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<v Speaker 1>So how do you pray the kind of prayer that

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<v Speaker 1>God answers. In this passage, we're actually going to look

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<v Speaker 1>at how to pray in a crisis. Now, I hope

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<v Speaker 1>you're not in a crisis right now, but you will

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<v Speaker 1>be someday.

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<v Speaker 2>So you need to take notes because someday you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to where are those notes?

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<v Speaker 1>Or Rick told me how to pray in a crisis,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're going to want to come back to this

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<v Speaker 1>to do what God tells you to do. Let's get

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<v Speaker 1>right into it. There's six steps we see modeled in

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel's life and in the prayer in this chapter on

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<v Speaker 1>how to pray a prayer that God answers. Number one,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the first step. Let God speak to me before

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<v Speaker 1>I speak to him. Let God speak to me before

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<v Speaker 1>I speak to him. This is called the listening step.

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<v Speaker 1>You listen to the voice of God. How do you

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<v Speaker 1>do that? Well, I'm going to explain it, but there's

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<v Speaker 1>a principle you need to understand first, and it's this.

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<v Speaker 1>God always makes the first move in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't.

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<v Speaker 1>God is Allah is the initiator of everything in your life,

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<v Speaker 1>and you are the responder. God never expects you to

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<v Speaker 1>make the first move. He always makes the first move.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible says that we love him. We love God

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<v Speaker 1>because He first loved us. God loved you a whole

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<v Speaker 1>long time before you ever loved him. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 1>that we serve God because God first served us, and

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<v Speaker 1>he knew we had a problem, and he sent Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>Christ to die on the cross for us, long before

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<v Speaker 1>we even knew we had a problem. He served us

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<v Speaker 1>before we served him. The Bible says we give to

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<v Speaker 1>God because God first gave to us. Everything you have

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<v Speaker 1>in your life is a gift of God. The air

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<v Speaker 1>you breathe, your life, your mind, your brain, everything you've

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<v Speaker 1>got is a gift from God. God will never ask

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<v Speaker 1>you to do something He hasn't already done for you.

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<v Speaker 1>God never asked you to do something that he goes

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<v Speaker 1>Now personally, I've never done this, but I'm expecting you

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<v Speaker 1>to do it. God always initiates, We always respond. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's even true with prayer. The reason we pray, the

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<v Speaker 1>reason we talk to God is because God has first

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<v Speaker 1>talked to us in this book. In this book the Bible,

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<v Speaker 1>written over three five hundred plus years, sixty six different

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<v Speaker 1>authors that God inspired to write these words down that

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<v Speaker 1>he wanted written down. There are literally thousands and thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of promises from God to you, to you, and what

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<v Speaker 1>we do in prayer is we claim the promises that

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<v Speaker 1>He has said to us. He said, God, you said this,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm asking you to do this. And God, you

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<v Speaker 1>said that, so I'm asking you to do that. So

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible says that prayer actually starts not with talking,

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<v Speaker 1>but with listening. You listen to God. Now, how do

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<v Speaker 1>you listen to God by reading this book or if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't like to read, listening to the Bible on

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<v Speaker 1>tape or MP three or whatever. Logically, you need to

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<v Speaker 1>let God talk to you. Then you're going to know

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<v Speaker 1>how to pray, what to pray, where to pray, when

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<v Speaker 1>to pray, and all those things. Daniel did this. Now

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<v Speaker 1>as we start this chapter nine, Daniel's an old guy. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>he's eighty five years old. He started in the very

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<v Speaker 1>first session on Daniel. He's fifteen years old, the prisoner

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<v Speaker 1>of war. He's now gone through multiple changes in his life.

