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Good morning, folks. 
Good to see you. 

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Yeah. 
And welcome, welcome again 

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today. 
And over the next couple of 

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weeks, we're going to do some 
practical things, kind of just 

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learning how to do some stuff 
that maybe some of us have done 

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before. 
Maybe some of us a bit like, oh,

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it's a bit new to me. 
We're going to do. 

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Yeah, get practical. 
So that's what we're doing. 

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Does that all sound a bit 
intriguing? 

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Sorry. 
OK, I'll let you in. 

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Yeah, it will become clear as 
the as you go along. 

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If you've got a Bible, can you 
turn to Matthew chapter 10? 

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We're going to look at verse one
and then verse 7 to 8, because 

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we're going to be, as we get 
practical, we're going to be 

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learning from Jesus and practice
doing some of the things that he

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did. 
OK, so Matthew chapter 10, we're

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going to read verse one, worst 
first one and then verses 7 to 

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8. 
So Jesus sends out the 12 

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disciples and if we follow 
Jesus, he gives us the same 

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mandate that he gave to them. 
And this is what it says. 

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Jesus called his 12 disciples to
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drive out in pure spirits and to
heal every disease and sickness.

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As you go, proclaim this 
message. 

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He said the Kingdom of heaven 
has come near. 

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Heal the sick, raise the dead, 
cleanse those who's those who 

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have leprosy, drive out demons 
freely you have received, freely

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give. 
So God is in this business of 

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restoration, of making all 
things new, restoring things and

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people, of healing brokenness 
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And He invites us to join in 
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And we see this restoration in 
part now. 

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And we eagerly await the day 
when Jesus will return again and

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everything will be restored to 
the fullness of beauty that God 

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always intended. 
We've got all that to come. 

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Like I'm so looking forward to 
that day. 

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Like I'm so fed up with looking 
at the news headlines and seeing

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the brokenness in our world. 
I'm so looking forward to the 

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day when everything is restored.
But we've got all that to come. 

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But just like the disciples, 
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his mission now. 
And we have this saying in the 

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Vineyard Church, which is 
everyone gets to play. 

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I don't know if you've heard 
that before, but if you follow 

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Jesus, you get to be a part of 
what he's up to. 

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So whether you're a day into 
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been following him for years, 
you're invited into this thing 

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that God does, and we all are. 
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him to do what Jesus did, not 
out of our own strength, but 

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filled with the Holy Spirit, 
empowered by the Spirit of God. 

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So this morning we're going to 
be learning about praying for 

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healing. 
So I'm going to talk for a bit, 

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and then we're going to pray for
each other. 

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And if you're here and you're 
listening to this and you don't 

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know Jesus, I would still say 
stay tuned in because this might

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be a really good way for you to 
meet him. 

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So before we start, I just want 
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I feel so teachery with these 
glasses, like half down over my 

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nose or like a librarian. 
But I'm really at that stage 

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where I have to do that thing. 
So forgive me if you feel like 

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you're in a library, OK? 
We want to do God stuff, but we 

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don't want to do it in a weird 
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You might have heard us use the 
phrase before being naturally 

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supernatural. 
So still being us, but listening

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to what God is doing and through
his Holy Spirit, kind of just 

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just things happening. 
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So some of you will know that we
have got a wedding coming up in 

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our family in the next few 
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And I will really try hard 
whenever I speak up here, not to

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bore you with like wedding 
analogies, but there's just one 

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I want to bring to your 
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It's that whole thing about, you
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groom and they choose people to 
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So often they're known as 
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If the the the groom will be 
choose the groomsmen, Briar will

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choose her kind of special 
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But another word for groomsmen 
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Have you heard that phrase 
before about being an usher? 

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And the idea is that those 
people welcome people in welcome

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people into the building. 
So I want us to think about that

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word. 
So it's like they say, come, 

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come, come in, come here's 
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This seat is for you. 
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saying come and be a part of 
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We've reserved this space for 
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Come and experience something of
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happen in this place. 
And that's what we do when we're

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asking people, you know, can I, 
can I pray for you? 

