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His Kingdom and His Will · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Jesus teaching the Sermon on the Mount and part of that is the Lord's Prayer.
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! So Matthew chapter 6, you can read it verse 9.
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Pray then like this, Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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So we're coming back to the Lord's Prayer. It's been a little time since we looked at it but we've looked at the beginning of it.
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Where it says, Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name. We see that it begins by looking to God.
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Your name, your kingdom, your will, they're all there before us. Before it comes then to verse 11, give us, forgive us and lead us.
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So it focuses first and foremost on God and where we begin with all our prayers is looking to him as the one who is able to help.
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We are worshipping God at all times. We give him glory, we give him honour, we give him praise.
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And here as we come into verse 10, Your kingdom come and your will be done.
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It's almost like the prayer is starting to descend, if you like.
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Where we're lifting up our eyes to our Father in heaven.
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We're glorifying his name.
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And now we're starting to come down and say, Your will be done.
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Your kingdom come first.
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So there's a sense of his kingdom coming in this world.
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And his will being done on earth as it is in heaven.
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And this is connecting as to when what comes after that.
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Everything that we have, everything that we need, we are depending on our Father in heaven for.
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So God is not just someone who is distant to us.
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God is not just a God who is away from us and we're trying to find him to call on his name.
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He is someone who has given his promise to us that he is near.
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That's the way the prayer starts.
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Our Father who art in heaven.
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We have that relationship with him.
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And the themes that we're seeing this evening in verse 10.
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There's two themes there.
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The kingdom of God and the will of God.
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And both are linked together.
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Without the kingdom of God, we cannot see the will of God.
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And the will of God is that his kingdom comes.
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And so we're asking God to establish his kingdom on earth.
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Because we cannot do it.
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As Psalm 127 says,
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Unless the Lord builds a house, the builders build in vain.
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Without him, we can do nothing.
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That is what the word tells us.
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And so we are looking to God.
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That his kingdom come.
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And we're also looking to him in that sense of,
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Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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That God is God's desire for his people is his kingdom and his will being done.
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And that we'd be looking to him instead of ourselves.
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But in our sin and in our rebellion,
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We are often looking to ourselves to fulfill all of these things.
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Our own kingdom, our own will is what we are wanting.
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But God still calls us as a rebellious people to look to him.
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Isaiah makes this clear in the Old Testament for us in chapter 65.
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Listen to these words in the first two verses.
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There is a people seeking their own kingdoms, seeking their own will.
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And yet the Lord is saying, Here am I.
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Here am I.
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And so as we're looking at these words tonight,
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We hear God's call that was through Isaiah.
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It's still the same to ourselves today.
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Here am I.
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Here am I.
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He is the one who is there to be called upon.
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And to be called upon in that sense of his kingdom coming and his will being done.
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So we're just going to look at these two points.
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Your kingdom come and your will be done.
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If you want to find a great summary of the Lord's Prayer and what it involves, what it's speaking about,
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Then look up the Shorter Catechism.
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Many of you will have it.
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Maybe some of you don't know about it.
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The Shorter Catechism, towards the end of it, there's 107 questions.
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The last few are focused on the Lord's Prayer.
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And one of the questions that it asks is, What are we praying in each petition, in each part of the Lord's Prayer?
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And so for this section, Thy Kingdom Come, what are we praying?
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Well, the Shorter Catechism says this.
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In the second petition, which is, Thy Kingdom Come, we pray that Satan's kingdom may be destroyed,
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And that the kingdom of grace may be advanced,
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Ourselves and others brought into it and kept in it,
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And that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.
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That's what the Shorter Catechism says.
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That is what we are praying as we pray, Your Kingdom Come.
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What is meant here by kingdom?
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Well, the kingdom of God is a theme that you see throughout Scripture.
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Maybe especially in the Gospels, you find that sense of a vision for the kingdom of God coming.
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In the Gospels, we find it central to the Lord's teaching.
