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IS JESUS ​​GOD_ Understand what the Bible says · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: Why did Jesus pray to God if he is God?
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  Speaker 1: When we read the Gospels, we see Jesus often retreating
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  Speaker 1: to pray. For example, in the Book of Luke, it
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  Speaker 1: is told, but he would withdraw to desolate places and
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  Speaker 1: pray Luke five, verse sixteen. If Jesus is God, wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: he be engaging in a conversation with himself. It's a
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  Speaker 1: fair and curious question that invites us to explore the
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  Speaker 1: depths of Jesus's humanity and divine nature. There is one
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  Speaker 1: God who exists eternally as three distinct persons, the Father,
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  Speaker 1: the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This does not mean
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  Speaker 1: there are three Gods, but rather one God in three persons.
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  Speaker 1: Just as water can be ice, liquid or vapor and
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  Speaker 1: still be water. God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: and yet one God, but the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: whom the Father will send in my name. He will
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  Speaker 1: teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all
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  Speaker 1: that I have said to you. John fourteen, verse twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: Here Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit as a distinct person,
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  Speaker 1: yet sent by the Father and acting in Jesus's name,
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  Speaker 1: showing the unity and distinct roles within the Trinity. Now,
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  Speaker 1: within this understanding arises a question that has puzzled many.
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  Speaker 1: If Jesus is God as part of the Trinity, why
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  Speaker 1: did he need to pray? This question goes to the
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  Speaker 1: heart of Jesus's earthly ministry and mission. Jesus, fully God
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  Speaker 1: and fully man, spend time in prayer. Let's look at
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  Speaker 1: how his prayers reveal his relationship with the Father, fulfill
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  Speaker 1: his role on earth, and teach us about the nature
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  Speaker 1: of communication with God. Join us as we seek to
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  Speaker 1: understand the beautiful complexity of Jesus's prayers and what they
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  Speaker 1: mean for our own spiritual lives. The nature of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus is someone extraordinary and unique because he is both
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  Speaker 1: God and a person like us at the same time.
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  Speaker 1: This means Jesus is one hundred percent God. He can
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  Speaker 1: do things only God can do, like special miracles and
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  Speaker 1: uniquely rescuing people, but he is also one hundred percent human.
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  Speaker 1: He felt hunger, pain, and died. It's like having two
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  Speaker 1: complete sets of everything in one person. Imagine having all
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  Speaker 1: superpowers but also living as a regular person going through
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  Speaker 1: everything we go through, except he never did anything wrong.
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  Speaker 1: We believe in this because it helps to understand how
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  Speaker 1: Jesus could do incredible things, but also know what it
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  Speaker 1: is to be a person. The nature of Jesus is
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  Speaker 1: one of the central mysteries of the faith. It's by
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  Speaker 1: understanding both his divinity and humanity that he accomplished through
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  Speaker 1: his life, death, and resurrection. Jesus showed us the best
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  Speaker 1: way to talk and live with God, dependence on the Father.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus lived in a way that showed us he did
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  Speaker 1: nothing on his own initiative. He said, truly, truly, I
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  Speaker 1: say to you, the son can do nothing of his
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  Speaker 1: own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing.
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  Speaker 1: For whatever the father does, that the son does likewise
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  Speaker 1: John five, verse nineteen. This means Jesus waited for God
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  Speaker 1: to show him the way before doing anything. It's like
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  Speaker 1: a child observes and learns from his father and doesn't
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  Speaker 1: try to do things on his own. And when things
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  Speaker 1: got really tough, just before being taken to the cross,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus prayed intensely. He said, Father, if you are willing
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  Speaker 1: remove this cup from me, nevertheless, not my will, but
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  Speaker 1: yours be done Luke twenty two, verse forty two. This
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  Speaker 1: shows he trusted in God's plan more than his own feelings,
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  Speaker 1: even when he was afraid. Another purpose of Jesus's prayers
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  Speaker 1: was to teach the disciples to pray. Jesus didn't keep
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  Speaker 1: his prayer life a secret. He shared it with his friends,
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  Speaker 1: the Disciples. One day, they asked him to teach them
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  Speaker 1: to pray. He said, when you pray, say Father, hallowed
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  Speaker 1: be your name, your Kingdom. Come give us each day
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  Speaker 1: our daily bread, Forgive us our sins for we ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: Forgive everyone who is indebted to us, and lead us
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  Speaker 1: not into temptation Luke eleven, verses one to four. In
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  Speaker 1: this simple prayer known as the Lord's Prayer, Jesus showed
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  Speaker 1: them that praying is talking to God about everything, saying
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  Speaker 1: his name is special, asking for what we need, asking
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  Speaker 1: for forgiveness for the mistakes we make, and asking for
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  Speaker 1: help to live rightly. In this way, Jesus's prayers are
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  Speaker 1: a perfect guide for us on how to live close
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  Speaker 1: to God, talk to him about everything, and trust him
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  Speaker 1: with our lives. Another purpose of Jesus's prayers was the
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  Speaker 1: expression of human emotion and need. Jesus showed us that
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  Speaker 1: he experienced human emotions and needs just like any of us.
