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and<00:12:03.360><c> all</c><00:12:03.559><c> those</c><00:12:03.820><c> features</c><00:12:04.159><c> which</c><00:12:04.440><c> we</c><00:12:04.740><c> saw</c><00:12:05.080><c> in</c><00:12:05.840><c> the</c><00:12:06.220><c> circumstances,</c>

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particularly<00:12:07.240><c> of</c><00:12:07.460><c> the</c><00:12:07.580><c> scribes</c><00:12:07.860><c> and</c><00:12:07.980><c> the</c><00:12:08.220><c> Pharisees,</c>

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whether<00:12:09.960><c> that</c><00:12:10.259><c> would</c><00:12:10.480><c> better</c><00:12:11.080><c> or</c><00:12:11.399><c> would</c><00:12:11.600><c> best</c><00:12:11.919><c> characterize</c>

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our<00:12:12.840><c> prayers.</c>

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Where<00:12:23.460><c> there's</c><00:12:23.940><c> nothing</c><00:12:24.200><c> unnatural</c><00:12:24.799><c> about</c><00:12:25.220><c> coming</c><00:12:25.500><c> to</c><00:12:25.679><c> God</c>

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at<00:12:26.120><c> any</c><00:12:26.259><c> moment</c><00:12:26.519><c> of</c><00:12:26.700><c> the</c><00:12:26.820><c> day.</c>

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We<00:12:27.240><c> love</c><00:12:27.460><c> to</c><00:12:27.740><c> reflect</c><00:12:28.059><c> upon</c><00:12:28.340><c> Him.</c>

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We<00:12:31.220><c> love</c><00:12:31.419><c> to</c><00:12:31.600><c> come</c><00:12:31.720><c> to</c><00:12:31.799><c> Him</c><00:12:31.980><c> not</c><00:12:32.179><c> just</c><00:12:32.500><c> at</c><00:12:32.740><c> a</c><00:12:32.840><c> set</c><00:12:33.039><c> time</c><00:12:33.299><c> in</c><00:12:33.440><c> the</c>

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morning<00:12:33.779><c> or</c><00:12:33.960><c> the</c><00:12:34.100><c> evening,</c>

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but<00:12:36.159><c> we</c><00:12:37.100><c> follow</c><00:12:37.360><c> a</c><00:12:37.580><c> practice</c><00:12:37.879><c> which</c><00:12:38.080><c> is</c><00:12:38.279><c> akin</c><00:12:38.480><c> to</c><00:12:38.659><c> the</c><00:12:38.779><c> practice</c><00:12:39.019><c> of</c><00:12:39.179><c> the</c>

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that<00:12:40.480><c> we're</c><00:12:40.639><c> just</c><00:12:40.960><c> a</c><00:12:41.159><c> people</c><00:12:41.299><c> of</c><00:12:41.580><c> prayer.</c>

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We<00:12:43.019><c> like</c><00:12:43.299><c> that</c><00:12:43.539><c> Malawian</c><00:12:43.960><c> brother</c><00:12:44.299><c> and</c><00:12:44.580><c> so</c><00:12:44.740><c> many</c><00:12:44.919><c> other</c><00:12:45.159><c> brethren</c><00:12:45.360><c> and</c><00:12:45.539><c> sisters</c>

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I've<00:12:45.919><c> met</c><00:12:46.019><c> in</c><00:12:46.240><c> so</c><00:12:46.379><c> many</c><00:12:46.580><c> places</c><00:12:47.200><c> who</c><00:12:47.820><c> I</c><00:12:48.139><c> believe</c><00:12:48.379><c> are</c><00:12:48.559><c> people</c>

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of<00:12:49.100><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:12:51.320><c> I've</c><00:12:51.639><c> found,</c><00:12:51.940><c> I</c><00:12:52.080><c> have</c><00:12:52.360><c> found,</c><00:12:52.779><c> just</c><00:12:53.059><c> to</c><00:12:54.320><c> make</c><00:12:55.039><c> a</c><00:12:55.659><c> rather</c>

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specific<00:12:56.259><c> point,</c>

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I've<00:12:56.960><c> found</c><00:12:57.200><c> that</c><00:12:57.899><c> many</c><00:12:58.220><c> of</c><00:12:58.480><c> the</c><00:12:59.419><c> outstanding</c><00:13:00.200><c> brothers</c><00:13:01.019><c> and</c><00:13:01.299><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:13:01.700><c> we</c><00:13:01.899><c> have</c><00:13:02.059><c> in</c><00:13:02.240><c> our</c><00:13:02.399><c> community,</c>

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particularly<00:13:04.019><c> some</c><00:13:04.320><c> of</c><00:13:04.460><c> our</c><00:13:04.620><c> outstanding</c><00:13:05.100><c> missionary</c><00:13:05.580><c> brethren</c><00:13:05.899><c> and</c><00:13:06.179><c> sisters,</c>

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are<00:13:07.860><c> unquestionably</c><00:13:09.059><c> brethren</c><00:13:09.440><c> and</c><00:13:09.679><c> sisters</c><00:13:09.960><c> of</c><00:13:10.299><c> prayer.</c>

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They<00:13:12.960><c> absolutely</c><00:13:13.580><c> are</c><00:13:14.399><c> brothers</c><00:13:14.659><c> and</c><00:13:14.940><c> sisters</c><00:13:15.240><c> of</c><00:13:15.519><c> prayer.</c>

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Some<00:13:18.899><c> brethren</c><00:13:19.259><c> and</c><00:13:19.399><c> sisters</c><00:13:19.580><c> I</c><00:13:19.759><c> know</c><00:13:19.960><c> when</c><00:13:20.139><c> I</c><00:13:20.299><c> go</c><00:13:20.419><c> out</c><00:13:20.539><c> to</c><00:13:20.620><c> the</c>

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mission<00:13:20.919><c> fields,</c>

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when<00:13:21.320><c> they</c><00:13:21.519><c> go</c><00:13:21.759><c> to</c><00:13:22.840><c> talk</c><00:13:23.179><c> to</c><00:13:23.340><c> an</c><00:13:23.519><c> interested</c><00:13:23.679><c> friend</c><00:13:24.179><c> or</c><00:13:24.539><c> what</c>

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have<00:13:24.940><c> you,</c>

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they<00:13:25.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:25.759><c> think</c><00:13:26.059><c> of</c><00:13:26.179><c> going</c><00:13:26.399><c> out</c><00:13:26.720><c> without</c><00:13:27.259><c> first</c><00:13:27.840><c> offering</c><00:13:28.179><c> a</c><00:13:28.440><c> prayer,</c>

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to<00:13:28.899><c> give</c><00:13:29.019><c> them</c><00:13:29.159><c> the</c><00:13:29.299><c> lips,</c><00:13:30.139><c> to</c><00:13:30.299><c> give</c><00:13:30.379><c> them</c><00:13:30.580><c> the</c><00:13:30.740><c> understanding,</c><00:13:31.240><c> the</c><00:13:31.379><c> right</c><00:13:31.659><c> word.</c>

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It<00:13:32.500><c> just</c><00:13:32.740><c> sort</c><00:13:32.899><c> of</c><00:13:33.080><c> seems</c><00:13:33.259><c> natural</c><00:13:33.919><c> to</c><00:13:34.840><c> come</c><00:13:35.019><c> to</c><00:13:35.200><c> God</c><00:13:35.360><c> in</c><00:13:35.679><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:13:50.559><c> only</c><00:13:50.860><c> you</c><00:13:52.019><c> and</c><00:13:52.320><c> only</c><00:13:52.580><c> I</c><00:13:53.639><c> can</c><00:13:54.179><c> sort</c><00:13:54.399><c> out</c><00:13:55.139><c> how</c><00:13:55.620><c> we</c><00:13:55.840><c> match</c><00:13:56.100><c> against</c><00:13:56.419><c> that</c><00:13:56.740><c> kind</c><00:13:56.919><c> of</c><00:13:57.159><c> standard.</c>

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Whether<00:14:00.220><c> our</c><00:14:00.620><c> prayers</c><00:14:00.820><c> are</c><00:14:01.080><c> remiss,</c>

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or<00:14:02.639><c> whether</c><00:14:02.840><c> somehow</c><00:14:03.259><c> or</c><00:14:03.419><c> other</c><00:14:03.500><c> we're</c><00:14:03.700><c> coming</c><00:14:03.960><c> towards</c><00:14:04.279><c> the</c><00:14:04.460><c> standards</c>

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said<00:14:14.299><c> about</c><00:14:14.720><c> prayer,</c>

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but<00:14:17.940><c> one</c><00:14:18.200><c> thing</c><00:14:18.419><c> which</c><00:14:18.659><c> he</c><00:14:19.700><c> said,</c>

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and<00:14:20.379><c> I</c><00:14:21.480><c> always</c><00:14:21.740><c> find</c><00:14:21.899><c> this</c><00:14:22.100><c> particularly</c><00:14:22.419><c> striking</c><00:14:22.860><c> when</c><00:14:23.019><c> you</c>

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go<00:14:23.259><c> to</c><00:14:23.419><c> the</c><00:14:23.559><c> Gospels,</c>

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it's<00:14:24.960><c> never</c><00:14:25.679><c> when</c><00:14:27.299><c> you</c><00:14:27.620><c> pray.</c>

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I'm<00:14:30.399><c> sorry,</c><00:14:30.519><c> it's</c><00:14:30.639><c> never</c><00:14:31.100><c> if</c><00:14:31.480><c> you</c><00:14:31.740><c> pray,</c><00:14:32.059><c> it's</c><00:14:32.159><c> when</c><00:14:32.360><c> you</c><00:14:32.580><c> pray.</c>

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It's<00:14:34.480><c> never</c><00:14:34.720><c> if,</c><00:14:35.120><c> there's</c><00:14:35.460><c> no</c><00:14:35.700><c> conditionality</c><00:14:36.259><c> about</c><00:14:36.500><c> this,</c>

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it's<00:14:37.299><c> only</c><00:14:37.559><c> when.</c>

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There's<00:14:38.220><c> no</c><00:14:38.500><c> sort</c><00:14:38.679><c> of</c><00:14:39.000><c> presumption</c><00:14:39.399><c> that</c><00:14:39.519><c> you're</c><00:14:39.740><c> not</c><00:14:39.940><c> praying,</c>

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it's<00:14:40.940><c> assumed</c><00:14:41.279><c> that</c><00:14:41.460><c> you're</c><00:14:41.740><c> praying.</c>

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Look<00:14:43.019><c> at</c><00:14:43.179><c> the</c><00:14:43.299><c> 6th</c><00:14:43.639><c> chapter</c><00:14:43.820><c> of</c><00:14:44.440><c> Matthew's</c><00:14:44.940><c> Gospel</c><00:14:45.200><c> for</c><00:14:45.419><c> example,</c>

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verse<00:14:46.559><c> 15</c><00:14:47.080><c> when</c><00:14:47.299><c> we</c><00:14:47.500><c> come</c><00:14:47.639><c> into</c><00:14:47.820><c> the</c><00:14:47.919><c> middle</c><00:14:48.019><c> of</c><00:14:49.000><c> the</c><00:14:49.240><c> Sermon</c>

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on<00:14:49.639><c> the</c><00:14:49.820><c> Mount.</c>

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When<00:15:03.720><c> you</c><00:15:04.059><c> pray,</c><00:15:04.980><c> not</c><00:15:05.200><c> if</c><00:15:05.440><c> you</c><00:15:05.639><c> pray,</c><00:15:05.879><c> but</c><00:15:06.019><c> when</c><00:15:06.240><c> you</c><00:15:06.460><c> pray,</c>

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you<00:15:08.600><c> must</c><00:15:08.879><c> not</c><00:15:09.080><c> be</c><00:15:09.220><c> like</c><00:15:09.500><c> the</c><00:15:09.679><c> hypocrites,</c>

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for<00:15:10.899><c> they</c><00:15:11.080><c> love</c><00:15:11.240><c> to</c><00:15:11.539><c> stand</c><00:15:11.740><c> and</c><00:15:11.919><c> to</c><00:15:12.159><c> pray</c><00:15:12.279><c> in</c><00:15:12.480><c> the</c><00:15:12.600><c> synagogues</c>

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Verily<00:15:18.440><c> I</c><00:15:18.720><c> say</c><00:15:18.840><c> unto</c><00:15:19.039><c> you,</c><00:15:19.240><c> they</c><00:15:19.379><c> have</c><00:15:19.580><c> received</c><00:15:20.039><c> their</c><00:15:20.279><c> reward.</c>

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and<00:15:25.659><c> pray</c><00:15:25.860><c> to</c><00:15:26.059><c> your</c><00:15:26.220><c> Father</c><00:15:26.500><c> who</c><00:15:26.639><c> is</c><00:15:26.840><c> in</c><00:15:27.059><c> secret,</c>

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and<00:15:28.559><c> your</c><00:15:28.759><c> Father</c><00:15:29.039><c> who</c><00:15:29.279><c> sees</c><00:15:29.519><c> in</c><00:15:29.779><c> secret</c><00:15:30.440><c> will</c><00:15:31.779><c> reward</c><00:15:32.139><c> you.</c>

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And<00:15:35.840><c> so</c><00:15:35.940><c> it's</c><00:15:36.059><c> not</c><00:15:36.279><c> if</c><00:15:36.679><c> you</c><00:15:37.019><c> pray</c><00:15:37.259><c> brothers</c><00:15:37.539><c> and</c><00:15:37.779><c> sisters,</c><00:15:38.580><c> it's</c><00:15:39.519><c> when</c><00:15:39.740><c> you</c><00:15:39.980><c> pray.</c>

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you<00:15:56.820><c> come</c><00:15:57.139><c> towards</c><00:15:57.480><c> your</c><00:15:57.679><c> God.</c>

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hear<00:16:11.639><c> Jesus</c><00:16:11.940><c> speaking</c><00:16:12.279><c> on</c><00:16:12.539><c> prayer.</c>

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repeated<00:16:17.519><c> in</c><00:16:17.720><c> these</c><00:16:17.980><c> various</c><00:16:18.700><c> verses</c>

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ask<00:16:59.279><c> in</c><00:16:59.559><c> prayer,</c>

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believe<00:17:01.220><c> that</c><00:17:01.720><c> you</c><00:17:01.919><c> have</c><00:17:02.080><c> received</c><00:17:02.440><c> it</c><00:17:02.679><c> and</c><00:17:02.820><c> it</c><00:17:02.940><c> will</c><00:17:03.100><c> be</c><00:17:03.299><c> yours.</c>

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which<00:17:20.700><c> makes</c><00:17:21.559><c> just</c><00:17:21.839><c> this</c><00:17:22.099><c> point,</c><00:17:22.319><c> which</c><00:17:22.440><c> is</c><00:17:22.579><c> a</c><00:17:22.779><c> remarkable</c><00:17:23.759><c> passage</c><00:17:24.259><c> it</c>

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teachings<00:17:31.960><c> of</c><00:17:32.140><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:17:32.740><c> in</c><00:17:33.619><c> the</c><00:17:33.720><c> spirit</c><00:17:33.980><c> of</c><00:17:34.140><c> those</c><00:17:34.700><c> quotations</c><00:17:35.160><c> which</c><00:17:35.319><c> we</c><00:17:35.460><c> just</c><00:17:35.660><c> gave.</c>

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Notice<00:17:37.319><c> what</c><00:17:38.039><c> 1</c><00:17:38.420><c> John</c><00:17:38.660><c> chapter</c><00:17:38.920><c> 5</c><00:17:39.259><c> verses</c><00:17:39.480><c> 14</c><00:17:39.859><c> and</c><00:17:39.980><c> 15</c><00:17:40.359><c> says,</c>

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this<00:17:43.000><c> is</c><00:17:43.359><c> the</c><00:17:43.599><c> confidence</c><00:17:44.180><c> which</c><00:17:44.859><c> we</c><00:17:45.180><c> have</c><00:17:45.319><c> in</c><00:17:45.559><c> him</c><00:17:45.940><c> that</c><00:17:46.500><c> if</c>

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we<00:17:46.920><c> ask</c><00:17:47.160><c> anything</c><00:17:47.799><c> according</c><00:17:48.680><c> to</c><00:17:49.680><c> his</c><00:17:49.960><c> will,</c>

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he<00:17:50.400><c> hears</c><00:17:50.700><c> us.</c>

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And<00:17:53.400><c> if</c><00:17:53.619><c> we</c><00:17:53.819><c> know</c><00:17:54.039><c> that</c><00:17:54.220><c> he</c><00:17:54.359><c> hears</c><00:17:54.640><c> us</c><00:17:55.000><c> in</c><00:17:55.220><c> whatever</c><00:17:55.460><c> we</c><00:17:55.759><c> ask,</c>

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we<00:17:57.480><c> know</c><00:17:57.819><c> that</c><00:17:58.019><c> we</c><00:17:58.180><c> have</c><00:17:58.339><c> obtained</c><00:17:58.779><c> the</c><00:17:59.119><c> requests</c><00:17:59.640><c> made</c><00:18:00.220><c> of</c><00:18:00.359><c> him.</c>

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what<00:18:07.500><c> the</c><00:18:07.660><c> Lord</c><00:18:07.839><c> Jesus</c><00:18:08.279><c> Christ</c><00:18:08.700><c> taught.</c>

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answers<00:18:32.140><c> all</c><00:18:32.460><c> our</c><00:18:32.700><c> prayers.</c>

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Whatever<00:18:40.259><c> you</c><00:18:40.539><c> ask</c><00:18:40.819><c> in</c><00:18:41.059><c> prayer,</c><00:18:41.319><c> you</c><00:18:41.440><c> will</c><00:18:41.660><c> receive.</c>

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This<00:18:50.779><c> is</c><00:18:50.839><c> what</c><00:18:50.940><c> Jesus</c><00:18:51.240><c> taught</c><00:18:51.700><c> and</c><00:18:52.720><c> this</c><00:18:52.880><c> is</c><00:18:52.980><c> what</c><00:18:53.099><c> his</c><00:18:53.380><c> early</c>

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apostles<00:18:54.099><c> taught.</c>

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And<00:18:56.740><c> so</c><00:18:56.819><c> what</c><00:18:56.980><c> are</c><00:18:57.079><c> we</c><00:18:57.200><c> to</c><00:18:57.500><c> make</c><00:18:57.740><c> of</c><00:18:57.859><c> it,</c><00:18:57.980><c> brothers</c><00:18:58.220><c> and</c><00:18:58.440><c> sisters?</c>

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What<00:18:59.660><c> are</c><00:18:59.779><c> we</c><00:18:59.900><c> to</c><00:19:00.039><c> make</c><00:19:00.180><c> of</c><00:19:00.319><c> this</c><00:19:00.559><c> statement?</c>