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Even before he arrives, John the Baptist speaks of the kingdom of God in those ways.
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In this way, in Matthew 3, verse 1 and 2.
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In those days, John the Baptist came preaching in the desert of Judea, saying,
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Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
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The kingdom of heaven is near.
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Where was John the Baptist looking?
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Well, we see later on, John the Baptist says,
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Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
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The kingdom of God was coming through Jesus Christ.
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The kingdom of God is near did not mean the end of time, the end of days.
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But the kingdom of God coming was that sense of God sending his son for the salvation of his people.
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A time of hope, a time of restoration, a time of renewal.
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It was God working through Jesus Christ that John had in mind here.
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And so that when Jesus himself begins his public ministry, what does he say?
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Mark 1, verse 15, Jesus says,
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The time has come.
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The kingdom of God is near.
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Repent and believe the good news.
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So there's that sense of the kingdom of God is about good news.
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Your kingdom come is about that good news coming to this world.
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Later on in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus said,
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I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also,
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because that is why I was sent.
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Jesus was sent.
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Jesus was sent into this world to preach the good news of the kingdom of God.
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And so the kingdom of God is something powerful, is something precious,
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is something that we here are commanded to pray for.
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Your kingdom come.
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This kingdom of God has, if you like, a past, a present, and a future.
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You see it developing from the Old Testament as God was calling his people to himself.
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This is outlined for us in Luke chapter 13.
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A great passage that speaks about the kingdom of God in a number of different ways.
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How then shall we describe the kingdom of God?
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We'll be quoting that later.
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But it's also talking about the day of judgment
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and our need to see and be part of the kingdom of God now.
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And it refers back to the past in that passage in verse 28,
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where it's saying in judgment there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth
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for those who have rejected the kingdom of God.
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But it says when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
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and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,
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but you yourselves thrown out.
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There's that warning.
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There's that hope that the kingdom of God is something that's ongoing.
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God calling his people into the kingdom of God.
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You will see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
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and all the prophets in the kingdom of God.
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Alistair prayed that seeing Abraham, seeing Moses, seeing the prophets,
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they are part of the kingdom of God.
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So there's that sense of all who have gone before us,
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trusting in the Lord, are part of the kingdom of God.
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But there's also a present to it.
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The Lord was saying here,
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your kingdom come was a prayer then.
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There was a present nature to it.
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The kingdom of God is near.
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The kingdom of God is there for us.
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And the same is true today.
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It's a day of opportunity.
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The kingdom of God is there.
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And it's something that we are to be praying for.
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Because the kingdom of God also has a future.
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When it will become that final kingdom for God and all his people.
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To be part of his kingdom.
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So that's the question.
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That's the kingdom that we're seeing throughout scripture.
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It's good news.
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And it's about a God who is creating a place for his people.
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For all eternity.
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And so the prayer we see here is,
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are we praying then,
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your kingdom come?
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Because here on earth,
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there are two kingdoms that are shown to us in scripture.
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There is a kingdom of God,
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which could also be called the kingdom of light.
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And there is the kingdom of darkness.
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As a short,
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R. Catechson was saying,
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we are praying for the destruction of the kingdom of Satan.
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The power of evil.
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And we are looking for God's kingdom
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to come in power.
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That people might be saved.
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So we ask,
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your kingdom come.
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Where does it start?
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It starts,
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first of all,
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with you and with me.
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It's about
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ourselves knowing
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to be part of the kingdom
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of God
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in a personal way.
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The shorter Catechson makes that clear for us as well.
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That we may be part
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of the kingdom of God
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and that others
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may be part of the kingdom of God.
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And that we be kept
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in the kingdom
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of God.
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And so it's to pray for a work
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and an ongoing work
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in our own hearts.
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So is that your prayer
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as you pray this prayer?
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Do you see what it's saying?
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As we say it,
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repeat it so often in church,
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we can say these words
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every Sunday.