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  Speaker 1: Here are some ways he expressed those very human traits,
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  Speaker 1: sadness and anguish. In a garden called Gethsemone, which is
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  Speaker 1: like a quiet park full of olive trees. Jesus felt
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  Speaker 1: a very deep sadness, the kind you feel when and
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  Speaker 1: your heart is so heavy it's hard to carry. The
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  Speaker 1: Bible says. Then he said to them, my soul is
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  Speaker 1: overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here
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  Speaker 1: and keep watch with me. Matthew twenty six, verse thirty eight.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine Jesus, known for healing and helping others, now overwhelmed
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  Speaker 1: with a sadness so deep he said it could nearly
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  Speaker 1: kill him. He went a little farther into the garden,
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  Speaker 1: fell with his face to the ground in prayer to God,
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  Speaker 1: and said, my Father, if it is possible, may this
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  Speaker 1: cup be taken from me? Yet not as I will,
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  Speaker 1: but as you will Matthew twenty six, verse thirty nine.
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  Speaker 1: This cup he spoke of was like a symbol for
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  Speaker 1: the difficult task he knew he had to do. Die
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  Speaker 1: on the cross. He didn't want to suffer, but he
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  Speaker 1: was willing to do what God wanted. Seeking strength and
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  Speaker 1: guidance In another part of the Bible, Luke six verses
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  Speaker 1: twelve to thirteen shows Jesus seeking strength and counsel. It says,
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  Speaker 1: in those days, he went out to the mountain to pray,
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  Speaker 1: and he spent the night in prayer to God. And
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  Speaker 1: when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve
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  Speaker 1: of them, whom he also named apostles. Before making a
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  Speaker 1: big decision choosing his twelve closest friends who would help
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  Speaker 1: him share his teachings, Jesus spent the entire night talking
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  Speaker 1: with God. It wasn't just a quick chat, but ours
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  Speaker 1: asking for help and guidance. By praying all night, Jesus
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  Speaker 1: showed that he too needed support, wisdom, and strength, and
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  Speaker 1: he found that by connecting deeply with God. These stories
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  Speaker 1: remind us that Jesus was not just a spiritual figure,
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  Speaker 1: but also a person who felt deep emotions and had
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  Speaker 1: needs like any other person. He felt overwhelming sadness and
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  Speaker 1: sought quiet places for guidance, showing it's okay for us
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  Speaker 1: to do the same when we're facing tough times or
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  Speaker 1: important decisions. Fulfilling human righteousness living the perfect human life
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  Speaker 1: we cannot when we delve into the stories and teachings
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  Speaker 1: of the Bible. We discover that Jesus did not just
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  Speaker 1: live an exemplary life. He lived the perfect human life,
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  Speaker 1: fulfilling all righteousness. This means he lived in complete obedience
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  Speaker 1: and submission to God, his Father, something we find difficult
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  Speaker 1: to do every day. The Bible tells us in the
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  Speaker 1: Book of Hebrews, during the days of Jesus's life on earth,
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  Speaker 1: he offered up prayers and petitions, with fervent cries and
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  Speaker 1: tears to the one who could save him from death,
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  Speaker 1: and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although
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  Speaker 1: he was a son, he learned obedience from what he
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  Speaker 1: suffered Hebrews five, verses seven to eight. That is how Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: even being the son of God, learned to obey through
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  Speaker 1: the things he suffered. His prayers were not just whispers
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  Speaker 1: in the silence, but passionate please filled with real tears.
