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\nreminded of that in the Bible.
\nWe have such passages as pray <\/p>\n
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\nwithout ceasing, pray always and
\neverything by prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet it’s evident, brothers
\nand sisters, that we have <\/p>\n
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\nproblems with prayer.
\nMost of us do have problems we <\/p>\n
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\nwe struggle with it and if we
\nstruggle with prayer then we are<\/p>\n
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\nstruggling with our relationship
\nwith God because prayer is a <\/p>\n
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\nbarometer of our relationship
\nwith the Father. <\/p>\n
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\nNow in the first part of this
\ntalk, I want to stop and analyse<\/p>\n
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\nthe problems that we have.
\nI did a survey some years back <\/p>\n
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\nnow with a couple of ecclesias
\nto try and ascertain what these <\/p>\n
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\nproblems were and that the the
\nresults of that survey were very<\/p>\n
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\nsobering and enlightening.
\nThe predicaments that we have <\/p>\n
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\ngenerally fell into two groups.
\nI need to turn it on, as I <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned to the brother Daniel,
\nthis is just a sample of the <\/p>\n
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\nissues that came from the survey
\nconcentration. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a big one, isn’t it?
\nRepetition and sameness and <\/p>\n
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\ncontent and language.
\nThese are people admitting to <\/p>\n
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\nthis having problems with these
\nthings, tiredness finding that <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re too busy wondering whether
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\nso on.
\nAnd most of these these problems<\/p>\n
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\nfall into the realm of
\nmotivation. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, I also asked respondents if
\nthey had questions about prayer <\/p>\n
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\nand these are some of the
\ntypical questions. <\/p>\n
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\nShould we use through the Lord
\nJesus Christ or in the name of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ?
\nAnd variations on that idea, <\/p>\n
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\nshould we pray or can we pray to
\nChrist? <\/p>\n
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\nDoes Christ filter our prayers?
\nIs he like a filter through to <\/p>\n
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\nGod as it were?
\nShould we keep our eyes shut? <\/p>\n
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\nHow do we know when our prayers
\nalign with God’s will? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause we know that it should
\nbe according to His will. <\/p>\n
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\nHow do we know that?
\nI need tips on how to pray so <\/p>\n
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\nthat God will hear.
\nThese are genuine questions that<\/p>\n
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\npeople ask and can I get it
\nwrong? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd really that last question
\nsums up all of those in the <\/p>\n
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\nsecond or these these questions
\nthat people have. <\/p>\n
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\nReally it’s all as if prayer is
\nsome technical process that one <\/p>\n
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\nmust get right to make it work.
\nSo we find then that we have two<\/p>\n
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\ncore principle courses for our
\nproblems with PRE, a technical <\/p>\n
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\napproach and motivation.
\nThe this is my summation of <\/p>\n
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\nthose surveys that we conducted,
\nThey did, they fell into these <\/p>\n
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\ntwo categories.
\nSo let’s consider each of these.<\/p>\n
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\nFirst of all, a technical
\napproach. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we want to get it right, we
\nreally mean that we’re looking <\/p>\n
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\nfor the thing that will make our
\nprayers work, that will fix our <\/p>\n
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\nprayers.
\nBut anything that’s a magic pill<\/p>\n
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\nusually always spawns other
\nproblems. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they do.
\nBrothers and sisters crave <\/p>\n
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\npractical advice about prayer.
\nThat’s been my history and the <\/p>\n
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\ntruth.
\nAnd that advice has been given, <\/p>\n
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\nbut unfortunately what happens
\nis that we turn that advice into<\/p>\n
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\nrules about prayer, and that
\ngenerates formulaic prayer that <\/p>\n
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\ndisempowers prayer and our
\nspiritual life and therefore our<\/p>\n
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\nrelationship with God.
\nIt’s a ritual. <\/p>\n
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\nWe often hear people using this,
\nand this is, I have to say right<\/p>\n
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\nfrom the beginning, if I say
\nsomething that sounds critical, <\/p>\n
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\nit’s not meaning to be critical.
\nIt’s analysing the problems that<\/p>\n
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\nwe have.
\nTo be honest. <\/p>\n
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\nMost of the problems I, I
\nreflected on myself and my own <\/p>\n
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\nprayers.
\nSo I include myself in these <\/p>\n
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\nthings.
\nSo please let that be <\/p>\n
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\nunderstood.
\nWhen we hear this is the kind of<\/p>\n
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\nthing that shows ritualism in
\nprayer, We hear expressions like<\/p>\n
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\nsaying our prayers.
\nWe’ll say a word of prayer as if<\/p>\n
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\nprayer is a procedure that we go
\nthrough. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then there’s we’ll just give
\na short word of prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nWe hear these expressions, don’t
\nwe? <\/p>\n
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\nI know I’ve used these
\nexpressions. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s like an an apology for
\noccupying time in something <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re obligated to do before we
\nget on with the real stuff. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the telltale signs of
\nformulate Preheat is when <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re cluttered and clogged
\nwith cliches and platitudes. <\/p>\n
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\nNow you may recognise some of
\nthese. <\/p>\n
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\nWe ask that you guide God and
\ndirect us this dark and <\/p>\n
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\ndegenerate age.
\nBless both Speaker and hearer <\/p>\n
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\nalike.
\nWe come on the way appointed, we<\/p>\n
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\ncome before thy face, we humbly
\napproach Thee, or we humbly <\/p>\n
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\nbeseech thee.
\nBless these gifts or this food <\/p>\n
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\nto our youth and us and thy
\nservice. <\/p>\n
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\nWe hear a lot, and I’ve got a
\ngreat long list, many of which <\/p>\n
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\nare my own, that I’ve analysed.
\nSo what happens is that we use <\/p>\n
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\neloquent, and so we use it <\/p>\n
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\nagain, and eventually we use it
\nby default, and then others pick<\/p>\n
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\nup on that and they use it too.
\nAnd we find security in such <\/p>\n
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\nexpressions because they come
\nreadily to mind in our prayers. <\/p>\n
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\nThese expressions are like the
\ntreasures that we enshrine in <\/p>\n
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\nPictures, plaques, photos, <\/p>\n
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\nornaments, quotations.
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\nplaces and for a while they
\nstrike us, but after a while <\/p>\n
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\nthey just merge into the
\nbackground. <\/p>\n
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\nThey become part of the
\nfurniture and the well used <\/p>\n
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\nornaments and quotes and
\npictures in our prayers are just<\/p>\n
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\nthe same.
\nThey have the same effect. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the expressions aren’t at
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\nwhat a brother is going to say <\/p>\n
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\nin his prayer because those are
\nthe things he always says. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, that’s often a security
\nmechanism. <\/p>\n
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\nFor some people, particularly,
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\nprayer, it’s a fall back.
