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\nthat incense represents prayer
\nand, and elsewhere revelation as<\/p>\n
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\nwell.
\nAnd incense being. <\/p>\n
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\nPart of the Tabernacle we find
\nthere, while God in that <\/p>\n
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\nTabernacle service, He provides
\na basis for what He requires for<\/p>\n
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\nacceptable prayer.
\nSo in Exodus 30 and in verse <\/p>\n
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\nabout the altar of incense is <\/p>\n
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\nthat it’s all gold.
\nIt says, And thou shall overlay <\/p>\n
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\nit with pure gold, the top
\nthereof and the sides thereof <\/p>\n
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\nroundabout, and the horns
\nthereof, and thou shalt make <\/p>\n
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\nunto it a crown of gold
\nroundabout. <\/p>\n
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\nThe first thing you notice about
\nthe Psalter is that it’s all <\/p>\n
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\ngold.
\nAnd we understand from the Bible<\/p>\n
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\nalso that gold is a symbol of
\nfaith, as as Peter says. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s hope this works.
\nYes, the trial of your faith <\/p>\n
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\nbeing much more precious than of
\ngold that perishes. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there are several other
\npassages as well that express <\/p>\n
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\nthis fact.
\nSo the primary principle of <\/p>\n
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\nprayer is faith, as Hebrews 11
\nsays this well known passage, <\/p>\n
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\nverse six.
\nBut without faith it is <\/p>\n
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\nimpossible to please him.
\nNow listen to the implications <\/p>\n
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\nof prayer here.
\nFor he that comes to God must <\/p>\n
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\nbelieve that He is and that He
\nis a. <\/p>\n
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\nRewarder of them that.
\nDiligently seek Him. <\/p>\n
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\nBoth those expressions coming to
\nGod and seeking Him, are <\/p>\n
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\nexpressions that refer to prayer
\nas well as the word of God in <\/p>\n
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\nthe In the case of the second,
\nwe’ll consider that a little <\/p>\n
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\nlater.
\nSo if we come to God in prayer, <\/p>\n
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\nwe’ve got to believe that God
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\nGod must be real.
\nHe is who he says he is and what<\/p>\n
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\nhe’s like.
\nWe understand that. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd ultimately the the only
\nassurance that we have that God <\/p>\n
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\nexists is in the Bible.
\nIt’s because of what he has said<\/p>\n
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\nthat word must convince us.
\nAnd the second point was is that<\/p>\n
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\nGod rewards those that
\ndiligently seek Him. <\/p>\n
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\nSeeking Him requires our faith
\nin God and that He rewards us. <\/p>\n
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\nIt must believe in the reward
\nitself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what’s the reward?
\nWell, the passage itself gives <\/p>\n
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\nus the answer.
\nYou see, God is the rewarder of <\/p>\n
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\nthose that seek him.
\nHe’s the reward. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that means we it implies that
\nwe can find him. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what does it mean to find
\nGod? <\/p>\n
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\nIs it not in a relationship with
\nhim the one that we seek? <\/p>\n
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\nNow let’s illustrate this.
\nThere are several passages, but <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re going to use the same
\npassage that we’ve just been <\/p>\n
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\nconsidering in Josiah in Second
\nof Chronicles. <\/p>\n
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\nNo, it isn’t.
\nActually. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s concerning ASA, But anyway,
\nSecond of Chronicles 15. <\/p>\n
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\nI am coming back to Josiah, but
\nI think it’s in our next study. <\/p>\n
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\nSecond Chronicles 15
\nand in verse two. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he went out to meet ASA and
\nsaid unto him, Hear ye me, ASA, <\/p>\n
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\nand all Judah and Benjamin,
\nYahweh is with you while ye be <\/p>\n
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\nwith him.
\nAnd if you seek him, there’s our<\/p>\n
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\nexpression He will be found of
\nyou. <\/p>\n
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\nBut if you forsake Him, He will
\nforsake you. <\/p>\n
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\nSo God is with us while we are
\nwith Him. <\/p>\n
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\nSo this describes this fragile
\nrelationship. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the fragility is ours while
\nGod is the stable and responsive<\/p>\n
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\n1 to our efforts.
\nGod is with us while we be with <\/p>\n
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\nHim.
\nIf you seek Him, He will be <\/p>\n
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\nfound of you.
\nSeeking him means seeking him in<\/p>\n
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\nprayers, in prayer, and finding
\nGod in in his word. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s in this case it’s prayer.
\nThat’s what he’s talking about. <\/p>\n
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\nSo while you seek Him, he will
\nbe found. <\/p>\n
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\nHow will he be?
\nFound by responding, He will <\/p>\n
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\nlisten to you.
\nHe’s listening to your prayer <\/p>\n
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\nwhile you’re seeking Him.
\nSo it’s all done in faith and <\/p>\n
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\nit’s faith in God’s Word hearing
\nhim. <\/p>\n
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\nFaith comes by hearing and
\nhearing by the Word of God. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’re listening to Him, and
\nHe will respond when we seek <\/p>\n
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\nHim.
\nOur relationship is one of faith<\/p>\n
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\nI want to come back to Exodus <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 30.
\nIn fact, it might be an idea to <\/p>\n
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\nkeep a marker there, because
\nwe’ll be constantly coming back <\/p>\n
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\nhere, right?
\nExodus 30 and verse seven. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Aaron shall burn thereon
\nsweet incense every morning. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen he dresseth the lamps, he
\nshall burn incense upon it. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when Aaron lighteth the
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\nincense upon it.
\nA perpetual incense before <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh throughout your
\ngenerations. <\/p>\n
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\nNow see what he’s saying here
\nconcerning times for prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nPrayer.
