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Matthew 6:1-18 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Commonly called the Sermon on the Mount.
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And we've been spending the last couple of weeks on the matter of prayer and how Jesus modeled for us to pray.
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Today's text is going to be Matthew 6, verses 11-18.
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But the larger context, I think, is really going to serve us well this morning.
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So, I'm going to begin reading in verse 1 of chapter 6 and on through verse 18.
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So follow along with me.
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But before I read, beloved, let me remind you that this is God's Word to us.
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It was written for His glory and our good.
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And we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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Matthew 6, beginning in verse 1 and following.
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Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them.
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For then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
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Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets.
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That they may be praised by others.
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Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
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But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
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So that your giving may be in secret.
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And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
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And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites.
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For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners.
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That they may be seen by others.
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Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
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But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.
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And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
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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 for their many words.
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Do not be like them.
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For your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
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Pray then like this.
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Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
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Your kingdom come.
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Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.
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And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites.
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For they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others.
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Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
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But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face.
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That your fasting may not be seen by others, but by your Father who is in secret.
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And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
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As we saw over the past two weeks, Jesus teaches us that those who can call God Father
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can approach Him because of the personal work of Jesus Christ boldly,
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with reverence and awe, and make their requests known to Him.
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And so we worked over the past two weeks on verses 9 and 10.
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And I gave you four points from that, which contained in them the exhortation to pray.
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We ought to be people who pray.
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And we should pray like Jesus, our Father in heaven.
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Our Father in heaven.
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We should be approaching Him with bold reverence.
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Because we belong to Him.
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We are His children and He cares for us.
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We then noted that the first three petitions of Jesus' model prayer are aimed Godward.
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They're not aimed at us in our praying.
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They're aimed toward Him.
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So our second point in the first petition was,
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Pray like Jesus, hallowed be Your name.
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Your name be known.
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Your name be praised.
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Honored.
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Reverenced be Your name.
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The second petition and our third point was pray like Jesus.
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Your kingdom come.
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As those who belong to the kingdom of God and are sojourning in this place,
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we ought to want to see the full fruition of God's reign in this world.
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We want to see this come to pass.
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And the fourth point and third petition,
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don't feel like you have to track me through that.
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Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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There are people who long for that,
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to see God's final and full reign here on the earth.
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So the first three are Godward.
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They're aimed at His acclaim, His fame, His glory.
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The final three petitions all speak to our great dependence on this God.
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How much we need this God to act.
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I hope that you know enough of yourself and enough of God to see your great need of prayer.
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Sadly, too many of us pray too little,
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which can be a great sign of arrogant self-sufficiency.
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You think far too much of yourself if you don't find yourself pleading before God everything.
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We functionally say that we do not need God's presence or power.
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We have it all figured out on our own.
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And what a terrible deception this is.
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We are utterly dependent upon God for our very being.
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He is our creator and He is our sustainer.
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And we accomplish no good thing apart from Him.
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David writes, King David, in Psalm 62, verses 5 through 8,
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For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him.
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He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, I shall not be shaken.
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On God rests my salvation and my glory, my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
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Trust in Him at all times, O people.
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Pour out your heart before Him.
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God is a refuge for us.
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God is a refuge for us.
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Which reads, I read it to you previously, verse 1.
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Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them.
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For then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
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And the teaching on fasting comes up most certainly underneath this overall exhortation of Jesus in verse 1.
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And so last week, as I won't be here next week and Clay will be preaching in my stead, I said to Clay,
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Hey Clay, why don't you preach the text on fasting?
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And he said, Well, it kind of goes with what you've been talking about.
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You started off and you've referenced it already.
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And addressing Matthew chapter 6, verse 1.
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And we had a good conversation about that.
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And I said, You know, I'll handle it.
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I'll take it and let you move on to the beginning of verse 19.
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And Clay said, That'd be great because that's a great text.
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I'm looking forward to doing that.
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So I was kind of thinking, like, I'm just going to pick up the pieces, kind of the leftover parts of this.
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Wrongly, I thought this way.
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I thought, Well, somehow I'll make this work together.
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In fact, I thought it'd be a little sporadic.
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Okay, there's going to be three unrelated points this morning.
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But not at all.
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Upon further reflection on the text, I noticed that it is chiastic.
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This is your big word for the day, chiastic.
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This means that if you look at the text and you took it and you folded it on verse 13.
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Can you imagine taking the text and folding it on verse 13?
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The beginning of the text, verse 11, and the end of the text, verses 16 through 18,
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are reflexive of each other.
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They communicate together.
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They're topically thematic.
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And then you take a step in on the text as well.
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And the same thing happens until you arrive at the very center of it, being verse 13.
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Let me show you what I mean using the text itself.
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So if we were to label, which are in my notes, I know that you can't see.
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But if we were to label verse 11 as A, right?
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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And then verse 12, this prayer of forgiveness as B.
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And then verse 13, this prayer for deliverance from evil as C.
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So we've got this progression A, B, C.
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Then you come back out of that fold of verse 13.
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And you see verse 14 and 15 is again about forgiveness.
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Right?
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So notice verse 12 and verse 14 and 15 and the way that they communicate.
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The same content here.
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Jesus expands upon this idea he presents initially in verse 12.
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And then the same thing, I believe, happens beginning in verse 16 and through the end of the text,
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going back to give us this day our daily bread.
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So the text is chiastic.
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And there's lots of these chiasms in the Scripture.
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And people can take them and do all kinds of bizarre things with them.
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I'm not suggesting that at all.
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The text still means what the text means on its surface.
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But it helps us to see the beauty of Jesus' mind.
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Right?
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He is just speaking this.
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And he uses this very common chiastic literary structure just in his regular speaking.
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It's just a fascinating thing to see the way that all of it's intertwined together.
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So, in our points today, we'll take verse 11 along with verses 16 through 18,
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verse 12 along with verse 14 and 15, and verse 13.
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And I'll walk you through that this morning.
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So, the first point for this morning is pray like Jesus.
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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The first of today's petitions in Jesus' model prayer,
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it's the fourth in the total prayer,
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but the first of today's petition is for our very basic physical need, food.
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For our very basic sustenance.
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And the request, the way Jesus teaches us this,
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draws upon God's provision for the Israelites found in Exodus chapter 16.
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Familiar with the story of manna from heaven.
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In verse 2, we can read Exodus chapter 16,
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and the whole congregation of the people of Israel
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grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
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And the people of Israel said to them,
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Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt
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when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full,
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for you have brought us out into this wilderness
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to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
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They said, we would rather be back in Egypt
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and die at the hand of our oppressors
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and have full bellies
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than to be out here in the wilderness and starving.