\nBut the problem doesn’t lie with<\/p>\n
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\nalone, does it? <\/p>\n
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\nWhen I analysed my prayers, I
\nfound I have stock phrases, <\/p>\n
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\nin which I say them. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s like a default prayer that
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\nThe stock prayers contribute to
\nthe sense of sameness and <\/p>\n
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\nblandness in our prayers.
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\nIt becomes ritualistic.
\nNow. <\/p>\n
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\nThese stop phrases and prayers
\nmust also be a factor in that <\/p>\n
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\ngreat problem that we do have of
\nconcentration and prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a universal problem,
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\nNow.
\nIt doesn’t need someone or <\/p>\n
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\nsomething else to blame for our
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\nI experience it when I am giving
\nthe prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nI can speak the words, but my
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\nNow how can that happen?
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\nThey sit in the subconscious
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\nthis automatic mode and outcomes
\nwhat I always say, allowing my <\/p>\n
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\nmind to dwell on something else.
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\nprobably in our attempt to get
\nit right. <\/p>\n
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\nPrayer should open and close
\nwith praise. <\/p>\n
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\nPrayer should contain scripture
\nand some people only Scripture <\/p>\n
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\nwe should use in the name of the
\nLord Jesus Christ at the end of <\/p>\n
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\nour prayers.
\nAnd it’s the congregation that <\/p>\n
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\nshould say Amy, not the praying
\nbrother in communal praise. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve heard all of these things.
\nI, I, I don’t know whether you <\/p>\n
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\nhave, but there are things that
\nI’ve heard. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then there’s those that
\nthrow the book at anyone who <\/p>\n
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\ngives longer praise, citing that
\nincontestable clause. <\/p>\n
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\nLet thy words be few.
\nAnd there’s scriptural support <\/p>\n
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\nfor such ideas, brothers and
\nsisters, but making them <\/p>\n
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\nimperative is to earn.
\nFor the Lord Jesus Christ did <\/p>\n
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\nnot always abide by these rules,
\nnor did the apostle Paul, nor <\/p>\n
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\ndid many of those whose prayers
\nare written in the Bible. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in our endeavours, in our
\nobsession to get it right, we <\/p>\n
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\nget it wrong.
\nSo what should we do about these<\/p>\n
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\nproblems with formulate prayer?
\nWhat’s the answer to these <\/p>\n
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\nNow that that’s the technical <\/p>\n
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\nside, now we should move to the
\nmotivation for prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, a desire to get things
\nright also effects motivation. <\/p>\n
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\nWe hear that a prayer, our
\nprayers should be sincere, so we<\/p>\n
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\ntry to sound sincere.
\nWe pray with our prayer voice. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a different voice to our
\nregular voice, perhaps because <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re trying to be reverential.
\nSome prayers are so eloquent and<\/p>\n
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\npassionate and so dramatic, you
\nwonder whether it was meant to <\/p>\n
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\nbe witnessed rather than
\nconsented to by the the the <\/p>\n
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\ncongregation, let alone the
\nFather in heaven. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a prayer performance.
\nI’ve seen brethren, thankfully <\/p>\n
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\nnot many, but I have witnessed
\nbrethren aping evangelicals by <\/p>\n
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\nlaughing and crying, impressed.
\nNot that I think that’s wrong <\/p>\n
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\ncrying, but it’s dramatic,
\nostensibly to show their joy or <\/p>\n
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\ntheir humility.
\nAnd our Lord, in the very <\/p>\n
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\npassage we had as our reading,
\nwarned us about praying to be <\/p>\n
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\nExhibitions may fill some with <\/p>\n
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\nadmiration or the person who
\nprayed thus with himself, as the<\/p>\n
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\nLord said, but deflates others
\nand it fills them with doubts. <\/p>\n
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\nPeople struggle.
\nPeople that are honest people <\/p>\n
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\ntry to do the right thing.
\nAnd they witnessed this. <\/p>\n
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\nwhat’s required, I can’t do <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they just give up because <\/p>\n
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\nit’s so, so beyond them.
\nIt’s not their experience. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there’s also how we talk
\nabout prayers, even how we write<\/p>\n
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\nabout prayer.
\nSome of our writings we, and <\/p>\n
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\nonce again, I am not trying to
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\ntrying to analyse what the
\nproblems are. <\/p>\n
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\nSometimes that’s so unhelpful. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is what he said.
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\nBut we find no such mystical
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\nNow many Christadelphians are
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\ncollegial lives, let alone with <\/p>\n
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\nat God willing, through our
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\nA God that needs renders him <\/p>\n
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\nSo is it because God won’t act
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\nJames does say, doesn’t he, that
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\nask not so It all depends on us
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\nSo if someone leaves the truth
\nor someone who is sick dies, <\/p>\n
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\nit’s because they didn’t pray
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\nright way, or it was the right
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\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nwon’t or can’t come out to grant
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\nSo is prayer solely for our
\nbenefit? <\/p>\n
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\nWe sort of touched on this and
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\nis the reason for prayer, not <\/p>\n
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\nPrayer comforts, calms, <\/p>\n
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\ninvigorates, strengthens faith,
\nmuch like modern meditation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they say this is the sole
\nreason for prayer, so that we <\/p>\n
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\nget this feeling and these good
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\nWell, if, if, why pray at all?
\nIf all we get is some inward <\/p>\n
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\nedification, we all we need is
\nthe word for that. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m not belittling the Word.
\nAnd why pray to God the other <\/p>\n
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\nedification? <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, that’s God’s purpose
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\nask him. <\/p>\n
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\nSo why pray if God already
\nknows? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd for that matter, why did the<\/p>\n
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\nis to minister in the word and <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course that leads us to <\/p>\n
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\nHere’s another passage about <\/p>\n
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\nworks all things after the
\ncounsel of His own will. <\/p>\n
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\ncrying and tears unto Him, that <\/p>\n
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\nOnly God could do that. <\/p>\n
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\n00:28:47,120 –> 00:28:52,680
\nAnd secondly, He was working
\nwith God’s will or purpose, not <\/p>\n
339
\n00:28:52,680 –> 00:28:57,320
\nas I will, but as thou wilt.
\nAnd the apostles prayed for the <\/p>\n
340
\n00:28:57,320 –> 00:29:00,800
\nsame reasons.
\nThey were involved in God’s <\/p>\n
341
\n00:29:00,800 –> 00:29:05,200
\nwork, but they were dependent
\nupon God to accomplish Him. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:29:07,240 –> 00:29:13,840
\nAnd this is the twofold reason
\nfor prayer for us as well. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:29:15,920 –> 00:29:20,640
\nIt shows our dependence upon
\nGod, our need, and it involves <\/p>\n
344
\n00:29:20,640 –> 00:29:24,000
\nus in God’s work.
