210: Josh Somerville – Exhortation: How We Pray

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Hello, this is brother Chris for
this week.

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We are listening to an
excitation that was given last

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not by brother.
Josh, Somerville.

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I really enjoyed brother, Joshua
Sex.

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You can have the topic that I
kind of have given to it, is how

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we pray and in it.
Brother, Josh is looking at the

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different ways that in
scripture, people talk about

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actively doing prayer and in our
culture a lot of times the way

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that we think about prayer is
you know, you’re standing with

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your heads bowed and you know
maybe holding the hands of the

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person next to you, otherwise
you’re being very still and

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somber.
And one of the things that I

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really appreciated about brother
Josh’s excitation is he

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describes the actual Different
poses and positions that you can

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do for prayer and during the
excitation, he actually had

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everybody at the meeting stand
or kneel or do whatever pose it

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was together and I thought it to
be both awkward if I’m honest.

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But also really profound because
it takes you out of the normal

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routine that you have, you know,
you’re going to say a prayer and

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you just bow, your head and
close your eyes for a minute.

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And if you do that every single
time, you can almost become a

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routine that doesn’t necessarily
The same impact.

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So I would encourage you as
you’re listening to this,

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excitation when he talks about
that from points, if you’re in a

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situation where you’re able to
to try to replicate the poses.

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As he describes them, he says,
small little prayers during each

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of those various poses.
And I just found it to be a

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really interesting way to look
at your prayer life and how you

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approach it.
I know for myself, sometimes

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prayer can be something.
I know I’m supposed to To do.

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But not always something I think
to do and looking at things from

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a different angle, find I find
for myself to be a powerful way

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to make me reconsider and
approach my prayer life in a

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different way.
So I hope you enjoy this

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excitation as much as I did.
I thought it was a really

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interesting way to approach
thinking about your prayer and

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made me think about the
different ways that we do, our

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prayers, both publicly and
privately.

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So as Levi, and Brian mentioned
in, Interest previously, thank

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you to those who helped cover Us
in the summer.

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It’s been nice to have a summer
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back to what we were doing and
being able to share some new

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talks that we found so excited.
Now, as we kick off the fifth

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season of this, we’ve gotten
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as we mentioned, almost about
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So it’s pretty exciting to
continue this going forward.

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And we thank you for all of you
that have been listening all

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this time.
So with that, I’m going to turn

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it over to Brother, Josh for his
extrication, how we pray.

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I’m excited to bring to you the
words of excitation today

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because I’ve been having some
you know things on my mind and I

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wanted to kind of get them down
and I’ve been looking forward to

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taking the opportunity to get
those words on a paper and share

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them with you.
I’ve given an excitation in the

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past right where I explained how
to pray and I used the The

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Lord’s Prayer in the gospel of
Matthew, to kind of give us a

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template of how to pray.
What are the steps?

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You know?
What do you do first, what do

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you do s, and to go through kind
of like that?

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At use that as a template in
your lives, but recently,

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recently have, been spending
more time, thinking about, you

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know, how we pray.
And those of us have been raised

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in the Chris delphian meeting.
I’ve heard it said many, many

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times, please bow your head with
me and let us as we approach our

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heavenly father in prayer,
right?

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Can say it verbatim.
And there’s nothing wrong with

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that because bowing our heads is
how we show respect.

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You know, Boeing goes back, many
many years centuries, thousands

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of years as a way of showing
obeisance and subservience and

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honor and respect in my house as
a child growing up at dinner, we

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sat around the table and bowed
our heads and prayed for the

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meal every night and that just
comes naturally and it’s even

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found in scripture because even
in Genesis chapter 24, When we

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read about Abraham’s, Chief
servant, being sent to find a

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wife for Abraham’s, son.
Isaac.

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We read in verse 26, then the
man Bow Down and Worship the

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Lord saying praise be to the
Lord, the god of my master

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Abraham who has not abandoned
his kindness and faithfulness to

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my master.
As for me, the Lord has led me

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on the journey to the house of
my Master’s relatives.

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And even earlier in Genesis,
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When lot saw the Angels into the
city of Sodom and Genesis

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chapter 19.
First verse the two angels

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arrived at Sodom in the evening
and lot was sitting in the

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Gateway of the city when he saw
them he got up to meet them and

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bowed down with his face to the
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So right at the beginning of
scriptures, you see that bowing

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down, is a great way to show
respect to another person but we

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don’t necessarily bowed down
anymore.

