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\ntalk together in his presence
\neven Bible study is done with <\/p>\n
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\nprayer in his presence prayer
\nmust not be what we. <\/p>\n
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\nDo but who we are, It’s a it’s a
\nlifestyle. <\/p>\n
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\nBut.
\nHow do we do? <\/p>\n
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\nAll of this, the things that
\nwe’ve considered today in our in<\/p>\n
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\nour day.
\nOur life today is totally. <\/p>\n
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\nDifferent to those in Bible
\ntimes, but is that really true? <\/p>\n
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\nPeople in those days LED busy.
\nLives also. <\/p>\n
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\nPeople worked long hours.
\nMums in Bible times also had <\/p>\n
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\nkids.
\nAnd. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd time was not their own
\neither. <\/p>\n
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\nTheir day was not 9 till five in
\nthe end. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a choice.
\nIt’s a matter of priority. <\/p>\n
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\nNow let me illustrate with
\nexample of people who. <\/p>\n
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\nLived a God.
\nConscious life within an <\/p>\n
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\nenvironment similar to our own.
\nAnd of course I’m speaking. <\/p>\n
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\nAbout.
\nThe Book of Ruth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’d like to just go.
\nThrough the book of Ruth. <\/p>\n
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\nWalk through it.
\nAnd highlight how these people <\/p>\n
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\nlived.
\nOK, Ruth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’ll begin in chapter one.
\nLook how conscious of God. <\/p>\n
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\nThese people were how they lived
\nin his presence. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Ruth chapter.
\nOne and we look at verse 8. <\/p>\n
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\nAfter the death of.
\nHer husband and her two sons, <\/p>\n
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\nNaomi decides to return to
\nBethlehem and it says in verse 8<\/p>\n
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\nand no.
\nOnly said unto her two daughters<\/p>\n
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\nin law.
\nGo return each to her mother’s <\/p>\n
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\nhouse.
\nYahweh, deal kindly with you as <\/p>\n
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\nye have dealt kindly with the
\ndead and with me. <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh grant you that you may
\nfind rest, each of you in the <\/p>\n
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\nHouse of her husband.
\nAnd so Naomi invokes Yahweh’s <\/p>\n
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\nblessing.
\nUpon her two daughters. <\/p>\n
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\nIn law and she also asks him.
\nTo bless those two daughters. <\/p>\n
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\nIn law with a new.
\nHusband and family see how <\/p>\n
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\nnatural.
\nIt was that she just. <\/p>\n
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\nBrings him into these things.
\nAnd then we have Ruth’s. <\/p>\n
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\nBeautiful response in verses 16
\nto 17, but we look at verse 17 <\/p>\n
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\nwhere she says where thou.
\nDiest will I die, and there will<\/p>\n
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\nI be buried.
\nYahweh do so to me and more also<\/p>\n
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\nif all but death part thee.
\nAnd me she too invokes. <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh.
\nAs a witness to her pledge and <\/p>\n
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\nsee how naturally she brings him
\ninto her interactions. <\/p>\n
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\nThey enter into Bethlehem and
\nthe women gather around. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Naomi says unto them in
\nverse. 20 She said unto them, <\/p>\n
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\nCall me not Naomi, call me.
\nMara for the Almighty has dealt <\/p>\n
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\nvery bitterly with.
\nMe, I went out full and Yahweh <\/p>\n
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\nhave brought me.
\nHome again, empty. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy they call you me, Naomi,
\nseeing Yahweh have testified. <\/p>\n
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\nAgainst me and the Almighty has
\nafflicted. <\/p>\n
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\nMe see again.
\nHow? <\/p>\n
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\nNaturally, Naomi.
\nSpeaks about God. <\/p>\n
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\nTo her neighbours, is she?
\nTold of God’s hand in her life <\/p>\n
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\nand the grief that he has
\nbrought into her life because of<\/p>\n
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\nwhat she.
\nAnd her family had done now. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are introduced to Boaz, So
\nwhat is? <\/p>\n
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\nHe like chapter 2 and verse
\nfour, and behold, Boaz came from<\/p>\n
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\nBethlehem, and said unto the
\nreapers. <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh be with you.
\nAnd they answered him, and <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh bless thee.
\nThat’s how they greeted each <\/p>\n
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\nother.
\nThey brought Yahweh into their. <\/p>\n
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\nGreetings.
\nNow look. <\/p>\n
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\nHow he speaks.
\nTo Ruth in verse 12, Yahweh, <\/p>\n
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\nrecompense thy work.
\nAnd a full reward be given thee <\/p>\n
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\nof Yahweh Elohim of Israel,
\nunder whose? <\/p>\n
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\nWings thou outcome to.
\nTrust. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so he seeks God’s blessing
\nupon. <\/p>\n
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\nHer they that they bring.
\nGod into everything, and when <\/p>\n
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\nRuth returns with all her
\ngleanings, and that which Boaz. <\/p>\n
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\nHad given her.
\nNaomi’s response in verse 20 was<\/p>\n
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\nBlessed be he of Yahweh, who
\nhath. <\/p>\n
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\nNot left off his kindness to the
\nliving and to the dead. <\/p>\n
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\nHer automatic response it was
\nfrom Yahweh and when Ruth asked <\/p>\n
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\nBoaz to perform the rite of.
\nThe near kinsman and marry. <\/p>\n
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\nHer in chapter 3 and in verse
\n10. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says.
\nBlessed be thou of Yahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nMy daughter.
\nAgain, he’s. <\/p>\n
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\nInvoking blessings from Yahweh
\nupon. <\/p>\n
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\nRuth.
\nAnd then says in verse 30 at the<\/p>\n
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\nend of that verse, and if he,
\nthe unnamed kinsman, will not do<\/p>\n
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\nthe part of the kinsman to thee.
\nThen will I do the part? <\/p>\n
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\nOf the kinsman to thee.
\nAs Yahweh liveth and he brought <\/p>\n
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\nGod into his promise and in
\nchapter 4 those finally offers <\/p>\n
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\nto take Ruth to wife.
\nAnd he calls upon everyone there<\/p>\n
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\nto witness what he promised.
\nAnd he is the. <\/p>\n
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\nPeople’s response verse chapter
\n4, verse 11. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all the people that were in
\nthe gate of the elders said we <\/p>\n
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\nare.
\nWitnesses Yahweh make the woman.<\/p>\n
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\nThat has come into thine house
\nlike Rachel and like Laia. <\/p>\n
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\nWhich dude build the House of
\nIsrael, and do thou worthily in <\/p>\n
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\nEphrata, and be famous in
\nBethlehem, and let thy house be <\/p>\n
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\nlike the House of Pharise?
\nWhom tame our bear unto. <\/p>\n
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\nJudah of the Seed which?
\nYahweh shall give unto. <\/p>\n
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\nThee of this young woman.
\nSo the people invoke Yahweh’s <\/p>\n
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\nblessing upon the couple and
\nexpress their confidence that <\/p>\n
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\nGod would give.
\nThem seed. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when it came in verse 14.
\nAnd the woman said unto Naomi. <\/p>\n
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\nBlessed be Yahweh, which hath.
