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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.77,0:00:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can turn in your Bibles
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.91,0:00:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Ephesians 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.98,0:00:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we had left off in Ephesians 3:14.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.20,0:00:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went down through v. 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.81,0:00:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to pick things up,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.76,0:00:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spend a number of weeks here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.84,0:00:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last half of Ephesians 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.58,0:00:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's read this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.86,0:00:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll read from verse 14 \Nto the end of the chapter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.17,0:00:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.90,0:00:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bow my knees before the Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.29,0:00:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from whom every family in heaven
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.50,0:00:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on earth is named,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.51,0:00:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that according to the riches of His glory,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.56,0:00:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He may grant you to be strengthened
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.39,0:00:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with power through His Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.100,0:00:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your inner being,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.88,0:00:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that Christ may dwell in \Nyour hearts through faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.27,0:01:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you being rooted and grounded in love
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.51,0:01:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may have strength to comprehend
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.62,0:01:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all the saints what is the breadth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.49,0:01:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and length and height and depth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.10,0:01:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to know the love of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.89,0:01:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that surpasses knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.27,0:01:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you may be filled with \Nall the fullness of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.37,0:01:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now to Him who is able to \Ndo far more abundantly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.98,0:01:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than all we ask or think,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.45,0:01:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the power at work within us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.98,0:01:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Him be glory in the church
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.84,0:01:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Christ Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.15,0:01:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout all generations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.23,0:01:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forever and ever. Amen."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.12,0:01:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason..."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.47,0:01:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at verse 14.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.97,0:01:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason..."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.55,0:01:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going on here? It's been awhile.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.91,0:01:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.60,0:01:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.72,0:01:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got your face there in your Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.35,0:02:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, "For this reason..."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.62,0:02:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you go back up \Nto verse 1 of chapter 3,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.38,0:02:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see that he started the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.21,0:02:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason..."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.56,0:02:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, could it be that in both places
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.26,0:02:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's speaking about different things?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.21,0:02:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.48,0:02:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you could be having a conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.65,0:02:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with somebody and you could say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.19,0:02:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason so-and-so..."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.98,0:02:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then later in the \Nconversation, you could say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.38,0:02:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason..." and \Nyou mean another reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.04,0:02:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.14,0:02:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In both cases, verse 1, "For this reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.27,0:02:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus\Non behalf of you Gentiles..."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.64,0:02:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 14, "For this reason, I bow \Nmy knees before the Father..."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.49,0:02:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In both cases, we might ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.57,0:02:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.06,0:02:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What reason?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.52,0:02:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, just remember this with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.55,0:02:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back up in chapter 3:1,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.100,0:02:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of your Bibles -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.50,0:03:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognize if you've got \Nthe King James Version
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.83,0:03:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't have this, but \Nmost every other Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.50,0:03:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has that double dash \Nat the end of verse 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.65,0:03:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now whether your Bible has it or doesn't,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.80,0:03:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously it doesn't show \Nup in the original Greek.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.76,0:03:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no double dash there to be found.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.21,0:03:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is put here by the translators.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.00,0:03:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because they're \Nassuming that Paul digresses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.72,0:03:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're assuming what you have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.47,0:03:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from verse 2 to verse 13 is a parenthesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.74,0:03:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, Paul was starting to say
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.47,0:03:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what he says in verse 14.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.50,0:03:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.81,0:03:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus..."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.89,0:03:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was going to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.20,0:03:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...bow my knees before the Father."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.30,0:03:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.32,0:03:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In describing himself as a prisoner,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.32,0:03:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he recognized that -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.69,0:03:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see it in verse 13 -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.76,0:03:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he recognized the people might lose heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.64,0:04:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He recognized that he \Nhimself being in prison
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.88,0:04:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might create sorrow in their hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.72,0:04:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, he digresses.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.67,0:04:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He digresses to basically show them,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.24,0:04:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, this is your glory \Nthat I'm in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.93,0:04:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a bad thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.52,0:04:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't get discouraged.\NDon't be depressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.83,0:04:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't lose heart to the \Nfact that I'm doing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.73,0:04:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what? We all do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.83,0:04:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all at times are speaking to somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.34,0:04:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as we're speaking to them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.99,0:04:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're trying to say one thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.92,0:04:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a thought comes into our mind
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.09,0:04:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that something I just said\Nneeds to be clarified,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.38,0:04:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something I just said \Nneeds some extra light,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.37,0:04:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we feel like we need \Nto abruptly interrupt
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.72,0:04:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stick it in there \Nbefore we keep going.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.33,0:04:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.78,0:04:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, one of the things is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.46,0:04:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we sometimes think that \Nbecause men are inspired,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.79,0:04:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can't do those kinds of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.29,0:05:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's almost like we view
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.24,0:05:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspired writers as dictating \Nfor the Spirit of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.54,0:05:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother used to be a legal secretary,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.08,0:05:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she, back in the day -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.94,0:05:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was before they have \Nall the recording ability,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.44,0:05:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she did shorthand.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.96,0:05:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody remember shorthand?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.60,0:05:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would have the attorney dictate to her
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.32,0:05:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she would write down in shorthand.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.28,0:05:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is not the way \NScripture comes to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.77,0:05:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we allow somebody
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.22,0:05:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's under the inspiration of the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.16,0:05:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to suddenly interrupt \Ntheir train of thought
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.43,0:05:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go in another direction?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.86,0:05:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.79,0:05:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shows the nature of \NGod-breathed Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.76,0:05:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul can be completely controlled\Nby the Spirit of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.06,0:05:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet, the Spirit isn't \Njust dictating to him
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.52,0:05:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like he's some robot.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.72,0:05:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.11,0:05:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul writes in such a way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.30,0:05:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that his own thinking, his own writing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.41,0:05:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are free and spontaneous,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.70,0:06:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet he is writing word-for-word
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.92,0:06:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what God wants him to write.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.80,0:06:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.01,0:06:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's an interruption in \NPaul's train of thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.43,0:06:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, the whole thing is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.09,0:06:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,divinely conceived and controlled.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.54,0:06:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, what happens, you get to v. 14,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.39,0:06:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now Paul's going to go back
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.32,0:06:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what he was originally wanting to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.35,0:06:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.43,0:06:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ought to ask, "what reason?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.60,0:06:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now he says this:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.08,0:06:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason, I bow my knees
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.61,0:06:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.98,0:06:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from whom every family in \Nheaven and on earth is named,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.99,0:06:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that according to the riches of His glory\NHe may grant you to be strengthened."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.58,0:06:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it could be "for this \Nreason, I bow my knees."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.55,0:06:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? "Because I want you to have power."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.16,0:06:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.14,0:06:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you go back up to \N3:1 when he first said it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.64,0:06:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.93,0:06:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, it's very likely pointing \Nto what he got done saying
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.81,0:07:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of chapter two.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.02,0:07:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's likely his whole reasoning is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.22,0:07:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.15,0:07:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you Gentiles -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.25,0:07:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's been his \Nwhole argument all along -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.70,0:07:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you Gentile Christians have been added
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.58,0:07:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the saints of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.79,0:07:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of your standing...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.82,0:07:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go back to chapter 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.24,0:07:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just run through this really fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.52,0:07:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 13. "They were brought near."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.17,0:07:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 16, "reconciled to God."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.80,0:07:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 18, "given access to the Father."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.11,0:07:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 19, "fellow citizens,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.50,0:07:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"members of the household of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.88,0:07:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 20, "on the apostolic foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.83,0:07:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ Jesus Himself \Nbeing the cornerstone."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.72,0:07:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 22, "built together...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.44,0:07:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dwelling place for God."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.37,0:07:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul bows his knees before the Father why?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.14,0:07:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To pray for this elect people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.66,0:07:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason..." \Nbecause of your standing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.04,0:07:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.07,0:07:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this causes me to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.29,0:07:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.26,0:08:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Paul speaks to Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.41,0:08:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the New Testament,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.79,0:08:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is talking about how often
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.60,0:08:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he thanks the Lord for them
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.26,0:08:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how unceasingly he prays for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.68,0:08:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Paul found elect people of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.24,0:08:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was constrained.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.98,0:08:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who the Father loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.21,0:08:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looks at them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.78,0:08:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He recognized they're not \Nlike the rest of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.05,0:08:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're beloved of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.09,0:08:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it struck a chord in his own love.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.04,0:08:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul prayed for God's people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.30,0:08:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't get away from that reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.20,0:08:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He prayed. He prayed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.57,0:08:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? These people are \Nadopted by the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.59,0:08:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adopted through Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.29,0:08:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adopted as sons.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.58,0:08:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're part of the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.58,0:08:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're in.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.53,0:08:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are God's people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.11,0:08:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's set His love on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.97,0:08:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for Paul, that was powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.85,0:08:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he found true Christians,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.38,0:09:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it had a singular effect on \Nthe angle of his knees.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.15,0:09:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you notice: "I bow my knees."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.76,0:09:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It caused them to bend.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.02,0:09:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.50,0:09:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.20,0:09:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have desired since the very \Nbeginning of this church