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That<00:19:01.779><c> when</c><00:19:02.000><c> I</c><00:19:02.240><c> pray</c><00:19:02.460><c> to</c><00:19:02.680><c> God,</c><00:19:04.460><c> I</c><00:19:05.519><c> know</c><00:19:06.240><c> that</c><00:19:08.099><c> I'm</c><00:19:08.319><c> going</c><00:19:08.420><c> to</c><00:19:08.579><c> receive</c><00:19:08.799><c> it.</c>

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What<00:19:11.519><c> am</c><00:19:11.700><c> I</c><00:19:11.700><c> going</c><00:19:11.819><c> to</c><00:19:11.900><c> make</c><00:19:12.039><c> of</c><00:19:12.160><c> that</c><00:19:12.319><c> teaching?</c>

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And<00:19:12.980><c> there's</c><00:19:13.200><c> absolutely</c><00:19:13.960><c> no</c><00:19:14.359><c> doubt</c><00:19:14.559><c> in</c><00:19:14.759><c> my</c><00:19:14.920><c> mind</c><00:19:15.099><c> at</c><00:19:15.299><c> all</c><00:19:15.420><c> that's</c><00:19:15.660><c> what</c><00:19:15.819><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:19:16.099><c> Jesus</c><00:19:16.380><c> Christ</c><00:19:16.700><c> taught.</c>

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I<00:19:24.079><c> have</c><00:19:24.240><c> the</c><00:19:24.380><c> conviction,</c><00:19:24.900><c> brothers</c><00:19:24.980><c> and</c><00:19:25.140><c> sisters,</c><00:19:25.339><c> in</c><00:19:25.539><c> my</c><00:19:25.700><c> own</c><00:19:25.940><c> prayer</c><00:19:26.180><c> on</c>

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this<00:19:26.660><c> point,</c>

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Sometimes<00:19:41.579><c> perhaps</c><00:19:41.980><c> the</c><00:19:42.079><c> answer</c><00:19:42.319><c> is</c><00:19:42.559><c> wait</c><00:19:42.779><c> a</c><00:19:42.940><c> while.</c>

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But<00:19:44.240><c> I'm</c><00:19:44.480><c> convinced,</c><00:19:45.960><c> I'm</c><00:19:46.319><c> absolutely</c><00:19:46.720><c> convinced</c><00:19:47.160><c> that</c><00:19:47.319><c> God</c>

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hears<00:19:47.960><c> my</c><00:19:48.240><c> prayers</c>

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and<00:19:50.099><c> I'm</c><00:19:50.359><c> convinced</c><00:19:50.700><c> that</c><00:19:50.880><c> the</c><00:19:51.000><c> Lord</c><00:19:51.500><c> answers</c><00:19:52.119><c> every</c><00:19:52.519><c> prayer</c>

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that<00:19:53.039><c> I</c><00:19:53.200><c> give.</c>

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And<00:19:56.200><c> it's</c><00:19:56.440><c> the</c><00:19:56.539><c> challenge</c><00:19:56.900><c> for</c><00:19:57.180><c> my</c><00:19:57.579><c> spiritual</c><00:19:58.059><c> perception,</c>

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my<00:19:58.900><c> spiritual</c><00:19:59.259><c> understanding</c><00:19:59.799><c> to</c><00:20:00.039><c> see</c><00:20:00.259><c> how</c><00:20:00.440><c> these</c><00:20:00.640><c> answers</c><00:20:00.940><c> come.</c>

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And<00:20:03.920><c> so</c><00:20:04.099><c> I</c><00:20:04.500><c> am</c><00:20:04.900><c> troubled</c><00:20:05.259><c> at</c><00:20:05.559><c> times</c><00:20:06.099><c> when</c><00:20:06.859><c> we</c><00:20:07.119><c> hear</c><00:20:07.299><c> comments</c><00:20:07.680><c> like,</c>

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I<00:20:08.180><c> wonder</c><00:20:08.460><c> if</c><00:20:08.619><c> God</c><00:20:08.880><c> heard</c><00:20:09.180><c> my</c><00:20:09.460><c> prayer.</c>

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I<00:20:11.420><c> don't</c><00:20:11.640><c> think</c><00:20:12.099><c> God</c><00:20:12.359><c> has</c><00:20:12.680><c> answered</c><00:20:12.920><c> my</c><00:20:13.200><c> prayer.</c>

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Brothers<00:20:14.940><c> and</c><00:20:15.119><c> sisters,</c><00:20:15.400><c> I</c><00:20:15.480><c> think</c><00:20:15.660><c> the</c><00:20:15.880><c> teaching</c><00:20:16.140><c> of</c><00:20:16.319><c> Scripture</c><00:20:16.579><c> is</c>

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quite<00:20:17.039><c> clear.</c>

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The<00:20:17.700><c> teaching</c><00:20:17.960><c> from</c><00:20:18.200><c> the</c><00:20:18.240><c> Lord</c><00:20:18.380><c> Jesus</c><00:20:18.660><c> himself</c><00:20:19.220><c> is</c><00:20:19.779><c> quite</c><00:20:20.039><c> clear.</c>

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Yes,<00:20:20.519><c> he</c><00:20:20.740><c> answers</c><00:20:21.099><c> all</c><00:20:21.480><c> our</c><00:20:21.720><c> prayers.</c>

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He<00:20:23.759><c> answers</c><00:20:24.180><c> all</c><00:20:24.559><c> our</c><00:20:24.799><c> prayers</c><00:20:25.339><c> because</c><00:20:26.400><c> he</c><00:20:27.599><c> says</c><00:20:27.920><c> that</c><00:20:28.099><c> he</c><00:20:28.220><c> listens</c><00:20:28.559><c> and</c><00:20:28.740><c> responds</c><00:20:29.180><c> to</c>

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his<00:20:29.579><c> children.</c>

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But<00:20:31.799><c> the</c><00:20:31.940><c> point</c><00:20:32.099><c> is</c><00:20:32.279><c> that</c><00:20:32.420><c> he</c><00:20:32.500><c> knows</c><00:20:32.819><c> our</c><00:20:33.160><c> circumstances</c><00:20:33.660><c> better</c><00:20:33.960><c> than</c>

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we<00:20:34.259><c> know</c><00:20:34.480><c> ourselves.</c>

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He<00:20:35.420><c> knows</c><00:20:36.279><c> in</c><00:20:36.519><c> all</c><00:20:37.180><c> the</c><00:20:38.519><c> situations</c><00:20:38.940><c> in</c><00:20:39.140><c> which</c><00:20:39.319><c> we're</c><00:20:39.539><c> placed,</c>

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he<00:20:39.839><c> knows</c><00:20:40.059><c> what's</c><00:20:40.380><c> best</c><00:20:40.700><c> for</c><00:20:40.759><c> us.</c>

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And<00:20:42.700><c> the</c><00:20:42.819><c> answer</c><00:20:43.019><c> comes.</c>

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And<00:20:43.599><c> our</c><00:20:44.720><c> challenge</c><00:20:45.359><c> is</c><00:20:45.940><c> to</c><00:20:46.180><c> receive</c><00:20:46.519><c> the</c><00:20:46.759><c> answer</c><00:20:47.400><c> and</c><00:20:48.039><c> to</c><00:20:48.279><c> see</c>

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how<00:20:48.599><c> that</c><00:20:48.779><c> answer</c><00:20:49.000><c> comes.</c>

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And<00:20:52.160><c> so</c><00:20:52.400><c> just</c><00:20:53.279><c> take</c><00:20:53.619><c> an</c><00:20:53.799><c> example.</c>

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When<00:20:56.059><c> we</c><00:20:56.200><c> have</c><00:20:56.299><c> a</c><00:20:56.480><c> sickness</c><00:20:57.079><c> and</c><00:20:58.859><c> we</c><00:20:59.039><c> pray</c><00:20:59.180><c> for</c><00:20:59.400><c> God</c><00:20:59.559><c> to</c><00:20:59.740><c> be</c><00:20:59.859><c> with</c><00:20:59.980><c> us</c>

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in<00:21:00.220><c> our</c><00:21:00.420><c> sickness,</c>

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I'm<00:21:01.119><c> certain</c><00:21:01.420><c> the</c><00:21:01.619><c> Lord</c><00:21:01.779><c> God</c><00:21:02.059><c> hears</c><00:21:02.259><c> our</c><00:21:02.539><c> prayer.</c>

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But<00:21:05.039><c> how</c><00:21:05.220><c> he</c><00:21:05.420><c> responds</c><00:21:05.900><c> is</c><00:21:06.180><c> according</c><00:21:06.440><c> to</c><00:21:06.640><c> his</c><00:21:06.819><c> own</c><00:21:07.519><c> ineffable</c><00:21:08.039><c> will.</c>

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Sometimes<00:21:10.160><c> we</c><00:21:10.359><c> are</c><00:21:10.599><c> cured.</c>

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Sometimes<00:21:12.900><c> we</c><00:21:13.160><c> may</c><00:21:13.359><c> have</c><00:21:13.539><c> protracted</c><00:21:14.079><c> illness,</c><00:21:14.420><c> but</c><00:21:14.500><c> it's</c><00:21:14.720><c> all</c><00:21:14.960><c> for</c><00:21:15.160><c> a</c><00:21:15.180><c> purpose.</c>

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Everything<00:21:16.619><c> and</c><00:21:16.920><c> every</c><00:21:17.259><c> circumstance</c><00:21:17.920><c> in</c><00:21:18.079><c> which</c><00:21:18.539><c> his</c><00:21:18.859><c> children</c><00:21:19.160><c> are</c><00:21:19.420><c> placed</c><00:21:19.660><c> is</c>

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for<00:21:20.079><c> a</c><00:21:20.259><c> purpose.</c>

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Perhaps<00:21:21.740><c> illness,</c><00:21:22.779><c> perhaps</c><00:21:22.779><c> suffering</c><00:21:23.420><c> is</c><00:21:24.240><c> meant</c><00:21:24.500><c> for</c><00:21:24.680><c> our</c>

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perfection<00:21:25.180><c> of</c><00:21:25.519><c> character.</c>

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It's<00:21:26.559><c> easy</c><00:21:26.799><c> to</c><00:21:27.059><c> say</c><00:21:27.180><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:21:27.779><c> so</c><00:21:28.019><c> easy</c><00:21:28.200><c> to</c><00:21:28.440><c> stand</c><00:21:28.559><c> here</c><00:21:28.700><c> on</c><00:21:28.859><c> a</c><00:21:28.980><c> platform</c><00:21:29.259><c> and</c><00:21:29.440><c> to</c><00:21:29.579><c> say</c>

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it,<00:21:29.900><c> brothers</c><00:21:30.019><c> and</c><00:21:30.240><c> sisters.</c>

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But<00:21:31.500><c> I</c><00:21:31.599><c> nonetheless</c><00:21:31.940><c> believe</c><00:21:32.299><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:32.559><c> I</c><00:21:32.700><c> believe</c><00:21:32.880><c> that's</c><00:21:33.079><c> how</c><00:21:33.279><c> the</c><00:21:33.400><c> Lord</c><00:21:33.539><c> Jesus</c><00:21:33.920><c> Christ</c><00:21:34.180><c> wants</c>

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us<00:21:34.559><c> to</c><00:21:34.799><c> understand</c><00:21:35.279><c> prayer.</c>

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He<00:21:35.960><c> answers</c><00:21:36.220><c> everything.</c>

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And<00:21:38.339><c> even</c><00:21:38.579><c> if</c><00:21:38.799><c> we</c><00:21:39.200><c> wish</c><00:21:39.980><c> for</c><00:21:41.200><c> alleviation</c><00:21:41.680><c> of</c><00:21:41.839><c> our</c><00:21:41.980><c> pains,</c><00:21:43.240><c> even</c><00:21:43.420><c> if</c>

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we<00:21:43.700><c> want</c><00:21:43.920><c> this</c><00:21:44.180><c> or</c><00:21:44.339><c> want</c><00:21:44.579><c> that,</c>

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God<00:21:45.539><c> is</c><00:21:45.779><c> answering</c><00:21:46.099><c> us.</c>

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But<00:21:47.900><c> he</c><00:21:47.980><c> knows</c><00:21:48.220><c> for</c><00:21:48.400><c> our</c><00:21:48.519><c> spiritual</c><00:21:48.940><c> benefit,</c><00:21:49.519><c> for</c><00:21:49.519><c> our</c><00:21:49.720><c> spiritual</c><00:21:50.119><c> welfare,</c><00:21:50.900><c> what</c>

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is<00:21:51.240><c> best.</c>

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What<00:21:52.619><c> is</c><00:21:52.859><c> best</c><00:21:53.059><c> for</c><00:21:53.279><c> us.</c>

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And<00:21:54.859><c> he</c><00:21:54.960><c> answers</c><00:21:55.279><c> us.</c>

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And<00:21:56.480><c> we</c><00:21:56.599><c> have</c><00:21:56.819><c> to</c><00:21:56.920><c> have</c><00:21:57.039><c> the</c><00:21:57.339><c> faith,</c><00:21:58.880><c> we</c><00:21:59.000><c> have</c><00:21:59.180><c> to</c><00:21:59.279><c> have</c><00:21:59.400><c> the</c><00:21:59.599><c> assurance</c><00:22:00.240><c> that</c><00:22:01.579><c> he</c>

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answers<00:22:02.140><c> what</c><00:22:02.579><c> is</c><00:22:02.900><c> best</c><00:22:03.119><c> for</c><00:22:03.279><c> us.</c>

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God's<00:22:05.559><c> way</c><00:22:05.740><c> is</c><00:22:06.000><c> best,</c><00:22:07.140><c> the</c><00:22:07.299><c> great</c><00:22:07.500><c> or</c><00:22:07.779><c> wise.</c>

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God<00:22:09.339><c> moves</c><00:22:09.900><c> in</c><00:22:10.400><c> mysterious</c><00:22:10.980><c> ways</c><00:22:11.440><c> his</c><00:22:11.700><c> wonders</c><00:22:12.079><c> to</c><00:22:12.599><c> perform.</c>

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He<00:22:13.279><c> knows</c><00:22:13.599><c> best,</c><00:22:14.900><c> brothers</c><00:22:15.140><c> and</c><00:22:15.400><c> sisters.</c>

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Never<00:22:17.500><c> doubt.</c>

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Never<00:22:19.819><c> doubt</c><00:22:20.140><c> that</c><00:22:20.400><c> God</c><00:22:20.900><c> doesn't</c><00:22:21.619><c> answer</c><00:22:21.900><c> our</c><00:22:22.160><c> prayers.</c>

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What<00:22:25.539><c> is</c><00:22:25.740><c> the</c><00:22:25.880><c> supreme</c><00:22:26.220><c> example</c><00:22:26.640><c> of</c><00:22:26.839><c> this?</c>

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Didn't<00:22:29.640><c> Jesus</c><00:22:30.259><c> cry</c><00:22:30.880><c> in</c><00:22:31.240><c> his</c><00:22:31.519><c> extremity,</c>

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My<00:22:32.720><c> God,</c><00:22:34.859><c> my</c><00:22:35.059><c> God,</c><00:22:36.619><c> why</c><00:22:36.799><c> hast</c><00:22:37.019><c> thou</c><00:22:37.119><c> forsaken</c><00:22:37.559><c> me?</c>

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Remove<00:22:40.559><c> this</c><00:22:40.880><c> cup</c><00:22:41.039><c> from</c><00:22:41.339><c> me.</c>

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But<00:22:44.380><c> the</c><00:22:44.480><c> answer</c><00:22:44.720><c> was</c><00:22:44.940><c> no.</c>

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The<00:22:47.740><c> answer</c><00:22:47.960><c> to</c><00:22:48.220><c> that,</c><00:22:49.079><c> what</c><00:22:49.259><c> would</c><00:22:49.539><c> seem</c><00:22:49.700><c> the</c><00:22:49.859><c> most</c><00:22:50.200><c> legitimate</c><00:22:50.660><c> of</c><00:22:50.900><c> all</c><00:22:51.140><c> requests,</c>

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the<00:22:52.480><c> unfairness</c><00:22:53.099><c> or</c><00:22:53.299><c> so</c><00:22:53.420><c> it</c><00:22:53.660><c> seemed</c><00:22:53.880><c> of</c><00:22:55.000><c> a</c><00:22:55.359><c> righteous</c><00:22:55.680><c> man</c>

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dying<00:22:56.180><c> like</c><00:22:56.500><c> this,</c>

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remove<00:22:58.099><c> this</c><00:22:58.380><c> cup</c><00:22:58.519><c> from</c><00:22:58.720><c> me.</c>

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And<00:22:58.940><c> yet</c><00:22:59.059><c> immediately</c><00:22:59.519><c> the</c><00:22:59.680><c> Lord</c><00:22:59.839><c> Jesus</c><00:23:00.079><c> said,</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:23:01.839><c> not</c><00:23:01.980><c> thy</c><00:23:02.140><c> will,</c><00:23:02.559><c> not</c><00:23:03.079><c> thine</c><00:23:03.400><c> be</c><00:23:03.599><c> done.</c>

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The<00:23:04.440><c> Lord</c><00:23:04.599><c> Jesus</c><00:23:04.960><c> Christ</c><00:23:05.279><c> knew</c><00:23:05.660><c> so</c><00:23:06.119><c> clearly</c><00:23:06.660><c> that</c><00:23:07.839><c> the</c><00:23:08.000><c> answer</c>

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must<00:23:08.460><c> be</c><00:23:08.680><c> no.</c>

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And<00:23:11.480><c> our</c><00:23:11.599><c> spiritual</c><00:23:11.960><c> hope</c><00:23:12.200><c> would</c><00:23:12.380><c> have</c><00:23:12.519><c> been</c><00:23:12.680><c> lost</c><00:23:13.339><c> if</c><00:23:15.119><c> the</c><00:23:15.299><c> answer</c><00:23:15.440><c> had</c><00:23:15.619><c> not</c><00:23:15.759><c> come</c><00:23:15.900><c> in</c>

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that<00:23:16.220><c> form.</c>

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And<00:23:17.599><c> so</c><00:23:17.720><c> there</c><00:23:18.019><c> it</c><00:23:18.140><c> seems</c><00:23:18.279><c> to</c><00:23:18.440><c> me</c><00:23:18.539><c> is</c><00:23:18.680><c> the</c><00:23:18.900><c> example</c><00:23:19.220><c> in</c><00:23:19.420><c> the</c><00:23:19.519><c> case</c><00:23:19.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:20.000><c> Lord</c><00:23:20.119><c> Jesus</c><00:23:20.480><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:23:21.579><c> the</c><00:23:21.779><c> moment</c><00:23:22.000><c> of</c><00:23:22.240><c> his</c><00:23:22.539><c> extremity</c><00:23:23.299><c> on</c><00:23:23.680><c> the</c><00:23:23.839><c> cross</c><00:23:24.220><c> that</c><00:23:25.420><c> he</c>

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accepted<00:23:26.160><c> that</c><00:23:26.640><c> God</c><00:23:26.900><c> knew</c><00:23:27.140><c> best.</c>

