519><c> father</c><00:21:55.799><c> which</c><00:21:56.140><c> seeth</c><00:21:56.339><c> in</c><00:21:56.660><c> secret,</c><00:21:57.099><c> shall</c><00:21:57.240><c> reward</c>

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thee<00:21:57.880><c> openly.</c>

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he<00:22:09.940><c> therefore</c><00:22:10.299><c> like</c><00:22:10.539><c> unto</c><00:22:10.779><c> them,</c><00:22:11.660><c> for</c><00:22:11.839><c> your</c><00:22:12.039><c> father</c>

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of<00:22:30.519><c> a</c><00:22:30.660><c> street.</c><00:22:32.039><c> Isn't</c><00:22:32.220><c> that?</c><00:22:33.019><c> What</c><00:22:33.240><c> he</c><00:22:33.539><c> is</c><00:22:33.839><c> warning</c><00:22:34.140><c> us</c><00:22:34.420><c> against</c><00:22:34.720><c> is</c><00:22:34.940><c> that</c><00:22:35.240><c> kind</c><00:22:35.559><c> of</c>

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praying<00:22:36.220><c> which</c><00:22:36.599><c> obtrudes</c>

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itself<00:22:37.720><c> into</c><00:22:38.240><c> other</c><00:22:38.640><c> people's</c><00:22:39.240><c> consciousness.</c><00:22:42.940><c> Praying</c><00:22:43.599><c> in</c>

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words,<00:22:52.740><c> they</c><00:22:53.200><c> have</c><00:22:53.740><c> their</c><00:22:54.140><c> reward.</c>

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they've<00:23:00.099><c> been</c><00:23:00.279><c> seen</c><00:23:00.500><c> of</c><00:23:00.680><c> men,</c><00:23:00.920><c> they</c><00:23:01.119><c> have</c><00:23:01.319><c> their</c>

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reward.<00:23:02.750><c> What</c><00:23:03.029><c> they</c><00:23:03.269><c> wanted,</c><00:23:04.849><c> they've</c><00:23:05.170><c> achieved.</c><00:23:06.970><c> Now</c><00:23:07.109><c> the</c>

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important<00:23:16.710><c> teaching.</c><00:23:17.670><c> When</c><00:23:17.849><c> thou</c><00:23:18.190><c> prayest,</c><00:23:18.730><c> enter</c><00:23:18.950><c> into</c>

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thy<00:23:19.369><c> inner</c><00:23:19.750><c> chamber,</c><00:23:20.869><c> and</c><00:23:20.990><c> having</c><00:23:21.210><c> shut</c><00:23:21.450><c> the</c><00:23:21.670><c> door,</c><00:23:22.250><c> pray</c><00:23:22.470><c> to</c>

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thy<00:23:22.789><c> father</c><00:23:23.089><c> which</c><00:23:23.289><c> is</c><00:23:23.509><c> in</c><00:23:23.750><c> secret.</c><00:23:24.930><c> So</c><00:23:25.289><c> evidently</c><00:23:31.630><c> our</c>

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prayer<00:23:32.089><c> and</c><00:23:32.289><c> the</c><00:23:32.430><c> method</c><00:23:32.789><c> of</c><00:23:33.029><c> prayer</c><00:23:33.569><c> so</c><00:23:34.369><c> that</c><00:23:34.910><c> every</c><00:23:35.210><c> third</c>

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party<00:23:35.750><c> is</c><00:23:36.089><c> excluded</c><00:23:36.509><c> and</c><00:23:36.769><c> the</c><00:23:36.910><c> disciple</c><00:23:37.289><c> may</c>

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pray<00:23:37.829><c> to</c><00:23:38.289><c> their</c><00:23:38.549><c> father</c><00:23:39.130><c> alone</c><00:23:39.930><c> and</c><00:23:41.769><c> through</c><00:23:42.250><c> the</c><00:23:42.450><c> high</c><00:23:42.730><c> priest.</c><00:23:44.569><c> Of</c><00:23:44.849><c> course</c><00:23:45.150><c> it's</c><00:23:45.490><c> perfectly</c><00:23:45.750><c> possible</c><00:23:46.230><c> to</c><00:23:46.450><c> pray</c>

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anywhere<00:23:47.589><c> at</c><00:23:47.890><c> any</c><00:23:48.150><c> time</c><00:23:48.349><c> under</c><00:23:48.609><c> any</c><00:23:48.970><c> circumstances,</c><00:23:49.509><c> of</c><00:23:49.710><c> course</c><00:23:49.970><c> it</c><00:23:50.150><c> is.</c><00:23:51.069><c> For</c><00:23:51.309><c> instance,</c><00:23:51.549><c> I</c>

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know<00:23:51.990><c> a</c><00:23:52.089><c> man</c><00:23:52.230><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:23:52.750><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:54.349><c> he</c><00:23:54.509><c> had</c><00:23:54.650><c> a</c><00:23:54.809><c> very</c><00:23:55.150><c> busy</c><00:23:55.410><c> job</c><00:23:55.809><c> indeed</c><00:23:56.190><c> and</c><00:23:56.349><c> he</c><00:23:56.650><c> once</c><00:23:56.910><c> told</c><00:23:57.190><c> me</c>

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that<00:23:58.009><c> between</c><00:23:58.369><c> one</c><00:23:58.630><c> action</c><00:23:58.950><c> of</c><00:23:59.130><c> his</c><00:23:59.309><c> job</c>

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and<00:23:59.609><c> the</c><00:23:59.609><c> next</c><00:23:59.809><c> there's</c><00:24:00.089><c> a</c><00:24:00.289><c> 30</c><00:24:00.569><c> second</c><00:24:00.910><c> interval.</c><00:24:02.589><c> And</c><00:24:02.710><c> sometimes</c><00:24:03.190><c> during</c>

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that<00:24:04.069><c> 30</c><00:24:04.369><c> second</c><00:24:04.569><c> interval</c><00:24:05.089><c> he</c><00:24:05.490><c> prays</c>

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a<00:24:06.309><c> short</c><00:24:06.630><c> prayer,</c><00:24:07.410><c> 30</c><00:24:07.849><c> seconds</c><00:24:08.390><c> of</c><00:24:08.910><c> sanctuary</c><00:24:09.369><c> and</c><00:24:09.670><c> he</c><00:24:09.769><c> finds</c>

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God.<00:24:12.470><c> But</c><00:24:12.650><c> in</c><00:24:12.849><c> this</c><00:24:13.089><c> passage</c><00:24:13.450><c> we're</c><00:24:13.670><c> looking</c><00:24:13.990><c> at</c>

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our<00:24:14.910><c> Lord</c><00:24:15.410><c> is</c><00:24:16.049><c> teaching</c><00:24:16.289><c> us</c><00:24:16.849><c> about</c><00:24:17.309><c> the</c><00:24:17.710><c> need</c><00:24:17.970><c> for</c><00:24:18.369><c> an</c><00:24:18.930><c> inner</c>

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chamber,<00:24:19.730><c> if</c><00:24:19.970><c> possible,</c><00:24:20.549><c> an</c><00:24:20.670><c> inner</c><00:24:20.970><c> chamber</c><00:24:21.390><c> and</c>

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a<00:24:21.849><c> closed</c><00:24:22.210><c> door.</c><00:24:23.450><c> See,</c><00:24:24.009><c> prayers</c><00:24:24.190><c> in</c><00:24:24.589><c> secret</c><00:24:24.849><c> tend</c><00:24:25.130><c> to</c><00:24:25.309><c> be</c><00:24:25.509><c> more</c>

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real<00:24:26.029><c> than</c><00:24:26.250><c> prayers</c><00:24:26.609><c> in</c><00:24:26.869><c> public</c><00:24:27.269><c> and</c><00:24:27.809><c> sometimes</c>

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they<00:24:28.930><c> are</c><00:24:29.190><c> free</c><00:24:29.390><c> from</c><00:24:29.710><c> drowsiness.</c><00:24:31.309><c> So</c><00:24:31.789><c> the</c><00:24:32.069><c> instruction</c><00:24:32.490><c> seems</c><00:24:32.809><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:33.210><c> stressing</c><00:24:33.470><c> the</c><00:24:33.690><c> need</c><00:24:34.150><c> for</c><00:24:34.410><c> a</c><00:24:34.569><c> process</c>

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which<00:24:35.329><c> ensures</c><00:24:36.109><c> segregation</c><00:24:37.170><c> and</c><00:24:37.849><c> seclusion</c><00:24:38.529><c> and</c><00:24:39.250><c> secrecy.</c>

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In<00:24:40.690><c> other</c><00:24:40.910><c> words,</c><00:24:41.430><c> the</c><00:24:41.490><c> formation</c><00:24:41.990><c> of</c><00:24:42.329><c> a</c><00:24:42.430><c> habit</c>

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of<00:24:43.609><c> prayer.</c><00:24:44.549><c> Now</c><00:24:44.690><c> it's</c><00:24:44.789><c> sometimes</c><00:24:45.170><c> said</c><00:24:45.430><c> that</c><00:24:45.789><c> habits</c><00:24:46.190><c> are</c><00:24:47.470><c> in</c>

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themselves<00:24:48.049><c> less</c><00:24:48.430><c> valuable</c><00:24:48.950><c> because</c><00:24:49.490><c> they</c><00:24:49.890><c> are</c>

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I've<00:24:51.430><c> never</c><00:24:51.690><c> really</c><00:24:52.069><c> seen</c><00:24:52.190><c> the</c><00:24:52.450><c> sense</c><00:24:52.630><c> of</c><00:24:52.910><c> that.</c><00:24:53.569><c> I</c><00:24:53.569><c> mean,</c><00:24:55.589><c> the</c>

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truth<00:24:55.809><c> is</c>

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whether<00:24:59.730><c> a</c><00:25:00.009><c> habit</c><00:25:00.170><c> is</c><00:25:00.309><c> good</c><00:25:00.549><c> or</c><00:25:00.970><c> not</c><00:25:01.170><c> depends</c><00:25:01.589><c> upon</c><00:25:01.950><c> what</c><00:25:02.230><c> the</c>

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habit<00:25:02.589><c> is</c><00:25:02.809><c> about,</c><00:25:03.269><c> doesn't</c><00:25:03.490><c> it?</c>

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If<00:25:05.869><c> you</c><00:25:06.029><c> tell</c><00:25:06.210><c> your</c><00:25:06.470><c> wife</c><00:25:06.670><c> you</c><00:25:06.789><c> love</c><00:25:07.049><c> her</c><00:25:07.230><c> every</c><00:25:07.569><c> day,</c><00:25:09.250><c> that</c><00:25:09.490><c> may</c><00:25:09.769><c> be</c>

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a<00:25:10.210><c> habit</c><00:25:10.430><c> but</c><00:25:10.589><c> it's</c><00:25:10.829><c> a</c><00:25:10.950><c> good</c><00:25:11.109><c> habit,</c><00:25:11.490><c> isn't</c><00:25:11.710><c> it?</c>

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You<00:25:13.589><c> ask</c><00:25:13.950><c> her.</c>

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I<00:25:19.049><c> mean,</c><00:25:20.089><c> truth</c><00:25:20.210><c> is</c><00:25:20.490><c> it</c><00:25:20.710><c> depends</c><00:25:21.410><c> upon</c><00:25:21.710><c> what</c><00:25:21.970><c> the</c><00:25:22.150><c> habit</c><00:25:22.230><c> is</c><00:25:22.410><c> about,</c><00:25:22.670><c> whether</c><00:25:22.869><c> it's</c><00:25:23.089><c> good</c><00:25:23.250><c> or</c>

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bad.<00:25:24.490><c> After</c><00:25:24.769><c> all,</c>

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a<00:25:25.390><c> habit</c><00:25:25.549><c> is</c><00:25:25.789><c> only</c><00:25:26.009><c> something</c><00:25:26.309><c> that</c><00:25:26.509><c> you</c><00:25:26.690><c> do</c><00:25:26.950><c> habitually</c><00:25:27.730><c> and</c>

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to<00:25:29.029><c> pray</c><00:25:29.369><c> habitually</c><00:25:30.109><c> is</c><00:25:30.329><c> just</c><00:25:30.569><c> what</c><00:25:30.769><c> Jesus</c>

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asked<00:25:31.769><c> us</c><00:25:31.950><c> to</c><00:25:32.109><c> do.</c><00:25:32.509><c> They</c><00:25:32.710><c> are</c><00:25:32.829><c> always</c><00:25:33.470><c> to</c><00:25:33.730><c> pray</c><00:25:34.170><c> and</c><00:25:34.490><c> not</c><00:25:34.750><c> to</c><00:25:34.950><c> say,</c><00:25:35.250><c> not</c><00:25:35.529><c> to</c>

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faint.<00:25:36.349><c> And</c><00:25:36.470><c> the</c><00:25:36.609><c> apostle</c><00:25:37.009><c> Paul</c><00:25:37.529><c> says,</c>

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pray<00:25:38.509><c> without</c><00:25:39.009><c> ceasing.</c><00:25:39.609><c> Doesn't</c><00:25:39.750><c> that</c><00:25:39.950><c> mean</c><00:25:40.109><c> pray</c><00:25:40.369><c> habitually?</c><00:25:42.369><c> So</c><00:25:42.750><c> this</c>

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prayer<00:25:43.750><c> is</c><00:25:43.970><c> not</c><00:25:44.289><c> occasional</c>

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spasmodic,<00:25:45.869><c> irregular.</c><00:25:46.750><c> I</c><00:25:47.069><c> proposed</c><00:25:47.470><c> to</c><00:25:47.609><c> you</c><00:25:47.730><c> it</c><00:25:47.930><c> is</c><00:25:48.250><c> habitual</c><00:25:48.809><c> and</c>

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it's<00:25:49.349><c> good.</c>

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Now<00:25:53.210><c> of</c><00:25:53.369><c> course</c><00:25:53.509><c> it's</c><00:25:53.690><c> not</c><00:25:53.890><c> possible</c><00:25:54.269><c> to</c><00:25:54.470><c> make</c><00:25:54.650><c> inflexible</c>

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rules<00:25:55.569><c> about</c><00:25:55.869><c> the</c><00:25:56.150><c> place</c><00:25:56.369><c> and</c><00:25:56.569><c> the</c><00:25:56.789><c> time</c><00:25:57.009><c> and</c><00:25:57.150><c> the</c><00:25:57.329><c> method.</c>

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Individual<00:25:59.470><c> circumstances</c><00:26:00.029><c> will</c><00:26:00.529><c> have</c><00:26:00.750><c> to</c><00:26:00.950><c> decide</c><00:26:01.289><c> these</c><00:26:01.670><c> issues</c><00:26:02.190><c> but</c><00:26:03.369><c> they</c><00:26:03.589><c> ought</c><00:26:03.730><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:04.150><c> decided</c><00:26:04.509><c> with</c>

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honesty<00:26:05.529><c> and</c><00:26:05.970><c> integrity.</c><00:26:07.049><c> I</c><00:26:07.230><c> mean,</c><00:26:07.509><c> if</c><00:26:07.609><c> somebody</c><00:26:08.049><c> can</c><00:26:08.549><c> honestly</c><00:26:09.390><c> spend</c>

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only<00:26:10.829><c> three</c><00:26:11.130><c> minutes</c><00:26:11.589><c> at</c><00:26:11.809><c> the</c><00:26:11.990><c> beginning</c>

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of<00:26:12.450><c> the</c><00:26:12.509><c> day</c><00:26:12.789><c> with</c><00:26:13.089><c> God,</c><00:26:14.069><c> then</c><00:26:14.210><c> if</c><00:26:14.450><c> that</c><00:26:14.690><c> three</c><00:26:14.950><c> minutes</c><00:26:15.190><c> is</c><00:26:15.549><c> sincere</c><00:26:15.890><c> and</c><00:26:16.190><c> true,</c><00:26:16.369><c> God</c><00:26:16.589><c> can</c><00:26:16.789><c> do</c>

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a<00:26:17.089><c> great</c><00:26:17.250><c> deal</c><00:26:17.470><c> in</c>