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.57,0:09:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we would have a praying church
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.01,0:09:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm absolutely convinced
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.11,0:09:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we need God, and praying \Npeople lay hold on God,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.09,0:09:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God responds to praying people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.23,0:09:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God moves and things happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.84,0:09:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prayer is absolutely essential
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.98,0:09:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the life of the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.56,0:09:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I find is this,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.65,0:09:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you find prayers in Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.15,0:09:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they as much as anything
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.32,0:09:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are great lessons in how the church
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.77,0:09:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.32,0:09:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I want us to \Ntake this for what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.20,0:10:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.42,0:10:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's praying. It's a prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.97,0:10:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, not exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.61,0:10:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's telling us how he prays.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.80,0:10:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't him actually praying
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.35,0:10:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Jesus in John 17.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.81,0:10:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is him telling the \NEphesians how he prays,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.19,0:10:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his posture of prayer, and what he prays.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.48,0:10:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what's happening here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.19,0:10:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul telling us how.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.97,0:10:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Massively instructive.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.78,0:10:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because Paul's under inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.37,0:10:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the Spirit's doing here?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.20,0:10:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Paul, tell them how you pray."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.73,0:10:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.01,0:10:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you know, we \Nsee a lot of people pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.15,0:10:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come to the prayer meetings.\NYou hear people pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.16,0:10:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get in small groups.\NYou hear people pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.02,0:10:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we don't get into small groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.66,0:10:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we all stay together,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.95,0:10:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we pass that microphone around,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.47,0:10:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voices come through the speakers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.34,0:10:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Undoubtedly throughout your lives,\Nyou hear people pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.47,0:10:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can ask the question,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.84,0:10:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are our prayers pleasing to God?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.39,0:10:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are our prayers biblical?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.58,0:11:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do our prayers resemble something
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.37,0:11:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would seem to be pleasing to God?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.38,0:11:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we say, well, if we pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.75,0:11:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't that in itself please God?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.02,0:11:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this, there's a place
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.02,0:11:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definitely to learn how to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.16,0:11:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus taught His disciples, \N"pray this way."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.15,0:11:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a place for being instructed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.97,0:11:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a place for learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.43,0:11:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I find this, when you find a prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.46,0:11:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we know to be \Ninspired of the Holy Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.07,0:11:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.70,0:11:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit was moving Paul
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.40,0:11:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell these Ephesians how he prayed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.25,0:11:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's going to do us well
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.79,0:11:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pay attention to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.26,0:11:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do people pray according to the Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.27,0:11:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you can hear somebody pray -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.68,0:11:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, is that according to the Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.18,0:11:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that not according to the Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.12,0:11:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we know this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.36,0:11:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ever want God just to \Nteach you how to pray, here it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.83,0:11:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have to guess.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.31,0:11:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is acceptable.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.73,0:12:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, you'll \Nnotice what isn't here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.90,0:12:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This jumps out at me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.17,0:12:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's not here?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.83,0:12:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, how shallow it is when people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.48,0:12:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just simply pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.00,0:12:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, bless this, bless him,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.62,0:12:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bless her, bless that, \Nbless the other thing."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.10,0:12:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You notice Paul doesn't even \Nuse that word "bless" once?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.77,0:12:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look, I'm certainly not saying
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.83,0:12:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can't use that\Nterm when you pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.10,0:12:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but oh, how often, praying for a blessing
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.94,0:12:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just a default word for \Nnot knowing what to pray
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.92,0:12:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for shallow prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.40,0:12:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, if you go through Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.34,0:12:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you look at the specific prayers
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.83,0:12:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are given in Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.66,0:12:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how seldom - or never - do you find
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.77,0:12:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that word "bless."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.80,0:12:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, we want God's blessing!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.71,0:12:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what sort of blessing?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.31,0:12:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is specific. See him there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.81,0:12:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See him there on bended knee.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.41,0:12:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is he going to ask for?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.49,0:12:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.63,0:13:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hear him.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.69,0:13:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father..." can you see him?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.55,0:13:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bended knee.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.23,0:13:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where was he?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.32,0:13:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know where he was.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.71,0:13:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's in some kind of prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.21,0:13:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was imprisoned.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.98,0:13:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can imagine him in a prison cell.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.07,0:13:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can imagine that a lot \Nof his time was spent there.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.71,0:13:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's he praying for?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.02,0:13:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hear him. Hear him. Hear his words.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.02,0:13:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father, please, please..." what?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.91,0:13:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bless them? Bless that?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.46,0:13:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bless Thessalonica? Bless Philippi?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.49,0:13:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bless the Romans?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.72,0:13:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bless those at Jerusalem?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.63,0:13:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.69,0:13:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's very specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.04,0:13:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says specifically \Nfor these Ephesians,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.78,0:13:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on bowed, bended knee;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.68,0:13:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen to his voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.74,0:13:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "Father, please,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.56,0:13:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the riches of Your glory..."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.54,0:13:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you can stop right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.33,0:13:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father..."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.21,0:13:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in some meager way.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.69,0:14:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in some off-handed way.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.36,0:14:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in some barely recognizable way.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.66,0:14:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in some way where we've got to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.58,0:14:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,squint real hard to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.00,0:14:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did He answer or not?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.18,0:14:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, "according to the \Nriches of Your glory."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.49,0:14:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a powerful plea!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.78,0:14:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What an argument!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.78,0:14:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Please, Father, please...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.31,0:14:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm asking You to answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.59,0:14:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in some barely recoginizable way.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.37,0:14:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arise! Act consistent with \Nthe riches of Your glory."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.19,0:14:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a way worth praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.42,0:14:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how you want to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.65,0:14:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, please..."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.49,0:14:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, we're not like the lost people.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.45,0:14:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not like the pagans.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.81,0:14:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not like you \Nwere when you were lost
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.86,0:14:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a nominal whatever-you-were.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.07,0:14:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether you were a lost Baptist,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.19,0:14:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lost pagan, a lost nominal Catholic,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.93,0:14:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost religious, lost unreligious.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.78,0:14:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The god you called upon
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.39,0:14:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the kind of prayers you had
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.92,0:14:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some little idol
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.06,0:15:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some small figment of your imagination,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.77,0:15:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen, that is not the way \Nwe've learned our Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.89,0:15:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the way we've \Nlearned the God of Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.92,0:15:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is not some small little idol,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.16,0:15:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some little statue to \Nbe prayed to like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.05,0:15:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not like those Indian gods
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.59,0:15:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have to carry around.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.65,0:15:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This God is the living God,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.25,0:15:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He doesn't need to be carried.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.11,0:15:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He can part Red Seas,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.70,0:15:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you pray to Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.92,0:15:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should pray according \Nto the magnitude of His glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.83,0:15:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Paul's doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.75,0:15:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't pray silly little prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.87,0:15:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, that doesn't mean you \Ncan't pray for the smallest things.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.03,0:15:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember Mueller. He would say -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.54,0:15:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know in his day, I guess \Nthey were the quill pens.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.36,0:15:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said something about if a pen
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.14,0:15:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to have the cartridge replaced
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.09,0:15:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever they called it in that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.09,0:15:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said it's worth praying about.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.79,0:15:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, even praying \Nabout small things,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.54,0:15:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should blanket everything \Nin our lives in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.69,0:16:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm just saying this,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.69,0:16:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a big God and we should pray
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.96,0:16:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though He is big; He is rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.88,0:16:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have something worth praying for;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.87,0:16:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have something you \Nthink God should grant,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.51,0:16:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there's some great \Nmountain in your way,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.60,0:16:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then if you're going to ask \NGod to do something,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.63,0:16:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask Him for the best.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.61,0:16:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask Him for the biggest.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.80,0:16:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask Him according to the riches.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.41,0:16:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I remember this,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.68,0:16:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember there being \Nsomething in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.98,0:16:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I really desired to see happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.50,0:16:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I saw a TV show
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.91,0:16:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where that thing was granted to somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.22,0:16:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the Lord, and I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.94,0:16:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, they can think that up \Nand put that on TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.39,0:16:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's not even real.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.20,0:17:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they can imagine that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.19,0:17:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The true God -