\nHere there’s constant prayer and<\/p>\n
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\nSo we’re going to look at each <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of all, we’ll look at set <\/p>\n
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\nIt would be. <\/p>\n
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\nVery easy, wouldn’t it, brothers
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\nturn God into a bit of a crisis <\/p>\n
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\ngenie who we call upon at our
\nwill? <\/p>\n
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\nBut the law in the Tabernacle
\nprovides set times. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we know what those set times
\nwere because it was in the <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what it says. <\/p>\n
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\nThose are the set times that the
\noil, sorry, the the incense was <\/p>\n
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\nreplenished.
\nAnd we know from elsewhere that <\/p>\n
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\nin Acts chapter 3, it’s called
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\nSo there was a specific time for
\nprayer morning and evening, and <\/p>\n
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\nDavid, Daniel, and Peter <\/p>\n
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\nfollowing the example of David <\/p>\n
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\nSo they have set a set time for <\/p>\n
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\nNow most of us have probably <\/p>\n
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\nsuccess.
\nSo what happens is our brother <\/p>\n
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\nevening class or he finishes. <\/p>\n
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\nIn his study, or he’s serviced <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s late. <\/p>\n
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\nHe thinks I’ve got that early. <\/p>\n
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\nMorning I’ve just got to get to <\/p>\n
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\nOh, I’ve got to give him a <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then he feels guilty about <\/p>\n
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\nHe sits on the, the, the, the <\/p>\n
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\nphrases and pattern and he gets <\/p>\n
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\ngiven his prayer or he wakes up <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll just. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd even if he reached Amen, he <\/p>\n
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\nthat close to God. <\/p>\n
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\nThe next night is the same.
\nAnd the next, actually, the next<\/p>\n
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\nAs the saying goes, a prayer
\ninvaders never said, or our <\/p>\n
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\nsister, a feeding mother or a
\nworking mother. <\/p>\n
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\na book and wakes up several <\/p>\n
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\nhours later with her glasses
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\nface.
\nI’ll just have to. <\/p>\n
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\nGive my prayer tomorrow.
\nOr our young sister with all <\/p>\n
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\nschool homework, varsity studies<\/p>\n
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\nor work that she’s brought home
\nfrom the office and she’s got, <\/p>\n
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\nshe’s committed to all the young
\npeople’s activities and she’s <\/p>\n
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\nfriend, perhaps someone who’s <\/p>\n
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\ntime for a boyfriend.
\nSo it’s all essential and tiring<\/p>\n
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\nIs a little. <\/p>\n
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\nBit hit and miss.
\nAnd at best squeezed. <\/p>\n
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\nIn As for a morning prayer, the
\nalarm sounds and we hit the <\/p>\n
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\nsnooze button, and after several
\ntimes it’s a race to get through<\/p>\n
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\neverything.
\nSo prayer becomes sort of, if <\/p>\n
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\npossible, squeezed into giving
\nthanks for the breakfast. <\/p>\n
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\nAs for a midday prayer, it often
\ngets subdued into giving thanks <\/p>\n
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\nfor lunch and for many a lunch
\nbreak. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s that?
\nWe find it hard to fit prayer <\/p>\n
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\ninto our day.
\nThink about what I just said. <\/p>\n
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\nWe find it hard to fit prayer
\nin. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat that means is we find it
\nhard to fit God into our day. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s hard to fit God into our
\ndaily schedule, but prayer is <\/p>\n
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\nnot a thing we do, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s talking with God, with God.
\nNow part of our problem is, is <\/p>\n
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\nfitting or off fitting God in is
\nis how we view prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nPrayer becomes like the poor
\ncousin to the word it There’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe subtle hierarchy that we
\nhave we we read our Bibles and <\/p>\n
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\nwe know that we ought to give a
\nprayer before we open our <\/p>\n
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\nBibles.
\nAnd while prayer is important, <\/p>\n
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\nthe most important thing to us.
\nIs studying God’s Word. <\/p>\n
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\nPerhaps it’s because we get a
\nlot out of studying God’s Word. <\/p>\n
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\nwe get moved and motivated by <\/p>\n
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\nit.
\nBut prayer we struggle with and <\/p>\n
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\nit sort of gets tacked on and
\nsometimes becomes a little bit <\/p>\n
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\nof a nuisance.
\nYou know, even in the ecclesial <\/p>\n
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\ngames nights, it’s a time of fun
\nand activity with our. <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters, and to <\/p>\n
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\nsort of give it a bit of
\nspiritual legitimacy, we feel <\/p>\n
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\nthe need to tack a prayer on at
\nthe beginning and then we get on<\/p>\n
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\nwith the fun.
\nAnd that’s how we tend to view <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s exactly the same with the
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\nmy time to give it to go. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what God has hinted at in<\/p>\n
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\nAnd when he had sent the <\/p>\n
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\nwas there alone. <\/p>\n
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\nHe made time. <\/p>\n
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\nof time because he knew he <\/p>\n
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\ntime with now in our topsy turvy<\/p>\n
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\nWell, you’ve already been given
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\nWe make an appointment. <\/p>\n
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\nappointment to go and see the <\/p>\n
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\nbecause it’s not, you know, very<\/p>\n
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\nWe don’t because we know we need<\/p>\n
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\nBut we do with God and we’ve got<\/p>\n
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\nwe’ve got to keep it. <\/p>\n
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\nwhat’s happening there, but just<\/p>\n
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\nThe phone goes, you don’t answer<\/p>\n
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\nit at 10 little Julie wants time<\/p>\n
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\nCan I just that verses four and <\/p>\n
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\nthose rings and these these <\/p>\n
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\ncould put on their shoulder. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:28:34,960 –> 00:28:38,440
\nBut they had staves and four.
\nPeople would carry it. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:28:39,440 –> 00:28:42,960
\nAnd that the point is, is that
\nthese states represent our <\/p>\n
341
\n00:28:42,960 –> 00:28:45,440
\ntravels through the wilderness
\nof life. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:28:45,680 –> 00:28:50,840
\nThey’re also covered in gold.