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When we're saying, can I pray 
for you for healing, whether 

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that be physical or emotional or
like anything coming alongside 

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someone and saying, can I pray 
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It's like us ushering them into 
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experience something of the love
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and goodness of God. 
So have that phrase, that image 

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in your mind of that person 
inviting people in. 

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That's what we want to do when 
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be prayed for. 
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start, we live in a time where 
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the not yet of the Kingdom. 
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we see healing happen, but we 
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There are times when we don't 
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We don't want to make stuff up. 
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happening in the space in front 
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So God's Kingdom is here in 
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here. 
We still see and experience his 

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goodness, but we also still see 
brokenness and bad stuff in the 

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world. 
But we get to partner with God 

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to push back some of that 
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And I want to be someone, and I 
want us to be a people in this 

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church who always seek after the
Kingdom of God, who always seek 

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after Jesus. 
Would you come and rule this 

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space in this moment with this 
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Would you come do that? 
And we can be people who seek 

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that and press into that as we 
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And one way that we get to do 
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people if they're sick or if 
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going on and say, look, can I, 
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We're saying we're kind of 
saying, would you come and 

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experience something of the 
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So this morning we're going to 
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framework. 
Some of you will have heard it 

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before, but it's always good to 
remind ourselves and it's a 

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framework that helps us with 
this praying for people 

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sometimes. 
We've referred to it as the five

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step model simply because it's 
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It is not a formula. 
There is nothing magic or rigid 

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about it. 
It's just a framework that helps

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to shape how we go about praying
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Whether that be in this 
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small group, whether that be at 
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break, at work, in Aldi's, in 
the playground, wherever you 

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are, you can use this framework.
It's a really intentional way of

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praying for other people and of 
listening to the Holy Spirit and

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asking God to speak insights to 
us that will resonate with the 

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person that we're with. 
It shows kindness to the person 

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that we're praying for always. 
It always shows kindness and it 

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seeks God's will and God's best 
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So whether you've been doing 
this or your life or whether 

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you've never ever prayed for 
someone else before and right 

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this moment you're thinking, I 
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We're going to have an 
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practice this morning. 
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example. 
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what Jesus did. 
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every stage and then we're going
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OK, so the first stage is simply
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you know how how to start? 
Just like it's naturally 

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supernatural, like you're just 
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someone. 
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chapter 20, verse 32. 
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And then the question that we're
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Jesus to do for you? 
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first stage is say hi, hi, I'm 
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You know, what do you need Jesus
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So turn to Matthew 20. 
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29 to 34 because Jesus does 
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As Jesus and his disciples were 
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followed him. 
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the roadside, and when they 
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they shouted, Lord son of David,
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The crowd rebuked them and told 
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shouted all the louder. 
Lord, son of David, have mercy 

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on us. 
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What do you want me to do for 
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He asked. 
Lord, they answered, We want our

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sight. 
Jesus had compassion on them and

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touched their eyes and 
immediately they received their 

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sight and followed him. 
So you introduce yourself, you 

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ask the person's name and you 
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And then you're kind of then 
saying, what do you want Jesus 

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to do for you? 
You're asked what, what is the, 

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what is the thing? 
What, what, what is it you want 

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him to do for you? 
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You know, we might say something
like in our church, if someone's

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I'll, we ask if we can pray for 
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Would that be OK if I prayed for
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What do you want or need Jesus 
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And in this moment, we're not 
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medical interview. 
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We're going to keep it simple. 
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saying, where does it hurt? 
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And it might be that you've had 
a conversation with someone and 

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they've been like, you know, 
they've just told you about how 

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they're doing. 
It's in that moment you pick up,

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oh, OK, you got a stinking 
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you've broken your leg. 
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anxious about something. 
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like, OK, Lord, what what are 
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And you, you kind of offer that.
Can I pray for you? 