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.05,0:17:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, You ought to be able to do better
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.08,0:17:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than Hollywood can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.20,0:17:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And certainly He can.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.48,0:17:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And certainly, He would have \Nus have that expectation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.44,0:17:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask Him - how?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.98,0:17:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask Him according to His riches.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.81,0:17:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know we've got a rich God!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.19,0:17:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you believe that when you go to pray?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.54,0:17:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"According to His riches."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.96,0:17:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul isn't messing around.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.27,0:17:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes to Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.02,0:17:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father, I'm asking for something.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.15,0:17:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, according to the \Nriches of Your glory."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.51,0:17:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Riches!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.67,0:17:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Riches - His glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.32,0:17:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how we should pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.30,0:17:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.64,0:17:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't say, "Oh well, you know...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.02,0:17:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humility - if we're going to be humble.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.06,0:17:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should never ask too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.07,0:17:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should never ask anything too big."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.14,0:18:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, what is humility? What is pride?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.61,0:18:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pride is when we're stuck on ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.48,0:18:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pride is when we see ourselves big.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.57,0:18:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what's humility all about?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.04,0:18:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humility is seeing ourselves small
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.15,0:18:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seeing God big.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.86,0:18:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're going to \Nclaim that God is big,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.29,0:18:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then act like it when you pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.53,0:18:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, seeing Him as big is not pride,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.56,0:18:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and acting as though \NHe's big is not pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.11,0:18:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, you insult Him
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.94,0:18:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.13,0:18:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you have these small \Nexpectations from Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.58,0:18:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look what He does in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.58,0:18:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saved 3,000 people in a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.66,0:18:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, whether it's arguing with God
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.73,0:18:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerning Hollywood -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.64,0:18:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seriously, Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.66,0:18:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is Hollywood going to create better
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.88,0:18:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fictitious stories, more glorious
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.44,0:18:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than what You can do?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.73,0:19:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to allow that to happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.04,0:19:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the other argument is:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.59,0:19:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, are you simply going to have us
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.99,0:19:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live off the history books?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.36,0:19:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pages of Scripture that talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.44,0:19:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the great works of God in the past?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.53,0:19:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, is that it?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.35,0:19:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should we just content ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.47,0:19:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that well, 3,000 people got saved in a day
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.88,0:19:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in the book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.72,0:19:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that can't happen anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.62,0:19:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're not even \Ngoing to ask such things.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.95,0:19:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what our sister is asking
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.28,0:19:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down in Saltillo?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.41,0:19:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She sent out a Whatsapp \Nmessage this morning
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.64,0:19:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's praying that \NGod would save 20 people
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.100,0:19:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Santa Margarita
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.70,0:19:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when our brother goes \Nthere to preach today.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.12,0:19:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What think ye?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.43,0:19:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Impossible?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.60,0:19:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, have we just grown \Nto expect very little?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.89,0:19:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have we come to the place:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.23,0:19:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, God doesn't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.49,0:20:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God doesn't part the Red Sea anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.11,0:20:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God doesn't do those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.18,0:20:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should have no expectation.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.96,0:20:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you, if you were on \Nbended knee next to Paul
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.57,0:20:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you were listening to him praying;
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.42,0:20:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were in that prison cell with him,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.90,0:20:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be surprised at what he prayed.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.59,0:20:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might be surprised at the vastness,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.04,0:20:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the size of his prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.52,0:20:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do things according to Your greatness
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.17,0:20:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my weakness.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.62,0:20:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know we have a giving God?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.03,0:20:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, when God talks about supplying
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.97,0:20:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of our need according to His riches
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.91,0:20:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in glory in Christ Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.35,0:20:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you thought about that?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.80,0:20:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.13,0:20:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God will supply your needs
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.44,0:20:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to His riches.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.14,0:20:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you believe that?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.42,0:20:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know how rich God is?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.69,0:20:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you pray like He is?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.73,0:20:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not talking about just selfishly
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.52,0:21:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to accumulate everything;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.42,0:21:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not talking about fleshly \Ndesires and covetousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.19,0:21:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about being involved \Nin the Kingdom of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.84,0:21:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really having a desire \Nfor the glory of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.44,0:21:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and praying in that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.39,0:21:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.29,0:21:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, if He didn't spare His own Son,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.07,0:21:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how will He not what?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.78,0:21:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Him, isn't He going to give us
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.82,0:21:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every good thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.43,0:21:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, don't we have \Npromises of a God who's giving?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.24,0:21:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every good and perfect gift
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.40,0:21:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes down from the Father of lights.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.07,0:21:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No variableness. No shadow of turning.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.34,0:21:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that's important. He doesn't change.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.41,0:21:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's giving.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.54,0:21:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, David - we heard \Nabout him in the first hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.24,0:21:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could cast himself on God's mercy.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.35,0:21:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please don't hand me over to men.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.78,0:21:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you hand me over to God,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.75,0:21:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because His mercies are great.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.32,0:22:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why He was \Npraying for that son so long.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.17,0:22:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knew God's mercies.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.89,0:22:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He prayed for that boy because he thought
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.94,0:22:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a good possibility
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.30,0:22:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God in all of His \Nmercies would answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.54,0:22:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now God didn't answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.72,0:22:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God didn't save that boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.20,0:22:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.31,0:22:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shows what David thought about his God.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.54,0:22:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He recognized this is a God
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.91,0:22:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose tendencies are mercy.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.32,0:22:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, if you come to a \NGod who is infinite,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.92,0:22:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is almighty, and His very character
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.45,0:22:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just spilling over with mercy,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.54,0:22:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He's given us examples like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.24,0:22:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen, let this resonate.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.88,0:22:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God recorded this -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.24,0:22:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul praying the way he prays,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.76,0:22:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it would be preserved for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.72,0:22:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we could learn from this.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.97,0:22:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you pray?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.92,0:22:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come to a God like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.89,0:22:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you not hear Newton?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.39,0:22:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Large petitions with thee bring."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.76,0:22:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.89,0:23:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because you're coming to a King.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.78,0:23:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His grace and power are such
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.27,0:23:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can never ask too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.82,0:23:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the kind of God we're coming to.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.90,0:23:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, if you go before King David -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.87,0:23:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we heard about him -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.67,0:23:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or King Solomon in all of \Nhis riches and his glory;
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.51,0:23:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you go before Caesar,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.70,0:23:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you before Pharaoh,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.27,0:23:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you go before President Trump
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.44,0:23:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you ask for a piece of bubble gum.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.73,0:23:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what? We can think,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.48,0:23:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, that's ridiculous, but that's how
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.41,0:23:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of our prayers are.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.70,0:23:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul's not messing around.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.59,0:23:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's coming before the King of Kings.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.61,0:23:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he is appealing - \Nthat is a way to appeal -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.26,0:23:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, please, don't give to me
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.13,0:23:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the false gods give.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.50,0:23:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't give to me like the demons give.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.88,0:23:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't give to me like the non-gods give.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.68,0:23:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember those prophets of Baal
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.28,0:23:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up on Mount Carmel?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.89,0:24:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slicing and cutting themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.33,0:24:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and jumping around, and the prophet says,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.50,0:24:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, maybe he's gone on a trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.64,0:24:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe he's relieving himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.11,0:24:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe he's this or that..."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.65,0:24:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, when you pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.52,0:24:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't want it to be like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.88,0:24:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to pray to this God
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.35,0:24:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we want response
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.58,0:24:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the riches,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.74,0:24:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to those.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.80,0:24:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How rich is God?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.60,0:24:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if we look and we say,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.11,0:24:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Blessed be the God and Father \Nof our Lord Jesus Christ,"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.87,0:24:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why? He's blessed us with every
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.44,0:24:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.43,0:24:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're looking at this,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.21,0:24:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says He blesses us.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.69,0:24:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has given us promise of blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.68,0:24:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He does things like parts the Red Seas.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.05,0:24:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us recounting His great works.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.17,0:24:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? So that our faith would \Nincrease, increase, increase.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.14,0:24:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that when we come to Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.48,0:24:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would not have little faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.04,0:24:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would not ask for little things,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.95,0:24:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'd not ask for bubble gum.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.64,0:25:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't do that. Don't pray that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.52,0:25:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to pray big prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.69,0:25:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said it!