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And then in verse 4,
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Then the Lord said to Moses,
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Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you,
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and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day
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that I may test them whether they will walk in my law or not.
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So, they were to gather up just enough to eat for that day.
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And on the sixth day,
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they were to gather two days' worth
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so that they could rest on a seventh day.
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And this was enacted.
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God intended for them to do this
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to see if they would trust Him
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and walk in His commandments.
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And we know they didn't,
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and manna rotted,
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and the story goes on from there.
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In the evening, He provided quail,
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and they were able to eat meat as well.
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So, Jesus is drawing on this type of image.
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Give us our daily bread,
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our manna from heaven.
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And we, in the same way,
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are meant to be trusting God in that way.
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Each and every day,
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trusting that He will provide for our physical needs.
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So, in the case of the Israelites,
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sojourning in the wilderness,
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God provided bread and this meat miraculously.
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Amazingly, the dew would lift
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and left behind would be this bread
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that they would turn into cakes.
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Is this the way that normatively God provides today?
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It's not, right?
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But by what means does God normatively provide
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our daily bread?
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Through work.
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He gives us work.
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And we apply ourselves
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in the energy that He gives us to work.
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And in most cases,
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your employer gives you money
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and you use your money
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to go buy your bread
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or whatever else you may buy to eat.
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But we make a grievous mistake
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when we don't think that comes from God above.
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When we don't pray in this way.
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When we are not concerned at all
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about where our provision is coming from
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because our kitchens are so fully stocked.
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When we think that it's by the labor of our hands
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that these things have been gained
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rather than seeing that it's God employing means
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to His great ends of provision.
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And so remembering that we're to pray like Jesus in this way
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helps us to look to the one
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from whom all good things come.
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To trust Him in all things.
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It only takes a few moments
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when you feel any anxiety
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for the provision of your life
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to think back across
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all of the days that you have lived.
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And I would challenge you to take a calculator
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and multiply 365
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by how many years you've lived
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and say God has provided
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this many days.
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And He will continue to provide
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for today
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and tomorrow
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and the next.
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And on.
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A Spurgeon quote on your bulletin today says,
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God sends every bird its food
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but He does not throw it into the nest.
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He gives us our daily bread
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but it is through our own labor.
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Ephesians chapter 4 verse 28.
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Paul writes the following
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and it's believed by most
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that he's directing what he says in verse 28
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to those who are part of the church
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and were not working
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but were receiving the benefit,
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the benefit,
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the generosity
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of those in the church.
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They were coming and eating meals
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with the church
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but they weren't providing anything
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for those meals.
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And Paul writes this,
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Ephesians 4 verse 28.
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Let the thief no longer steal
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but rather let him labor
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doing honest work
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with his own hands.
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And I find it fascinating
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the way Paul concludes this verse.
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Not so that he can eat for himself
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but it goes beyond that even
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so that he may have something to share
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with anyone who is in need.
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Certainly there's provision for himself
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but he's to work,
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to labor if he's able
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so that he has something to share with others.
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So we in the same way
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are meant to pray
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not just give me my daily bread
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but give us this day
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our daily bread.
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Pray on behalf of others
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and to provide for others.
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So then how does the fasting piece
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connect to this?
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As I've said that this is chiastic.
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He goes on to give some very specific instruction
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about how we shouldn't
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and how we should fast.
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His predominant instruction here
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as previously stated
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ties back to chapter 6
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and verse 1.
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So he is once again
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confronting the hypocrisy
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of his day and ours.
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Fasting was a thing
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that was paraded about.
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It was habited in Jesus' day
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that on the second day of the week
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and on the fifth day of the week
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which were also the market days
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were also the fasting days.
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And so the religious elite
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who had nothing else to do
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but parade around
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their self-righteousness
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would actually disfigure themselves.
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They would put on makeup.
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They would look poor and pitiful
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and put on quite a show
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that others would see
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how pious they were
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in front of others.
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It was quite a production.
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And I wonder today
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if there's anybody amongst us
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who puts on a show
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and comes together
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in the gathering
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hoping that others
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would see them
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and praise them.
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Jesus here is dismantling
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the false religion
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that so easily entangles us.
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The desire to be recognized
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by man
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and to forsake
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seeking the pleasure of God.
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That he would be pleased with us
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and be our rewarder.
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Jesus tells us
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that when we fast
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we should have the outward appearance
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of normalcy.
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That's what this washing of the face
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and anointing the head
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was about.
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Right?
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The oil was typically perfumed
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so it made people seem
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less smelly
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in the day.
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So wash your hair
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and wash your face
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and don't look gloomy
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so that your Father
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who sees in secret
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will reward you.
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Now Jesus does not say
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if you fast
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but rather
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when you fast
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which would suggest
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that fasting
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should be
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a part of the healthy
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Christian life.
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Normative.
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It should be normative
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to the Christian life.
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Many faithful men and women
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of God in the Bible
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fasted.
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Moses,
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Samson,
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Samuel,
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Hannah,
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David,
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Elijah,
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Ezra,
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Nehemiah,
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Esther,
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Daniel,
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Anna,
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John the Baptist
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and his disciples,
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Jesus,
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Paul,
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and many others
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fasted.
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There's an abounding
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amount of examples
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of this in the Scripture.
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Fasting, however,
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is only commanded
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in the Bible
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one time.
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And it's commanded
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in connection
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with the day
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of atonement.
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And you can read
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about that
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in Leviticus
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chapter 16
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and verse 29
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and Leviticus
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chapter 23
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and verse 27.
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It's nowhere else
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commanded by God
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but it is
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commended
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by God.
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All of these
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men and women
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fasted.
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So,
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we should view it
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as a beneficial
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but non-compulsory
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act.
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a beneficial
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but a non-compulsory
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act.
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And so,
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the
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encouragement to you
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is that you should
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consider,
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have a clear
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understanding
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of what fasting is
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and employ it
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in your Christian
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walk.
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But it's not a command
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to you this morning
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and you should
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fast.
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But I think you
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ought to really
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consider the benefit
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of it.
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John Calvin wrote,
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many for want
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of knowing
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its usefulness
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undervalue
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its necessity
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and some reject
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it altogether
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as superfluous
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while on the
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other hand
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where the proper
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use of fasting
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is not well
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understood
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it easily
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degenerates
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into superstition.