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  Speaker 1: Yet he always obeyed, no matter the cost. Philippians two,
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  Speaker 1: verse eight adds another layer to this. By saying and
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  Speaker 1: being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself
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  Speaker 1: by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus didn't just obey when it was easy he obeyed
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  Speaker 1: to the point of dying a painful and humiliating death
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  Speaker 1: on the cross. His life wasn't a series of easy choices.
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  Speaker 1: It was a constant submission to God's will, even when
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  Speaker 1: that will lead him to the cross. What is truly
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  Speaker 1: remarkable about Jesus's life is that he was fully human
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  Speaker 1: like us, with the same feelings, the same temptations, and
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  Speaker 1: the same pains. However, unlike us, he never failed in
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  Speaker 1: his obedience and submission. Every action, every word, and every
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  Speaker 1: thought were in perfect alignment with what God wanted. He
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  Speaker 1: didn't live for himself, but for God and for us.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus's perfect life is significant because he did something extraordinary
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  Speaker 1: for us where we failed to be righteous. His life
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  Speaker 1: offers us the chance to be seen as righteous before God.
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  Speaker 1: It's as if he took the test of life and
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  Speaker 1: passed with honors on behalf of humanity. So when we
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  Speaker 1: believe in him, it's as if his perfect score is
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  Speaker 1: credited to our record. Imagine trying to follow a recipe
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  Speaker 1: perfectly without making a single mistake. For us, that's impossible.
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  Speaker 1: We might mix the wrong ingredients, or measure incorrectly, or
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  Speaker 1: overcook the meal, but Jesus, in the kitchen of life,
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  Speaker 1: followed God's recipe without error. He lived the life we
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  Speaker 1: should live and offered us the reward as if we
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  Speaker 1: were the ones. By understanding Jesus's perfect obedience and submission,
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  Speaker 1: we can appreciate the incredible gift that is offered to
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  Speaker 1: us through faith in him. It's a gift that encourages
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  Speaker 1: us not because we can earn it, but because it
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  Speaker 1: is freely given a testimony to the perfect life he
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  Speaker 1: lived on our behalf the importance of prayer in Jesus's life.
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  Speaker 1: In Jesus's life, prayer was not just something he did
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  Speaker 1: out of religious duty or as a public display. It
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  Speaker 1: was natural and essential, as breathing a life line to
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  Speaker 1: his father, maintaining communion with the Father. For Jesus, praying
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  Speaker 1: was about staying connected. It was like the unbreakable bond
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  Speaker 1: between a child and a parent. Even though he was
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  Speaker 1: the son of God, he still talked to God, showing
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  Speaker 1: that he depended on that connection for strength and guidance.
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  Speaker 1: This tells us something powerful about prayer. It's not about
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  Speaker 1: asking for things. It's about keeping our relationship with God
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  Speaker 1: fresh and alive. Look what happened Right after Jesus was baptized,
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  Speaker 1: and as he was praying, Heaven was opened Luke three,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty one. At that moment, Heaven itself seemed to open,
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  Speaker 1: affirming this deep relationship. Jesus was in constant contact with
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  Speaker 1: his father, and it was during these conversations that some
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  Speaker 1: incredible things happened. Decisions were made, strength was given, and
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  Speaker 1: life love was shared, an act of love and trust
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  Speaker 1: within the Trinity. Prayer was also an act of love
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  Speaker 1: and trust within the Trinity Father, son, and Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus being God, expressed his trust in the Father through prayer.
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  Speaker 1: For example, when he was about to raise Lazarus from
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  Speaker 1: the dead, he said, Father, I thank you that you
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  Speaker 1: have heard me. I knew that you always hear me
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  Speaker 1: John eleven, Verses forty one to forty two. The thanksgiving
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  Speaker 1: was not for show. It was the son talking to
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  Speaker 1: the Father, confident that he was heard, an intimate exchange
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  Speaker 1: of trust and love. This shows us the heart of prayer.
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  Speaker 1: It's about trust. When we pray, we are entering into
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  Speaker 1: that circle of love and trust that exists since before time.