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We repeat them every morning.
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So as you say,
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your kingdom come.
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What are we thinking?
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What are we praying?
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We are praying
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for ourselves.
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For his kingdom.
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That we might be part of it.
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That our hearts
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will be focused
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on him.
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Brought out of the kingdom
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of darkness
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and into the kingdom
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of light.
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We also want to see
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two others
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come into this kingdom.
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Repent and believe
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the good news
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because the kingdom
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of God
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is at hand.
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That was Jesus
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proclaiming it.
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That was it preached.
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Not just for
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one person to hear
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but for all
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to hear.
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Because God
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is a good God,
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a gracious God.
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He longs for none
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to be lost
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but for all
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to be saved.
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And so this kingdom
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is proclaimed.
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again going back
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to Luke's gospel
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chapter 13
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where it's describing
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the kingdom of God
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in many ways.
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It says this
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in verse 18.
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What is the kingdom
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of God like?
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And to what
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shall I compare it?
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It is like a grain
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of mustard seed
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that a man took
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and sowed in his garden
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and it grew
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and became
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a tree
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and the birds
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of the air
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made nests
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in its branches.
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the mustard seed
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the smallest
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of all the seeds
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just like a little
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grain of sand.
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That's the way
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the kingdom of God
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is described
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and yet it flourishes.
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It grows.
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His kingdom
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is coming.
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His kingdom
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is growing.
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He is calling
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people
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to himself.
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And so as we look
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to this kingdom
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of God
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are we asking
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for it to flourish
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in our own hearts
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and are we asking
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for it to flourish
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all around us?
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The encouragement
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to us is that
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his kingdom
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is growing.
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It cannot
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be defeated.
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The gates of hell
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cannot defeat it.
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R.C. Sproul
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once said
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this about
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the kind of
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the glory of God
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but we can think of it
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as the kingdom
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of God as well.
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The world
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is filled
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with God's glory.
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You can't
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turn
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without
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bumping into it.
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Isn't that
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a wonderful way
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of thinking about
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the kingdom of God
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or the glory of God?
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We know
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that there is
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evil all around us.
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We know
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there is sin
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all around us.
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We know
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that sin is within us
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and yet
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as Sproul says
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the world
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is filled
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with God's glory.
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You cannot
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turn
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without bumping
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into it.
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You think of all
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that you see
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around you
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whether it's
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his creation
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whether it's
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his word
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whether it's
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his people
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every way
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you turn
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you are bumping
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into the kingdom
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of God.
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Reminders
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that his kingdom
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is coming.
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And so there is
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a great challenge
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to us
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in these words
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your kingdom
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come
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that that would
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be
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our prayer.
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But it's also
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then linked
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secondly
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to
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your will
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be done
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on earth
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as it is
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in heaven.
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And again
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I just want to
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read from the
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shorter catechism
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what it says
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about this
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part of the
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prayer.
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Question 103
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in the third
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petition which is
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thy will be done
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on earth
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as it is
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in heaven
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we pray
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that God
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by his grace
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would make
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us able
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and willing
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to know
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obey
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and submit
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to his
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will
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in all
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things
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as the
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angels
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do
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in heaven.
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Be able
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willing
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make us
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able
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and willing
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to know
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obey
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and submit
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to his
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will
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as the
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angels
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do in
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heaven.