\nAnd so it’s wherever we go in <\/p>\n
343
\n00:28:50,840 –> 00:28:55,200
\nfaith, it should be accompanied
\nby prayer. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:28:56,160 –> 00:29:01,840
\nWhatever we do in life should be
\naccompanied by prayer at the <\/p>\n
345
\n00:29:01,840 –> 00:29:06,360
\nbeginning of a journey, a move
\nto a new town or ecclesia, a <\/p>\n
346
\n00:29:06,360 –> 00:29:15,840
\nmove to a new job, contemplating
\nmarriage, each meal, each Bible <\/p>\n
347
\n00:29:16,000 –> 00:29:20,560
\nreadings, perhaps a phone call
\nto encourage a sister or a <\/p>\n
348
\n00:29:20,560 –> 00:29:28,280
\nbrother, greeting a brother or
\nsister and preparing for the <\/p>\n
349
\n00:29:28,280 –> 00:29:31,320
\nmemorial meeting.
\nOr a Bible. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:29:31,320 –> 00:29:39,920
\nClass, going to work, or perhaps
\neven a walk in life’s journey. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:29:40,960 –> 00:29:43,000
\nEach step should be one of
\nprayer. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:29:43,000 –> 00:29:45,440
\nThat’s what the staves are
\ntelling us. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:29:46,720 –> 00:29:50,160
\nPrayer must be an integral part
\nof our lives because it brings <\/p>\n
354
\n00:29:50,160 –> 00:29:53,720
\nGod into our lives.
\nIt’s been conscious of Him. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:29:53,840 –> 00:29:59,760
\nIt’s reminding ourselves of Him
\nevery living moment, walking and<\/p>\n
356
\n00:29:59,760 –> 00:30:04,960
\ntalking with God wherever and
\nwhenever. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:30:06,400 –> 00:30:15,560
\nBut it’s more than that.
\nYou see these set times for <\/p>\n
358
\n00:30:15,560 –> 00:30:21,160
\nprayer speak of this perpetual.
\nIt’s in verse eight. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:30:21,440 –> 00:30:26,040
\nThere a perpetual incense before
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:30:26,880 –> 00:30:33,560
\nAnd a perpetual incense means a
\ncontinuous stream of incense <\/p>\n
361
\n00:30:33,920 –> 00:30:38,080
\nfrom that altar.
\nAnd in actual fact, even morning<\/p>\n
362
\n00:30:38,080 –> 00:30:43,400
\nand evening is a Hebrew idiom
\nwhich means continuous, even <\/p>\n
363
\n00:30:43,400 –> 00:30:46,880
\nthough it was also representing
\nset real set times. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:30:47,920 –> 00:30:52,800
\nIt’s continuous.
\nPaul says it this way in Romans <\/p>\n
365
\n00:30:52,800 –> 00:30:56,000
\n12 and verse 12.
\nRejoicing in hope, patient and <\/p>\n
366
\n00:30:56,000 –> 00:31:00,160
\ntribulation, continuing instant
\nin prayer. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:31:01,280 –> 00:31:06,920
\nIt means ready for prayer at an
\ninstant, ready to pray at an <\/p>\n
368
\n00:31:06,920 –> 00:31:10,200
\ninstant at any moment.
\nNow we’ve got many examples of <\/p>\n
369
\n00:31:10,200 –> 00:31:11,600
\nthis.
\nOne of the most famous, of <\/p>\n
370
\n00:31:11,600 –> 00:31:14,960
\ncourse, is in Nehemiah.
\nLet’s let’s turn to that in <\/p>\n
371
\n00:31:14,960 –> 00:31:26,320
\nNehemiah and chapter 2, Nehemiah
\n2. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:31:27,240 –> 00:31:29,960
\nNehemiah had prayed in chapter
\none, hadn’t he? <\/p>\n
373
\n00:31:30,840 –> 00:31:36,000
\nAnd he prayed to God be with him
\nthis day, this particular day. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:31:38,600 –> 00:31:41,880
\nAnd now he goes before the king
\nas the King’s cup bearer. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:31:42,240 –> 00:31:47,840
\nAnd as he’s handing the wine to
\nthe king, the king notices <\/p>\n
376
\n00:31:47,880 –> 00:31:51,800
\nNehemiah’s face that it was sad.
\nAnd you don’t do that in the <\/p>\n
377
\n00:31:51,800 –> 00:31:57,040
\npresence of a Persian king God.
\nSo it says in verse two. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:31:57,120 –> 00:32:01,200
\nWherefore the king said unto me,
\nWhy is thy countenance sad? <\/p>\n
379
\n00:32:01,520 –> 00:32:05,440
\nSeem thou art not sick.
\nThis is nothing else but sorrow.<\/p>\n
380
\n00:32:05,440 –> 00:32:08,960
\nHard.
\nThen I was very sore afraid, and<\/p>\n
381
\n00:32:08,960 –> 00:32:11,920
\nsaid unto the king, Let the king
\nlive forever. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:32:12,320 –> 00:32:16,040
\nWhy should not my countenance be
\nsad, when the city, the place of<\/p>\n
383
\n00:32:16,040 –> 00:32:19,800
\nmy father’s settle, gives lies
\nwaste, and the gates thereof are<\/p>\n
384
\n00:32:19,800 –> 00:32:23,600
\nconsumed with fire?
\nThen the king said unto me, For <\/p>\n
385
\n00:32:23,600 –> 00:32:28,840
\nwhat dost thou make request?
\nSo I prayed to the God of <\/p>\n
386
\n00:32:28,840 –> 00:32:36,280
\nheaven, and said unto the king,
\nIf it pleased the king, it can’t<\/p>\n
387
\n00:32:36,280 –> 00:32:38,320
\nhave been a long prayer.
