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Honour His Name · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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  Matthew chapter 6, around page 978 of the Church Bibles.
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  ! Matthew chapter 6, at verse 9, where Jesus has told us how not to pray.
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  ! And before we come into then how to pray.
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  Do not pray, he said, like the hypocrites, for they love you.
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  To stand and pray in the synagogues, that was verse 5.
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  And then in verse 7, and when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do,
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  for they think that they will be heard with their many words.
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  Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask.
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  Pray then like this, our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
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  So we're turning back to the Lord's Prayer.
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  It's a prayer we're familiar with.
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  We say these words mostly each Lord's Day.
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  We repeat the Lord's Prayer.
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  We hear young and old alike repeating these words.
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  But what do they mean to us?
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  What do these words actually mean to us?
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  They're not just words to be repeated, but they're really giving us a pattern to follow in prayer.
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  Prayer is much more than just using these words that we have in the Lord's Prayer.
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  We can expand on these words, but there's a pattern in it that reminds us that we are looking and see that God, if you like, ranks first.
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  He comes first in this prayer.
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  Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
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  And then we see that ourselves, we rank second as you move further down to verse 11.
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  Give us this day our daily bread.
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  And so it goes on.
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  There's six petitions.
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  Three looking to God and then three looking to ourselves.
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  And so we're thinking about honoring his name.
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  Giving glory to his name in this stanza, hallowed be your name.
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  There's no end to the number of ways that we are told how we can improve ourselves.
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  Be it our looks, our wealth, our lifestyles.
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  There's offers being thrown at us all the time on all of these things.
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  Offers saying we can be better than we are.
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  And you just look at society today, whether it's in schools or even in the workplace or just in our general day-to-day lives.
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  There's this kind of idea of being self-confident.
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  Of being able to manage by ourselves.
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  To be strong in ourselves.
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  To be bold.
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  To be courageous.
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  And all of these things.
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  And in many ways it sounds very positive.
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  And it's no doubt it's something that we need.
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  Even as a Christian we need to be bold.
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  We're taught that.
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  To be bold.
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  To be courageous.
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  To be all of these things.
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  But it's how it's taught.
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  And where that courage, where that boldness comes from.
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  And what its focus is on that's important.
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  You look at the kind of quotes that you find out there about how to be a better person.
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  For example, Michael Jordan.
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  Famous basketball player.
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  He once said this.
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  Everybody has talent.
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  But ability takes hard work.
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  And there's truth in that.
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  There's no doubt about that.
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  Everybody has talent.
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  But it takes hard work.
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  Madonna.
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  Famous singer.
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  No matter who you are.
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  No matter what you did.
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  No matter where you've come from.
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  You can always change.
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  Become a better version of yourself.
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  Again, you can see there's positives in that.
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  But it's where the focus is.
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  And sadly, you hear it in preaching.
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  When you look at the likes of prosperity ministry.
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  Someone like Joel Osteen.
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  It can all sound very positive.
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  It can sound very focused on the scriptures.
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  But at the heart of it is self.
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  For example, he said, be happy where you are.
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  But what does that mean?
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  And what's behind it all?
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  It's very much a focus on self.
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  So all these ideas, they have good intentions in many ways.
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  But when we're focusing on self, that then takes our focus away from God.
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  And as we come away from God, that leads us down the wrong paths.
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  And so in prayer, and in the Lord's prayer as we're looking at it, it is really bringing our focus back on him.
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  Our dependence on him.
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  If we are going to change, it has to be through him.
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  If we are going to be a better people, it has to be through him.
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  Because that has to be the source of all of these things.
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  No matter how positive they may seem, the source has to come from God.
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  One of the best quotes you'll have about bettering yourself, if you like, is found in the scriptures.
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  In John chapter 3, verse 30.
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  Where John the Baptist says,
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  He must increase, but I must decrease.
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  If you want to be better, if you want to be all of these positive things, he must increase.
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  God must increase.
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  I must decrease.
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  And that's what Jesus is teaching here in the Lord's Prayer.
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  There's a focus away from self towards God.
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  Our Father.
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  That's not looking to ourselves.
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  That's lifting our eyes to him.
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  And that's what the first three parts of this prayer are about.
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  Centered on God.
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  And this evening we're looking at,
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  C.S. Lewis once said,
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  A proud man is always looking down on things and people.
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  And of course, as long as you are looking down,
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  you cannot see something that is above you.