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That<00:23:28.599><c> his</c><00:23:28.980><c> will,</c><00:23:30.140><c> as</c><00:23:30.339><c> the</c><00:23:31.059><c> will</c><00:23:31.220><c> expressed</c><00:23:31.660><c> in</c><00:23:31.839><c> all</c><00:23:32.019><c> our</c><00:23:32.259><c> prayers,</c>

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must<00:23:33.079><c> be</c><00:23:33.299><c> subservient</c><00:23:33.920><c> to</c><00:23:34.079><c> the</c><00:23:34.200><c> ways</c><00:23:34.339><c> of</c><00:23:34.519><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:35.940><c> if</c><00:23:36.079><c> we</c><00:23:36.220><c> accept</c><00:23:36.619><c> that</c><00:23:37.279><c> and</c><00:23:38.680><c> we</c><00:23:38.859><c> see</c><00:23:39.000><c> that</c><00:23:39.220><c> as</c><00:23:39.480><c> the</c><00:23:40.500><c> basis</c><00:23:40.819><c> on</c>

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which<00:23:41.259><c> prayers</c><00:23:41.480><c> are</c><00:23:41.759><c> offered</c>

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and<00:23:42.559><c> the</c><00:23:42.759><c> ways</c><00:23:42.920><c> in</c><00:23:43.039><c> which</c><00:23:43.140><c> we</c><00:23:43.380><c> communicate</c><00:23:43.779><c> with</c><00:23:43.980><c> God,</c>

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then<00:23:44.819><c> how</c><00:23:44.920><c> much</c><00:23:45.180><c> better,</c><00:23:45.599><c> how</c><00:23:45.740><c> much</c><00:23:45.900><c> more</c><00:23:46.160><c> effective</c>

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and<00:23:47.799><c> how</c><00:23:48.200><c> much</c><00:23:48.420><c> more</c><00:23:48.740><c> faithful</c><00:23:49.279><c> our</c><00:23:50.359><c> prayers</c><00:23:50.539><c> will</c><00:23:50.819><c> be.</c>

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Turn<00:23:56.440><c> back</c><00:23:56.660><c> now,</c><00:23:56.900><c> if</c><00:23:56.960><c> you</c><00:23:57.160><c> will,</c><00:23:58.519><c> to</c><00:23:58.940><c> the</c><00:23:59.740><c> sixth</c><00:23:59.980><c> chapter</c><00:24:00.400><c> of</c>

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Matthew's<00:24:05.619><c> Gospel.</c>

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Matthew<00:24:12.819><c> chapter</c><00:24:13.119><c> six,</c><00:24:16.079><c> verse</c><00:24:16.460><c> seven,</c>

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where<00:24:18.539><c> we</c><00:24:18.660><c> get</c><00:24:18.799><c> some</c><00:24:19.039><c> guidance</c><00:24:19.400><c> now</c><00:24:19.680><c> from</c><00:24:19.819><c> the</c><00:24:19.920><c> Lord</c><00:24:20.059><c> Jesus</c><00:24:20.420><c> on</c>

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how<00:24:20.859><c> we</c><00:24:20.980><c> should</c><00:24:21.140><c> pray.</c>

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I<00:24:23.420><c> think</c><00:24:23.579><c> those</c><00:24:23.839><c> general</c><00:24:24.180><c> comments</c><00:24:24.460><c> I've</c><00:24:24.680><c> made</c><00:24:24.920><c> are</c><00:24:25.160><c> the</c><00:24:25.319><c> sort</c>

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of<00:24:25.519><c> frame</c><00:24:25.740><c> of</c><00:24:26.059><c> mind</c>

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that<00:24:27.200><c> we</c><00:24:27.339><c> should</c><00:24:27.519><c> have</c><00:24:27.819><c> in</c><00:24:28.039><c> our</c><00:24:28.200><c> hearts</c><00:24:28.900><c> as</c><00:24:30.440><c> we</c><00:24:30.599><c> come</c><00:24:30.700><c> to</c><00:24:30.819><c> him</c>

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in<00:24:31.200><c> prayer.</c>

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But<00:24:32.000><c> we</c><00:24:32.119><c> are</c><00:24:32.299><c> so</c><00:24:32.619><c> thankful</c><00:24:33.119><c> that</c><00:24:33.460><c> the</c><00:24:33.579><c> Lord</c><00:24:33.740><c> has</c><00:24:33.940><c> given</c><00:24:34.059><c> us</c>

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some<00:24:34.539><c> specific</c><00:24:34.960><c> guidance</c>

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on<00:24:35.579><c> how</c><00:24:35.740><c> we</c><00:24:35.900><c> might</c><00:24:36.099><c> pray.</c>

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And<00:24:38.660><c> so</c><00:24:38.759><c> it</c><00:24:38.799><c> is</c><00:24:38.900><c> that</c><00:24:39.059><c> we</c><00:24:39.180><c> read</c><00:24:39.400><c> in</c><00:24:39.539><c> Matthew</c><00:24:39.859><c> chapter</c><00:24:40.160><c> six,</c>

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verse<00:24:41.599><c> seven,</c>

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And<00:24:44.940><c> in</c><00:24:45.240><c> praying,</c><00:24:46.619><c> do</c><00:24:46.779><c> not</c><00:24:47.019><c> heap</c><00:24:47.220><c> up</c><00:24:47.400><c> empty</c><00:24:47.700><c> phrases</c><00:24:48.099><c> as</c><00:24:48.420><c> the</c>

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Gentiles<00:24:49.000><c> do,</c>

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for<00:24:50.440><c> they</c><00:24:50.640><c> think</c><00:24:50.759><c> that</c><00:24:50.920><c> they</c><00:24:51.019><c> will</c><00:24:51.180><c> be</c><00:24:51.359><c> heard</c><00:24:51.519><c> for</c><00:24:51.700><c> their</c><00:24:51.839><c> many</c><00:24:52.059><c> words.</c>

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Do<00:24:54.359><c> not</c><00:24:54.579><c> be</c><00:24:54.779><c> like</c><00:24:55.000><c> them,</c><00:24:55.900><c> for</c><00:24:56.160><c> your</c><00:24:56.460><c> Father</c><00:24:56.660><c> knows</c><00:24:57.039><c> what</c><00:24:57.259><c> you</c>

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need<00:24:57.700><c> before</c><00:24:58.019><c> you</c><00:24:58.240><c> ask</c><00:24:58.460><c> him.</c>

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And<00:25:01.200><c> then</c><00:25:01.299><c> he</c><00:25:01.359><c> says,</c><00:25:01.779><c> pray</c><00:25:02.039><c> them</c><00:25:02.859><c> like</c><00:25:04.420><c> this.</c>

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Now<00:25:08.140><c> who</c><00:25:08.259><c> could</c><00:25:08.539><c> ignore</c><00:25:09.240><c> this</c><00:25:10.460><c> then,</c><00:25:10.839><c> brethren</c><00:25:10.980><c> and</c><00:25:11.140><c> sisters?</c>

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When<00:25:12.680><c> Jesus</c><00:25:13.019><c> says,</c><00:25:14.299><c> pray</c><00:25:14.299><c> then</c><00:25:14.599><c> like</c><00:25:14.980><c> this,</c>

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how<00:25:16.700><c> is</c><00:25:16.940><c> it</c><00:25:17.200><c> possible</c><00:25:17.799><c> to</c><00:25:19.339><c> ignore</c><00:25:20.099><c> the</c><00:25:20.880><c> significance</c><00:25:21.359><c> of</c><00:25:21.599><c> the</c>

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pattern<00:25:22.019><c> prayer,</c>

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what<00:25:23.059><c> we</c><00:25:23.299><c> know</c><00:25:23.440><c> as</c><00:25:23.619><c> the</c><00:25:23.779><c> Lord's</c><00:25:24.180><c> Prayer?</c>

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He's<00:25:25.500><c> telling</c><00:25:25.619><c> us</c><00:25:25.920><c> quite</c><00:25:26.240><c> explicitly</c><00:25:26.900><c> that</c><00:25:27.720><c> we</c><00:25:27.920><c> should</c><00:25:28.160><c> pray</c>

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like<00:25:29.920><c> this.</c>

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And<00:25:34.480><c> so</c><00:25:34.559><c> I'd</c><00:25:34.759><c> like</c><00:25:34.859><c> for</c><00:25:35.000><c> the</c><00:25:35.099><c> next</c><00:25:35.279><c> few</c><00:25:35.440><c> minutes</c><00:25:35.720><c> to</c><00:25:36.079><c> reflect</c>

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on<00:25:36.779><c> what</c><00:25:37.000><c> lessons</c><00:25:37.420><c> we</c><00:25:37.680><c> learn</c>

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from<00:25:38.039><c> the</c><00:25:38.200><c> Lord's</c><00:25:38.640><c> Prayer</c><00:25:39.000><c> and</c><00:25:39.519><c> which</c><00:25:39.640><c> we</c><00:25:39.799><c> can</c><00:25:40.059><c> appropriate</c>

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for<00:25:41.619><c> our</c><00:25:41.859><c> own</c><00:25:42.079><c> prayers.</c>

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How<00:25:46.599><c> should</c><00:25:46.839><c> we</c><00:25:46.940><c> pray</c><00:25:47.220><c> like</c><00:25:47.539><c> this?</c>

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Because<00:25:50.759><c> the</c><00:25:50.940><c> Lord's</c><00:25:51.359><c> Prayer</c><00:25:51.799><c> is</c><00:25:52.940><c> the</c><00:25:53.140><c> true</c><00:25:53.339><c> model</c><00:25:54.000><c> of</c><00:25:54.440><c> prayer.</c>

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Our<00:25:59.460><c> Father,</c><00:26:02.539><c> this</c><00:26:02.819><c> is</c><00:26:03.039><c> how</c><00:26:03.240><c> our</c><00:26:03.519><c> prayers</c><00:26:03.680><c> begin.</c>

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Every<00:26:06.440><c> word,</c><00:26:06.940><c> brothers</c><00:26:07.000><c> and</c><00:26:07.240><c> sisters,</c><00:26:07.599><c> is</c><00:26:07.839><c> significant.</c>

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Our<00:26:12.059><c> Father,</c><00:26:14.039><c> not</c><00:26:14.759><c> my</c><00:26:16.319><c> Father.</c>

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Prayers<00:26:18.759><c> are</c><00:26:18.980><c> not</c><00:26:19.339><c> self</c><00:26:20.259><c>-obsessive.</c>

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They're<00:26:22.160><c> not</c><00:26:22.480><c> preoccupied</c><00:26:23.799><c> or</c><00:26:24.059><c> should</c><00:26:24.259><c> not</c><00:26:24.500><c> be.</c>

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Prayers<00:26:25.740><c> are</c><00:26:25.940><c> not</c><00:26:26.099><c> all</c><00:26:26.319><c> about</c><00:26:26.599><c> me</c><00:26:27.400><c> and</c><00:26:27.759><c> my</c><00:26:28.039><c> wants.</c>

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Prayers<00:26:31.059><c> should</c><00:26:31.279><c> be</c><00:26:31.720><c> wider</c><00:26:32.079><c> in</c><00:26:32.380><c> their</c><00:26:32.579><c> scope.</c>

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Prayers<00:26:35.619><c> are</c><00:26:35.880><c> certainly</c><00:26:36.279><c> about</c><00:26:36.619><c> us,</c><00:26:38.039><c> about</c><00:26:38.359><c> me,</c>

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but<00:26:40.400><c> they're</c><00:26:40.640><c> about</c><00:26:41.039><c> other</c><00:26:41.299><c> people.</c>

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Our<00:26:45.220><c> Father.</c>

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Brethren<00:26:48.480><c> and</c><00:26:48.660><c> sisters,</c><00:26:48.980><c> I</c><00:26:49.160><c> think</c><00:26:49.359><c> that's</c><00:26:49.960><c> a</c><00:26:50.180><c> very</c><00:26:50.460><c> important</c>

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lesson<00:26:51.779><c> to</c><00:26:52.000><c> learn,</c>

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that<00:26:52.319><c> very</c><00:26:52.680><c> first</c><00:26:53.160><c> word</c><00:26:53.559><c> from</c><00:26:53.839><c> the</c><00:26:53.980><c> Lord's</c><00:26:54.380><c> Prayer.</c>

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Don't<00:26:56.359><c> you</c><00:26:56.500><c> think</c><00:26:56.640><c> sometimes</c><00:26:57.160><c> that</c><00:26:58.059><c> our</c><00:26:58.460><c> prayers</c><00:26:58.619><c> are</c><00:26:58.779><c> a</c><00:26:58.799><c> little</c><00:26:59.019><c> bit</c>

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preoccupied<00:27:00.680><c> with</c><00:27:00.880><c> ourselves?</c>

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My<00:27:01.779><c> wants,</c><00:27:03.059><c> my</c><00:27:03.359><c> concerns,</c><00:27:05.500><c> forgetting</c><00:27:05.819><c> about</c><00:27:06.240><c> the</c><00:27:06.420><c> needs</c><00:27:06.660><c> of</c>

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brothers<00:27:07.180><c> and</c><00:27:07.420><c> sisters</c><00:27:07.700><c> in</c><00:27:07.859><c> other</c><00:27:08.039><c> places,</c>

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forgetting<00:27:10.000><c> about</c><00:27:10.339><c> the</c><00:27:10.460><c> desperate</c><00:27:10.880><c> needs</c><00:27:11.140><c> of</c><00:27:11.319><c> our</c><00:27:11.460><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:27:11.839><c> sisters</c><00:27:12.140><c> in</c><00:27:12.380><c> mission</c><00:27:12.640><c> fields,</c>

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forgetting<00:27:14.980><c> about</c><00:27:15.440><c> the</c><00:27:15.640><c> needs</c><00:27:16.200><c> of</c><00:27:16.960><c> those</c><00:27:17.200><c> to</c><00:27:17.359><c> whom</c><00:27:17.460><c> we</c><00:27:17.720><c> preach.</c>

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Prayers,<00:27:20.119><c> brothers</c><00:27:20.420><c> and</c><00:27:20.539><c> sisters,</c><00:27:20.980><c> have</c><00:27:21.359><c> to</c><00:27:21.640><c> have</c><00:27:22.400><c> a</c><00:27:22.980><c> wider</c><00:27:23.200><c> scope.</c>

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Our,<00:27:28.380><c> that's</c><00:27:28.759><c> the</c><00:27:28.920><c> idea</c><00:27:29.200><c> behind</c><00:27:29.579><c> it.</c>

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And<00:27:35.500><c> sometimes</c><00:27:36.079><c> we</c><00:27:38.180><c> address</c><00:27:38.500><c> God</c><00:27:38.859><c> in</c><00:27:39.200><c> our</c><00:27:39.420><c> own</c><00:27:39.720><c> prayers.</c>

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He<00:27:41.940><c> says</c><00:27:42.160><c> then,</c><00:27:42.519><c> our</c><00:27:43.900><c> Father,</c>

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we<00:27:45.819><c> should</c><00:27:46.039><c> address</c><00:27:46.380><c> God</c><00:27:47.180><c> as</c><00:27:48.779><c> our</c><00:27:49.059><c> Father.</c>

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This<00:27:53.619><c> is</c><00:27:53.940><c> an</c><00:27:54.059><c> extraordinary</c><00:27:54.680><c> statement</c><00:27:55.039><c> in</c><00:27:55.259><c> itself,</c><00:27:55.740><c> brethren</c><00:27:55.900><c> and</c><00:27:56.059><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:27:56.599><c> there's</c><00:27:57.339><c> so</c><00:27:57.700><c> few</c><00:27:57.960><c> examples</c><00:27:58.400><c> in</c><00:27:58.579><c> the</c><00:27:58.680><c> Old</c><00:27:58.880><c> Testament</c>

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of<00:27:59.400><c> God</c><00:27:59.660><c> being</c><00:27:59.940><c> addressed</c><00:28:00.279><c> as</c><00:28:00.539><c> Father.</c>

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This<00:28:02.519><c> was</c><00:28:02.880><c> an</c><00:28:03.160><c> absolute</c><00:28:03.519><c> break</c><00:28:03.900><c> with</c><00:28:04.299><c> tradition.</c>

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God<00:28:06.559><c> was</c><00:28:06.859><c> addressed</c><00:28:07.259><c> by</c><00:28:07.579><c> His</c><00:28:07.799><c> various</c><00:28:08.099><c> names</c><00:28:08.500><c> in</c><00:28:08.720><c> the</c><00:28:08.839><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:28:09.319><c> Scriptures.</c>

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It<00:28:10.339><c> was</c><00:28:11.799><c> unique</c><00:28:12.180><c> in</c><00:28:12.400><c> a</c><00:28:12.539><c> sense</c><00:28:13.200><c> for</c><00:28:14.400><c> Jesus</c><00:28:14.700><c> to</c><00:28:14.859><c> be</c><00:28:15.099><c> saying,</c>

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now<00:28:16.559><c> you</c><00:28:16.680><c> can</c><00:28:16.880><c> address</c><00:28:17.180><c> Him</c><00:28:17.539><c> as</c><00:28:18.839><c> our</c><00:28:19.319><c> Father.</c>

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:24.259
We<00:28:22.420><c> can</c><00:28:22.599><c> address</c><00:28:22.839><c> Him</c><00:28:23.140><c> specifically,</c><00:28:23.880><c> brethren</c><00:28:24.039><c> and</c><00:28:24.200><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:28.039
as<00:28:24.460><c> we</c><00:28:24.599><c> know</c><00:28:24.839><c> from</c><00:28:25.319><c> the</c><00:28:25.599><c> warrant</c><00:28:25.759><c> that</c><00:28:25.960><c> we</c><00:28:26.019><c> get</c><00:28:26.259><c> from</c><00:28:27.539><c> Paul's</c>

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:30.019
writings<00:28:28.240><c> to</c><00:28:28.759><c> Romans,</c><00:28:29.160><c> for</c><00:28:29.359><c> example,</c>

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:33.839
when<00:28:30.460><c> he</c><00:28:30.640><c> said</c><00:28:30.779><c> that</c><00:28:31.000><c> we</c><00:28:31.079><c> have</c><00:28:31.279><c> received</c><00:28:31.680><c> the</c><00:28:31.859><c> Spirit</c><00:28:32.119><c> of</c><00:28:32.299><c> Adoption</c><00:28:33.160><c> whereby</c><00:28:33.500><c> we</c>

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:35.480
cry<00:28:34.099><c> Abba</c><00:28:34.500><c> Father.</c>

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:42.019
Therefore<00:28:37.700><c> I</c><00:28:38.000><c> conclude</c><00:28:38.579><c> that</c><00:28:39.960><c> to</c><00:28:40.200><c> address</c><00:28:40.480><c> God</c><00:28:40.759><c> as</c><00:28:40.940><c> our</c><00:28:41.140><c> Father</c><00:28:41.380><c> is</c><00:28:41.740><c> an</c>