\nHe couldn’t have got down on his<\/p>\n
388
\n00:32:38,320 –> 00:32:42,280
\nknees and and gone through a
\nritual. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:32:44,520 –> 00:32:51,360
\nIt was obviously a help.
\nMe a cry and I have a. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:32:51,360 –> 00:32:57,400
\nPresence of mind in such a
\nsituation, it shows that this is<\/p>\n
391
\n00:32:57,400 –> 00:33:02,160
\na practice of Nehemiah.
\nIt was something he was used to,<\/p>\n
392
\n00:33:03,640 –> 00:33:10,440
\nsomething he did now, Nehemiah
\nwrote in his. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:33:10,960 –> 00:33:13,920
\nThe book after his name, I
\nbelieve it was really an <\/p>\n
394
\n00:33:13,920 –> 00:33:20,840
\nofficial diary, and he includes
\nthese little prayers all the way<\/p>\n
395
\n00:33:20,840 –> 00:33:24,720
\nthrough, these short spontaneous
\nprayers, through the record. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:33:25,760 –> 00:33:29,320
\nAnd we find the same thing in
\nthe epistles as well, don’t we? <\/p>\n
397
\n00:33:29,400 –> 00:33:34,680
\nThe apostle Paul in particular,
\nbut also Peter and John likewise<\/p>\n
398
\n00:33:34,840 –> 00:33:40,200
\ninsert these spontaneous prayers
\ninto what they’re writing about <\/p>\n
399
\n00:33:42,640 –> 00:33:46,840
\nin their letters.
\nIt was a practice by these <\/p>\n
400
\n00:33:46,840 –> 00:33:51,760
\npeople, these Jews, these
\nspiritually minded Jews. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:33:51,960 –> 00:33:56,040
\nThat’s how they thought.
\nThey naturally just brought <\/p>\n
402
\n00:33:56,040 –> 00:33:59,480
\nthese little prayers into what
\nthey’re talking about. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:33:59,600 –> 00:34:02,640
\nIn other words, they were
\nconscious of God and brought <\/p>\n
404
\n00:34:02,640 –> 00:34:06,880
\nthem into what they’re doing.
\nCome with me to Matthew Chapter <\/p>\n
405
\n00:34:06,880 –> 00:34:24,760
\n11,
\nMatthew 11, verse 25. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:34:27,320 –> 00:34:30,000
\nJesus is standing with the
\ndisciples and he brings this <\/p>\n
407
\n00:34:30,239 –> 00:34:35,199
\nblistering attack upon Corazon,
\nBethsaida, and Capernaum. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:34:35,679 –> 00:34:39,880
\nAnd then it abruptly says in
\nverse 25. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:34:39,920 –> 00:34:44,719
\nAt that time Jesus answered for
\nhe responded what to what he was<\/p>\n
410
\n00:34:44,719 –> 00:34:49,000
\njust doing.
\nHe was He was pronouncing these <\/p>\n
411
\n00:34:49,000 –> 00:34:53,960
\njudgments upon these cities, and
\nhe responds and says, I thank <\/p>\n
412
\n00:34:53,960 –> 00:34:57,040
\nthee, O Father, Lord of heaven
\nand earth, because there has <\/p>\n
413
\n00:34:57,040 –> 00:35:00,200
\nhidden these things from the
\nwise and the prudent, and has <\/p>\n
414
\n00:35:00,200 –> 00:35:03,920
\nrevealed them unto babes.
\nEven so, Father, for it seemed <\/p>\n
415
\n00:35:04,200 –> 00:35:07,680
\ngood in my sight.
\nAll things are delivered unto me<\/p>\n
416
\n00:35:07,680 –> 00:35:11,520
\nof my Father, and no man knows
\nthe Son, but the Father neither <\/p>\n
417
\n00:35:11,520 –> 00:35:14,760
\nknoweth any man the Father
\nsaved, and he’s speaking to the <\/p>\n
418
\n00:35:14,760 –> 00:35:17,880
\ndisciples.
\nIt’s like he just inserts, he’s <\/p>\n
419
\n00:35:18,160 –> 00:35:21,840
\nhe’s lambast in these nations,
\ngives us prayer and he carries <\/p>\n
420
\n00:35:21,840 –> 00:35:26,200
\non talking to his disciples.
\nIt’s like God is included in the<\/p>\n
421
\n00:35:26,200 –> 00:35:29,880
\nconversation.
\nIt’s how he thought. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:35:31,480 –> 00:35:37,800
\nIt’s how near my thought, how
\nthe apostles thought, how they <\/p>\n
423
\n00:35:37,800 –> 00:35:42,800
\ncould bring God into their
\nspeech, their activities. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:35:47,320 –> 00:35:49,000
\nThey were conscious of God at
\nall times. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:35:49,000 –> 00:35:52,000
\nAnd we can do this too, brothers
\nand sisters, but we need to get <\/p>\n
426
\n00:35:52,000 –> 00:35:55,320
\ninto that kind of habit Now.
\nWhat about the prayers <\/p>\n
427
\n00:35:55,320 –> 00:35:56,240
\nthemselves?
\nWhat? <\/p>\n
428
\n00:35:56,360 –> 00:35:58,320
\nWhat makes?
\nAn acceptable. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:35:58,320 –> 00:36:01,400
\nPrayer and coming back to Exodus
\n30. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:36:02,120 –> 00:36:04,720
\nI’m going to have to move on
\nhere. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:36:04,880 –> 00:36:11,560
\nExodus 30 What makes a.
\nPrayer. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:36:11,560 –> 00:36:14,680
\nAcceptable to the Father.
\nThis is sort of like that <\/p>\n
433
\n00:36:14,680 –> 00:36:18,680
\ngetting it right thing.
\nBut I want you to notice what <\/p>\n
434
\n00:36:18,680 –> 00:36:26,800
\nGod tells us is acceptable.