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  And that's how we are to pray.
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  Humbly.
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  Coming before him.
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  Not looking down on things and people,
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  but looking up.
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  Looking down on ourselves,
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  perhaps bringing ourselves down.
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  We must decrease.
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  And he must increase.
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  So, Hallowed be your name.
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  What does Hallowed mean?
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  How do you do this?
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  What's in his name?
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  These are the things that we're going to think about this evening.
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  Beginning with that word,
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  Hallowed.
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  We say this in prayer often.
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  How many times have you repeated these words?
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  Have you ever paused and just thought,
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  what does it actually mean?
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  And what does it mean to you personally?
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  What difference should this make in your life?
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  If this is how we are to pray,
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  what difference does this make?
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  God is a priority in our prayers at all times.
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  Because if our focus is not on him and through him,
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  then our prayers are not lifted up to what is above,
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  to our Father in heaven.
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  And here he is saying,
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  What does that word, Hallowed, mean?
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  It's maybe not a word we're overly familiar with,
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  but we do hear it in some different contexts.
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  For example, in a traditional way,
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  you can sometimes hear that word, Hallowed.
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  We must protect the Hallowed traditions of our community.
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  There's that sense of something that's important,
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  something that's precious.
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  Hallowed traditions.
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  It's used metaphorically.
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  You often hear it about football teams
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  or teams that play in stadiums.
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  The teams stepped onto the Hallowed turf of the stadium.
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  The Hallowed turf, that pitch,
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  it's almost like it's sacred.
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  It's special.
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  There's something about it.
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  But as we're looking at it here,
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  when it's saying,
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  Hallowed be your name,
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  it means so much more.
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  That traditional sense,
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  or in that metaphorical sense,
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  there's that sacred or that revered kind of nature to it.
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  And there's that with God,
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  that sacred, that revered.
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  But there's so much more.
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  Because here it's really meaning to sanctify your name.
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  That your name be holy.
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  That we give that holy nature to God.
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  But we cannot give it to him,
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  because he is already holy.
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  So it's not something that is missing in God,
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  that we are to seek to pray for him,
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  that he will have.
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  He is already holy.
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  So what does it mean as we are praying,
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  Hallowed be your name?
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  Well, it's about honoring his name.
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  Honoring his name.
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  Giving glory to his name.
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  This is what hallowed means in this sense.
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  Giving honor and glory to God.
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  If left to our own devices
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  and our own self-help methods,
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  then the name of God would not be given honor and glory.
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  And there's always a danger of that in our prayers.
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  Where instead of starting,
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  like I say,
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  this is a pattern for prayer.
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  Instead of starting with our Father in heaven.
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  Instead of starting with God,
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  giving glory and honor to him.
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  We start with self.
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  And we start with the second half of this prayer.
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  Give us.
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  We were looking to God in that way.
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  Straight away.
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  Our focus is on ourselves.
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  God, answer my demands.
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  Answer my needs.
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  Answer my prayers the way I want you to.
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  We begin with self.
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  We end with self.
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  And that's not the way that we are taught to pray.
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  Because you see in scriptures,
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  when people turn to their own ways,
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  turn to their own wisdom,
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  the blessing of God is so often lost or departs from them.
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  The phrase,
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  everyone did as they saw fit,
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  or everyone did as they thought right,
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  is a repeated phrase in scripture.
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  It appears at times when God's name was not being glorified.
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  Where his name was not being hallowed.
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  But instead,
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  self-importance was greater.
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  You see it in Romans.
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  Everyone did what was right in their own eyes.
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  They turned to their own ways,
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  thinking,
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  we know better than God.
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  We're not going to give God glory.
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  We're going to glorify ourselves.
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  And we take God out of everything.
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  You can look at an example in our own society,
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  with,
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  for example,
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  the girl guides.
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  They were set up in 1910.
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  And as part of becoming a girl guide,
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  you had to take an oath.
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  And part of the oath was,
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  to love my God.
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  But in their wisdom in 2013,
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  they changed that.
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  And it became,
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  to be true to myself,
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  and develop my beliefs.
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  To be true to myself.
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  Instead of to love my God,
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  it's to be true to myself.
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  God is just taken out.
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  In just a few words,
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  totally removed.
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  So instead of God being set apart,
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  in this way of being holy,
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  his name being sacred,
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  his name being precious,
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  his name is removed.