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And as you enter into that space
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that question, then you're then 
just having this conversation 

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quietly with God of kind of like
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And it might be that he gives 
you words or impressions, like a

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picture in your mind's eye that 
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something that might be going on
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And then you just offer that, 
OK, so it's this, it's this 

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interaction between you and God,
you and the Holy Spirit as 

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you're talking to this person, 
nothing looks fancy or weird. 

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You're still being you and 
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you're just interacting with 
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So that's the the first stage. 
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So based on that little, little 
interview, if you like that 

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first bit, you're then thinking 
as you're going along, how 

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should I pray? 
What what is going on here? 

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Let's look at Mark Chapter 7 and
verse 32 because a number of 

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things can be going on for 
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Mark 7 verse 32, some people 
brought him that Jesus brought 

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to him a man who was deaf and 
could hardly talk, and they 

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begged Jesus to place his hand 
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After he took him aside away 
from a crowd, Jesus put his 

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fingers into the man's ears. 
I love this like how Jesus takes

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him aside because he still wants
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He doesn't want this thing to 
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It's not about causing a scene. 
It's just Jesus and this moment 

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with this man. 
And then Jesus spit and touched 

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the man's tongue. 
OK, not, not let's, let's just 

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not go for the whole spitting 
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I'm using this as an example. 
He looked up to heaven and with 

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a deep sigh said to him, F 
Fathah, which means be opened. 

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And at this, the man's ears were
opened, his tongue was loosened,

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and he began to speak plainly. 
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framework, we're asking God, 
like this person said, this is 

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where it hurts. 
And we're kind of working with 

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God and listing like what is 
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Maybe there is physical healing,
You know, we that's needed. 

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We live in a fallen world that 
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Our bodies are subject to wear 
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that's needed. 
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might say one thing and there 
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and something else going on too.
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should I pray? 
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they had an accident and you're 
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emotional pain with us that 
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our minds. 
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or bitterness, anxiety or stress
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happened in the person's past 
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experience some healing or peace
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emotional healing that's needed.
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Turn with me to Matthew Chapter 
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We're going to be whizzing in 
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OK this morning of different 
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Jesus sees what the man needs in
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So Jesus stepped into a boat. 
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own town. 
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paralyzed man lying on a mat. 
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he said to the man, take heart 
son, your sins are forgiven. 

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your sins are forgiven. 
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teachers, the law said to 
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blaspheming. 
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said, why do you entertain evil 
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is easy to say your sins are 
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walk. 
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Son of Man has authority on 
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So he said to the paralyzed man,
get up, take your mat and go 

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home. 
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home. 
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were filled with ore, and they 
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There's the spiritual thing 
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physical. 
Jesus knows what the man first 

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needs to hear is that his sins 
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There's a whole other context 
going on of like what the other 

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people are believing and 
thinking at that point and what 

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Jesus is kind of modelling to 
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God. 
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demonic stuff that's going on. 
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10 to 13 on a Sabbath. 
Jesus was teaching in one of the

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synagogues and a woman was there
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spirit for 18 years. 
She was bent over and couldn't 

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straighten up at all. 
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her forward and said to her, 
Woman, you are set free from 

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your infirmity. 
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and immediately she straightened
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When someone is oppressed by 
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needs to experience is freedom. 
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experience. 
And maybe they need to confess 

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some stuff about what they've 
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There are lots of examples of 
this in the Bible with what 

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Jesus does. 
But we always, always want to 

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create space that is safe, that 
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mercy and dignity. 
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If you, if you look through the 
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Jesus's interactions with 
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things were characterized in his
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about mercy, always about 
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around it and confidentiality. 
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OK, on to #3 So we've done the 
hello, hello. 

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Where does it hurt? 
We've done the law. 

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What you're doing here. 
How am I going to pray? 

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Now we're on to the third bit, 
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praying bit. 
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So if we are teaching this in 
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here as we do in kids and that 
youth do, we say to people often

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will say, if you if you don't 
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you could say the three words of
this calm Holy Spirit because we

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are not doing any of this of our
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We're asking the Holy Spirit to 
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this moment. 
So, so we say, come Holy Spirit,

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and we would encourage you to 
lay your hands on where it 

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hurts. 
Jesus did this. 