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three<00:26:17.869><c> minutes.</c><00:26:18.930><c> But</c><00:26:19.410><c> the</c><00:26:19.869><c> person</c><00:26:20.289><c> who</c><00:26:20.470><c> gives</c><00:26:20.710><c> three</c><00:26:21.049><c> minutes</c>

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only<00:26:21.769><c> at</c><00:26:21.950><c> the</c><00:26:22.069><c> beginning</c><00:26:22.309><c> of</c><00:26:22.490><c> the</c><00:26:22.569><c> day</c><00:26:22.710><c> when</c>

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really<00:26:23.170><c> he's</c><00:26:23.309><c> got</c><00:26:23.450><c> time</c><00:26:23.670><c> to</c><00:26:23.769><c> give</c><00:26:23.910><c> fifteen,</c><00:26:25.309><c> well,</c><00:26:26.710><c> perhaps</c>

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not<00:26:27.769><c> so</c><00:26:28.069><c> very</c><00:26:28.289><c> likely</c><00:26:28.549><c> to</c><00:26:28.769><c> move</c><00:26:28.930><c> mountains.</c>

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Again,<00:26:31.710><c> the</c><00:26:31.890><c> place</c><00:26:32.130><c> does</c><00:26:32.430><c> not</c><00:26:32.670><c> matter</c><00:26:33.470><c> so</c><00:26:33.849><c> long</c><00:26:34.170><c> as</c><00:26:34.430><c> it</c><00:26:34.569><c> provides</c><00:26:35.029><c> some</c>

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kind<00:26:35.750><c> of</c><00:26:36.029><c> solitude.</c><00:26:36.609><c> At</c><00:26:36.710><c> least,</c>

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that's<00:26:37.589><c> what</c><00:26:37.789><c> our</c><00:26:37.970><c> Lord</c><00:26:38.130><c> is</c><00:26:38.349><c> teaching</c><00:26:38.630><c> us.</c><00:26:38.829><c> It</c><00:26:39.130><c> provides</c><00:26:39.349><c> some</c>

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kind<00:26:39.869><c> of</c><00:26:40.089><c> solitude</c><00:26:40.509><c> where</c><00:26:40.769><c> the</c>

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faculties<00:26:42.069><c> of</c><00:26:42.269><c> mind</c><00:26:42.630><c> and</c><00:26:42.890><c> heart</c><00:26:43.309><c> are</c><00:26:44.009><c> unfettered.</c><00:26:45.250><c> And</c><00:26:45.309><c> it</c><00:26:45.450><c> follows,</c><00:26:46.390><c> therefore,</c><00:26:46.670><c> that</c><00:26:46.789><c> if</c><00:26:47.170><c> possible,</c>

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the<00:26:48.390><c> place</c><00:26:48.609><c> should</c><00:26:48.910><c> be</c><00:26:49.269><c> familiar</c><00:26:49.930><c> and</c><00:26:50.769><c> the</c><00:26:51.069><c> same</c><00:26:51.329><c> every</c><00:26:51.789><c> day</c>

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so<00:26:52.529><c> that</c><00:26:53.029><c> it</c><00:26:53.150><c> will</c><00:26:53.450><c> not</c><00:26:53.690><c> offer</c><00:26:53.890><c> us</c><00:26:54.130><c> any</c><00:26:54.650><c> distractions.</c>

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The<00:26:57.210><c> place</c><00:26:57.410><c> we</c><00:26:57.549><c> know</c><00:26:57.829><c> well</c><00:26:58.009><c> will</c><00:26:58.210><c> not</c><00:26:58.390><c> cause</c><00:26:58.569><c> our</c><00:26:58.890><c> mind</c><00:26:59.069><c> to</c><00:26:59.410><c> wander</c><00:26:59.710><c> to</c>

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outside<00:27:00.890><c> things.</c>

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Now<00:27:03.930><c> the</c><00:27:04.089><c> method,</c><00:27:04.430><c> of</c><00:27:04.630><c> course,</c><00:27:04.789><c> has</c><00:27:05.029><c> to</c><00:27:05.230><c> suit</c><00:27:05.430><c> our</c><00:27:05.730><c> own</c><00:27:05.970><c> needs.</c>

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We<00:27:07.670><c> should</c><00:27:07.990><c> cultivate</c><00:27:08.549><c> the</c><00:27:08.869><c> method</c><00:27:09.210><c> which</c>

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helps<00:27:10.130><c> us</c><00:27:10.950><c> to</c><00:27:11.190><c> pray</c><00:27:11.849><c> best</c><00:27:12.309><c> and</c><00:27:12.569><c> to</c><00:27:12.690><c> pray</c><00:27:14.430><c> rightfully.</c><00:27:16.829><c> Some</c><00:27:17.049><c> people</c><00:27:17.390><c> prefer</c><00:27:17.829><c> to</c>

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speak<00:27:18.369><c> aloud.</c>

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I<00:27:21.569><c> know</c><00:27:21.789><c> people</c><00:27:22.130><c> in</c><00:27:22.309><c> my</c><00:27:22.490><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:22.970><c> who</c><00:27:23.190><c> pray</c><00:27:23.430><c> when</c><00:27:23.589><c> they're</c><00:27:23.950><c> driving</c>

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their<00:27:25.309><c> car</c><00:27:25.950><c> and</c><00:27:26.490><c> they</c><00:27:26.769><c> speak</c><00:27:27.009><c> aloud</c><00:27:27.369><c> in</c><00:27:27.589><c> the</c><00:27:27.789><c> car.</c><00:27:29.549><c> It's</c><00:27:30.150><c> purely</c><00:27:30.490><c> a</c>

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personal<00:27:31.650><c> preference.</c><00:27:32.809><c> Others</c><00:27:33.150><c> would</c>

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commune<00:27:34.369><c> through</c><00:27:34.630><c> the</c><00:27:34.809><c> mind.</c><00:27:35.089><c> They</c><00:27:35.210><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:35.509><c> speak</c><00:27:35.829><c> any</c><00:27:36.069><c> words</c><00:27:36.329><c> at</c>

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all.<00:27:36.609><c> It</c><00:27:36.670><c> would</c><00:27:36.849><c> be</c><00:27:36.990><c> through</c><00:27:37.230><c> the</c><00:27:37.430><c> mind.</c>

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The<00:27:39.170><c> attitude</c><00:27:39.690><c> or</c><00:27:39.970><c> posture</c><00:27:40.329><c> is,</c><00:27:40.730><c> again,</c><00:27:40.730><c> a</c><00:27:40.849><c> matter</c><00:27:41.029><c> for</c>

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individual<00:27:41.809><c> judgment,</c>

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remembering<00:27:43.109><c> that</c><00:27:43.349><c> we</c><00:27:43.529><c> should</c><00:27:44.289><c> choose</c><00:27:44.829><c> the</c><00:27:45.029><c> position</c><00:27:45.430><c> which</c>

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enables<00:27:46.170><c> us</c><00:27:46.450><c> to</c><00:27:46.849><c> concentrate</c><00:27:48.170><c> most</c><00:27:48.809><c> easily.</c>

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I<00:27:49.630><c> mean,</c><00:27:49.990><c> if</c><00:27:50.309><c> you</c><00:27:50.710><c> suffer</c><00:27:50.950><c> from</c><00:27:51.269><c> rheumatism,</c><00:27:52.109><c> then</c><00:27:52.250><c> kneeling</c>

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is<00:27:52.930><c> bad</c><00:27:53.369><c> because</c><00:27:54.630><c> what</c><00:27:54.829><c> will</c><00:27:55.069><c> happen</c><00:27:55.309><c> is</c>

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your<00:27:56.109><c> mind</c><00:27:56.309><c> will</c><00:27:56.529><c> be</c><00:27:56.769><c> concentrated</c><00:27:57.190><c> on</c><00:27:57.390><c> the</c><00:27:57.630><c> pain</c><00:27:57.829><c> in</c><00:27:58.069><c> your</c><00:27:58.309><c> knees</c><00:27:58.970><c> instead</c><00:28:00.250><c> of</c>

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upon<00:28:01.430><c> the</c><00:28:02.130><c> prayer</c><00:28:02.289><c> you</c><00:28:02.490><c> are</c><00:28:02.670><c> praying</c>

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God<00:28:03.230><c> your</c><00:28:03.609><c> Father.</c><00:28:04.990><c> You</c><00:28:05.130><c> know,</c><00:28:05.369><c> it's</c><00:28:05.470><c> not</c><00:28:05.710><c> a</c><00:28:05.970><c> sin</c><00:28:06.170><c> to</c><00:28:06.349><c> be</c><00:28:06.609><c> comfortable</c><00:28:07.450><c> whilst</c><00:28:08.150><c> the</c><00:28:08.430><c> prayer.</c><00:28:09.210><c> I</c>

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would<00:28:09.710><c> say</c><00:28:09.869><c> it's</c>

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sensible.<00:28:12.509><c> In</c><00:28:12.690><c> my</c><00:28:12.910><c> own</c><00:28:13.170><c> case,</c><00:28:14.049><c> I</c><00:28:14.150><c> find</c><00:28:14.390><c> the</c><00:28:14.490><c> most</c><00:28:14.750><c> suitable</c><00:28:15.069><c> position</c><00:28:15.509><c> for</c><00:28:15.710><c> me</c>

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is<00:28:16.109><c> to</c><00:28:16.430><c> sit.</c><00:28:19.309><c> I</c><00:28:19.730><c> sit</c><00:28:19.970><c> to</c><00:28:20.170><c> say</c><00:28:20.309><c> my</c><00:28:20.670><c> prayers.</c>

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When<00:28:23.230><c> I</c><00:28:23.450><c> say</c><00:28:23.549><c> my</c><00:28:23.809><c> final</c><00:28:24.130><c> prayer</c><00:28:24.450><c> at</c><00:28:24.670><c> night,</c><00:28:24.970><c> I</c><00:28:25.009><c> sit</c><00:28:25.289><c> at</c><00:28:25.470><c> home</c><00:28:25.609><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:25.930><c> easy</c><00:28:26.230><c> chair.</c><00:28:26.470><c> Ruth</c><00:28:26.690><c> has</c><00:28:26.910><c> gone</c><00:28:27.069><c> to</c><00:28:27.289><c> bed</c>

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before<00:28:27.730><c> she</c><00:28:27.890><c> goes</c><00:28:28.170><c> to</c><00:28:28.309><c> bed</c><00:28:28.410><c> earlier</c><00:28:28.769><c> than</c><00:28:28.950><c> I</c><00:28:29.150><c> do.</c><00:28:30.250><c> So</c><00:28:30.609><c> there</c><00:28:30.990><c> alone</c><00:28:31.410><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:31.789><c> room,</c><00:28:33.609><c> I</c><00:28:33.809><c> sit.</c><00:28:35.569><c> That's</c><00:28:35.970><c> my</c><00:28:36.210><c> system.</c>

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But<00:28:39.109><c> I</c><00:28:39.589><c> know</c><00:28:40.369><c> that</c><00:28:40.809><c> sometimes</c><00:28:41.250><c> that</c><00:28:41.430><c> isn't</c><00:28:41.670><c> possible.</c><00:28:42.170><c> If</c><00:28:42.309><c> there's</c><00:28:42.490><c> no</c>

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room<00:28:43.170><c> where</c><00:28:43.390><c> you</c><00:28:43.549><c> can</c><00:28:43.869><c> go</c><00:28:44.210><c> for</c><00:28:44.910><c> solitude</c>

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and<00:28:45.650><c> silence,</c><00:28:46.750><c> and</c><00:28:46.990><c> that</c><00:28:47.250><c> can</c><00:28:47.450><c> be</c><00:28:47.650><c> a</c><00:28:47.670><c> real</c><00:28:47.950><c> difficulty</c><00:28:48.430><c> in</c><00:28:48.589><c> some</c><00:28:48.829><c> people's</c><00:28:49.269><c> lives,</c><00:28:50.309><c> let's</c><00:28:50.890><c> forget</c><00:28:51.210><c> that.</c><00:28:51.549><c> It</c>

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can<00:28:51.869><c> be</c><00:28:52.029><c> a</c><00:28:52.029><c> real</c><00:28:52.309><c> difficulty.</c><00:28:52.829><c> If</c><00:28:52.990><c> there's</c><00:28:53.309><c> no</c><00:28:53.630><c> place</c><00:28:54.089><c> where</c>

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you<00:28:54.930><c> can</c><00:28:55.170><c> go</c><00:28:55.349><c> and</c><00:28:55.490><c> be</c><00:28:55.710><c> alone</c><00:28:55.930><c> with</c><00:28:56.150><c> God,</c><00:28:56.609><c> then</c>

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the<00:28:57.210><c> only</c><00:28:57.329><c> thing</c><00:28:57.569><c> is</c><00:28:57.769><c> to</c><00:28:57.950><c> try</c><00:28:58.150><c> to</c><00:28:58.730><c> cultivate</c><00:28:59.490><c> the</c><00:28:59.910><c> capacity</c><00:29:00.329><c> to</c>

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provide<00:29:01.009><c> a</c><00:29:01.269><c> kind</c><00:29:01.470><c> of</c><00:29:02.190><c> open</c><00:29:02.509><c> space</c><00:29:02.869><c> in</c><00:29:03.089><c> your</c><00:29:03.369><c> spirit,</c>

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in<00:29:04.069><c> your</c><00:29:04.329><c> mind,</c><00:29:04.930><c> to</c><00:29:05.150><c> withdraw</c><00:29:05.630><c> yourself</c><00:29:06.470><c> into</c><00:29:07.009><c> the</c><00:29:08.230><c> presence</c>

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of<00:29:08.710><c> others,</c><00:29:08.930><c> to</c><00:29:09.089><c> withdraw</c><00:29:09.529><c> yourself</c><00:29:10.430><c> perhaps</c>

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and<00:29:12.130><c> find</c><00:29:12.390><c> solitude</c><00:29:13.190><c> and</c><00:29:14.029><c> find</c><00:29:14.289><c> the</c><00:29:14.509><c> pathway</c><00:29:14.829><c> to</c><00:29:15.089><c> prayer</c><00:29:15.349><c> in</c>

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that<00:29:16.250><c> way.</c><00:29:16.630><c> But</c><00:29:16.849><c> it's</c><00:29:16.990><c> not</c><00:29:17.269><c> easy.</c><00:29:18.710><c> It's</c><00:29:18.970><c> not</c><00:29:19.130><c> easy.</c>

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And<00:29:20.210><c> it's</c><00:29:21.369><c> less</c><00:29:21.750><c> easy,</c><00:29:22.890><c> especially</c><00:29:23.390><c> for</c><00:29:23.589><c> those</c><00:29:23.829><c> who</c><00:29:24.210><c> are</c><00:29:24.349><c> not</c>

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experienced<00:29:25.130><c> in</c><00:29:25.309><c> the</c><00:29:25.529><c> habit</c><00:29:25.730><c> of</c><00:29:26.049><c> prayer.</c>

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The<00:29:27.009><c> inner</c><00:29:27.490><c> chamber</c><00:29:28.009><c> is</c><00:29:28.210><c> a</c><00:29:28.390><c> real</c><00:29:28.849><c> boon,</c><00:29:29.250><c> if</c><00:29:29.250><c> you</c><00:29:29.450><c> can</c><00:29:29.730><c> find</c><00:29:29.990><c> it.</c>

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But<00:29:30.670><c> I</c><00:29:30.890><c> realize</c><00:29:31.329><c> it's</c><00:29:31.670><c> not</c><00:29:31.869><c> always</c><00:29:32.230><c> easy.</c>

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Praying,<00:29:34.789><c> you</c><00:29:34.789><c> see,</c><00:29:35.049><c> is</c><00:29:35.049><c> an</c><00:29:35.269><c> exercise</c><00:29:35.710><c> which</c><00:29:35.970><c> demands</c><00:29:36.390><c> that</c>

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as<00:29:37.190><c> far</c><00:29:37.450><c> as</c><00:29:37.710><c> possible</c><00:29:38.029><c> every</c><00:29:38.490><c> faculty</c><00:29:39.089><c> shall</c><00:29:39.430><c> be</c>

