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Certainly is wonderful to be 
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God in spirit. 
And in truth, I hope the things 

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that we have to consider for a 
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be edifying to you and 
encouraging to you. 

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In some way, as you can see, on 
the screen, the title of our 

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lesson is our my prayers, vain 
repetitions. 

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We're going to notice the Book 
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verses 5 through 9 in this 
lesson, but for an introductory 

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text. 
East will just simply look at 

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verses 7 and 8. 
Jesus says, and when you pray do

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not use vain repetitions as the 
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they will be heard for their 
many words. 

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Therefore do not be like them 
for your father knows the things

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you have need of before you ask 
him. 

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Prayer is a great blessing that 
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In fact, John said in the book 
of First John He said that if we

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ask anything according to his 
will God hears us, the word, 

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hear their presupposes, 
according to we Vine of 

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response. 
Meaning this God, hears, 

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everything, there's nothing, God
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The audible sound in his ear. 
But what's different between the

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child of God and the rest of the
world, John says a blessing for 

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being a Christian is that God 
answers his children. 

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That's wonderful blessing that 
we have but there's something 

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that was bothering me a little 
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I wondered if there comes a time
when our prayers become vain 

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repetitions and for example when
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and you pray to God for food. 
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without coming up with new 
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time is that a vain repetition? 
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you want to know something that 
you don't know, it's always best

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to go to someone that knows more
than you. 

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Well, the one that knows more 
than all of us is Jesus. 

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And from his sermon, the great 
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chapter 6, I think we can come 
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come to an answer to those 
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Remember, this though, prayer is
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comes from the heart of a 
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of God? 
It's more than a duty, it's a 

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Blessing to the child of God. 
And as we begin, we want to back

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up and go to verse number 5. 
This is what Jesus says on this 

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occasion, he says, and when you 
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pray, it's obvious that he's 
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And not only that, but you're 
going to pray often, Jesus 

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understood that you're going to 
pray office. 

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This is what he said. 
He begins this in this sermon. 

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He says, when you pray Don't be 
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Don't do that. 
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often. 
Well in Jewish culture prayer 

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was very important. 
It was in those days and it 

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still is today among the Jews in
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In fact, they had certain 
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and they set aside these 
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p.m. and 3 p.m. 
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those hours would hit, it was 
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They would stop all activity, 
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And take time to pray in one 
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That's a good thing. 
But by the time Jesus, Jesus. 

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Preached this sermon, the fair 
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nother level and a whole nother 
meaning they had taken something

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that was precious and Priceless,
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worship, and turned it into a 
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leaders made long prayers and 
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So, for show, notice what he 
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They love to pray standing in 
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corners of the streets that they
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By men, Jesus said, assuredly, I
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reward. 
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posture of prayer. 
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posture for prayer. 
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standing, he wasn't condemning 
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stood, but in the Old Testament,
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For example, we find that men 
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prayer. 
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humility before the Lord. 
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ground face down, and they would
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Yeah, we do the same thing, we 
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prayer, don't we? 
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sit and we pray. 
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pray. 
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head at night to end, and I'm 
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I'm using laying on my back, 
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scriptural posture for prayer. 
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humbleness of the heart. 
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yourself in. 
All and respect for the great 

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God of heaven. 
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we have. 
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closing our eyes. 
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about that for just a minute. 
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Can be something that helps you 
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it is no requirement or there is
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Your eyes in prayer. 
I got to taste something 

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happened to me as a kid after 
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We got in the car, we start 
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I said hey, Dad Dad. 
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the whole prayer. 
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is eyes, were open, got caught 
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I have, never forgot, he said, 
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eyes, they're made with the 
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But we have Customs for how we 
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did. 
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for the edification of themself,
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of men, their prayers got no 
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no higher than the roof. 
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Pharisees abused prayer was the 
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synagogues and by the way, 
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But not only that, they abuse 
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streets, Jewish life, and 
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outdoor market. 
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they would capitalize on the 
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and major thoroughfares, and 
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when there was a great crowd and
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heard by others. 
We're getting this point because