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Fasting
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is depriving
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ourselves
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of food.
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A lot of people
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do a lot of
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kind of fasting.
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This is not
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what the word
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means in
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the Greek
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language.
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And I'm not
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saying you can't
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deny yourself
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other things.
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There could be
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a lot of good
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health and
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staying off
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social media
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for a while
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as an example.
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But when the
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scripture talks
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about fasting
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it's talking
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about denying
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ourselves
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food
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for a particular
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amount of
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time
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for a particular
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purpose
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and it is
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always
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accompanied
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by prayer.
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It's always
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accompanied
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by prayer.
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One can
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pray without
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fasting
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but you
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cannot
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fast
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without
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praying.
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It always
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walks
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hand in
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hand
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together
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and here
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you start
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to see
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some of
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this
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chiastic
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significance.
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Fasting is
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to be
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accompanied
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by
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prayer.
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And we
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have a
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number of
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examples.
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I just
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want to
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give you
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a few
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of them.
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I don't
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believe
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this is
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exhaustive
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but
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times that
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we see
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particular
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purposes
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of fasting
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in the
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scripture
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during times
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of sorrow
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David
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fasted
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to pray
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for the
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first child
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of Bathsheba
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which
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eventually
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died.
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2 Samuel
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chapter 12
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and verse
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16.
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He was
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grieving
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for the
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life of
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this child.
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He pleaded
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with God
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for the
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life of
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this child
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and he
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accompanied
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that prayer
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with fasting.
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During
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times of
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great
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danger
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King