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We just kind of Bauer our heads
and maybe it’s because we’re

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wearing nice clothes on Sunday.
Maybe we don’t want to get him

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dirty.
Maybe we don’t kneel down

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because we don’t want to be like
other churches who may do that

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as a practice and maybe we just
bow our heads because that’s how

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we were taught from childhood.
And that’s just been kind of

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carried on Me and it just kind
of comes back, just kind of

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comes naturally.
So whatever the reason is I just

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wanted to have us think about it
to just be aware.

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Bring that to the Forefront of
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So what I’m going to do this
morning, is read some verses in

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scripture and then have us
practice kind of some different

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positions of prayer just to see
how it feels.

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It’s going to be awkward and
it’s going to be uncomfortable

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because we’re not in the habit
of doing it and we’re really a

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conservative bunch of folks if
the truth be told.

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But I want us to allow ourselves
this time here this morning to

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experiment and not have any
judgment and I’m not saying that

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we have to do this, you know
going Forward every Sunday but I

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just wanted us to give it a shot
and see if that was something

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that you might want to do for
yourself either publicly or

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privately or you might do this
today and just go, I’m now

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that’s not for me.
So the first one, I want to look

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at is the praying with our hands
outstretched in First Kings

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chapter 8, verse 22.
Solomon says a prayer of

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dedication and we read then
Solomon stood before the altar

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of the Lord in front of the
whole assembly of Israel spread

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out his hands toward heaven and
gave his prayer of dedication to

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the temple, Nehemiah 8:6, Ezra
praising the Lord.

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And as a wroblewski, the Lord,
the great God, and all the

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people answered.
Amen.

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Amen.
With lifting up their hands and

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they bowed their heads and
Worship the Lord with their

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faces to the ground.
In Psalm 119 verse 48, giving

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praise to God.
My hands also, will, I lift up

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Unto thy Commandments which I
have loved and I will meditate

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in thy statutes and in Luke 24
Christ.

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Lifting his hands in blessing,
his disciples and it reads in

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verse 50 and he led them out as
far as Bethany and lifted up his

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hands and blessed them.
And First Timothy 2:8.

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This is what kind of got my head
going in this direction.

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I will therefore that men pray
everywhere, lifting up, holy

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hands without wrath and
doubting.

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So we can see that there’s this
idea in scripture and his

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concept of lifting up of our
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And we see it in both the New
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And in Luke 24, even Christ,
lifted his hands and bless those

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around him.
We also noticed that most of

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these verses have an uplifting
feeling the more of a praising

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and a blessing idea.
So we’re going to keep that in

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mind.
Now that’s not always the case

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because there are verses I found
that that do have a lifting of

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hands even when they’re making
dire requests.

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So they’re doing that with her
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But for the most part, we’ll
keep this as a more positive and

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upbeat type of feeling.
So in a minute, I’m going to ask

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you to stand with me and will
raise our hands towards the sky

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and if you want to raise them
high that’s great.

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If you want to raise them kind
of halfway that’s fine too.

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If you want to have them down
next to your your size, but you

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want to have your hands open
that works as well.

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I think what I would like us to
focus on this morning is just

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keeping our palms, open, right?
Not closing, not behind the

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back.
Just our palms, open and out.

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Opening the To me is a helpful
way of opening my heart and

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maybe opening my mind to be
able, to better, concentrate and

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express that thankfulness that
we have towards our heavenly

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father.
And also, as an aside, I’m not

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sure if you’ve ever done this,
but I have, have you ever looked

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up during a prayer?
It’s just something to think

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about.
Have you ever raise your head

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towards God?
Instead of bowing it down.

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We are his children and
children, look up to their

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parents, both physically and,
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emotionally.
So what if you raise your head

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and close your eyes and you kind
of picture, God bending down to

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pick you up in his arms, like a
loving parent would with their

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child with a smile on his face
and forgiveness in his eyes.

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And that is a powerful picture.
So I recommend you try that,

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don’t have to try that today but
you know, give that up.

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Give that a try at some point.
Okay, so with that, let’s go

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ahead and stand up.
If you’re comfortable doing it,

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if you don’t want to do it,
that’s fine.

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No judgment again.
And you can just pick a

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position, how we want to do it
and what you want to do with

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your hands and your head is up
to you.