\nVerse 9 Ye shall offer no <\/p>\n
435
\n00:36:26,800 –> 00:36:30,280
\nstrange incense on this golden
\naltar. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:36:38,120 –> 00:36:45,600
\nHe’s telling us what can’t go on
\nthe older, and he can reverse <\/p>\n
437
\n00:36:45,600 –> 00:36:47,280
\nthat.
\nAnd it tells us that prayer must<\/p>\n
438
\n00:36:47,280 –> 00:36:51,800
\nbe to God, not ourselves, like
\nthe Pharisee who prayed thus <\/p>\n
439
\n00:36:51,800 –> 00:36:54,720
\nwith himself.
\nGod, I thank thee that I’m not <\/p>\n
440
\n00:36:54,720 –> 00:36:57,560
\nas other men.
\nNow that’s a prayer to show how <\/p>\n
441
\n00:36:57,560 –> 00:37:02,720
\nreligious he is.
\nAnd they prayed on street <\/p>\n
442
\n00:37:02,720 –> 00:37:07,200
\ncorners and made long flowery,
\nflowery prayers to be seen of <\/p>\n
443
\n00:37:07,200 –> 00:37:09,520
\nmen.
\nThese are prayers to the God of <\/p>\n
444
\n00:37:09,520 –> 00:37:13,000
\nself.
\nAnd James says you ask and <\/p>\n
445
\n00:37:13,000 –> 00:37:16,160
\nreceive not because you ask and
\nmiss that you may consume it <\/p>\n
446
\n00:37:16,160 –> 00:37:18,760
\nupon your own lust.
\nIt’s all about ourselves. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:37:22,440 –> 00:37:27,120
\nAnd the second part in in
\nchapter 30, verse 9 is nor burnt<\/p>\n
448
\n00:37:27,400 –> 00:37:31,240
\nsacrifice, nor meal offering,
\nmeat offering, neither shall we <\/p>\n
449
\n00:37:31,240 –> 00:37:40,000
\npour drink offerings thereon.
\nSo what are those offerings? <\/p>\n
450
\n00:37:40,000 –> 00:37:41,360
\nWhy aren’t those offerings
\nallowed? <\/p>\n
451
\n00:37:41,360 –> 00:37:43,480
\nThey’re allowed on the altar and
\nin the outer court. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:37:43,480 –> 00:37:48,360
\nThey’re obviously acceptable
\nofferings to go up, but they’re <\/p>\n
453
\n00:37:48,360 –> 00:37:50,680
\nnot allowed on this altar.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
454
\n00:37:50,720 –> 00:37:55,040
\nThat seems strange.
\nWell, the burnt offering refers <\/p>\n
455
\n00:37:55,040 –> 00:37:57,720
\nto total dedication, and the
\nmeal and drink offerings <\/p>\n
456
\n00:37:57,840 –> 00:38:03,240
\nrepresent our own laborers, our
\nown efforts dedicated to God. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:38:05,160 –> 00:38:06,760
\nSo what’s the point that’s been
\nmade? <\/p>\n
458
\n00:38:08,840 –> 00:38:12,760
\nOur service and the ecclesia
\ncannot replace prayer. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:38:13,840 –> 00:38:18,520
\nThey’re good things, but they
\ncan’t replace prayer. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:38:19,600 –> 00:38:21,240
\nYou can’t put them in place of
\nprayer. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:38:21,360 –> 00:38:24,000
\nAnd that’s what quite often what
\nhappens, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n
462
\n00:38:24,760 –> 00:38:26,760
\nAt least I’m doing all these
\nthings in the ecclesia. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:38:26,760 –> 00:38:30,160
\nI might not be very good at my
\nprayers and I’ll fit them in <\/p>\n
464
\n00:38:30,160 –> 00:38:33,360
\nwhenever I can because I’m so
\nbusy in the ecclesia doing all <\/p>\n
465
\n00:38:33,360 –> 00:38:36,000
\nthese wonderful things.
\nAnd God says, no, that’s not <\/p>\n
466
\n00:38:36,000 –> 00:38:38,960
\ngood enough, you have no
\nrelationship with me. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:38:38,960 –> 00:38:46,360
\nIf we don’t pray, it’s
\nworthless. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:38:48,680 –> 00:38:52,920
\nSo let’s investigate this, this
\nincense and we find the incense <\/p>\n
469
\n00:38:52,960 –> 00:38:56,120
\ndescribed and we’re just going
\nto have a fleeting look at it in<\/p>\n
470
\n00:38:56,200 –> 00:39:00,080
\nverses 34 to 38, the incense
\nitself. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:39:00,320 –> 00:39:04,160
\nThis is what God wants.
\nWe’ve seen what he doesn’t want.<\/p>\n
472
\n00:39:04,440 –> 00:39:06,560
\nNow we’ve got to see what he
\nactually wants. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:39:06,680 –> 00:39:09,200
\nAnd we have a list of each of
\nthe ingredients there in verse <\/p>\n
474
\n00:39:09,440 –> 00:39:12,760
\n34.
\nAnd Yahweh said unto Moses, Take<\/p>\n
475
\n00:39:12,760 –> 00:39:17,480
\nunto these sweet spices, stacked
\nin on again, and Galvan these <\/p>\n
476
\n00:39:17,480 –> 00:39:22,000
\nsweet spices with pure
\nfrankincense of each, Shall <\/p>\n
477
\n00:39:22,000 –> 00:39:26,880
\nthere be a lightweight?
\nNow God specifies the quantity <\/p>\n
478
\n00:39:27,000 –> 00:39:30,800
\nof each ingredient of each Shall
\nthere be a lightweight? <\/p>\n
479
\n00:39:30,960 –> 00:39:34,360
\nIt’s literally, it literally
\nmeans part for part. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:39:35,560 –> 00:39:39,080
\nSo what does that mean?