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Jehoshaphat
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which we
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want to
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talk about
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just because
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it's fun
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to say
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Jehoshaphat
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proclaimed a
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national fast
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in Judah
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when they
23:07
were threatened
23:08
to be
23:08
attacked
23:09
in 2
23:09
Chronicles
23:10
chapter 20
23:11
and verse
23:11
3.
23:14
We see
23:14
fasting in
23:15
the Bible
23:15
during times
23:16
of repentance
23:17
when the
23:19
Ninevites
23:19
heard the
23:20
preaching
23:20
of Jonah
23:20
the king
23:22
of Nineveh
23:22
decreed a
23:23
fast
23:24
this Jonah
23:24
chapter 3
23:25
verse 5
23:26
and
23:26
following.
23:29
And during
23:29
the need
23:30
for
23:31
clarity
23:32
we see
23:33
fasting
23:34
the beginning
23:35
of ministry
23:36
and the
23:37
continuation
23:37
of ministry
23:38
we're
23:41
familiar
23:41
with Jesus
23:41
fasting
23:42
for 40
23:42
days
23:43
and 40
23:43
nights
23:44
before
23:44
beginning
23:44
his
23:45
ministry
23:45
that one's
23:47
mine
23:48
Jesus
23:52
fasted
23:52
for 40
23:53
days
23:53
and 40
23:53
nights
23:54
before
23:54
beginning
23:54
his
23:55
ministry
23:55
before
23:56
the church
23:56
in Antioch
23:57
set Paul
23:58
and Barnabas
23:58
apart
23:59
for a
23:59
missionary
23:59
trip
23:59
they were
24:00
doing
24:00
what?
24:01
They were
24:01
praying
24:02
and fasting
24:03
in Acts
24:03
chapter 13
24:04
verse 2
24:05
and 3
24:06
and then
24:06
they commissioned
24:07
Paul and
24:08
Barnabas
24:08
to go
24:08
as missionaries
24:10
to the
24:10
Gentiles
24:11
and as
24:12
Paul and
24:13
Barnabas
24:13
are going
24:13
about this
24:14
work
24:14
it's recorded
24:15
that they
24:16
are praying
24:16
and fasting
24:17
as they
24:17
appoint elders
24:18
in the
24:19
churches
24:19
that they
24:20
found
24:21
Acts
24:21
chapter 14
24:22
and verse
24:22
23
24:24
and so
24:25
fasting
24:26
can be
24:26
very
24:27
helpful
24:27
to remind
24:30
us
24:30
of our
24:31
great
24:31
need
24:32
of God
24:33
right
24:34
as you
24:34
feel the
24:35
hunger
24:35
in your
24:36
belly
24:36
you say
24:37
who is it
24:38
that sustains
24:39
me
24:40
even as
24:41
I'm hungry
24:41
it is my
24:42
father who
24:43
is in
24:44
heaven
24:45
who gives
24:45
good gifts
24:46
to his
24:47
children
24:48
and I
24:48
ought to
24:49
flee to
24:49
him
24:50
in prayer
24:51
so I
24:52
very rarely
24:53
like to
24:53
use myself
24:54
as the
24:54
model
24:55
and I
24:55
think that
24:55
I can
24:56
grow in
24:57
how much
24:58
and how
24:58
well
24:59
I fast
25:00
but I
25:00
set aside
25:01
periodic
25:01
times for
25:02
fasting
25:02
when there
25:03
are big
25:04
decisions
25:04
that need
25:05
to be
25:05
made
25:05
there's
25:05
something
25:06
looming
25:06
on the
25:07
horizon
25:07
we're
25:08
doing
25:08
planning
25:09
Doug and
25:10
I
25:10
right now
25:10
for next
25:10
year for
25:11
the church
25:12
and I've
25:12
already
25:12
taken some
25:13
time
25:13
a day
25:14
of not
25:15
eating
25:15
and devoted
25:16
prayer for
25:17
that purpose
25:18
Lord help
25:19
me to
25:19
see
25:19
it drives
25:20
me to
25:20
my knees
25:21
right as
25:22
I feel
25:23
this lack
25:25
of sustenance
25:26
to go to
25:27
the sustainer
25:28
right and
25:29
to aim my
25:29
praying at
25:30
something very
25:31
particular
25:31
most every
25:33
Sunday morning
25:34
I fast
25:35
it's the rare
25:36
Sunday morning
25:36
that I'll go
25:36
I'm just too
25:37
hungry I
25:38
gotta go into
25:38
the service
25:39
without
25:39
but often
25:40
my fast
25:42
is broken
25:42
right from
25:43
the night
25:44
before when
25:44
we have the
25:45
Lord's Supper
25:46
together in our
25:46
Lord's Supper
25:47
gathering
25:48
before
25:49
and it
25:49
helps me
25:50
it sets
25:51
my mind
25:51
moving in
25:52
the right
25:53
direction
25:54
right
25:55
I need
25:56
right physical
25:57
food to fill
25:57
me up
25:58
I need
25:58
God's
25:59
spirit
25:59
more than
26:00
that
26:00
for this
26:01
day
26:01
right and
26:02
then sometime
26:03
after you guys
26:03
I'll leave at
26:04
1.30 or 2
26:05
I go
26:05
I need lunch
26:07
absolutely
26:09
starving
26:09
right
26:10
but I do
26:11
these things
26:11
I purpose
26:12
these things
26:13
to help
26:14
bring my
26:15
focus
26:15
to big
26:16
matters
26:17
that definitely
26:18
need God's
26:19
sustaining
26:20
work
26:21
so
26:23
the connection
26:25
to this prayer
26:26
of our daily bread
26:27
depriving ourselves
26:29
of daily bread
26:29
serves as a reminder
26:32
from whom our
26:33
daily bread
26:34
comes from
26:35
and therefore
26:36
how dependent
26:38
we are
26:38
upon our
26:39
heavenly father
26:40
for all
26:42
things
26:43
right
26:44
isn't that cool
26:45
that chiastic
26:46
structure
26:46
there
26:47
so pray like
26:48
Jesus
26:49
give us
26:50
this day
26:51
our daily
26:51
bread
26:52
and I'll
26:52
add to that
26:53
and fast
26:53
from time
26:54
to time
26:54
to help
26:55
you pray
26:56
in this way
26:57
secondly
26:58
pray like
27:00
Jesus
27:01
forgive us
27:03
our debts
27:03
pray like
27:04
Jesus
27:05
forgive us
27:06
our debts
27:06
this is
27:07
verse 12
27:07
and then
27:08
verse 14
27:09
and 15
27:11
verse 12
27:11
says
27:11
and forgive us
27:12
our debts
27:12
as we also
27:13
have forgiven
27:14
our debtors
27:15
and then
27:15
verse 14
27:15
and 15
27:16
elaborates
27:17
on this
27:18
for if you
27:18
forgive
27:18
others
27:19
their trespasses
27:20
your heavenly
27:20
father will
27:21
also forgive
27:21
you
27:22
but if you
27:23
do not
27:24
forgive others
27:24
their trespasses
27:25
neither will
27:26
your heavenly
27:26
father forgive
27:27
your
27:28
trespasses
27:29
so
27:30
this is a
27:32
difficult
27:32
text
27:33
because taken
27:34
on its
27:35
surface
27:35
it would
27:36
seem that
27:36
Jesus
27:37
is here
27:37
teaching
27:38
that our
27:39
forgiveness
27:40
is dependent
27:41
upon our
27:42
willingness
27:42
to forgive
27:43
others
27:44
that we
27:44
must first
27:45
forgive
27:45
and then
27:46
God will
27:47
extend
27:47
forgiveness
27:48
to us
27:49
right
27:50
this
27:50
would
27:51
seem
27:51
to present
27:52
a works
27:52
based
27:53
version
27:54
of
27:54
salvation
27:55
that
27:56
our
27:56
salvation
27:56
is dependent
27:57
upon our
27:58
willingness
27:59
to forgive
28:00
others
28:01
is this what
28:01
Jesus is teaching
28:02
here
28:02
no
28:04
oh may it
28:05
never be
28:06
that that's
28:06
what he
28:07
is teaching
28:07
here
28:08
what he's
28:09
rather teaching
28:10
in interesting
28:11
language
28:12
is that
28:14
if we
28:15
are
28:15
forgiven
28:15
we
28:17
will
28:17
be
28:17
forgiving
28:19
and we
28:19
must
28:20
look
28:20
at
28:21
larger
28:21
context
28:22
to wrap
28:24
our brains
28:24
around that
28:25
here
28:25
so turn
28:26
with me
28:26
if you
28:26
will
28:26
to
28:26
Matthew
28:27
chapter
28:27
18
28:28
and
28:30
verse
28:31
21
28:31
the parable
28:38
of the
28:39
ungracious
28:39
servant
28:42
beginning
28:43
verse 21
28:44
and following
28:44
then Peter
28:46
came up
28:47
and said
28:47
to him
28:47
Lord
28:48
how often
28:48
will my
28:49