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.960
immense<00:28:42.579><c> privilege,</c>

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:49.440
something<00:28:46.319><c> which</c><00:28:46.539><c> has</c><00:28:46.799><c> only</c><00:28:47.119><c> been</c><00:28:47.380><c> made</c><00:28:47.599><c> possible</c><00:28:48.160><c> in</c><00:28:48.660><c> a</c><00:28:48.839><c> sense</c><00:28:49.000><c> because</c><00:28:49.259><c> of</c>

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:52.440
the<00:28:49.619><c> saving</c><00:28:49.859><c> work</c><00:28:50.299><c> in</c><00:28:50.720><c> the</c><00:28:50.839><c> Lord</c><00:28:50.960><c> Jesus</c><00:28:51.299><c> Christ,</c>

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:55.839
that<00:28:52.859><c> we</c><00:28:53.019><c> have</c><00:28:53.200><c> received</c><00:28:53.640><c> the</c><00:28:53.859><c> Spirit</c><00:28:54.099><c> of</c><00:28:54.299><c> Adoption,</c>

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:59.140
that<00:28:56.619><c> He's</c><00:28:56.779><c> no</c><00:28:57.019><c> longer</c><00:28:57.680><c> a</c><00:28:58.000><c> God</c><00:28:58.220><c> far</c><00:28:58.579><c> away,</c>

00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:04.940
a<00:29:00.160><c> God</c><00:29:00.519><c> remote,</c><00:29:03.079><c> a</c><00:29:03.200><c> God</c><00:29:03.420><c> only</c><00:29:03.759><c> of</c><00:29:04.099><c> power,</c>

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:08.920
but<00:29:05.599><c> He</c><00:29:05.839><c> is</c><00:29:06.240><c> a</c><00:29:06.480><c> God</c><00:29:06.740><c> who</c><00:29:07.000><c> we</c><00:29:07.140><c> can</c><00:29:07.319><c> address</c><00:29:07.619><c> simply,</c><00:29:08.400><c> very,</c><00:29:08.920><c> very</c>

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:12.519
simply<00:29:09.339><c> and</c><00:29:09.900><c> affectionately</c><00:29:10.480><c> as</c><00:29:10.799><c> Abba</c><00:29:11.619><c> Father.</c>

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:15.980
There's<00:29:13.640><c> nothing</c><00:29:13.980><c> ritualistic,</c><00:29:14.880><c> there's</c><00:29:14.980><c> nothing</c><00:29:15.319><c> stylized</c>

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:17.779
about<00:29:16.240><c> this.</c>

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It's<00:29:19.740><c> a</c><00:29:19.839><c> privilege</c><00:29:20.339><c> and</c><00:29:21.640><c> it's</c><00:29:22.039><c> the</c><00:29:22.180><c> basis</c><00:29:22.480><c> on</c><00:29:22.720><c> which</c><00:29:23.180><c> the</c><00:29:23.460><c> word</c>

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:26.339
our<00:29:24.119><c> can</c><00:29:25.200><c> be</c><00:29:25.460><c> placed</c><00:29:25.660><c> at</c><00:29:25.819><c> the</c><00:29:25.980><c> beginning,</c>

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:29.779
because<00:29:26.880><c> brothers</c><00:29:27.180><c> and</c><00:29:27.460><c> sisters,</c><00:29:28.299><c> we</c><00:29:28.460><c> are</c><00:29:28.779><c> brothers</c><00:29:29.099><c> and</c><00:29:29.339><c> sisters</c><00:29:29.519><c> in</c>

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:34.400
Christ<00:29:30.079><c> Jesus</c><00:29:30.640><c> because</c><00:29:31.420><c> He</c><00:29:31.619><c> is</c><00:29:32.019><c> our</c><00:29:33.259><c> Father.</c>

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:36.079
That<00:29:34.940><c> is</c><00:29:35.160><c> the</c><00:29:35.339><c> link.</c>

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:40.980
The<00:29:36.859><c> link</c><00:29:37.039><c> that</c><00:29:37.299><c> makes</c><00:29:37.559><c> us</c><00:29:38.140><c> brothers</c><00:29:38.400><c> and</c><00:29:38.660><c> sisters</c><00:29:39.180><c> is</c><00:29:39.720><c> because</c><00:29:40.099><c> communally</c><00:29:40.559><c> we</c><00:29:40.700><c> can</c>

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:43.440
say<00:29:41.500><c> our</c><00:29:42.380><c> Father.</c>

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:49.119
I<00:29:46.440><c> therefore</c><00:29:46.720><c> confess,</c><00:29:47.380><c> brethren</c><00:29:47.500><c> and</c><00:29:47.660><c> sisters,</c><00:29:48.000><c> and</c><00:29:48.279><c> I</c><00:29:49.019><c> feel</c>

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:50.740
that<00:29:49.319><c> I</c><00:29:49.460><c> would</c><00:29:49.599><c> like</c><00:29:49.779><c> to</c><00:29:49.940><c> say</c><00:29:50.119><c> this,</c>

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:55.720
that<00:29:51.619><c> I</c><00:29:51.720><c> cannot</c><00:29:51.980><c> understand</c><00:29:52.680><c> myself</c><00:29:53.480><c> at</c><00:29:54.140><c> times</c><00:29:54.400><c> why</c><00:29:54.599><c> we</c><00:29:54.940><c> address</c><00:29:55.299><c> God</c>

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:57.359
in<00:29:56.420><c> other</c><00:29:56.579><c> ways.</c>

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:02.119
He<00:29:59.980><c> certainly</c><00:30:00.400><c> says,</c><00:30:01.119><c> hallowed</c><00:30:01.359><c> be</c><00:30:01.480><c> thy</c><00:30:01.640><c> name.</c>

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:05.039
He<00:30:02.700><c> certainly</c><00:30:03.059><c> says</c><00:30:03.400><c> that</c><00:30:03.640><c> we</c><00:30:03.779><c> should</c><00:30:04.019><c> hallow</c><00:30:04.359><c> the</c><00:30:04.579><c> names</c><00:30:04.799><c> by</c>

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:07.539
which<00:30:05.500><c> He</c><00:30:05.960><c> is</c><00:30:06.119><c> revealed</c><00:30:06.359><c> in</c><00:30:06.599><c> Scripture,</c>

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:13.779
but<00:30:08.660><c> when</c><00:30:08.859><c> it</c><00:30:09.039><c> comes</c><00:30:09.339><c> to</c><00:30:09.619><c> addressing</c><00:30:09.960><c> Him,</c><00:30:12.880><c> I</c><00:30:13.259><c> conclude,</c><00:30:13.599><c> and</c>

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:16.240
maybe<00:30:14.019><c> I'm</c><00:30:14.160><c> wrong,</c><00:30:14.660><c> I</c><00:30:14.839><c> don't</c><00:30:14.980><c> know,</c>

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:19.519
I<00:30:17.000><c> think</c><00:30:17.160><c> we</c><00:30:17.319><c> should</c><00:30:17.460><c> address</c><00:30:17.740><c> Him</c><00:30:18.000><c> as</c><00:30:18.200><c> our</c><00:30:18.359><c> Father.</c>

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:24.000
That's<00:30:21.740><c> how</c><00:30:21.900><c> I</c><00:30:22.140><c> feel</c><00:30:22.359><c> about</c><00:30:22.619><c> it.</c>

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:27.259
I<00:30:25.380><c> feel</c><00:30:25.660><c> it's</c><00:30:25.960><c> a</c><00:30:26.079><c> great</c><00:30:26.240><c> privilege.</c>

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:32.980
I<00:30:28.579><c> feel</c><00:30:28.880><c> it's</c><00:30:29.500><c> the</c><00:30:29.640><c> means</c><00:30:29.880><c> by</c><00:30:30.099><c> which</c><00:30:30.279><c> I</c><00:30:30.539><c> have</c><00:30:30.720><c> the</c><00:30:31.920><c> greatest</c><00:30:32.319><c> closeness</c><00:30:32.799><c> to</c>

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.720
my<00:30:33.140><c> brothers</c><00:30:33.319><c> and</c><00:30:33.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:40.920
because<00:30:36.759><c> God</c><00:30:37.259><c> is</c><00:30:37.440><c> their</c><00:30:37.640><c> Father</c><00:30:37.900><c> too,</c><00:30:40.220><c> and</c><00:30:40.380><c> therefore</c><00:30:40.599><c> when</c><00:30:40.779><c> I</c>

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:43.980
come<00:30:41.119><c> to</c><00:30:41.299><c> God</c><00:30:41.519><c> I</c><00:30:41.619><c> want</c><00:30:41.819><c> to</c><00:30:42.000><c> express</c><00:30:42.259><c> it</c><00:30:42.440><c> that</c><00:30:42.599><c> way.</c>

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:49.980
And<00:30:45.420><c> more</c><00:30:45.640><c> so</c><00:30:45.880><c> when</c><00:30:46.000><c> He</c><00:30:46.200><c> says,</c><00:30:47.359><c> pray</c><00:30:47.660><c> then</c><00:30:48.240><c> like</c><00:30:48.779><c> this.</c>

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:53.359
It<00:30:50.640><c> seems</c><00:30:50.880><c> to</c><00:30:51.059><c> be</c><00:30:51.460><c> incontrovertible</c><00:30:52.420><c> that</c><00:30:52.579><c> that's</c><00:30:52.859><c> the</c><00:30:52.960><c> way</c>

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:55.339
we<00:30:53.859><c> address</c><00:30:54.119><c> Him.</c>

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:04.579
The<00:31:00.339><c> question</c><00:31:00.680><c> comes,</c><00:31:00.980><c> of</c><00:31:01.180><c> course,</c><00:31:01.440><c> as</c><00:31:01.700><c> to</c><00:31:03.759><c> how</c><00:31:04.299><c> we</c><00:31:04.440><c> should</c>

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:06.539
use<00:31:04.779><c> the</c><00:31:04.880><c> name</c><00:31:05.039><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:10.980
which<00:31:07.900><c> of</c><00:31:08.019><c> course</c><00:31:08.160><c> is</c><00:31:08.380><c> the</c><00:31:08.559><c> supreme</c><00:31:09.319><c> and</c><00:31:09.579><c> the</c><00:31:10.359><c> great</c><00:31:10.619><c> memorial</c>

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:14.119
name<00:31:11.200><c> of</c><00:31:11.400><c> God</c><00:31:11.539><c> with</c><00:31:11.740><c> all</c><00:31:11.960><c> the</c><00:31:12.160><c> significance</c><00:31:12.579><c> that</c><00:31:12.799><c> it</c><00:31:12.940><c> has.</c>

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:18.839
I<00:31:16.200><c> think</c><00:31:16.359><c> there</c><00:31:16.519><c> are</c><00:31:16.519><c> two</c><00:31:16.700><c> things</c><00:31:16.980><c> that</c><00:31:17.099><c> could</c><00:31:17.279><c> be</c><00:31:17.440><c> said</c><00:31:17.640><c> on</c><00:31:17.859><c> that.</c>

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:23.460
We<00:31:20.319><c> do</c><00:31:20.579><c> not</c><00:31:21.039><c> ignore</c><00:31:21.619><c> the</c><00:31:21.859><c> significance</c><00:31:22.460><c> of</c><00:31:22.819><c> the</c><00:31:23.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:23.220><c> name.</c>

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:27.180
In<00:31:23.660><c> fact,</c><00:31:23.819><c> I</c><00:31:24.059><c> believe</c><00:31:24.279><c> that's</c><00:31:24.579><c> the</c><00:31:24.720><c> significance</c><00:31:25.240><c> of</c><00:31:25.779><c> the</c><00:31:25.940><c> next</c><00:31:26.180><c> line,</c><00:31:26.779><c> hallowed</c><00:31:27.079><c> be</c>

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.799
thy<00:31:27.359><c> name.</c>

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:32.700
We<00:31:28.339><c> hallow</c><00:31:28.819><c> all</c><00:31:29.279><c> the</c><00:31:29.440><c> names</c><00:31:29.579><c> of</c><00:31:29.799><c> God,</c><00:31:30.539><c> including</c><00:31:30.920><c> the</c><00:31:31.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:31.680><c> name.</c>

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:38.700
We<00:31:36.240><c> hallow</c><00:31:36.440><c> it,</c><00:31:36.619><c> we</c><00:31:36.779><c> respect</c><00:31:37.200><c> it,</c><00:31:37.599><c> we</c><00:31:37.839><c> know</c><00:31:37.980><c> what</c><00:31:38.119><c> it</c><00:31:38.319><c> means,</c>

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.640
its<00:31:39.019><c> significance,</c>

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:43.960
but<00:31:40.279><c> as</c><00:31:40.559><c> a</c><00:31:40.859><c> form</c><00:31:41.059><c> of</c><00:31:41.319><c> address</c><00:31:41.920><c> to</c><00:31:42.680><c> God,</c><00:31:43.200><c> it</c><00:31:43.319><c> seems</c><00:31:43.480><c> to</c><00:31:43.640><c> me</c><00:31:43.779><c> there</c>

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:45.180
is<00:31:44.079><c> a</c><00:31:44.259><c> difference.</c>

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:50.579
Secondly,<00:31:48.519><c> of</c><00:31:48.640><c> course,</c><00:31:48.839><c> it</c><00:31:48.960><c> raises</c><00:31:49.259><c> the</c><00:31:49.440><c> question,</c><00:31:49.779><c> why</c><00:31:50.039><c> isn't</c><00:31:50.440><c> the</c>

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:52.079
word<00:31:50.819><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:51.220><c> in</c><00:31:51.420><c> the</c><00:31:51.519><c> New</c><00:31:51.680><c> Testament?</c>

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:57.299
This<00:31:52.400><c> is</c><00:31:52.819><c> very</c><00:31:53.059><c> much</c><00:31:53.279><c> a</c><00:31:53.460><c> related</c><00:31:53.640><c> issue,</c><00:31:56.359><c> especially</c><00:31:56.799><c> when</c><00:31:57.079><c> so</c>

00:31:57.299 --> 00:32:01.839
many<00:31:57.460><c> of</c><00:31:57.559><c> the</c><00:31:57.680><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:57.920><c> names</c><00:31:58.420><c> are</c><00:31:59.059><c> transliterated</c><00:31:59.680><c> into</c><00:32:00.880><c> the</c>

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.500
Greek<00:32:02.000><c> New</c><00:32:02.220><c> Testament,</c>

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:05.640
like<00:32:02.759><c> Abraham,</c><00:32:03.180><c> Isaac,</c><00:32:03.619><c> Jacob,</c><00:32:03.980><c> there's</c><00:32:04.160><c> many,</c><00:32:04.680><c> many</c><00:32:05.200><c> Hebrew</c>

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:08.259
names<00:32:05.940><c> transliterated</c><00:32:06.720><c> straight</c><00:32:07.019><c> into</c><00:32:07.220><c> the</c><00:32:07.400><c> Greek,</c>

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:11.500
but<00:32:09.500><c> the</c><00:32:09.660><c> name</c><00:32:09.839><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:10.119><c> is</c><00:32:10.359><c> not.</c>

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:16.720
And<00:32:13.400><c> the</c><00:32:13.480><c> question</c><00:32:13.779><c> rises,</c><00:32:14.180><c> of</c><00:32:14.359><c> course,</c><00:32:14.599><c> as</c><00:32:14.720><c> to</c><00:32:14.799><c> why</c><00:32:15.079><c> this</c><00:32:15.240><c> should</c><00:32:15.420><c> be</c><00:32:15.660><c> so.</c>

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:22.440
And<00:32:19.680><c> we</c><00:32:19.839><c> often</c><00:32:20.160><c> ask</c><00:32:20.460><c> that</c><00:32:20.660><c> question,</c><00:32:21.039><c> why</c><00:32:21.339><c> is</c><00:32:21.599><c> it</c><00:32:21.839><c> that</c><00:32:22.200><c> with</c>

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:26.819
all<00:32:22.579><c> these</c><00:32:22.759><c> other</c><00:32:22.960><c> names</c><00:32:23.779><c> transliterated</c><00:32:25.799><c> exactly</c><00:32:26.339><c> into</c><00:32:26.700><c> the</c>

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.740
New<00:32:26.960><c> Testament</c><00:32:27.259><c> scriptures,</c>

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:30.619
why<00:32:28.339><c> is</c><00:32:28.519><c> it</c><00:32:28.599><c> that</c><00:32:28.740><c> the</c><00:32:28.859><c> name</c><00:32:29.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:29.460><c> is</c><00:32:29.680><c> not?</c>

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:36.619
What<00:32:34.839><c> is</c><00:32:34.980><c> the</c><00:32:35.079><c> answer</c><00:32:35.279><c> to</c><00:32:35.400><c> that</c><00:32:35.500><c> question?</c>

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:39.539
I<00:32:38.019><c> would</c><00:32:38.259><c> answer</c><00:32:38.440><c> that</c><00:32:38.640><c> question,</c><00:32:39.039><c> brethren</c><00:32:39.200><c> and</c><00:32:39.359><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:43.819
by<00:32:39.799><c> saying</c><00:32:40.180><c> that</c><00:32:40.380><c> the</c><00:32:40.480><c> name</c><00:32:40.660><c> of</c><00:32:40.980><c> Yah</c><00:32:41.180><c> is</c><00:32:42.420><c> within</c><00:32:43.099><c> the</c><00:32:43.420><c> name</c><00:32:43.660><c> of</c>

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:47.980
Jesus<00:32:44.299><c> himself,</c><00:32:46.700><c> Yah</c><00:32:46.980><c> saves.</c>

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:51.500
I<00:32:49.059><c> would</c><00:32:49.299><c> answer</c><00:32:49.539><c> that</c><00:32:49.779><c> question</c><00:32:50.000><c> as</c><00:32:50.180><c> I</c><00:32:50.299><c> have</c><00:32:50.480><c> a</c><00:32:50.519><c> number,</c><00:32:51.099><c> many</c>

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:54.500
times<00:32:51.799><c> really,</c><00:32:53.259><c> particularly</c><00:32:53.619><c> in</c><00:32:53.759><c> the</c><00:32:53.900><c> mission</c><00:32:54.079><c> areas</c><00:32:54.319><c> where</c>

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:56.660
one<00:32:54.660><c> gets</c><00:32:54.859><c> asked</c><00:32:55.119><c> these</c><00:32:55.380><c> kinds</c><00:32:55.640><c> of</c><00:32:55.819><c> questions.</c>

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:59.500
My<00:32:57.220><c> answer</c><00:32:57.700><c> to</c><00:32:57.859><c> that</c><00:32:58.000><c> is</c><00:32:58.180><c> the</c><00:32:58.299><c> name</c><00:32:58.519><c> of</c><00:32:58.740><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:59.019><c> is</c><00:32:59.119><c> not</c><00:32:59.279><c> in</c><00:32:59.440><c> the</c>