\nNot left me this day without a <\/p>\n
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\nkinsman, that his name may be
\nfamous in Israel now. <\/p>\n
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\nLook at how these people.
\nLived. <\/p>\n
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\nThey lived before God, and they
\nbrought God into their lives, <\/p>\n
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\ninto their language, into their
\ndaily interactions in everything<\/p>\n
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\nthey’re continuously invoking
\nHim in. <\/p>\n
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\nGreetings, blessings, promises
\nand thanksgivings and blessings <\/p>\n
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\nof God.
\nNow, Can you imagine speaking <\/p>\n
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\nlike that today in this our
\nworld, we barely mentioned God, <\/p>\n
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\nespecially in public or in the
\nworkplace. <\/p>\n
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\nBut what even about brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n
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\nSpeaking to each.
\nOther. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet this, brothers and
\nsisters, was in Bethlehem in the<\/p>\n
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\ntime.
\nOf the judges. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if you know anything about.
\nBethlehem in the time of the <\/p>\n
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\njudges.
\nIt was totally depraved. <\/p>\n
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\nYou only have to look at the.
\nAppendices of the Book of Judges<\/p>\n
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\nand it’s all in Bethlehem.
\nAnd the wicked and evil things <\/p>\n
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\nthat were practised, their
\nbehaviour was against the grain.<\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s possible to live like
\nthis in this kind of environment<\/p>\n
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\nif we choose in faith.
\nNow we’ve seen in our studies <\/p>\n
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\nthat prayer.
\nIs involving ourselves with God.<\/p>\n
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\nBut what should we expect from
\nGod? <\/p>\n
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\nIn response to our prayers,
\nshould we expect answers? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd by answers to prayer, we we
\nusually mean getting what we <\/p>\n
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\nwant, and we get upset when it
\ndoesn’t happen that way. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we would.
\nLike answers to prayer to be not<\/p>\n
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\nonly what we want, but
\nimmediate. <\/p>\n
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\nWe just like it to happen now.
\nAnd you know the Bible. <\/p>\n
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\nActually indicates that God does
\nrespond to our prayers <\/p>\n
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\nimmediately.
\nI want you. <\/p>\n
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\nTo turn with me to Daniel
\nChapter 9, we’ve used Daniel <\/p>\n
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\nseveral Times Now, but just look
\nat what it says here in Daniel <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 9.
\nAnd he said his face. <\/p>\n
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\nUnto God to seek by.
\nPrayer and supplication and the <\/p>\n
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\nrecord says I prayed unto Yahweh
\nmy God and made confession <\/p>\n
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\nverses 3:00 and 4:00 and then in
\nverse 20 it says. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd whilst I was speaking.
\nAnd praying and confessing my <\/p>\n
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\nsin and the sin of my people.
\nIsrael and presenting. <\/p>\n
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\nMy supplication before Yahweh,
\nmy God for the Holy. <\/p>\n
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\nMountain of my God.
\nYeah, whilst I was speaking. <\/p>\n
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\nIn.
\nPrayer. <\/p>\n
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\nYeah, I don’t know how many
\ntimes he needs to reiterate the <\/p>\n
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\npoint that it was.
\nWhile he was speaking. <\/p>\n
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\nEven the man Gabriel, whom I had
\nseen in the vision of at the <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning, been caused to fly
\nswiftly touched. <\/p>\n
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\nMe.
\nAbout the time of the. <\/p>\n
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\nEvening oblation, the time of
\nprayer and he informed me and. <\/p>\n
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\nTalked.
\nWith me and said, oh, Daniel. <\/p>\n
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\nI now come forth to give thee
\nskill. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd understanding at the
\nbeginning of. <\/p>\n
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\nThy supplications, the
\ncommandment came forth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I came to show thee.
\nAnd so it goes on. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Angel Gabriel.
\nInterrupts Daniel’s prayer and <\/p>\n
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\nhe tells them that God
\nimmediately. <\/p>\n
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\nHe started praying, said
\nGabriel. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s as if God couldn’t wait.
\nIt shows that God knows what we <\/p>\n
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\nare going to ask before we.
\nAsk just as the. <\/p>\n
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\nLord said in Matthew 6 verse 8.
\nNow here’s another adventure of <\/p>\n
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\nthe same.
\nImmediate recognition of. <\/p>\n
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\nDaniel’s Prayer.
\nBut the response is different. <\/p>\n
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\nIn chapter 10.
\nIn chapter 10 and verse 2. <\/p>\n
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\nIn those days I.
\nDaniel was mourning 3-4 weeks. <\/p>\n
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\nI ate no pleasant bread.
\nNeither came flesh nor wine. <\/p>\n
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\nIn my mouth, neither did I.
\nAnoint myself at all till. <\/p>\n
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\nThree whole weeks.
\nWere fulfilled and. <\/p>\n
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\nOn the forward 20th.
\nDay of the first month. <\/p>\n
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\nAs I was by the side of the
\ngreat river which is hid a cow. <\/p>\n
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\nThen I lifted up my eyes and.
\nLooked, and behold a certain. <\/p>\n
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\nMan clothed and linen, whose
\nloins were girded with fine gold<\/p>\n
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\nof euphates.
\nSo Daniel was mourning for. 3. <\/p>\n
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\nFour weeks, as he describes it,
\nand while he fasted and prayed, <\/p>\n
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\nand he was praying the whole
\ntime. <\/p>\n
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\nAt what the Angel says verse. 12
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\nbefore God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s something we’ve got
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\nRain. <\/p>\n
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\nKings that it says that.
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\nJames says it was Elijah that.
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\nGod heard him and he stopped the
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\nAnd when he thought.
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\nHe he, he he called for a
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\nBut God consumed the sacrifice
\nand it didn’t. <\/p>\n
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\nFire came down from heaven.
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\nAnd all the people are with
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\nbetter get ready, the rain’s
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\nthe ground, and he has his head <\/p>\n
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\nbetween his knees, and he prays
\nunto God, and he tells the <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there was nothing. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he prayed again, and the
\nheaven gave rain, and the earth <\/p>\n
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\nbrought forth a fruit.
\nAnd Elijah is on a. <\/p>\n
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\nThou united, and this was all he<\/p>\n
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\nwanted to bring them back to
\ntheir God. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s so full of elation that he
\nhe runs before Ahab’s Chariots. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it takes.
\nThe word of one. <\/p>\n
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\nWoman to send his world.
\nCrashing it didn’t work all his.<\/p>\n
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\ngo, God worked with him.
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\ntook Elijah to where Moses was
\nto learn the same message <\/p>\n
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\nlessons as Moses.
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\nYahweh’s character expressed,
\nnot in The wind and the fire. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the.
\nEarthquakes. <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to come back and he’s <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to do that work of
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\nGod, he’s going to do that, he
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\nThat breath.
\nBut it’s not how and when Elijah<\/p>\n
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\nthought it should be.
\nAnd it’s the same with us, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nGod is fully in control. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s.
\nWorking with us despite our <\/p>\n
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\nlimited understanding, He hears
\nour prayers and He does what is <\/p>\n
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\nbest for our.