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at<00:29:40.390><c> its</c><00:29:40.630><c> best.</c><00:29:41.509><c> And</c><00:29:41.630><c> therefore,</c><00:29:42.789><c> if</c><00:29:42.950><c> you</c><00:29:43.109><c> can</c><00:29:43.289><c> do</c><00:29:43.450><c> it,</c><00:29:44.009><c> it's</c><00:29:44.150><c> good</c><00:29:44.390><c> to</c>

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pray<00:29:44.809><c> when</c><00:29:45.009><c> you</c><00:29:45.210><c> are</c><00:29:45.430><c> most</c><00:29:45.869><c> alert</c><00:29:46.470><c> and</c><00:29:46.890><c> most</c><00:29:47.349><c> alive.</c>

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Right<00:29:50.309><c> at</c><00:29:50.509><c> the</c><00:29:50.650><c> end</c><00:29:50.829><c> of</c><00:29:51.029><c> the</c><00:29:51.130><c> day,</c><00:29:51.630><c> when</c><00:29:52.470><c> the</c><00:29:52.710><c> eyes</c><00:29:52.970><c> are</c><00:29:53.289><c> drooping</c><00:29:53.869><c> and</c><00:29:55.109><c> the</c><00:29:55.289><c> mind</c><00:29:55.569><c> is</c>

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full<00:29:55.990><c> of</c><00:29:56.349><c> slumber,</c>

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is<00:29:57.410><c> not</c><00:29:57.710><c> the</c><00:29:57.930><c> best</c><00:29:58.329><c> time</c><00:29:58.650><c> for</c><00:29:58.970><c> concentrated</c><00:29:59.869><c> prayer.</c><00:30:01.569><c> Now,</c><00:30:01.690><c> I'm</c><00:30:01.769><c> not</c><00:30:03.430><c> being</c><00:30:04.089><c> too</c><00:30:04.329><c> clear.</c><00:30:04.410><c> I</c>

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mean,<00:30:04.650><c> I</c><00:30:04.769><c> know</c><00:30:04.990><c> that</c>

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two<00:30:05.390><c> minutes</c><00:30:05.650><c> of</c><00:30:05.869><c> lay</c><00:30:05.990><c> me</c><00:30:06.150><c> down</c><00:30:06.349><c> to</c><00:30:06.549><c> sleep</c><00:30:06.730><c> prayer</c><00:30:06.990><c> is</c><00:30:07.170><c> all</c><00:30:07.349><c> right,</c><00:30:08.190><c> better</c><00:30:08.410><c> than</c><00:30:08.650><c> nothing.</c><00:30:10.170><c> But</c>

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it<00:30:11.769><c> should</c><00:30:11.990><c> not</c><00:30:12.190><c> be</c>

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the<00:30:12.589><c> main</c><00:30:12.869><c> prayer</c><00:30:13.150><c> of</c><00:30:13.349><c> the</c><00:30:13.470><c> day,</c><00:30:13.609><c> I</c><00:30:13.809><c> think,</c><00:30:14.609><c> though</c><00:30:14.829><c> of</c><00:30:14.990><c> course</c>

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I<00:30:15.369><c> realize</c><00:30:15.750><c> in</c><00:30:16.029><c> some</c><00:30:16.230><c> lives</c><00:30:16.369><c> we're</c><00:30:16.569><c> just</c><00:30:16.710><c> so</c><00:30:16.910><c> busy,</c>

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it<00:30:17.250><c> may</c><00:30:17.670><c> have</c><00:30:17.930><c> to</c><00:30:18.069><c> be.</c><00:30:19.970><c> The</c><00:30:20.109><c> trouble</c><00:30:20.369><c> is</c><00:30:20.710><c> that</c><00:30:21.029><c> drowsy</c><00:30:21.589><c> prayer</c>

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is<00:30:23.289><c> not</c><00:30:24.349><c> usually</c><00:30:25.650><c> the</c><00:30:25.869><c> prayer</c><00:30:26.069><c> which</c><00:30:26.329><c> is</c>

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disciplined<00:30:27.009><c> and</c><00:30:27.450><c> concentrated</c><00:30:28.150><c> and</c><00:30:28.490><c> earnest.</c><00:30:29.970><c> I</c><00:30:30.210><c> must</c><00:30:30.509><c> just</c>

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remind<00:30:31.150><c> you</c><00:30:31.450><c> of</c><00:30:31.789><c> some</c><00:30:32.009><c> words</c><00:30:32.230><c> written</c>

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by<00:30:32.829><c> the</c><00:30:32.930><c> king</c><00:30:33.150><c> himself,</c><00:30:35.170><c> about</c><00:30:35.670><c> the</c><00:30:35.869><c> king</c><00:30:36.089><c> himself,</c><00:30:36.970><c> by</c><00:30:37.170><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:30:38.049><c> chronicle.</c><00:30:39.569><c> And</c><00:30:39.769><c> in</c><00:30:39.890><c> the</c><00:30:40.049><c> morning,</c>

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a<00:30:40.609><c> great</c><00:30:40.789><c> while</c><00:30:41.089><c> before</c><00:30:41.470><c> day,</c><00:30:41.809><c> he</c><00:30:41.890><c> rose</c><00:30:42.170><c> up</c><00:30:42.470><c> and</c><00:30:42.589><c> went</c><00:30:42.789><c> out</c><00:30:43.190><c> and</c>

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departed<00:30:44.470><c> into</c><00:30:44.849><c> a</c><00:30:45.089><c> desert</c><00:30:45.329><c> place</c><00:30:45.809><c> and</c><00:30:46.230><c> there</c><00:30:46.430><c> prayed.</c>

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And<00:30:47.670><c> in</c><00:30:48.430><c> the</c><00:30:48.670><c> morning,</c><00:30:50.029><c> a</c><00:30:50.210><c> great</c><00:30:50.849><c> while</c><00:30:51.650><c> before</c><00:30:52.349><c> day,</c><00:30:52.990><c> he</c><00:30:53.029><c> rose</c>

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up.<00:30:54.309><c> Is</c><00:30:54.470><c> that</c><00:30:54.670><c> telling</c><00:30:54.910><c> us</c><00:30:55.130><c> something?</c>

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It<00:30:57.150><c> shows</c><00:30:57.390><c> us</c><00:30:57.630><c> that</c><00:30:57.849><c> prayer</c><00:30:57.970><c> is</c><00:30:58.250><c> a</c><00:30:58.410><c> serious</c><00:30:58.769><c> thing</c><00:30:59.049><c> anyway.</c><00:30:59.549><c> It's</c><00:30:59.609><c> a</c>

00:30:59.690 --> 00:31:02.289
very<00:31:00.029><c> serious</c><00:31:00.450><c> thing</c><00:31:00.789><c> involving</c><00:31:01.470><c> deliberate</c>

00:31:02.289 --> 00:31:07.410
and<00:31:02.769><c> conscious</c><00:31:03.769><c> dedication.</c><00:31:05.289><c> It's</c><00:31:05.450><c> not</c><00:31:05.690><c> a</c><00:31:06.289><c> byproduct</c><00:31:06.990><c> of</c><00:31:07.190><c> our</c>

00:31:07.410 --> 00:31:10.829
life.<00:31:08.029><c> It's</c><00:31:08.390><c> the</c><00:31:08.609><c> center</c><00:31:09.150><c> of</c><00:31:09.769><c> our</c><00:31:09.970><c> life.</c>

00:31:13.130 --> 00:31:18.690
Well,<00:31:13.690><c> let's</c><00:31:13.869><c> come</c><00:31:14.089><c> to</c><00:31:14.170><c> another</c><00:31:14.390><c> question.</c><00:31:15.210><c> What</c><00:31:15.549><c> shall</c><00:31:16.089><c> we</c><00:31:16.509><c> pray</c><00:31:16.869><c> about?</c><00:31:18.230><c> This</c><00:31:18.390><c> is</c><00:31:18.630><c> a</c>

00:31:18.690 --> 00:31:19.589
question<00:31:18.950><c> that</c><00:31:19.150><c> sometimes</c>

00:31:19.589 --> 00:31:24.309
troubles<00:31:19.950><c> people,</c><00:31:20.349><c> I</c><00:31:20.569><c> know.</c><00:31:22.170><c> Well,</c><00:31:22.430><c> it</c><00:31:22.450><c> seems</c><00:31:22.890><c> to</c><00:31:23.210><c> me</c><00:31:23.569><c> that</c><00:31:24.150><c> we</c>

00:31:24.309 --> 00:31:26.829
may<00:31:24.509><c> pray</c><00:31:24.730><c> about</c><00:31:24.950><c> anything</c><00:31:25.269><c> which</c><00:31:25.529><c> is</c><00:31:26.130><c> upon</c><00:31:26.349><c> our</c><00:31:26.630><c> heart</c>

00:31:26.829 --> 00:31:31.109
and<00:31:26.990><c> hopefully</c><00:31:27.390><c> within</c><00:31:27.789><c> the</c><00:31:28.269><c> orbit</c><00:31:28.470><c> of</c><00:31:28.690><c> God's</c><00:31:29.190><c> will.</c><00:31:30.670><c> I</c><00:31:30.890><c> mean,</c>

00:31:31.109 --> 00:31:32.750
if<00:31:31.329><c> we</c><00:31:31.529><c> know</c><00:31:31.690><c> for</c><00:31:31.910><c> sure</c><00:31:32.049><c> that</c><00:31:32.190><c> there</c><00:31:32.390><c> is</c><00:31:32.490><c> something</c>

00:31:32.750 --> 00:31:35.029
which<00:31:32.950><c> is</c><00:31:33.170><c> against</c><00:31:33.609><c> God's</c><00:31:34.109><c> will,</c><00:31:34.309><c> then</c><00:31:34.410><c> of</c><00:31:34.589><c> course</c><00:31:34.730><c> we</c><00:31:34.910><c> ought</c>

00:31:35.029 --> 00:31:39.630
not<00:31:35.250><c> to</c><00:31:35.470><c> pray</c><00:31:35.589><c> for</c><00:31:35.789><c> it</c><00:31:36.609><c> or</c><00:31:36.970><c> about</c><00:31:37.309><c> it.</c><00:31:38.670><c> In</c><00:31:39.109><c> the</c><00:31:39.390><c> world,</c>

00:31:39.630 --> 00:31:43.690
men<00:31:39.869><c> tend</c><00:31:40.210><c> to</c><00:31:40.390><c> divide</c><00:31:40.569><c> their</c><00:31:40.849><c> lives</c><00:31:41.109><c> into</c><00:31:41.490><c> two</c><00:31:41.849><c> sections,</c><00:31:43.369><c> the</c>

00:31:43.690 --> 00:31:47.849
spiritual<00:31:44.089><c> and</c><00:31:45.049><c> the</c><00:31:45.410><c> sexual.</c><00:31:45.809><c> But</c><00:31:46.029><c> I</c><00:31:46.970><c> doubt</c><00:31:47.210><c> if</c>

00:31:47.849 --> 00:31:50.369
the<00:31:48.009><c> life</c><00:31:48.210><c> of</c><00:31:48.349><c> the</c><00:31:48.470><c> true</c><00:31:48.630><c> disciple</c><00:31:49.029><c> can</c><00:31:49.250><c> be</c><00:31:49.549><c> divided</c><00:31:49.930><c> in</c><00:31:50.150><c> that</c>

00:31:50.369 --> 00:31:54.710
way<00:31:50.990><c> at</c><00:31:51.309><c> all.</c><00:31:52.690><c> No</c><00:31:53.069><c> part</c><00:31:53.509><c> of</c><00:31:53.710><c> our</c><00:31:53.890><c> lives</c><00:31:54.230><c> are</c><00:31:54.529><c> shut</c>

00:31:54.710 --> 00:31:58.309
out<00:31:54.869><c> when</c><00:31:55.049><c> we</c><00:31:55.269><c> are</c><00:31:55.450><c> shut</c><00:31:55.609><c> in</c><00:31:55.789><c> with</c><00:31:56.009><c> God.</c><00:31:57.230><c> Because</c><00:31:57.690><c> he</c><00:31:57.910><c> is</c><00:31:58.109><c> our</c>

00:31:58.309 --> 00:32:02.130
father,<00:31:58.789><c> we</c><00:31:58.910><c> pray</c><00:31:59.170><c> as</c><00:31:59.609><c> children</c><00:32:00.250><c> and</c><00:32:00.869><c> there</c><00:32:01.109><c> is</c><00:32:01.369><c> no</c>

00:32:03.049 --> 00:32:06.630
reason<00:32:03.569><c> why</c><00:32:04.089><c> we</c><00:32:04.650><c> shouldn't</c><00:32:04.950><c> pray</c><00:32:05.269><c> with</c><00:32:05.470><c> the</c><00:32:05.690><c> spirit</c><00:32:05.930><c> of</c><00:32:06.150><c> a</c><00:32:06.250><c> child.</c><00:32:06.470><c> I</c>

00:32:06.630 --> 00:32:08.690
mean,<00:32:06.910><c> it's</c><00:32:07.150><c> the</c><00:32:07.430><c> artlessness</c><00:32:08.109><c> sometimes</c>

00:32:08.690 --> 00:32:15.190
of<00:32:09.089><c> child</c><00:32:09.349><c> prayers</c><00:32:09.809><c> which</c><00:32:10.829><c> are</c><00:32:11.670><c> so</c><00:32:12.130><c> helpful</c><00:32:12.609><c> to</c><00:32:13.150><c> emulate.</c><00:32:15.170><c> I</c>

00:32:15.190 --> 00:32:18.329
think<00:32:15.430><c> it</c><00:32:15.609><c> is</c><00:32:15.869><c> true</c><00:32:16.130><c> that</c><00:32:16.390><c> as</c><00:32:16.630><c> our</c><00:32:16.789><c> life</c><00:32:16.990><c> becomes</c><00:32:17.509><c> more</c>

00:32:18.910 --> 00:32:27.150
responsive<00:32:19.549><c> to</c><00:32:20.190><c> the</c><00:32:20.369><c> great</c><00:32:20.670><c> facts</c><00:32:21.230><c> of</c><00:32:23.509><c> the</c><00:32:23.789><c> truth,</c><00:32:24.990><c> then</c><00:32:25.509><c> it</c>

00:32:27.150 --> 00:32:30.009
may<00:32:27.450><c> well</c><00:32:27.789><c> be</c><00:32:28.049><c> that</c><00:32:28.470><c> our</c><00:32:28.769><c> petitions</c><00:32:29.329><c> will</c><00:32:29.650><c> tend</c><00:32:29.849><c> to</c>

00:32:30.009 --> 00:32:34.930
get<00:32:30.269><c> fewer.</c><00:32:31.730><c> As</c><00:32:32.150><c> we</c><00:32:32.650><c> learn</c><00:32:32.970><c> more</c><00:32:33.390><c> and</c><00:32:33.470><c> more</c><00:32:33.630><c> about</c><00:32:33.990><c> praying</c><00:32:34.430><c> and</c><00:32:34.670><c> as</c>

00:32:34.930 --> 00:32:38.450
our<00:32:35.470><c> response</c><00:32:35.990><c> to</c><00:32:36.250><c> the</c><00:32:37.329><c> great</c><00:32:37.589><c> facts</c><00:32:37.869><c> of</c><00:32:38.009><c> the</c><00:32:38.230><c> truth</c>

00:32:38.450 --> 00:32:44.269
become<00:32:38.730><c> more</c><00:32:39.009><c> intense,</c><00:32:40.210><c> then</c><00:32:40.309><c> I</c><00:32:40.369><c> think</c><00:32:40.630><c> it's</c><00:32:40.849><c> likely</c><00:32:41.269><c> that</c><00:32:42.390><c> our</c><00:32:42.670><c> petitions</c><00:32:42.990><c> will</c><00:32:43.210><c> get</c><00:32:43.410><c> fewer.</c><00:32:44.109><c> We</c>

00:32:44.269 --> 00:32:45.210
may<00:32:44.529><c> cease</c><00:32:44.829><c> to</c><00:32:45.029><c> pray</c>