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:04.539
New<00:32:59.660><c> Testament</c><00:33:00.220><c> because</c><00:33:01.200><c> the</c><00:33:01.519><c> name</c><00:33:01.740><c> of</c><00:33:02.059><c> Yah,</c><00:33:02.319><c> the</c><00:33:02.539><c> supreme</c><00:33:03.000><c> name</c><00:33:03.319><c> of</c><00:33:03.599><c> Yah,</c>

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:09.480
is<00:33:06.500><c> right</c><00:33:07.099><c> there</c><00:33:07.519><c> in</c><00:33:07.880><c> the</c><00:33:07.980><c> name</c><00:33:08.099><c> of</c><00:33:08.319><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:08.740><c> the</c><00:33:08.839><c> very</c><00:33:09.140><c> first</c>

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:12.059
syllable<00:33:09.940><c> of</c><00:33:10.640><c> the</c><00:33:10.740><c> name</c><00:33:10.900><c> of</c><00:33:11.119><c> Jesus.</c>

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:17.339
And<00:33:12.480><c> so</c><00:33:12.640><c> when</c><00:33:13.500><c> we</c><00:33:13.700><c> mention</c><00:33:14.059><c> the</c><00:33:14.160><c> name</c><00:33:14.339><c> of</c><00:33:14.559><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:16.900><c> we</c><00:33:17.059><c> mention</c>

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.619
the<00:33:17.440><c> name</c><00:33:17.619><c> of</c><00:33:17.980><c> Yah,</c>

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:26.079
and<00:33:19.400><c> implicitly</c><00:33:19.900><c> we</c><00:33:20.119><c> acknowledge</c><00:33:20.720><c> the</c><00:33:21.220><c> manifestation</c><00:33:21.859><c> of</c><00:33:22.140><c> God,</c><00:33:24.019><c> which</c><00:33:24.119><c> was</c><00:33:24.500><c> of</c>

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:28.759
course<00:33:26.079><c> shown</c><00:33:26.900><c> in</c><00:33:27.240><c> the</c><00:33:27.440><c> life</c><00:33:27.660><c> of</c><00:33:27.839><c> the</c><00:33:27.900><c> Lord</c><00:33:28.039><c> Jesus</c><00:33:28.319><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:30.180
Yah<00:33:29.259><c> saves.</c>

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:40.460
Our<00:33:33.960><c> Father,</c><00:33:35.279><c> then,</c><00:33:39.079><c> who</c><00:33:39.240><c> art</c><00:33:39.400><c> in</c><00:33:39.559><c> heaven.</c>

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.740
There's<00:33:41.299><c> a</c><00:33:41.539><c> balance</c><00:33:41.740><c> in</c><00:33:41.819><c> this,</c><00:33:42.119><c> brethren</c><00:33:42.240><c> and</c><00:33:42.440><c> sisters,</c><00:33:42.579><c> if</c>

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:45.299
we're<00:33:42.880><c> reading</c><00:33:43.099><c> this</c><00:33:43.400><c> prayer</c><00:33:43.660><c> right</c><00:33:44.220><c> closely.</c>

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:49.319
There's<00:33:46.339><c> a</c><00:33:46.480><c> proximity</c><00:33:46.980><c> that</c><00:33:47.180><c> we</c><00:33:47.420><c> have</c><00:33:47.660><c> to</c><00:33:47.880><c> our</c><00:33:48.220><c> Father,</c><00:33:49.099><c> the</c>

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:52.799
Abba<00:33:49.599><c> Father,</c><00:33:49.920><c> but</c><00:33:50.119><c> at</c><00:33:50.299><c> once,</c><00:33:50.680><c> as</c><00:33:50.900><c> soon</c><00:33:50.900><c> as</c><00:33:51.000><c> we</c><00:33:51.539><c> said</c><00:33:51.759><c> it</c><00:33:52.440><c> in</c>

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.900
our<00:33:53.039><c> prayers,</c><00:33:53.339><c> our</c><00:33:53.559><c> Father,</c>

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:59.859
at<00:33:54.299><c> once</c><00:33:54.640><c> we</c><00:33:54.940><c> acknowledge</c><00:33:55.640><c> that</c><00:33:56.819><c> he</c><00:33:57.079><c> is</c><00:33:57.299><c> in</c><00:33:57.460><c> heaven</c><00:33:57.980><c> and</c><00:33:58.960><c> we</c><00:33:59.319><c> are</c><00:33:59.640><c> on</c>

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:04.220
earth,<00:34:01.000><c> therefore</c><00:34:01.519><c> let</c><00:34:02.180><c> your</c><00:34:02.720><c> words</c><00:34:03.039><c> be</c><00:34:03.380><c> few.</c>

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:10.219
There's<00:34:05.740><c> this</c><00:34:05.980><c> beautiful</c><00:34:06.400><c> symmetry</c><00:34:06.799><c> about</c><00:34:07.160><c> the</c><00:34:07.319><c> way</c><00:34:07.519><c> this</c><00:34:08.519><c> pattern</c><00:34:09.039><c> prayer</c><00:34:09.579><c> is</c>

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:12.400
constructed<00:34:10.760><c> and</c><00:34:11.340><c> provides</c><00:34:11.699><c> us</c><00:34:11.940><c> guidance.</c>

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:18.280
We<00:34:13.119><c> come</c><00:34:13.420><c> to</c><00:34:13.679><c> God</c><00:34:13.860><c> with</c><00:34:14.079><c> a</c><00:34:14.260><c> sense</c><00:34:14.440><c> of</c><00:34:14.739><c> the</c><00:34:14.960><c> closest</c><00:34:15.380><c> familiarity,</c><00:34:17.820><c> using</c><00:34:18.099><c> the</c>

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:20.219
most<00:34:18.500><c> effectual</c><00:34:18.940><c> language,</c><00:34:19.639><c> Abba</c><00:34:19.900><c> Father,</c>

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:25.639
but<00:34:20.800><c> immediately</c><00:34:21.260><c> we've</c><00:34:21.639><c> said</c><00:34:21.800><c> it,</c><00:34:23.659><c> we</c><00:34:23.960><c> acknowledge</c><00:34:24.519><c> that</c><00:34:24.780><c> your</c><00:34:25.119><c> Lord</c><00:34:25.360><c> in</c>

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:32.320
heaven<00:34:26.619><c> and</c><00:34:28.400><c> I'm</c><00:34:28.599><c> on</c><00:34:28.780><c> earth,</c><00:34:30.739><c> hallowed</c><00:34:30.960><c> be</c><00:34:31.079><c> your</c><00:34:31.300><c> name.</c>

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:34.820
This<00:34:32.820><c> is</c><00:34:33.019><c> the</c><00:34:33.199><c> balance</c><00:34:33.539><c> that</c><00:34:33.719><c> we</c><00:34:33.900><c> have</c><00:34:34.079><c> to</c><00:34:34.260><c> have</c><00:34:34.380><c> when</c><00:34:34.519><c> we</c><00:34:34.719><c> come</c>

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:36.519
to<00:34:34.980><c> him.</c>

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:40.940
And<00:34:38.500><c> for</c><00:34:38.579><c> those</c><00:34:38.780><c> reasons,</c><00:34:39.400><c> for</c><00:34:39.400><c> just</c><00:34:39.760><c> those</c><00:34:40.019><c> reasons,</c><00:34:40.639><c> brethren</c><00:34:40.719><c> and</c>

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:43.960
sisters,<00:34:41.840><c> I've</c><00:34:42.099><c> troubled</c><00:34:42.380><c> sometimes</c><00:34:42.840><c> with</c><00:34:43.000><c> the</c><00:34:43.219><c> over</c><00:34:43.360><c> familiarity</c>

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:47.639
that<00:34:44.119><c> you</c><00:34:44.260><c> find</c><00:34:44.539><c> oftentimes</c><00:34:45.099><c> in</c><00:34:45.320><c> the</c><00:34:45.400><c> evangelical</c><00:34:45.920><c> style</c><00:34:46.400><c> of</c>

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:50.679
prayer<00:34:47.940><c> and</c><00:34:48.139><c> worship,</c><00:34:48.599><c> just</c><00:34:48.619><c> sort</c><00:34:48.820><c> of</c><00:34:49.139><c> God</c><00:34:49.440><c> is</c><00:34:49.619><c> just</c><00:34:50.360><c> like</c>

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.599
another<00:34:50.880><c> person.</c>

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:56.739
It<00:34:51.840><c> seems</c><00:34:52.000><c> to</c><00:34:52.119><c> me</c><00:34:52.179><c> to</c><00:34:52.280><c> be</c><00:34:52.460><c> quite</c><00:34:52.920><c> unbecoming.</c><00:34:55.760><c> There's</c><00:34:55.920><c> a</c><00:34:56.059><c> closeness</c><00:34:56.519><c> and</c>

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:59.639
yet,<00:34:57.860><c> in</c><00:34:57.940><c> a</c><00:34:58.079><c> sense,</c><00:34:58.320><c> there's</c><00:34:58.500><c> a</c><00:34:58.639><c> distance.</c>

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:04.639
He<00:35:01.179><c> is</c><00:35:01.320><c> in</c><00:35:01.500><c> heaven</c><00:35:02.039><c> and</c><00:35:02.739><c> we</c><00:35:02.980><c> certainly</c><00:35:03.320><c> are</c><00:35:03.519><c> not.</c>

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:14.059
Notice<00:35:08.980><c> how</c><00:35:09.239><c> the</c><00:35:09.460><c> pattern</c><00:35:09.659><c> prayer</c><00:35:09.920><c> goes</c><00:35:10.199><c> on,</c><00:35:11.159><c> thy</c><00:35:11.400><c> kingdom</c><00:35:11.739><c> come,</c><00:35:13.480><c> thy</c><00:35:13.679><c> will</c><00:35:13.860><c> be</c>

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:17.880
done<00:35:14.179><c> on</c><00:35:14.400><c> earth</c><00:35:15.079><c> as</c><00:35:16.539><c> it</c><00:35:16.659><c> is</c><00:35:16.800><c> in</c><00:35:16.920><c> heaven.</c>

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:23.639
The<00:35:20.539><c> order</c><00:35:20.760><c> of</c><00:35:20.940><c> these</c><00:35:21.099><c> petitions</c><00:35:21.559><c> is</c><00:35:21.900><c> absolutely</c><00:35:22.440><c> remarkable.</c>

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:30.320
It<00:35:25.699><c> begins</c><00:35:26.099><c> with</c><00:35:26.340><c> a</c><00:35:26.519><c> recognition</c><00:35:26.940><c> of</c><00:35:27.179><c> God's</c><00:35:27.579><c> rights</c><00:35:27.820><c> as</c><00:35:28.099><c> maker,</c><00:35:28.960><c> sovereign</c><00:35:29.400><c> and</c>

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:35.320
proprietor<00:35:31.260><c> and</c><00:35:31.639><c> then</c><00:35:32.460><c> it</c><00:35:33.860><c> goes</c><00:35:34.079><c> on</c><00:35:34.320><c> to</c><00:35:34.480><c> the</c><00:35:34.599><c> recognition</c><00:35:35.000><c> of</c>

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:36.659
man's<00:35:35.760><c> needs.</c>

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:39.820
That<00:35:37.139><c> is</c><00:35:37.440><c> a</c><00:35:37.619><c> pattern,</c><00:35:38.059><c> brethren</c><00:35:38.179><c> and</c><00:35:38.360><c> sisters,</c><00:35:38.579><c> in</c><00:35:38.780><c> our</c><00:35:39.000><c> prayers.</c>

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:46.000
It<00:35:41.159><c> seems</c><00:35:41.320><c> to</c><00:35:41.500><c> me</c><00:35:41.599><c> he's</c><00:35:41.900><c> telling</c><00:35:42.059><c> us</c><00:35:42.300><c> here</c><00:35:42.420><c> that</c><00:35:42.579><c> the</c><00:35:42.800><c> larger</c><00:35:43.119><c> purpose</c><00:35:43.460><c> of</c><00:35:43.739><c> God</c><00:35:44.179><c> is</c><00:35:45.699><c> a</c>

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:48.239
priority<00:35:46.300><c> or</c><00:35:46.480><c> should</c><00:35:46.699><c> be</c><00:35:46.940><c> a</c><00:35:47.139><c> priority</c><00:35:47.440><c> in</c><00:35:47.679><c> our</c><00:35:47.900><c> prayers.</c>

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:52.000
The<00:35:48.699><c> kingdom</c><00:35:48.960><c> to</c><00:35:49.119><c> be</c><00:35:49.320><c> established,</c><00:35:51.000><c> God's</c><00:35:51.460><c> will</c><00:35:51.619><c> to</c><00:35:51.760><c> be</c><00:35:51.900><c> done</c>

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:53.099
on<00:35:52.260><c> earth.</c>

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:57.199
There's<00:35:53.820><c> something</c><00:35:54.179><c> which</c><00:35:54.400><c> is</c><00:35:54.940><c> a</c><00:35:55.219><c> priority</c><00:35:55.500><c> about</c><00:35:55.820><c> that</c><00:35:56.380><c> rather</c><00:35:56.960><c> than</c>

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.880
our<00:35:57.440><c> own</c><00:35:57.599><c> immediate</c><00:35:57.900><c> needs.</c>

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:06.519
It's<00:36:03.199><c> not</c><00:36:03.380><c> to</c><00:36:03.539><c> suggest</c><00:36:03.880><c> that</c><00:36:04.079><c> when</c><00:36:04.199><c> we</c><00:36:04.380><c> have</c><00:36:04.639><c> a</c><00:36:04.719><c> pressing</c><00:36:05.119><c> personal</c><00:36:06.000><c> need,</c><00:36:06.320><c> we</c>

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:08.780
don't<00:36:06.719><c> come</c><00:36:06.980><c> straight</c><00:36:07.219><c> to</c><00:36:07.380><c> God</c><00:36:07.519><c> with</c><00:36:07.739><c> it.</c>

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:12.260
But<00:36:09.619><c> I</c><00:36:09.719><c> think</c><00:36:09.900><c> there's</c><00:36:10.219><c> a</c><00:36:10.340><c> sort</c><00:36:10.420><c> of</c><00:36:10.840><c> a</c><00:36:11.139><c> gentle</c><00:36:11.539><c> reminder</c><00:36:12.039><c> here</c>

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:16.599
in<00:36:12.380><c> the</c><00:36:12.519><c> Lord's</c><00:36:12.940><c> prayer</c><00:36:13.440><c> that</c><00:36:14.760><c> the</c><00:36:15.300><c> wider</c><00:36:15.599><c> purpose</c><00:36:15.960><c> of</c><00:36:16.260><c> God,</c>

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:20.159
the<00:36:17.519><c> wonder</c><00:36:17.840><c> of</c><00:36:17.980><c> his</c><00:36:18.239><c> kingdom</c><00:36:18.440><c> to</c><00:36:18.599><c> be</c><00:36:18.820><c> established,</c><00:36:19.920><c> the</c><00:36:20.059><c> type</c>

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:24.059
of<00:36:20.380><c> things</c><00:36:20.539><c> that</c><00:36:21.099><c> we've</c><00:36:21.519><c> been</c><00:36:21.940><c> considering</c><00:36:22.300><c> with</c><00:36:22.500><c> our</c><00:36:22.659><c> brother</c><00:36:22.960><c> Stan,</c>

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:28.800
the<00:36:25.179><c> wider</c><00:36:25.400><c> purpose</c><00:36:25.699><c> of</c><00:36:25.980><c> God,</c><00:36:26.340><c> this</c><00:36:26.820><c> sort</c><00:36:27.099><c> of</c><00:36:28.199><c> preempts</c><00:36:28.639><c> our</c>

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:32.219
space,<00:36:29.099><c> if</c><00:36:29.239><c> you</c><00:36:29.420><c> like.</c><00:36:29.599><c> It's</c><00:36:29.960><c> far</c><00:36:30.139><c> more</c><00:36:30.460><c> important</c><00:36:30.760><c> than</c><00:36:30.940><c> my</c><00:36:31.199><c> needs.</c>

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:39.360
This<00:36:33.739><c> is</c><00:36:33.960><c> a</c><00:36:34.059><c> mark</c><00:36:34.260><c> after</c><00:36:34.599><c> all</c><00:36:34.820><c> of</c><00:36:35.019><c> the</c><00:36:35.440><c> great</c><00:36:35.639><c> men</c><00:36:35.800><c> of</c><00:36:36.039><c> Scripture</c><00:36:36.420><c> that</c><00:36:38.099><c> God's</c><00:36:38.699><c> work</c><00:36:38.880><c> should</c><00:36:39.059><c> go</c>

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:40.599
forward<00:36:39.659><c> but</c><00:36:39.820><c> theirs</c><00:36:40.039><c> would</c><00:36:40.300><c> recede,</c>

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:45.980
be<00:36:41.500><c> it</c><00:36:43.320><c> John</c><00:36:43.539><c> the</c><00:36:43.719><c> Baptist</c><00:36:44.039><c> or</c><00:36:44.340><c> many</c><00:36:44.579><c> others</c><00:36:45.039><c> going</c><00:36:45.500><c> back</c><00:36:45.800><c> in</c>

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:47.420
earlier<00:36:46.219><c> years.</c>

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:52.260
God's<00:36:47.980><c> word,</c><00:36:48.480><c> God's</c><00:36:49.000><c> purpose</c><00:36:49.420><c> is</c><00:36:50.380><c> far</c><00:36:50.619><c> more</c><00:36:50.940><c> important</c><00:36:51.440><c> than</c>

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:54.139
my<00:36:52.579><c> own</c><00:36:53.059><c> special</c><00:36:53.320><c> circumstance.</c>

00:36:57.739 --> 00:37:00.340
And<00:36:57.840><c> so,</c><00:36:58.159><c> brethren</c><00:36:58.219><c> and</c><00:36:58.460><c> sisters,</c><00:36:58.780><c> when</c><00:36:58.960><c> our</c><00:36:59.219><c> prayers</c><00:36:59.579><c> get</c>

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:03.280
too<00:37:01.139><c> firstly</c><00:37:01.579><c> self</c><00:37:01.960><c>-possessed,</c>

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:09.539
too<00:37:04.440><c> concerned</c><00:37:04.920><c> with</c><00:37:05.159><c> our</c><00:37:05.360><c> own</c><00:37:05.800><c> issues</c><00:37:06.139><c> of</c><00:37:06.380><c> daily</c><00:37:06.599><c> bread,</c><00:37:07.519><c> let's</c><00:37:08.260><c> remember</c><00:37:08.860><c> that</c><00:37:09.260><c> there</c><00:37:09.360><c> are</c>

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:12.579
bigger,<00:37:10.099><c> bigger,</c><00:37:10.480><c> far</c><00:37:10.780><c> bigger</c><00:37:11.059><c> issues</c><00:37:11.420><c> involved,</c>