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we're going to understand what 
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vain repetitions. 
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what he's saying. 
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Hypocrites. 
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They love to stand in the 
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worship and speak and be heard 
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They like to go to the corners 
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Jesus says, when you do that You
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My father-in-law used to do it 
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You know what, here's your award
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That's it. 
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Praise that you got from. 
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at that Christian over there. 
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Praying how wonderful that's it 
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So, to be seen of Mary. 
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all public prayers. 
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such is appropriate. 
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Chapter 2 and verse 8, get this 
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Therefore, That men pray 
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Lifting up, holy hands. 
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everywhere, that's not just 
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What he's saying is there's a 
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with holy hands are to be the 
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So there's a time for that that 
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Holy hands, I'm not going to 
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what is Holy hands actually mean
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years ago so I'm not going to go
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But the idea Dia of lifting up. 
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Holy hands is not the posture of
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It is not the hands, have 
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and when Paul said lifting up 
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about these hands. 
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the air. 
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up. 
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the lifting up. 
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illusion to the ancient practice
of presenting the uplifted hands

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in respectful petitions to God. 
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Nehemiah chapter 8, Psalm 141 
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So what do you talking about the
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hands being lifted up and not 
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During prayer, he's not 
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Jesus was not, he condemns the 
improper attitude and praying 

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for the wrong reasons because 
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So, the speaker would be 
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learn that in verse 9 when we 
get there, but that's hang on to

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that thought. 
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one should always review his 
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2, we find that you have their 
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There's nothing else that's 
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Now I may have given you this 
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I've given it some more because 
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remember giving this example. 
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example, I still think it really
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I think this is the perfect 
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talking about a couple of years 
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I was I left the street where 
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I went down to the intersection 
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all of a sudden all these people
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It was a very bustling time of 
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with my air conditioned on the 
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fellow over there in the street.
One guy was holding up a sign 

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about Jesus and the other guy 
had a microphone and a great big

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speaker. 
He was praying in that speaker 

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in that microphone with a gal 
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by. 
That's a wonderful thing to pray

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with people in it. 
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loud. 
I heard the prayer. 

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He was praying with my windows 
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There's only one reason that 
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Look at what we're doing. 
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I think that's kind of the thing
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our passage. 
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of our passage. 
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you pray, so in other words, 
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But when you pray Go into your 
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door, pray to your father who is
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your father who sees in secret 
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that private prayer is to be 
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You know there's great blessings
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It's a time that you can depart 
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It's a time that you can pour 
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It's a wonderful opportunity to 
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We're going to talk about that 
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you go into your inner closet, 
God is there and God is going to

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hear and God is going to answer.
He's listening to us when our 

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prayers are correctly. 
Pray. 

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But this is what he says in 
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When you pray do not use vain 
repetitions, okay? 

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What is that? 
If I use the same words from 

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prayer to prayer, is it 
automatically becoming a vain 

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repetition or a ritualistic 
behavior or act. 

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What is vain repetitions mean 
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vain repetitions comes from one,
Greek word, by the way. 

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And that one, Greek word means 
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It refers to stammering 
thoughtless cheddar or a 

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meaningless repetition of sounds
or phrases. 

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That's what it means to have, 
vain repetition. 

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And that's what the Lord was 
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That's according to Robertson, 
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So, he says this, when you pray 
do not use vain repetitions, and

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then Jesus says, who are the 
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He says, as the Heathen, do you 
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most Pagan religion, is to 
practice repeatedly calling on 

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their deities name. 
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action, the worshipers of Baal 
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Cried out from morning to noon. 
Member this AB bail here us and 

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1st Kings, 18 and 26. 
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happened in the days of the 
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such a problem when those that 
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Diana for two hours. 
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prayer was found in the quantity
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quality. 
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know what he does, he proves his
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illustration or a story between 
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collector, not going to go into 
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I just want to say this the 
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did that Jesus said was 
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many words, but Jesus says that 
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collector is Justified, get this
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God be merciful to me V. 
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original sinner, seven words. 
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Seven words. 
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Oftentimes use, vain 
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Buddhists and Hindus chant their
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frenzy seized by repetitious. 
Acts still others, today Delight

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in the repetition of Hail Mary 
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But Jesus condemns, this 
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foreign in God's ears. 
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not lifeless. 
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not a statue, he's living and he
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He is not in some distant place 
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needs are. 
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So very well, not only are our 
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knows what we need before we ask
him and yet it is something we 

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must do we still Still must ask 
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We have not because we ask not, 
God Can Be Touched. 