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.35,0:25:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've got faith the \Nsize of a mustard seed,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.39,0:25:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what can you not do?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.32,0:25:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.74,0:25:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we pray?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.99,0:25:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.37,0:25:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to pray big prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.26,0:25:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to pray according to God's riches.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.38,0:25:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His riches in glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.57,0:25:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is a giving God.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.58,0:25:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't pray to Him as though
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.74,0:25:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is some little god.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.00,0:25:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And listen, you're praying to Him
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.47,0:25:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though He is a little god,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.38,0:25:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you pray to Him and then walk away
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.05,0:25:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not expecting a response.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.55,0:25:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, if you come \Ninto the prayer meeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.98,0:25:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only reason you pray things
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.76,0:25:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because it was brought \Nup as a prayer request,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.65,0:25:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you just prayed it
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.52,0:25:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because other people were listening,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.38,0:25:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you have no expectation -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.26,0:25:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then stop. Stop!
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.16,0:26:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're praying to Him like what?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.85,0:26:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an insult.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.92,0:26:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray what you believe you need.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.79,0:26:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray what you believe is \Ngoing to be to His glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.64,0:26:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray what your children need to be saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.01,0:26:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what your relatives need to be saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.90,0:26:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the church needs to not fall away.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.02,0:26:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray big!
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.08,0:26:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't pray like He's some \Nlittle incompetent god.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.16,0:26:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't pray to Him in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.03,0:26:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's going to insult Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.82,0:26:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Geoffrey Thomas was \Njust with us a few weeks back.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.39,0:26:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said that he used to think
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.19,0:26:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Holy Spirit was \Nthe forgotten member
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.50,0:26:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Trinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.98,0:26:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said he's not convinced \Nthat's the case anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.08,0:26:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He now believes God the Father is.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.71,0:26:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think he is exactly right.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.21,0:27:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The forgotten member of the Trinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.56,0:27:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm saying among the three -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.91,0:27:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know we live in an age
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.22,0:27:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the Holy Spirit is \Ngetting a lot of attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.68,0:27:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's happened to the Father?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.41,0:27:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some Christian circles, it seems like
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.26,0:27:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it starts and ends with Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.48,0:27:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you will notice that Paul
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.98,0:27:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is bending his knee before the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.12,0:27:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.34,0:27:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I want you to think about here
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.13,0:27:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the Father for a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.09,0:27:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you know, I went through
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.24,0:27:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Ephesians 1:1 to Ephesians 3:14.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.24,0:27:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I counted how many times \Nthe Father was referenced,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.69,0:27:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many times Jesus was referenced,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.56,0:27:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how many times the \NHoly Spirit was referenced.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.37,0:27:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you guess?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.51,0:27:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make a wild guess.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.70,0:27:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were to imagine how much
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.08,0:27:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each of them proportionately -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.82,0:28:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you have any idea?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.74,0:28:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Equal?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.46,0:28:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Father and the Son are about equal
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.19,0:28:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their references.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.58,0:28:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit much less.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.28,0:28:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.18,0:28:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the first chapter and a half,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.62,0:28:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the references to Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.34,0:28:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are by far references that identify
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.82,0:28:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some aspect of the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.95,0:28:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not until you get to chapter 2:13
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.63,0:28:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or thereabouts,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.56,0:28:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Christ's involvement \Nin our redemption
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.43,0:28:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really spelled out for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.14,0:28:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to think about the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.95,0:28:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just go through - quick survey.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.01,0:28:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.67,0:29:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, this is very characteristic.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.48,0:29:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians 1:1, "Paul, an apostle of \NChrist Jesus, by the will of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.83,0:29:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Christ is in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.36,0:29:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how is He in there?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.11,0:29:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's in there only by way \Nof identifying the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.04,0:29:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is an apostle of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.01,0:29:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the active member of the Godhead
Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.71,0:29:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is making this happen is indeed
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.60,0:29:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the will of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.01,0:29:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.97,0:29:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see as we move through here,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.77,0:29:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verse 3, "Blessed be the God and Father\Nof our Lord Jesus Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.40,0:29:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There again, you have \Nthe Lord Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.61,0:29:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but why is His name there?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.16,0:29:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is there simply to describe,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.62,0:29:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give identity to who the Father is.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.69,0:29:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's the Father who is active.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.89,0:29:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the Father who is moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.03,0:29:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the Father who is giving.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.22,0:29:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the Father who is choosing.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.21,0:29:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the Father adopting.\NIt is the Father predestinating.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.78,0:29:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the Father's will.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.54,0:30:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again and again and again we see this.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.02,0:30:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look,"blessed be the God and Father\Nof our Lord Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.28,0:30:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He it is who has blessed us in \NChrist with every spiritual blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.22,0:30:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For even as He chose us..."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.41,0:30:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.45,0:30:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 5, "He predestined us."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.66,0:30:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.79,0:30:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 6, "To the praise of His..."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.81,0:30:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.20,0:30:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...With which He has \Nblessed us in the Beloved."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.67,0:30:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.73,0:30:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 9, it's the Father \Nmaking known to us
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.34,0:30:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mystery of His will
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.85,0:30:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to His purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.39,0:30:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Father's purpose \Nwhich He set forth in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:32.66,0:30:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it was Christ there, you don't say,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.49,0:30:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"which He set forth in Christ,"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.01,0:30:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but "which He set forth in Himself."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.40,0:30:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not it. It's God.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.83,0:30:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 11, "In Him (in Christ),
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.72,0:30:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have obtained an inheritance
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.32,0:30:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having been predestined according to
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.45,0:30:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the purpose of [the Father],
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.40,0:30:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Him who works all things according to
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.26,0:30:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the counsel of His will
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.40,0:30:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we who were \Nthe first to hope in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.86,0:30:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might be to the praise of His glory."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.63,0:31:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the one who gives the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.01,0:31:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the one if you go to verse 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.18,0:31:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For this reason, because I've heard
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.97,0:31:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your faith in the Lord Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.56,0:31:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your love toward all the saints,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.35,0:31:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not cease to give thanks for you,\Nremembering you in my prayers,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.69,0:31:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.74,0:31:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Father of glory,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.17,0:31:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may give you the Spirit of wisdom."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.69,0:31:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, it's the Father who is giving this.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.04,0:31:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Father who opens their eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.72,0:31:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enlightens them, gives them
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.42,0:31:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a knowledge of these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.52,0:31:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 20, or the end of 19,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.32,0:31:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"According to the working \Nof His great might
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.66,0:31:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He worked in Christ when He raised
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.54,0:31:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Him from the dead."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.44,0:31:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Father who raised \NChrist from the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.70,0:31:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Father who is \Nworking His great might
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.42,0:31:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the people of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.23,0:31:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You keep going through here.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.100,0:31:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 2:4, "But God \Nbeing rich in mercy..."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.48,0:31:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the Father again.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.83,0:31:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because of the great love \Nwith which He loved us
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.20,0:31:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when we were dead in our trespasses,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.19,0:31:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made us alive together with Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.98,0:32:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is doing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.23,0:32:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God raises us up.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.48,0:32:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's God's love; it's God's mercy.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.44,0:32:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's God who seats us with Him
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.72,0:32:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"so that in the coming ages," verse 2:7,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.73,0:32:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He (God the Father) might show
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.44,0:32:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the immeasurable riches \Nof His grace in kindness
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.80,0:32:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward us in Christ Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.65,0:32:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 10, "We are His workmanship,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.01,0:32:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created in Christ Jesus for good works
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.19,0:32:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which He prepared beforehand
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.64,0:32:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we should walk in them."