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  There's no glory given,
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  there's no honour given,
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  to the name of God.
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  It's to be true to myself.
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  And it's not just with the girl guides.
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  That becomes prevalent,
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  in so many areas of life.
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  Where God is removed,
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  and it's all about self.
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  And so here we are learning,
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  when Jesus is teaching us to pray,
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  as we are praying to our Father in heaven,
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  we are doing it,
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  that his name may be glorified.
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  His name may be honoured.
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  God is set apart as holy.
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  As we read in Isaiah 45,
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  we were just seeing there,
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  how God was speaking,
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  about the glory that was due to him.
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  I,
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  I am the Lord,
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  there is no other.
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  That's what you see repeated,
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  through Isaiah 45.
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  There is no other.
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  And so here we are being reminded as well,
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  it is his name,
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  that is going to make all the difference.
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  Giving glory to his name,
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  because there is no other.
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  God is set apart.
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  That is what the first commandments teach us.
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  You will have no other gods before me.
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  He is the most important one.
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  You see it in the third commandment,
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  which is so close to this,
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  hallowed be your name.
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  Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord,
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  thy God,
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  in vain.
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  We are to glorify his name.
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  His name is treated differently.
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  His name is precious.
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  Look,
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  when you look at Psalm 145,
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  as we sang it in the Sing Psalms version,
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  you have that,
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  these words,
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  oh my God.
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  Now,
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  how often do you hear that phrase repeated today?
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  You hear it probably every day of life.
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  But how is it used?
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  Is it used in the sense of his name being hallowed,
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  his name being glorified,
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  his name being honoured?
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  It's not.
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  It's often a curse.
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  It's often just a phrase that comes off the lips of people.
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  Oh my God.
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  And yet,
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  as we sang there,
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  I will exalt you.
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  Oh my God.
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  And King.
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  It's not about a curse that we need to use.
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  It's a plea.
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  And that's what this is reminding us here.
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  We are making that plea to God.
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  Because we depend on him.
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  But it's also more than just words.
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  This is not just a word prayer.
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  This is a prayer that is to be lived.
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  It's about these words being said,
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  but about our attitude changing
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  and our behaviour as well.
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  If we are crying out to our Father in heaven,
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  hallowed be your name.
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  How are we doing that?
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  How are we living that out?
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  There are many ways in which we make gods in our lives.
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  The Bible speaks about it so often.
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  Isaiah 45 spoke about it.
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  How the nation has their gods,
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  but none can help.
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  All other gods are idols dumb.
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  But we have a God,
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  a Father in heaven,
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  whose name we are to hallow.
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  And that is not to be just spoken.
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  It is to be lived.
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  So that even in our thoughts,
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  even in how we live our attitudes and everything,
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  it is to be with that sense of,
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  Lord, help me to glorify you.
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  Help me to honour you.
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  Because we are helpless ourselves.
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  The danger that we have is we make ourselves God
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  before God himself.
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  And it's easily done.
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  All these self-help kind of attitudes,
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  the assertiveness, the boldness,
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  the courage that comes from self,
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  that's putting ourselves in place of God.
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  That's a change in our attitude,
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  in our minds.
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  But it's taking us away from God.
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  So even in the way that we think,
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  we are to glorify God,
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  to hallow his name.
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  So it's our attitudes we are to honour him with,
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  but it's also our behaviour.
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  In the way we live.
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  So our actions,
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  everything that we do,
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  we are asking that his name be hallowed,
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  his name be glorified in everything that we do.
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  So is it?
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  Is your life lived like that,
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  where you hallow his name
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  in the way that you live?
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  Is his name hallowed
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  in the way that you speak?
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  In the words that you use?
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  It so easily could be us that's saying,
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  oh my God,
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  in that flippant way,
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  and that's our witness to those around us.
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  Instead of that plea,
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  Lord,
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  you're my king,
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  you're my God,
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  you're my father.
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  So in the way that we speak,
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  what about in the way that we work?
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  Are we hallowing his name in that sense?
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  Are we honouring his name?
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  Are we glorifying his name
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  in the way that we work?
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  Honouring our employers,
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  honouring our time,
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  honouring our attitudes,
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  and that as well.
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  In the way that we treat others.
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  It's so important.
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  So if we're praying,
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  hallowed be your name,
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  and we're mistreating
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  or misspeaking towards others,
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  that is not hallowing his name.