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God can be reached. 
God is our father and Isaiah 59 

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in verse 1. 
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shortened that it cannot save 
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That it cannot hear God. 
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There's no reason to think that 
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Something he does not already 
know him by the way. 

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When you pray to God, have you 
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There's nothing you can tell God
information-wise that he doesn't

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know. 
He already knows it. 

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So prayer is not a time to start
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tell God, something then tell 
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If you want to tell God 
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love him. 
Tell him how much you appreciate

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him, tell him how thankful you 
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tell God stuff, by way of 
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necessary. 
He already knows all that. 

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Nothing you could say that tells
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pray to God, Jesus is not 
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prayer, he is suggesting that 
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suggesting that every prayer is 
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In fact, Jesus himself repeats. 
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Gethsemane, Jesus is facing the 
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He's facing the agony of death. 
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He went a little further and he 
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saying, O my father. 
If it is possible let this cup 

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pass from me. 
Nevertheless not as I will. 

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But as you will in verse 44 of 
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So we left them win again. 
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please get this saying the same 
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Jesus who was an absolutely no 
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or anything, he prayed three 
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praying for the same thing, he 
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Was that a vain repetition? 
Surely not. 

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What about praying for our food?
I'm gonna tell you why this 

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bothered me this trouble me is, 
sometimes people accuse 

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Christians for doing some 
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and it can be remember when kids
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prayer, called Grace. 
Remember saying grace, kids were

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taught Grace God is great. 
God is good. 

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Let us thank him for our food. 
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That is a Mindless memorized 
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That's not a thoughtful 
heartfelt prayer. 

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That is just something that 
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eat that's different than using 
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When you pray must I change my 
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Well, first of all, why do we 
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Here's the reason it's not a 
ritual. 

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This is the reason First Timothy
chapter 4 beginning in verse 4. 

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For every creature of God is 
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And nothing is refused. 
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Thanksgiving, that's number one,
the privilege of eating all 

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kinds of food is conditioned 
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receive it with Thanksgiving. 
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Sanctified by the word of God 
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That's the point. 
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permits us to eat? 
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prayer. 
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offer thanks for our food. 
It's not to be seen of men, it's

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not a ritual, it's not a habit. 
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creature, all manner of foods. 
Nothing unclean is okay. 

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In the sight of God if you do so
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thankful prayer. 
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Ephesians chapter 5. 
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Sanctified means to be set apart
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In other words, we are permitted
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prayer, Ephesians 5:20, giving, 
thanks, always for all things to

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God. 
The father, in the name of our 

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Lord Jesus Christ. 
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Through Jesus Christ. 
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pray for our food. 
But is it wrong? 

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If I say the same words, no. 
Absolutely not. 

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If you're praying for the same 
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Jesus showed, when he prayed for
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words. 
I'm not saying there's a 

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memorize set of word. 
I'm just saying it's permissible

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to use the same words. 
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where are the words coming from?
Do you mean the words every time

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you pray? 
Is it coming from your heart? 

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Are you really thankful for the 
Bounty that God has given us? 

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Are you really thankful for the 
blessings? 

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He has given us in life. 
Are we thankful for the 

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blessings of the day? 
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food? 
He is provided. 

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If you are and you say those 
words and you say the same 

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words, there's nothing wrong 
with that prayer. 

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We don't have to come up with 
dissimilar words, prayer, after 

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prayer. 
And by the way, any prayer. 

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I'm just going to add this to 
whatever you say when you pray 

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for food, whatever you say, it's
all fine. 

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Provided is scriptural, things 
that we can pray for, and number

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two, that it's something that's 
coming from your heart, 

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whatever? 
That is fill all that in, and 

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that's all. 
Okay. 

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When you pray for your food, 
Jesus, condemned meaningless 

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things, he knows everything and 
so he wants us to pray to God, 

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the Father persistent in prayer 
is commendable as long as our 

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motives are sincere. 
Paul was persistent about The 

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Thorn In the Flesh, Jesus talked
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the Widow and the Arrogant judge
in Luke 18 and 7 and shall not 

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and shall God not avenge his own
elect who cry. 