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So let us pray.
Our Father who art in heaven,

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Hallowed be thy name.
Father, we look to you with our

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arms raised.
And our hands open and

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thankfulness for the blessings
that you so generously have

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given us.
And we know that all things in

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our lives come from you.
And so we give thanks to you for

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the ability to meet here at this
place as a family.

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We’re thankful that you call
this to be your children and

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that you are continuing to work
with us.

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In our lives.
Guiding us protecting us.

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Teaching us as a loving parent.
You love us so much father.

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And we see that love in our
lives and in your word.

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Heavenly father, thank you for
your Plan of Salvation that you

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have planned for us.
We look forward to that day with

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growing anticipation.
Send your son soon, father, that

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we might be with you and your
glorious Kingdom.

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For it is through your son’s
name.

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We pray.
Amen. let’s take a moment, think

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about how that felt kind of
internalized that process that

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The next position, which I would
like us to consider.

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Is this idea of kneeling before
god.

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Again, I clearly remember
growing up doing that saying the

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Lord’s Prayer every night before
bed on my knees.

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My sister Erin and I shared a
room.

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So we’d be right next to each
other saying it.

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In unison before we went to bed
at night.

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I think that stopped when my mom
stop putting us to bed probably,

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but it was a good memory you
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I did, I didn’t hate it.
Another memory and I’m sorry

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Dad, I have to put you on blast
here for a little bit.

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Is my dad doing it as well full
suit and tie dress shoes

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kneeling, down and giving prayer
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Before starting the day.
And when you’re six or seven,

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you don’t fully understand what
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just totally normal in the
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But as an adult, you know, you
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that he was doing.
He’s putting his life and his

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day in God’s hand.
And that’s a powerful way that

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we should all be doing that is
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And putting the day in his hands
just to encourage us and to

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strengthen us just through the
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So it’s a good reminder that we
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homes as well.
So what does Scripture say about

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kneeling?
Psalm?

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95 begins with.
Oh, come let us sing unto the

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Lord.
Let us Make a Joyful Noise to

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the rock of our Salvation verse
34, the Lord is a great God and

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a great king above above all
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O.
Come let us worship and bow

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down.
Let us kneel before the Lord our

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maker for.
He is our God, and we are the

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people of his pasture and the
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The Apostle Paul in Ephesians
chapter 3, gives a prayer to the

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Ephesians and it begins in verse
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And he says for this cause I bow
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father of our Lord.
Jesus Christ of whom the whole

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family in Heaven and Earth is
named that he would Grant you

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according to the riches of his
glory to be strengthened with

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might by his spirit in the Inner
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there, but the gist is at the,
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prayer and earnestly asking God
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with the Ecclesia at Ephesus.
Let’s take a look at Acts

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chapter 20.
Now that’s the reading that I

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had Tyler read this morning.
I found that chapter to be very

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interesting and very powerful,
especially in the context of

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this topic.
And you almost have to read the

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whole chapter to get the full
picture of what’s Happening

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Here.
But I’m going to just read

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excerpts to refresh that picture
in that scene in our minds.

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So, starting at verse 17 and
from my latest, he sent to

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Ephesus and call the Elders of
the church, and when they were

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come to him, he said unto them.
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that I came at, Asia Asia, after
what Manner, I have been with

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you at all seasons.
Testifying both to the Jews and

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also to the Greeks repentance
toward God and Faith toward our

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Lord Jesus Christ.
And now behold I go Bound in the

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spirit in unto Jerusalem, not
knowing the things that shall

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befall me there.
And now, behold I know that e

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all among whom I have gone
preaching.

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The kingdom of God shall see my
face, no more for this.

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For, I know this that after my
departing shall Grievous wolves.

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Enter in among, you not sparing
the flock and when he had thus

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spoken, he kneeled down and
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And they all wept sore and fell
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So that’s kind of like the
highlights of what was it?

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What was happening there?
And when I picture this, in my

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mind, I don’t see.
Just Paul kneeling, I see all of

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them kneeling together possibly
holding hands, or even their

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arms around each other because
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And I want to believe that Paul
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but for his own strength, Daniel
chapter 6 is another good

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example to us of not, allowing
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indoctrination change us in our
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And following after God, because
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illegal to pray to anyone other
than the king for 30 days and we

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see in verse 10.
Now, in Daniel knew that the

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writing was signed.
So he knew that the law was put

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into place, he went into his
house and his windows being

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opened and his chamber towards
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He Neil Upon his knees three
times a day, and prayed and gave

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thanks before his God as he did
a for time.