\nWell, there’s an emphasis on two<\/p>\n
481
\n00:39:39,080 –> 00:39:40,440
\nparts in.
\nParticular. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:39:40,880 –> 00:39:46,080
\nHere’s what this this is saying
\nhere take out to the these sweet<\/p>\n
483
\n00:39:46,080 –> 00:39:52,240
\nspices that Deonica and gilbane,
\nthese sweet spices with pure <\/p>\n
484
\n00:39:52,400 –> 00:39:55,320
\nfrankincense.
\nSo this is what I believe it’s <\/p>\n
485
\n00:39:55,320 –> 00:39:59,480
\nreally sad.
\nThose 3 sweet spices are one <\/p>\n
486
\n00:39:59,520 –> 00:40:03,440
\npart and frank pure frankincense
\nis the other part. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:40:03,600 –> 00:40:07,080
\nAnd that’s why sometimes it
\nseems is described simply as <\/p>\n
488
\n00:40:07,240 –> 00:40:10,120
\nfrankincense, because it’s the
\nmajor part. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:40:11,480 –> 00:40:13,840
\nBut the point that I wish to
\nmake out of this is that there <\/p>\n
490
\n00:40:14,160 –> 00:40:25,040
\nis distinctive quantities,
\ndistinct quantities, there’s <\/p>\n
491
\n00:40:25,040 –> 00:40:30,920
\norder and there’s balance here.
\nSo does that mean that our <\/p>\n
492
\n00:40:30,920 –> 00:40:33,200
\nprayers have got to be ordered
\nand balanced? <\/p>\n
493
\n00:40:34,280 –> 00:40:38,520
\nNow you could find no better
\nexample of a prayer that has <\/p>\n
494
\n00:40:38,640 –> 00:40:40,680
\norder and balance than the
\nLord’s Prayer. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:40:41,480 –> 00:40:43,560
\nSo come with me to Matthew
\nchapter 6. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:40:44,400 –> 00:40:45,840
\nDon’t.
\nForget to put the marker in <\/p>\n
497
\n00:40:47,480 –> 00:40:53,800
\nMatthew chapter 6, I’m.
\nGoing to put this up on the <\/p>\n
498
\n00:40:53,800 –> 00:40:56,640
\nscreen, but we are going to be
\nreading from Matthew 6 so it’s. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:40:56,640 –> 00:40:59,120
\nWorth.
\nLooking at now, I’ve broken this<\/p>\n
500
\n00:40:59,120 –> 00:41:02,480
\nup into there’s all sorts of
\ndifferent break UPS of the <\/p>\n
501
\n00:41:02,480 –> 00:41:04,800
\nLord’s Prayer, but this is as I
\nsee it. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:41:05,040 –> 00:41:09,720
\nIt’s opens with a an invocation
\nit it closes with. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:41:10,720 –> 00:41:13,400
\nReally.
\nAnd well, you’ve got three sets <\/p>\n
504
\n00:41:13,400 –> 00:41:16,720
\nof, sorry, two sets of
\npetitions. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:41:16,720 –> 00:41:20,000
\nAs I mentioned yesterday, there
\nare three petitions relating to <\/p>\n
506
\n00:41:20,000 –> 00:41:22,080
\nGod’s glory.
\nThere are three petitions <\/p>\n
507
\n00:41:22,080 –> 00:41:25,200
\nrelating to man’s need.
\nAnd then there’s these three <\/p>\n
508
\n00:41:25,200 –> 00:41:33,360
\nstatements about God’s assurance
\nand his ability to to perform <\/p>\n
509
\n00:41:33,360 –> 00:41:35,680
\nthis.
\nAnd then there’s the final <\/p>\n
510
\n00:41:35,680 –> 00:41:37,760
\nconfirmation.
\nIn the word Amen. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:41:38,200 –> 00:41:41,640
\nNow this this prayer breathes
\norder and balance. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:41:43,600 –> 00:41:45,160
\nSo as I asked.
\nBefore. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:41:45,800 –> 00:41:51,920
\nDoes that mean that our prayers
\nmust be structured, must contain<\/p>\n
514
\n00:41:51,920 –> 00:41:57,560
\nthis kind of balance, follow the
\nsame order as the Lord’s Prayer,<\/p>\n
515
\n00:41:59,080 –> 00:42:04,000
\nor be only on these subjects?
\nIs this how we get it right? <\/p>\n
516
\n00:42:05,440 –> 00:42:09,640
\nAnd some would point to the
\nstructure to highlight that the <\/p>\n
517
\n00:42:09,640 –> 00:42:12,840
\nLord’s Prayer opens and closes
\nwith praise. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:42:12,880 –> 00:42:17,000
\nAnd they conclude therefore,
\nthat our prayers ought to as <\/p>\n
519
\n00:42:17,000 –> 00:42:19,200
\nwell.
\nNow I mentioned this in our <\/p>\n
520
\n00:42:19,200 –> 00:42:23,680
\nopening remarks.
\nOpening and closing prayers with<\/p>\n
521
\n00:42:23,720 –> 00:42:25,360
\npraise would must be a good
\nthing. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:42:27,320 –> 00:42:33,760
\nBut we cannot use the Lord’s
\nPrayer to justify that, To <\/p>\n
523
\n00:42:33,760 –> 00:42:38,400
\njustify that we must do it and
\neveryone must do it. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:42:38,440 –> 00:42:42,600
\nI’ve heard even brethren say
\nthat they could not say Amen to <\/p>\n
525
\n00:42:42,600 –> 00:42:46,920
\na prayer because it did not.
\nA prayer did not open and close <\/p>\n
526
\n00:42:46,920 –> 00:42:54,920
\nwith praise.
\nAnd as I’ve said yesterday, the <\/p>\n
527
\n00:42:54,920 –> 00:42:59,640
\nLord doesn’t always do that.