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We've already read some of those
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laid his hands on. 
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hurts. 
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and because we want to be 
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with guys, girls with girls, you
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you're if there's someone there 
of the opposite sex, then you're

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you're going to do that with 
with someone else, like a mixed 

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couple with them. 
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OK, So we're being appropriate. 
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knee, we might say, can I pray? 
Can I pray for your knee? 

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Can I put, can I put my hand on 
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If it's, you know, they're back,
put your hand on their back. 

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If it's if it's not a place 
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So you said, come, Holy Spirit, 
Jesus, would you come in this 

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moment and then you're going to 
wait and watch, keep your eyes 

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open to see what you can see 
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The apostles did this. 
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this. 
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chapter 3 verses 4:00 to 8:00, 
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something that happened with 
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And then Peter said, look at us.
So the man gave him his them his

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attention, expecting to get 
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I don't have what I do have. 
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Jesus Christ of Nazareth walk. 
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man and he says, get up and 
walk. 

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instantly the man's feet and 
ankles became strong. 

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And then he went with them into 
the temple courts, walking and 

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jumping and praising God. 
Peter and John were looking OK 

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looking at this person. 
When we pray, we want to look at

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the person that we're praying 
for because it gives us clues as

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to what Jesus is doing in that 
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So keep it simple. 
Use normal words, use your 

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normal voice, use normal volume.
We don't want to hype anything 

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up. 
We want to be naturally 

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supernatural, just us inviting 
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first examples we read this 
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the man's ears. 
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condition that we see before us.
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something like ears be opened or
headache go, or stress in 

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shoulders be relieved or 
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You know, we keep it simple. 
Normal, normal vocabulary, 

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normal voice, normal volume, 
speak to the condition, speak to

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the pain and tell it to go. 
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there's the whole thing of like,
what do you see? 

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presence of God, sometimes we 
see stuff happen on them and in 

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them and with them. 
Other times you might see 

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nothing at all. 
And that doesn't mean that God 

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is not doing something. 
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see, you might see just a flush 
on people's face, like almost 

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like a, it feels like an, almost
like a redness or a you might 

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see the eyelids fluttering. 
You might see some of their 

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bodies shaking. 
You might see crying, which can 

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often be a release of pain. 
You might see laughing, which 

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can be like joy. 
You might just see this peace on

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people. 
And like I said before, you 

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might see nothing at all. 
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not doing anything. 
The outward sides are not 

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important in themselves. 
What is important is what God is

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doing in that person. 
But we don't hype anything up. 

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We just want to respond to what 
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And sometimes as we pray, we can
see that something is 

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intensifying. 
And if that happens, then we 

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would encourage you to press 
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It might be that you say, Holy 
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what you're doing here or thank 
you for what you're doing? 

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Could you keep doing it? 
He knows what's going on. 

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Bless what he's doing, Thank 
him. 

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So another thing that we can do,
especially as we're learning 

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this is that we can come 
alongside someone else who is 

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already praying for someone. 
We'd be like, do you mind if I 

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can, I, can I come too? 
Can I just come and watch? 

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And you can just watch. 
You don't even have to say 

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anything or you can kind of join
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So we watch, we learn. 
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this church, often we say, if 
you're in a small group, would 

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you come and pray? 
And that's often because in 

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small groups, we've been 
practicing, do some of this 

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stuff. 
I've been trying to learn how to

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do it. 
OK, so we've had the first 

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hello, where does it hurt? 
We've had the second, what's 

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going on here? 
And then we've had the third 

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actual praying. 
And then the 4th part is 

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checking in with the person, 
like how you doing, what's going

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on? 
So you might just want to ask 

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what's happening? 
You're not going to interrupt 

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what God is doing. 
Let's see an example when Jesus 

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does this. 
So if you turn to Mark chapter 

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8, we're going to look at verses
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through to 25. 
They came to Bethsaida and some 

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people brought a blind man and 
begged Jesus to touch him. 