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So now we can see something of a
pattern, again, begin to emerge

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as to what kind of prayer we
could do when we meal.

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It is a position.
We can take when we’re praying

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to God and asking for strength,
for guidance, for encouragement

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and not only for others, but for
ourselves and of course we’re

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giving thanks.
So we’re going to experiment

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with that now.
And for those of us who are able

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to and willing to kneel I
encourage you to do so you can

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choose again either to Bow your
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Now you can decide what to do
with your hands either open and

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raised or down as more of a
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So let’s think about that.
If you kneel in front of your

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chair, if you can there might be
room to do that or you can just

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stay in your seat that works as
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So let’s all kneel and we’ll do
a short prayer.

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Father, we come to you now in
humility.

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Looking to you for strength.
As we are here this morning.

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Renewing our minds and our
spirit with your word.

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We struggle with the pressures
of the world puts us under and

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we know that we are weak and we
need your continual support.

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We ask that you.
Give us the courage to stand up

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to the Temptations.
We face.

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To be reminded that through you,
there’s no temptation that we

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cannot overcome when we are
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Father, we ask in humility that
you be with our brothers and

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sisters that need your healing
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We have heard in our
announcements this morning of

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those dealing with health
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We know that there are so many
more in our family that are

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struggling, not only with the
health issues, but with mental

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issues as well, he’ll them
encourage them and let them know

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that you are with them.
Father, we are overwhelmed.

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By your grace and forgiveness.
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show that same Grace and
forgiveness to those that look

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to do us harm.
Help us in our walk.

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We pray and may all that we do
be right in your eyes.

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We look to your son as our
example, in all things and pray

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this through his name.
Amen.

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Thanks guys, that was awesome.
the next one I want to talk

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about is not necessarily a
bodily position, but the idea of

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praying while touching someone
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the miracles of Jesus during his
ministry, he heals those that

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are sick and he touches them in
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Matthew chapter 8 verse 3.
Jesus stretched out his hand and

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touched him saying, I am willing
be cleansed and immediately, his

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leprosy was cleansed Matthew
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Then he touched their eyes
saying it shall be done to you,

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according to your faith in Mark,
chapter 6, verse 5, and he could

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do there.
I’m sorry.

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And he could, there do no Mighty
work, save that he laid his

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hands upon a few sick folk and
healed them.

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And in Luke 18, verse 15 and
they were bringing even their

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babies to him, that he would
touch them, but when the

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disciples saw it, they began
rebuking them.

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So when you read through the
life of Jesus, you realize there

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are times when he’s he says
words and touches them and the

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healing occurs.
But we also know that there are

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plenty of times when either just
says words or and the healing

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occurs, he’s not even doesn’t
touch them and he’s not near

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them.
So clearly it’s not necessary

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for Christ to be touching to
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them.
But there is a power in human

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touch. we know that because
science tells us, that there’s a

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lot of benefits to touch There’s
a deep biological connection

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between our sense of touch and
our emotional well-being.

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Touch is a powerful sense that
changes how we feel touch

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releases oxytocin, which is
known as a feel-good hormone.

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Newborns that are given
nurturing touch grow faster and

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have more improved mental.
And motor skill development

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children, raised with more
physical interaction, tend to be

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less aggressive, and violent
Partners.

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Who cuddle have been shown to
have lower stress levels, and

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blood pressure and improved
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So, although Jesus didn’t need
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I think there’s clearly a
benefit for both Jesus and the

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person he would touch To the
point that in the Luke 1815,

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they’re bringing babies to him,
just so he will touch them.

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And we think back to that prayer
in Acts chapter 20, they were

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kneeling with him and probably
holding each other in prayer.

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And we see it here in Arc lygia,
I see it here in our kaliesha

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all the time.
Those of us that are married are

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holding our spouses hand during
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We’re holding our child’s here.
And I think I’ve even seen some

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of our older sisters holding
each other’s hands during a

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prayer.
Or married people putting their

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arms around each other during
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Touch helps us to strengthen our
bond, that we have with each

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other.
So why not pray with each other

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and hold hands or when we are
with someone who needs a prayer,

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put your hand on their shoulder,
hold their hand, let them know

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that you are connected to them.
It’s just another option, you

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know, for us to keep in mind
another idea.