\nAnd you can find so many psalms <\/p>\n
528
\n00:42:59,640 –> 00:43:02,960
\nand prayers in the Bible that
\nare simply just petitions. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:43:03,840 –> 00:43:08,360
\nAnd so is this prayer.
\nI’m going to come back to the <\/p>\n
530
\n00:43:08,360 –> 00:43:10,720
\nfact that it breathes.
\nPraise. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:43:10,720 –> 00:43:15,920
\nBut this is a prayer.
\nIt’s asking. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:43:15,920 –> 00:43:19,520
\nThere is no opening praise to
\nGod. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:43:20,680 –> 00:43:24,080
\nSure.
\nPraise for God’s Kingdom. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:43:24,080 –> 00:43:26,480
\nBut they are.
\nPetitions, all of them are <\/p>\n
535
\n00:43:26,480 –> 00:43:30,400
\npetitions and this in in point
\nnumber four, trust in God’s <\/p>\n
536
\n00:43:30,400 –> 00:43:31,880
\nassurance and ability to
\nperform. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:43:32,000 –> 00:43:35,720
\nIt’s just saying yours is the
\nKingdom, it’s yours. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:43:36,800 –> 00:43:40,640
\nAnd there’s a kind of
\nacknowledgement there of God and<\/p>\n
539
\n00:43:40,640 –> 00:43:42,640
\npraise, but it’s not praising
\nGod. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:43:42,640 –> 00:43:47,280
\nThis is a prayer.
\nIt’s asking God for something. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:43:53,720 –> 00:43:58,200
\nAnd the fact is that in the
\nLord’s Prayer, the second time <\/p>\n
542
\n00:43:58,200 –> 00:44:02,320
\nhe gave it, Luke, he drops off
\nthe second part of what some <\/p>\n
543
\n00:44:02,320 –> 00:44:05,240
\nwould describe as being praise
\nall together. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:44:05,240 –> 00:44:08,000
\nSo it’s just simply just
\npetitions. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:44:13,420 –> 00:44:17,220
\nHe’s not teaching praise first
\nand last in this prayer. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:44:18,300 –> 00:44:21,540
\nAnd yet for all that, brothers.
\nAnd sisters, the whole prayer <\/p>\n
547
\n00:44:21,540 –> 00:44:25,540
\nbreathes praise to God, as we
\nshall see. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:44:25,980 –> 00:44:31,980
\nWhy then did Christ provide this
\nprayer twice a model prayer, and<\/p>\n
549
\n00:44:31,980 –> 00:44:34,740
\nwhy is it so structured?
\nWell, I believe, brother and <\/p>\n
550
\n00:44:34,740 –> 00:44:39,720
\nsister, when?
\nWhen Christ gave this this <\/p>\n
551
\n00:44:39,720 –> 00:44:43,880
\nprayer, he gave it, we call it a
\nmodel prayer because, well, what<\/p>\n
552
\n00:44:43,880 –> 00:44:49,800
\nwas it that he was modelling?
\nWell, he gave it for the <\/p>\n
553
\n00:44:49,800 –> 00:44:53,280
\ndisciples to learn.
\nAnd how did they learn in those <\/p>\n
554
\n00:44:53,280 –> 00:44:54,600
\ntimes?
\nYou just need to look at the <\/p>\n
555
\n00:44:54,600 –> 00:44:57,000
\nsounds.
\nYou’ve got these acrostic sounds<\/p>\n
556
\n00:44:57,000 –> 00:44:59,360
\nand they’re very structured and
\nordered. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:45:00,720 –> 00:45:04,240
\nHe wanted them to commit it to
\nmemory, not so that they could <\/p>\n
558
\n00:45:04,240 –> 00:45:09,320
\njust recite it, but for another
\nreason, not just quote it <\/p>\n
559
\n00:45:09,320 –> 00:45:13,040
\nverbatim.
\nI believe he gave it brothers <\/p>\n
560
\n00:45:13,040 –> 00:45:17,160
\nand sisters to learn to memory
\nbecause they had to do the same <\/p>\n
561
\n00:45:17,160 –> 00:45:22,440
\nwith the Bible and they had to
\ncommit it to memory so they <\/p>\n
562
\n00:45:22,440 –> 00:45:25,200
\ncould think about it.
\nThink. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:45:25,280 –> 00:45:27,080
\nUpon it to.
\nMeditate upon it. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:45:27,280 –> 00:45:33,400
\nHave you ever noticed why
\nMatthew 6 here the Lord as soon <\/p>\n
565
\n00:45:33,400 –> 00:45:37,480
\nas he finished the prayer he
\nrefers to part of? <\/p>\n
566
\n00:45:37,480 –> 00:45:38,240
\nThat.
\nPrayer. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:45:38,480 –> 00:45:43,080
\nLook at this 14 It says, For if
\nyou forgive me their trespasses,<\/p>\n
568
\n00:45:43,080 –> 00:45:44,760
\nyour heavenly Father will also
\nforgive you. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:45:44,920 –> 00:45:47,320
\nWhy does he just bring that out
\nof the prayer? <\/p>\n
570
\n00:45:49,720 –> 00:45:51,320
\nWas that what the prayer was
\nabout? <\/p>\n
571
\n00:45:52,240 –> 00:45:56,360
\nNo, the context shows.
\nThis is how you pray, not like <\/p>\n
572
\n00:45:56,800 –> 00:45:59,240
\nthe Gentiles and not like the
\nJews. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:46:02,360 –> 00:46:07,840
\nSo why did he just bring out
\nthat that statement out of the <\/p>\n
574
\n00:46:07,840 –> 00:46:11,880
\nmiddle of the prayer?