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.100,0:32:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I want you to get a feeling for
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.34,0:32:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you do not want to forget Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.48,0:32:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that even in our \Nsong selections in this church -
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.62,0:32:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went through our song list today.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.99,0:32:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is hard to find songs \Nthat are about the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.41,0:32:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very hard - I mean in our song list.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.50,0:32:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.58,0:32:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, look, there is a reason
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.31,0:32:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we look to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.98,0:32:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a reason we want \Nto preach the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.33,0:32:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a reason that \Nwe want to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.24,0:32:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the redemption that \Nwe have in Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.18,0:32:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know what you \Ndon't want to forget?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.95,0:33:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to forget \Nthat Jesus taught us
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.06,0:33:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when we pray, \Nwe should pray this way:
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.28,0:33:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Our Father, who art in Heaven..."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.26,0:33:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should look to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.42,0:33:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God the Father is the One before whom
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.88,0:33:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is bending his knee.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.47,0:33:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you remember, it \Nis the riches of His glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.05,0:33:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the one that gives \Nthese spiritual blessings
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.48,0:33:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the heavenly places.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.68,0:33:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He chose us in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.21,0:33:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the foundation of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.25,0:33:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He adopted us as sons in Christ Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.76,0:33:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is Him. It is His love.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.89,0:33:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But God, being rich in mercy,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.95,0:33:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the great love \Nwith which He loved us,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.41,0:33:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He raised us up with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.98,0:33:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He seated us with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.39,0:33:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is His blessings that are poured out.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.29,0:33:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not by our works,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.98,0:33:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is the gift of God that we are saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.93,0:33:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by grace, through faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.51,0:33:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember this.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.69,0:33:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Father - the part \Nthat He plays in this.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:51.60,0:33:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the Father who so loved the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.82,0:33:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He gave us His only begotten Son.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.20,0:33:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want to forget the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.67,0:34:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is His plan. It is His purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:01.48,0:34:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to His purpose -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.20,0:34:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how often do you see that in this book?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:06.07,0:34:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.27,0:34:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.45,0:34:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, do you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.92,0:34:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you have heard this.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.63,0:34:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single time
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.97,0:34:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Lord Jesus Christ addressed God,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.76,0:34:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He called Him Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.05,0:34:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single time.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.31,0:34:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there were times that He talked
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.31,0:34:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to other people about God
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.04,0:34:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He called Him God.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.86,0:34:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Father, My God; your Father, your God.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.76,0:34:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, that's probably backwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.71,0:34:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are times He used that language.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:49.09,0:34:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when He addressed His Father in prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.27,0:34:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He called Him "Father"
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.65,0:34:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single time, except -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.72,0:35:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you know when the exception was?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.95,0:35:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.24,0:35:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the hours of darkness,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.11,0:35:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My God, My God, why \Nhave You forsaken Me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.79,0:35:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quoting right out of Psalm 22.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.33,0:35:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's my point?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.99,0:35:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I sit in the prayer meetings,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.92,0:35:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will hear a brother or a sister -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.76,0:35:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually it's brothers -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.97,0:35:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they pray and they call our Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.56,0:35:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they call Him "God" almost exclusively
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.93,0:35:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the majority of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.65,0:35:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wonder why.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.04,0:35:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.26,0:35:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you've received \Nthe Spirit of adoption
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.100,0:35:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by which we cry what?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.22,0:35:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Abba, Father."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.78,0:36:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's beyond me why Christians want to pray
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.50,0:36:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and consistently call God "God."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.06,0:36:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a God who invites us
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.47,0:36:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to call Him "Father."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.02,0:36:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, He gave us a Spirit \Nthat would compel us
Dialogue: 0,0:36:22.32,0:36:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pray that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.70,0:36:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be cold and distant \Nin addressing Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.06,0:36:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.50,0:36:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, you're coming before one who says,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:34.88,0:36:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want you to call Me Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.36,0:36:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because I am your Father."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.82,0:36:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about a little \Nchild coming to a Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.63,0:36:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much more
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.27,0:36:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will your heavenly Father give \Ngood things to them that ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.25,0:36:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.46,0:36:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're coming to Him
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.47,0:36:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the riches of His glory
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.17,0:36:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He's your Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.01,0:37:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that is good news.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:01.08,0:37:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That bodes well for your prayer life.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.03,0:37:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it not?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.11,0:37:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What purpose does Paul \Ncry out to the Father?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.83,0:37:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To ask for a better car?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.35,0:37:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Husband? Wife? More money?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.50,0:37:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I'm not saying you \Ncan't pray for those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.72,0:37:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I would have you notice this.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.16,0:37:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul doesn't pray for himself once here.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.88,0:37:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not once.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.77,0:37:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.48,0:37:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take notice.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.52,0:37:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice, Paul is praying,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.39,0:37:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he's not praying for himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.49,0:37:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.19,0:37:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how desperately, desperately we need
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.99,0:37:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men and women in the church like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.55,0:38:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is interceding.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.02,0:38:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interceding is what you call it
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.66,0:38:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you bow your knees to God
Dialogue: 0,0:38:04.09,0:38:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the sake of others
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.55,0:38:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not for yourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.79,0:38:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we need intercessors in the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.01,0:38:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm concerned!
Dialogue: 0,0:38:15.45,0:38:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm concerned.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.32,0:38:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I got saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:26.50,0:38:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,honestly, I hungered
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.64,0:38:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have time with the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.52,0:38:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first three years \Nof my Christian life,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.88,0:38:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able outside of work,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.04,0:38:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even times at work
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.68,0:38:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during breaks and lunch -
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.56,0:38:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't married.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.84,0:38:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to give my life to \Ncommunion with the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:49.79,0:38:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I moved down here to Texas,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.39,0:38:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lived with John Sytsma,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.66,0:38:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very business oriented family.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.76,0:39:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And things were working at a pace
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.24,0:39:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I just felt like,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.46,0:39:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John was very much given to devotions
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.02,0:39:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the morning and before \Nthe family got together.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.96,0:39:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I like to walk in the evenings
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.88,0:39:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be out in the field
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.19,0:39:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and away from the heat.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:20.31,0:39:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And John's schedule and mine
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.46,0:39:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were a little bit different,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:23.92,0:39:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember just panting after
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.89,0:39:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having that time back.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.57,0:39:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I recognized that I \Nneeded to move separate
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.17,0:39:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I could get back \Ninto my own schedule.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.41,0:39:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I longed for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.21,0:39:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I guess my sense was that
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.65,0:39:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, that's how it \Nis with all Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.92,0:39:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't live by bread alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.33,0:39:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by every word that proceeds \Nfrom the mouth of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.01,0:39:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to abide in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.27,0:39:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we love walking with Him
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.67,0:39:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meeting with Him
Dialogue: 0,0:39:57.00,0:39:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's things to confess
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.74,0:40:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's worship
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.09,0:40:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just getting to meditate before Him
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.49,0:40:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and praying and interceding
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.80,0:40:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the sake of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.84,0:40:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just assumed that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.34,0:40:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I got married,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.56,0:40:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my wife basically lived that way
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.25,0:40:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day after day.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.49,0:40:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess my assumption has largely been:
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.92,0:40:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, of course, that's \Nhow Christians live.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.05,0:40:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am, I don't now,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.40,0:40:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess I'm kind of baffled
Dialogue: 0,0:40:36.58,0:40:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the frequency at which I hear