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:17.500
the<00:37:12.840><c> kingdom</c><00:37:13.239><c> of</c><00:37:13.500><c> God</c><00:37:14.000><c> and</c><00:37:15.320><c> it's</c><00:37:15.719><c> established</c><00:37:16.039><c> upon</c><00:37:16.320><c> the</c><00:37:16.599><c> earth.</c>

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:24.719
Well,<00:37:20.699><c> isn't</c><00:37:20.820><c> that</c><00:37:21.679><c> more</c><00:37:21.820><c> important</c><00:37:22.360><c> than</c><00:37:23.139><c> my</c><00:37:23.400><c> daily</c><00:37:23.639><c> bread?</c>

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:31.940
But<00:37:29.840><c> the</c><00:37:30.039><c> daily</c><00:37:30.179><c> bread,</c><00:37:30.619><c> and</c><00:37:30.800><c> this</c><00:37:30.880><c> is</c><00:37:31.019><c> the</c><00:37:31.079><c> beauty</c><00:37:31.260><c> of</c><00:37:31.420><c> the</c><00:37:31.599><c> prayer,</c><00:37:31.840><c> is</c>

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:33.320
not<00:37:32.159><c> forgotten.</c>

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:39.059
Jesus<00:37:35.360><c> is</c><00:37:35.519><c> teaching</c><00:37:35.840><c> us</c><00:37:36.179><c> that</c><00:37:37.699><c> the</c><00:37:38.119><c> Lord</c><00:37:38.280><c> does</c><00:37:38.559><c> look</c><00:37:38.800><c> after</c>

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:41.780
all<00:37:39.300><c> our</c><00:37:40.340><c> pressing</c><00:37:40.719><c> needs.</c>

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:50.760
But<00:37:44.139><c> he</c><00:37:44.219><c> does</c><00:37:44.539><c> say,</c><00:37:45.820><c> give</c><00:37:45.860><c> us</c><00:37:47.420><c> this</c><00:37:49.059><c> day</c><00:37:49.360><c> our</c><00:37:49.639><c> daily</c><00:37:49.880><c> bread.</c>

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:55.119
It's<00:37:51.679><c> not,</c><00:37:52.059><c> give</c><00:37:52.079><c> me</c><00:37:53.000><c> this</c><00:37:53.980><c> daily</c><00:37:54.300><c> bread.</c>

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:59.519
And<00:37:57.199><c> I</c><00:37:57.300><c> hope</c><00:37:57.460><c> we'll</c><00:37:57.599><c> all</c><00:37:57.739><c> remember,</c><00:37:58.280><c> brothers</c><00:37:58.400><c> and</c><00:37:58.639><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:03.780
whether<00:37:59.820><c> we</c><00:38:00.079><c> construe</c><00:38:00.440><c> this</c><00:38:00.679><c> as</c><00:38:00.980><c> spiritual</c><00:38:01.360><c> bread</c><00:38:01.659><c> or</c><00:38:02.219><c> natural</c><00:38:02.719><c> bread,</c>

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:09.500
there's<00:38:04.480><c> a</c><00:38:04.619><c> desperate</c><00:38:04.960><c> need</c><00:38:05.199><c> of</c><00:38:05.380><c> it</c><00:38:06.559><c> everywhere</c><00:38:08.000><c> in</c><00:38:08.280><c> our</c><00:38:08.400><c> community.</c>

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:14.360
The<00:38:12.099><c> physical</c><00:38:12.420><c> bread,</c><00:38:12.780><c> especially</c><00:38:13.280><c> in</c><00:38:13.579><c> the</c><00:38:13.739><c> mission</c><00:38:14.000><c> fields,</c>

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:16.960
and<00:38:14.579><c> I've</c><00:38:14.760><c> seen</c><00:38:14.860><c> it</c><00:38:15.059><c> so</c><00:38:15.280><c> much</c><00:38:15.500><c> in</c><00:38:15.739><c> many</c><00:38:15.980><c> places,</c>

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:22.579
people<00:38:17.960><c> having</c><00:38:18.320><c> great</c><00:38:18.719><c> difficulties.</c><00:38:20.480><c> Isn't</c><00:38:20.619><c> it</c><00:38:20.840><c> time</c><00:38:21.039><c> that</c>

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:24.639
we<00:38:22.780><c> thought</c><00:38:23.000><c> of</c><00:38:23.099><c> them</c><00:38:23.280><c> in</c><00:38:23.480><c> our</c><00:38:23.699><c> prayers,</c>

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:28.619
instead<00:38:25.159><c> of</c><00:38:25.579><c> give</c><00:38:25.860><c> us</c><00:38:26.179><c> this,</c><00:38:26.639><c> give</c><00:38:26.820><c> us</c><00:38:27.099><c> that,</c><00:38:27.860><c> give</c><00:38:28.019><c> me</c><00:38:28.300><c> this,</c>

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.980
give<00:38:28.960><c> me</c><00:38:29.199><c> that,</c>

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:36.440
a<00:38:31.500><c> spare</c><00:38:31.639><c> thought,</c><00:38:33.500><c> a</c><00:38:33.659><c> prayerful</c><00:38:34.059><c> thought,</c><00:38:35.599><c> for</c><00:38:35.780><c> those</c><00:38:36.079><c> who</c>

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:39.079
are<00:38:36.860><c> in</c><00:38:37.019><c> far</c><00:38:37.159><c> greater</c><00:38:37.400><c> need</c><00:38:37.659><c> than</c><00:38:37.860><c> ourselves.</c>

00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:42.940
The<00:38:40.719><c> beauty</c><00:38:41.000><c> of</c><00:38:41.179><c> the</c><00:38:41.320><c> Lord's</c><00:38:41.739><c> Prayer</c><00:38:41.940><c> is</c><00:38:42.260><c> that</c><00:38:42.440><c> it's</c><00:38:42.739><c> thinking</c>

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:44.460
about<00:38:43.300><c> others,</c>

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:48.260
as<00:38:45.239><c> much</c><00:38:45.460><c> as</c><00:38:45.619><c> it's</c><00:38:45.760><c> thinking</c><00:38:46.019><c> about</c><00:38:46.260><c> our</c><00:38:46.500><c> own</c><00:38:46.760><c> personal</c><00:38:47.079><c> needs.</c>

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:57.079
And<00:38:52.039><c> forgive</c><00:38:52.199><c> us</c><00:38:52.800><c> our</c><00:38:53.579><c> debts,</c><00:38:53.940><c> not</c><00:38:54.139><c> just</c><00:38:54.360><c> mine,</c><00:38:55.139><c> but</c><00:38:55.280><c> yours</c><00:38:55.480><c> as</c><00:38:55.719><c> well.</c>

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:04.360
But<00:39:00.500><c> with</c><00:39:00.679><c> the</c><00:39:00.780><c> only</c><00:39:00.940><c> condition</c><00:39:01.920><c> that's</c><00:39:03.780><c> given</c><00:39:03.940><c> here</c><00:39:04.159><c> in</c><00:39:04.239><c> the</c>

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:05.039
Lord's<00:39:04.699><c> Prayer,</c>

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:08.539
as<00:39:05.820><c> we</c><00:39:06.019><c> also</c><00:39:06.559><c> have</c><00:39:06.840><c> forgiven</c><00:39:07.079><c> our</c><00:39:07.340><c> debtors.</c>

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:13.340
So<00:39:11.300><c> there</c><00:39:11.420><c> is</c><00:39:11.599><c> a</c><00:39:11.699><c> condition,</c><00:39:12.159><c> brothers</c><00:39:12.300><c> and</c><00:39:12.420><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:16.579
as<00:39:13.760><c> we</c><00:39:13.980><c> pray</c><00:39:14.159><c> for</c><00:39:14.360><c> the</c><00:39:14.559><c> forgiveness</c><00:39:14.820><c> of</c><00:39:15.059><c> our</c><00:39:15.280><c> own</c><00:39:15.519><c> transgressions</c><00:39:16.079><c> as</c><00:39:16.280><c> well</c><00:39:16.420><c> as</c>

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.300
for<00:39:16.699><c> those</c><00:39:16.860><c> of</c><00:39:17.099><c> others.</c>

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:19.860
And<00:39:17.500><c> this</c><00:39:18.460><c> is</c><00:39:18.679><c> sometimes</c><00:39:18.960><c> what</c><00:39:19.079><c> we</c><00:39:19.280><c> often</c><00:39:19.500><c> forget,</c>

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:23.840
we<00:39:20.440><c> should</c><00:39:20.679><c> be</c><00:39:21.159><c> praying</c><00:39:21.440><c> for</c><00:39:21.659><c> the</c><00:39:21.840><c> forgiveness</c><00:39:22.280><c> of</c><00:39:23.360><c> others</c><00:39:23.639><c> as</c>

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.679
well<00:39:23.980><c> as</c><00:39:24.139><c> ourselves,</c>

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:30.420
but<00:39:25.199><c> it's</c><00:39:25.500><c> predicated</c><00:39:26.079><c> on</c><00:39:26.500><c> a</c><00:39:26.639><c> willingness</c><00:39:27.239><c> to</c><00:39:30.000><c> forgive.</c>

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:34.360
How<00:39:31.320><c> can</c><00:39:31.579><c> we</c><00:39:31.780><c> ask</c><00:39:32.360><c> for</c><00:39:32.880><c> the</c><00:39:33.039><c> divine</c><00:39:33.320><c> blessing,</c>

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:39.159
if<00:39:35.119><c> we</c><00:39:35.360><c> show</c><00:39:35.500><c> no</c><00:39:35.699><c> capacity</c><00:39:36.239><c> or</c><00:39:36.500><c> willingness</c><00:39:36.940><c> to</c><00:39:38.719><c> show</c><00:39:38.880><c> that</c>

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:40.760
attribute<00:39:39.519><c> ourselves.</c>

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:44.900
And<00:39:42.920><c> I</c><00:39:43.059><c> read</c><00:39:43.219><c> this</c><00:39:43.480><c> text</c><00:39:43.739><c> as</c><00:39:44.000><c> saying</c><00:39:44.199><c> that</c><00:39:44.360><c> if</c><00:39:44.480><c> you</c><00:39:44.579><c> don't</c>

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:47.139
forgive<00:39:46.019><c> others,</c>

00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:50.840
then<00:39:48.320><c> your</c><00:39:48.880><c> prayer</c><00:39:49.139><c> will</c><00:39:49.440><c> remain</c><00:39:49.699><c> unanswered.</c>

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:54.579
It's<00:39:51.480><c> one</c><00:39:51.659><c> of</c><00:39:51.800><c> those</c><00:39:52.000><c> prayers</c><00:39:52.280><c> that</c><00:39:52.500><c> we</c><00:39:52.659><c> discussed</c><00:39:53.039><c> on</c><00:39:53.320><c> Sunday,</c><00:39:54.360><c> which</c>

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:55.920
will<00:39:54.820><c> remain</c><00:39:55.119><c> unanswered.</c>

00:39:56.719 --> 00:40:02.179
If<00:39:57.320><c> you</c><00:39:57.920><c> don't</c><00:39:58.119><c> forgive,</c><00:39:59.159><c> then</c><00:39:59.300><c> for</c><00:39:59.780><c> sure,</c><00:40:00.739><c> God</c><00:40:00.980><c> will</c><00:40:01.179><c> not</c><00:40:01.380><c> forgive.</c>

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:06.239
It<00:40:04.199><c> strikes</c><00:40:04.340><c> me</c><00:40:04.519><c> that's</c><00:40:05.300><c> immensely</c><00:40:05.739><c> pressing,</c>

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:10.139
given<00:40:06.820><c> all</c><00:40:08.139><c> the</c><00:40:08.400><c> complexities</c><00:40:08.800><c> of</c><00:40:09.059><c> a</c><00:40:09.219><c> pleasurable</c><00:40:09.539><c> life</c><00:40:09.820><c> and</c>

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:12.699
all<00:40:10.360><c> the</c><00:40:10.480><c> other</c><00:40:10.780><c> circumstances</c><00:40:11.260><c> in</c><00:40:11.440><c> which</c><00:40:11.579><c> we're</c><00:40:11.840><c> placed.</c>

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:15.699
We<00:40:13.099><c> need</c><00:40:13.239><c> to</c><00:40:13.440><c> remember</c><00:40:13.739><c> that</c><00:40:14.440><c> there</c><00:40:14.880><c> is</c><00:40:14.980><c> a</c><00:40:15.159><c> conditionality</c>

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:17.320
about<00:40:16.000><c> God's</c><00:40:16.440><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:20.739
about<00:40:18.679><c> our</c><00:40:19.000><c> transgressions</c><00:40:19.519><c> and</c><00:40:19.679><c> our</c><00:40:19.880><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:25.900
If<00:40:21.500><c> we</c><00:40:21.679><c> don't</c><00:40:22.039><c> forgive,</c><00:40:23.300><c> if</c><00:40:23.420><c> we</c><00:40:23.579><c> don't</c><00:40:23.880><c> construe</c><00:40:24.179><c> the</c><00:40:24.360><c> best</c><00:40:24.599><c> motives</c><00:40:24.900><c> of</c><00:40:25.119><c> another,</c>

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:29.260
if<00:40:26.539><c> we</c><00:40:26.739><c> don't</c><00:40:27.000><c> show</c><00:40:27.420><c> the</c><00:40:27.880><c> divine</c><00:40:28.199><c> characteristic</c><00:40:28.880><c> to</c><00:40:29.000><c> those</c>

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:30.559
who<00:40:29.500><c> would</c><00:40:29.699><c> be</c><00:40:29.940><c> opposed</c><00:40:30.219><c> to</c><00:40:30.420><c> us</c>

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:32.360
or<00:40:30.679><c> would</c><00:40:30.820><c> have</c><00:40:31.079><c> different</c><00:40:31.400><c> views</c><00:40:31.659><c> from</c><00:40:31.880><c> ourselves,</c>

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:36.659
if<00:40:32.760><c> we</c><00:40:32.980><c> don't</c><00:40:33.219><c> sort</c><00:40:33.400><c> of</c><00:40:34.800><c> exercise</c><00:40:35.219><c> the</c><00:40:35.519><c> compassion</c><00:40:35.860><c> or</c><00:40:36.039><c> ability</c><00:40:36.360><c> to</c>

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:38.300
understand<00:40:37.440><c> them</c>

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:43.320
and<00:40:39.420><c> a</c><00:40:39.599><c> desire</c><00:40:39.820><c> to</c><00:40:40.059><c> forgive,</c><00:40:41.159><c> then</c><00:40:41.619><c> for</c><00:40:42.199><c> sure,</c>

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:46.920
He<00:40:44.599><c> will</c><00:40:44.760><c> not</c><00:40:44.920><c> forgive</c><00:40:45.099><c> us</c><00:40:45.500><c> our</c><00:40:45.840><c> own</c><00:40:46.119><c> transgressions.</c>

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:55.860
Lead<00:40:51.380><c> us</c><00:40:51.679><c> not,</c><00:40:51.860><c> He</c><00:40:52.039><c> says</c><00:40:52.300><c> then,</c><00:40:54.139><c> into</c><00:40:54.480><c> temptation,</c>

00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:01.039
but<00:40:59.079><c> deliver</c><00:40:59.380><c> us</c><00:40:59.579><c> from</c><00:40:59.800><c> evil.</c>

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:05.199
Again,<00:41:02.760><c> it's</c><00:41:02.920><c> not</c><00:41:03.139><c> me,</c><00:41:04.579><c> it's</c><00:41:04.880><c> us.</c>

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:07.360
We're<00:41:05.440><c> praying</c><00:41:05.760><c> for</c><00:41:06.000><c> our</c><00:41:06.219><c> brothers</c><00:41:06.420><c> and</c><00:41:06.679><c> sisters</c><00:41:06.960><c> that</c><00:41:07.079><c> they</c>

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:10.139
will<00:41:07.500><c> not</c><00:41:07.719><c> be</c><00:41:07.920><c> led</c><00:41:08.059><c> to</c><00:41:08.300><c> the</c><00:41:08.539><c> edge</c><00:41:08.780><c> of</c><00:41:09.019><c> temptation.</c>

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:14.699
And<00:41:12.199><c> this</c><00:41:12.440><c> is</c><00:41:12.599><c> sort</c><00:41:12.699><c> of</c><00:41:12.960><c> a</c><00:41:13.099><c> point</c><00:41:13.800><c> that</c><00:41:14.000><c> can</c><00:41:14.099><c> be</c><00:41:14.219><c> looked</c><00:41:14.360><c> at</c><00:41:14.519><c> in</c>

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:16.159
a<00:41:14.739><c> number</c><00:41:14.960><c> of</c><00:41:15.179><c> ways.</c>

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:23.079
I<00:41:18.820><c> know</c><00:41:19.159><c> it's</c><00:41:19.840><c> often</c><00:41:20.079><c> said</c><00:41:20.300><c> that</c><00:41:20.519><c> we</c><00:41:22.199><c> should</c><00:41:22.559><c> not</c><00:41:22.679><c> go</c><00:41:22.820><c> to</c><00:41:22.940><c> the</c>

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:25.480
edge<00:41:23.340><c> of</c><00:41:23.619><c> temptation</c><00:41:24.119><c> and</c><00:41:24.400><c> ask</c><00:41:24.699><c> for</c><00:41:24.900><c> God's</c><00:41:25.239><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:27.559
and<00:41:25.679><c> I'm</c><00:41:25.880><c> certain</c><00:41:26.079><c> that's</c><00:41:26.340><c> true.</c>

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:30.780
And<00:41:29.340><c> this</c><00:41:29.480><c> is</c><00:41:29.619><c> the</c><00:41:29.780><c> point,</c><00:41:29.940><c> I</c><00:41:30.039><c> think,</c><00:41:30.159><c> of</c><00:41:30.280><c> this</c><00:41:30.500><c> prayer.</c>

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:34.659
Don't<00:41:31.320><c> lead</c><00:41:31.519><c> us</c><00:41:31.760><c> to</c><00:41:32.320><c> the</c><00:41:32.559><c> edge</c><00:41:32.760><c> of</c><00:41:32.920><c> a</c><00:41:33.079><c> situation</c><00:41:33.659><c> where</c><00:41:34.159><c> we</c><00:41:34.360><c> will</c><00:41:34.480><c> be</c>

00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:37.920
tempted<00:41:34.940><c> beyond</c><00:41:35.579><c> more</c><00:41:35.860><c> than</c><00:41:36.019><c> our</c><00:41:36.159><c> capacity</c><00:41:36.659><c> to</c><00:41:36.940><c> endure.</c>

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:40.579
Keep<00:41:38.639><c> us</c><00:41:38.940><c> away</c><00:41:39.199><c> from</c><00:41:39.420><c> temptation.</c>

00:41:40.780 --> 00:41:44.780
And<00:41:41.340><c> sometimes</c><00:41:41.719><c> we</c><00:41:41.940><c> construe</c><00:41:42.400><c> these</c><00:41:42.699><c> things</c><00:41:42.940><c> in</c><00:41:44.320><c> terms</c><00:41:44.539><c> of</c>