\nBecause it was an example, an <\/p>\n
575
\n00:46:11,880 –> 00:46:16,120
\nexample of what’s there, if you
\nthink about it. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:46:16,960 –> 00:46:22,560
\nAnd the same goes for Luke and
\nLuke 11 there in, in verses two <\/p>\n
577
\n00:46:22,560 –> 00:46:27,880
\nto four afterwards, he, he, he
\nexpands on the need for <\/p>\n
578
\n00:46:27,880 –> 00:46:34,800
\ncontinual, persistent prayer.
\nJust need to keep track of the <\/p>\n
579
\n00:46:34,800 –> 00:46:36,120
\ntime.
\nI’ve got to finish, don’t I? <\/p>\n
580
\n00:46:37,360 –> 00:46:48,190
\nAll right, OK, I’m just going to
\nfinish by going back into Exodus<\/p>\n
581
\n00:46:48,190 –> 00:47:06,560
\n30, verse 35.
\nOne of the things about the <\/p>\n
582
\n00:47:06,560 –> 00:47:09,920
\nLord’s Prayer is there are two
\nthings that stand out. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:47:11,040 –> 00:47:20,480
\nIt’s simplicity and it’s
\nsincerity and that it’s God <\/p>\n
584
\n00:47:20,480 –> 00:47:24,680
\ncentered.
\nThe whole prayer is totally God <\/p>\n
585
\n00:47:24,680 –> 00:47:26,920
\ncentered.
\nSo talk about praise. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:47:27,120 –> 00:47:29,760
\nEverything is about God.
\nWe need God. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:47:29,760 –> 00:47:33,240
\nEven in the in the petitions,
\nit’s all about God, the whole <\/p>\n
588
\n00:47:33,240 –> 00:47:37,240
\nprayer.
\nSo there’s the structure of it. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:47:37,240 –> 00:47:39,360
\nIt’s all about God, everything
\nabout it. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:47:39,600 –> 00:47:44,320
\nI think I had it there.
\nIt is all about him. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:47:46,320 –> 00:47:52,080
\nBut secondly, it’s simplicity
\nand sincerity. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:47:52,480 –> 00:47:54,920
\nThe words.
\nThis is so beautifully simple <\/p>\n
593
\n00:47:55,760 –> 00:47:59,120
\nand sincere.
\nAnd here it is in Exodus 30 <\/p>\n
594
\n00:47:59,400 –> 00:48:04,000
\nverse 35, it says they’re
\ntempered together, pure and <\/p>\n
595
\n00:48:04,000 –> 00:48:06,360
\nholy, and that it means the word
\ntemp. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:48:06,760 –> 00:48:10,240
\nTempered means salted the
\ncovenant. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:48:11,760 –> 00:48:15,160
\nSalt of the covenant.
\nIs it’s mixed in with it. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:48:15,240 –> 00:48:20,720
\nIt’s God sent it and it was pure
\nand holy at the end of verse 35.<\/p>\n
599
\n00:48:21,880 –> 00:48:26,040
\nPure.
\nIt’s unadulterated, it’s <\/p>\n
600
\n00:48:26,040 –> 00:48:30,200
\nsincere, it’s holy, it’s totally
\ndedicated to God. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:48:30,560 –> 00:48:35,600
\nIt’s God sent it and it’s simple
\nand sincere and in verse 36 it <\/p>\n
602
\n00:48:35,600 –> 00:48:39,440
\nsays and thou shall beat of it
\nvery small and put of it before <\/p>\n
603
\n00:48:39,440 –> 00:48:43,040
\nthe testimony of the Tabernacle
\nof the congregation where I will<\/p>\n
604
\n00:48:43,040 –> 00:48:45,360
\nmeet with thee.
\nIt’s beaten small. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:48:46,320 –> 00:48:51,080
\nIt means it’s the most refined.
\nIt’s the best and they use. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:48:51,080 –> 00:48:55,840
\nThe thing, brothers and sisters,
\nabout this is that God isn’t <\/p>\n
607
\n00:48:55,840 –> 00:48:57,840
\nlooking for in these
\ningredients. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:48:57,840 –> 00:49:00,680
\nHe’s not looking for the right
\nway. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:49:00,880 –> 00:49:02,840
\nHe’s looking for a right
\nattitude. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:49:03,080 –> 00:49:06,560
\nEverything about those things is
\nabout attitude. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:49:07,080 –> 00:49:11,640
\nAnd the other thing is there’s
\nthis meticulous preparation. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:49:13,200 –> 00:49:18,320
\nIt requires the correct
\ningredients mixed with the right<\/p>\n
613
\n00:49:18,320 –> 00:49:22,360
\nproportions, without impurity,
\nseasoned with salt, very fine <\/p>\n
614
\n00:49:22,600 –> 00:49:26,640
\nflour.
\nSorry, ground, very fine. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:49:27,080 –> 00:49:32,600
\nGod tells us that preparation
\nmakes acceptable praise. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:49:33,000 –> 00:49:37,600
\nAnd if you think about it,
\nbrothers and sisters, we want to<\/p>\n
617
\n00:49:37,600 –> 00:49:40,680
\npraise God.
\nDo we just go to the memory <\/p>\n
618
\n00:49:40,680 –> 00:49:44,320
\nbanks of the phrases that
\nexpress praise to God? <\/p>\n
619
\n00:49:46,320 –> 00:49:51,320
\nDoes that praise Him?
\nOr do we think about it, prepare<\/p>\n
620
\n00:49:52,000 –> 00:49:55,080
\nand really think who He is, what
\nHe’s like? <\/p>\n
621
\n00:49:55,240 –> 00:49:57,840
\nThat’s what Christ was doing in
\nthat Lord’s Prayer. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:49:59,920 –> 00:50:03,240
\nAnd we are leaky vessels,
\nBrothers and sisters, we need <\/p>\n
623
\n00:50:03,240 –> 00:50:07,480
\nconstant reminding.
\nSo to prepare our minds for <\/p>\n
624
\n00:50:07,480 –> 00:50:11,080
\nprayer, we need His Word, the
\n2GO together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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