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  That is not giving glory to his name
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  and honour to his name.
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  It is dishonour.
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  And so that's why this is so important
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  to pray.
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  So as you pray this prayer,
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  as we repeat these words,
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  think about your attitude,
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  your conduct,
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  your speech,
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  everything,
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  your mind,
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  your prayers.
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  Is it hallowing the name of God?
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  Because as we do,
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  we realise that we are
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  depending on him
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  for everything.
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  We are depending
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  on his son,
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  on the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Are we glorifying his name
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  by glorifying our saviour?
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  By honouring him?
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  By giving glory to him
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  in all that we do?
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  There are so many ways
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  that we don't.
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  But we are to say,
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  hallowed be your name
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  in every way.
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  But then that leads us secondly
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  to your name.
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  What is in this name?
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  His name is precious.
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  His name is important.
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  We all have a name.
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  We are all identified by a name.
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  Our birth certificates
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  give us a name.
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  But our name doesn't tell us much
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  about the kind of person
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  that we are.
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  There are many people
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  in the world,
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  there are many people
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  in our island
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  with the same name.
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  But not every Donald,
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  not every Callum,
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  not every Mary,
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  they're not all the same.
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  We're all different.
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  We've all got our different traits.
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  We've all got our different attitudes.
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  We've all got our different behaviors.
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  Characters are very different.
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  But here we are looking
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  at the name of God.
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  And his name has much more substance.
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  It has much more meaning
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  than our names.
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  And what does it mean?
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  What does his name mean?
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  Well, as we read in Isaiah 45,
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  we see the significance
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  of his name.
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  As we read in Isaiah 45,
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  verse 5,
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  I am the Lord
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  and there is no other.
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  There is his name, Lord.
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  Apart from me,
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  there is no God.
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  I will strengthen you,
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  though you have not acknowledged me.
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  There is this grace.
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  In verse 23
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  of the same chapter,
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  And you look at that
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  in the New Testament
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  where it's talking about
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  every knee shall bow
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  and every tongue confess what?
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  That Jesus Christ is Lord.
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  And that's his name.
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  He is Lord.
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  So to recognize the name of God
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  is to recognize all that God is.
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  That we are given such a clear picture
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  of who he is throughout his word.
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  So many things are revealed to us
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  by his name.
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  By who he is
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  and all that he has done.
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  Just think of Jesus himself,
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  how he prayed to the Father.
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  We read this the last time
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  in John 17,
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  that prayer of Jesus.
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  How does he pray
• 23:08
  there in verse 17?
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  Holy Father,
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  keep them in your name.
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  Holy Father.
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  It's the same word
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  as hallowed.
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  Hallowed Father.
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  Holy Father.
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  And he's praying
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  to the Father,
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  keep them
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  in your name.
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  He is praying
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  for his people.
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  And then you look at
• 23:39
  how the name of God
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  is used.
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  Maybe especially
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  as you go through
• 23:43
  the Old Testament.
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  You see all the different meanings
• 23:47
  behind his name.
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  And we are reminded there
• 23:50
  as we are praying
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  hallowed be your name.
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  How it's not just
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  our words
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  but everything about us.
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  our attitudes,
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  our actions,
• 23:59
  all of these things.
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  And it's showing
• 24:02
  our dependence
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  on his name.
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  So you look through
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  the names of God
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  in the Old Testament.
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  I've got a few of them
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  here to share with you.
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  Genesis 22,
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  verse 14.
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  Jehovah Jireh.
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  The Lord will see to it
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  or the Lord will provide.
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  That's the meaning.
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  So as we're saying
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  hallowed be your name,
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  we are honoring God
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  by remembering
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  the Lord will provide.
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  We are depending
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  on the Lord.
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  Exodus 17,
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  verse 15.
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  Jehovah Nisi.
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  The Lord is our banner
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  or our victory.
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  David prayed and said
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  his banner over us
• 24:48
  is love.
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  But there's that idea
• 24:49
  of the Lord
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  is our banner.
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  So as we're praying
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  hallowed be your name,
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  we are remembering
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  that we are honoring God
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  by remembering
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  he is over us.
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  He is the one
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  who gives victory.
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  Jehovah Shalom.
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  The Lord is our peace.
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  That is where peace
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  is found.
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  Not in self-help.
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  Not in self-change.
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  But in dependence on him.
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  Honoring him.
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  Honoring his name.
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  Glorifying his name.