\nIt’s our involvement with him. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:29:24,240 –> 00:29:32,560
\nNow we, we mentioned we and we
\nread Matthew chapter 6 and the <\/p>\n
346
\n00:29:32,560 –> 00:29:35,440
\nLord’s Prayer.
\nIt’s a model of prayer, isn’t <\/p>\n
347
\n00:29:35,440 –> 00:29:37,400
\nit?
\nChrist gave it as a model <\/p>\n
348
\n00:29:37,440 –> 00:29:41,640
\nprayer.
\nIt contains those two elements. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:29:41,920 –> 00:29:44,960
\nLook here it is.
\nHere it’s in reverse. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:29:48,960 –> 00:29:57,000
\nThe Lord’s Prayer is basically
\ntwo sets of three petitions. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:29:57,200 –> 00:30:00,720
\nThat’s the prayer it’s got.
\nIt opens and it closes, but <\/p>\n
352
\n00:30:00,720 –> 00:30:04,880
\nthat’s the prayer.
\nTwo sets of petitions. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:30:05,160 –> 00:30:08,920
\nHallowed be thy name, thy
\nKingdom come, thy will be done. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:30:09,320 –> 00:30:13,000
\nThat’s all about God’s purpose.
\nWe’re involving ourselves with <\/p>\n
355
\n00:30:13,000 –> 00:30:16,680
\nHim, wanting to do what he’s
\naccomplishing. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:30:17,480 –> 00:30:20,680
\nWe desire it.
\nWe’ve evolved ourselves with <\/p>\n
357
\n00:30:20,680 –> 00:30:22,800
\nhim.
\nNow the second set of three <\/p>\n
358
\n00:30:22,800 –> 00:30:25,360
\npetitions.
\nGive us this day, Our Daily <\/p>\n
359
\n00:30:25,400 –> 00:30:28,560
\nBread.
\nForgive us our sins and as we <\/p>\n
360
\n00:30:28,560 –> 00:30:32,160
\nforgive others and lead us not
\ninto temptation, but deliver us <\/p>\n
361
\n00:30:32,160 –> 00:30:35,200
\nfrom evil.
\nThat’s all about our a disciples<\/p>\n
362
\n00:30:35,200 –> 00:30:40,560
\nneed for God.
\nAnd there it is this. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:30:40,560 –> 00:30:45,320
\nIs why we pray.
\nAnd you know, being able to see <\/p>\n
364
\n00:30:45,320 –> 00:30:49,200
\nthis helps us with so many
\nthings about prayer. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:30:50,240 –> 00:30:53,440
\nIn the first three petitions,
\nthe disciple involves themselves<\/p>\n
366
\n00:30:53,440 –> 00:30:58,000
\nin God’s purpose by praying for
\nhis purpose to come. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:30:58,760 –> 00:31:03,040
\nFor the same reason we pray for
\nthe peace of Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:31:04,600 –> 00:31:07,680
\nAnd the second three.
\nPetitions expresses our need for<\/p>\n
369
\n00:31:07,680 –> 00:31:10,120
\nGod.
\nA father. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:31:10,320 –> 00:31:15,200
\nKnows what his child needs
\nbefore they ask, but they he <\/p>\n
371
\n00:31:15,200 –> 00:31:20,640
\nloves to hear them say it.
\nBecause it. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:31:20,640 –> 00:31:26,320
\nExpresses their need for him.
\nIt’s part of their development <\/p>\n
373
\n00:31:30,280 –> 00:31:37,480
\nand so these two principles.
\nShow the purpose. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:31:37,520 –> 00:31:41,720
\nOf prayer, our need and
\ninvolvement with God. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:31:41,720 –> 00:31:47,240
\nIt motivates prayer, why we
\npray, what we pray for, and even<\/p>\n
376
\n00:31:47,640 –> 00:31:50,960
\nhow we pray.
\nAnd as a basis of. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:31:50,960 –> 00:31:55,680
\nHow God answers prayers.
\nSo the next question we should <\/p>\n
378
\n00:31:55,680 –> 00:32:02,600
\nask is what is prayer?
\nAnd it’s a bigger question that <\/p>\n
379
\n00:32:02,600 –> 00:32:06,760
\nwe may have first thought
\ncertainly was for me. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:32:09,480 –> 00:32:15,960
\nWhat makes when we commune with
\nGod a prayer? <\/p>\n
381
\n00:32:18,280 –> 00:32:22,040
\nDoes it require us to be
\nkneeling with our hands clasped <\/p>\n
382
\n00:32:22,040 –> 00:32:26,840
\nor like this or flat on our?
\nWhat makes a prayer? <\/p>\n
383
\n00:32:31,080 –> 00:32:33,800
\nDoes it require a certain?
\nPattern of words or certain <\/p>\n
384
\n00:32:33,800 –> 00:32:38,160
\nwords.
\nWe have the special. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:32:38,160 –> 00:32:42,360
\nWord we use for speaking with
\nGod called prayer. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:32:43,280 –> 00:32:47,400
\nWe don’t simply speak to God, we
\npray to God. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:32:49,520 –> 00:32:52,360
\nDo we pray to other?
\nPeople no. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:32:53,080 –> 00:32:58,000
\nWe pray to God.
\nSo this makes prayer somewhat <\/p>\n
389
\n00:32:58,000 –> 00:33:00,640
\nmystical.
\nThere’s something different to <\/p>\n
390
\n00:33:00,640 –> 00:33:02,840
\nwhat we normally do.
\nAnd of course, anything we do <\/p>\n
391
\n00:33:02,840 –> 00:33:08,720
\nwith God is different and the
\nGod is holy, He is totally <\/p>\n
392
\n00:33:08,720 –> 00:33:12,960
\ndifferent from all of us.
\nSo it sort of makes sense. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:33:13,720 –> 00:33:19,560
\nBut is it real?
\nBut when we look at the Bible, <\/p>\n
394
\n00:33:19,560 –> 00:33:24,840
\nwe find that that, that that
\nconcept of a different way of <\/p>\n
395
\n00:33:24,840 –> 00:33:28,080
\nspeaking to God or whatever it
\nis that we call pray, that <\/p>\n
396
\n00:33:28,080 –> 00:33:32,880
\nmystical element is not there.