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Now the
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angels
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do in
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heaven
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is linked
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to a
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psalm
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that we
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were going
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to sing
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but we
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missed
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Psalm 103
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at the end
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of Psalm 103
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in verse 19
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it says
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God's kingly
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role is
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over all
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in heaven
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in heaven
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he has
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set his
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throne
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O you
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his angels
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praise the
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Lord
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strong ones
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by whom
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his will
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is done
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a connection
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there
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strong ones
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by whom
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his will
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is done
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his angels
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doing the
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will
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perfectly
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that's why
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it says
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here then
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your will
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be done
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on earth
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as it
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is in
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heaven
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that in
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heaven
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his will
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is done
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perfectly
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but we
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want to
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see his
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will done
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perfectly
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here
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but we
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know it's
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almost
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impossible
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but it's
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still a
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prayer
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isn't it
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your will
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be done
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on earth
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as it
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is in
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heaven
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to make
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us able
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and willing
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to know
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obey
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and submit
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to his
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will
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it's
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hard
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it can
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be one
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of the
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most
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difficult
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statements
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in this
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prayer
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maybe
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your
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will
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be
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done
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because
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there's
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times
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when we
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don't
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understand
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what his
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will
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involves
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we don't
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understand
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why
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certain
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things
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happen
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it's an
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acknowledgement
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that because
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the kingdom
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of God
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is only
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here in
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part
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that there
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is still
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another
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kingdom
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the kingdom
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of darkness
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that is
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active
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that is
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seeking
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to destroy
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the kingdom
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of light
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but as
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we pray
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to God
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we remember
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that he
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is the
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one
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who is
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sovereign
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that he
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is the
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one
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who has
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purposes
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and plans
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that we
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so often
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don't
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understand
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there are
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times in
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scripture
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when the
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will of
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God
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seems
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to go
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against
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anything
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that God's
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people
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would want
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you see
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it time