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Out day and night to him though.
He Bears long with them. 

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Matthew chapter 6 and verse 8, 
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therefore do not be like them 
for your father knows the things

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you have need of before you ask 
him, all right. 

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He still wants us to talk to 
him. 

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What are the benefits of sincere
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By the way, in life, all of us 
are like this. 

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Nobody likes, insincere people. 
If somebody says that they're 

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sorry but you know that they're 
not sincere. 

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It really dates. 
What they have to say, everybody

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loves somebody that it comes 
from their heart in the very 

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sincere. 
What about prayer when you pray 

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with sincerity, a sincere 
prayer, does the following 

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number one, When we pray a 
sincere prayer. 

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We are strengthened. 
As we cast our cares on him, 

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Number two, we come to more 
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That is upon God. 
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also that we are his children 
through the blood of Jesus 

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Christ. 
Martin Luther said, one time, he

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said by are praying. 
We are. 

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Instructing our self more than 
we are him. 

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Jesus said all of that. 
And then he's going to give a 

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little model prayer. 
We're going to go one verse from

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this prayer. 
One verse from this little 

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example and it's inverse chapter
is in verse 9 of Matthew chapter

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6. 
He says, in this manner, 

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therefore pray Our Father in 
heaven Hallowed, be your name. 

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After Jesus instructed his 
disciples, how not to pray, he's

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going to give them instructions 
on how to pray and he gives 

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eight points. 
We're not going to go into those

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today. 
He gives eight points. 

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Now, sometimes people think well
this is The Lord's Prayer. 

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No, it's not. 
It's not the Lord's Prayer. 

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The Lord's Prayer is the prayer 
that Jesus prayed. 

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If Darren prayed this morning, 
that was Darren's prayer because

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Darren prayed the prayer. 
And we all said, amen, whether 

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you did. 
So out loud or in your heart, 

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that became your prayer too. 
When somebody's is somebody's 

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prayer, has to be the prayer 
that they prayed. 

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But, according to the Gospel of 
Luke, we find that this was not 

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a prayer. 
It was not a ritual idea. 

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It was not something they were 
supposed to say verbatim. 

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It was in response to the 
disciples when the disciples 

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said teach us how to pray. 
So Jesus says and then by the 

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way, that's not in Luke chapter 
11 so Jesus teaching them how to

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pray in this sermon. 
He says, in this manner, he 

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says, pray Our Father You know, 
we know that God is the almighty

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Creator, right? 
He is the almighty Creator. 

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But he's also our father. 
In fact we have a relationship 

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with him. 
You know, when Paul said Abba 

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Father We say Abba Father, Abba,
by the way is an Aramaic term of

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endearment used by children to 
their father. 

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This is so powerful to me, not 
only is it his paternity, he's 

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our paternal. 
Father in this regard, he is the

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great Creator, but we have a 
relationship with him. 

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And by the way, when you say 
Abba Father, it is a term of 

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endearment given from a child to
a father That's the relationship

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that Christians have with God. 
He not only is our creator. 

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He is our father and we have 
that relationship with him in a 

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term of endearment. 
We have that kind of a close 

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relationship. 
What else he says in heaven? 

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You know God is in this lofty 
position and therefore man 

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should give him a ultimate 
adoration but there's more he is

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also omnipresent. 
That's such an interesting 

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concept, such a great blessing. 
We know he's in heaven, that's 

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where he is. 
But he's also omnipresent 

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meaning he is everywhere. 
God is everywhere, what a great 

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blessing and you know you can 
know exactly where he is and he 

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time you ask him and you call on
him, he's there. 

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He's in a lofty position of 
heaven. 

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But he is are omnipresent 
heavenly father. 

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But then the last part right 
here, Hallowed Be Your Name. 

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The name of God must be held in 
reverence. 

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It must be held in adoration. 
It must be held in honor and 

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without disrespect if Jesus 
Christ who also is deity, God, 

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the son who was the only 
begotten Son of God that died 

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for the Ends of the world who 
lived a life that was perfect 

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with notion at all tempted in 
all points. 