brother
28:49
sin against
28:49
me
28:49
and I
28:50
forgive
28:50
him
28:50
as many
28:52
as seven
28:53
times
28:53
Jesus
28:54
said to
28:54
him
28:54
I do
28:55
not say
28:55
to you
28:55
seven
28:56
times
28:56
but
28:56
seventy
28:57
seven
28:58
times
28:59
so he's
28:59
essentially
28:59
saying
29:00
an infinite
29:00
amount
29:01
of times
29:01
you will
29:01
forgive
29:02
your
29:03
brother
29:03
therefore
29:05
he launches
29:05
in this
29:06
parable
29:06
the kingdom
29:06
of heaven
29:07
may be
29:07
compared
29:07
to a
29:08
king
29:08
who wished
29:09
to settle
29:10
accounts
29:10
with his
29:11
servants
29:12
when he
29:13
began to
29:13
settle
29:13
one was
29:14
brought
29:14
to him
29:15
who owed
29:15
him
29:15
ten
29:16
thousand
29:17
talents
29:18
and ten
29:19
thousand
29:20
talents
29:21
would have
29:21
been an
29:22
unpayable
29:23
debt
29:24
this would
29:25
have been
29:25
lifetime
29:26
upon lifetime
29:27
upon lifetime
29:28
of income
29:28
that's meant
29:29
to jump
29:30
out
29:30
to the
29:31
listeners
29:32
of Jesus
29:32
parable
29:33
talents
29:34
what is a
29:34
talent
29:34
we don't
29:35
get that
29:35
billions
29:36
and billions
29:37
and billions
29:37
of dollars
29:38
you need
29:38
to understand
29:39
this is
29:40
unpayable
29:41
debt
29:42
in verse
29:43
25
29:44
and since
29:44
he could
29:44
not pay
29:45
he would
29:46
not be
29:46
able to
29:47
pay
29:47
his master
29:48
ordered him
29:49
to be
29:50
sold
29:50
with his
29:50
wife and
29:51
children
29:51
all that
29:52
he had
29:52
and payment
29:53
to be
29:54
made
29:54
so the
29:55
servant
29:55
fell on
29:56
his knees
29:56
imploring
29:57
him
29:57
have
29:57
patience
29:58
with me
29:58
and I
29:59
will
29:59
pay
29:59
you
30:00
everything
30:00
and out
30:01
of pity
30:02
for him
30:02
the master
30:02
of that
30:03
servant
30:03
released him
30:04
and forgave
30:05
him
30:05
the debt
30:06
but when
30:07
that same
30:08
servant
30:08
went out
30:08
he found
30:09
one of his
30:09
fellow servants
30:10
who owed
30:10
him a
30:10
hundred
30:11
denarii
30:12
and seizing
30:14
him he
30:14
began to
30:15
choke him
30:15
saying
30:16
pay what
30:17
you owe
30:18
now a hundred
30:18
denarii was
30:19
also a lot
30:20
of money
30:20
this would
30:20
have been
30:21
a denarii
30:21
was a day's
30:22
wage
30:22
this would
30:22
have been
30:23
a month's
30:24
worth
30:24
income
30:25
still a lot
30:26
of money
30:27
so his
30:29
fellow servant
30:29
fell down
30:30
and pleaded
30:30
with him
30:31
have patience
30:32
with me
30:32
and I
30:32
will
30:32
pay you
30:33
he refused
30:35
and went
30:35
out and put
30:36
him in prison
30:37
until he
30:37
should pay
30:38
the debt
30:38
when his
30:40
fellow servant
30:40
saw what
30:41
had taken
30:41
place
30:41
they were
30:42
greatly
30:42
distressed
30:42
and they
30:43
went and
30:44
reported to
30:44
their master
30:45
all that
30:45
had taken
30:46
place
30:46
then his
30:47
master
30:48
summoned him
30:48
and said
30:49
to him
30:49
you wicked
30:50
servant
30:50
I
30:51
forgave
30:51
you
30:51
all
30:52
that
30:52
debt
30:52
because
30:52
you
30:52
pleaded
30:53
with me
30:53
and should
30:54
not
30:54
you
30:55
have
30:55
had
30:55
mercy
30:55
on
30:56
your
30:56
fellow
30:56
servant
30:57
as I
30:58
had
30:58
mercy
30:58
on you
30:59
and in
31:00
anger
31:01
his master
31:01
delivered him
31:02
to the
31:02
jailers
31:02
until he
31:03
should pay
31:03
all his
31:03
debt
31:04
so also
31:05
my heavenly
31:05
father
31:06
will do
31:06
to every
31:06
one of
31:07
you
31:07
if you
31:07
do
31:07
not
31:08
forgive
31:08
your
31:09
brother
31:09
from
31:10
your
31:10
heart
31:11
so
31:13
the grace
31:13
that we
31:14
have
31:15
received
31:16
should
31:18
it
31:18
necessarily
31:19
makes
31:20
us
31:21
gracious
31:22
having
31:24
been
31:24
saved
31:24
by the
31:25
grace
31:25
of
31:25
God
31:25
and
31:25
been
31:26
given
31:26
his
31:26
spirit
31:27
he
31:28
works
31:28
in
31:29
us
31:29
mercy
31:31
grace
31:31
the
31:32
mercy
31:33
of
31:33
God
31:33
toward
31:33
us
31:33
should
31:34
find
31:34
us
31:34
humble
31:35
and
31:36
forgiving
31:36
our
31:38
willingness
31:38
to
31:39
forgive
31:39
others
31:39
evidences
31:40
the
31:41
forgiveness
31:42
that we
31:43
have
31:43
received
31:44
Paul
31:46
writes
31:46
in
31:46
Ephesians
31:47
chapter
31:47
4
31:47
verse
31:48
32
31:48
be
31:50
kind
31:50
to
31:51
one
31:51
another
31:51
tender
31:52
hearted
31:53
forgiving
31:54
one
31:54
another
31:54
as
31:55
God
31:55
in
31:55
Christ
31:56
forgave
31:57
you
31:58
becomes
31:59
the
31:59
necessary
32:00
thing
32:01
that we
32:01
do
32:01
because
32:02
of the
32:02
great
32:02
forgiveness
32:03
that we
32:04
have
32:04
received
32:05
we
32:06
need
32:06
God's
32:07
forgiveness
32:08
and his
32:08
continued
32:09
grace
32:10
to be
32:10
forgiving
32:11
so we
32:13
should
32:13
pray
32:13
in this
32:14
way
32:14
I
32:16
also
32:16
think
32:17
that we
32:17
should
32:17
be
32:17
careful
32:18
in the
32:18
way we
32:19
approach
32:19
God
32:20
in our
32:21
prayers
32:22
we
32:23
should
32:23
be
32:23
careful
32:24
in the
32:24
way
32:24
that we
32:25
approach
32:25
God
32:26
in our
32:26
praying
32:27
as we
32:27
come to
32:28
him
32:28
to make
32:29
confession
32:29
too often
32:31
we come
32:31
to him
32:32
and we
32:33
haven't
32:33
gone and
32:34
forgiven
32:34
others
32:35
we
32:36
come to
32:36
him
32:36
entirely
32:37
unmerciful
32:38
asking
32:39
for
32:40
continued
32:40
mercy
32:42
ignoring
32:43
the fact
32:43
that he's
32:44
been so
32:44
gracious to
32:45
us
32:45
in
32:46
Christ
32:47
and
32:47
not
32:48
turning
32:48
that
32:48
out
32:48
in
32:49
graciousness
32:50
towards
32:50
others
32:51
we
32:52
come
32:52
to
32:52
him
32:52
pleading
32:52
more
32:53
grace
32:53
on
32:54
our
32:54
behalf
32:55
don't
32:57
forget
32:57
just a
32:58
chapter
32:58
ago
32:58
in
32:58
Matthew
32:59
chapter
32:59
5
32:59
verse
33:00
23
33:00
and
33:01
24
33:01
Jesus
33:02
said
33:03
so if
33:03
you
33:03
were
33:03
offering
33:04
your
33:04
gift
33:04
at
33:04
the
33:04
altar
33:05
and
33:05
there
33:05
remember
33:06
that
33:06
your
33:06
brother
33:06
has
33:07
something
33:07
against
33:07
you
33:08
leave
33:09
your
33:09
gift
33:09
there
33:10
before
33:10
the
33:10
altar
33:10
and
33:11
go
33:11
first
33:12
be
33:12
reconciled
33:13
to
33:13
your
33:13
brother
33:13
and
33:13
then
33:14
come
33:14
and
33:15
offer
33:15
your
33:16
gift
33:17
so I
33:17
think
33:17
we
33:17
should
33:17
be
33:18
careful
33:18
about
33:18
the
33:19
way
33:19
that
33:19
we
33:19
come
33:19
and
33:20
ask
33:20
for
33:20
the
33:21
continuing
33:22
forgiveness
33:23
the
33:23
day
33:23
in
33:24
the
33:24
day
33:24
out
33:24
confession
33:25
of
33:25
our
33:25
sin
33:26
that
33:26
we're
33:27
careful
33:27
that
33:27
we're
33:27
not
33:27
harboring
33:28
bitterness
33:29
towards
33:29
others
33:29
as
33:30
we
33:30
do
33:31
that
33:31
very
33:31
thing
33:32
so
33:32
we
33:33
should
33:33
pray
33:34
like
33:34
Jesus
33:35
forgive
33:36
us
33:37
our
33:38
debts
33:43
deliver
33:44
us
33:44
from
33:44
evil
33:45
verse
33:45
13
33:46
says
33:46
and
33:46
lead
33:46
us
33:46
not
33:47
into
33:47
temptation
33:48
but
33:49
deliver
33:49
us
33:49
from
33:51
evil
33:51
Jesus
33:53
tells
33:53
Peter
33:54
in
33:54
Matthew
33:54
chapter
33:55
26
33:55
and
33:56
verse
33:56
41
33:57
and
33:57
remember
33:58
this is
33:58
in the
33:59
garden
33:59
garden
34:00
of
34:00
Gethsemane
34:01
and
34:01
not
34:01
too
34:02
many
34:02
hours
34:02
before
34:02
this
34:03
at
34:03
the
34:04
last
34:04
supper
34:04
!