\nUltimate development and good. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s always with the letter N in
\nmind. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, another thing that we find
\ndifficult. <\/p>\n
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\nWith is how to interpret answers
\nto print. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re talking about Providence,
\nreally. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause.
\nYou know, that’s how God works <\/p>\n
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\ntoday.
\nIt’s not by miracles, it’s by by<\/p>\n
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\nProvidence.
\nSometimes I think, though, we <\/p>\n
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\nOur problem. <\/p>\n
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\nIs interpreting.
\nWhen it does happen, how to <\/p>\n
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\ninterpret Providence everything.
\nWe we interpret tends to be how <\/p>\n
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\nwe want to it’s from our own
\npoint of view and to our <\/p>\n
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\nadvantages.
\nCome with me to. <\/p>\n
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\nExamples we could use here, but <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of Samuel chapter 24 is
\none good example. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of Samuel, chapter 24.
\nNow Saul entered into a cave. <\/p>\n
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\nTo relieve himself, he thought
\nhe was alone. <\/p>\n
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\nSomething that you would do.
\nPrivately. <\/p>\n
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\nBut David and his men?
\nWorked deeper inside that very <\/p>\n
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\ncave now God was.
\nObviously in this everyone could<\/p>\n
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\nsee that when it all came.
\nTo pass David. <\/p>\n
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\n‘S men certainly saw it that
\nway, and his men in first of <\/p>\n
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\nSamuel 24 in verse four they
\nwhispered to David, behold the. <\/p>\n
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\nDay of which Yahweh said unto
\nthee, Behold, I will deliver <\/p>\n
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\nthine enemy into thine hand,
\nthat thou mayst do to him. <\/p>\n
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\nAs it shall seem.
\nGood unto thee. <\/p>\n
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\nGod had never said those words
\nto David. <\/p>\n
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\nThese words were the
\ninterpretation of those men. <\/p>\n
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\nAbout Providence, what had
\nhappened, it was clearly from <\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nThe Hebrew goes like this. <\/p>\n
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\nLo, the day that.
\nYahweh has said to you. <\/p>\n
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\nLo, I am delivering your.
\nEnemy into your hand. <\/p>\n
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\nThat you may do to him.
\nAs it shall seem good unto you, <\/p>\n
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\nsee.
\nThey were saying God has brought<\/p>\n
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\nSaul into this very cave where
\nwe are. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that you can do.
\nWhat you want with them? <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s telling you, David, here’s
\nyour opportunity. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd David’s reticent and he says
\nto his men in verse 6. <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh forbid that I should.
\nDo this thing unto my master <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh’s anointed to stretch
\nforth my hand against Him, <\/p>\n
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\nsaying He is.
\nThe Anointed of Yahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nNow it’s clear to everyone,
\nincluding. <\/p>\n
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\nSaul says the same that God.
\nHad brought. <\/p>\n
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\nHim into David’s hands.
\nDavid saw it that way. <\/p>\n
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\nHis men saw.
\nIt that way, this was of God, <\/p>\n
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\nbut for what?
\nPurpose is the question. <\/p>\n
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\nHis men interpreted this as God
\ngifting David with. <\/p>\n
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\nSaul’s life.
\nBut David filters the incident. <\/p>\n
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\nThrough the word of God.
\nAnd he comes to a different <\/p>\n
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\nconclusion.
\nSo God was providentially <\/p>\n
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\nworking here with all of these
\npeople, with David’s men, with <\/p>\n
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\nDavid, with Saul.
\nHe was testing them. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see how God works on several
\nthings at once. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd no.
\nDoubt. <\/p>\n
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\nDavid had been praying for
\ndeliverance and here it seems. <\/p>\n
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\nLike God was at work.
\nBut he needed the word of God. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:45,200 –> 00:23:49,480
\nSo The thing is, is the.
\nPrinciple triumphed over a self.<\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:49,480 –> 00:23:52,760
\nCentered interpretation of the
\nHand of Providence. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:52,920 –> 00:23:55,800
\nDavid’s men thought that God had
\nsent. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:55,840 –> 00:24:00,560
\nA sign you often hear people
\nsaying, taking things as signs <\/p>\n
346
\n00:24:00,680 –> 00:24:04,440
\nfrom God.
\nThere’s a danger in looking. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:24:04,440 –> 00:24:08,000
\nFor signs, looking for signs can
\nbe yet another attempt. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:24:08,000 –> 00:24:11,080
\nFor us.
\nTo know that God is with me. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:24:11,600 –> 00:24:15,640
\nIt’s this feeling that God is.
\nReally there instead of trusting<\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:15,640 –> 00:24:18,200
\nthe word that he’s there we
\nwant. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:18,360 –> 00:24:21,400
\nThese little.
\nIndications that God is there I <\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:21,400 –> 00:24:24,240
\ncan I can tell you that the
\nchurches believe in these signs <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:24,240 –> 00:24:28,480
\ntoo they get them and all of.
\nThese things happen. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:29,520 –> 00:24:32,080
\nAmong many people, and people
\nthat aren’t even religious, <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:32,280 –> 00:24:34,600
\nthings are taken as signs and
\nomens and so on. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:35,880 –> 00:24:38,200
\nSo how can you trust him?
\nHow do we interpret it? <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:38,560 –> 00:24:40,720
\nAgainst what?
\nWhat’s the basis for <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:40,720 –> 00:24:42,880
\ninterpreting?
\nThose signs, there’s only one <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:42,880 –> 00:24:44,400
\nbasis.
\nWe know the word. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:44,400 –> 00:24:47,760
\nOf God, that’s what he’s told us
\nnow. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:47,760 –> 00:24:49,640
\nThe Lord regularly confronted
\nthe. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:49,640 –> 00:24:54,120
\nDubiousness of sign seeking.
\nThe leaders and the people. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:54,120 –> 00:24:54,960
\nWere.
\nAlways. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:54,960 –> 00:24:56,880
\nSeeking signs?
\nFrom Cross and. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:56,880 –> 00:24:59,640
\nTwice he said this.
\nAn evil. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:59,640 –> 00:25:03,720
\nAnd an adulterous generation
\nseeketh after a sign, and there <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:03,720 –> 00:25:06,560
\nshall no sign be given it, but
\nthe sign of the Prophet Jonas. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:06,720 –> 00:25:10,320
\nHe had done so many miracles it
\nwasn’t funny, but they refused <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:10,320 –> 00:25:12,280
\nto accept.
\nThem they wanted some kind of a <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:12,280 –> 00:25:14,320
\nsign, he says that.
\nHe will see the. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:14,320 –> 00:25:17,000
\nSign of the prophet Jonas.
\nAnd they still did not believe <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:17,840 –> 00:25:22,360
\nwhy he summed up their problem.
\nAs those who put trust. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:22,400 –> 00:25:25,440
\nIn signs and miracles rather
\nthan. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:25,560 –> 00:25:28,200
\nHearing the Word of God.
\nExcept you see. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:28,200 –> 00:25:30,600
\nSigns and wonders.