\nNow, I, I want to show you this <\/p>\n
397
\n00:33:32,880 –> 00:33:35,840
\nbecause in Bible times,
\nparticularly in the Old <\/p>\n
398
\n00:33:35,840 –> 00:33:39,480
\nTestament times, but also in the
\nnew, people did pray to one <\/p>\n
399
\n00:33:39,480 –> 00:33:42,680
\nanother.
\nThere are two primary words for <\/p>\n
400
\n00:33:42,680 –> 00:33:46,360
\nprayer in the Old Testament.
\nIs Palau. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:33:46,440 –> 00:33:49,680
\nAnd tefilla.
\nTefilla actually comes from the <\/p>\n
402
\n00:33:49,680 –> 00:33:53,800
\nverb.
\nThe verb is is the root word <\/p>\n
403
\n00:33:53,800 –> 00:34:02,640
\nPalau, and these words are used
\nas I say they’re the predominant<\/p>\n
404
\n00:34:02,640 –> 00:34:06,640
\nwords.
\nAnd the verb is. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:34:06,640 –> 00:34:13,120
\nUsed of speaking to other people
\nin Isaiah 45. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:34:13,560 –> 00:34:16,520
\nI’m just going to read it out
\njust at the same time toward the<\/p>\n
407
\n00:34:16,520 –> 00:34:20,600
\nend of verse 14, it says
\nconcerning Israel, They shall <\/p>\n
408
\n00:34:20,600 –> 00:34:26,560
\nfall down unto thee Israel.
\nThey shall make supplication <\/p>\n
409
\n00:34:28,320 –> 00:34:33,560
\nunto thee Israel.
\nIt’s Palau saying, surely God is<\/p>\n
410
\n00:34:33,560 –> 00:34:38,199
\nwith thee, so Palau is correctly
\nrendered supplication there. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:34:39,760 –> 00:34:44,120
\nBut it’s to.
\nPeople so the word can apply to <\/p>\n
412
\n00:34:44,120 –> 00:34:48,679
\nhumans and immediately some of
\nthe mystique about a special <\/p>\n
413
\n00:34:48,679 –> 00:34:54,440
\nword for speaking with God
\ndiminishes. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:34:55,800 –> 00:35:00,160
\nAlso, while this this word is
\nthe most useful prayer, it’s <\/p>\n
415
\n00:35:00,240 –> 00:35:03,360
\nit’s not the only one.
\nIn fact, there are at. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:35:03,360 –> 00:35:07,560
\nLeast seven others that have the
\nsame idea as this word Palau, <\/p>\n
417
\n00:35:07,600 –> 00:35:12,920
\nwhich basically has the idea of
\nasking and so we have all these <\/p>\n
418
\n00:35:12,920 –> 00:35:16,760
\nwords that mean the same thing.
\nThere’s Palau, tufila, paga, <\/p>\n
419
\n00:35:16,800 –> 00:35:22,520
\nnathar and Canaan, khanan,
\ntukina, and so on. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:35:22,520 –> 00:35:31,480
\nAll of these words, so there are
\neleven of these, and then we can<\/p>\n
421
\n00:35:31,480 –> 00:35:38,280
\nadd to this list of words all
\nthe words that mean to call, <\/p>\n
422
\n00:35:38,920 –> 00:35:42,720
\nbecause that’s also these words
\nare used for prayer as well <\/p>\n
423
\n00:35:42,920 –> 00:35:45,560
\neight times.
\nAnd then we can add the words <\/p>\n
424
\n00:35:45,560 –> 00:35:51,200
\nfor weeping or tears.
\nIt says in Job 16 verse 20, my <\/p>\n
425
\n00:35:51,200 –> 00:35:56,000
\nfriends scorn me, but my eye
\npours out tears unto God. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:35:56,800 –> 00:36:06,960
\nSo even tears can be a prayer.
\nSo all of these words, 22 of <\/p>\n
427
\n00:36:06,960 –> 00:36:12,760
\nthem imply asking and need.
\nHear the echo. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:36:13,080 –> 00:36:20,000
\nThey all refer to our need.
\nWell, there’s another side to <\/p>\n
429
\n00:36:20,000 –> 00:36:23,680
\nprayer, isn’t there?
\nAnd that’s. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:36:24,320 –> 00:36:27,040
\nPraise.
\nAnd what do we praise God for? <\/p>\n
431
\n00:36:29,240 –> 00:36:32,120
\nWell, for him.
\nFor His purpose, His will, <\/p>\n
432
\n00:36:32,120 –> 00:36:35,240
\neverything about him that’s
\ninvolving ourselves with God and<\/p>\n
433
\n00:36:35,240 –> 00:36:36,400
\nHis purpose.
\nThere it is. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:36:36,640 –> 00:36:39,880
\nThere’s two sides to this thing
\nwe call prayer. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:36:40,040 –> 00:36:42,040
\nAnd so we’ve got all the words
\nfor praise. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:36:42,040 –> 00:36:44,360
\nNow that we can add, there’s ten
\nof those. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:36:44,600 –> 00:36:47,680
\nAnd we can also add the words
\nfor rejoicing because they’re <\/p>\n
438
\n00:36:47,680 –> 00:36:50,840
\nalso used for prayers.
\nAnd there’s eight of those. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:36:51,000 –> 00:36:54,920
\nAnd we can add to that sing.
\nThere are two of those. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:36:55,240 –> 00:36:59,760
\nSo that’s 20 words used for
\nprayers of praise. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:37:01,200 –> 00:37:06,080
\nSo the Bible uses all these
\nwords for what we style prayer. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:37:08,200 –> 00:37:12,240
\nSo the Old Testament.
\nEspecially is especially rich. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:37:12,440 –> 00:37:16,600
\nThe Greek has its equivalent,
\nbut far less words to use them <\/p>\n
444
\n00:37:16,760 –> 00:37:20,480
\nto use, but they it definitely
\nthe Greek has their equivalence <\/p>\n
445
\n00:37:20,480 –> 00:37:22,680
\nof these words that we’ve just
\nlooked at. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:37:23,880 –> 00:37:28,480
\nBut the point is this.
\nThere are lots of words for <\/p>\n
447
\n00:37:28,480 –> 00:37:32,960
\nprayer, and there are common
\nwords for other things used for <\/p>\n
448
\n00:37:32,960 –> 00:37:35,560
\nother things, not a special
\nword. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:37:35,760 –> 00:37:40,400
\nAnd immediately what that says
\nis there is no particular word <\/p>\n
450
\n00:37:40,400 –> 00:37:46,040
\nfor prayer in the Bible.
\nAnd that fact ought. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:37:46,040 –> 00:37:49,880
\nTo reduce the mystique
\nsurrounding prayer. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:37:51,360 –> 00:37:56,320
\nThat’s and acknowledging that
\nfact does not diminish either <\/p>\n
453
\n00:37:56,320 –> 00:38:00,480
\nGod or prayer.