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and time
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again
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you go back
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to the book
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of Genesis
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and you think
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of the life
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of Joseph
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a one
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who was
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despised
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by his
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brothers
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they were
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jealous
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of him
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so they
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sold him
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into
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slavery
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they had
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him sent
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away
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and he
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was imprisoned
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but the
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amazing
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thing is
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how that
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worked
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because
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what you
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see in
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Joseph's
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life
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is later
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on as
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his
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brothers
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come
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to him
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and see
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that he
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is still
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alive
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Joseph's
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response
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to them
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is this
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don't
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be afraid
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am I
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in the
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place
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of God
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you
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intended
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to harm
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me
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but God
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intended
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it for
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good
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to accomplish
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what is
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now being
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done
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the saving
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of many
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lives
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you
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wonder
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did
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Joseph
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see that
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as he
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was going
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through
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all his
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trials
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or was
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it only
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when it
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came to
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that fruition
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that he
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could see
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that God
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meant it
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for good
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the will
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of God
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is hard
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at times
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you see it
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in the life
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of our
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Lord
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Jesus
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in the
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garden
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of
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Gethsemane
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in his
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natural
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way he
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was saying
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my father
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if it is
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possible
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let this
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cup
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pass
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from me
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those
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unnatural
19:16
fear
19:16
the will
19:17
of his
19:18
father
19:18
just seemed
19:19
to be at
19:19
odds
19:19
with everything
19:20
and yet
19:21
what his
19:22
prayer was
19:23
nevertheless
19:23
not as
19:24
I will
19:25
but as
19:26
you will
19:27
putting
19:29
himself
19:29
over
19:30
into the
19:31
father's
19:32
hands
19:32
why
19:32
for the
19:34
good of
19:34
his
19:34
people
19:35
for the
19:36
salvation
19:37
of many
19:39
so that
19:40
later on
19:40
in the
19:41
book of
19:41
Acts
19:41
you can
19:42
read
19:42
this
19:43
man
19:44
was
19:44
handed
19:44
over
19:45
to you
19:45
by
19:45
God's
19:46
set
19:46
purpose
19:47
and
19:47
foreknowledge
19:48
God's
19:49
will
19:49
for his
19:50
son
19:50
and you
19:51
with the
19:51
help
19:51
of wicked
19:52
men
19:52
put him
19:53
to death
19:53
by nailing
19:54
him
19:54
to the
19:55
cross
19:55
but God
19:57
raised him
19:57
from the
19:58
dead
19:58
freeing him
19:59
from the
19:59
agony
19:59
of death
20:00
because
20:00
it was
20:01
impossible
20:02
for death
20:02
to keep
20:03
its hold
20:03
on him
20:05
God
20:06
had a
20:07
plan
20:07
and a
20:08
purpose
20:08
and there
20:11
are times
20:11
when the
20:12
will of
20:12
God
20:13
seems
20:13
so hard
20:14
for us
20:15
or for
20:15
others
20:16
around us
20:17
his
20:19
will
20:19
being
20:20
done
20:21
we think
20:23
of events
20:23
in these
20:24
last few
20:24
weeks
20:25
and you
20:26
see it
20:26
it is
20:27
the will
20:27
of God
20:28
but so
20:30
many ask
20:30
and we
20:31
all ask
20:31
maybe
20:31
why
20:32
and we
20:34
think of
20:35
verses
20:35
like in
20:35
Romans 8
20:36
verse 28
20:37
we know
20:39
that for
20:39
those who
20:39
love
20:40
God
20:40
all
20:40
things
20:41
work
20:41
together
20:42
for
20:42
good
20:42
for
20:43
those
20:43
who
20:44
are
20:44
called
20:44
according
20:45
to
20:45
his
20:46
purpose
20:46
all
20:48
things
20:49
all
20:50
things
20:51
work
20:51
together
20:52
for
20:52
good
20:52
for
20:53
those
20:54
who
20:55
love
20:55
God
20:56
!
20:57
And yet
20:58
we still
20:58
ask
20:58
why
20:59
the
21:01
will
21:01
of
21:01
God
21:02
is
21:02
hard
21:03
and yet
21:05
we are
21:05
to pray
21:05
your
21:06
will be
21:07
done
21:07
on
21:07
earth
21:07
as it
21:08
is
21:08
in
21:09
heaven
21:09
when
21:11
it
21:11
comes
21:12
to
21:12
the
21:12
will
21:12
of
21:13
God
21:13
and
21:14
ourselves
21:14
we
21:15
can
21:15
look
21:15
at
21:15
our
21:16
lives
21:16
and
21:16
we
21:16
see
21:17
is
21:18
this
21:18
really
21:18
Lord
21:19
what
21:19
you
21:19
want
21:19
for
21:19
me
21:20
is
21:21
this
21:21
what
21:21
you
21:21
would
21:22
have
21:22
me
21:22
to
21:22
go
21:22
through
21:23
we
21:24
want
21:24
the
21:25
good
21:25
we
21:27
know
21:27
that
21:27
all
21:28
for
21:28
those
21:28
who
21:28
love
21:29
God
21:29
all
21:29
things
21:29
work
21:30
together
21:30
for
21:31
good
21:31
we
21:31
want
21:31
the
21:32
good
21:32
but
21:34
we
21:34
cannot
21:34
leave
21:34
the
21:35
hard
21:35
providence
21:36
out
21:36
we
21:37
cannot
21:37
leave
21:37
the
21:38
difficult
21:38
days
21:39
out
21:39
our
21:39
prayer
21:40
still
21:40
has
21:41
to
21:41
be
21:41
your
21:41
will
21:41
be
21:42
done
21:42
on
21:42
earth
21:42
as
21:43
it
21:43
is
21:43
in
21:44
heaven
21:44
as
21:46
the
21:46
shorter
21:46
character
21:47
says
21:47
we
21:47
pray
21:48
that
21:48
God
21:49
by
21:49
his
21:49
!