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So let’s give it a try.
Let’s hold someone’s hand, and

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I’ll give a short prayer and we
don’t have to move around to do

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it.
Let’s just stand up.

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Let’s just the nearest person
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Let’s hold hands.
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All right, here we go.
Great Almighty Heavenly Father.

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What a blessing it is for us
That you have given us this gift

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of touch. we know that touches a
powerful sense that we have been

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blessed with, And it can help us
in our walk.

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It is a simple act of showing
solidarity with someone else.

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It helps us to see and to feel
that we are not alone that we

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have each other.
So help us father to share this

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blessing with us with others,
not just our family here but to

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reach out to those around us who
are alone were hurting who are

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needing to feel that you care
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We have seen in your word how
your son would use touch as a

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blessing and so we are
encouraged as well to give of

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ourselves and be vulnerable to
one another through touch.

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We thank you for this.
For all of our blessings father

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in your son’s name.
Amen.

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The next position that will be
covering this morning is of

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being prostrate before the Lord.
And first of all, I think a

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definition is important.
Because I didn’t fully

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understand what that meant,
prostrate means stretched out

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with face on the ground and
adoration or submission.

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Completely over common lacking
the will or power to rise.

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Here are some examples of that
Genesis chapter 17, God appeared

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to Abram and Abram immediately
fell prostrate before the Lord

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In verse three reads and Abram
fell on his face and God talked

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with him in Joshua chapter 7,
Joshua sent men into battle

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against Ai and were surprisingly
defeated and ran away from the

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men of AI.
So, when verse 6, we read and

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Joshua, rent his clothes and
fell to the Earth upon his face

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before the Ark of the Lord until
the Eventide, he and the Elders

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of Israel and put dust on their
heads.

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Luke Chapter 5, 12 reads and it
came to pass when he Jesus was

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in a certain city.
Behold a man full of leprosy who

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seeing Jesus fell on his face
and besought him.

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Saying Lord, if thou wilt thou
canst make me clean And in

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Matthew 26, we read that even
Jesus the Christ in his final

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moments, prostrated himself as
he prayed to his father and in

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verse 39 and he went a little
farther and fell on his face and

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prayed saying O my father.
If it be possible, let this cup

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pass from me.
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But as thou Wilt.
So from these beers versus, we

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can get a sense of when this
position was used in Scripture.

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It is similar to the kneeling
position but more respectful,

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more Earnest in its desire, it
expresses even more humility and

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our own powerlessness.
To do anything of Our Own.

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And like the leprous man, who is
suffering came to Jesus and fell

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on his face to be healed.
We can think of ourselves very

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much in the same way because we
all have the leprosy of sin in

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our lives.
We’re not worthy of the gift

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that God has generously given to
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So, how is it that we do not
always fall down and prostrate

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ourselves to God when we pray to
him.

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Now, we’re not going to
experiment with this position of

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prayer.
So you can relax I probably

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should have said that earlier so
that you guys could have relaxed

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or you looking around for a
place to lay down, I’m not sure.

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It’s just too personal, right?
It’s too intimate.

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That is something that we will
that you will do in your life,

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you know, privately.
I just wanted to share it with

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you because it’s powerful and
it’s something that even Jesus

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Christ, Jesus did.
So it’s something for us to, to

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be aware of He is our example
and he did prostrate himself to

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God.
Now, when did he do it?

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He did it in his Darkest Hour,
did he?

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When he was coming to the end of
his ministry and to the end of

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his life, Christ was still just
a human being person like you

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and me who didn’t want to die,
who clearly didn’t learn death,

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but he was willing to sacrifice
to be a willing sacrifice for

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us.
He completely submitted himself

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to God’s will.
And so we look now to the bread

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and wine and we remember the
price that was paid for our

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salvation.
The Son of God being crucified

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for us.
So when we pray to God, we can

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express our thankfulness with
outstretched arms.

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We can kneel before him in
prayer.

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And in times of our own greatest
needs, we can prostrate

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ourselves in his presence.
John 3:16 and 17 for God.

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So loved the world that he gave
his only begotten son that

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whosoever believeth in him
should not perish but have

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everlasting life.
For God sent not his son into

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the world to condemn the world.
But that the world through him

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might be saved.
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