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  Speaker 1: We are telling God, I depend on you, I trust you,
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  Speaker 1: just as Jesus did Finally, prayer was how Jesus fully
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  Speaker 1: embraced being human. The incarnation is a fancy word for
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  Speaker 1: God becoming man. In Jesus, this wasn't just God wearing
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  Speaker 1: a human suit. He became fully one of us. And
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  Speaker 1: part of being human is acknowledging that we are not
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  Speaker 1: all powerful. We need help, we need God. Jesus showed
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  Speaker 1: this when life got tough. Before he was arrested, he
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  Speaker 1: went to pray in a garden called Gathsemone. He was
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  Speaker 1: deeply troubled about what he was about to face death
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  Speaker 1: on the cross. He prayed, Father, if you are willing
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  Speaker 1: take this cup from me, yet not my will, but
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  Speaker 1: yours be done Luke twenty two, verse forty two. Here
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  Speaker 1: he was struggling, showing us it's okay to bring our
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  Speaker 1: deepest fears to God, but also showing us that in
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  Speaker 1: the end, prayer is about saying, God, I trust your
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  Speaker 1: way more than mine. Thus, prayer in Jesus's life was
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  Speaker 1: his way of staying close to God, showing trust and
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  Speaker 1: love within the family of God, and fully living his
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  Speaker 1: human life with all its highs and lows. When we pray,
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  Speaker 1: we are following in Jesus's footsteps, getting to know God
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  Speaker 1: up close and personally, trusting him with our lives, and
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  Speaker 1: embracing what it means to be truly human, just as
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  Speaker 1: Jesus did the intercessory role of Christ. Jesus praying for others.
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  Speaker 1: Specifically in the Book of John seventeen, verses nine to
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  Speaker 1: twenty three, we find a truly touching moment when Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: called the Son of God, speaks to his Father on
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  Speaker 1: behalf of his friends, which includes not just the Disciples
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  Speaker 1: with him at that moment, but all of us who
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  Speaker 1: would believe in him. He prays for their protection, their joy,
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  Speaker 1: their unity, and that they would be set apart and
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  Speaker 1: pure in the truth of God's word. Jesus says, I
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  Speaker 1: pray for them. I am not praying for the world,
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  Speaker 1: but for those you have given me, for they are yours.
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  Speaker 1: John seventeen, verse nine. This shows us that Jesus had
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  Speaker 1: a special concern for his followers. He knew the challenges
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  Speaker 1: they would face in the world and ask God to
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  Speaker 1: take care of them. But he doesn't stop there. He
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  Speaker 1: also prays for all people who would believe in him
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  Speaker 1: through the Disciples message. My prayer is not for them alone.
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  Speaker 1: I pray also for those who will believe in me
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  Speaker 1: through their message. John seventeen, verse twenty. This means Jesus
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  Speaker 1: thought of each one of us a long time ago.
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  Speaker 1: He asked his father that we all may be one,
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  Speaker 1: just as he and the Father are one. It's as
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  Speaker 1: if he wanted everyone to be part of the same family, united,
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  Speaker 1: working together in love. The role of Jesus as mediator
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  Speaker 1: between God and humans. In another part of the Bible,
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  Speaker 1: in the First Letter, Paul writes to Timothy, chapter two,
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  Speaker 1: verse five, we get a clear explanation of a great
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  Speaker 1: work that Jesus has. It says, for there is one
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  Speaker 1: God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus one Timothy two, verse five. Now, a mediator is
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  Speaker 1: like a bridge, or someone who stands in the middle
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  Speaker 1: to help two other people understand each other and resolve things.
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  Speaker 1: Before Jesus, people were separated from God because of their
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  Speaker 1: mistakes or sins. Jesus came to bridge that gap. He
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  Speaker 1: lived a perfect life, then died for our sins and
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  Speaker 1: rose again, showing he has power over sin and death.
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  Speaker 1: By doing this, he became the only intermediary between us
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  Speaker 1: and God. When we err or do things we shouldn't.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus is there to speak with God on our behalf.
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  Speaker 1: It's as if he's saying, I've already resolved this Father,
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  Speaker 1: I paid the price for their mistakes. This is something
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  Speaker 1: incredible because it means we can go directly to God
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  Speaker 1: through Jesus. We don't need another personal thing to speak
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  Speaker 1: to God for us. Jesus is our direct line to Him.