\nYou will not believe. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:30,760 –> 00:25:34,440
\nBut they still didn’t believe.
\nSo what’s the one stable thing <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:34,440 –> 00:25:36,280
\nwe’ve got?
\nBrothers and sisters, except <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:36,280 –> 00:25:40,280
\nthis.
\nBook, We’ve got to believe that.<\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:40,440 –> 00:25:42,440
\nIs God really?
\nInterested in giving? <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:42,480 –> 00:25:45,800
\nUS little.
\nClues that he’s there, he wants <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:45,840 –> 00:25:49,560
\nus to believe.
\nHis word, like any father, <\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:49,560 –> 00:25:55,520
\npreparing a son or daughter for
\nlife, developing our ability to <\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:55,560 –> 00:25:57,960
\nmake.
\nChoices and take <\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:57,960 –> 00:26:02,280
\nresponsibilities are more
\ncritical than giving. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:02,280 –> 00:26:10,200
\nClues and playing mind games.
\nWith his children, he wants us <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:10,200 –> 00:26:17,720
\nto make spiritual decisions.
\nNow we have seen that asking. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:17,720 –> 00:26:23,960
\nIn Christ’s name restricts
\npetitions to the things he would<\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:23,960 –> 00:26:28,560
\nwant, or in other words, as it’s
\nalso expressed, if it’s <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:28,560 –> 00:26:36,000
\naccording to his will that thy
\nwill be done as we know but does<\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:36,000 –> 00:26:38,080
\nthat mean, brothers and sisters,
\nthat. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:38,360 –> 00:26:40,560
\nThe only.
\nThings that we can ask for. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:40,560 –> 00:26:45,800
\nOther things well that we know
\nfrom the word about the Kingdom,<\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:46,240 –> 00:26:55,280
\nthe things to do with God in
\nChrist the apostle Paul says in <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:55,280 –> 00:26:58,400
\nPhilippians 4 be careful for
\nnothing but in everything by. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:58,400 –> 00:27:00,640
\nPrayer.
\nAnd supplication with <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:00,640 –> 00:27:02,920
\nThanksgiving.
\nLet your requests be made known <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:02,920 –> 00:27:03,880
\nunto God.
\nSo does. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:03,880 –> 00:27:06,080
\nThat mean really mean
\neverything. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:08,120 –> 00:27:14,560
\nYes, you see, because God.
\nWants to be involved in every <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:14,560 –> 00:27:21,000
\npart of our lives and we should
\nwant to God to be in every part <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:21,000 –> 00:27:23,040
\nof our lives.
\nLook at this the story of the <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:23,040 –> 00:27:25,720
\nbook of Rose.
\nLook at how they involve God. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:26,360 –> 00:27:28,080
\nBut the point.
\nIs where? <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:28,160 –> 00:27:33,240
\nAre our lives focused?
\nIs there anything on this list <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:34,840 –> 00:27:43,960
\nfor which we should not pray?
\nThere’s nothing on that list for<\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:43,960 –> 00:27:49,840
\nwhich we cannot pray but.
\nWhatever we ask for must not be.<\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:49,840 –> 00:27:54,480
\nAs James says, to consume upon
\nour lusts just for our own ease,<\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:54,480 –> 00:27:59,600
\nfor our own.
\nGratification is if our lives. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:59,600 –> 00:28:01,480
\nAre devoted to him.
\nIt’s all about him. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:02,000 –> 00:28:05,240
\nOur lives.
\nAre devoted to him prayer. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:05,240 –> 00:28:10,440
\nInvolves our whole lives, every
\nfacet it even. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:10,440 –> 00:28:12,840
\nComes down to our moods come.
\nBack with. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:12,840 –> 00:28:19,280
\nMe to James and chapter 5 again.
\nJames 5 and verse 13. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:20,640 –> 00:28:24,760
\nIs any among?
\nYou afflicted, let him pray. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:26,520 –> 00:28:30,960
\nSo these are moods like.
\nThose afflicted of old, as we <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:30,960 –> 00:28:34,160
\nsaw yesterday.
\nWe can meditate upon God’s <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:34,160 –> 00:28:37,600
\ncharacter.
\nHis works his word and be <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:37,600 –> 00:28:42,440
\nencouraged, but we saw that
\nmeditation really is meditative <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:42,440 –> 00:28:45,520
\nprayer, and that’s what he’s.
\nGetting at. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:46,520 –> 00:28:47,560
\nIs any.
\nMary. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:47,960 –> 00:28:51,240
\nWell, let.
\nHim sing psalms, we speak to <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:51,240 –> 00:28:54,400
\nourselves.
\nThat’s meditation. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:55,320 –> 00:28:58,240
\nIn psalms and hymns and
\nspiritual. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:58,240 –> 00:29:01,000
\nPsalms singing.
\nAnd making melody in our hearts <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:01,000 –> 00:29:06,560
\nto the Lord.
\nEphesians 5. 19 and 20, that’s <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:06,560 –> 00:29:08,840
\nmeditation.
\nWe saw that yesterday. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:11,160 –> 00:29:12,560
\nIs meditative.
\nPrayer. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:14,080 –> 00:29:18,600
\nNow, how immersive is our life?
\nAnd prayer and meditation to be <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:18,800 –> 00:29:21,320
\nour.
\nLives are to be conscious of <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:21,320 –> 00:29:24,960
\nGod, talking to God and about
\nGod every. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:24,960 –> 00:29:32,240
\nLiving moment which involve God
\nin everything we do now here’s <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:32,240 –> 00:29:36,200
\nsomething else that we’ve been
\nasked to do in our. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:36,200 –> 00:29:38,080
\nLives.
\nIt’s at the heart of the royal <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:38,080 –> 00:29:41,960
\nlaw.
\nTo love our neighbour, and <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:41,960 –> 00:29:46,440
\nthat’s to pray for them.
\nIt’s called intercession. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:46,960 –> 00:29:49,000
\nPraying on.
\nBehalf of. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:49,000 –> 00:29:52,480
\nOthers it’s in verse 14 it says
\nis any sick among you? <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:53,080 –> 00:29:56,840
\nLet him call for the elders of
\nthe ecclesia, and let them pray <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:56,880 –> 00:29:58,720
\nover him.
\nAnointing him. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:58,840 –> 00:30:01,760
\nWith oil in the name of the Lord
\nand the prayer of. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:01,760 –> 00:30:03,960
\nFaith shall save the.
\nSick and the Lord. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:03,960 –> 00:30:06,200
\nShall raise him up.
\nAnd if he have committed sins, <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:06,320 –> 00:30:08,360
\nthey shall be forgiven him, and
\nI believe. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:08,360 –> 00:30:10,640
\nThis is dealing with the
\nspiritually sick. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:12,240 –> 00:30:16,120
\nAnd these are the elders.
\nOf the Ecclesia working with the<\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:16,120 –> 00:30:17,560
\nspiritually.
\nSick because you see the <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:17,560 –> 00:30:22,320
\nspiritually sick.
\nFeel so distant from. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:22,320 –> 00:30:27,320
\nGod, they can’t find him.