00:32:45.210 --> 00:32:47.869
about<00:32:45.569><c> something</c><00:32:45.910><c> which</c><00:32:46.150><c> at</c><00:32:46.309><c> one</c><00:32:46.569><c> time</c><00:32:47.069><c> in</c><00:32:47.230><c> our</c><00:32:47.410><c> lives</c><00:32:47.650><c> seemed</c>

00:32:47.869 --> 00:32:49.769
to<00:32:48.029><c> be</c><00:32:48.150><c> so</c><00:32:48.470><c> important</c><00:32:48.730><c> and</c><00:32:48.849><c> as</c><00:32:49.089><c> they</c><00:32:49.230><c> become</c><00:32:49.490><c> less</c>

00:32:49.769 --> 00:32:52.089
important<00:32:50.109><c> because</c><00:32:50.410><c> the</c><00:32:50.650><c> truth</c><00:32:50.789><c> becomes</c><00:32:51.190><c> more</c><00:32:51.509><c> important,</c>

00:32:52.569 --> 00:32:56.009
so<00:32:52.690><c> those</c><00:32:53.470><c> peripheral</c><00:32:54.009><c> things</c><00:32:54.309><c> perhaps</c><00:32:54.750><c> will</c><00:32:55.470><c> fall</c><00:32:55.730><c> out</c>

00:32:56.009 --> 00:33:00.430
of<00:32:56.210><c> our</c><00:32:56.690><c> list</c><00:32:57.029><c> of</c><00:32:57.569><c> petitions.</c><00:32:59.049><c> It</c><00:32:59.329><c> may</c><00:32:59.490><c> well</c><00:32:59.710><c> be</c><00:32:59.869><c> that</c><00:33:00.009><c> with</c>

00:33:00.430 --> 00:33:03.509
experience<00:33:00.990><c> the</c><00:33:01.230><c> approach</c><00:33:01.630><c> about</c><00:33:02.349><c> praying</c><00:33:02.750><c> for</c><00:33:03.029><c> our</c><00:33:03.289><c> needs</c>

00:33:03.509 --> 00:33:08.490
will<00:33:03.789><c> change</c><00:33:04.630><c> as</c><00:33:05.150><c> a</c><00:33:05.170><c> result</c><00:33:05.569><c> of</c><00:33:05.690><c> our</c><00:33:05.869><c> development</c><00:33:06.369><c> in</c><00:33:06.589><c> the</c><00:33:06.789><c> truth.</c><00:33:07.710><c> Experience</c><00:33:08.190><c> may</c>

00:33:08.490 --> 00:33:10.210
change<00:33:08.829><c> our</c><00:33:09.109><c> attitudes.</c>

00:33:11.089 --> 00:33:13.630
Now,<00:33:11.170><c> you</c><00:33:11.289><c> know,</c><00:33:11.490><c> I</c><00:33:11.529><c> wanted</c><00:33:11.769><c> to</c><00:33:11.930><c> give</c><00:33:12.029><c> you</c><00:33:12.170><c> an</c><00:33:12.349><c> example</c><00:33:12.710><c> of</c><00:33:12.910><c> this,</c><00:33:13.509><c> so</c>

00:33:13.630 --> 00:33:15.130
I<00:33:13.670><c> shall</c><00:33:13.829><c> have</c><00:33:13.990><c> to</c><00:33:14.170><c> pause</c><00:33:14.349><c> to</c>

00:33:15.289 --> 00:33:18.589
almost<00:33:15.589><c> get</c><00:33:15.769><c> permission.</c><00:33:17.250><c> The</c><00:33:17.589><c> brethren</c><00:33:17.910><c> and</c><00:33:18.150><c> sisters</c><00:33:18.390><c> in</c>

00:33:18.589 --> 00:33:22.329
this<00:33:18.849><c> house</c><00:33:19.789><c> who</c><00:33:20.710><c> come</c><00:33:20.950><c> from</c><00:33:21.190><c> Durban,</c>

00:33:23.289 --> 00:33:27.509
would<00:33:23.529><c> you</c><00:33:23.730><c> be</c><00:33:24.569><c> too</c><00:33:25.049><c> worried</c><00:33:25.349><c> if</c><00:33:25.630><c> I</c><00:33:26.309><c> told</c><00:33:26.609><c> again</c><00:33:26.990><c> that</c><00:33:27.210><c> little</c>

00:33:27.509 --> 00:33:29.990
story<00:33:27.829><c> about</c><00:33:28.109><c> the</c><00:33:28.329><c> Sunday</c><00:33:28.569><c> school</c><00:33:28.849><c> superintendent?</c>

00:33:30.730 --> 00:33:34.750
Would<00:33:31.210><c> you</c><00:33:31.450><c> mind?</c><00:33:33.109><c> You've</c><00:33:33.490><c> heard</c><00:33:33.569><c> it,</c><00:33:33.930><c> you</c><00:33:33.930><c> see,</c><00:33:34.369><c> that's</c><00:33:34.650><c> the</c>

00:33:34.750 --> 00:33:38.470
trouble.<00:33:35.650><c> It's</c><00:33:35.809><c> very</c><00:33:36.130><c> boring</c><00:33:36.529><c> to</c><00:33:37.690><c> keep</c><00:33:37.990><c> hearing</c><00:33:38.230><c> the</c>

00:33:38.470 --> 00:33:42.509
same<00:33:38.730><c> story,</c><00:33:39.170><c> isn't</c><00:33:39.329><c> it?</c><00:33:40.450><c> But</c><00:33:40.589><c> for</c><00:33:40.809><c> the</c><00:33:40.930><c> sake</c><00:33:41.069><c> of</c><00:33:41.190><c> those</c><00:33:41.390><c> who</c><00:33:41.609><c> haven't,</c><00:33:41.950><c> do</c><00:33:42.029><c> you</c><00:33:42.029><c> mind</c><00:33:42.230><c> if</c><00:33:42.450><c> I</c>

00:33:42.509 --> 00:33:44.049
just<00:33:42.750><c> repeat</c><00:33:43.089><c> it?</c>

00:33:45.029 --> 00:33:48.509
Yes,<00:33:45.410><c> you</c><00:33:45.549><c> see,</c><00:33:45.690><c> I'm</c><00:33:45.849><c> talking</c><00:33:46.150><c> about</c><00:33:46.450><c> people's</c><00:33:47.190><c> attitudes</c><00:33:47.650><c> changed</c><00:33:48.329><c> as</c>

00:33:48.509 --> 00:33:50.809
they<00:33:48.750><c> become</c><00:33:48.990><c> more</c><00:33:49.329><c> experienced</c><00:33:50.130><c> in</c><00:33:50.630><c> the</c>

00:33:50.809 --> 00:33:54.369
pathway<00:33:51.210><c> of</c><00:33:51.609><c> prayer.</c><00:33:51.869><c> Now,</c><00:33:52.670><c> this</c><00:33:52.950><c> is</c><00:33:53.170><c> a</c><00:33:53.230><c> little</c><00:33:53.450><c> story</c><00:33:53.789><c> about</c>

00:33:54.369 --> 00:33:56.309
a<00:33:54.609><c> certain</c><00:33:54.910><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:55.390><c> where</c><00:33:55.589><c> there</c><00:33:55.750><c> was</c><00:33:55.890><c> an</c><00:33:56.049><c> old</c>

00:33:56.309 --> 00:34:00.069
sister<00:33:56.710><c> who</c><00:33:57.130><c> always</c><00:33:57.430><c> used</c><00:33:57.829><c> to</c><00:33:58.069><c> pray</c><00:33:58.250><c> for</c><00:33:58.750><c> a</c><00:33:58.970><c> fine</c><00:33:59.289><c> day</c><00:33:59.650><c> for</c><00:33:59.890><c> the</c>

00:34:00.069 --> 00:34:01.750
Sunday<00:34:00.309><c> school</c><00:34:00.609><c> outing.</c><00:34:01.029><c> Every</c><00:34:01.170><c> year</c><00:34:01.349><c> she</c><00:34:01.509><c> prayed</c>

00:34:01.750 --> 00:34:06.609
for<00:34:01.990><c> a</c><00:34:02.150><c> fine</c><00:34:02.329><c> day,</c><00:34:03.309><c> and</c><00:34:03.390><c> of</c><00:34:03.589><c> course</c><00:34:04.289><c> sometimes</c><00:34:04.890><c> it</c><00:34:05.269><c> was</c><00:34:05.849><c> a</c><00:34:05.990><c> lovely</c><00:34:06.349><c> fine</c>

00:34:06.609 --> 00:34:08.909
day<00:34:06.769><c> and</c><00:34:06.890><c> sometimes</c><00:34:07.309><c> it</c><00:34:07.549><c> rained</c><00:34:07.769><c> like</c><00:34:08.090><c> mad.</c>

00:34:10.210 --> 00:34:14.090
And<00:34:10.449><c> one</c><00:34:10.590><c> day</c><00:34:10.769><c> when</c><00:34:11.989><c> the</c><00:34:12.210><c> arrangements</c><00:34:12.530><c> were</c><00:34:12.750><c> being</c><00:34:13.070><c> made</c><00:34:13.389><c> for</c>

00:34:14.090 --> 00:34:16.590
the<00:34:14.289><c> date</c><00:34:14.530><c> and</c><00:34:14.889><c> the</c><00:34:15.070><c> imprenu</c><00:34:15.429><c> of</c><00:34:15.829><c> the</c><00:34:16.070><c> Sunday</c><00:34:16.329><c> school</c>

00:34:16.590 --> 00:34:26.289
outing,<00:34:17.389><c> the</c><00:34:17.829><c> superintendent</c><00:34:18.610><c> said</c><00:34:18.949><c> to</c><00:34:19.070><c> this</c><00:34:19.269><c> elderly</c><00:34:19.530><c> sister,</c><00:34:20.530><c> and</c><00:34:20.690><c> dear</c><00:34:20.909><c> sister,</c><00:34:21.230><c> have</c><00:34:21.449><c> you</c><00:34:21.690><c> prayed</c><00:34:22.050><c> for</c><00:34:22.489><c> a</c>

00:34:26.289 --> 00:34:28.969
fine<00:34:26.510><c> day?</c><00:34:26.510><c> I'm</c><00:34:26.510><c> not</c><00:34:26.510><c> asking</c><00:34:26.889><c> God</c><00:34:27.050><c> to</c><00:34:27.230><c> make</c><00:34:27.469><c> our</c><00:34:27.929><c> day</c><00:34:28.230><c> fine</c><00:34:28.530><c> because</c><00:34:28.809><c> I</c>

00:34:28.969 --> 00:34:30.730
realize<00:34:29.329><c> he</c><00:34:29.409><c> may</c><00:34:29.690><c> want</c><00:34:30.030><c> to</c><00:34:30.150><c> make</c><00:34:30.309><c> it</c><00:34:30.449><c> wet</c><00:34:30.590><c> for</c>

00:34:30.730 --> 00:34:35.170
somebody<00:34:31.150><c> else's</c><00:34:31.630><c> reason.</c><00:34:32.929><c> And</c><00:34:33.070><c> so</c><00:34:33.190><c> what</c><00:34:33.349><c> I</c><00:34:33.590><c> have</c><00:34:33.730><c> done</c><00:34:33.929><c> is</c><00:34:34.329><c> I've</c><00:34:34.610><c> changed</c><00:34:34.909><c> my</c>

00:34:35.170 --> 00:34:37.650
attitude.<00:34:36.170><c> I</c><00:34:36.329><c> am</c><00:34:36.590><c> praying</c><00:34:36.889><c> for</c><00:34:37.210><c> you,</c>

00:34:37.650 --> 00:34:40.630
superintendent,<00:34:38.670><c> that</c><00:34:38.829><c> you'll</c><00:34:39.150><c> have</c><00:34:39.289><c> enough</c><00:34:39.590><c> sense</c><00:34:39.949><c> to</c><00:34:40.210><c> choose</c><00:34:40.389><c> one</c>

00:34:40.630 --> 00:34:42.409
of<00:34:40.730><c> the</c><00:34:40.909><c> days</c><00:34:41.070><c> that</c><00:34:41.210><c> God's</c><00:34:41.650><c> decided</c><00:34:41.969><c> to</c><00:34:42.170><c> make</c>

00:34:42.409 --> 00:34:52.289
fine.<00:34:47.070><c> Well,</c><00:34:47.630><c> you</c><00:34:47.929><c> see,</c><00:34:49.610><c> the</c><00:34:50.230><c> good</c><00:34:50.429><c> sister</c><00:34:50.750><c> changed</c><00:34:51.250><c> her</c><00:34:51.489><c> attitude</c><00:34:51.869><c> to</c>

00:34:52.289 --> 00:34:53.829
experience.<00:34:52.710><c> She</c><00:34:53.269><c> approached</c><00:34:53.610><c> the</c>

00:34:53.829 --> 00:34:56.130
problem<00:34:54.130><c> in</c><00:34:54.210><c> a</c><00:34:54.349><c> different</c><00:34:54.610><c> way.</c><00:34:55.210><c> Now,</c><00:34:55.269><c> although</c><00:34:55.530><c> it</c><00:34:55.630><c> makes</c><00:34:55.909><c> us</c>

00:34:56.130 --> 00:34:58.809
laugh,<00:34:56.869><c> it's</c><00:34:57.050><c> a</c><00:34:57.289><c> good</c><00:34:57.550><c> sound</c><00:34:57.849><c> principle</c><00:34:58.329><c> revealed</c>

00:34:58.809 --> 00:35:03.309
that<00:34:59.329><c> this</c><00:34:59.750><c> may</c><00:34:59.969><c> be</c><00:35:00.150><c> our</c><00:35:00.409><c> experience.</c><00:35:02.369><c> It</c><00:35:02.530><c> may</c><00:35:02.750><c> be</c><00:35:02.909><c> on</c><00:35:03.070><c> a</c><00:35:03.130><c> low</c>

00:35:03.309 --> 00:35:06.289
level,<00:35:03.550><c> but</c><00:35:03.789><c> it</c><00:35:04.110><c> illustrates</c><00:35:04.630><c> the</c><00:35:04.969><c> point.</c><00:35:05.769><c> Prayer</c>

00:35:06.289 --> 00:35:10.769
has<00:35:06.989><c> its</c><00:35:07.289><c> place</c><00:35:07.590><c> in</c><00:35:07.909><c> the</c><00:35:08.329><c> infinitesimals</c><00:35:09.230><c> of</c><00:35:09.469><c> our</c><00:35:09.769><c> life.</c><00:35:10.610><c> We</c>

00:35:10.769 --> 00:35:23.809
can<00:35:11.030><c> pray</c><00:35:11.269><c> for</c><00:35:11.489><c> all</c><00:35:11.789><c> kinds</c><00:35:12.210><c> of</c><00:35:12.449><c> things.</c><00:35:23.250><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:35:23.809 --> 00:35:28.030
prayer<00:35:24.269><c> for</c><00:35:24.829><c> desperate</c><00:35:25.449><c> occasions,</c><00:35:26.389><c> but</c><00:35:26.389><c> that's</c><00:35:26.789><c> not</c><00:35:27.090><c> the</c><00:35:27.190><c> best</c><00:35:27.449><c> kind</c><00:35:27.809><c> of</c>

00:35:28.030 --> 00:35:30.510
prayer.<00:35:28.929><c> In</c><00:35:29.210><c> prayer,</c><00:35:29.909><c> a</c><00:35:29.969><c> person</c><00:35:30.289><c> may</c>

00:35:30.510 --> 00:35:33.769
go<00:35:30.630><c> over</c><00:35:31.150><c> his</c><00:35:31.429><c> or</c><00:35:31.590><c> her</c><00:35:31.869><c> life</c><00:35:32.190><c> and</c><00:35:32.570><c> lay</c><00:35:32.750><c> it</c><00:35:32.909><c> all</c><00:35:33.070><c> before</c><00:35:33.449><c> God,</c>