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<v Speaker 1>Test after test after test after test. He keeps getting

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<v Speaker 1>promoted higher in authority, higher in power. He's now served

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<v Speaker 1>three different kings, and we know that the Babylonians defeated

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<v Speaker 1>the Assyrians, and then the Persians defeated the Babylonians, and

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<v Speaker 1>so now he's got a new boss. He survived every

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<v Speaker 1>administration and no matter what the government was going on

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<v Speaker 1>around him, he keeps getting promoted, but he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>go home before he dies. He's eighty five years old,

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<v Speaker 1>and he knows that God had said in the Book

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<v Speaker 1>of Jeremiah that you'll be and drew in Babylon for

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<v Speaker 1>sale many years, and then I'm going to bring my

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<v Speaker 1>people back to Israel. And he knows times up, but

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<v Speaker 1>he also knows that the people israel lights have not

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<v Speaker 1>turned back to God. Seventy years later. They're still as

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<v Speaker 1>messed up as they were before. And he goes, We're

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<v Speaker 1>not any closer to God than we were seventy years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm afraid God's just going to leave us here

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<v Speaker 1>in Babylon and not bring us back to Israel. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is his crisis, and here's how it starts. Daniel,

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<v Speaker 1>Chapter nine, verse one. It was the first year the

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<v Speaker 1>reign of Darius the Mead, who was made king of

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<v Speaker 1>Babylon the Babylonians by.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Babylon is Iraq, Persia is Iran today, And

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<v Speaker 1>he says, during the first year of his reign, I

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel was studying the scriptures, and I learned from the

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<v Speaker 1>word of the Lord, as recorded by Jeremiah, the Prophet,

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<v Speaker 1>that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years. It was destroyed,

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<v Speaker 1>and they said it won't be rebuilt until after seventy years.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys get to go back home.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to circle, if you're taking notes, circle

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<v Speaker 1>the phrase studying the scripture, and circle the phrase learned

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<v Speaker 1>from the word, study the scriptures, learn from the Word.

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<v Speaker 1>You will never pray effectively until you study the scriptures

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<v Speaker 1>and you learn from the Word. Until you get into

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<v Speaker 1>this book every single day.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the more you know.

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<v Speaker 1>This book the Bible, the more prayers you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>have answered. If you're ignorant of this book, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how to pray, you don't know what to pray,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't know when to pray, you don't know the

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<v Speaker 1>promises that God has.

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<v Speaker 2>Made to you.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you got to read a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>this book every single day of your life so you

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<v Speaker 1>can learn those promises that God has made to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me show you this. Here's what Jesus said up

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<v Speaker 1>here on the screen. John chapter fifteen. Jesus said, if

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<v Speaker 1>you stay connected me and my words remain in your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>What's he talking about the Bible? He says, these words

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<v Speaker 1>remain in your heart. He says, if you follow those

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<v Speaker 1>two conditions, you may ask any request you want in

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<v Speaker 1>prayer and it will be given to you. Jesus Christ, woah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's pretty much a blank check right there. You can

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<v Speaker 1>ask whatever you want in prayer and it'll be given

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<v Speaker 1>to you. Now, he says, notice this verse. If I'm

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<v Speaker 1>praying and I'm not getting an answer, the first thing

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<v Speaker 1>I need to check is am I meeting these two conditions?

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<v Speaker 1>Am I staying connected to God?

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<v Speaker 2>God?

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<v Speaker 1>Is there anything between me and you that's out a whack?

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<v Speaker 1>Is there any fellowship broken? Is there something in my

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<v Speaker 1>life that I know is wrong and you know it's wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>And you said for me to get right and I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't got it right yet. That is a break in

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<v Speaker 1>the connection with God. But he said, if you stay

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<v Speaker 1>connected to me, you're in harmony with me. He says,

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<v Speaker 1>my words this book is in your mind, it's in

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<v Speaker 1>your heart. You ask anything you want in prayer, and

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<v Speaker 1>it will be done. So if I'm not getting the answer,

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<v Speaker 1>that's one of the two problems, that's one of the

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<v Speaker 1>two conditions that need to be met. So Daniel is saying,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to study the Word. I'm going to have