34:06
Peter
34:06
has
34:06
proclaimed
34:07
under
34:08
his own
34:08
power
34:08
that
34:08
he
34:08
would
34:09
never
34:09
deny
34:09
Jesus
34:10
right
34:10
self
34:11
sufficient
34:11
I
34:12
would
34:12
never
34:13
do
34:14
this
34:14
thing
34:14
and
34:14
then
34:15
Jesus
34:15
finds
34:16
him
34:16
sleeping
34:17
in
34:17
the
34:17
garden
34:18
and
34:18
he
34:18
says
34:18
watch
34:19
and
34:20
pray
34:20
that
34:21
you
34:21
may
34:22
not
34:22
enter
34:22
into
34:23
temptation
34:23
the
34:24
spirit
34:25
indeed
34:25
is
34:25
willing
34:26
but
34:26
the
34:26
flesh
34:27
is
34:28
weak
34:29
Sin
34:30
is
34:30
prowling
34:31
around
34:31
every
34:32
corner
34:33
and
34:34
we
34:34
should
34:35
not
34:35
think
34:36
too
34:36
much
34:36
of
34:36
ourselves
34:37
that
34:37
we
34:37
won't
34:37
fall
34:38
victim
34:38
to
34:39
the
34:39
very
34:39
most
34:40
egregious
34:41
of
34:41
sins
34:42
it
34:43
is
34:43
but
34:43
for
34:44
the
34:44
grace
34:44
of
34:44
God
34:44
that
34:45
we
34:45
are
34:45
not
34:45
the
34:45
absolute
34:46
continually
34:47
worst
34:48
of
34:49
sinners
34:50
and so
34:50
we need
34:50
to pray
34:51
that God
34:51
would
34:52
lead us
34:52
away
34:53
from
34:53
evil
34:54
and
34:54
toward
34:55
good
34:57
Jesus
34:58
prays this
34:58
for us
34:59
in what's
34:59
called
35:00
the high
35:00
priesthood
35:00
prayer
35:01
in John
35:01
chapter
35:01
17
35:02
verse
35:02
15
35:03
where he
35:04
says
35:04
I do
35:04
not
35:04
ask
35:05
that you
35:05
take
35:05
them
35:05
out
35:06
of
35:06
the
35:06
world
35:06
but
35:07
that
35:07
you
35:07
keep
35:08
them
35:08
from
35:09
the evil
35:10
one
35:10
we
35:11
would
35:11
be
35:11
a
35:11
people
35:11
growing
35:12
in
35:13
holiness
35:13
for
35:14
the
35:14
praise
35:14
of
35:15
our
35:15
God
35:16
and
35:17
our
35:17
heavenly
35:17
father
35:18
is
35:19
pleased
35:19
to
35:20
do
35:20
this
35:20
he
35:21
seeks
35:21
the
35:22
good
35:22
of
35:23
his
35:23
people
35:23
for
35:24
the
35:24
glory
35:24
of
35:24
his
35:25
name
35:25
!
35:25
Paul
35:26
writes
35:26
in
35:26
1
35:26
Corinthians
35:27
chapter
35:27
10
35:27
verse
35:28
13
35:29
no
35:30
temptation
35:31
has
35:31
overtaken
35:32
you
35:32
that
35:33
is
35:33
not
35:33
common
35:34
to
35:35
man
35:35
right
35:36
you
35:36
do
35:36
not
35:37
ever
35:37
find
35:37
yourself
35:38
in
35:39
the
35:39
middle
35:39
of
35:39
a
35:39
temptation
35:40
that
35:40
no
35:40
one
35:40
else
35:41
has
35:41
ever
35:41
experienced
35:42
there's
35:42
never
35:42
a
35:43
unique
35:43
temptation
35:44
to
35:44
you
35:45
right
35:45
you
35:45
have
35:46
no
35:46
excuse
35:46
to
35:46
say
35:47
well
35:47
yeah
35:48
God's
35:48
been
35:48
gracious
35:49
in
35:49
other
35:49
circumstances
35:50
but
35:50
he
35:51
doesn't
35:51
understand
35:51
this
35:52
circumstance
35:53
it's
35:53
common
35:53
we
35:54
are
35:54
all
35:55
experiencing
35:55
temptation
35:57
right
35:57
common
35:58
to
35:58
man
35:58
but
36:00
13
36:00
goes
36:00
on
36:00
God
36:02
is
36:03
faithful
36:04
God
36:06
is
36:07
faithful
36:07
despite
36:08
our
36:09
unfaithfulness
36:10
despite
36:11
how often
36:11
we are
36:12
given
36:12
to
36:13
temptation
36:13
and
36:14
give
36:14
in
36:15
to
36:15
temptation
36:16
God
36:17
is
36:18
faithful
36:18
and
36:20
he
36:20
will
36:20
not
36:20
let
36:20
you
36:21
be
36:21
tempted
36:21
beyond
36:23
your
36:23
ability
36:23
his
36:25
working
36:25
in
36:25
you
36:25
ability
36:26
but
36:27
with
36:27
the
36:27
temptation
36:27
he
36:28
will
36:28
also
36:28
provide
36:29
the
36:29
way
36:29
of
36:30
escape
36:30
that
36:30
you
36:31
may
36:31
be
36:31
able
36:31
to
36:32
endure
36:33
it
36:33
and
36:35
so
36:35
Paul
36:35
tells
36:35
us
36:35
that
36:35
we
36:36
can
36:36
confidently
36:36
pray
36:37
confidently
36:38
pray
36:39
that
36:39
God
36:39
would
36:40
do
36:40
this
36:40
on
36:40
our
36:40
behalf
36:41
because
36:41
God
36:41
is
36:42
faithful
36:43
right
36:43
the
36:43
temptation
36:44
you're
36:44
experiencing
36:44
is
36:45
not
36:45
unique
36:45
to
36:45
you
36:46
pray
36:46
that
36:46
God
36:47
would
36:47
deliver