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.66,0:40:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people in this church
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.81,0:40:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a real difficult time maintaining
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.61,0:40:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a consistent intimacy with the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.27,0:40:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I guess my concern is this,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:54.93,0:40:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure what lies \Nbehind this difficulty.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.24,0:41:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it immaturity?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.62,0:41:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it worldliness?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:01.71,0:41:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it busyness?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.86,0:41:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it just that there's no hunger there?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.48,0:41:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.32,0:41:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intercessors don't come
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.01,0:41:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from marginally spiritual people.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.92,0:41:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.31,0:41:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because interceding requires love
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.15,0:41:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a level of maturity
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.67,0:41:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lack of selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.31,0:41:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Selfish people -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.44,0:41:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their prayers are all about themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:31.71,0:41:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very little worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:34.31,0:41:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very little confession.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.26,0:41:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of give me, \Ngive me, give me, give me.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.60,0:41:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I know there are prayer \Nwarriors in this church.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.88,0:41:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know there are.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.80,0:41:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know there are some of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.09,0:41:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your walk is close to the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:54.85,0:41:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want there to be more.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.62,0:41:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want this to characterize \Nthe church as a whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:59.65,0:42:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Intercessors.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.35,0:42:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We desperately, desperately need this.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:04.54,0:42:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if people can barely manage
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.61,0:42:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find their way into the \Nsecret place of prayer each day,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.97,0:42:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:11.28,0:42:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not interceding for anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.66,0:42:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.64,0:42:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do intercessors come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.48,0:42:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come from people that live
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.10,0:42:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the presence of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:24.23,0:42:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.36,0:42:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul - you can imagine \Nthe guard walking by.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:28.66,0:42:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The guards talking to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.21,0:42:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's the guy doing in there?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.73,0:42:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time we walk by \Nthere, he's on his face."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:34.96,0:42:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't idle. \NHe wasn't wasting his time.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.40,0:42:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't wasting his time in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:40.05,0:42:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was crying; he was bending his knee.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.12,0:42:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was pleading, he was crying out
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.21,0:42:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the sake of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.40,0:42:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find in just about every \Nsingle one of his epistles,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.88,0:42:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he cried out for people;
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.64,0:42:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he called upon them.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.89,0:42:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do intercessors come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.10,0:42:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who don't live by bread alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.90,0:43:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who are desperate.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.45,0:43:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who are abiding in the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:03.26,0:43:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who are talking to Him
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.78,0:43:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walking with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:05.90,0:43:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now where does it come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.06,0:43:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That somebody says, "for this reason"?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.96,0:43:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know them to be a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.96,0:43:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For that reason, I'm on my knees for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.35,0:43:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're beloved of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.89,0:43:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something is released in my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:21.33,0:43:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to pray for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.44,0:43:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking about other \Npeople all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:25.82,0:43:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking about their needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.41,0:43:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking about them glorifying God.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:29.53,0:43:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do intercessors come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.17,0:43:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Intercessors - not \Nmarginally spiritual people.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.21,0:43:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if we don't have intercession
Dialogue: 0,0:43:40.52,0:43:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening commonplace in your life -
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.61,0:43:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not just talking about in the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.59,0:43:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If intercession is not happening
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.41,0:43:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a commonplace thing in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.40,0:43:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the great manifestations
Dialogue: 0,0:43:54.01,0:43:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sacrificial love is missing.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.11,0:43:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And listen, that's important.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:59.12,0:44:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sacrificial love. You \Nthink about Judgment Day.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.29,0:44:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus talks about what you did for others.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.55,0:44:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I was in prison, and you visited Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.80,0:44:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, one of the ways you can visit
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.86,0:44:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in prison is by praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:13.98,0:44:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is as long as \Nyou have life and breath
Dialogue: 0,0:44:16.43,0:44:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have consciousness, \Nyou can pray for people.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.74,0:44:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need it.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.38,0:44:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need this desperately.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.03,0:44:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are the men and women?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.99,0:44:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know we've got some. I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:28.69,0:44:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But oh God, help us to have more
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.51,0:44:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men and women who live \Nin the presence of God
Dialogue: 0,0:44:33.69,0:44:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on bended knee
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.60,0:44:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose voices are familiar to the Father;
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.56,0:44:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose voices go up
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.96,0:44:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in familiarity to the Father
Dialogue: 0,0:44:43.14,0:44:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the behalf of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.68,0:44:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you can imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.72,0:44:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God from God's perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.61,0:44:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There's his voice again...
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.61,0:44:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sure enough, he's asking for a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.57,0:44:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's asking for a wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.01,0:45:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's asking for a raise, he's asking..."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.23,0:45:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who God hears his voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:07.76,0:45:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, help so-and-so...
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.84,0:45:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, according to the \Nriches of Your glory,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.05,0:45:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please strengthen that brother
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.16,0:45:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down there in Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.74,0:45:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please, Lord, open that \Ndoor for that brother
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.68,0:45:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's trying to get from Costa Rica.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.06,0:45:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord..."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.50,0:45:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How often is the Lord hearing that voice?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.66,0:45:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, I'm not here to \Npray for my own needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.56,0:45:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know I have them,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.04,0:45:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Lord, Brother Matt \Nneeds Your help today.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:39.91,0:45:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He needs Your help.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:42.25,0:45:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Johannes, Lord, remember Johannes."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.72,0:45:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who can't sit \Ncomfortably reading the book
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.18,0:45:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or fiddling with their phone
Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.64,0:45:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're feeling a burden
Dialogue: 0,0:45:55.76,0:45:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Andy and Rebecca.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.25,0:46:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those of you that weren't \Nhere on Wednesday,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.62,0:46:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trevor Johnson wrote, I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.73,0:46:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the most powerful \Nmissionary letters
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.60,0:46:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he's ever written.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.56,0:46:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men and women not constantly asking
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.80,0:46:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their own needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.64,0:46:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The church needs intercessors.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.28,0:46:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We desperately need them.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.43,0:46:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.05,0:46:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because God answers prayer!
Dialogue: 0,0:46:30.01,0:46:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, I'm telling you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.73,0:46:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this for a fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.41,0:46:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so convinced.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.32,0:46:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen it over and over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:39.34,0:46:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God answers prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.96,0:46:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when people are praying for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.97,0:46:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things happen in your life \Nthat would not happen
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.27,0:46:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they weren't praying for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.06,0:46:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark it down!
Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.16,0:46:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The elders in this church preach
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.63,0:46:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or perform or oversee better
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.02,0:46:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people are praying for them
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.59,0:46:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than when they're not praying for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.65,0:46:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:58.60,0:47:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People live more holy lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.32,0:47:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People live closer to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.06,0:47:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are more prayerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.76,0:47:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are more loving and charitable
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.49,0:47:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kind and tender and forgiving
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.51,0:47:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people are praying for one another
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.70,0:47:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than when they're not \Npraying for one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.98,0:47:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.47,0:47:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you, I was thinking about
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.29,0:47:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our brother coming here \Non a week from Wednesday
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.53,0:47:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sharing his needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:22.64,0:47:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I was on a foreign mission field,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:24.40,0:47:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would want to visit as \Nmany churches as I could,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.94,0:47:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would tell the people,\Nlook, I'm not here for your money.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.78,0:47:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just appealing, if there is one person
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.81,0:47:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or two people or three \Npeople in this church
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.97,0:47:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are prayer warriors
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.12,0:47:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have any burden for India,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.99,0:47:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I plead with you, pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.44,0:47:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if on Judgment Day, it can be found