00:35:33.969 --> 00:35:37.730
small<00:35:34.210><c> and</c><00:35:34.630><c> great,</c><00:35:36.030><c> great</c><00:35:36.329><c> things</c><00:35:36.630><c> and</c><00:35:37.130><c> commonplace</c>

00:35:37.730 --> 00:35:41.469
things,<00:35:39.150><c> because</c><00:35:39.550><c> prayer</c><00:35:39.929><c> has</c><00:35:40.170><c> the</c><00:35:40.369><c> effect</c><00:35:40.610><c> of</c><00:35:40.889><c> sanctifying</c>

00:35:41.469 --> 00:35:43.590
commonplace<00:35:42.110><c> things</c><00:35:42.369><c> and</c><00:35:42.610><c> ennobling</c><00:35:43.050><c> them</c><00:35:43.269><c> and</c><00:35:43.429><c> giving</c>

00:35:43.590 --> 00:35:46.170
them<00:35:43.849><c> a</c><00:35:43.949><c> lust</c><00:35:44.130><c> of</c><00:35:44.289><c> which</c><00:35:44.489><c> perhaps</c><00:35:44.610><c> they</c><00:35:44.789><c> would</c><00:35:44.989><c> never</c><00:35:45.269><c> have.</c>

00:35:47.409 --> 00:35:50.469
It<00:35:47.710><c> makes</c><00:35:48.289><c> menial</c><00:35:48.789><c> things</c><00:35:49.050><c> to</c><00:35:49.269><c> be</c><00:35:49.610><c> important</c><00:35:49.989><c> things</c>

00:35:50.469 --> 00:35:55.190
when<00:35:50.750><c> you</c><00:35:50.949><c> pray</c><00:35:51.150><c> about</c><00:35:51.409><c> them.</c><00:35:53.190><c> Pray</c><00:35:53.510><c> about</c><00:35:53.809><c> anything,</c><00:35:54.889><c> and</c><00:35:55.090><c> I</c>

00:35:55.190 --> 00:35:57.469
think<00:35:55.449><c> your</c><00:35:55.730><c> developing</c><00:35:56.210><c> experience</c><00:35:56.929><c> will</c><00:35:57.230><c> tell</c>

00:35:57.469 --> 00:36:02.610
you<00:35:57.670><c> sooner</c><00:35:57.909><c> or</c><00:35:58.110><c> later</c><00:35:58.670><c> what</c><00:35:59.150><c> you</c><00:35:59.369><c> have</c><00:35:59.590><c> to</c><00:35:59.710><c> leave</c><00:35:59.889><c> out</c><00:36:00.150><c> of</c><00:36:00.309><c> your</c><00:36:00.590><c> prayers.</c><00:36:02.610><c> I</c>

00:36:02.610 --> 00:36:05.630
mean,<00:36:03.610><c> mere</c><00:36:03.909><c> whims</c><00:36:04.510><c> and</c><00:36:05.130><c> foolish</c>

00:36:05.630 --> 00:36:09.670
desires<00:36:06.429><c> will</c><00:36:07.070><c> begin</c><00:36:07.289><c> to</c><00:36:07.570><c> appear</c><00:36:07.869><c> in</c><00:36:08.070><c> their</c><00:36:08.329><c> true</c><00:36:08.590><c> light</c><00:36:09.090><c> as</c>

00:36:09.670 --> 00:36:12.030
your<00:36:09.949><c> experience</c><00:36:10.449><c> deepens</c><00:36:10.789><c> and</c><00:36:10.889><c> they</c><00:36:11.110><c> will</c><00:36:11.530><c> drop</c><00:36:11.750><c> out</c>

00:36:12.030 --> 00:36:18.329
of<00:36:12.170><c> your</c><00:36:12.349><c> list</c><00:36:12.550><c> of</c><00:36:12.789><c> petitions.</c><00:36:15.449><c> For</c><00:36:15.630><c> instance,</c><00:36:16.030><c> it's</c><00:36:17.610><c> no</c><00:36:17.849><c> good</c>

00:36:18.329 --> 00:36:20.329
praying<00:36:18.650><c> to</c><00:36:18.969><c> go</c><00:36:19.210><c> in</c><00:36:19.369><c> one</c><00:36:19.570><c> direction</c><00:36:19.929><c> and</c><00:36:20.170><c> then</c>

00:36:20.329 --> 00:36:23.070
setting<00:36:20.590><c> your</c><00:36:20.849><c> feet</c><00:36:20.969><c> to</c><00:36:21.130><c> go</c><00:36:21.230><c> in</c><00:36:21.369><c> the</c><00:36:21.510><c> opposite</c><00:36:21.809><c> direction.</c>

00:36:23.349 --> 00:36:26.250
Nehemiah<00:36:23.869><c> prayed</c><00:36:24.190><c> about</c><00:36:24.489><c> his</c><00:36:24.789><c> work</c><00:36:25.110><c> and</c><00:36:25.550><c> then</c><00:36:25.730><c> used</c><00:36:25.949><c> all</c>

00:36:26.250 --> 00:36:29.429
his<00:36:26.469><c> wits</c><00:36:26.650><c> and</c><00:36:26.849><c> all</c><00:36:26.969><c> his</c><00:36:27.210><c> skill</c><00:36:27.610><c> to</c><00:36:28.010><c> make</c><00:36:28.130><c> it</c><00:36:28.369><c> happen.</c><00:36:29.150><c> It's</c><00:36:29.269><c> no</c>

00:36:29.429 --> 00:36:31.389
good<00:36:29.690><c> praying</c><00:36:29.849><c> about</c><00:36:30.369><c> your</c><00:36:30.789><c> work</c><00:36:30.949><c> and</c><00:36:31.130><c> then</c>

00:36:31.389 --> 00:36:35.130
neglecting<00:36:31.989><c> your</c><00:36:32.269><c> work.</c><00:36:33.349><c> Prayer</c><00:36:33.570><c> has</c><00:36:33.809><c> the</c><00:36:34.010><c> effect</c><00:36:34.230><c> of</c><00:36:34.409><c> increasing</c><00:36:34.829><c> your</c>

00:36:35.130 --> 00:36:36.469
vision.<00:36:35.469><c> It</c><00:36:35.469><c> has</c><00:36:35.690><c> the</c><00:36:35.889><c> effect</c><00:36:36.110><c> of</c>

00:36:36.469 --> 00:36:41.449
developing<00:36:37.070><c> your</c><00:36:37.590><c> judgment,</c><00:36:38.929><c> and</c><00:36:39.030><c> you'll</c><00:36:39.309><c> come</c><00:36:39.449><c> to</c><00:36:39.670><c> know</c><00:36:40.170><c> what</c><00:36:41.230><c> you</c>

00:36:41.449 --> 00:36:43.469
ought<00:36:41.670><c> to</c><00:36:41.769><c> pray</c><00:36:42.030><c> about</c><00:36:42.690><c> and</c>

00:36:45.429 --> 00:36:49.929
you'll<00:36:45.869><c> understand</c><00:36:46.309><c> the</c><00:36:47.710><c> avenues</c><00:36:48.110><c> which</c><00:36:48.389><c> you</c><00:36:48.510><c> ought</c><00:36:48.650><c> to</c><00:36:48.849><c> follow</c><00:36:49.190><c> more</c>

00:36:49.929 --> 00:36:53.849
precisely.<00:36:52.590><c> But</c><00:36:52.710><c> in</c><00:36:52.849><c> the</c><00:36:52.969><c> word</c><00:36:53.150><c> of</c><00:36:53.369><c> God,</c>

00:36:54.250 --> 00:36:57.409
there<00:36:54.369><c> are</c><00:36:54.730><c> quite</c><00:36:55.130><c> clear</c><00:36:55.429><c> guidelines,</c><00:36:56.050><c> it</c><00:36:56.269><c> seems</c><00:36:56.610><c> to</c><00:36:56.710><c> me,</c><00:36:56.869><c> about</c><00:36:57.030><c> what</c><00:36:57.230><c> we</c>

00:36:57.409 --> 00:36:59.389
ought<00:36:57.590><c> to</c><00:36:57.809><c> include</c><00:36:58.070><c> in</c><00:36:58.170><c> our</c><00:36:58.449><c> prayers.</c>

00:37:00.429 --> 00:37:03.250
Let<00:37:00.650><c> me</c><00:37:00.789><c> just</c><00:37:00.989><c> remind</c><00:37:01.250><c> you</c><00:37:01.570><c> of</c><00:37:01.650><c> something.</c><00:37:02.429><c> We</c><00:37:02.650><c> ought</c><00:37:02.909><c> to</c><00:37:03.030><c> pray</c>

00:37:03.250 --> 00:37:05.710
for<00:37:03.429><c> our</c><00:37:03.670><c> brethren</c><00:37:03.989><c> and</c><00:37:04.230><c> sisters.</c><00:37:04.730><c> Jesus</c><00:37:05.170><c> did,</c>

00:37:05.849 --> 00:37:08.929
and<00:37:06.010><c> so</c><00:37:06.150><c> did</c><00:37:06.329><c> the</c><00:37:06.469><c> apostle</c><00:37:06.809><c> Paul.</c><00:37:07.849><c> We</c><00:37:08.070><c> ought</c><00:37:08.309><c> to</c><00:37:08.429><c> pray</c><00:37:08.570><c> for</c><00:37:08.769><c> the</c>

00:37:08.929 --> 00:37:12.050
word<00:37:09.150><c> of</c><00:37:09.409><c> God</c><00:37:09.630><c> that</c><00:37:09.750><c> it</c><00:37:09.949><c> may</c><00:37:10.110><c> run</c><00:37:10.389><c> and</c><00:37:10.570><c> be</c><00:37:10.849><c> glorified.</c>

00:37:12.110 --> 00:37:14.670
We<00:37:12.449><c> ought</c><00:37:12.670><c> to</c><00:37:12.869><c> pray</c><00:37:12.969><c> for</c><00:37:13.110><c> the</c><00:37:13.329><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:13.769><c> of</c><00:37:14.010><c> Christ</c><00:37:14.349><c> and</c><00:37:14.550><c> for</c>

00:37:14.670 --> 00:37:17.170
those<00:37:14.849><c> who</c><00:37:15.030><c> have</c><00:37:15.289><c> responsibility</c><00:37:16.090><c> in</c><00:37:16.429><c> it.</c>

00:37:18.710 --> 00:37:23.889
Very<00:37:19.190><c> often,</c><00:37:19.610><c> praying</c><00:37:20.010><c> is</c><00:37:20.210><c> better</c><00:37:20.510><c> than</c><00:37:20.750><c> criticizing.</c><00:37:23.110><c> We</c><00:37:23.530><c> ought</c><00:37:23.750><c> to</c>

00:37:23.889 --> 00:37:25.190
pray<00:37:24.030><c> for</c><00:37:24.230><c> the</c><00:37:24.369><c> coming</c><00:37:24.550><c> of</c><00:37:24.730><c> the</c><00:37:24.889><c> kingdom</c>

00:37:25.190 --> 00:37:29.469
of<00:37:25.449><c> God.</c><00:37:26.750><c> We</c><00:37:27.030><c> ought</c><00:37:27.269><c> to</c><00:37:27.409><c> pray</c><00:37:27.550><c> for</c><00:37:27.710><c> those</c><00:37:27.989><c> who</c><00:37:28.429><c> have</c><00:37:28.690><c> been</c><00:37:29.269><c> set</c>

00:37:29.469 --> 00:37:31.210
in<00:37:29.670><c> authority</c><00:37:30.010><c> over</c><00:37:30.409><c> us</c><00:37:30.630><c> in</c><00:37:30.769><c> the</c><00:37:30.909><c> civil</c>

00:37:31.210 --> 00:37:34.730
government.<00:37:32.670><c> We</c><00:37:32.949><c> ought</c><00:37:33.170><c> to</c><00:37:33.269><c> pray</c><00:37:33.489><c> for</c><00:37:33.670><c> the</c><00:37:33.949><c> sick</c><00:37:34.150><c> and</c><00:37:34.349><c> for</c><00:37:34.510><c> the</c>

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isolated.<00:37:36.469><c> And</c><00:37:36.670><c> there</c><00:37:36.809><c> are</c><00:37:37.030><c> those</c><00:37:37.429><c> who,</c><00:37:37.670><c> so</c><00:37:37.909><c> to</c><00:37:38.110><c> speak,</c>

00:37:39.730 --> 00:37:45.150
are<00:37:40.250><c> deserving</c><00:37:40.769><c> of</c><00:37:42.550><c> their</c><00:37:42.989><c> special</c><00:37:43.789><c> consideration</c><00:37:44.829><c> in</c><00:37:45.070><c> their</c>

00:37:45.150 --> 00:37:46.969
prayers.<00:37:45.570><c> They</c><00:37:45.630><c> have</c><00:37:45.849><c> a</c><00:37:46.110><c> kind</c><00:37:46.269><c> of</c><00:37:46.530><c> natural</c>

00:37:46.969 --> 00:37:50.809
right<00:37:47.409><c> to</c><00:37:48.050><c> be</c><00:37:48.670><c> remembered</c><00:37:49.030><c> in</c><00:37:49.289><c> their</c><00:37:49.409><c> prayers.</c><00:37:49.610><c> Those</c><00:37:50.010><c> in</c><00:37:50.389><c> their</c><00:37:50.610><c> own</c>

00:37:50.809 --> 00:37:52.630
family<00:37:51.170><c> whom</c><00:37:51.349><c> we</c><00:37:51.510><c> love</c><00:37:51.769><c> and</c><00:37:51.929><c> for</c><00:37:52.130><c> whom</c><00:37:52.230><c> we</c><00:37:52.409><c> are</c>

00:37:52.630 --> 00:37:56.389
responsible.<00:37:54.289><c> See,</c><00:37:54.610><c> Job</c><00:37:54.809><c> prayed</c><00:37:55.289><c> for</c><00:37:55.670><c> his</c><00:37:55.889><c> children,</c><00:37:56.289><c> lest,</c>

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perhaps,<00:37:56.789><c> in</c><00:37:56.989><c> their</c><00:37:57.150><c> living</c><00:37:57.329><c> they</c><00:37:57.550><c> should</c><00:37:57.730><c> do</c>

00:37:57.949 --> 00:38:04.329
something<00:37:58.329><c> which</c><00:37:58.590><c> was</c><00:37:59.550><c> reprehensible.</c><00:38:01.969><c> Praying</c><00:38:02.429><c> for</c><00:38:03.210><c> all</c><00:38:03.769><c> kinds</c><00:38:04.130><c> of</c>

00:38:04.329 --> 00:38:06.670
things<00:38:04.590><c> calls</c><00:38:04.909><c> for</c><00:38:05.170><c> sympathy</c><00:38:05.590><c> and</c>

00:38:07.030 --> 00:38:15.449
watchfulness.<00:38:09.869><c> Good</c><00:38:10.469><c> prayers</c><00:38:11.309><c> are</c><00:38:12.909><c> keen</c><00:38:13.309><c>-eyed</c><00:38:13.889><c> in</c><00:38:15.010><c> watching</c>

00:38:15.449 --> 00:38:17.349
for<00:38:15.710><c> the</c><00:38:15.869><c> needs</c><00:38:16.150><c> and</c><00:38:16.349><c> the</c><00:38:16.590><c> trials</c><00:38:16.889><c> of</c><00:38:17.050><c> others</c>

00:38:17.349 --> 00:38:20.829
and<00:38:17.670><c> remembering</c><00:38:18.369><c> them</c><00:38:18.849><c> before</c><00:38:19.210><c> God</c><00:38:19.630><c> in</c><00:38:19.949><c> the</c><00:38:20.110><c> secret</c><00:38:20.449><c> place.</c>

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I<00:38:21.190><c> know</c><00:38:21.469><c> some</c><00:38:21.730><c> brethren</c><00:38:21.989><c> and</c><00:38:22.190><c> sisters</c><00:38:22.750><c> who</c>

00:38:23.289 --> 00:38:26.670
keep<00:38:23.550><c> a</c><00:38:23.690><c> list</c><00:38:23.909><c> of</c><00:38:24.030><c> things</c><00:38:24.250><c> they</c><00:38:24.409><c> want</c><00:38:24.630><c> to</c><00:38:24.769><c> pray</c><00:38:24.989><c> about.</c><00:38:26.409><c> They</c>