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<v Speaker 1>it in me. The more you fill your mind with

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<v Speaker 1>this book, the more you memorize some Bible verses, the

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<v Speaker 1>more answers you're going to have in your life. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this is so important to your life that I want

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<v Speaker 1>to help you. I want to help you develop the

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<v Speaker 1>habit of you never go to bed any day of

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<v Speaker 1>your life without spending at least a little bit of time,

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<v Speaker 1>even if it's a minute or two minutes, reading a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of the Bible and then talking to God

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<v Speaker 1>for a minute or two or whatever. Now, last week

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<v Speaker 1>we saw that Daniel did this three times a day.

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<v Speaker 2>He had the habit. And I said, do.

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<v Speaker 1>You think your life would be any different if you

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<v Speaker 1>had a conversation with God three times a day your

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<v Speaker 1>entire life, which he did for over seventy years. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>no wonder he missed a lot of problem. No wonder

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<v Speaker 1>he knew how to be wise. No wonder he get

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<v Speaker 1>kept gotten promoted. He's talking to God every day. I

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<v Speaker 1>do this all the time as I go through my day.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't talk to God once a day. I talk

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<v Speaker 1>to God all the time. And as I'm getting ready

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<v Speaker 1>to go into meeting, I go, Okay, God, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to need your guidance in here. I don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>you want to say to these people. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what they want to say to me. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what the problem is. Help me to know the right thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm depending on you to give me the wisdom, the

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<v Speaker 1>guidance and the power to do what it is. And

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<v Speaker 1>I got out of that meeting a little The next thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and the whole day. One of my prayers is often

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<v Speaker 1>two words, what's next?

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm always seeking God, checking in with him. In

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<v Speaker 1>chapter one, Daniel is worried about the crisis in his life,

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<v Speaker 1>and so he starts reading this book by Jared Now

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<v Speaker 1>here's the thing. Daniel and Jeremiah are contemporaries. They lived

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time when Babylon crushed Israel. Daniel's taking

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<v Speaker 1>a captive for prisoner a ward at to Babylon. Jeremiah

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<v Speaker 1>is left behind in a defeated, broken city called Jerusalem.

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<v Speaker 1>And in Jeremiah's book, God tells him those guys are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be there for seventy years. And Daniel reads

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<v Speaker 1>this and he starts getting hope. Here's what you want

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<v Speaker 1>to know what Daniel read. It's the next verse Jeremiah

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<v Speaker 1>chapter twenty nine, when he said I was studying the scripture.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what he was studying. God says this to you.

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<v Speaker 1>You will be kept in Babylon for seventy years, but

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<v Speaker 1>then I'll keep my gracious promise to bring you back

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<v Speaker 1>to your home again. For I know the plans I

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<v Speaker 1>have for you, says the Lord. I have good plans

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<v Speaker 1>for you, not plans for your disaster. My plans will

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<v Speaker 1>give you hope and a future. And in those days

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<v Speaker 1>when you pray, I will listen. Now, if you've been

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<v Speaker 1>around church for an length time, you know that verse.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, we even got a song about it. I

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<v Speaker 1>know the plans I have for you, says the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Plans to prosper for you, not to harm you. God says,

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<v Speaker 1>I have a plan.

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<v Speaker 2>For your life.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a plan for your success. It's not a plan

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<v Speaker 1>for your defeat. It's a good plan. It'll give you hope,

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<v Speaker 1>it'll give you a future. God says this to you.