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He took the blind man and LED 
him outside the village. 

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And when he had spit on the 
man's eyes and put his hands on 

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him, Jesus asked, do you see 
anything? 

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He's checking in, what's 
happening? 

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He looked up and said, I see 
people, they look like trees 

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walking around. 
So maybe his vision is starting 

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to come back, but still looking 
a bit blurry, don't quite look 

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like people yet. 
Once more Jesus put his hands on

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the man's eyes and then his eyes
were opened and his sight was 

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restored and he saw everything 
clearly. 

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So this 4th part is that 
checking in, how you doing? 

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What's going on? 
And at the same time you're 

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looking, what do you see going 
on? 

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You might say to the person 
you're feeling anything 

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different in your body? 
Do you notice anything 

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different? 
Is Jesus saying anything to you?

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Are you able to do anything that
you couldn't do before? 

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Almost to kind of measure if 
there has been any healing? 

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It might be that right back at 
the start when you said where 

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does it hurt? 
It's like, oh, my back's 

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excruciating. 
Like on a scale of like 1 to 10 

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pain, what do you reckon that 
is? 

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Oh yeah, it's an 8. 
It's really, really bad. 

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And at this check in point, it 
might be you go back to that. 

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So what, what does it feel like 
now? 

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Oh, it's still an 8 or oh, it's 
a four, It's a 2. 

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So you, that kind of measuring 
is another thing that you can do

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at this point. 
So all the time you're 

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continuing to listen to the Holy
Spirit and you're taking some 

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time with people. 
Jesus did that. 

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He he took time with people, 
didn't rush off on his way if he

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was present with the people that
he was with. 

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And then we would just say at 
this point, stop when you think 

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00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:10,160
it's all over or stop when 
you've run out of things to pray

451
00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:13,080
or stop when the person who 
you're praying for thinks it's 

452
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,200
all over. 
Like I'm done. 

453
00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,280
OK, we're not going to push past
that. 

454
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,280
We're just going to respect what
what those what people say and 

455
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,680
stop when you think it's going 
OK. 

456
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,160
We're being natural, 
supernatural. 

457
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,240
We're not going to try and force
something. 

458
00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,360
It's all about OK God, what 
you're doing here. 

459
00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:33,520
If you're still doing stuff here
and this person still wants us 

460
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,440
to pray, then we'll carry on. 
Otherwise we'll stop. 5th part 

461
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,400
finishing. 
Well, how do I finish doing 

462
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:44,480
this? 
Thank God for his presence. 

463
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,200
Maybe you might want to 
encourage the person you're 

464
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,600
praying for to press into 
something in their life going 

465
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,720
forwards. 
Maybe it's like, do you know, if

466
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,960
you, you know, maybe you could 
read the read this bit in the 

467
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,640
Bible. 
Maybe you could connect with us 

468
00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,560
in church. 
Can't keep coming to church, 

469
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,240
keep getting plugged in, keep, 
you know, keep keep worshipping.

470
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,120
Maybe it's like, why don't you? 
You might want to follow Jesus. 

471
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,440
If the person has been healed or
the condition has improved, 

472
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,160
advise them to go check it out 
with the doctor. 

473
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,080
Never tell people to stop taking
their medication. 

474
00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,680
If they're on medication, 
encourage. 

475
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,440
Maybe you might want to 
encourage the person to follow 

476
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:28,200
Jesus if they're not healed 
because we live in the now and 

477
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,160
not yet of the Kingdom. 
Reaffirm that God loves them. 

478
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,440
You might want to say, why 
don't, why don't you come back? 

479
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,400
We'll pray again next week. 
Don't say what you haven't seen.

480
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,520
Don't make excuses for the 
person or for God. 

481
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,800
Don't blame anybody for a lack 
of faith. 

482
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,160
Encourage people to look to 
Jesus. 