\nIn fact, having so many words, <\/p>\n
454
\n00:38:01,640 –> 00:38:06,440
\nsurely that’s telling us how
\nwonderful it is, how expensive <\/p>\n
455
\n00:38:06,440 –> 00:38:09,600
\nit is.
\nIt’s special. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:38:12,520 –> 00:38:17,560
\nSo look how rich prayer is.
\nBut the fact is, brothers. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:38:17,560 –> 00:38:19,520
\nAnd Sisters at its base, it’s
\nvery simple. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:38:21,600 –> 00:38:24,040
\nDo you know what the?
\nMost common word for <\/p>\n
459
\n00:38:24,040 –> 00:38:31,720
\ncommunication with God is in in
\nthe Old Testament, it’s the word<\/p>\n
460
\n00:38:32,040 –> 00:38:37,720
\nsaid.
\nThe word Amar. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:38:38,000 –> 00:38:44,760
\nIs the most common word.
\nIn the end, brothers and. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:38:44,760 –> 00:38:49,560
\nSisters, prayer is simply
\ntalking with God. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:38:53,040 –> 00:38:56,760
\nAnd what an amazing.
\nThing that is for us just to <\/p>\n
464
\n00:38:56,760 –> 00:39:04,160
\ntalk with God, that’s an
\nincredible thing that’s. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:39:04,160 –> 00:39:06,200
\nWhat you do in a?
\nRelationship isn’t it? <\/p>\n
466
\n00:39:06,920 –> 00:39:10,720
\nIt’s not a ceremony.
\nIt’s not prescribed words or a <\/p>\n
467
\n00:39:10,720 –> 00:39:14,640
\nset sort of position or a
\nspecial place. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:39:16,720 –> 00:39:20,640
\nIt’s just talking with him.
\nAnd we have that privilege. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:39:22,360 –> 00:39:25,800
\nNow I I want to.
\nIllustrate Now my wife is going <\/p>\n
470
\n00:39:25,800 –> 00:39:29,680
\nto go get mad at me now because
\nI’m going to ask. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:39:30,840 –> 00:39:33,680
\nWhat time I have to?
\nFinish because we got under way <\/p>\n
472
\n00:39:33,680 –> 00:39:38,240
\nthat I got held up and I I’m
\nreally lost as far as the time <\/p>\n
473
\n00:39:38,240 –> 00:39:40,520
\nis.
\nI did check my watch, but my a <\/p>\n
474
\n00:39:41,320 –> 00:39:43,000
\nfew minutes before a second
\nwould be fine. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:39:43,560 –> 00:39:47,480
\nOK, so I’ve got 20 minutes,
\nabout a bit less than that. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:39:47,520 –> 00:39:50,360
\nOK, that’s fine.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:39:50,440 –> 00:39:54,560
\nThank you.
\nI’ll just adjust. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:39:54,560 –> 00:39:56,800
\nAccordingly, that’s all.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:39:59,120 –> 00:40:02,560
\nI want to illustrate this
\ntalking with God, and we’re just<\/p>\n
480
\n00:40:02,560 –> 00:40:04,480
\ngoing to use Moses for as an
\nexample. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:40:04,480 –> 00:40:11,920
\nCome back to Exodus chapter 3.
\nExodus 3 and. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:40:11,920 –> 00:40:18,360
\nMoses is at the burning Bush,
\nand he sees this wonder, and he <\/p>\n
483
\n00:40:18,360 –> 00:40:22,520
\ngoes to look.
\nAnd in verse four it says, And <\/p>\n
484
\n00:40:22,520 –> 00:40:27,560
\nwhen Yahweh saw that he turned
\naside to see, God called unto <\/p>\n
485
\n00:40:27,560 –> 00:40:31,680
\nhim out of the midst of the Bush
\nand said, Moses, Moses. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:40:31,800 –> 00:40:37,120
\nAnd he said Here am I.
\nAnd he said draw not. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:40:37,120 –> 00:40:42,200
\nMy thither hit her, put thy
\nshoes off from thy feet. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:40:42,440 –> 00:40:45,840
\nAnd then he goes on to say that
\nhe had heard the cries of the <\/p>\n
489
\n00:40:45,840 –> 00:40:50,400
\nchildren of Israel, and that he
\nwas come down to to respond to <\/p>\n
490
\n00:40:50,400 –> 00:40:54,640
\ntheir needs.
\nAnd then in verse 10, it says, <\/p>\n
491
\n00:40:55,200 –> 00:40:58,320
\nCome now therefore, and I will
\nsend thee unto Pharaoh, that <\/p>\n
492
\n00:40:58,320 –> 00:41:01,360
\nthou mayest bring forth my
\npeople, the children of Israel <\/p>\n
493
\n00:41:01,360 –> 00:41:05,000
\nout of Egypt.
\nAnd Moses said to God, Who am I <\/p>\n
494
\n00:41:05,000 –> 00:41:08,480
\nthat that I should go unto
\nPharaoh, and that I should bring<\/p>\n
495
\n00:41:08,560 –> 00:41:10,560
\nforth the children of Israel out
\nof Egypt? <\/p>\n
496
\n00:41:10,720 –> 00:41:14,880
\nAnd he said, Certainly I will be
\nwith thee, and this shall be the<\/p>\n
497
\n00:41:14,880 –> 00:41:17,000
\ntoken unto thee that I’ve sent
\nthee. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:41:17,120 –> 00:41:20,280
\nWhen there has brought forth the
\npeople out of Egypt, you shall <\/p>\n
499
\n00:41:20,280 –> 00:41:24,640
\nserve God upon this mountain.
\nAnd Moses said unto God, Behold,<\/p>\n
500
\n00:41:24,840 –> 00:41:28,200
\nwhen I come unto the children of
\nIsrael, and say unto them, The <\/p>\n
501
\n00:41:28,200 –> 00:41:31,680
\nGod of your Father’s had sent me
\nunto you, and and they shall say<\/p>\n
502
\n00:41:31,680 –> 00:41:34,600
\nunto me, What is his name?
\nAnd what shall I say unto them? <\/p>\n
503
\n00:41:34,720 –> 00:41:40,400
\nAnd shall I come to news?
\nNow can we say that? <\/p>\n
504
\n00:41:40,400 –> 00:41:43,560
\nMost people are talking to him
\nat the fourth verse one. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:41:43,920 –> 00:41:47,200
\nAnd Moses answered and said, But
\nbehold, they will not believe <\/p>\n
506
\n00:41:47,200 –> 00:41:50,680
\nme, nor hearken unto my voice,
\nbut they will say, Yahweh have <\/p>\n
507
\n00:41:50,680 –> 00:41:53,120
\nnot appeared unto thee.