21:50
grace
21:51
There's
21:52
a key
21:52
word
21:53
grace
21:53
would
21:55
make
21:55
us
21:55
able
21:56
and
21:57
willing
21:57
to
21:57
know
21:57
obey
21:58
and
21:58
submit
21:58
to
21:59
his
22:00
will
22:00
in
22:01
all
22:01
things
22:02
we
22:04
are
22:04
saying
22:05
your
22:06
will
22:06
be
22:07
done
22:07
if
22:09
we're
22:10
not
22:10
saying
22:10
that
22:10
we
22:11
are
22:11
saying
22:11
my
22:12
will
22:12
be
22:13
done
22:13
my
22:14
way
22:15
be
22:15
done
22:16
but
22:17
we
22:17
don't
22:18
want
22:18
that
22:18
we
22:19
should
22:19
never
22:19
want
22:20
that
22:20
what
22:21
we
22:21
want
22:22
is
22:22
God's
22:22
will
22:23
to
22:23
be
22:23
done
22:23
for
22:25
the
22:25
good
22:25
of
22:25
his
22:25
people
22:26
that
22:27
God
22:27
can
22:27
bring
22:27
good
22:28
out
22:28
of
22:29
every
22:30
hard
22:30
providence
22:31
every
22:32
difficult
22:33
experience
22:34
God
22:35
can
22:36
bring
22:36
good
22:37
from
22:37
and
22:39
so
22:39
our
22:39
prayer
22:40
is
22:40
your
22:41
will
22:41
be
22:42
done
22:42
on
22:42
earth
22:43
as
22:43
it
22:43
is
22:44
in
22:44
heaven
22:45
a
22:46
perfect
22:46
will
22:47
not
22:48
to
22:48
kick
22:48
against
22:49
the
22:49
will
22:49
of
22:50
God
22:50
and
22:50
say
22:50
I
22:51
know
22:51
better
22:51
I've
22:52
got
22:53
a
22:53
better
22:53
plan
22:53
a
22:54
better
22:54
idea
22:54
a
22:55
better
22:55
way
22:55
but
22:56
to
22:57
submit
22:57
ourselves
22:58
to
22:58
the
22:58
will
22:58
of
22:59
God
23:00
not
23:01
to
23:01
be
23:02
like
23:02
an
23:02
old
23:02
woman
23:02
an
23:03
old
23:03
Scottish
23:04
woman
23:04
from
23:04
many
23:05
years
23:05
ago
23:05
she
23:07
used
23:07
to
23:07
go
23:07
from
23:07
house
23:08
to
23:08
house
23:08
across
23:09
the
23:09
countryside
23:09
selling
23:10
all
23:11
kinds
23:11
of
23:11
little
23:11
different
23:12
things
23:12
threads
23:13
buttons
23:13
shoestrings
23:14
all
23:14
kinds
23:15
of
23:15
odd
23:16
pieces
23:16
and
23:18
said
23:18
the way
23:19
she
23:19
went
23:19
around
23:19
the
23:20
countryside
23:20
was
23:21
when
23:21
she
23:21
came
23:22
to
23:22
a
23:22
crossroads
23:23
she
23:24
would
23:24
throw
23:25
a
23:25
stick
23:25
in
23:26
the
23:26
air
23:26
and
23:26
whichever
23:26
way
23:27
the
23:27
stick
23:27
landed
23:28
and
23:28
pointed
23:28
that's
23:29
the
23:29
way
23:29
she
23:30
would
23:30
go
23:30
and
23:31
so
23:31
that's
23:32
the
23:32
way
23:32
she
23:32
lived
23:33
but
23:34
one
23:35
day
23:35
someone
23:35
saw
23:36
her
23:36
standing
23:37
at
23:37
a
23:37
crossroads
23:38
and
23:39
she
23:39
was
23:39
throwing
23:39
the
23:39
stick
23:40
up
23:40
in
23:40
the
23:40
air
23:40
it
23:40
would
23:40
land
23:41
and
23:41
point
23:41
to
23:41
the
23:42
left
23:42
but
23:43
she
23:43
would
23:44
pick
23:44
it
23:44
up
23:44
again
23:44
throw
23:46
it
23:46
up
23:46
in
23:46
the
23:46
air
23:46
it
23:46
landed
23:47
pointed
23:47
to
23:47
the
23:47
left
23:48
she
23:49
picked
23:49
it
23:49
up
23:50
again
23:50
the
23:50
same
23:50
thing
23:51
the
23:51
person
23:52
asked
23:52
her
23:58
it
23:59
keeps
23:59
pointing
24:00
to
24:00
the
24:01
left
24:01
and
24:02
I
24:02
want
24:02
to
24:02
go
24:03
to
24:03
the
24:03
right
24:03
and
24:04
so
24:04
she
24:05
kept
24:05
doing
24:05
it
24:05
until
24:06
it
24:06
landed
24:06
pointing
24:07
to
24:07
the
24:07
right
24:07
and
24:07
took
24:08
that
24:08
as
24:08
the
24:08
way
24:09
that
24:09
she
24:09
should
24:09
go
24:10
isn't
24:12
that
24:12
like
24:12
us
24:13
when
24:14
it
24:14
comes
24:14
to
24:15
the
24:15
will
24:15
of
24:15
God
24:15
we
24:17
know
24:17
we'll
24:18
keep
24:19
throwing
24:19
our
24:19
stick
24:20
in
24:20
the
24:20
air
24:20
until
24:20
it
24:20
lands
24:21
going
24:21
the
24:21
way
24:22
that
24:22
we
24:22
want
24:22
instead
24:24
of
24:24
just
24:24
saying
24:24
Lord
24:25
your
24:26
will
24:26
be
24:27
done
24:27
and
24:29
taking
24:29
his
24:30
will
24:30
day
24:31
by
24:31