\nThey’re struggling to get <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:27,320 –> 00:30:28,000
\naccess.
\nWill he? <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:28,000 –> 00:30:30,760
\nListen to me.
\nI feel so far from him. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:30,920 –> 00:30:34,320
\nHow can I approach him?
\nAnd so they they, he says. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:34,320 –> 00:30:37,040
\nGo to the.
\nElders and they will pray. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:37,080 –> 00:30:38,800
\nOver him, they’ll do.
\nSomething else as well. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:38,880 –> 00:30:41,040
\nIt says they’ll.
\nAnoint him in. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:41,040 –> 00:30:47,400
\nThe name of the Lord on the
\nLord’s behalf, and while oil <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:47,400 –> 00:30:49,880
\nwas.
\nUsed literally as a medicine and<\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:49,880 –> 00:30:51,480
\nI believe it’s symbolic.
\nHere. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:52,720 –> 00:30:54,600
\nBecause.
\nHe’s this is the spirit. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:30:54,640 –> 00:30:58,840
\nBut James is alluding to
\nLeviticus 1410 to 18 about the <\/p>\n
460
\n00:30:58,840 –> 00:31:01,800
\nrestoration.
\nOf the letter, it’s symbolic of <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:01,800 –> 00:31:05,880
\nthe word of God that.
\nAnointing him gently, soothing <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:05,880 –> 00:31:08,840
\nhim.
\nWith the Word of God and prayer,<\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:08,960 –> 00:31:14,800
\nthere they are again together,
\nand they pray over him the idea.<\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:14,800 –> 00:31:18,240
\nIs that their prayer?
\nIs superimposed upon. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:18,280 –> 00:31:21,280
\nHim.
\nSo that eventually his. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:21,280 –> 00:31:27,560
\nPrayer of faith will save the
\nsick, and if there are sins, <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:27,880 –> 00:31:34,800
\nthey will be forgiven.
\nNow this is what James says. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:36,640 –> 00:31:39,720
\nIs this what happens in our
\nEccleses? <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:40,880 –> 00:31:44,280
\nCan any member of the?
\nEcclesia feel that they could go<\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:44,280 –> 00:31:48,360
\nto the arranging brethren and
\nopen up to them about their <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:48,360 –> 00:31:51,840
\nspiritual weaknesses and and,
\nand. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:52,520 –> 00:32:00,280
\nAsk for help in coming back and
\nthey open their souls without <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:00,280 –> 00:32:05,120
\ncondemnation.
\nWell then, it seems in verse 16,<\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:06,520 –> 00:32:12,280
\nconfess your faults 1 to.
\nAnother and pray one for <\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:12,280 –> 00:32:16,480
\nanother, that ye may be healed.
\nNow stop and think. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:16,480 –> 00:32:19,000
\nAbout what James is saying here.
\nThe. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:19,000 –> 00:32:25,200
\nLiteral Greek is this be.
\nPraying on one another’s behalf <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:25,840 –> 00:32:32,160
\nthat you all.
\nMay be healed, forgiven. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:34,160 –> 00:32:38,120
\nNow, what kind of spirit is?
\nThis, brothers and sisters, this<\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:38,120 –> 00:32:42,360
\nis truly loving.
\nOur neighbour, do we have that <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:42,480 –> 00:32:47,600
\nthat kind of openness and that
\nkind of humility within the <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:47,600 –> 00:32:53,560
\necclesia so that you can go and
\nconfess you have a problem with?<\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:53,560 –> 00:32:56,000
\nSomething.
\nOr other and you need. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:56,000 –> 00:32:58,960
\nYour brother’s prayers.
\nAnd help with that problem <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:59,880 –> 00:33:04,680
\nwithout being looked down upon.
\nBecause the fact is, he’s saying<\/p>\n
486
\n00:33:04,680 –> 00:33:09,680
\nyou all ought to be doing that
\nbecause we’re all in the same <\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:09,680 –> 00:33:12,840
\nboat.
\nWe’ve all got problems, doesn’t <\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:12,840 –> 00:33:14,080
\nmatter how long we’ve been in
\nthe. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:14,080 –> 00:33:21,240
\nTruth how much knowledge we’ve.
\nGot what? <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:21,240 –> 00:33:23,000
\nStanding we have in the
\naccretion we’ve. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:23,080 –> 00:33:25,680
\nAll got this.
\nProblem, he says we’re all on <\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:25,680 –> 00:33:27,640
\nthe same level here, and we
\nshould. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:27,760 –> 00:33:29,640
\nAll be able to do.
\nThis. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:32,960 –> 00:33:36,760
\nThis is what an ecclesia is
\nmeant to be like. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:38,040 –> 00:33:40,960
\nAnd just as Christ intercedes.
\nOn our behalf. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:40,960 –> 00:33:45,000
\nSo he wants us to intercede on
\neach other’s behalf. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:45,880 –> 00:33:47,880
\nPaul often prayed for others.
\nDidn’t he? <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:47,880 –> 00:33:50,160
\nWe often mention this in his
\nepistles. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:50,160 –> 00:33:53,320
\nHe’s he’s constantly praying for
\nothers and he asks others to <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:53,320 –> 00:33:55,040
\npray for him in his work.
\nBut. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:55,320 –> 00:33:56,880
\nPaul doesn’t just list off a
\nwhole. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:56,880 –> 00:33:59,680
\nLot of names.
\nHe. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:33:59,680 –> 00:34:04,400
\nGives the reasons why so in our
\nprayer list, we they they need. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:04,400 –> 00:34:06,240
\nTo be more.
\nThan just a list of names and <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:06,240 –> 00:34:10,440
\nmention them in our prayers.
\nWe need to. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:10,440 –> 00:34:13,520
\nKnow about each of those.
\nBrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:14,760 –> 00:34:16,560
\nNeed to keep up.
\nTo date with them. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:17,480 –> 00:34:22,520
\nTo know where they are so that
\nwe can pray meaningfully about <\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:22,520 –> 00:34:23,880
\neach of.
\nThem we’ve got to become <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:24,080 –> 00:34:26,639
\ninvolved.
\nNot only with God, but with. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:26,719 –> 00:34:36,679
\nThem as he is with them.
\nWe saw in our very. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:36,679 –> 00:34:40,280
\nFirst study that in.
\nAll the old. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:40,280 –> 00:34:44,600
\nTestament and New Testament
\nwords There were two basic <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:45,120 –> 00:34:50,199
\ncategories of prayer.
\nThere were prayers, which the <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:50,199 –> 00:34:52,239
\nword prayer means.
\nTo ask. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:52,880 –> 00:34:55,960
\nThat they express our need.
\nAnd the other. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:34:55,960 –> 00:35:01,200
\nSort was praise which expresses
\nour involvement with. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:01,200 –> 00:35:02,760
\nGod and his.
\nPurpose. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:05,160 –> 00:35:10,240
\nSo I want in the last few
\nmoments that we have to consider<\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:10,920 –> 00:35:17,440
\nThanksgiving and praise.