\nAnd Yahweh said unto him, What <\/p>\n
508
\n00:41:53,120 –> 00:41:55,680
\nis that in thine hand?
\nAnd he said, Rob. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:41:55,920 –> 00:41:59,000
\nAnd he said, Cast it on the
\nground, and he cast it on the <\/p>\n
510
\n00:41:59,000 –> 00:42:03,280
\nground, and it became a serpent,
\nand Moses fled from before it. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:42:03,280 –> 00:42:08,000
\nSo the conversation continues.
\nAnd Moses. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:42:10,600 –> 00:42:12,920
\nIs highly.
\nReluctant, isn’t he? <\/p>\n
513
\n00:42:13,840 –> 00:42:18,320
\nAnd then we read in verse 10.
\nAnd Moses said unto Yahweh, Oh <\/p>\n
514
\n00:42:18,320 –> 00:42:21,560
\nmy Lord.
\nI am not eloquent. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:42:21,880 –> 00:42:26,160
\nNeither heretofore nor since
\nthou has spoken unto thy servant<\/p>\n
516
\n00:42:26,360 –> 00:42:28,880
\nthat I am slow as speeching of a
\nslow tongue. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:42:29,440 –> 00:42:32,240
\nWell, that sounds very sort of
\nsimilar to a prayer. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:42:32,440 –> 00:42:35,400
\nYou know, it’s got the, the
\ntitle of God, what we would <\/p>\n
519
\n00:42:35,400 –> 00:42:40,920
\nnormally find in our prayer.
\nAnd there’s the humility and so <\/p>\n
520
\n00:42:40,920 –> 00:42:42,920
\non.
\nAnd Yahweh said unto him, Who <\/p>\n
521
\n00:42:42,920 –> 00:42:46,960
\nhath made man’s mouth, or who
\nmaketh the dumb, or deaf, or the<\/p>\n
522
\n00:42:47,040 –> 00:42:49,520
\nseeing, or the blind?
\nHave not I Yahweh? <\/p>\n
523
\n00:42:49,840 –> 00:42:52,560
\nAnd now therefore go, and I will
\nbe with thy mouth. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:42:52,560 –> 00:42:56,120
\nAnd verse 13 And he said, Oh my
\nLord, send, I pray thee, by the <\/p>\n
525
\n00:42:56,120 –> 00:42:58,240
\nhand of him with whom thou
\nwolves in him. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:42:58,240 –> 00:43:01,320
\nAnd the anger of Yahweh was it
\nwas against Moses. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:43:01,320 –> 00:43:03,560
\nAnd he told him he was going to
\nsend his brother to be with him.<\/p>\n
528
\n00:43:03,720 –> 00:43:08,160
\nAnd so off they go into Egypt
\nand they appear before Pharaoh. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:43:08,240 –> 00:43:11,080
\nAnd of course we we know the
\nresults of that. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:43:11,200 –> 00:43:15,680
\nAnd Pharaoh increases their
\nburdens and the the officials. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:43:17,440 –> 00:43:20,360
\nAre very upset.
\nBy this and so they make this <\/p>\n
532
\n00:43:20,360 –> 00:43:25,720
\nappeal unto to Pharaoh and in in
\nchapter 5 and verse 20. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:43:27,160 –> 00:43:30,480
\nThey come.
\nOut from an enraged Pharaoh. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:43:31,200 –> 00:43:34,560
\nAnd they see Moses and Aaron
\nstanding there. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:43:34,560 –> 00:43:38,840
\nVerse 20 And they met Moses and
\nAaron, who stood in the way as <\/p>\n
536
\n00:43:38,840 –> 00:43:43,080
\nthey came forth from Pharaoh.
\nAnd they said unto them, Yahweh,<\/p>\n
537
\n00:43:43,080 –> 00:43:46,560
\nlook upon you, and judge,
\nbecause you have made our savour<\/p>\n
538
\n00:43:46,560 –> 00:43:50,120
\nto to be appalled in the eyes of
\nPharaoh, and in the eyes of his <\/p>\n
539
\n00:43:50,120 –> 00:43:53,320
\nservants, to put a sword in
\ntheir hand to slay us. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:43:54,600 –> 00:44:02,480
\nAnd Moses returned unto Yahweh,
\nand said, Lord, wherefore hast <\/p>\n
541
\n00:44:02,480 –> 00:44:05,160
\nthou so evil, and treated this
\npeople? <\/p>\n
542
\n00:44:05,880 –> 00:44:08,120
\nAnd why is it that thou hast
\nsent me? <\/p>\n
543
\n00:44:08,560 –> 00:44:12,760
\nFor since I came to Pharaoh to
\nspeak in thy name, he hath done <\/p>\n
544
\n00:44:12,800 –> 00:44:16,120
\nevil to this people, neither
\nhast thou delivered thy people <\/p>\n
545
\n00:44:16,120 –> 00:44:21,200
\nat all.
\nWhere did Moses go? <\/p>\n
546
\n00:44:21,800 –> 00:44:26,120
\nIt says He returned unto Yahweh.
\nWell, he didn’t go back down to <\/p>\n
547
\n00:44:26,120 –> 00:44:29,040
\nMount Sinai.
\nHe didn’t go into the Tabernacle<\/p>\n
548
\n00:44:29,040 –> 00:44:31,400
\nbecause it hadn’t yet been
\nformed, or a temple, or a <\/p>\n
549
\n00:44:31,400 –> 00:44:37,240
\nspecial room.
\nWhere did he go and does that <\/p>\n
550
\n00:44:37,240 –> 00:44:38,680
\nsound?
\nLike what we would call a <\/p>\n
551
\n00:44:38,680 –> 00:44:40,560
\nprayer?
\nWell, it sort of sounds like <\/p>\n
552
\n00:44:40,560 –> 00:44:44,560
\nwhat we would call a prayer.
\nBut it’s not brothers and. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:44:44,560 –> 00:44:48,440
\nSisters, he returned back to
\ntalk with God. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:44:48,600 –> 00:44:52,040
\nThat’s all it is.
\nIt’s a continuation of the same <\/p>\n
555
\n00:44:52,040 –> 00:45:00,520
\ndiscussion.
\nHe’s just talking, and that’s <\/p>\n
556
\n00:45:00,520 –> 00:45:02,600
\nwhat prayer is.
\nTalking with God. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:45:04,880 –> 00:45:06,440
\nAnd when we.
\nLook at it like that, brothers <\/p>\n
558
\n00:45:06,440 –> 00:45:09,840
\nand sisters.