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  We find our peace
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  in him.
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  Jehovah St. Kenyut.
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  Jeremiah 23,
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  verse 6.
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  The Lord who is
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  our righteousness.
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  So again,
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  hallowed,
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  glorify his name.
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  Honor his name.
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  Because he is your righteousness.
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  He is the one
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  who gives us
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  that righteousness
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  through his son,
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  the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Psalm 23,
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  verse 1.
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  The Lord my shepherd.
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  Jehovah-rohi.
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  The Lord is my shepherd.
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  Glorify his name.
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  Honor his name.
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  Because he is shepherding you.
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  He is leading you.
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  Through the still
• 26:10
  and the calm waters.
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  Through the valley
• 26:12
  of the shadow of death.
• 26:13
  Every step of your life.
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  We are depending
• 26:16
  on him in prayer.
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  Honoring his name
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  by walking
• 26:19
  with him,
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  the Lord my shepherd.
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  Exodus 15,
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  verse 26.
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  Jehovah-rohi.
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  The Lord our healer.
• 26:30
  Again,
• 26:31
  we look for
• 26:32
  all these healing ways
• 26:34
  in this world.
• 26:35
  But God is
• 26:36
  the great physician.
• 26:38
  And we pray to him.
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  Hallowed be your name.
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  Glorify your name.
• 26:43
  Honor your name
• 26:44
  in all that we are doing
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  where the Lord
• 26:47
  is able to heal.
• 26:49
  Where the Lord
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  is able to help.
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  Jehovah-shammah.
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  The Lord is there.
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  That's his name.
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  He never leaves.
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  He never forsakes
• 27:02
  his people.
• 27:02
  There's that confidence
• 27:04
  as we pray
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  Hallowed be your name.
• 27:07
  The Lord is there.
• 27:07
  He's listening.
• 27:09
  Our Father in heaven
• 27:10
  hears our prayers.
• 27:13
  And the Lord is there
• 27:14
  with us
• 27:14
  every step
• 27:15
  that we take.
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  Final one.
• 27:20
  Isaiah 37,
• 27:21
  verse 16.
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  Jehovah-sebath.
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  The Lord of hosts
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  or the Lord of battles.
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  He fights our battles.
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  He's victorious
• 27:33
  as we saw earlier on.
• 27:35
  Jehovah-nessi.
• 27:36
  But he also
• 27:37
  is the one
• 27:38
  who fights for us.
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  Jehovah-sebath.
• 27:44
  So you have his name.
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  Throughout all of Scripture
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  you've got all of these names.
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  Hallowed be your name.
• 27:52
  Glorify his name.
• 27:54
  Honor his name
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  in all of these ways.
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  He is mighty.
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  He is powerful.
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  He is able
• 28:02
  to keep all of his promises.
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  So do you find comfort
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  in that?
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  Do you find comfort
• 28:10
  in these few words?
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  Hallowed be your name.
• 28:16
  There's a challenge
• 28:17
  because it reminds us
• 28:19
  it's not just words.
• 28:21
  It's our attitude.
• 28:23
  It's our behavior.
• 28:24
  And sometimes
• 28:26
  that needs to change.
• 28:28
  But it changes
• 28:29
  through God
• 28:30
  working in us
• 28:33
  by his Spirit.
• 28:35
  Not self-help.
• 28:37
  Not self-confidence.
• 28:40
  But confidence
• 28:41
  in him.
• 28:43
  And it changes us
• 28:45
  in a way
• 28:45
  that we repent
• 28:47
  of our sin
• 28:48
  and that we seek
• 28:50
  to hallow
• 28:51
  to honor
• 28:52
  to glorify
• 28:54
  his name.
• 28:56
  And there we find
• 28:57
  comfort.
• 28:59
  That's what
• 28:59
  Isaiah was saying
• 29:01
  in Isaiah 45.
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  I
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  I am the Lord.
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  There is
• 29:06
  no other.
• 29:07
  The people
• 29:08
  were going away
• 29:08
  seeking their own gods
• 29:10
  being
• 29:10
  their own gods.
• 29:12
  But he is always saying
• 29:13
  return.
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  Return to me.
• 29:16
  Turn to me
• 29:18
  and be saved
• 29:19
  all you
• 29:20
  ends of the earth
• 29:21
  for I am God
• 29:22
  and there is
• 29:24
  no other.