\nBecause praise is good. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:17,720 –> 00:35:21,520
\nTo sing praises unto our God,
\nfor it is pleasant, and praise <\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:21,760 –> 00:35:26,360
\nis coming, and we ought to
\npraise God for there is none <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:26,360 –> 00:35:29,480
\nlike Him.
\nBut there’s got to be more than <\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:29,480 –> 00:35:31,200
\nthis, doesn’t?
\nThere you think about it. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:31,200 –> 00:35:32,240
\nWe praise.
\nAn. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:32,240 –> 00:35:38,240
\nAthlete for breaking a record
\nand we praise a pupil for coming<\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:38,240 –> 00:35:42,320
\nfirst in class or we praise a
\nhero. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:42,320 –> 00:35:46,520
\nFor saving the child, but while
\nwe may be pleased. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:46,520 –> 00:35:50,720
\nWith that person and admire.
\nThem is not personal. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:35:50,720 –> 00:35:53,720
\nTo us it’s it’s simply.
\nSomething that we see as <\/p>\n
531
\n00:35:53,960 –> 00:35:58,880
\ndistinguished.
\nOr remarkable, and that can be <\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:58,880 –> 00:36:05,160
\nthe same with God.
\nWe can be in awe of the miracles<\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:05,160 –> 00:36:08,640
\nof the Red Sea or of the
\nmountain on. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:08,640 –> 00:36:10,440
\nFire and shaking and the
\ntrumpet. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:10,440 –> 00:36:13,000
\nGetting louder and louder.
\nAmazing things. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:14,080 –> 00:36:16,000
\nOr of Christ walking on the
\nwater. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:16,840 –> 00:36:25,440
\nOr healing.
\nSo many people witnessed and <\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:25,440 –> 00:36:31,760
\nrejoiced in all those miracles,
\nbut forgot when they came to the<\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:31,760 –> 00:36:39,000
\nnext well and found it to.
\nBe dry, the praise born of. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:39,080 –> 00:36:44,160
\nThankfulness comes from a
\ndifferent place and has a <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:44,200 –> 00:36:50,680
\ndifferent outcome.
\nGiving thanks is a response. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:52,080 –> 00:36:55,120
\nWe thank someone because that
\nperson has done something. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:55,280 –> 00:37:00,400
\nFor us, the thing done is the.
\nMotivation for giving thanks. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:37:00,560 –> 00:37:02,320
\nBut it’s not just.
\nAbout the gift, is it? <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:02,520 –> 00:37:04,840
\nIt’s also.
\nAbout the giver because of <\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:04,840 –> 00:37:08,400
\ntheir.
\nThoughtfulness that we say it’s.<\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:08,400 –> 00:37:09,760
\nThe thought that.
\nCounts. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:11,160 –> 00:37:14,120
\nSo we give thanks to a person
\nfor their thoughtfulness. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:15,000 –> 00:37:19,880
\nSo there are two things.
\nThe Gift and the. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:19,880 –> 00:37:25,600
\nThoughtfulness of the giver.
\nAnd it’s no different in the <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:25,600 –> 00:37:27,840
\nBible.
\nNow we’ve seen how Paul <\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:27,840 –> 00:37:31,440
\nregularly gave thanks to God for
\nbrothers and sisters and always <\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:31,440 –> 00:37:34,640
\ngave a reason.
\nWell, here’s 3 examples. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:36,800 –> 00:37:39,240
\nFirst, I thank my God through
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:39,240 –> 00:37:43,480
\nFor you all.
\nThat your faith is spoken. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:43,480 –> 00:37:46,360
\nOf throughout the whole world.
\nThat’s why he gave thanks. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:47,400 –> 00:37:50,720
\nRomans one verse 8.
\nOne Corinthians one verse 4. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:51,000 –> 00:37:55,840
\nI thank my God always on your
\nbehalf for the grace of God <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:55,840 –> 00:37:56,640
\nwhich is.
\nGiven. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:56,640 –> 00:37:59,840
\nYou.
\nBy Jesus Christ, Second of <\/p>\n
561
\n00:37:59,840 –> 00:38:02,400
\nThessalonians, chapter 2, verse
\n13. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:02,720 –> 00:38:06,960
\nBut we are bound to give thanks
\nalways to God for you, brethren,<\/p>\n
563
\n00:38:06,960 –> 00:38:10,560
\nbeloved of the Lord, because God
\nhath from the. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:10,560 –> 00:38:13,760
\nBeginning chosen you to
\nsalvation through sanctification<\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:14,000 –> 00:38:16,840
\nand so on.
\nIt’s cause. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:17,000 –> 00:38:21,960
\nAnd effect.
\nPaul thanks God for what God had<\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:21,960 –> 00:38:23,960
\ndone for these brothers.
\nAnd sisters. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:24,360 –> 00:38:26,800
\nBut it goes further.
\nCome with me to 2nd of <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:26,800 –> 00:38:41,000
\nCorinthians, Chapter 9 in Second
\nof Corinthians and Chapter 9 and<\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:41,000 –> 00:38:44,520
\nit’s concerning the collection
\nthat Paul had organised for all <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:45,360 –> 00:38:48,640
\nbelievers in Jerusalem, the
\nJewish believers there. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:38:49,160 –> 00:38:51,840
\nThe Jerusalem.
\nPoor fund is it’s often called. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:38:52,480 –> 00:38:55,840
\nAnd so he says in verse 11.
\nNow, not just these words. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:38:56,200 –> 00:39:00,200
\nBeing enriched in everything to
\nall. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:00,200 –> 00:39:02,520
\nBountifulness.
\nIn other words, he’s speaking <\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:02,520 –> 00:39:05,120
\nabout the money.
\nBut it’s more than that. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:39:06,320 –> 00:39:14,800
\nWhich causes through.
\nUS Thanksgiving to God it’s. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:39:14,800 –> 00:39:19,800
\nCause and effect which causes
\nthrough US Thanksgiving to God <\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:19,960 –> 00:39:23,280
\nfor the administration of the
\nservice not only supplies the <\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:23,280 –> 00:39:30,000
\nwant of the Saints, but as a
\nresult is abundant also by. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:30,000 –> 00:39:37,280
\nMany thanksgivings unto God.
\nNow the question here is why <\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:37,280 –> 00:39:40,160
\nwould the?
\nThanksgiving be given unto God <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:40,280 –> 00:39:44,000
\ninstead of those that gave the
\ngivers. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:46,120 –> 00:39:47,640
\nWell, it’s a little.
\nObvious really, isn’t it, <\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:47,640 –> 00:39:48,600
\nbrothers and sisters?
\nBecause. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:48,600 –> 00:39:50,280
\nIt’s God that put that into
\ntheir hearts. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:39:51,960 –> 00:39:57,840
\nIt’s God that did that.
\nIt’s because of God His. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:39:57,840 –> 00:40:02,200
\nThoughtfulness.
\nHis gift, he says in verse 15, <\/p>\n
589
\n00:40:02,280 –> 00:40:06,760
\nThanks be unto God.
\nFor his unspeakable gift, it’s. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:40:06,880 –> 00:40:11,040
\nHis gift, and that gift was
\nChrist, and that gift was behind<\/p>\n
591
\n00:40:11,120 –> 00:40:14,800
\nall they’re giving.