00:38:26.670 --> 00:38:30.949
do<00:38:26.909><c> not</c><00:38:27.050><c> feel</c><00:38:27.329><c> it's</c><00:38:28.949><c> right</c><00:38:29.230><c> just</c><00:38:29.769><c> to</c><00:38:30.070><c> throw</c><00:38:30.409><c> one</c>

00:38:30.949 --> 00:38:35.889
great<00:38:31.570><c> careless</c><00:38:32.250><c> bundle</c><00:38:32.969><c> before</c><00:38:33.909><c> God</c><00:38:34.409><c> like</c><00:38:34.710><c> saying,</c><00:38:35.150><c> Oh</c><00:38:35.329><c> Lord,</c><00:38:35.650><c> help</c>

00:38:35.889 --> 00:38:38.150
all<00:38:36.150><c> those</c><00:38:36.369><c> who</c><00:38:36.510><c> are</c><00:38:36.730><c> sick</c><00:38:37.010><c> and</c><00:38:37.369><c> leaving.</c>

00:38:39.369 --> 00:38:43.969
I<00:38:39.530><c> start</c><00:38:39.670><c> to</c><00:38:39.949><c> mention</c><00:38:40.250><c> each</c><00:38:40.929><c> particular</c><00:38:41.730><c> person,</c><00:38:43.170><c> bring</c><00:38:43.570><c> them</c>

00:38:43.969 --> 00:38:46.809
before<00:38:44.429><c> God</c><00:38:44.989><c> with</c><00:38:45.449><c> their</c><00:38:45.690><c> particular</c><00:38:46.130><c> needs</c>

00:38:46.809 --> 00:38:54.590
and<00:38:47.590><c> their</c><00:38:47.730><c> particular</c><00:38:48.630><c> difficulties.</c><00:38:51.630><c> I</c><00:38:52.070><c> have</c><00:38:52.530><c> a</c><00:38:53.389><c> list</c><00:38:53.610><c> of</c><00:38:53.969><c> people</c><00:38:54.289><c> I</c>

00:38:54.590 --> 00:39:00.929
pray<00:38:54.730><c> for</c><00:38:54.929><c> every</c><00:38:55.289><c> day.</c><00:38:56.510><c> It's</c><00:38:56.690><c> a</c><00:38:56.769><c> list.</c><00:39:00.929><c> It</c>

00:39:00.929 --> 00:39:07.030
has<00:39:01.090><c> things</c><00:39:02.969><c> as</c><00:39:03.849><c> it's</c><00:39:04.190><c> required.</c><00:39:05.630><c> It's</c><00:39:06.250><c> better</c><00:39:06.530><c> than</c><00:39:06.710><c> leaving</c>

00:39:07.030 --> 00:39:12.610
it<00:39:07.369><c> to</c><00:39:08.690><c> chance.</c><00:39:10.329><c> In</c><00:39:10.449><c> Philippians</c><00:39:10.949><c> 4</c><00:39:11.409><c> verse</c><00:39:11.750><c> 19,</c>

00:39:12.889 --> 00:39:18.050
Paul<00:39:12.929><c> says,</c><00:39:13.489><c> God</c><00:39:13.489><c> shall</c><00:39:13.730><c> supply</c><00:39:14.170><c> every</c><00:39:15.789><c> need</c><00:39:16.210><c> of</c><00:39:16.389><c> yours</c><00:39:16.690><c> according</c><00:39:17.130><c> to</c><00:39:17.349><c> his</c><00:39:17.530><c> riches</c><00:39:17.769><c> in</c>

00:39:18.050 --> 00:39:19.250
glory<00:39:18.230><c> by</c><00:39:18.449><c> Jesus</c><00:39:18.869><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:19.570 --> 00:39:23.829
Think<00:39:19.829><c> of</c><00:39:19.969><c> the</c><00:39:20.110><c> words</c><00:39:20.449><c> every</c><00:39:21.170><c> need.</c><00:39:22.550><c> That</c><00:39:22.769><c> seems</c><00:39:23.050><c> to</c><00:39:23.570><c> suggest</c>

00:39:23.829 --> 00:39:25.710
all<00:39:24.170><c> kinds</c><00:39:24.610><c> of</c><00:39:24.849><c> things,</c><00:39:25.190><c> doesn't</c><00:39:25.409><c> it?</c>

00:39:25.710 --> 00:39:31.230
Every<00:39:26.190><c> need?</c><00:39:28.409><c> May</c><00:39:28.610><c> I</c><00:39:28.789><c> say</c><00:39:29.030><c> that</c><00:39:29.230><c> of</c><00:39:29.230><c> course</c><00:39:29.730><c> praying</c><00:39:30.110><c> involves</c>

00:39:31.230 --> 00:39:33.630
other<00:39:31.849><c> things</c><00:39:32.349><c> besides</c><00:39:32.889><c> petitions.</c><00:39:33.630><c> We</c>

00:39:33.630 --> 00:39:37.469
must<00:39:33.909><c> be</c><00:39:34.030><c> careful</c><00:39:34.409><c> to</c><00:39:35.789><c> must</c><00:39:35.949><c> attain</c><00:39:36.250><c> you</c><00:39:36.409><c> for</c><00:39:36.550><c> a</c><00:39:36.670><c> moment</c><00:39:36.869><c> on</c><00:39:37.090><c> that.</c><00:39:37.469><c> Of</c>

00:39:37.469 --> 00:39:40.630
course,<00:39:39.250><c> praying</c><00:39:39.369><c> essentially</c><00:39:40.309><c> is</c><00:39:40.530><c> an</c>

00:39:40.630 --> 00:39:46.150
act<00:39:40.789><c> of</c><00:39:41.110><c> worship.</c><00:39:41.730><c> It</c><00:39:42.170><c> includes</c><00:39:42.469><c> thanksgiving</c><00:39:43.230><c> and</c><00:39:44.369><c> communion</c><00:39:45.010><c> with</c><00:39:45.309><c> God.</c><00:39:45.969><c> But</c>

00:39:46.150 --> 00:39:46.929
in<00:39:46.329><c> this</c><00:39:46.550><c> particular</c>

00:39:46.929 --> 00:39:51.190
section<00:39:47.269><c> we</c><00:39:47.949><c> are</c><00:39:48.050><c> thinking</c><00:39:48.570><c> mostly</c><00:39:49.489><c> about</c><00:39:49.829><c> petitions</c><00:39:50.449><c> because</c><00:39:50.969><c> that</c>

00:39:51.190 --> 00:39:53.329
was<00:39:51.670><c> the</c><00:39:51.889><c> question.</c><00:39:52.289><c> What</c><00:39:52.630><c> ought</c><00:39:52.929><c> we</c><00:39:53.190><c> to</c>

00:39:53.329 --> 00:39:57.309
praying<00:39:53.809><c> about?</c><00:39:54.570><c> What</c><00:39:54.730><c> are</c><00:39:54.889><c> the</c><00:39:55.050><c> things</c><00:39:55.309><c> we</c><00:39:55.690><c> ought</c><00:39:55.889><c> to</c><00:39:56.010><c> be</c><00:39:56.250><c> asking</c><00:39:56.690><c> for?</c><00:39:57.090><c> The</c>

00:39:57.309 --> 00:39:58.889
blessings<00:39:57.769><c> and</c><00:39:58.309><c> the</c><00:39:58.449><c> helps</c>

00:39:58.889 --> 00:40:02.730
of<00:39:59.309><c> various</c><00:39:59.670><c> kinds.</c><00:40:01.130><c> So</c><00:40:01.329><c> there</c><00:40:01.469><c> we</c><00:40:01.630><c> are.</c><00:40:02.150><c> I</c><00:40:02.289><c> hope</c><00:40:02.329><c> that's</c><00:40:02.530><c> been</c>

00:40:02.730 --> 00:40:04.929
of<00:40:02.889><c> help</c><00:40:03.110><c> what</c><00:40:03.349><c> we</c><00:40:03.570><c> ought</c><00:40:03.750><c> to</c><00:40:03.929><c> pray</c><00:40:04.110><c> for.</c>

00:40:05.889 --> 00:40:11.150
Now<00:40:06.090><c> let's</c><00:40:06.329><c> think</c><00:40:06.630><c> of</c><00:40:06.829><c> the</c><00:40:07.349><c> preconditions</c><00:40:08.309><c> for</c><00:40:08.750><c> prayer.</c><00:40:10.469><c> There</c><00:40:10.789><c> are</c>

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two<00:40:11.570><c> particular</c><00:40:12.289><c> important</c>

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preconditions<00:40:14.349><c> and</c><00:40:15.269><c> we</c><00:40:16.289><c> must</c><00:40:16.530><c> now</c><00:40:17.070><c> consider</c><00:40:17.429><c> them.</c><00:40:17.869><c> I</c><00:40:18.110><c> come</c>

00:40:18.530 --> 00:40:20.809
to<00:40:18.789><c> Matthew</c><00:40:19.190><c> chapter</c><00:40:19.610><c> five.</c>

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23<00:40:24.869><c> and</c><00:40:25.030><c> 24</c><00:40:25.690><c> of</c><00:40:25.869><c> Matthew</c><00:40:26.489><c> chapter</c><00:40:27.170><c> five.</c>

00:40:32.550 --> 00:40:37.610
All<00:40:33.070><c> right,</c><00:40:34.329><c> Matthew</c><00:40:34.710><c> five</c><00:40:35.090><c> verse</c><00:40:35.309><c> 23.</c><00:40:37.070><c> Therefore</c><00:40:37.210><c> if</c><00:40:37.449><c> thou</c>

00:40:37.610 --> 00:40:39.329
bring<00:40:37.829><c> thy</c><00:40:38.050><c> gift</c><00:40:38.250><c> to</c><00:40:38.449><c> the</c><00:40:38.630><c> altar</c><00:40:38.809><c> and</c><00:40:39.050><c> there</c>

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rememberest<00:40:39.750><c> that</c><00:40:39.889><c> thy</c><00:40:40.070><c> brother</c><00:40:40.329><c> hath</c><00:40:40.550><c> ought</c><00:40:40.710><c> against</c><00:40:41.269><c> thee,</c>

00:40:42.190 --> 00:40:43.909
leave<00:40:42.389><c> there</c><00:40:42.570><c> thy</c><00:40:42.809><c> gift</c><00:40:43.050><c> before</c><00:40:43.389><c> the</c><00:40:43.630><c> altar</c>

00:40:43.909 --> 00:40:47.670
and<00:40:44.489><c> go</c><00:40:44.730><c> thy</c><00:40:44.969><c> way.</c><00:40:45.690><c> First</c><00:40:45.989><c> be</c><00:40:46.250><c> reconciled</c><00:40:46.829><c> to</c><00:40:47.010><c> thy</c><00:40:47.230><c> brother</c>

00:40:47.670 --> 00:40:50.969
and<00:40:48.329><c> then</c><00:40:48.550><c> come</c><00:40:49.329><c> and</c><00:40:49.630><c> offer</c><00:40:49.730><c> thy</c><00:40:50.050><c> gift.</c>

00:40:51.090 --> 00:40:57.130
Seems<00:40:51.530><c> clear</c><00:40:51.969><c> that</c><00:40:53.530><c> no</c><00:40:54.050><c> gift</c><00:40:54.409><c> and</c><00:40:54.710><c> no</c><00:40:54.969><c> prayer</c><00:40:55.550><c> can</c><00:40:56.150><c> be</c><00:40:56.389><c> received</c><00:40:56.690><c> by</c><00:40:56.889><c> God</c>

00:40:57.130 --> 00:40:58.889
if<00:40:57.309><c> the</c><00:40:57.489><c> offerer</c><00:40:58.030><c> has</c><00:40:58.289><c> a</c><00:40:58.429><c> heart</c><00:40:58.670><c> which</c>

00:40:58.889 --> 00:41:02.949
is<00:40:59.210><c> hardened</c><00:40:59.489><c> against</c><00:41:00.050><c> another</c><00:41:00.369><c> of</c><00:41:00.809><c> God's</c><00:41:01.250><c> children.</c><00:41:02.710><c> The</c>

00:41:02.949 --> 00:41:08.090
unforgiving<00:41:03.750><c> spirit</c><00:41:04.530><c> makes</c><00:41:05.550><c> prayer</c><00:41:06.809><c> void.</c>

00:41:08.769 --> 00:41:13.070
Reconciliation<00:41:09.650><c> clears</c><00:41:10.429><c> the</c><00:41:11.070><c> pathway.</c><00:41:11.929><c> The</c><00:41:12.250><c> refusal</c><00:41:12.590><c> to</c><00:41:12.769><c> be</c>

00:41:13.070 --> 00:41:15.510
reconciled<00:41:13.750><c> shuts</c><00:41:14.309><c> the</c><00:41:14.570><c> door.</c>

00:41:16.250 --> 00:41:19.789
The<00:41:16.769><c> same</c><00:41:17.050><c> principle</c><00:41:17.389><c> is</c><00:41:17.630><c> revealed</c><00:41:17.929><c> in</c><00:41:18.170><c> Psalm</c><00:41:18.389><c> 66</c><00:41:19.070><c> verse</c><00:41:19.389><c> 18.</c>

00:41:19.969 --> 00:41:21.329
Listen<00:41:20.050><c> to</c><00:41:20.269><c> the</c><00:41:20.429><c> words</c><00:41:20.630><c> carefully.</c>

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If<00:41:21.869><c> I</c><00:41:22.150><c> regard</c><00:41:22.510><c> iniquity</c><00:41:23.030><c> in</c><00:41:23.170><c> my</c><00:41:23.530><c> heart,</c><00:41:24.170><c> the</c><00:41:24.369><c> Lord</c><00:41:24.710><c> will</c><00:41:25.070><c> not</c>

00:41:25.409 --> 00:41:28.989
hear<00:41:25.630><c> me.</c><00:41:25.909><c> Now</c><00:41:26.130><c> could</c><00:41:26.349><c> there</c><00:41:26.650><c> be</c><00:41:27.550><c> anything</c><00:41:27.969><c> clear?</c>

00:41:29.369 --> 00:41:34.050
If<00:41:29.550><c> I</c><00:41:29.849><c> regard</c><00:41:30.210><c> iniquity</c><00:41:30.730><c> in</c><00:41:30.849><c> my</c><00:41:31.150><c> heart,</c><00:41:31.429><c> the</c><00:41:31.550><c> Lord</c><00:41:31.809><c> will</c><00:41:32.070><c> not</c><00:41:32.289><c> hear</c><00:41:32.469><c> me.</c><00:41:32.989><c> Meaning</c><00:41:33.349><c> if</c><00:41:33.769><c> I</c>

00:41:34.050 --> 00:41:34.730
cling<00:41:34.230><c> to</c><00:41:34.469><c> sin,</c>

00:41:34.929 --> 00:41:38.590
it<00:41:34.929><c> is</c><00:41:35.110><c> no</c><00:41:35.230><c> good</c><00:41:35.449><c> coming</c><00:41:35.610><c> in</c><00:41:35.809><c> the</c><00:41:35.989><c> guise</c><00:41:36.190><c> of</c><00:41:36.389><c> righteousness.</c><00:41:38.210><c> In</c><00:41:38.469><c> a</c>

00:41:38.590 --> 00:41:45.489
way<00:41:38.730><c> the</c><00:41:39.889><c> judgment</c><00:41:40.210><c> seat</c><00:41:40.429><c> of</c><00:41:40.710><c> God</c><00:41:40.949><c> is</c><00:41:42.590><c> sometimes</c><00:41:43.090><c> in</c>

00:41:45.849 --> 00:41:50.489
the<00:41:46.449><c> heart.</c><00:41:46.449><c> We've</c><00:41:46.889><c> come</c><00:41:47.090><c> to</c><00:41:47.289><c> pray</c><00:41:47.610><c> in</c><00:41:47.829><c> a</c><00:41:47.909><c> secret</c><00:41:48.210><c> place</c><00:41:49.050><c> and</c>