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.45,0:47:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were three people \Nin that church over there,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.90,0:47:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were two people \Nin that church over there,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.56,0:47:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and five in that church over there,\Nand they held that rope.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.63,0:47:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not because they were sending \Nme all their dollars all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.82,0:47:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they prayed for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.19,0:47:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They prayed for me all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.91,0:47:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prayer meetings did not \Ngo by in that church
Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.20,0:47:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they weren't praying for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.57,0:48:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And oftentimes, every \Nsingle day of the week,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:00.85,0:48:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were holding me up.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.12,0:48:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need this.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:03.43,0:48:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we pray for one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.76,0:48:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm telling you, we end up doing things
Dialogue: 0,0:48:07.74,0:48:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would not happen
Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.23,0:48:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if people weren't praying for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.26,0:48:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.50,0:48:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bending our knees to the Father
Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.20,0:48:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.50,0:48:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the priesthood, brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:20.36,0:48:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you never read that?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.80,0:48:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That fire was not to go out on that altar.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.14,0:48:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if that was the symbol,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.51,0:48:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that was the hyperbole,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:27.17,0:48:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that was the metaphor,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.24,0:48:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are the true priesthood.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:35.51,0:48:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't let the fire go out.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.77,0:48:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to end with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.58,0:48:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the few places
Dialogue: 0,0:48:43.66,0:48:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Scripture where \Nwe are specifically told -
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.16,0:48:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's one of the few places \Nin the New Testament
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.90,0:48:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we are specifically \Ntold the posture.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.64,0:48:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the only place, I believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.48,0:49:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Paul tells us his posture in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:00.58,0:49:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just want us to think for a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:06.27,0:49:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul bowed his knee.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:12.27,0:49:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used to sing out at Community,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.09,0:49:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, come let us worship and bow down."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.54,0:49:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody remember that one?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.98,0:49:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, come let us worship and bow down.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.34,0:49:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.30,0:49:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worship. Worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.07,0:49:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come, let us bow down.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:36.84,0:49:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I find in Scripture?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.92,0:49:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually find that even though Paul
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.92,0:49:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't reference this \Nmuch but this one time
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.10,0:49:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about his posture,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:48.42,0:49:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find that posture in prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:49:51.25,0:49:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something that is an interesting study.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:54.90,0:49:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go find men
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.27,0:50:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who fell on their faces before God.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.27,0:50:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember two who often were found
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.27,0:50:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,falling on their faces?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.07,0:50:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moses and Aaron.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.59,0:50:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what's interesting \Nabout those two guys?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.13,0:50:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were falling on their faces
Dialogue: 0,0:50:14.71,0:50:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for others as well;
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.75,0:50:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not for their own needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.39,0:50:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't just falling on their faces
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.47,0:50:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the needs of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.74,0:50:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were falling on their faces
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.34,0:50:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God wouldn't destroy others.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.96,0:50:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repeatedly, they were on their faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:30.36,0:50:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember Joshua - he came face-to-face
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.39,0:50:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Angel of the Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.87,0:50:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He found himself on his face.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:38.96,0:50:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke's account of the leper
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.27,0:50:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that came to Jesus Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:42.95,0:50:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's said that he fell on his face.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.59,0:50:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do people fall on their face?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.34,0:50:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't go any lower than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:56.25,0:50:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you were trying \Nto go low before somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.82,0:51:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no lower you can get.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:00.40,0:51:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not talking bended knee here.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.20,0:51:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking totally
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.72,0:51:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as low as you can go on your face.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.54,0:51:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe your knees are bent,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:09.96,0:51:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe you're prostrate.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:13.14,0:51:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that a picture of?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.38,0:51:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly, it's a picture of \Nextreme submission.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.94,0:51:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the lowest expressing unworthiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:23.29,0:51:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inadequacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.18,0:51:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about bowing the knee.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.29,0:51:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come, let us worship and bow down.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.74,0:51:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or what does Scripture say?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.74,0:51:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a day coming \Nwhen every knee shall bow.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.80,0:51:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has given Jesus Christ a name
Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.78,0:51:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is above every name,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.35,0:51:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that at the name of Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.81,0:51:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every knee should bow
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.50,0:51:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in heaven, on earth, under the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.28,0:51:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every tongue confess
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.76,0:51:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus Christ is Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:51:54.84,0:51:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the glory of the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.74,0:52:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a picture of submission.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.66,0:52:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a picture of reverence,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.58,0:52:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worship, allegiance.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.81,0:52:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kneeling. Bowing.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:08.20,0:52:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about lifting up eyes?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:11.29,0:52:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just singing Psalm 5 the other day.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.82,0:52:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was another one \Nwe often used to sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.14,0:52:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh Lord, in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.73,0:52:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will I direct my prayer unto Thee..."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:24.43,0:52:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the way the KJV has it,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:26.68,0:52:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and will look up."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:29.73,0:52:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, there's twice when Jesus prays,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:32.89,0:52:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it said He looked up to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.37,0:52:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.77,0:52:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tax collector there in Luke 18
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.75,0:52:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he prayed, he wouldn't dare look up.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.72,0:52:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looked down.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.38,0:52:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Scripture also speaks about,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.88,0:52:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 123, "To you, I lift up my eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:53.31,0:52:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O, You who are enthroned in the heavens."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.04,0:52:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.44,0:52:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want us to think about our posture.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.48,0:53:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because I hope you don't run
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.78,0:53:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into God's presence just careless
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.63,0:53:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.98,0:53:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should think. Think.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.38,0:53:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are you coming to?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.55,0:53:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're coming before a King.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:22.19,0:53:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No carelessness. What did God say?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.60,0:53:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am a great King, \Nsays the Lord of Hosts,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.80,0:53:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name will be feared \Namong the nations."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.30,0:53:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll ltell you this, your posture -
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.90,0:53:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't want to be legalistic -
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.07,0:53:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know what posture often does?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.10,0:53:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an expression to the \Nattitude of your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.86,0:53:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people who just flippantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.16,0:53:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carelessly run into God's presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.84,0:53:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not good.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:52.03,0:53:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture shows men on their face,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.78,0:53:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those bowing,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.10,0:54:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eyes raised up,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.42,0:54:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arms raised - have you ever read that
Dialogue: 0,0:54:02.51,0:54:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1 Timothy 2?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.69,0:54:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what? It's interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.92,0:54:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"With holy hands..."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.71,0:54:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's interesting because \Nyou find in Isaiah
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.74,0:54:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they lifted their hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.98,0:54:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but God said their hands
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.11,0:54:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were covered with blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.18,0:54:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, what does it mean \Nwhen you raise your hands?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:26.20,0:54:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a picture - holy hands. Clean.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:31.44,0:54:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems to have the idea of:
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.18,0:54:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a clean slate.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.74,0:54:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've confessed my sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.49,0:54:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know of anything between.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.89,0:54:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm walking in this \Nrighteousness of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.42,0:54:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the power of His resurrection.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:47.85,0:54:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As far as I know, there's \Nnothing outstanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.13,0:54:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.78,0:54:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are times I lay in bed
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.61,0:55:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I raise my arms
Dialogue: 0,0:55:00.30,0:55:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm not thinking about
Dialogue: 0,0:55:03.00,0:55:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cleanliness of my hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.30,0:55:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:09.42,0:55:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like if I get done preaching \Nand I come down
Dialogue: 0,0:55:11.94,0:55:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the little children comes up
Dialogue: 0,0:55:13.83,0:55:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're raising their hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.80,0:55:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you going to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:17.65,0:55:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there any of you who would \Njust swat those hands away?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.15,0:55:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, you're going to pick the child up.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:25.72,0:55:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean if little James Luciano runs up
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.52,0:55:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his arms up, I'm not going to just
Dialogue: 0,0:55:31.39,0:55:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scowl at him and say, "what do you want?"