\nChrist becomes the motivation <\/p>\n
592
\n00:40:14,920 –> 00:40:20,120
\nbecause.
\nThe gift is so valuable. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:40:20,120 –> 00:40:26,600
\nIt accomplishes so much and once
\nagain, the thoughtfulness of the<\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:26,600 –> 00:40:31,760
\ngiver.
\nNow thankfulness is is important<\/p>\n
595
\n00:40:31,760 –> 00:40:34,600
\nto God.
\nIt’s there in the law of, of, of<\/p>\n
596
\n00:40:34,600 –> 00:40:37,880
\nthe the sacrifices.
\nThere’s a Thanksgiving offering.<\/p>\n
597
\n00:40:38,360 –> 00:40:42,280
\nIt’s the most important of all
\nthe offerings don’t have time <\/p>\n
598
\n00:40:42,280 –> 00:40:43,960
\nto.
\nLook at that, but this. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:40:43,960 –> 00:40:47,160
\nIs what he does say.
\nColossians 3 verse 17 And <\/p>\n
600
\n00:40:47,160 –> 00:40:50,520
\nwhatsoever you do in Word or
\ndeed, do all in the name of the <\/p>\n
601
\n00:40:50,520 –> 00:40:56,600
\nLord Jesus, giving thanks to God
\nor even the Father by Him or <\/p>\n
602
\n00:40:56,600 –> 00:41:00,720
\nfirst of Thessalonians and
\nchapter 5 verse 18 and <\/p>\n
603
\n00:41:00,720 –> 00:41:03,720
\neverything gives thanks.
\nFor this is the will of God in <\/p>\n
604
\n00:41:03,720 –> 00:41:08,840
\nChrist Jesus concerning you or?
\nIn colossians 3 verse with Dean <\/p>\n
605
\n00:41:08,840 –> 00:41:11,520
\nand let the.
\nPeace of God rule in your hearts<\/p>\n
606
\n00:41:11,720 –> 00:41:15,680
\nto the which also ye are called
\nin one body and be ye thankful. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:41:16,760 –> 00:41:19,720
\nIt’s important to God He’s
\nlooking. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:41:21,080 –> 00:41:25,240
\nFor a response.
\nBut the father isn’t looking for<\/p>\n
609
\n00:41:25,240 –> 00:41:30,040
\na perfunctory.
\nThanks in every prayer. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:41:31,160 –> 00:41:34,600
\nLike a child with a mouthful.
\nOf cake being told to thank the <\/p>\n
611
\n00:41:34,600 –> 00:41:41,320
\nkind lady.
\nIt ought to be genuine and <\/p>\n
612
\n00:41:41,560 –> 00:41:45,560
\nspontaneous.
\nCome with me to Philippians <\/p>\n
613
\n00:41:45,560 –> 00:41:54,200
\nchapter 4.
\nWe’ve looked at this passage <\/p>\n
614
\n00:41:54,200 –> 00:41:56,960
\nseveral Times Now through our
\nstudies. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:41:57,280 –> 00:42:00,040
\nWe’ve mentioned it and it comes
\ncollide. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:42:00,040 –> 00:42:02,680
\nBut let’s have a look at the
\ncontext of this Philippians <\/p>\n
617
\n00:42:02,680 –> 00:42:08,720
\nchapter 4, verses five to seven.
\nNow this I’m going to translate.<\/p>\n
618
\n00:42:08,720 –> 00:42:14,360
\nIt is my own translation from
\nthe Greek, and it says this the <\/p>\n
619
\n00:42:14,360 –> 00:42:20,200
\nLord is nigh be anxious for
\nnothing but in. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:42:20,200 –> 00:42:24,840
\nEverything by.
\nPetition and supplication with <\/p>\n
621
\n00:42:24,840 –> 00:42:26,880
\nThanksgiving.
\nLet your. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:42:26,960 –> 00:42:31,320
\nRequest be made known unto God,
\nand the peace of God that <\/p>\n
623
\n00:42:31,320 –> 00:42:33,280
\nexceeds.
\nAll reasoning shall. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:42:33,280 –> 00:42:36,600
\nGuard your hearts and minds.
\nIn Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:42:37,000 –> 00:42:39,440
\nNow the point of.
\nEach of those words for. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:42:39,440 –> 00:42:44,720
\nPrayer there is not to indicate
\ndifferent types of. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:42:44,720 –> 00:42:47,920
\nPrayer.
\nBut rather that they’re all <\/p>\n
628
\n00:42:47,920 –> 00:42:50,560
\ndifferent words for.
\nPetition. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:42:50,560 –> 00:42:56,600
\nFor asking God it goes like this
\nand everything. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:42:56,680 –> 00:43:07,720
\nBy whoops, like on backwards.
\nThere we go, see that and <\/p>\n
631
\n00:43:07,720 –> 00:43:09,600
\neverything by petition
\nsupplication. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:43:09,600 –> 00:43:12,120
\nRequest that all about
\npetitions. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:43:12,320 –> 00:43:14,160
\nAnd that’s what we like,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:43:14,320 –> 00:43:19,360
\nPrayer is usually mostly about
\nasking God because we’ve got <\/p>\n
635
\n00:43:19,360 –> 00:43:23,000
\nsuch a great need and our lives
\nare full of all these needs at <\/p>\n
636
\n00:43:23,000 –> 00:43:26,560
\nonce and that we’re desperately
\nin need of God all the time. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:43:28,040 –> 00:43:33,680
\nBut what Paul says, make sure
\nyou don’t forget to be thankful.<\/p>\n
638
\n00:43:44,800 –> 00:43:46,080
\nWe’ve got to remember brothers
\nand. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:43:46,080 –> 00:43:51,720
\nSisters in those times,
\ndesperate times and that’s what <\/p>\n
640
\n00:43:51,720 –> 00:43:56,160
\nhe’s speaking about.
\nDon’t get anxious, but remember <\/p>\n
641
\n00:43:56,160 –> 00:43:56,960
\nwith.
\nAll. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:43:56,960 –> 00:44:02,080
\nThe asking what he’s done for
\nyou, the gifts, what he’s <\/p>\n
643
\n00:44:02,120 –> 00:44:06,800
\nalready given.
\nRemember that and be thankful <\/p>\n
644
\n00:44:06,800 –> 00:44:11,640
\nwith your.
\nPrayers and petitions, remember <\/p>\n
645
\n00:44:11,640 –> 00:44:16,760
\nthat.
\nThe question is, why should we <\/p>\n
646
\n00:44:16,760 –> 00:44:19,240
\nbe thankful?
\nWell, God has provided the gift.<\/p>\n
647
\n00:44:19,240 –> 00:44:20,840
\nAnd of course.
\nWe have that gift. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:44:21,040 –> 00:44:23,720
\nGod so loved the.
\nWorld that he gave his only. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:44:23,720 –> 00:44:25,960
\nBegotten Son, that whosoever
\nbelieves. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:44:27,680 –> 00:44:30,400
\nIn him should not perish, but
\nhave everlasting. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:44:30,400 –> 00:44:38,960
\nLife.