00:41:50.489 --> 00:41:53.730
we<00:41:50.710><c> remember</c><00:41:51.449><c> there's</c><00:41:52.369><c> some</c><00:41:52.750><c> impediment,</c>

00:41:55.070 --> 00:42:04.150
a<00:41:55.329><c> guilt</c><00:41:55.570><c> is</c><00:41:55.869><c> upon</c><00:41:56.110><c> us,</c><00:42:00.409><c> some</c><00:42:00.670><c> estrangement</c><00:42:01.869><c> that</c><00:42:03.090><c> remains.</c>

00:42:04.190 --> 00:42:06.429
We've<00:42:04.750><c> carelessly</c><00:42:05.230><c> left.</c>

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It's<00:42:07.510><c> like</c><00:42:07.769><c> the</c><00:42:08.030><c> judgment</c><00:42:08.349><c> of</c><00:42:08.510><c> God</c><00:42:08.670><c> upon</c><00:42:08.929><c> us.</c><00:42:09.769><c> It</c><00:42:10.010><c> brings</c><00:42:10.210><c> it</c>

00:42:10.429 --> 00:42:12.789
to<00:42:10.530><c> our</c><00:42:10.670><c> minds</c><00:42:10.949><c> suddenly.</c><00:42:11.449><c> It's</c><00:42:11.530><c> in</c><00:42:11.650><c> our</c><00:42:11.849><c> consciousness.</c>

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A<00:42:13.429><c> kind</c><00:42:13.650><c> of</c><00:42:13.909><c> miniature</c><00:42:14.369><c> judgment</c><00:42:14.849><c> seat</c><00:42:15.070><c> of</c><00:42:15.230><c> God</c><00:42:15.469><c> in</c><00:42:15.690><c> the</c><00:42:15.829><c> place,</c><00:42:16.289><c> in</c>

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the<00:42:16.670><c> secret</c><00:42:17.010><c> place.</c>

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It's<00:42:21.250><c> a</c><00:42:21.349><c> strange</c><00:42:21.670><c> thing</c><00:42:22.389><c> sometimes</c><00:42:24.389><c> when</c><00:42:25.349><c> we</c><00:42:25.570><c> begin</c><00:42:25.829><c> to</c><00:42:26.250><c> pray.</c>

00:42:27.230 --> 00:42:29.969
This<00:42:27.329><c> is</c><00:42:27.510><c> my</c><00:42:27.630><c> experience.</c><00:42:29.250><c> Forgotten</c><00:42:29.829><c> and</c>

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unforgiven<00:42:30.550><c> sins</c><00:42:30.909><c> start</c><00:42:31.349><c> into</c><00:42:31.590><c> life</c><00:42:31.869><c> again</c><00:42:32.510><c> when</c><00:42:33.469><c> we</c><00:42:33.769><c> pray.</c><00:42:35.269><c> See</c><00:42:35.489><c> praying</c><00:42:35.690><c> needs</c><00:42:36.369><c> a</c>

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conscience<00:42:37.070><c> which</c><00:42:38.690><c> is</c>

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undwelling<00:42:40.170><c> in</c><00:42:40.349><c> the</c><00:42:40.510><c> light</c><00:42:40.670><c> as</c><00:42:40.829><c> much</c><00:42:41.050><c> as</c><00:42:41.269><c> possible.</c><00:42:41.889><c> Or</c><00:42:41.969><c> put</c>

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another<00:42:42.429><c> way,</c><00:42:44.190><c> whoever</c><00:42:44.429><c> comes</c><00:42:44.769><c> to</c><00:42:44.889><c> God</c><00:42:45.090><c> for</c><00:42:45.309><c> mercy</c>

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must<00:42:45.869><c> himself</c><00:42:46.329><c> be</c><00:42:46.650><c> merciful.</c><00:42:48.670><c> The</c><00:42:49.210><c> petitioner</c><00:42:50.090><c> asking</c><00:42:50.449><c> for</c>

00:42:50.769 --> 00:42:53.030
grace<00:42:51.010><c> must</c><00:42:51.329><c> himself</c><00:42:51.710><c> be</c><00:42:52.050><c> gracious.</c>

00:42:54.710 --> 00:42:58.570
So<00:42:54.829><c> that's</c><00:42:55.110><c> the</c><00:42:55.170><c> first</c><00:42:55.389><c> condition,</c><00:42:57.610><c> that</c><00:42:57.929><c> there</c><00:42:58.210><c> should</c><00:42:58.389><c> be</c>

00:42:58.570 --> 00:43:01.789
no<00:42:58.849><c> impediment</c><00:42:59.630><c> in</c><00:43:00.590><c> the</c><00:43:00.809><c> pathway.</c>

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If<00:43:03.590><c> you</c><00:43:03.690><c> remember</c><00:43:03.989><c> you</c><00:43:04.090><c> have</c><00:43:04.409><c> a</c><00:43:04.530><c> brother</c><00:43:04.730><c> or</c><00:43:04.889><c> sister</c><00:43:05.230><c> have</c><00:43:05.429><c> fought</c><00:43:05.570><c> against</c><00:43:06.010><c> you,</c><00:43:06.230><c> you</c>

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must<00:43:06.550><c> put</c><00:43:06.769><c> it</c><00:43:06.949><c> right</c><00:43:07.210><c> first.</c>

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The<00:43:09.010><c> other</c><00:43:09.210><c> condition</c><00:43:09.750><c> is</c><00:43:10.769><c> the</c><00:43:10.929><c> need</c><00:43:11.190><c> to</c><00:43:11.489><c> pray</c><00:43:11.710><c> in</c><00:43:12.050><c> faith.</c><00:43:13.530><c> Now</c>

00:43:13.869 --> 00:43:16.010
I<00:43:14.349><c> know</c><00:43:14.570><c> this</c><00:43:14.829><c> is</c><00:43:15.230><c> well</c><00:43:15.469><c> known</c><00:43:15.710><c> to</c><00:43:15.750><c> you,</c>

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of<00:43:16.170><c> course</c><00:43:16.449><c> you'll</c><00:43:16.710><c> understand.</c><00:43:18.010><c> It's</c><00:43:18.190><c> not</c><00:43:18.349><c> a</c><00:43:18.530><c> revelation.</c><00:43:19.809><c> You</c><00:43:19.829><c> know</c><00:43:20.010><c> it</c><00:43:20.269><c> well.</c><00:43:20.690><c> I</c>

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mean<00:43:20.969><c> atheists</c><00:43:21.429><c> cannot</c><00:43:21.809><c> pray.</c>

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Agnostics<00:43:23.289><c> have</c><00:43:23.570><c> difficulty.</c><00:43:25.829><c> The</c><00:43:25.969><c> king</c><00:43:26.170><c> once</c><00:43:26.469><c> said</c><00:43:26.630><c> all</c><00:43:26.869><c> things</c><00:43:27.070><c> are</c>

00:43:27.329 --> 00:43:28.829
possible<00:43:27.630><c> to</c><00:43:27.809><c> him</c><00:43:27.989><c> that</c><00:43:28.190><c> believe</c><00:43:28.530><c> in.</c>

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So<00:43:29.409><c> faith</c><00:43:29.650><c> is</c><00:43:29.909><c> trust.</c><00:43:31.070><c> It's</c><00:43:31.190><c> not</c><00:43:31.369><c> a</c><00:43:31.570><c> speculation,</c><00:43:32.230><c> an</c><00:43:32.429><c> option,</c>

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a<00:43:33.610><c> pious</c><00:43:35.170><c> guess.</c><00:43:36.570><c> Jesus</c><00:43:36.969><c> said</c><00:43:37.210><c> therefore</c>

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I<00:43:37.690><c> say</c><00:43:37.949><c> unto</c><00:43:38.230><c> you</c><00:43:38.730><c> that</c><00:43:40.230><c> what</c><00:43:40.630><c> things</c><00:43:40.969><c> soever</c><00:43:41.309><c> you</c><00:43:41.590><c> desire</c><00:43:41.909><c> when</c><00:43:42.130><c> you</c>

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pray<00:43:42.909><c> believe</c><00:43:43.829><c> that</c><00:43:44.030><c> you</c><00:43:44.230><c> receive</c><00:43:44.710><c> them,</c>

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believe<00:43:46.190><c> that</c><00:43:46.389><c> you</c><00:43:46.530><c> receive</c><00:43:46.949><c> them</c><00:43:47.349><c> and</c><00:43:47.630><c> you</c><00:43:47.809><c> shall</c><00:43:47.969><c> have</c><00:43:48.230><c> them.</c><00:43:49.650><c> In</c>

00:43:49.869 --> 00:43:54.070
the<00:43:50.050><c> letter</c><00:43:50.289><c> of</c><00:43:50.489><c> James</c><00:43:51.309><c> he</c><00:43:52.650><c> says</c><00:43:52.929><c> that</c><00:43:53.230><c> doubt</c>

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is<00:43:54.769><c> double</c><00:43:55.170><c>-minded</c><00:43:55.750><c> and</c><00:43:56.090><c> doubt</c><00:43:56.369><c> is</c><00:43:56.829><c> unstable.</c><00:43:57.670><c> It's</c><00:43:57.769><c> like</c><00:43:57.989><c> a</c>

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troubled<00:43:58.570><c> sea,</c><00:43:59.349><c> it's</c><00:43:59.530><c> storm</c><00:43:59.889><c>-tossed</c><00:44:00.190><c> and</c><00:44:00.329><c> it's</c>

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driven<00:44:01.269><c> by</c><00:44:01.610><c> the</c><00:44:01.829><c> wind.</c><00:44:02.570><c> Now</c><00:44:02.730><c> such</c><00:44:02.949><c> a</c><00:44:03.190><c> person</c><00:44:03.789><c> gets</c><00:44:04.610><c> nothing</c>

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from<00:44:05.429><c> prayers</c><00:44:05.829><c> because</c><00:44:06.630><c> they</c><00:44:07.090><c> are</c><00:44:07.369><c> double</c><00:44:07.690><c>-minded</c><00:44:08.090><c> and</c>

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doubting.<00:44:10.789><c> So</c><00:44:11.070><c> that's</c><00:44:11.610><c> an</c><00:44:11.889><c> important</c><00:44:12.190><c> factor</c><00:44:12.750><c> to</c><00:44:13.750><c> ask</c><00:44:14.110><c> in</c><00:44:14.429><c> faith.</c><00:44:16.150><c> And</c>

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then<00:44:16.989><c> we</c><00:44:17.449><c> must</c><00:44:17.630><c> learn</c><00:44:17.849><c> this.</c><00:44:18.250><c> It</c><00:44:18.389><c> is</c><00:44:18.690><c> possible</c>

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of<00:44:19.389><c> course</c><00:44:19.590><c> to</c><00:44:19.829><c> ask</c><00:44:20.230><c> a</c><00:44:20.389><c> miss.</c><00:44:21.829><c> James</c><00:44:22.190><c> 4</c><00:44:22.550><c>.3</c><00:44:22.809><c> says</c><00:44:23.130><c> ye</c><00:44:23.530><c> ask</c><00:44:23.849><c> and</c><00:44:24.010><c> receive</c><00:44:24.349><c> not</c><00:44:24.590><c> because</c><00:44:25.150><c> ye</c>

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ask<00:44:25.909><c> a</c><00:44:26.030><c> miss</c><00:44:26.170><c> that</c><00:44:26.309><c> ye</c><00:44:26.449><c> may</c>

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spend<00:44:26.909><c> it</c><00:44:27.090><c> on</c><00:44:27.230><c> your</c><00:44:27.769><c> pleasures.</c><00:44:29.469><c> It's</c><00:44:29.690><c> quite</c><00:44:29.869><c> evident</c><00:44:30.110><c> then</c>

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that<00:44:30.530><c> God</c><00:44:30.769><c> takes</c><00:44:31.170><c> notice</c><00:44:31.730><c> not</c><00:44:32.610><c> only</c><00:44:32.889><c> of</c><00:44:33.110><c> what</c><00:44:33.329><c> we</c>

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ask<00:44:33.809><c> for</c><00:44:34.010><c> but</c><00:44:34.130><c> why</c><00:44:34.349><c> we</c><00:44:34.510><c> are</c><00:44:34.670><c> asking</c><00:44:35.110><c> for</c><00:44:35.469><c> it.</c><00:44:36.469><c> God</c><00:44:36.730><c> looks</c><00:44:37.010><c> at</c><00:44:37.190><c> the</c><00:44:37.429><c> heart</c><00:44:37.789><c> and</c><00:44:38.369><c> we</c>

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have<00:44:38.730><c> to</c><00:44:38.909><c> face</c><00:44:39.130><c> it</c><00:44:39.610><c> there</c><00:44:39.809><c> are</c><00:44:39.989><c> some</c>

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hearts<00:44:40.789><c> which</c><00:44:41.630><c> don't</c><00:44:41.909><c> really</c><00:44:42.050><c> have</c><00:44:42.210><c> difficulty</c><00:44:42.730><c> in</c><00:44:43.250><c> finding</c>

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an<00:44:43.809><c> audience</c><00:44:44.150><c> with</c><00:44:44.409><c> him.</c><00:44:44.530><c> The</c><00:44:44.789><c> unbelieving</c><00:44:45.349><c> heart</c>

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has<00:44:46.650><c> no</c><00:44:46.989><c> access,</c><00:44:47.570><c> the</c><00:44:47.710><c> Bible</c><00:44:47.929><c> says.</c><00:44:48.170><c> The</c><00:44:48.449><c> unforgiving</c><00:44:49.010><c> heart</c>

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is<00:44:49.769><c> shut</c><00:44:49.989><c> out.</c><00:44:50.750><c> The</c><00:44:51.030><c> self</c><00:44:51.409><c>-seeking</c><00:44:51.869><c> heart</c><00:44:52.489><c> is</c>

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halted.<00:44:54.070><c> And</c><00:44:54.070><c> so</c><00:44:54.250><c> the</c><00:44:54.389><c> message</c><00:44:54.690><c> is</c><00:44:55.329><c> ask</c><00:44:55.829><c> believingly</c><00:44:57.030><c> in</c><00:44:57.389><c> accordance</c><00:44:57.809><c> with</c>

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the<00:44:58.630><c> law</c><00:44:58.849><c> of</c><00:44:59.250><c> faith.</c><00:44:59.909><c> Do</c><00:45:00.010><c> not</c><00:45:00.230><c> be</c>

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afraid<00:45:00.789><c> to</c><00:45:01.110><c> ask.</c><00:45:01.510><c> The</c><00:45:01.610><c> King</c><00:45:01.849><c> says</c><00:45:02.150><c> ask</c><00:45:02.489><c> and</c><00:45:02.610><c> ye</c><00:45:02.809><c> shall</c><00:45:03.050><c> receive.</c><00:45:05.449><c> Knock.</c>

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Seek<00:45:07.829><c> and</c><00:45:07.949><c> ye</c><00:45:08.130><c> shall</c><00:45:08.349><c> find.</c><00:45:09.010><c> Knock</c>

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and<00:45:09.690><c> it</c><00:45:09.869><c> shall</c><00:45:10.050><c> be</c><00:45:10.349><c> opened.</c><00:45:10.829><c> Paul</c><00:45:11.090><c> says</c><00:45:11.369><c> in</c><00:45:11.590><c> nothing</c><00:45:11.929><c> be</c><00:45:12.210><c> anxious</c><00:45:12.570><c> but</c>

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in<00:45:13.130><c> everything</c><00:45:13.909><c> by</c><00:45:14.489><c> prayer</c><00:45:14.909><c> and</c><00:45:15.130><c> supplication</c>

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with<00:45:15.909><c> thanksgiving</c><00:45:16.730><c> let</c><00:45:17.190><c> your</c><00:45:17.489><c> requests</c><00:45:17.949><c> be</c><00:45:18.250><c> made</c><00:45:18.590><c> known</c><00:45:18.789><c> unto</c><00:45:19.030><c> God.</c><00:45:19.710><c> In</c>