483
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,400
We want people to feel cared for
and loved, whether they've 

484
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:55,040
experienced healing or not. 
So they're the five stages, the 

485
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,800
beginning. 
Where does it hurt? 

486
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,720
Can I pray for you? 
Second, what's going on? 

487
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,240
How do I need to pray? 
Third, actually the praying. 4th

488
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,440
bit checking in, how's it going?
What's going on? 

489
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:12,000
5th bit ending well. 
OK, Just a couple of things to 

490
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,760
remember. 
Must be aware that as we're 

491
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:20,640
doing this, you know, there 
might be spiritual conflict 

492
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,040
before that, during it, after 
it, and it might you want to get

493
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,840
prayer yourself. 
And I would just say grow. 

494
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,960
We want to be people who grow in
doing this, who practice this 

495
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,520
and learn how to do this. 
And one of the ways that we can 

496
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:40,400
do that is to decide to pray for
someone who's sick, John Wimber,

497
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,440
who started the Vineyard 
movement years ago. 

498
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,840
And there's a story that he told
where, you know, he taught about

499
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,360
the healing model, and then 
someone that was listening to it

500
00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:52,400
went away and prayed for 
someone. 

501
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,680
And then they came back to him. 
And they were just like, it 

502
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,360
doesn't work, It didn't work. 
And John Wimber said to him, 

503
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,400
when you pray for 1000 people, 
they can come back. 

504
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:07,080
So this is encouragement for us 
to just keep on doing this to 

505
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:11,760
decide to pray for people to 
decide when when someone says 

506
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:16,720
something, we but we use it as 
an opportunity to usher them in 

507
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:21,280
into the presence of God. 
Pray alongside other people. 

508
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,960
Get help when you need help. 
And there is actually for the 

509
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:33,080
month of January that the 
Vineyard theology, Vineyard 

510
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,680
Theology are doing a module on 
healing and it's being offered 

511
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,200
for free. 
So you can sign up for free for 

512
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,080
that if you want want to learn 
more about it. 

513
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,440
And that's free for the month of
January. 

514
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,760
If you want to find out how to 
do that, come and find me 

515
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,720
afterwards. 
So this week, I want to 

516
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,040
encourage you to keep your eyes 
open, keep your ears open. 

517
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:58,040
And if someone is sick or 
worried or anxious, invite them 

518
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,320
in to do this, ushering in can I
pray for you? 

519
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:02,680
Would you mind if I pray for 
you? 

520
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,160
If they say no, that's 
completely fine, but ask that 

521
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,480
question and then see where that
might go. 

522
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,920
And it wouldn't be great. 
It would be great if we had some

523
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,800
stories in the next few weeks of
like, oh, do you know what? 

524
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,520
I did this and this happened or 
I had a go and they weren't 

525
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,560
healed. 
But I'm so glad I had a go. 

526
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,440
So going to get practical this 
morning. 

527
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:30,320
Is there anyone here who he's 
not well or has got any aches 

528
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:35,600
and pains this morning? 
I know there are some people 

529
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,520
because you've already had that 
conversation. 

530
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:45,440
Can I? 
Yeah. 

531
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:46,720
Excellent. 
OK, Fran. 

532
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:48,800
OK. 
Anyone else? 

533
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:57,560
Aches, pains. 
Loretta, something going on just

534
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:01,720
like emotionally, like stress, 
anxiety. 

535
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,800
Anything else going on? 
OK, 123. 

536
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,200
Anyone else? 
4-5 Excellent. 

537
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,720
OK, brilliant. 
OK, Let's just pray before we 

538
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:11,400
start. 
Cherie. 

539
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,320
Jesus, would you come in this 
moment? 

540
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,320
Would you teach us? 
Would you show us what to do? 

541
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,760
May we, may we learn from you in
this moment. 

542
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:24,160
We're we're listening to you. 
Amen. 

543
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,200
OK, So if you're one of those 
people, if you've got aches or 

544
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:29,760
pains or whatever, why don't you
just stand up? 