\nIt not only removes the mystical<\/p>\n
559
\n00:45:09,960 –> 00:45:16,960
\nelements, but it also brings the
\nreality of what we’re doing. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:45:19,880 –> 00:45:23,400
\nJust the thought.
\nOf simply talking with God can <\/p>\n
561
\n00:45:23,400 –> 00:45:29,120
\nfill us with all and humility
\nand an enormous sense of <\/p>\n
562
\n00:45:29,120 –> 00:45:32,880
\nprivilege talking with the
\nCreator. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:45:37,040 –> 00:45:39,920
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nEnables us to come into the <\/p>\n
564
\n00:45:39,920 –> 00:45:42,640
\npresence of God.
\nTo. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:45:42,640 –> 00:45:46,480
\nTalk with him.
\nThat’s a relationship. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:45:46,480 –> 00:45:51,280
\nBut this is no ordinary
\nrelationship, is it, brothers <\/p>\n
567
\n00:45:51,280 –> 00:45:56,600
\nand sisters?
\nIt’s not. 5050 your give and <\/p>\n
568
\n00:45:56,600 –> 00:46:00,440
\ntake like we usually describe a
\nrelationship. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:46:02,880 –> 00:46:07,440
\nHe’s the high and the.
\nLofty one who inhabits eternity.<\/p>\n
570
\n00:46:07,800 –> 00:46:13,400
\nHe’s in the high and lofty
\nplace, and he humbles himself to<\/p>\n
571
\n00:46:13,400 –> 00:46:17,920
\nbehold the things in heaven, let
\nalone the things on the earth. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:46:21,400 –> 00:46:25,440
\nHe demands respect.
\nFrom anyone who speaks with him.<\/p>\n
573
\n00:46:26,720 –> 00:46:31,880
\nNow I I want to.
\nJust conclude with showing a <\/p>\n
574
\n00:46:31,880 –> 00:46:35,040
\nlittle bit of grammar.
\nBoring. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:46:35,480 –> 00:46:41,720
\nIt’s not really because it
\ndescribes a a a wonderful word <\/p>\n
576
\n00:46:41,720 –> 00:46:45,960
\npicture and and I’m I promise
\nI’m not going to get too <\/p>\n
577
\n00:46:45,960 –> 00:46:51,440
\ntechnical.
\nIn fact to some that may be to <\/p>\n
578
\n00:46:51,440 –> 00:46:53,560
\ntruncate it.
\nBut anyway this is what I want <\/p>\n
579
\n00:46:53,560 –> 00:46:57,600
\nto show is the picture.
\nThe word Palau. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:46:58,360 –> 00:47:05,400
\nWhich is the most common word in
\nthe Hebrew has two stems and a <\/p>\n
581
\n00:47:05,400 –> 00:47:09,640
\nstem is something that makes the
\nword do something. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:47:09,640 –> 00:47:12,920
\nAnd and that’s as far as I’m
\ngoing to, as technical as I’m <\/p>\n
583
\n00:47:12,920 –> 00:47:14,000
\ngoing to get.
\nOops. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:47:15,680 –> 00:47:19,160
\nI missed a whole.
\nEdition there of other words <\/p>\n
585
\n00:47:19,160 –> 00:47:21,400
\nthat we could have added to our
\npile of words, and that was <\/p>\n
586
\n00:47:21,400 –> 00:47:28,640
\nabout talking with God Palau.
\nIt comes in peel and in pit pal.<\/p>\n
587
\n00:47:28,640 –> 00:47:31,760
\nIn fact, the root idea of the
\nword is in peel. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:47:32,120 –> 00:47:36,360
\nIt makes the meaning of the word
\nmeaning to judge, to assess, <\/p>\n
589
\n00:47:36,360 –> 00:47:41,520
\nevaluate, to interpose.
\nSo it doesn’t sound like. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:47:41,520 –> 00:47:44,960
\nPrayer.
\nWhat makes it? <\/p>\n
591
\n00:47:45,200 –> 00:47:50,320
\nPrayer is the hit pal stem.
\nThat’s it. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:47:50,320 –> 00:47:53,120
\nThat’s what how?
\nDoes how does then does hit pal <\/p>\n
593
\n00:47:53,320 –> 00:48:00,080
\nturn the word which means to
\nassess, to evaluate, to judge <\/p>\n
594
\n00:48:00,400 –> 00:48:04,280
\ninto prayer?
\nWell, hit pal does a lot of <\/p>\n
595
\n00:48:04,280 –> 00:48:09,800
\nthings, but one of the things
\nthat it can do is this it vests <\/p>\n
596
\n00:48:09,840 –> 00:48:11,960
\nin a word.
\nI just want, I want you to hear <\/p>\n
597
\n00:48:11,960 –> 00:48:16,040
\nwhat this says.
\nInvest the sense of putting <\/p>\n
598
\n00:48:16,040 –> 00:48:22,880
\noneself into the position of
\nreceiving the action from <\/p>\n
599
\n00:48:22,880 –> 00:48:26,200
\nsomeone else.
\nIt sounds like the passive, but <\/p>\n
600
\n00:48:26,200 –> 00:48:28,320
\nit’s more than that.
\nYou are actually doing <\/p>\n
601
\n00:48:28,320 –> 00:48:31,200
\nsomething.
\nPassive is when you receive <\/p>\n
602
\n00:48:32,200 –> 00:48:35,760
\nsomething from someone else.
\nYou know the ball was hit. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:48:35,760 –> 00:48:37,480
\nThat’s passive.
\nThis is more than that. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:48:37,640 –> 00:48:43,640
\nIt’s you putting yourself into a
\nposition so you’re active that <\/p>\n
605
\n00:48:43,640 –> 00:48:46,960
\nsomeone may do this to you.
\nThis is what hip pal does. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:48:47,200 –> 00:48:50,600
\nWell, here it is.
\nIt. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:48:50,960 –> 00:48:57,880
\nMeans to place one’s request
\nbefore another to be assessed by<\/p>\n
608
\n00:48:58,080 –> 00:49:02,000
\nthem.
\nThat’s prayer, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
609
\n00:49:03,040 –> 00:49:08,320
\nWe put our petition before the
\nFather for Him to assess whether<\/p>\n
610
\n00:49:08,320 –> 00:49:11,000
\nhe will act on it or not.
\nThat is prayer. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:49:13,040 –> 00:49:20,120
\nAnd isn’t that powerful?
\nIf we think about that, it’s <\/p>\n
612
\n00:49:20,160 –> 00:49:28,680
\nputting out issues before him
\nand he decides that’s exactly <\/p>\n
613
\n00:49:28,680 –> 00:49:33,360
\nwhat prayer is.