36:47
you
36:47
from
36:48
it
36:48
and
36:48
act
36:49
and
36:50
move
36:50
with
36:51
the
36:51
very
36:51
impulse
36:51
that
36:52
he
36:52
provides
36:53
that
36:53
you
36:53
would
36:54
be
36:54
delivered
36:54
from
36:55
that
36:55
evil
36:56
to
36:57
the
36:57
praise
36:57
of
36:58
his
36:58
glorious
36:58
name
37:00
as
37:01
God's
37:01
people
37:01
we
37:01
are
37:02
meant
37:02
to
37:02
be
37:02
set
37:03
apart
37:03
as
37:04
unique
37:05
in
37:05
the
37:05
world
37:05
right
37:06
we're
37:06
supposed
37:06
to
37:07
look
37:07
different
37:08
we're
37:09
supposed
37:09
to be
37:10
haters
37:10
of
37:10
sin
37:11
and
37:11
lovers
37:12
of
37:13
good
37:13
we're
37:14
supposed
37:14
to be
37:14
pursuing
37:15
righteousness
37:15
with
37:16
all
37:16
that
37:17
we
37:17
are
37:17
and
37:18
it's
37:18
in
37:18
doing
37:18
this
37:19
that
37:19
we
37:19
become
37:19
the
37:20
aroma
37:20
of
37:21
Christ
37:22
right
37:22
for
37:22
some
37:23
that's
37:23
the
37:23
aroma
37:24
of
37:24
death
37:24
for
37:25
others
37:25
that's
37:26
the
37:26
aroma
37:26
of
37:26
life
37:27
oh
37:28
and
37:28
we
37:28
want
37:29
people
37:29
to
37:29
come
37:29
to
37:29
life
37:30
in
37:30
Christ
37:31
as
37:32
they
37:32
smell
37:33
our
37:34
lives
37:34
right
37:34
as
37:35
they're
37:35
witnesses
37:36
!
37:37
to
37:37
us
37:37
who
37:38
walk
37:38
in
37:38
the
37:38
light
37:39
and
37:39
not
37:39
in
37:41
darkness
37:41
and
37:41
so
37:42
we
37:42
should
37:42
pray
37:42
like
37:43
Jesus
37:43
deliver
37:44
us
37:45
from
37:46
evil
37:47
one
37:49
final
37:49
observation
37:50
we
37:52
have
37:52
noted
37:53
that
37:53
the
37:53
prayers
37:53
of
37:54
God's
37:54
children
37:54
begin
37:55
with
37:55
our
37:56
father
37:57
I
37:59
believe
37:59
that
37:59
the
37:59
meaning
37:59
of
38:00
the
38:00
use
38:00
of
38:00
the
38:00
plural
38:01
pronoun
38:01
our
38:02
is
38:03
layered
38:04
certainly
38:06
in our
38:08
corporate
38:08
prayers
38:09
it is
38:09
proper
38:10
for the
38:10
one
38:10
who
38:10
is
38:11
leading
38:11
the
38:11
prayer
38:11
to
38:11
pray
38:12
for
38:12
us
38:13
on
38:14
our
38:14
behalf
38:15
even
38:15
as
38:15
we
38:15
join
38:16
in
38:16
the
38:17
prayer
38:17
too
38:18
often
38:18
we
38:19
sit
38:20
idly
38:20
by
38:20
while
38:20
the
38:21
person
38:21
prays
38:22
maybe
38:23
processing
38:24
a bit
38:24
of
38:24
what's
38:24
being
38:24
said
38:25
we
38:25
need
38:25
to
38:25
recognize
38:25
that
38:26
when
38:26
somebody
38:26
leads
38:27
us
38:27
they're
38:28
leading
38:28
us
38:28
in
38:28
prayer
38:29
we
38:29
are
38:29
joining
38:29
together
38:30
in
38:31
that
38:31
prayer
38:32
that's
38:32
the
38:32
reason
38:33
that
38:33
the
38:33
church
38:33
utters
38:34
amens
38:35
we're
38:35
saying
38:35
let
38:35
it
38:36
be
38:36
we're
38:36
agreeing
38:37
with
38:37
the
38:37
thing
38:38
that's
38:38
been
38:39
prayed
38:43
the
38:43
closing
38:43
of
38:43
a
38:44
prayer
38:44
if
38:44
you
38:44
agree
38:45
with
38:45
the
38:45
things
38:46
that
38:47
were
38:47
prayed
38:47
sometimes
38:47
we
38:47
wonder
38:48
when
38:48
we
38:48
lead
38:48
public
38:48
prayers
38:49
we go
38:49
I hope
38:50
everybody
38:50
heard
38:51
and
38:51
was
38:51
on
38:51
board
38:52
with
38:52
what
38:53
we
38:53
prayed
38:54
so
38:55
it's
38:55
part
38:56
of
38:56
that
38:56
right
38:57
there's
38:57
a
38:57
layer
38:57
to
38:58
it
38:58
there's
38:58
a
38:58
corporate
38:58
praying
38:59
component
39:00
but
39:01
I
39:01
also
39:02
think
39:02
there
39:02
is
39:02
a
39:03
further
39:03
meaning
39:03
Jesus
39:05
has
39:06
just
39:06
instructed
39:07
times
39:07
of
39:08
secret
39:08
prayer
39:09
at
39:09
the
39:09
beginning
39:09
of
39:09
chapter
39:10
6
39:11
talked
39:12
about
39:12
going
39:12
into
39:13
a
39:14
place
39:14
that's
39:14
secret
39:15
and
39:15
praying
39:15
to
39:16
a
39:16
God
39:16
in
39:16
secret
39:17
that
39:17
God
39:17
would
39:17
reward
39:18
so
39:20
I
39:20
would
39:20
suggest
39:21
to
39:21
you
39:21
that
39:21
even
39:22
in
39:22
your
39:22
private
39:23
praying
39:23
you
39:23
should
39:23
pray
39:23
our
39:24
father
39:25
and
39:25