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everything<00:45:20.369><c> he</c><00:45:20.789><c> says.</c><00:45:21.829><c> As</c><00:45:22.190><c> I've</c><00:45:22.389><c> said</c>

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prayer<00:45:23.190><c> is</c><00:45:23.469><c> not</c><00:45:23.670><c> all</c><00:45:24.289><c> asking</c><00:45:24.630><c> it's</c><00:45:25.070><c> thanksgiving</c><00:45:25.570><c> and</c><00:45:25.809><c> worship</c><00:45:26.150><c> and</c>

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contrition<00:45:26.989><c> and</c><00:45:27.210><c> submission</c>

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but<00:45:28.389><c> it</c><00:45:28.769><c> does</c><00:45:29.070><c> definitely</c><00:45:29.809><c> include</c><00:45:30.670><c> asking.</c><00:45:34.510><c> Why</c><00:45:34.550><c> pray</c><00:45:35.550><c> for</c>

00:45:35.969 --> 00:45:38.989
these<00:45:36.250><c> things</c><00:45:36.489><c> if</c><00:45:36.650><c> he</c><00:45:36.869><c> understands</c><00:45:37.630><c> our</c><00:45:37.989><c> needs?</c>

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Well<00:45:39.769><c> because</c><00:45:40.289><c> asking</c><00:45:40.949><c> is</c><00:45:41.429><c> different</c><00:45:41.889><c> from</c><00:45:42.130><c> giving</c><00:45:42.469><c> information.</c><00:45:44.489><c> It</c><00:45:44.750><c> is</c><00:45:44.989><c> one</c><00:45:45.309><c> thing</c><00:45:45.510><c> to</c>

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inform<00:45:46.269><c> it</c><00:45:46.429><c> is</c>

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another<00:45:46.969><c> thing</c><00:45:47.190><c> to</c><00:45:47.510><c> beseech</c><00:45:47.889><c> in</c><00:45:48.309><c> faith.</c><00:45:49.710><c> It</c><00:45:49.769><c> is</c><00:45:50.050><c> revealed</c><00:45:50.389><c> to</c>

00:45:50.590 --> 00:45:52.889
us<00:45:50.750><c> that</c><00:45:50.989><c> although</c><00:45:51.389><c> the</c><00:45:51.570><c> God</c><00:45:51.829><c> of</c><00:45:52.030><c> heaven</c><00:45:52.250><c> knows</c><00:45:52.610><c> our</c>

00:45:52.889 --> 00:45:56.449
needs<00:45:53.150><c> before</c><00:45:53.510><c> we</c><00:45:53.710><c> ask</c><00:45:54.010><c> him</c><00:45:54.610><c> notwithstanding</c><00:45:55.570><c> he</c><00:45:55.889><c> waits</c><00:45:56.250><c> to</c>

00:45:56.449 --> 00:45:59.550
be<00:45:56.670><c> asked</c><00:45:57.130><c> before</c><00:45:57.590><c> he</c><00:45:57.909><c> distributes</c><00:45:58.510><c> the</c><00:45:58.750><c> gifts</c>

00:45:59.610 --> 00:46:03.789
that<00:46:00.210><c> supply</c><00:46:00.610><c> our</c><00:46:00.869><c> every</c><00:46:01.130><c> need.</c><00:46:01.349><c> That</c><00:46:01.630><c> is</c><00:46:02.050><c> a</c><00:46:02.349><c> fact.</c><00:46:02.769><c> God</c><00:46:03.210><c> waits</c>

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to<00:46:04.250><c> be</c><00:46:04.530><c> asked.</c>

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Your<00:46:08.989><c> heavenly</c><00:46:09.409><c> Father</c><00:46:09.750><c> knoweth</c><00:46:10.230><c> that</c><00:46:10.389><c> ye</c><00:46:10.550><c> have</c><00:46:10.670><c> need</c><00:46:10.909><c> of</c><00:46:11.030><c> these</c><00:46:11.329><c> things</c><00:46:11.570><c> before</c><00:46:11.969><c> ye</c>

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ask.<00:46:12.909><c> After</c><00:46:13.309><c> this</c><00:46:13.710><c> manner</c>

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therefore<00:46:14.289><c> pray</c><00:46:14.869><c> ye</c><00:46:15.269><c> give</c><00:46:15.829><c> us</c><00:46:16.329><c> this</c><00:46:16.869><c> day</c><00:46:17.309><c> our</c><00:46:17.730><c> daily</c><00:46:18.150><c> bread.</c>

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God<00:46:19.409><c> knows</c><00:46:19.969><c> you</c><00:46:20.329><c> need</c><00:46:20.610><c> your</c><00:46:20.949><c> daily</c><00:46:21.409><c> bread</c>

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but<00:46:22.150><c> after</c><00:46:22.610><c> this</c><00:46:23.309><c> manner</c><00:46:23.789><c> say</c><00:46:24.269><c> give</c><00:46:24.829><c> us</c><00:46:25.170><c> this</c><00:46:25.489><c> day</c><00:46:25.750><c> our</c><00:46:26.030><c> daily</c>

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bread.<00:46:27.570><c> Jesus</c><00:46:27.889><c> is</c><00:46:28.110><c> saying</c><00:46:28.250><c> that</c><00:46:28.409><c> because</c><00:46:28.789><c> God</c>

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knows<00:46:29.349><c> our</c><00:46:29.570><c> needs</c><00:46:29.750><c> before</c><00:46:30.150><c> we</c><00:46:30.269><c> ask</c><00:46:30.530><c> him</c><00:46:30.829><c> and</c><00:46:31.050><c> he's</c><00:46:31.210><c> willing</c><00:46:31.429><c> to</c>

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answer<00:46:31.909><c> them</c><00:46:32.369><c> so</c><00:46:32.789><c> the</c><00:46:33.010><c> more</c><00:46:33.570><c> we</c><00:46:33.989><c> ought</c><00:46:34.110><c> to</c><00:46:34.349><c> ask</c><00:46:34.650><c> him.</c>

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So<00:46:36.769><c> when</c><00:46:37.010><c> you</c><00:46:37.590><c> pray</c><00:46:37.789><c> have</c><00:46:38.070><c> faith</c><00:46:38.389><c> in</c><00:46:38.590><c> God</c><00:46:39.130><c> because</c><00:46:40.070><c> asking</c><00:46:42.170><c> sincerely</c><00:46:43.530><c> in</c>

00:46:43.829 --> 00:46:47.769
faith<00:46:44.170><c> is</c><00:46:44.429><c> something</c><00:46:45.190><c> God</c><00:46:45.869><c> does</c><00:46:46.170><c> not</c><00:46:46.429><c> dishonor.</c>

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You<00:46:48.030><c> will</c><00:46:48.289><c> remember.</c><00:46:50.289><c> My</c><00:46:50.530><c> comrades</c><00:46:50.889><c> you</c><00:46:51.090><c> will</c><00:46:51.349><c> remember</c><00:46:51.829><c> that</c>

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awful<00:46:52.869><c> occasion</c><00:46:53.750><c> in</c><00:46:54.650><c> the</c><00:46:54.710><c> 10th</c><00:46:55.110><c> chapter</c><00:46:55.489><c> of</c><00:46:55.710><c> Leviticus.</c>

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Two<00:46:58.110><c> men,</c><00:46:59.590><c> two</c><00:47:00.190><c> men</c><00:47:01.429><c> offered</c><00:47:02.190><c> strange</c><00:47:03.329><c> fire</c><00:47:04.090><c> before</c><00:47:04.730><c> the</c><00:47:04.989><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:47:08.090><c> they</c><00:47:08.289><c> were</c><00:47:08.489><c> destroyed.</c><00:47:10.710><c> God</c><00:47:10.829><c> says</c><00:47:11.010><c> I</c><00:47:11.210><c> will</c><00:47:11.409><c> be</c><00:47:11.570><c> sanctified</c><00:47:12.170><c> and</c><00:47:12.369><c> then</c>

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draw<00:47:12.909><c> nigh</c><00:47:13.070><c> unto</c><00:47:13.329><c> me.</c>

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We<00:47:14.849><c> must</c><00:47:15.050><c> always</c><00:47:15.489><c> regard</c><00:47:15.849><c> prayer</c><00:47:16.730><c> seriously.</c><00:47:20.030><c> We</c><00:47:20.170><c> must</c><00:47:20.389><c> always</c><00:47:20.750><c> regard</c><00:47:21.150><c> it</c><00:47:21.849><c> reverently.</c><00:47:23.710><c> Try</c><00:47:23.969><c> to</c><00:47:24.289><c> avoid</c>

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being<00:47:25.889><c> mechanical</c><00:47:26.909><c> and</c><00:47:27.230><c> perfunctory.</c><00:47:29.050><c> The</c><00:47:29.050><c> Bible</c><00:47:29.289><c> says</c><00:47:29.610><c> that</c>

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God<00:47:29.969><c> responds</c><00:47:30.469><c> to</c><00:47:30.710><c> prayers</c><00:47:30.969><c> which</c><00:47:31.329><c> are</c>

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fervent.<00:47:32.650><c> The</c><00:47:33.030><c> fervent</c><00:47:33.449><c> effectual</c><00:47:34.090><c> prayer</c><00:47:34.389><c> of</c><00:47:34.610><c> a</c><00:47:34.710><c> righteous</c>

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man<00:47:35.690><c> availeth</c><00:47:36.250><c> much.</c><00:47:36.610><c> Notice</c><00:47:36.949><c> the</c><00:47:37.230><c> conditions</c><00:47:37.889><c> there.</c>

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The<00:47:41.409><c> fervent</c><00:47:42.150><c> effectual</c><00:47:43.050><c> prayer</c><00:47:43.670><c> of</c><00:47:44.110><c> a</c><00:47:44.230><c> righteous</c><00:47:44.650><c> man</c><00:47:45.389><c> availeth</c><00:47:45.969><c> much.</c>

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Intensity<00:47:47.530><c> if</c><00:47:47.750><c> you</c><00:47:47.969><c> can</c><00:47:48.130><c> is</c><00:47:48.329><c> part</c><00:47:48.730><c> of</c>

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law<00:47:49.570><c> of</c><00:47:49.889><c> prayer.</c><00:47:50.949><c> Why</c><00:47:51.110><c> is</c><00:47:51.369><c> that?</c><00:47:51.849><c> Remember</c><00:47:52.349><c> God</c><00:47:52.909><c> hates</c><00:47:53.989><c> something</c><00:47:54.630><c> which</c>

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is<00:47:55.349><c> lukewarm.</c><00:47:56.670><c> Jesus</c><00:47:57.010><c> said</c><00:47:57.590><c> because</c>

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they<00:47:58.389><c> are</c><00:47:58.670><c> lukewarm</c><00:47:59.690><c> I</c><00:47:59.929><c> will</c><00:48:00.670><c> spew</c><00:48:01.030><c> that</c><00:48:01.190><c> out</c><00:48:01.309><c> of</c><00:48:01.550><c> my</c><00:48:01.789><c> mouth.</c>

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God<00:48:03.969><c> likes</c><00:48:04.849><c> people</c><00:48:05.309><c> who</c><00:48:05.630><c> are</c><00:48:05.949><c> warm,</c><00:48:07.650><c> strongly</c><00:48:08.030><c> warm,</c>

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not<00:48:09.389><c> lukewarm.</c><00:48:11.090><c> It's</c><00:48:11.289><c> easy</c><00:48:11.610><c> to</c><00:48:11.849><c> shine</c><00:48:12.070><c> sometimes.</c><00:48:12.550><c> It's</c><00:48:12.690><c> more</c>

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difficult<00:48:13.269><c> to</c><00:48:13.530><c> burn.</c><00:48:14.489><c> God</c><00:48:14.730><c> is</c><00:48:15.090><c> found</c><00:48:15.329><c> most</c><00:48:15.570><c> by</c><00:48:15.769><c> those</c>

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who<00:48:16.289><c> are</c><00:48:16.590><c> burning</c><00:48:17.110><c> to</c><00:48:17.389><c> find</c><00:48:17.630><c> him</c><00:48:17.769><c> or</c><00:48:17.909><c> seeking</c><00:48:18.250><c> him</c><00:48:18.449><c> with</c><00:48:18.630><c> all</c><00:48:18.849><c> their</c><00:48:19.170><c> heart.</c><00:48:20.690><c> I</c>

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don't<00:48:21.510><c> think</c><00:48:21.610><c> he's</c><00:48:21.949><c> likely</c><00:48:22.090><c> to</c><00:48:22.309><c> be</c>

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found<00:48:22.630><c> by</c><00:48:22.889><c> people</c><00:48:23.150><c> who</c><00:48:23.309><c> are</c><00:48:23.550><c> flippant</c><00:48:24.110><c> or</c><00:48:24.389><c> merely</c><00:48:24.869><c> curious</c><00:48:25.570><c> or</c>

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self<00:48:26.230><c>-reliant</c><00:48:26.730><c> or</c><00:48:27.010><c> intellectually</c><00:48:27.489><c> proud.</c><00:48:28.369><c> He</c><00:48:28.449><c> is</c><00:48:28.630><c> not</c>

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speak<00:48:30.190><c> to</c><00:48:30.389><c> God</c><00:48:30.530><c> in</c><00:48:30.889><c> simplicity.</c><00:48:31.869><c> Leave</c><00:48:32.030><c> the</c><00:48:32.329><c> eloquence</c><00:48:32.750><c> if</c><00:48:32.909><c> you</c><00:48:33.090><c> must</c><00:48:33.469><c> to</c>

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the<00:48:33.969><c> place</c><00:48:34.170><c> of</c><00:48:34.429><c> public</c><00:48:34.769><c> prayer.</c><00:48:36.110><c> God</c>

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does<00:48:36.769><c> not</c><00:48:36.949><c> want</c><00:48:37.170><c> a</c><00:48:37.349><c> lecture.</c><00:48:37.929><c> He's</c><00:48:38.170><c> had</c><00:48:38.269><c> too</c><00:48:38.530><c> many</c><00:48:38.750><c> lectures</c><00:48:39.070><c> I</c>

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feel.<00:48:39.889><c> He</c><00:48:40.050><c> wants</c><00:48:40.570><c> a</c><00:48:41.010><c> prayer</c><00:48:41.230><c> sincerely</c><00:48:41.869><c> prayed</c><00:48:42.230><c> with</c>

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faith.<00:48:43.909><c> We</c><00:48:44.510><c> do</c><00:48:46.269><c> not</c><00:48:46.389><c> have</c><00:48:46.590><c> to</c><00:48:46.730><c> persuade</c><00:48:47.329><c> God</c><00:48:47.929><c> but</c><00:48:48.170><c> he</c><00:48:48.329><c> likes</c><00:48:48.630><c> us</c>

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to<00:48:49.050><c> ask</c><00:48:49.650><c> faithfully</c><00:48:50.829><c> and</c><00:48:51.530><c> fervently.</c>

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So<00:48:54.449><c> that's</c><00:48:54.730><c> it.</c><00:48:58.929><c> The</c><00:48:59.090><c> preparation</c><00:48:59.630><c> and</c><00:48:59.929><c> practice.</c><00:49:01.329><c> Now</c><00:49:01.489><c> when</c>

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we<00:49:01.809><c> come</c><00:49:01.989><c> to</c><00:49:02.230><c> the</c><00:49:02.349><c> next</c><00:49:02.789><c> address,</c><00:49:03.429><c> God</c><00:49:03.610><c> willing,</c>

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we<00:49:04.789><c> shall</c><00:49:04.929><c> be</c><00:49:05.070><c> talking</c><00:49:05.409><c> about</c><00:49:06.489><c> the</c><00:49:06.869><c> pattern</c><00:49:07.269><c> prayer.</c><00:49:08.250><c> Our</c><00:49:08.630><c> Father</c><00:49:09.309><c> which</c><00:49:09.869><c> is</c>

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in<00:49:10.210><c> the</c><00:49:10.369><c> heavens.</c>

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Hallowed<00:49:11.869><c> be</c><00:49:12.090><c> thy</c><00:49:12.349><c> name.</c>