545
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:31,760
I'm not going to ask you to come
down the front. 

546
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:39,210
Just stand up where you are. 
Frown. 

547
00:30:39,210 --> 00:30:40,290
Is it tricky for you to stand 
up? 

548
00:30:40,850 --> 00:30:42,330
You stay sitting down if you 
need to. 

549
00:30:43,690 --> 00:30:45,690
Yeah. 
OK. 

550
00:30:46,130 --> 00:30:49,490
If you're near any of these 
people, why don't you just 

551
00:30:49,730 --> 00:30:51,730
gather around them, OK. 
And we're going to, we're going 

552
00:30:51,730 --> 00:30:53,770
to go through the stages. 
I'm going to talk to you through

553
00:30:53,770 --> 00:30:58,760
it and we're going to do it. 
OK, so even if you've not done 

554
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,600
it before, Becker and Elizabeth 
go I'm I'm go go stand next to 

555
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,360
these guys here. 
Oh, was it was it 1 of you 2? 

556
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,200
No. 
Oh, you. 

557
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:07,840
Yes. 
Yeah. 

558
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:08,880
OK. 
OK. 

559
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,560
Great. 
Recker Elizabeth, go stand next 

560
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,880
near Nathan. 
Essie, you're going to need to 

561
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,760
move to be near Sarah. 
I mean, in front of you here. 

562
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,600
Yeah, with Jeremy. 
Excellent. 

563
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,400
Because of people near. 
Oh, OK. 

564
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,720
Has everyone who stood up got 
someone near them? 

565
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:37,800
Excellent, great, great. 
And James, are you tagging in on

566
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,920
there? 
Brilliant, wonderful. 

567
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,280
OK, excellent. 
So, OK, let's go for the first 

568
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,680
bit then. 
So hello. 

569
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,720
Where does it hurt? 
That's kind of what you're going

570
00:31:47,720 --> 00:32:16,440
to say. 
OK, how we doing? 

571
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,760
You're kind of not full on 
medical interview. 

572
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:23,520
Have you found out where it 
hurts? 

573
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,480
Kind of how it long long it's 
been going on for maybe how it 

574
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,360
started. 
You've come in. 

575
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:35,640
OK, if any of you are not well, 
then we're going to pray for you

576
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,000
for healing. 
If you're all fine and dandy, 

577
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,120
then go for joining with someone
else who's who's, who needs some

578
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:47,800
prayer youth coming in. 
OK, listen, this is the this is 

579
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,720
the thing this morning. 
We're praying for healing. 

580
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:53,480
So if any of you are not well, 
then we're going to pray for 

581
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,760
you. 
If you are all fine and dandy, 

582
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,040
go stand near someone who who 
needs some prayer. 

583
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:03,000
So people who are standing up, 
who are, are people who need 

584
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:12,400
some prayer, go prayer. 
OK, so you found out. 

585
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,520
Brilliant, now I should. 
So you're going to say you're, 

586
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,760
you're now kind of trying to 
think about what is going on for

587
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,640
that person. 
So you're thinking, OK, is it a 

588
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,840
physical thing? 
Is it maybe something going on 

589
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,640
with their heart or their heads?
That's what you're trying to 

590
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,240
ascertain as you're doing this. 
We've moved into the second 

591
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,400
part. 
Why is this person kind of got 

592
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,560
this thing happening? 
And if you've kind of done one 

593
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,480
and two, sometimes you do those 
together. 

594
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:43,720
Move on to #3 start praying. 
If you don't know how else to 

595
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,760
start, say come Holy Spirit, 
keep your eyes open. 

596
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,120
If you're around the back of 
someone, you might not be able 

597
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,400
to see them. 
I would suggest you around the 

598
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,880
front so you can see what might 
be going on. 

599
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,160
If you're the person being 
prayed for, you might feel a bit

600
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,720
weird, so we'd encourage you to 
close your eyes. 

601
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,520
But the person, if you're 
praying, keep your eyes open and

602
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,640
look and see what might be going
on.