\nNow there are other Hebrew words<\/p>\n
614
\n00:49:33,360 –> 00:49:36,080
\nfor prayer that use the hit pale
\nin the same way. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:49:36,080 –> 00:49:39,680
\nIt changes the meaning of the
\nword into this. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:49:40,600 –> 00:49:43,640
\nIt’s how it’s used now.
\nYou know, the grammar presents <\/p>\n
617
\n00:49:43,640 –> 00:49:51,440
\nthis picture of someone who’s
\nsuperior assessing another’s <\/p>\n
618
\n00:49:51,560 –> 00:49:55,800
\nneeds or desires, and you.
\nKnow there are many. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:49:56,120 –> 00:50:00,600
\nVast reliefs.
\nAnd engravings and. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:50:00,600 –> 00:50:07,920
\nSo on of slaves and subjects,
\nand so on, pleading the mercy of<\/p>\n
621
\n00:50:08,360 –> 00:50:11,960
\nof a superior.
\nAnd they’ve generally got. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:50:11,960 –> 00:50:15,520
\nTheir hands outstretched and
\nthey’re in various postures. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:50:15,520 –> 00:50:18,960
\nThey are the standing, kneeling
\nor even flat on on their knees <\/p>\n
624
\n00:50:18,960 –> 00:50:21,680
\nor even on their faces, but
\noften with their hands in the <\/p>\n
625
\n00:50:21,680 –> 00:50:22,960
\near.
\nAnd there are lots of other <\/p>\n
626
\n00:50:22,960 –> 00:50:26,280
\npictures of people praying which
\nbar it is. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:50:26,480 –> 00:50:30,000
\nI believe that this picture here
\nof the Lord. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:50:31,720 –> 00:50:35,720
\nTaking.
\nSlaves and then pleading the <\/p>\n
629
\n00:50:35,720 –> 00:50:43,200
\nmercy of that Lord is burrowed
\nfrom prayer, and it’s because <\/p>\n
630
\n00:50:43,280 –> 00:50:47,960
\nthey try to stand in the place
\nof God, these Lords. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:50:47,960 –> 00:50:54,880
\nNow, the Bible often has
\npictures of people standing with<\/p>\n
632
\n00:50:54,960 –> 00:50:59,600
\nor even kneeling with their arms
\noutstretched in this appealing <\/p>\n
633
\n00:51:00,040 –> 00:51:03,200
\nway.
\nNow I’m going to. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:51:03,200 –> 00:51:09,240
\nLeave out one.
\nI was going to look at an <\/p>\n
635
\n00:51:09,240 –> 00:51:13,880
\nexpression in the Hebrew.
\nWell, it’s in several places in <\/p>\n
636
\n00:51:13,880 –> 00:51:18,160
\nthe Bible, which actually
\nliterally means that to throw <\/p>\n
637
\n00:51:18,160 –> 00:51:26,280
\ndown your petition before God as
\nif you’re throwing yourself down<\/p>\n
638
\n00:51:26,920 –> 00:51:30,400
\nbefore Him.
\nAnd it’s showing us the humility<\/p>\n
639
\n00:51:30,560 –> 00:51:34,480
\nthat’s required.
\nAnd you imagine prostrating <\/p>\n
640
\n00:51:34,480 –> 00:51:38,920
\nyourself before a powerful Lord.
\nTo appeal for your. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:51:38,920 –> 00:51:44,400
\nLife.
\nWell, that’s prayer and <\/p>\n
642
\n00:51:44,400 –> 00:51:51,640
\nsupplication.
\nRealising this brings humility. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:51:52,920 –> 00:51:55,160
\nWould you put on an?
\nAffected manner. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:51:56,560 –> 00:51:58,440
\nUsing flowery.
\nLanguage. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:52:00,840 –> 00:52:02,720
\nPut on a prayer.
\nShow. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:52:06,560 –> 00:52:10,280
\nWould you have?
\nA a good old yarn with like as <\/p>\n
647
\n00:52:10,280 –> 00:52:19,210
\nif he’s your mate.
\nI don’t think so, brothers. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:52:19,210 –> 00:52:26,770
\nAnd sisters, you may be
\nimpassioned, but you’d be very <\/p>\n
649
\n00:52:26,810 –> 00:52:36,120
\nreverential, direct and plain.
\nBecause no royal likes affected <\/p>\n
650
\n00:52:36,120 –> 00:52:41,440
\npeople, not any with any any
\nsense of decency and power and <\/p>\n
651
\n00:52:41,680 –> 00:52:47,720
\nand and intelligence.
\nThey can see straight through it<\/p>\n
652
\n00:52:51,080 –> 00:52:52,120
\nand.
\nIt’s the same with us. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:52:52,120 –> 00:52:56,320
\nBrothers and sisters, it’s just
\na simple request. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:52:59,720 –> 00:53:01,240
\nAnd it’s done in a.
\nCertain spirit. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:53:02,440 –> 00:53:06,440
\nNow I’m going to finish with.
\nI take it that there’s. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:53:07,760 –> 00:53:11,160
\nThere’s a link to.
\nThis morning’s excitation, I <\/p>\n
657
\n00:53:11,160 –> 00:53:16,560
\ndidn’t hear the exhort, I’m
\nafraid, but about walking with <\/p>\n
658
\n00:53:16,560 –> 00:53:22,320
\nGod and I, I take it from the
\nprayer that there was some <\/p>\n
659
\n00:53:22,800 –> 00:53:26,320
\nconnection there.
\nThis is Micah 6 and. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:53:26,320 –> 00:53:29,800
\nVerse 8.
\nHeath showed thee O. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:53:29,800 –> 00:53:34,400
\nMan, what is good, and what doth
\nYahweh require of thee but to do<\/p>\n
662
\n00:53:34,400 –> 00:53:38,960
\njustly, and to love mercy, and
\nto walk humbly with thy God? <\/p>\n
663
\n00:53:39,120 –> 00:53:43,720
\nYou know you could find no more
\nact a description of a <\/p>\n
664
\n00:53:43,720 –> 00:53:47,480
\nrelationship than walking with a
\ncompanion. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:53:49,840 –> 00:53:54,880
\nTo walk with.
\nGod is to be in His company, to <\/p>\n
666
\n00:53:54,880 –> 00:53:58,400
\nwalk on the same path that He is
\non. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:53:59,280 –> 00:54:06,320
\nThat’s His purpose and to be
\ninvolved in the same things that<\/p>\n
668
\n00:54:06,440 –> 00:54:12,880
\nHe is involved with, that He’s
\ninterested in Him, to listen to <\/p>\n
669
\n00:54:12,880 –> 00:54:35,040
\nHim and to talk with Him.
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