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:46.000
gross<00:41:45.000><c> evils.</c>

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:48.719
I<00:41:46.860><c> wonder</c><00:41:47.079><c> sometimes,</c><00:41:47.739><c> my</c><00:41:47.780><c> brothers</c><00:41:47.920><c> and</c><00:41:47.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:54.579
whether<00:41:50.500><c> He's</c><00:41:50.699><c> talking</c><00:41:51.139><c> about</c><00:41:51.559><c> something</c><00:41:52.199><c> more</c><00:41:53.239><c> common</c><00:41:53.500><c> than</c><00:41:53.760><c> that.</c>

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:57.800
Lead<00:41:56.099><c> us</c><00:41:56.300><c> not</c><00:41:56.480><c> in</c><00:41:56.579><c> temptation.</c>

00:41:58.659 --> 00:42:00.800
I'm<00:41:58.780><c> wondering</c><00:41:59.059><c> whether</c><00:41:59.340><c> the</c><00:41:59.539><c> more</c><00:41:59.820><c> ordinary</c><00:42:00.179><c> things</c><00:42:00.539><c> that</c>

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:02.280
happen<00:42:01.000><c> in</c><00:42:01.159><c> this</c><00:42:01.400><c> life,</c>

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:04.159
the<00:42:03.039><c> distractions,</c>

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:08.960
things<00:42:05.840><c> that</c><00:42:06.119><c> happen</c><00:42:06.760><c> just</c><00:42:07.420><c> like</c><00:42:07.880><c> a</c><00:42:08.099><c> common</c><00:42:08.320><c> place</c><00:42:08.659><c> during</c>

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.780
the<00:42:09.119><c> day's</c><00:42:09.519><c> experience,</c>

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:12.619
are<00:42:09.980><c> not</c><00:42:10.159><c> temptations,</c><00:42:11.579><c> distractions.</c>

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:19.719
This,<00:42:16.019><c> I</c><00:42:16.179><c> think,</c><00:42:16.820><c> is</c><00:42:17.280><c> a</c><00:42:17.440><c> problem</c><00:42:17.739><c> that</c><00:42:17.900><c> we</c><00:42:18.079><c> sort</c><00:42:18.239><c> of</c><00:42:19.260><c> construe</c>

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:21.900
this<00:42:20.079><c> in</c><00:42:20.320><c> terms</c><00:42:20.619><c> of</c><00:42:20.880><c> the</c><00:42:21.159><c> excesses,</c>

00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:24.059
temptations<00:42:22.659><c> which</c><00:42:22.900><c> are</c><00:42:23.139><c> excesses,</c>

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:28.679
forgetting<00:42:24.519><c> that</c><00:42:25.739><c> all</c><00:42:26.519><c> the</c><00:42:26.719><c> obsessions,</c><00:42:27.219><c> all</c><00:42:27.340><c> the</c><00:42:27.480><c> preoccupations</c><00:42:28.260><c> we</c><00:42:28.440><c> can</c>

00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:30.260
have<00:42:28.880><c> with</c><00:42:29.059><c> this</c><00:42:29.280><c> life,</c>

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:32.500
can<00:42:30.639><c> be</c><00:42:30.820><c> a</c><00:42:31.000><c> great</c><00:42:31.480><c> difficulty</c><00:42:32.039><c> for</c><00:42:32.280><c> us.</c>

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:35.760
Even<00:42:32.760><c> all</c><00:42:32.980><c> the</c><00:42:33.199><c> material</c><00:42:33.539><c> possessions</c><00:42:34.000><c> with</c><00:42:34.219><c> which</c><00:42:34.940><c> we</c><00:42:35.659><c> have</c>

00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:37.320
all<00:42:35.980><c> about</c><00:42:36.179><c> us,</c>

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:39.559
their<00:42:37.960><c> blessings</c><00:42:38.340><c> perhaps,</c>

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:42.920
but<00:42:40.519><c> they</c><00:42:40.619><c> can</c><00:42:40.780><c> be</c><00:42:40.960><c> great</c><00:42:41.199><c> temptations</c><00:42:41.900><c> and</c><00:42:42.179><c> obstructions</c><00:42:42.760><c> as</c>

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:45.059
we<00:42:43.059><c> walk</c><00:42:43.179><c> in</c><00:42:44.079><c> the</c><00:42:44.340><c> truth.</c>

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:49.340
And<00:42:47.039><c> again,</c><00:42:47.179><c> if</c><00:42:47.380><c> I</c><00:42:47.460><c> can</c><00:42:47.619><c> just</c><00:42:47.860><c> allude</c><00:42:48.300><c> for</c><00:42:48.739><c> a</c><00:42:48.900><c> moment</c><00:42:49.039><c> to</c><00:42:49.199><c> the</c>

00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:49.800
mission<00:42:49.579><c> fields,</c>

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:53.280
I<00:42:50.039><c> really</c><00:42:50.300><c> wonder</c><00:42:50.679><c> sometimes</c><00:42:51.500><c> when</c><00:42:52.420><c> I</c><00:42:52.619><c> visit</c><00:42:52.780><c> these</c><00:42:53.099><c> brothers</c>

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:55.699
and<00:42:53.460><c> sisters</c><00:42:53.780><c> in</c><00:42:54.019><c> their</c><00:42:54.159><c> deep</c><00:42:54.519><c> faith</c><00:42:54.780><c> and</c><00:42:54.940><c> their</c><00:42:55.119><c> simplicity</c>

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:58.679
in<00:42:56.679><c> these</c><00:42:56.900><c> various</c><00:42:57.219><c> African</c><00:42:57.599><c> countries,</c>

00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:03.619
I<00:42:59.280><c> wonder</c><00:42:59.559><c> sometimes</c><00:43:00.099><c> whether</c><00:43:00.360><c> they</c><00:43:01.800><c> are</c><00:43:02.320><c> freer</c><00:43:02.539><c> from</c><00:43:02.820><c> temptations</c><00:43:03.480><c> than</c>

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:05.179
we<00:43:03.840><c> are</c><00:43:04.079><c> ourselves.</c>

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:09.679
We've<00:43:06.000><c> got</c><00:43:06.139><c> so</c><00:43:06.440><c> much,</c><00:43:07.300><c> we</c><00:43:07.500><c> rush</c><00:43:07.719><c> around,</c><00:43:08.179><c> we've</c><00:43:08.460><c> got</c><00:43:08.639><c> everything.</c>

00:43:10.739 --> 00:43:14.679
These<00:43:11.000><c> brothers</c><00:43:11.199><c> and</c><00:43:11.400><c> sisters,</c><00:43:12.440><c> I</c><00:43:12.940><c> think</c><00:43:13.059><c> it</c><00:43:13.179><c> must</c><00:43:13.360><c> be</c><00:43:13.559><c> a</c><00:43:13.659><c> blessing</c><00:43:13.920><c> sometimes</c><00:43:14.420><c> not</c>

00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:16.320
to<00:43:14.860><c> have</c><00:43:15.000><c> these</c><00:43:15.320><c> distractions,</c>

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:18.199
not<00:43:16.780><c> to</c><00:43:16.940><c> have</c><00:43:17.059><c> these</c><00:43:17.280><c> temptations,</c>

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:20.940
and<00:43:18.820><c> in</c><00:43:18.960><c> many</c><00:43:19.139><c> respects</c><00:43:19.579><c> to</c><00:43:19.760><c> be</c><00:43:19.900><c> living</c><00:43:20.099><c> what</c><00:43:20.380><c> seems</c><00:43:20.639><c> to</c><00:43:20.739><c> me</c><00:43:20.840><c> to</c>

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:24.119
be<00:43:21.179><c> closer</c><00:43:21.440><c> to</c><00:43:21.739><c> the</c><00:43:22.360><c> first</c><00:43:22.559><c> century</c><00:43:22.980><c> example.</c>

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:29.119
And<00:43:26.940><c> so</c><00:43:27.539><c> deliver</c><00:43:27.800><c> us</c><00:43:28.039><c> from</c><00:43:28.239><c> evil,</c>

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:33.360
whether<00:43:30.119><c> they</c><00:43:30.380><c> be</c><00:43:30.579><c> gross</c><00:43:30.900><c> or</c><00:43:31.400><c> whatever</c><00:43:31.960><c> kinds</c><00:43:32.300><c> of</c><00:43:32.559><c> evil,</c>

00:43:33.800 --> 00:43:36.480
whatever<00:43:34.119><c> kind</c><00:43:34.440><c> of</c><00:43:34.659><c> shortcomings</c><00:43:35.119><c> they</c><00:43:35.440><c> are.</c>

00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:39.260
And<00:43:36.900><c> then</c><00:43:37.139><c> of</c><00:43:37.280><c> course</c><00:43:37.519><c> as</c><00:43:37.699><c> we</c><00:43:37.860><c> know</c><00:43:38.000><c> from</c><00:43:38.199><c> Luke's</c><00:43:38.659><c> Gospel</c><00:43:38.900><c> and</c>

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:42.800
some<00:43:40.260><c> of</c><00:43:40.440><c> the</c><00:43:40.579><c> other</c><00:43:40.840><c> manuscripts</c><00:43:41.360><c> that</c><00:43:41.639><c> concludes,</c>

00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:45.519
For<00:43:43.659><c> thine</c><00:43:43.940><c> is</c><00:43:44.139><c> the</c><00:43:44.280><c> kingdom,</c>

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:48.219
and<00:43:46.719><c> the</c><00:43:46.940><c> power,</c>

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:51.360
and<00:43:49.780><c> the</c><00:43:50.000><c> glory,</c>

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:55.559
forever<00:43:53.639><c> and</c><00:43:54.440><c> ever.</c>

00:43:57.119 --> 00:44:00.400
And<00:43:57.260><c> so</c><00:43:57.400><c> the</c><00:43:57.800><c> beautiful</c><00:43:58.380><c> shaping</c><00:43:58.840><c> of</c><00:43:59.260><c> this</c><00:43:59.519><c> prayer,</c>

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:04.719
it<00:44:00.599><c> ends</c><00:44:01.019><c> in</c><00:44:01.260><c> a</c><00:44:01.380><c> sense</c><00:44:01.900><c> where</c><00:44:03.380><c> it</c><00:44:03.639><c> began.</c>

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:09.880
Our<00:44:06.739><c> Father</c><00:44:07.059><c> who</c><00:44:07.320><c> art</c><00:44:07.460><c> in</c><00:44:07.659><c> heaven,</c><00:44:08.860><c> hallowed</c><00:44:09.159><c> be</c><00:44:09.280><c> thy</c><00:44:09.460><c> name,</c>

00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:14.619
the<00:44:10.800><c> sanctity</c><00:44:12.139><c> which</c><00:44:12.639><c> we</c><00:44:12.980><c> invoke</c><00:44:13.239><c> as</c><00:44:13.380><c> we</c><00:44:13.599><c> begin</c><00:44:13.880><c> our</c><00:44:14.199><c> prayers,</c>

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:17.699
is<00:44:15.199><c> on</c><00:44:15.719><c> our</c><00:44:15.880><c> lips</c><00:44:16.079><c> as</c><00:44:16.260><c> we</c><00:44:16.519><c> close</c><00:44:16.860><c> our</c><00:44:17.199><c> prayers,</c>

00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:19.760
thine<00:44:18.280><c> is</c><00:44:18.480><c> the</c><00:44:18.659><c> kingdom,</c>

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:21.480
and<00:44:20.159><c> the</c><00:44:20.400><c> power,</c>

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:23.179
and<00:44:22.079><c> the</c><00:44:22.300><c> glory,</c>

00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:24.300
not<00:44:23.519><c> just</c><00:44:23.760><c> now,</c>

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:26.019
but<00:44:24.940><c> forever,</c>

00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:28.099
and<00:44:27.119><c> forever.</c>

00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:31.019
This<00:44:29.199><c> we</c><00:44:29.420><c> acknowledge,</c><00:44:29.860><c> brothers</c><00:44:30.039><c> and</c><00:44:30.260><c> sisters,</c><00:44:30.559><c> is</c><00:44:30.820><c> the</c>

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:33.800
abiding<00:44:32.739><c> truth</c>

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:39.420
that<00:44:34.920><c> God's</c><00:44:35.440><c> glory</c><00:44:35.900><c> and</c><00:44:36.320><c> God's</c><00:44:36.679><c> goodness</c><00:44:37.199><c> will</c><00:44:38.139><c> not</c><00:44:38.360><c> cease.</c>

00:44:40.739 --> 00:44:45.579
Now<00:44:41.500><c> isn't</c><00:44:41.820><c> that</c><00:44:42.900><c> a</c><00:44:43.420><c> perfectly</c><00:44:43.840><c> shaped</c><00:44:44.699><c> example,</c>

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:49.440
which<00:44:46.300><c> then</c><00:44:46.659><c> concludes</c><00:44:47.760><c> Amen.</c>

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:54.239
Amen<00:44:50.239><c> is</c><00:44:50.599><c> the</c><00:44:51.400><c> expression</c><00:44:52.019><c> of</c><00:44:52.500><c> our</c><00:44:53.079><c> sincerity.</c>

00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:57.519
This<00:44:54.760><c> is</c><00:44:55.019><c> not</c><00:44:55.239><c> a</c><00:44:55.599><c> language</c><00:44:56.119><c> of</c><00:44:56.619><c> form,</c>

00:44:58.539 --> 00:45:00.599
this<00:44:58.639><c> is</c><00:44:58.820><c> not</c><00:44:59.039><c> the</c><00:44:59.179><c> language</c><00:44:59.539><c> of</c><00:44:59.840><c> habit,</c>

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:05.000
this<00:45:01.840><c> is</c><00:45:02.079><c> the</c><00:45:02.179><c> language</c><00:45:02.519><c> of</c><00:45:02.739><c> our</c><00:45:02.940><c> true</c><00:45:03.099><c> sincerity</c><00:45:03.659><c> in</c><00:45:03.900><c> our</c><00:45:04.119><c> prayers.</c>

00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:12.579
Now<00:45:08.840><c> that</c><00:45:08.940><c> is</c><00:45:09.139><c> the</c><00:45:09.340><c> framework</c><00:45:09.639><c> for</c><00:45:09.880><c> prayer,</c><00:45:10.260><c> brothers</c><00:45:10.380><c> and</c><00:45:10.599><c> sisters,</c><00:45:11.320><c> I</c><00:45:11.619><c> believe.</c>

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:16.400
And<00:45:13.780><c> I</c><00:45:13.940><c> believe</c><00:45:14.139><c> our</c><00:45:14.480><c> prayers</c><00:45:14.739><c> should</c><00:45:15.159><c> sort</c><00:45:15.340><c> of</c><00:45:15.599><c> follow</c><00:45:15.940><c> those</c>

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:19.539
kinds<00:45:16.880><c> of</c><00:45:18.239><c> criteria</c><00:45:18.800><c> or</c><00:45:19.159><c> guides</c>

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:22.340
which<00:45:19.860><c> are</c><00:45:20.039><c> set</c><00:45:20.179><c> down</c><00:45:20.400><c> by</c><00:45:20.599><c> the</c><00:45:20.699><c> Lord</c><00:45:20.840><c> Jesus</c><00:45:21.260><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:29.079
And<00:45:24.199><c> if</c><00:45:24.340><c> our</c><00:45:24.579><c> prayers</c><00:45:24.880><c> do</c><00:45:25.219><c> not</c><00:45:25.440><c> have</c><00:45:25.739><c> those</c><00:45:27.340><c> various</c><00:45:27.880><c> ingredients,</c>

00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:33.099
then<00:45:31.000><c> perhaps</c><00:45:31.280><c> we</c><00:45:31.440><c> should</c><00:45:31.619><c> think</c><00:45:31.840><c> again.</c>

00:45:34.300 --> 00:45:37.099
To<00:45:34.820><c> see</c><00:45:35.079><c> whether</c><00:45:35.260><c> we</c><00:45:35.440><c> can</c><00:45:35.659><c> improve</c><00:45:35.920><c> our</c><00:45:36.239><c> prayers,</c>

00:45:37.760 --> 00:45:39.699
and<00:45:37.940><c> improve</c><00:45:38.159><c> them</c><00:45:38.320><c> not</c><00:45:38.480><c> just</c><00:45:38.679><c> in</c><00:45:38.960><c> a</c><00:45:39.039><c> technical</c><00:45:39.340><c> sense,</c>

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:43.739
but<00:45:39.900><c> to</c><00:45:40.099><c> make</c><00:45:40.239><c> our</c><00:45:40.559><c> prayers</c><00:45:41.059><c> more</c><00:45:42.940><c> effective,</c>

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:46.619
more<00:45:44.460><c> expressive</c><00:45:44.940><c> of</c><00:45:45.199><c> our</c><00:45:45.679><c> true</c><00:45:45.980><c> desires,</c>

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:50.619
and<00:45:47.260><c> our</c><00:45:47.400><c> true</c><00:45:47.559><c> feelings</c><00:45:47.920><c> as</c><00:45:48.099><c> they</c><00:45:48.260><c> come</c><00:45:48.440><c> to</c><00:45:49.539><c> our</c><00:45:49.699><c> God.</c>

00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:56.079
Can<00:45:52.719><c> we</c><00:45:52.860><c> turn,</c><00:45:53.079><c> if</c><00:45:53.219><c> we</c><00:45:53.400><c> would</c><00:45:53.500><c> then,</c><00:45:54.559><c> as</c><00:45:54.820><c> we</c><00:45:55.079><c> close</c><00:45:55.320><c> now,</c>

00:45:58.059 --> 00:46:01.739
to<00:45:58.579><c> the</c><00:45:58.639><c> 11th</c><00:45:59.059><c> chapter</c><00:45:59.320><c> of</c><00:45:59.500><c> Matthew,</c><00:46:00.420><c> very</c><00:46:00.760><c> briefly.</c>

00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:12.480
And<00:46:04.059><c> we've</c><00:46:04.280><c> given</c><00:46:04.480><c> very</c><00:46:09.460><c> few</c><00:46:11.480><c> of</c><00:46:11.639><c> the</c><00:46:11.820><c> substance</c><00:46:12.179><c> of</c><00:46:12.360><c> the</c>

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.219
Lord's<00:46:12.820><c> prayers,</c>

00:46:13.619 --> 00:46:17.099
but<00:46:13.800><c> one</c><00:46:13.940><c> is</c><00:46:14.139><c> given</c><00:46:14.340><c> here</c><00:46:14.599><c> in</c><00:46:14.699><c> Matthew</c><00:46:15.019><c> chapter</c><00:46:15.380><c> 11,</c><00:46:15.820><c> verse</c><00:46:16.039><c> 25.</c>

00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:23.099
And<00:46:19.539><c> here</c><00:46:19.639><c> is</c><00:46:19.800><c> one</c><00:46:19.960><c> of</c><00:46:20.119><c> his</c><00:46:21.320><c> few</c><00:46:21.559><c> prayers</c><00:46:21.940><c> which</c><00:46:22.159><c> are</c><00:46:22.360><c> given</c>