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Like, as we are yet without sin,
if Jesus calls his father in a 

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prayer, Holy Father, how much 
more should we do the exact 

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same? 
I thought about this yesterday? 

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There's Many religious circles 
today, that there's a disturbing

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growing Trend in, it's called 
casual worship. 

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There's a trend that teaches 
that God is to the Christians 

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there buddy and can be 
approached as an equal. 

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But the practice of casual 
worship is not found in the word

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of God. 
For the wife of the tell of 

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televised television preacher 
that said go to worship, but 

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don't do it for God. 
God wants you to be happy and 

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worship makes you happy. 
Therefore, go to worship because

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you're going to be happy and 
that's the way you have to look 

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at it. 
You know, really me being happy 

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is irrelevant. 
We serve God because it's about 

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God not me whether I like it or 
not. 

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Now hopefully and prayerfully. 
I would like it and love it to 

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serve God, but it's about God. 
It's not about us. 

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There's nothing nothing in the 
Bible that teaches casual 

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worship for your own benefit. 
Nothing at all. 

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So when we say hello would be 
your name, we are giving him the

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name that he should have and we 
submit to that casualness of 

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worship. 
Often times is manifested in 

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actions. 
Speech. 

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And even dress, that is 
immodest. 

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And that borders on sacrilege 
one. 

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Commentator said, I love this 
worship is not a casual Act of 

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friendship, but it is a 
sacrifice of transcendent. 

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Homage, that's what worship to 
God. 

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Is irreverence in prayer, is 
only one area that a man 

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violates, God's expectations of 
worship. 

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We can show our irreverence in 
other ways to kind of like this 

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kind of like cash. 
Jewel, attendance absence from 

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worship for secular events being
bored. 

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Dozing off. 
Not paying attention letting our

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minds wander during the 
communion when we're supposed to

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be focused on what our Lord has 
done for us. 

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Just giving some examples, how 
our minds can drift. 

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And when we do that, we are 
showing a reference for God, 

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because it's all about God. 
It's not about us. 

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God is our Supreme Creator, the 
creator of the universe every 

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prayer and every worship should 
include praise. 

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Adoration to the father. 
I like what? 

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Revelation 4 and verse 8 says, 
in fact, a song was written and 

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you all know the song by this 
passage Holy. 

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Holy, holy Lord, God Almighty. 
In closing this morning. 

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We've noticed some principles of
proper prayer would notice. 

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Number One, never pray to be 
seen of men. now, I gotta say 

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one thing about this, folks, I 
like what Linwood Smith said one

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time There's a big group at a 
table at a gospel meeting. 

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We're somewhere, might be in the
New Year's meeting. 

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I think we were in California, 
so I think it was a New Year's 

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meeting. 
And I remember what Linwood said

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he's sitting at the head of the 
table and it was loud in there 

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and we were talking about 
offering. 

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Thanks. 
And can you hear everybody able 

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to hear? 
Is it just too loud? 

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And Lynwood said, listen, we 
don't do so to be seen of others

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or because of the image were 
portraying but we can't also on 

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the other side. 
We can't be ashamed either. 

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So when you pray, don't be pray 
to be seen of men. 

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Look at me. 
I pray for my food. 

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Do it to be seen by God. 
Number two. 

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Pray publicly. 
Absolutely. 

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But always for the right 
motives, always for the right 

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motives and it's never about us.
Number three, do not use. 

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Vain repetitions in these are 
meaningless phrases, but it 

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doesn't mean that. 
If I say the same words in a 

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prayer today as I did yesterday,
it's a vain repetition. 

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It's where it comes from. 
It's got to come from the heart,

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if it does whatever you say is. 
All right. 

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Number four. 
Address the father with 

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reverence in every aspect of 
your life. 

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In every aspect of worship in 
every aspect of prayer 

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addressed, the father with 
reverence and make our petitions

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in the name of Jesus Christ. 
These are the principles for 

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proper prayer and when we do 
that whether or not we do so 

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privately or publicly God will 
reward us openly, he hears us 

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and he answers those prayers. 
I'm through Thank you for your 

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kind listening to what we had to
consider. 

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I hope and pray. 
Something was said, that was 

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helpful or encouraging to you in
some way. 

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