that
39:25
Jesus
39:25
intends
39:26
that
39:27
we
39:27
not
39:28
forget
39:28
even
39:29
in
39:29
our
39:29
moments
39:30
of
39:30
solitude
39:31
that
39:32
God
39:32
has
39:32
saved
39:32
a
39:33
people
39:33
and
39:34
that
39:34
we
39:35
pray
39:35
and
39:36
we
39:36
act
39:37
for
39:38
his
39:38
people
39:39
we
39:40
have
39:41
relationships
39:42
with
39:43
Jesus
39:43
Christ
39:43
I
39:44
am
39:44
a
39:44
son
39:45
of
39:45
God
39:46
that
39:46
is
39:46
an
39:46
important
39:47
thing
39:47
to
39:47
understand
39:48
but
39:49
maybe
39:49
more
39:49
important
39:50
is
39:50
to
39:50
understand
39:50
I'm
39:50
part
39:50
of
39:51
a
39:51
family
39:51
of
39:52
God
39:52
I'm
39:53
part
39:54
of
39:54
a
39:54
family
39:55
of
39:56
Christ
39:57
right
39:58
and
39:58
to
39:59
pray
39:59
on
39:59
behalf
40:00
of
40:00
others
40:01
is
40:01
very
40:02
important
40:03
notice
40:05
that
40:05
the
40:05
plural
40:05
pronouns
40:06
have
40:06
not
40:07
let
40:07
up
40:07
in
40:08
these
40:08
final
40:08
three
40:09
petitions
40:09
and
40:10
Jesus
40:11
doesn't
40:11
do
40:11
this
40:11
because
40:11
he
40:11
said
40:12
our
40:12
father
40:12
and
40:12
he
40:12
goes
40:13
oh
40:13
man
40:13
now
40:13
I
40:13
got
40:14
to
40:14
use
40:14
plural
40:14
pronouns
40:14
the
40:15
rest
40:15
of
40:15
the
40:15
time
40:15
not
40:16
at
40:16
all
40:16
what's
40:16
happening
40:17
here
40:17
he's
40:17
trying
40:17
to
40:17
teach
40:18
us
40:18
something
40:18
he
40:19
says
40:19
give
40:20
us
40:21
this
40:21
day
40:22
our
40:22
daily
40:23
bread
40:23
forgive
40:24
us
40:25
our
40:25
debts
40:26
deliver
40:27
us
40:27
from
40:28
evil
40:29
so
40:31
we
40:31
should
40:32
be
40:32
about
40:32
praying
40:33
pleading
40:34
the
40:35
cause
40:36
of
40:36
others
40:37
this
40:37
is
40:37
called
40:37
intercessory
40:38
prayer
40:40
do you
40:41
pray
40:41
in that
40:42
way
40:42
most
40:43
of your
40:44
prayers
40:44
aimed
40:45
at the
40:46
glory
40:46
of God
40:46
and at
40:47
others
40:47
or
40:47
at
40:48
yourself
40:49
so in
40:51
conclusion
40:51
our
40:53
prayers
40:53
should be
40:53
aimed
40:54
at the
40:55
glory
40:55
of God
40:55
that
40:56
his
40:57
fame
40:58
would
40:58
be
40:58
known
40:59
that
41:00
his
41:00
kingdom
41:00
would
41:00
come
41:01
that
41:01
his
41:01
will
41:01
would
41:01
be
41:01
done
41:02
our
41:02
prayers
41:03
should
41:03
have
41:05
our
41:05
good
41:05
in
41:05
mind
41:06
we
41:06
certainly
41:06
want
41:07
to
41:07
pray
41:07
things
41:08
on
41:09
our
41:09
behalf
41:09
and
41:09
God
41:10
cares
41:10
about
41:10
the
41:10
nuances
41:11
of
41:12
our
41:12
day
41:12
but
41:14
also
41:15
our
41:16
prayer
41:16
should
41:16
be
41:16
aimed
41:16
!
41:16
at
41:17
the
41:17
good
41:17
of
41:18
others
41:19
we
41:20
should
41:20
pray
41:21
like
41:21
Jesus
41:21
our
41:22
father
41:23
in
41:23
heaven
41:23
hallowed
41:24
be
41:24
your
41:25
name
41:25
your
41:26
kingdom
41:26
come
41:26
your
41:27
will
41:27
be
41:27
done
41:27
on
41:28
earth
41:28
as
41:29
is
41:29
in
41:29
heaven
41:29
give
41:30
us
41:31
this
41:31
day
41:31
our
41:31
daily
41:31
bread
41:32
and
41:32
forgive
41:32
us
41:32
our
41:33
debts
41:33
as
41:34
we
41:34
also
41:34
have
41:34
forgiven
41:35
our
41:35
debtors
41:35
and
41:36
lead
41:36
us
41:37
not
41:37
into
41:37
temptation
41:38
but
41:39
deliver
41:39
us
41:39
from
41:40
evil
41:41
I
41:43
hope
41:43
that
41:43
our
41:44
time
41:44
in
41:45
this
41:45
part
41:45
of
41:46
the
41:46
text
41:46
We're
41:46
going
41:48
to
41:48
move
41:48
on
41:48
to
41:48
some
41:48
wonderful
41:49
text
41:49
in
41:50
the
41:50
coming
41:50
weeks
41:51
and
41:51
finish
41:51
the
41:51
sermon
41:52
on
41:52
the
41:52
mount
41:52
before
41:53
advent
41:53
season
41:54
begins
41:55
I
41:56
hope
41:56
that
41:56
you'll
41:56
take
41:56
time
41:57
to
41:57
really
41:58
consider
41:58
what
42:01
a
42:01
praying
42:01
life
42:02
looks
42:02
like
42:02
and
42:04
if
42:04
you
42:04
don't
42:04
find
42:05
yourself
42:05
praying
42:06
what
42:06
it
42:06
says
42:07
about
42:07
you
42:07
and
42:08
what
42:08
you
42:08
believe
42:08
about
42:10
our
42:11
God