00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:24.599
for<00:46:23.460><c> the</c><00:46:23.639><c> record.</c>

00:46:26.199 --> 00:46:28.780
At<00:46:26.440><c> that</c><00:46:27.119><c> time</c><00:46:27.340><c> Jesus</c><00:46:27.659><c> declared,</c>

00:46:29.239 --> 00:46:33.050
I<00:46:29.940><c> thank</c><00:46:30.260><c> thee,</c><00:46:30.739><c> Lord,</c><00:46:31.579><c> I</c><00:46:31.699><c> thank</c><00:46:31.920><c> thee,</c><00:46:32.199><c> Father,</c>

00:46:33.960 --> 00:46:36.260
Lord<00:46:34.239><c> of</c><00:46:34.460><c> heaven</c><00:46:34.780><c> and</c><00:46:35.000><c> earth,</c>

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:39.110
that<00:46:37.179><c> thou</c><00:46:37.380><c> hast</c><00:46:37.619><c> hidden</c><00:46:37.920><c> these</c><00:46:38.260><c> things</c>

00:46:39.579 --> 00:46:43.059
from<00:46:40.280><c> the</c><00:46:40.539><c> wise</c><00:46:41.380><c> and</c><00:46:41.980><c> understanding,</c>

00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:45.780
and<00:46:43.639><c> revealed</c><00:46:43.940><c> them</c><00:46:44.300><c> to</c><00:46:44.579><c> babes.</c>

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:50.360
Yea,<00:46:46.800><c> Father,</c><00:46:47.260><c> such</c><00:46:48.039><c> was</c><00:46:49.219><c> thy</c><00:46:49.460><c> gracious</c><00:46:49.860><c> will.</c>

00:46:50.860 --> 00:46:52.860
What<00:46:51.179><c> an</c><00:46:51.420><c> exquisite</c><00:46:51.940><c> prayer.</c>

00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:57.940
It's<00:46:55.579><c> a</c><00:46:55.739><c> prayer</c><00:46:55.940><c> almost</c><00:46:56.420><c> about</c><00:46:56.860><c> prayers.</c>

00:46:58.280 --> 00:47:01.280
To<00:46:58.800><c> tell</c><00:46:58.940><c> us</c><00:46:59.119><c> how</c><00:46:59.280><c> to</c><00:46:59.480><c> pray.</c>

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:04.780
That<00:47:01.579><c> you've</c><00:47:01.880><c> revealed</c><00:47:02.159><c> this</c><00:47:03.300><c> to</c><00:47:03.860><c> babes.</c>

00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:07.659
Father,<00:47:05.900><c> for</c><00:47:06.159><c> such</c><00:47:06.380><c> was</c><00:47:06.679><c> thy</c><00:47:06.940><c> gracious</c><00:47:07.260><c> will.</c>

00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:13.480
What<00:47:08.239><c> a</c><00:47:08.480><c> privilege</c><00:47:08.880><c> to</c><00:47:09.940><c> know</c><00:47:10.340><c> what</c><00:47:11.219><c> the</c><00:47:11.380><c> Lord</c><00:47:11.519><c> said</c><00:47:11.780><c> to</c><00:47:11.940><c> his</c><00:47:12.079><c> Father</c><00:47:12.360><c> in</c><00:47:12.659><c> prayer.</c>

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:18.880
What<00:47:16.840><c> a</c><00:47:17.039><c> privilege</c><00:47:17.219><c> it</c><00:47:17.340><c> is</c><00:47:17.519><c> for</c><00:47:17.719><c> us,</c><00:47:18.239><c> brothers</c><00:47:18.340><c> and</c><00:47:18.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:19.219 --> 00:47:21.980
even<00:47:19.460><c> to</c><00:47:19.659><c> come</c><00:47:19.800><c> into</c><00:47:19.960><c> God's</c><00:47:20.400><c> presence</c><00:47:20.679><c> with</c><00:47:21.039><c> prayer.</c>

00:47:23.260 --> 00:47:28.420
The<00:47:23.380><c> very</c><00:47:23.539><c> thought</c><00:47:23.960><c> sometimes</c><00:47:24.599><c> is</c><00:47:25.519><c> more</c><00:47:25.900><c> than</c><00:47:26.440><c> we</c><00:47:26.579><c> can</c><00:47:26.820><c> sometimes</c><00:47:27.239><c> cope</c><00:47:27.460><c> with.</c>

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:31.760
Can<00:47:29.480><c> we</c><00:47:29.920><c> turn</c><00:47:30.079><c> finally</c><00:47:30.380><c> then</c><00:47:30.599><c> to</c><00:47:30.699><c> John</c><00:47:30.940><c> chapter</c><00:47:31.199><c> 17,</c>

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:40.739
which<00:47:32.019><c> of</c><00:47:32.219><c> course</c><00:47:32.440><c> is</c><00:47:32.739><c> the</c><00:47:37.500><c> great</c><00:47:37.940><c> prayer</c><00:47:38.280><c> on</c><00:47:38.500><c> which</c>

00:47:40.739 --> 00:47:45.440
the<00:47:41.139><c> Lord</c><00:47:41.320><c> Jesus</c><00:47:42.239><c> Christ</c><00:47:42.639><c> prayed</c><00:47:42.980><c> before</c><00:47:43.360><c> his</c><00:47:44.880><c> arrest</c><00:47:45.239><c> and</c>

00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:46.179
his<00:47:45.599><c> crucifixion.</c>

00:47:46.199 --> 00:47:49.360
And<00:47:46.380><c> it's</c><00:47:46.440><c> not</c><00:47:46.679><c> my</c><00:47:46.880><c> intention</c><00:47:47.400><c> to</c><00:47:48.440><c> cover</c><00:47:48.639><c> it</c><00:47:48.800><c> in</c><00:47:48.880><c> this</c><00:47:49.159><c> class.</c>

00:47:49.400 --> 00:47:51.820
It<00:47:49.500><c> would</c><00:47:49.639><c> need</c><00:47:49.760><c> to</c><00:47:49.880><c> be</c><00:47:49.980><c> a</c><00:47:50.099><c> whole</c><00:47:50.320><c> class</c><00:47:50.619><c> or</c><00:47:51.139><c> more</c><00:47:51.360><c> to</c><00:47:51.579><c> discuss</c>

00:47:51.820 --> 00:47:53.500
such<00:47:52.039><c> a</c><00:47:52.179><c> beautiful</c><00:47:52.539><c> prayer.</c>

00:47:54.659 --> 00:47:57.179
Can<00:47:54.900><c> I</c><00:47:55.039><c> just</c><00:47:55.300><c> finish</c><00:47:55.539><c> by</c><00:47:55.739><c> looking</c><00:47:55.960><c> at</c><00:47:56.179><c> the</c><00:47:56.400><c> 17th</c><00:47:56.780><c> chapter</c><00:47:57.079><c> of</c>

00:47:57.179 --> 00:47:57.980
John,<00:47:57.400><c> verse</c><00:47:57.639><c> 20,</c>

00:47:58.280 --> 00:48:02.480
which<00:47:58.280><c> turns</c><00:47:58.500><c> his</c><00:47:58.780><c> gaze</c><00:47:59.539><c> to</c><00:48:01.320><c> us.</c>

00:48:03.019 --> 00:48:06.380
Those<00:48:03.320><c> who</c><00:48:03.519><c> are</c><00:48:03.659><c> not</c><00:48:03.840><c> the</c><00:48:04.099><c> apostles</c><00:48:04.480><c> in</c><00:48:04.760><c> the</c><00:48:04.900><c> earliest</c><00:48:05.179><c> times.</c>

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:10.039
And<00:48:07.260><c> he</c><00:48:07.300><c> says,</c><00:48:07.599><c> I</c><00:48:07.599><c> do</c><00:48:07.780><c> not</c><00:48:07.980><c> pray</c><00:48:08.280><c> for</c><00:48:08.500><c> these</c><00:48:08.699><c> only,</c>

00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:13.920
but<00:48:11.539><c> also</c><00:48:11.980><c> for</c><00:48:12.280><c> all</c><00:48:12.599><c> those</c><00:48:12.880><c> who</c><00:48:13.079><c> believe</c><00:48:13.340><c> in</c><00:48:13.559><c> me</c><00:48:13.719><c> through</c>

00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:14.480
their<00:48:14.159><c> word.</c>

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:19.500
In<00:48:14.739><c> other</c><00:48:14.820><c> words,</c><00:48:15.039><c> his</c><00:48:15.280><c> prayer</c><00:48:16.039><c> now</c><00:48:16.900><c> is</c><00:48:17.619><c> about</c><00:48:17.760><c> us,</c><00:48:19.119><c> each</c><00:48:19.340><c> one</c>

00:48:19.500 --> 00:48:20.780
of<00:48:19.599><c> us</c><00:48:19.760><c> now.</c>

00:48:22.659 --> 00:48:26.079
That<00:48:22.820><c> they</c><00:48:23.099><c> all</c><00:48:24.199><c> may</c><00:48:24.860><c> be</c><00:48:25.039><c> one.</c>

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:30.639
Even<00:48:27.860><c> as</c><00:48:28.099><c> thou,</c><00:48:28.300><c> Father,</c><00:48:28.739><c> art</c><00:48:28.820><c> in</c><00:48:28.980><c> me,</c><00:48:29.280><c> and</c><00:48:29.420><c> I</c><00:48:29.579><c> in</c><00:48:29.699><c> thee,</c>

00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:34.820
that<00:48:31.179><c> they</c><00:48:31.400><c> also</c><00:48:32.679><c> may</c><00:48:32.920><c> be</c><00:48:33.260><c> one</c><00:48:33.400><c> in</c><00:48:33.619><c> us,</c>

00:48:35.099 --> 00:48:38.119
so<00:48:35.300><c> that</c><00:48:35.440><c> the</c><00:48:35.579><c> world</c><00:48:35.780><c> may</c><00:48:36.019><c> believe</c><00:48:36.360><c> that</c><00:48:36.519><c> thou</c><00:48:36.619><c> hast</c><00:48:36.820><c> sent</c><00:48:37.039><c> me.</c>

00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:40.980
The<00:48:38.679><c> glory</c><00:48:38.900><c> which</c><00:48:39.079><c> thou</c><00:48:39.260><c> hast</c><00:48:39.500><c> given</c><00:48:39.719><c> me,</c><00:48:39.960><c> I</c><00:48:40.039><c> have</c><00:48:40.199><c> given</c><00:48:40.380><c> to</c><00:48:40.599><c> them,</c>

00:48:41.340 --> 00:48:44.340
that<00:48:41.460><c> they</c><00:48:41.639><c> may</c><00:48:41.840><c> be</c><00:48:42.079><c> one,</c><00:48:42.539><c> even</c><00:48:42.800><c> as</c><00:48:43.000><c> we</c><00:48:43.179><c> are</c><00:48:43.400><c> one.</c>

00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:49.880
I<00:48:45.159><c> in</c><00:48:45.219><c> them,</c><00:48:45.500><c> and</c><00:48:45.699><c> thou</c><00:48:45.880><c> in</c><00:48:46.019><c> me,</c><00:48:47.340><c> that</c><00:48:47.480><c> they</c><00:48:47.639><c> may</c><00:48:47.900><c> become</c><00:48:48.260><c> perfectly</c><00:48:48.719><c> one,</c>

00:48:50.500 --> 00:48:52.579
so<00:48:50.599><c> that</c><00:48:50.719><c> the</c><00:48:50.900><c> world</c><00:48:51.099><c> may</c><00:48:51.360><c> know</c><00:48:51.539><c> that</c><00:48:51.719><c> thou</c><00:48:51.860><c> hast</c><00:48:52.079><c> sent</c><00:48:52.320><c> me</c><00:48:52.519><c> and</c>

00:48:52.579 --> 00:48:53.559
hast<00:48:52.860><c> loved</c><00:48:53.079><c> them,</c>

00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:56.380
even<00:48:53.920><c> as</c><00:48:54.139><c> thou</c><00:48:54.260><c> hast</c><00:48:54.460><c> loved</c><00:48:54.760><c> me.</c>

00:48:56.579 --> 00:48:59.699
Father,<00:48:56.920><c> I</c><00:48:57.159><c> desire</c><00:48:57.440><c> that</c><00:48:57.619><c> they</c><00:48:57.800><c> also</c><00:48:58.179><c> whom</c><00:48:58.360><c> thou</c><00:48:58.539><c> hast</c><00:48:58.800><c> given</c><00:48:59.039><c> me,</c>

00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:02.000
may<00:48:59.980><c> be</c><00:49:00.119><c> with</c><00:49:00.320><c> me</c><00:49:00.519><c> where</c><00:49:00.719><c> I</c><00:49:00.960><c> am,</c>

00:49:02.039 --> 00:49:04.559
to<00:49:02.239><c> behold</c><00:49:02.500><c> my</c><00:49:02.800><c> glory</c><00:49:03.099><c> which</c><00:49:03.300><c> thou</c><00:49:03.440><c> hast</c><00:49:03.659><c> given</c><00:49:03.880><c> me</c><00:49:04.179><c> in</c><00:49:04.400><c> thy</c>

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:05.639
love<00:49:04.880><c> for</c><00:49:05.099><c> me,</c>

00:49:05.760 --> 00:49:08.019
before<00:49:05.940><c> the</c><00:49:06.119><c> foundation</c><00:49:06.679><c> of</c><00:49:06.880><c> the</c><00:49:07.079><c> world.</c>

00:49:09.219 --> 00:49:13.880
O<00:49:09.539><c> righteous</c><00:49:09.880><c> Father,</c><00:49:11.360><c> the</c><00:49:11.619><c> world</c><00:49:11.880><c> has</c><00:49:12.179><c> not</c><00:49:12.480><c> known</c><00:49:12.780><c> thee,</c>

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but<00:49:14.699><c> I</c><00:49:14.900><c> have</c><00:49:15.059><c> known</c><00:49:15.300><c> thee,</c><00:49:16.519><c> and</c><00:49:16.780><c> these</c><00:49:17.039><c> know</c><00:49:17.340><c> that</c><00:49:17.500><c> thou</c><00:49:17.639><c> hast</c>

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sent<00:49:18.099><c> me.</c>

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I<00:49:20.159><c> made</c><00:49:20.420><c> known</c><00:49:20.739><c> to</c><00:49:20.940><c> them</c><00:49:21.300><c> thy</c><00:49:21.699><c> name,</c>

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and<00:49:23.059><c> I</c><00:49:23.219><c> will</c><00:49:23.400><c> make</c><00:49:23.599><c> it</c><00:49:23.860><c> known</c><00:49:24.280><c> that</c><00:49:25.500><c> the</c><00:49:25.699><c> love</c><00:49:25.900><c> which</c><00:49:26.219><c> thou</c><00:49:26.380><c> hast</c><00:49:26.739><c> loved</c><00:49:27.059><c> me,</c>

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may<00:49:28.139><c> be</c><00:49:28.780><c> in</c><00:49:29.159><c> them,</c><00:49:30.519><c> and</c><00:49:30.739><c> I</c><00:49:31.019><c> in</c><00:49:31.199><c> them.</c>

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And<00:49:34.860><c> so,</c><00:49:35.119><c> brothers</c><00:49:35.179><c> and</c><00:49:35.400><c> sisters,</c><00:49:36.039><c> the</c><00:49:36.239><c> prayer</c><00:49:36.579><c> is</c><00:49:36.880><c> that</c><00:49:37.079><c> we,</c>

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as<00:49:37.760><c> brothers</c><00:49:37.980><c> and</c><00:49:38.219><c> sisters,</c><00:49:39.239><c> will</c><00:49:39.340><c> be</c><00:49:39.619><c> one.</c>

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But<00:49:41.599><c> not</c><00:49:41.840><c> just</c><00:49:42.579><c> one</c><00:49:43.079><c> amongst</c><00:49:43.500><c> ourselves,</c>

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but<00:49:46.039><c> one</c><00:49:46.460><c> with</c><00:49:46.820><c> our</c><00:49:47.019><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:49:48.179><c> that,</c><00:49:48.659><c> in</c><00:49:48.860><c> the</c><00:49:49.000><c> end,</c><00:49:49.199><c> is</c><00:49:49.320><c> what</c><00:49:49.500><c> prayer</c><00:49:49.860><c> is</c><00:49:50.019><c> all</c><00:49:50.260><c> about.</c>

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To<00:49:51.719><c> be</c><00:49:51.960><c> just</c><00:49:52.320><c> one</c><00:49:52.719><c> with</c><00:49:53.059><c> God.</c>

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We<00:49:55.139><c> can</c><00:49:55.360><c> never</c><00:49:55.639><c> aspire</c><00:49:56.239><c> in</c><00:49:56.519><c> this</c><00:49:56.780><c> life</c>

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to<00:49:59.139><c> be</c><00:49:59.360><c> able</c><00:49:59.599><c> to</c><00:49:59.860><c> say</c><00:50:00.059><c> that</c><00:50:00.280><c> I</c><00:50:00.559><c> and</c><00:50:00.739><c> my</c><00:50:00.920><c> Father</c><00:50:01.179><c> are</c><00:50:01.480><c> one,</c>

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but<00:50:02.639><c> that</c><00:50:02.920><c> is,</c><00:50:03.719><c> I</c><00:50:03.880><c> think,</c><00:50:04.059><c> the</c><00:50:04.199><c> aspiration</c><00:50:04.860><c> in</c><00:50:05.179><c> our</c><00:50:05.420><c> prayers.</c>

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That<00:50:07.539><c> somehow,</c><00:50:09.219><c> we</c><00:50:09.300><c> will</c><00:50:09.460><c> become</c><00:50:10.360><c> closer</c><00:50:10.960><c> and</c><00:50:11.260><c> closer</c><00:50:11.460><c> to</c><00:50:11.659><c> God,</c>

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in<00:50:12.480><c> our</c><00:50:12.679><c> thoughts,</c><00:50:13.699><c> in</c><00:50:13.820><c> our</c><00:50:13.900><c> actions,</c><00:50:15.159><c> and</c><00:50:15.400><c> in</c><00:50:15.559><c> our</c><00:50:15.800><c> prayers,</c>

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so<00:50:17.699><c> that</c><00:50:17.900><c> we</c><00:50:18.179><c> move</c><00:50:18.579><c> towards</c><00:50:19.460><c> being</c><00:50:20.179><c> at</c><00:50:20.599><c> one</c><00:50:20.980><c> with</c><00:50:21.880><c> him.</c>

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That<00:50:23.880><c> they</c><00:50:24.019><c> may</c><00:50:24.239><c> be</c><00:50:24.440><c> one,</c><00:50:25.599><c> even</c><00:50:26.019><c> as</c><00:50:26.719><c> we</c><00:50:27.119><c> are</c><00:50:27.539><c> one.</c>

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Amen.