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<v Speaker 1>We know that verse, but we often leave off the

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<v Speaker 1>last phrase, which says, in those days when you pray,

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<v Speaker 1>I will listen.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I want you to.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen very carefully. God says this to you this weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>I made you for a purpose. I have a plan

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<v Speaker 1>for your life. But it's not automatic. You can miss it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can miss my plan and purpose for your life.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, most people miss God's plan and purpose for

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<v Speaker 1>their life. He said, there are two factors. I've promised

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<v Speaker 1>to rescue you. I'm going to bring you back home.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do the things you need done in

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<v Speaker 2>Your life. I didn't make you without a purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>to notice this. This is a very important verse in

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<v Speaker 1>But when the timing is right, you're still going to

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<v Speaker 1>So you're telling me that God has some things he

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<v Speaker 1>I'm ready. That's timing, but you've got to pray for

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<v Speaker 1>Now this leaves a little quandary in your life. You've

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<v Speaker 1>God waiting on me? Well, this explains it right here.

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<v Speaker 1>haven't done it. And if I've asked God, and like

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus said, I'm connected to God, we're all copasetic, we're

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<v Speaker 1>And I've always wanted God to do it, but I've

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<v Speaker 1>ask for God's help, never ask for God's guidance in

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<v Speaker 1>prayed about it. God is waiting on you. You have not

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<v Speaker 1>because you ask not. So let me just start with

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<v Speaker 1>do you really want in life? What do you really

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<v Speaker 1>really want in life? But you've never asked God for it?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you know that the Bible says you can ask

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<v Speaker 1>listen to God. I read a little bit word. I

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<v Speaker 1>Now here's step two. Step two is focus my attention

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<v Speaker 1>on God. This is the second step in the kind

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<v Speaker 1>of prayer that God gets answered. So focus my attention

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<v Speaker 1>on God. And in Daniel chapter nine, verse three, it

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<v Speaker 1>seeking him. All right, circle the phrase turned my face.

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<v Speaker 1>I turned my face to the Lord seeking him. Husbands,

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<v Speaker 1>let me talk to you for just a minute. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>In your life the rest of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to a guy who has been married forty

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<v Speaker 1>one years. Here's a big tip for every husband. I've noticed,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've developed this habit that whenever Kay.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what I've learned. She likes it.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, she loves it that because when you turn

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<v Speaker 1>your face to somebody, it's a you have my undivided attention.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm totally focused on you. You like this? Yeah, all the

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<v Speaker 1>wives are clapping right now. Okay, great, great, Yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody likes this. When you talk, you want people to

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<v Speaker 1>turn their focus to you. Pity the poor substitute teacher

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<v Speaker 1>And Jesus blathering on. Nobody's tuned in, nobody's listening. Turning

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<v Speaker 1>They wanted eye to eye contact. That is the highest

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<v Speaker 1>gift you give anybody is your attention. It's more important

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<v Speaker 1>than chocolate, roses or money, giving your kids, your wife.

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<v Speaker 1>Your attention is the highest gift because your attention is

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<v Speaker 1>your life. Now, did you know that you can actually

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<v Speaker 1>do this with God? You can turn your face to

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<v Speaker 1>God in prayer. How physically? Just look up God, I'm here,

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<v Speaker 2>You stare up. You just look up. There's nothing in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Bible says you have to close your eyes to pray.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing in the Bible says you have to bow your

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<v Speaker 1>It's a good way. But many times in the Bible

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<v Speaker 1>But it's a physical reminder that I'm refocusing my attention. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what Daniel did. He physically noticed Verse three.

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<v Speaker 1>by prayer circle the word seek. This is the second

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<v Speaker 1>here on the screen Amos five to four. God says this,

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<v Speaker 1>seek me and you will live. In others, You're not

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<v Speaker 1>He says, Seek me and you will live. You're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>who seek me. Will what find me find me? He said,

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<v Speaker 1>No, when you seek Me with all your heart, then

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<v Speaker 1>On your own. You're on your own. Let me show

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<v Speaker 1>Chapter twelve, Jesus says this seek. There's that word again.

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<v Speaker 1>And if I'm in first place, he goes, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>that you're facing right now now is the result of

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<v Speaker 1>you not seeking God. Because You didn't ask God first.

422
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<v Speaker 1>You didn't seek his guidance, You didn't seek his wisdom,

423
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<v Speaker 1>you didn't seek his help, you didn't seek his permission.