Dialogue: 0,0:55:35.03,0:55:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You grab the child. You pick them up.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.59,0:55:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes the raising of hands
Dialogue: 0,0:55:41.15,0:55:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just trying to get as close to Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.45,0:55:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, I want more of You.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:46.13,0:55:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just touch me.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:48.82,0:55:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pick me up."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:51.64,0:55:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you think about sitting.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:53.90,0:55:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 Samuel 7,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.46,0:56:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after God pronounced \Nall the blessings on David.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.18,0:56:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David went to the house of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:56:05.39,0:56:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he sat and God spoke to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:08.85,0:56:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jehoshaphat - we find where he stood
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.69,0:56:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the assembly of Judah \Nwhen he was praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.08,0:56:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Standing - that's kind of like
Dialogue: 0,0:56:17.88,0:56:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you stand before a dignitary,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:21.62,0:56:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a posture of boldness.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.72,0:56:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's more of a cultural thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:30.95,0:56:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Romania, they stand -
Dialogue: 0,0:56:33.35,0:56:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes we stand when \Nthe Scriptures are read.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.72,0:56:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, when Kevin's here,\Nhe'll have us all stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:38.19,0:56:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Chello had us all stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.50,0:56:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know in Romania,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:40.71,0:56:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think they sit when they read Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.75,0:56:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they stand when they pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.33,0:56:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now they may not know why they do that
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.75,0:56:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than it's just traditional,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.39,0:56:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't want us to do things
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.97,0:56:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because it's traditional, legalistic,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.00,0:56:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any other thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.98,0:56:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want us to be thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:54.69,0:56:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be careless.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:57.65,0:57:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going before a great King.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:02.23,0:57:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.77,0:57:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we're children,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:06.69,0:57:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can go into His \Npresence immediately
Dialogue: 0,0:57:09.53,0:57:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we need to.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:10.70,0:57:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can go in as \Nchildren before a Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.48,0:57:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, fathers demand reverence.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:19.81,0:57:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be reverent.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.43,0:57:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be thoughtful.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:23.53,0:57:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.08,0:57:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about your prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:26.74,0:57:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:31.22,0:57:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, how many children in the church
Dialogue: 0,0:57:34.42,0:57:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually ever stumble upon parents
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.20,0:57:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on their knees?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.47,0:57:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you are bending your knees?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:40.36,0:57:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many pray on your face?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.83,0:57:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember Whitefield.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:44.42,0:57:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whitefield would pray on bended knee
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.44,0:57:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and read his Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:50.80,0:57:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have his Matthew Henry commetary open.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:54.09,0:57:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying you have to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:56.31,0:57:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see, it comes from \Nan attitude of heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:59.76,0:58:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray. Pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:02.00,0:58:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been reading -
Dialogue: 0,0:58:04.88,0:58:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my wife went through my books
Dialogue: 0,0:58:06.44,0:58:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was in Ecuador,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:07.76,0:58:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she took a bunch of them
Dialogue: 0,0:58:09.38,0:58:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she wants to take to Half Price,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:11.01,0:58:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I was looking at the \Ntwo-volume Cotton Mather,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:15.28,0:58:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Great Works of Christ in America,"
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.97,0:58:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought, oh, you're taking those?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:18.94,0:58:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I grabbed them out
Dialogue: 0,0:58:20.84,0:58:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've been reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:22.54,0:58:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm reading through \Na section right now
Dialogue: 0,0:58:25.13,0:58:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the last testimonies \Nof all sorts of people
Dialogue: 0,0:58:32.12,0:58:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were being executed.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.24,0:58:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know they put people\Nto death for adultery?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:39.54,0:58:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were just talking about that
Dialogue: 0,0:58:41.31,0:58:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the men's Grace House the other day.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.24,0:58:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put people to death
Dialogue: 0,0:58:44.55,0:58:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for adultery in those days.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.83,0:58:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put people to \Ndeath for bestiality,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.11,0:58:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for murder, for witchcraft.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:52.32,0:58:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A woman was consulting with a demon
Dialogue: 0,0:58:54.69,0:58:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they executed her.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:56.08,0:58:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, I was reading
Dialogue: 0,0:58:57.98,0:59:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about all these different accounts,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:00.89,0:59:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they would take these people
Dialogue: 0,0:59:02.87,0:59:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the gallows,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:03.94,0:59:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would give them opportunity to speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:05.98,0:59:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they had a lot of last words.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:07.96,0:59:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what I found \Nagain and again and again?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:13.45,0:59:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people who were moments away
Dialogue: 0,0:59:16.90,0:59:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from facing God, \Nstepping out into eternity,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:21.72,0:59:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said if only I would have \Nstarted that day in prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.39,0:59:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said, I think God would have kept me
Dialogue: 0,0:59:27.49,0:59:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from doing what I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:28.71,0:59:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look, aside from whether \Nthey were lost or saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.31,0:59:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not really the issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:32.74,0:59:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's amazing how often -
Dialogue: 0,0:59:35.23,0:59:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw it over and over -
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.05,0:59:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how often they attributed,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:38.62,0:59:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, if only I had sought God that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:41.45,0:59:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would probably not have \Nslit my wife's throat,"
Dialogue: 0,0:59:43.88,0:59:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is what one of them did in a rage.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:47.30,0:59:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just thought about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:49.29,0:59:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a God who answers prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:52.39,0:59:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not talking about \Njust starting your day
Dialogue: 0,0:59:54.95,0:59:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by praying for yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:56.33,0:59:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, what things might you have avoided
Dialogue: 0,0:59:58.34,0:59:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during any given day,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:59.57,1:00:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you would have started your day
Dialogue: 0,1:00:01.40,1:00:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on your knees before the Lord?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:04.31,1:00:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, how many \Nof your brothers and sisters
Dialogue: 0,1:00:06.79,1:00:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might not have done what they did
Dialogue: 0,1:00:08.41,1:00:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on any given day if you had
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.27,1:00:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started your day by praying for them?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:13.64,1:00:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope there's enough care,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:15.81,1:00:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enough concern.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:17.16,1:00:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need more of the heart of Paul
Dialogue: 0,1:00:18.82,1:00:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who unceasingly prayed for people.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.24,1:00:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't see other churches
Dialogue: 0,1:00:24.81,1:00:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as competitors or something,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:26.74,1:00:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or people not to pray for.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:28.14,1:00:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want to them blessed.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:30.54,1:00:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everywhere where there was somebody
Dialogue: 0,1:00:32.52,1:00:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God had bestowed His love on,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:34.28,1:00:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his heart, his affection went out there.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:37.49,1:00:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He made great sacrifices.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:39.22,1:00:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's something, no matter \Nwhat your gifts are,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.83,1:00:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter where you are,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:43.06,1:00:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what your condition,\Nno matter what your health,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:45.03,1:00:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what your age,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:46.36,1:00:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can pray for others.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:47.82,1:00:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:50.21,1:00:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Provided you have the Holy Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:52.06,1:00:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provided you're one of Christ's,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:53.96,1:00:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have access
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.14,1:00:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can pray for others.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:57.07,1:00:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need intercessors.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:58.48,1:01:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my great appeal today.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:01.02,1:01:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray for others.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.74,1:01:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray. Pray. Pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:05.72,1:01:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be as Paul was and pray big!
Dialogue: 0,1:01:09.15,1:01:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And pray according to \Nthe riches of His glory.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:12.36,1:01:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't pray meager prayers.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.10,1:01:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't pray like He's an incompetent god
Dialogue: 0,1:01:16.71,1:01:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a small god.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:17.90,1:01:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a great God.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:19.12,1:01:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're coming before a great King.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:21.23,1:01:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go before Him in reverence.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:22.76,1:01:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go before Him on bended knees.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:25.11,1:01:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And lift up others.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:30.96,1:01:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, I pray that You would do this.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:32.97,1:01:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray, Lord, more, more,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:34.100,1:01:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more intercessors.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:36.48,1:01:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give us a church of intercessors.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:38.67,1:01:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, those who are already intercessors,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:41.23,1:01:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray for them.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:42.50,1:01:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh Father, You say when \Nwe do things for others -
Dialogue: 0,1:01:48.84,1:01:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there it is in Isaiah 58 -
Dialogue: 0,1:01:50.67,1:01:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we call, You'll say, "here I am."
Dialogue: 0,1:01:52.72,1:01:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I pray for those who are intercessors.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:55.48,1:01:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They love others.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:58.20,1:02:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they pour themselves out.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:00.20,1:02:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, remember them in all of their needs.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:07.67,1:02:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give us a church of intercessors.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:10.24,1:02:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give us that.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:11.18,1:02:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, I believe You have \Nto a great degree,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:13.25,1:02:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more, more, more.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:15.26,1:02:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Encouarge, stir, stoke the fire of prayer;
Dialogue: 0,1:02:19.77,1:02:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fire for intimacy;
Dialogue: 0,1:02:21.99,1:02:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hunger - make Your children hungry
Dialogue: 0,1:02:26.40,1:02:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for communion with You;
Dialogue: 0,1:02:28.41,1:02:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hungry for intimacy;
Dialogue: 0,1:02:30.78,1:02:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hungry to show their love.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:34.92,1:02:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, give us to love what You love,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.82,1:02:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know where You set Your love
Dialogue: 0,1:02:38.79,1:02:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on certain individuals,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:40.42,1:02:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would have us to love \Nthem as You love them.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:43.56,1:02:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And love for the brethren
Dialogue: 0,1:02:45.03,1:02:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so characteristic of what it is
Dialogue: 0,1:02:46.91,1:02:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a child of God,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:48.50,1:02:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I pray that that love would permeate -
Dialogue: 0,1:02:50.76,1:02:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the love of intercession.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:53.80,1:03:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, forgive us for selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:01.64,1:03:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, we know there's too much of it
Dialogue: 0,1:03:03.59,1:03:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in each one of us.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:04.52,1:03:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We pray that You'd kill it.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:05.82,1:03:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kill it. Kill it.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:07.96,1:03:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We pray in Christ's name, Amen.