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  Speaker 1: When we pray, we can pray in Jesus's name and
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  Speaker 1: he will speak for us, ensuring we remain connected with God. So,
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  Speaker 1: in simple terms, Jesus deeply cares about us to the
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  Speaker 1: extent of speaking with God about our needs, our protection,
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  Speaker 1: and our unity with each other. And with him as
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  Speaker 1: our mediator. He is the rea and we can have
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  Speaker 1: a personal relationship with God. He stands in the middle,
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  Speaker 1: ensuring that despite our flaws, we can still be close
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  Speaker 1: to God. Prayer as a means to fulfill his mission.
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  Speaker 1: Prayer is like a secret meeting place where we sit
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  Speaker 1: with God to talk about everything in our hearts, including
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  Speaker 1: the great work He has for us. It's where we
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  Speaker 1: get the strength to do things that seem too big
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  Speaker 1: for us, choose the right friends to help us, and
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  Speaker 1: even do incredible things that show everyone how great God is.
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  Speaker 1: Strengthening for tasks. Imagine being so stressed and worried that
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  Speaker 1: you sweat as if it were raining from your forehead.
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  Speaker 1: That's how Jesus felt one night. He knew he had
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  Speaker 1: to go through something super difficult. So what did he do.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't just try to be brave on his own.
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  Speaker 1: He prayed, and when he did, an angel from heaven
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  Speaker 1: appeared to him and gave him strength. The Bible tells
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  Speaker 1: us this in Luke twenty two, verse forty three, saying
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  Speaker 1: an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
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  Speaker 1: This shows us that when we have great tasks to do,
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  Speaker 1: we can pray like Jesus did, and God can send
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  Speaker 1: us help like a coach giving a motivational talk to
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  Speaker 1: a player about to score the winning goal. Choosing disciples, now,
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  Speaker 1: choosing your team is super important. You want friends who
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  Speaker 1: will be with you through thick and thin. Jesus had
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  Speaker 1: a big decision to make when choosing his disciples. These
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  Speaker 1: were the men who would continue his work after he left,
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  Speaker 1: so he didn't just pick any John or Bob. He
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  Speaker 1: spent an entire night talking with God about it. The
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  Speaker 1: Bible tells us in Luke six, verses twelve to thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: One of those days, Jesus went out to a mountainside
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  Speaker 1: to pray and spent the night praying to God. When
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  Speaker 1: morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose
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  Speaker 1: twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles. Jesus is
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  Speaker 1: all night with God. It was his way of making
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  Speaker 1: sure he had the right team. When we have big
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  Speaker 1: choices to make, like choosing our friends or assembling a team,
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  Speaker 1: we can hit the pause button and talk to God
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  Speaker 1: about it, just as Jesus did glorifying the Father through miracles.
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  Speaker 1: Then there are those times when you need something huge
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  Speaker 1: to happen, like a real life miracle. When Jesus was
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  Speaker 1: about to bring his friend Lazarus back from the dead,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't just snap his fingers. First, he spoke to God.
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  Speaker 1: He thanked God for always listening to him, which was
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  Speaker 1: like a son giving thanks to his father for always
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  Speaker 1: being there. This is what he said in John eleven,
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  Speaker 1: verses forty one to forty two. So they took away
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  Speaker 1: the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, Father, I
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  Speaker 1: thank you that you have heard me I knew that
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  Speaker 1: you always hear me, but I said this for the
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  Speaker 1: benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe
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  Speaker 1: that you sent me. Jesus showed us that even when
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  Speaker 1: we're about to do something incredible, it's not about showcasing
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  Speaker 1: our abilities, about showing God's goodness and love. He spoke
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  Speaker 1: with God first to make clear that the incredible things
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  Speaker 1: about to happen were thanks to God, not just to him. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: prayer is not merely about requesting things. It's about preparing
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  Speaker 1: to accomplish significant deeds, making wise decisions, and attributing credit
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  Speaker 1: to God for the incredible things He accomplishes through us.
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  Speaker 1: It's akin to a superpower hotline that's perpetually open, regardless
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  Speaker 1: of the situation. In our quest to comprehend why Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: acknowledged as God prayed to God, we've unraveled some crucial points.
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  Speaker 1: Let's summarize. Initially, we delved into Jesus's dual nature as
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  Speaker 1: fully divine and fully human. Understanding this duality is vital
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  Speaker 1: for grasping the reasons behind his prayers. As God, Jesus
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  Speaker 1: represents the second person of the Trinity, yet as a
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  Speaker 1: human he experienced the limitations of humanity Philippians two, verse
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  Speaker 1: six to eight. Secondly, we explored the trinity concept, God
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  Speaker 1: the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: three distinct entities yet one in essence. Jesus's communication with
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  Speaker 1: God the Father exemplifies the perfect relationship within the divine
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  Speaker 1: John ten, verse thirty. The significance of Jesus's prayers is profound.