\nGifts ought to bring a response.<\/p>\n
652
\n00:44:44,280 –> 00:44:46,520
\nBecause it’s.
\nA gift that has accomplished so <\/p>\n
653
\n00:44:46,520 –> 00:44:52,160
\nmuch and it expresses the great
\nthoughtfulness of our Heavenly <\/p>\n
654
\n00:44:52,160 –> 00:44:56,280
\nFather.
\nThese demand a moral and <\/p>\n
655
\n00:44:56,280 –> 00:44:59,480
\nheartfelt response that people
\npeople talk about. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:44:59,480 –> 00:45:02,360
\nGod’s love not.
\nExpecting anything in return <\/p>\n
657
\n00:45:02,360 –> 00:45:06,120
\nthat’s not true.
\nHe doesn’t. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:45:06,120 –> 00:45:09,080
\nExpect it, but he’s looking for
\nthe ones that. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:45:09,080 –> 00:45:12,840
\nDo respond just to say thank
\nyou. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:45:15,280 –> 00:45:20,600
\nHe does want that.
\nBrothers and sisters, our <\/p>\n
661
\n00:45:20,600 –> 00:45:25,120
\nproblem is we do feel thankful,
\ndon’t we? <\/p>\n
662
\n00:45:25,160 –> 00:45:28,320
\nWe we feel thankful at this
\nBible school now now’s the time <\/p>\n
663
\n00:45:28,320 –> 00:45:31,000
\nwe feel the most thankful.
\nWe’re thankful to each other and<\/p>\n
664
\n00:45:31,000 –> 00:45:33,640
\nwe’re thankful to our Heavenly
\nFather for such a spiritual. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:45:33,640 –> 00:45:36,760
\nEnvironment.
\nAnd we go down the road and it <\/p>\n
666
\n00:45:36,760 –> 00:45:38,760
\nstarts to wane.
\nI mentioned that picture once <\/p>\n
667
\n00:45:38,800 –> 00:45:40,840
\nbefore, but.
\nThat is what it’s like, isn’t <\/p>\n
668
\n00:45:40,840 –> 00:45:43,200
\nit?
\nIt wanes our. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:45:43,200 –> 00:45:45,160
\nThankfulness becomes less
\ngenuine. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:45:45,280 –> 00:45:47,360
\nMore.
\nAnd less spontaneous it becomes <\/p>\n
671
\n00:45:47,360 –> 00:45:48,760
\nmore.
\nRitualistic. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:45:49,360 –> 00:45:50,960
\nBecause we know we should give
\nthanks. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:45:52,680 –> 00:45:57,680
\nSo how on earth are we to
\nremember the the thoughtfulness <\/p>\n
674
\n00:45:57,680 –> 00:46:01,200
\nof God and.
\nThe greatness of his beauty. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:46:04,320 –> 00:46:06,920
\nHow do you think God?
\nFeels when we lose our <\/p>\n
676
\n00:46:06,920 –> 00:46:10,080
\nthankfulness.
\nWhere do we feel when someone <\/p>\n
677
\n00:46:10,080 –> 00:46:11,200
\ntakes us for?
\nGranted. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:46:12,920 –> 00:46:16,160
\nIt’s like that little kid that’s
\ngot a mouthful of cake and <\/p>\n
679
\n00:46:16,480 –> 00:46:18,520
\ndoesn’t bother thanking the kind
\nlady. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:46:21,000 –> 00:46:22,960
\nHow?
\nCan then we maintain our <\/p>\n
681
\n00:46:22,960 –> 00:46:26,200
\nthankfulness?
\nWell, I think it’s sort of <\/p>\n
682
\n00:46:26,200 –> 00:46:28,520
\nobvious.
\nIf we consider what we’ve been <\/p>\n
683
\n00:46:28,520 –> 00:46:35,400
\nconsidering over our studies,
\nit’s the word of God and it’s <\/p>\n
684
\n00:46:35,400 –> 00:46:39,560
\nit’s so obvious, it’s
\nmeditation, it’s constantly <\/p>\n
685
\n00:46:39,560 –> 00:46:45,120
\nmeditating on those things.
\nWe can only retain the <\/p>\n
686
\n00:46:45,120 –> 00:46:49,480
\neffectiveness of God’s gift and
\nthoughtfulness with its response<\/p>\n
687
\n00:46:49,680 –> 00:46:55,160
\nby constantly drawing upon the
\nwater through those roots into. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:46:55,360 –> 00:46:56,880
\nLives of.
\nFruitfulness. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:46:59,160 –> 00:47:02,560
\nHave you ever wondered?
\nBrothers and sisters, why there <\/p>\n
690
\n00:47:02,560 –> 00:47:04,680
\nis only.
\nTwo prayers. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:47:06,240 –> 00:47:11,720
\nThat we have.
\nBeen told to give as an <\/p>\n
692
\n00:47:11,720 –> 00:47:19,480
\necclesia.
\nNow there Paul was told this is <\/p>\n
693
\n00:47:19,480 –> 00:47:25,600
\nwhat you do. 1 Corinthians 11 to
\ngive thanks for bread, give <\/p>\n
694
\n00:47:25,600 –> 00:47:28,480
\nthanks for wine.
\nTwice. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:47:30,320 –> 00:47:34,280
\nFor the same offering, that’s
\nemphasis. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:47:36,280 –> 00:47:44,760
\nHe emphasizes the gift and these
\nprayers are. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:47:44,760 –> 00:47:51,520
\nGiven at the memorial meeting.
\nA meeting of remembrance do <\/p>\n
698
\n00:47:51,520 –> 00:47:55,200
\nthis.
\nIn remembrance of me. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:47:55,640 –> 00:48:00,400
\nThat’s meditation.
\nHe’s asking us to come to <\/p>\n
700
\n00:48:00,400 –> 00:48:06,840
\nmeditate on the gift that it
\nmight produce. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:48:06,840 –> 00:48:13,000
\nIn US a response now, brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:48:13,000 –> 00:48:17,480
\nWe have a lot.
\nTo be thankful for we. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:48:17,640 –> 00:48:24,120
\nOught to perhaps start a?
\nList out of thankful hearts for <\/p>\n
704
\n00:48:24,120 –> 00:48:27,360
\nall the things that God has
\ngiven, and we can meditate upon <\/p>\n
705
\n00:48:27,360 –> 00:48:31,480
\nthem.
\nTo God it is. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:48:31,840 –> 00:48:37,800
\nSo wonderful, so wonderful in
\nHis thoughtfulness and in His <\/p>\n
707
\n00:48:37,800 –> 00:48:40,840
\ngift.
\nSo through Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n
708
\n00:48:40,840 –> 00:48:43,960
\ntherefore, let us offer the
\nsacrifice of praise to God <\/p>\n
709
\n00:48:43,960 –> 00:48:47,720
\ncontinually.
\nThat is the fruit of our lips <\/p>\n
710
\n00:48:48,320 –> 00:49:01,920
\ngiving thanks to His name.
\nNone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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