day
24:31
moment
24:32
by
24:32
moment
24:33
trusting
24:34
him
24:34
that
24:35
he
24:35
knows
24:36
best
24:36
his
24:37
ways
24:38
are
24:39
not
24:39
our
24:39
ways
24:40
and
24:41
that's
24:41
the
24:42
way
24:42
that
24:42
we
24:42
are
24:42
to
24:42
look
24:43
because
24:43
his
24:44
ways
24:44
are
24:45
better
24:45
than
24:45
our
24:46
ways
24:46
his
24:46
thoughts
24:47
are
24:48
higher
24:48
than
24:48
our
24:48
thoughts
24:49
and
24:51
so
24:51
we
24:52
can
24:52
either
24:52
say
24:52
be
24:52
still
24:53
and
24:53
know
24:53
that
24:54
he
24:54
is
24:55
God
24:55
and
24:56
wait
24:56
on
24:56
his
24:57
will
24:57
or
24:58
else
24:58
we
24:58
can
24:59
tell
24:59
God
24:59
to
25:00
be
25:00
still
25:00
and
25:01
know
25:01
that
25:02
we
25:02
are
25:02
the
25:03
ones
25:03
who
25:03
know
25:03
best
25:04
which
25:06
way
25:06
are we
25:06
praying
25:07
are we
25:09
asking
25:10
your
25:11
will
25:11
be done
25:12
on earth
25:12
as it
25:13
is
25:13
in heaven
25:13
are we
25:14
seeking
25:14
his
25:15
perfect
25:16
will
25:17
whatever
25:18
it is
25:19
we have
25:21
to entrust
25:21
ourselves
25:22
to him
25:22
in the
25:24
good
25:24
providence
25:24
and in
25:25
the hard
25:26
providence
25:26
we
25:28
rejoice
25:28
with
25:29
those
25:29
who
25:29
rejoice
25:30
we
25:31
mourn
25:31
with
25:32
those
25:32
who
25:32
mourn
25:33
but
25:34
we
25:34
seek
25:35
his
25:35
will
25:36
Robert
25:37
Law
25:38
was
25:38
a
25:38
minister
25:38
in
25:39
the
25:39
free
25:39
church
25:39
in
25:39
the
25:40
late
25:40
1800s
25:41
early
25:41
1900s
25:42
and
25:43
he
25:43
said
25:43
this
25:43
prayer
25:45
is a
25:45
mighty
25:45
instrument
25:46
not
25:47
forgetting
25:47
man's
25:48
will
25:48
done
25:49
in
25:49
heaven
25:49
but
25:50
forgetting
25:51
God's
25:51
will
25:52
done
25:53
on
25:53
earth
25:53
which
25:55
do we
25:56
want
25:56
which
25:58
do we
25:58
need
25:58
well
26:00
the
26:00
answer
26:01
is
26:01
here
26:01
for
26:01
us
26:02
not
26:03
our
26:03
kingdom
26:04
come
26:04
and
26:04
our
26:04
will
26:05
be
26:05
done
26:05
but
26:07
your
26:07
kingdom
26:07
come
26:08
and
26:09
your
26:09
will
26:10
be
26:10
done
26:10
on
26:10
earth
26:11
as
26:11
it
26:12
is
26:12
in
26:12
heaven
26:12
so
26:14
we
26:14
pray
26:14
his
26:15
kingdom
26:16
come
26:16
and
26:18
overcome
26:18
the
26:19
dark
26:19
kingdom
26:20
that's
26:20
at work
26:21
around
26:21
us
26:21
so
26:22
that
26:22
people
26:22
would
26:23
rejoice
26:23
in
26:24
the
26:24
glory
26:25
of
26:25
God
26:25
that
26:25
is
26:25
seen
26:26
at
26:26
every
26:27
turn
26:27
and
26:29
that
26:29
we
26:29
would
26:29
be
26:29
reconciled
26:30
and
26:31
able
26:31
to
26:32
submit
26:32
and
26:32
all
26:33
around
26:33
us
26:34
to
26:34
the
26:35
will
26:35
of
26:35
God
26:36
no
26:37
matter
26:37
how
26:37
hard
26:38
no
26:39
matter
26:39
how
26:39
difficult
26:40
that
26:41
we
26:41
would
26:41
see
26:41
that
26:42
God
26:42
can
26:42
use
26:43
it
26:43
all
26:43
for
26:44
good
26:44
for
26:45
those
26:45
who
26:46
love
26:46
him
26:46
let
26:48
us
26:48
pray
26:48
Lord
26:52
our
26:52
gracious
26:53
God
26:53
we
26:54
thank
26:54
you
26:54
that
26:55
your
26:55
word
26:55
instructs
26:56
us
26:56
at
26:56
every
26:57
step
26:57
that
26:57
we
26:57
take
26:58
that
26:59
there
26:59
is
26:59
no
26:59
time
27:00
when
27:00
you
27:00
leave
27:00
us
27:01
floundering
27:01
in the
27:02
darkness
27:02
but that
27:03
you have
27:04
sent
27:04
your
27:04
truth
27:05
and
27:05
your
27:05
light
27:06
forth
27:06
for us
27:07
to
27:07
find
27:08
our
27:08
way
27:08
to
27:08
you
27:09
and
27:09
we
27:10
pray
27:10
Lord
27:10
that
27:10
in the
27:11
darkness
27:12
of the
27:12
world
27:12
in which
27:13
we
27:13
live
27:13
that
27:14
your
27:14
light
27:15
would
27:15
shine
27:15
brightly
27:16
that
27:17
your
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spirit
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would
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move
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among
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us
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by
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power
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that
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your
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kingdom
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would
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come
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in
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power
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and
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that
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your
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will
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be
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done
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on
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earth
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as
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it
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is
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in
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heaven
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your
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perfect
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and
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your
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good
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will
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for
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the
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good
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of
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all
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your
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people
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for
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the
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glory
27:32
of
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your
27:32
name
27:32
and
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for
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the
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growth
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of
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your
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!
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kingdom
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we
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ask
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all
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of
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these
27:36
things
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with
27:37
the
27:37
forgiveness
27:37
of
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our
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we're
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going
27:44
to
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conclude
27:45
by
27:45
singing
27:46
in
27:46
psalm
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40
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in
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the
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sing
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psalms
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version
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page
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