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  Speaker 1: They showcased his trust in God the Father, exemplifying reliance
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  Speaker 1: on God's wisdom and strength, even amidst challenges. His prayers
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  Speaker 1: such as the one in the Garden of gathsemone, Father,
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  Speaker 1: if you are willing take this cup from me, Yet
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  Speaker 1: not my will, but yours be done Luke twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: verse forty two, illustrate his submission to God's will, offering
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  Speaker 1: insights into his mission to redeem humanity. Furthermore, Jesus's prayers
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  Speaker 1: provided an intimate view of his ministry. He prayed for
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  Speaker 1: his disciples and all believers, seeking unity and protection. John seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: verses twenty to twenty three. This highlights his intercessory role
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  Speaker 1: and reveals the depth of his love and commitment to
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  Speaker 1: his mission. I invite you to reflect on Jesus's example
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  Speaker 1: and ponder the role of prayer in your own life.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus frequently retreated to solitary places to pray Luke five,
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  Speaker 1: verse sixteen. If Jesus, the Son of God felt the
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  Speaker 1: need to pray, how much more do we his followers
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  Speaker 1: need to cultivate a life of prayer. His example is
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  Speaker 1: not merely a ritual to emulate. It's an invitation to
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  Speaker 1: foster a personal relationship with God where we can unload
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  Speaker 1: our burdens and seek guidance and solace in the tranquility
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  Speaker 1: of our moments with God. Bear in mind that prayer
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  Speaker 1: is a gift, a dialogue, and a peace offering in
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  Speaker 1: which you are warmly invited to partake. Reflecting on Jesus's life,
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  Speaker 1: consider how your prayer life aligns with his example. May
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  Speaker 1: his life inspire you to earnestly seek God, to listen
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  Speaker 1: and to speak, to request and to submit, And through
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  Speaker 1: this may you come to know the profound love and
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  Speaker 1: presence of God in your daily journey. Let's pray, Heavenly Father,
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  Speaker 1: we approach you in humble adoration, acknowledging your infinite wisdom
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  Speaker 1: and the depth of your love, which often transcends human comprehension.
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  Speaker 1: As we ponder the life of Jesus, your Son and
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  Speaker 1: our Savior, we find ourselves reflecting on the mystery of
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  Speaker 1: his prayers to You Lord. We recognize that in Jesus's
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  Speaker 1: prayers we see a perfect embodiment of humility and dependence.
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  Speaker 1: Just as he looked to You, We too raise our
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  Speaker 1: eyes and hearts in prayer, seeking guidance, strength, and a
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  Speaker 1: more intimate relationship with You. In moments when we grapple
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  Speaker 1: with the complexities of the divine we ask for a simple,
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  Speaker 1: childlike faith that trusts in Your goodness and plan. Teach us,
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  Speaker 1: O God, to mimic Jesus in his prayerful demeanor, recognizing
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  Speaker 1: that even as God, he is engaged in communion with You,
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  Speaker 1: inviting us into this sacred space of conversation and intimacy
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  Speaker 1: with You. Through his example, May we grasp the significance
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  Speaker 1: of prayer as a means to express our love, our needs,
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  Speaker 1: and our gratitude in our day to day lives. As
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  Speaker 1: we encounter our own challenges and joys, let us remember
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  Speaker 1: Jesus's precedent that, in every instance, be a triumph or trial,
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  Speaker 1: we should turn to You in prayer, just as he did.
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  Speaker 1: May his life remind us that in our frailties we
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  Speaker 1: find your strength. In our inquiries we find your wisdom,
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  Speaker 1: and in our solitude we discover your comforting presence. Bless
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  Speaker 1: us with the peace that comes from knowing you are
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  Speaker 1: always accessible, attentive to the whispered yearnings of our hearts.
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  Speaker 1: Empower us with the same spirit that resided in Christ Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: so that in all situations we may find the bravery
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  Speaker 1: to say, not my mine I will, but yours be done.
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  Speaker 1: In the holy name of Jesus, we pray Amen.