• 29:27
  And so
• 29:27
  will we bow
• 29:28
  before him?
• 29:31
  Will
• 29:31
  we decrease
• 29:33
  and he
• 29:34
  increase
• 29:35
  as we pray
• 29:36
  these words
• 29:37
  Our Father
• 29:38
  in heaven
• 29:39
  hallowed
• 29:40
  be your name.
• 29:42
  Let us glorify
• 29:43
  his name.
• 29:44
  Let us
• 29:45
  honor
• 29:45
  his name.
• 29:46
  Let us
• 29:46
  remember
• 29:47
  his name
• 29:48
  and all of
• 29:49
  these precious
• 29:50
  ways
• 29:50
  that he
• 29:51
  reminds us
• 29:52
  that he is
• 29:52
  victorious.
• 29:53
  He will
• 29:53
  provide.
• 29:54
  He is our
• 29:54
  peace.
• 29:55
  He is our
• 29:56
  righteousness.
• 29:56
  He is our
• 29:57
  shepherd.
• 29:58
  He is our
• 29:58
  healer.
• 29:59
  He is there.
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  That is who
• 30:02
  we are praying
• 30:03
  to.
• 30:04
  That is the
• 30:05
  one
• 30:05
  who is with
• 30:07
  us.
• 30:08
  And may we
• 30:08
  know him
• 30:09
  with us
• 30:09
  constantly
• 30:10
  as we do
• 30:11
  seek him
• 30:12
  in prayer.
• 30:14
  And let us
• 30:14
  pray.
• 30:17
  Lord our
• 30:18
  gracious God
• 30:18
  we do
• 30:19
  thank you
• 30:20
  for all of
• 30:20
  these promises
• 30:21
  we find
• 30:22
  in your
• 30:23
  name.
• 30:23
  We thank
• 30:24
  you for
• 30:24
  the reminders
• 30:25
  that we
• 30:26
  are helpless
• 30:27
  but that you
• 30:28
  are the one
• 30:29
  who helps.
• 30:30
  That you
• 30:30
  are the one
• 30:30
  who fights.
• 30:32
  That you
• 30:32
  are the one
• 30:32
  who is
• 30:33
  victorious.
• 30:34
  That you
• 30:34
  are the one
• 30:35
  who gives
• 30:35
  peace.
• 30:37
  That you
• 30:37
  are the one
• 30:37
  who provides.
• 30:38
  The one
• 30:39
  who is with
• 30:39
  us.
• 30:40
  We thank
• 30:40
  you for all
• 30:41
  of these
• 30:41
  things.
• 30:42
  May we
• 30:43
  grasp them
• 30:43
  and see
• 30:44
  them as
• 30:44
  precious
• 30:45
  every day
• 30:45
  of our
• 30:46
  lives.
• 30:47
  May we
• 30:47
  understand
• 30:48
  these words
• 30:49
  even more
• 30:50
  as we
• 30:50
  pray them.
• 30:52
  Our
• 30:52
  Father who
• 30:52
  art in
• 30:53
  heaven
• 30:53
  hallowed
• 30:54
  be your
• 30:55
  name.
• 30:56
  We pray
• 30:56
  that you
• 30:56
  would help
• 30:57
  us not
• 30:58
  just to
• 30:58
  say these
• 30:59
  words but
• 31:00
  to show
• 31:00
  out these
• 31:01
  words as
• 31:02
  we live
• 31:02
  in our
• 31:03
  minds,
• 31:04
  in our
• 31:04
  attitudes and
• 31:05
  in all
• 31:06
  the ways
• 31:06
  that we
• 31:07
  seek to
• 31:08
  give glory
• 31:08
  to your
• 31:09
  name.
• 31:10
  So Lord
• 31:11
  we offer
• 31:11
  up that
• 31:12
  praise to
• 31:12
  you.
• 31:13
  We offer
• 31:14
  ourselves to
• 31:15
  you Lord.
• 31:15
  Take us
• 31:16
  and help
• 31:17
  us, shape
• 31:18
  us and
• 31:19
  mould us
• 31:19
  as you
• 31:19
  would have
• 31:20
  us to
• 31:20
  be.
• 31:21
  For we
• 31:22
  ask it
• 31:22
  all with
• 31:22
  the forgiveness
• 31:23
  of our
• 31:23
  sin.
• 31:24
  In Jesus'
• 31:25
  name.
• 31:25
  Amen.