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<v Speaker 2>You just made a decision.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you went out and you bought something without

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<v Speaker 1>even asking God, God, should I buy this house, Should

427
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<v Speaker 1>I do this job? Should I do this car? Should

428
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<v Speaker 1>I get in this relationship? You didn't even ask God,

429
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<v Speaker 1>you didn't seek God.

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<v Speaker 2>You just did it.

431
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<v Speaker 1>And now you're reaping the consequences of it. And that

432
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<v Speaker 1>causes so much of the problem in your life because

433
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<v Speaker 1>you made a decision without talking to God first. You

434
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<v Speaker 1>weren't having that daily conversation with God. God, I'm getting

435
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<v Speaker 1>ready to Costco. Go to Costco, help because I don't

436
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<v Speaker 1>want to come home with four giant jars of pickles

437
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<v Speaker 1>that I really don't need.

438
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<v Speaker 2>In every area.

439
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<v Speaker 1>You ask God, you see God, he'll help even blessed,

440
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<v Speaker 1>He'll bless your shopping. Now here's a very important point.

441
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<v Speaker 1>Anytime we ignore God, we don't ask for his help.

442
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<v Speaker 1>We don't ask for his guidance, we don't ask for

443
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<v Speaker 1>his blessing, we don't ask for his permission, we don't

444
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<v Speaker 1>ask for his wisdom. You know what, God does when

445
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<v Speaker 1>we don't ask for those things, don't ask for his direction.

446
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<v Speaker 2>God just backs off in your life.

447
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<v Speaker 1>Fine, I only go where I'm invited, So God says

448
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<v Speaker 1>to you, burger king, have it your way, Go right ahead. Okay,

449
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<v Speaker 1>you didn't ask me if you should buy that. You

450
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<v Speaker 1>didn't ask me if you should date her. You didn't

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<v Speaker 1>ask me if you should accept that job. You didn't

452
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<v Speaker 1>ask me if that was a good goal. You just

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<v Speaker 1>did it. So fine, have it your way, and God

454
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<v Speaker 1>just backs off. I'll just go back to heaven, hang

455
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<v Speaker 1>out there and let you reap the results of your

456
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<v Speaker 1>dumb decisions. And then you got all kinds of chaos

457
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<v Speaker 1>and problems and trials and troubles in your life. And

458
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<v Speaker 1>then you cry out to God, said God, I'm seeking you.

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<v Speaker 1>He goes, Okay, I'm coming back. And that's what happens

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<v Speaker 1>when we reap the consequences of our sin. Let me

461
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<v Speaker 1>show you this on screen. HOSEI, chapter five. God says this,

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<v Speaker 1>when I don't seek God in everyar of my life.

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<v Speaker 1>He says this, Okay, I will return to my place

464
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<v Speaker 1>on high and I'll just wait and I'll just wait

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<v Speaker 1>until they that's you and me acknowledge our offenses. We

466
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<v Speaker 1>didn't seek God, we didn't ask his opinion and this decision,

467
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<v Speaker 1>and they feel their guilt and then they seek my face.

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<v Speaker 2>And then in their troubles and.

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<v Speaker 1>Distress, which is always getting our attention, they will earnestly

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<v Speaker 1>seek me, saying, let us return to the.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord so that he may heal us.

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<v Speaker 1>Friends, that is a description of what's happening in America

473
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<v Speaker 1>and in the world right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Because we have not sought God.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't ask God's permission, We didn't ask God's wisdom,

476
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<v Speaker 1>we didn't ask God's help, we didn't ask God's guidance.

477
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<v Speaker 1>We just did whatever we wanted to do. And we're

478
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<v Speaker 1>in trouble and distress. And that's in our lives and

479
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<v Speaker 1>our marriages and our families, in our work, and finally

480
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<v Speaker 1>gets so bad. You know, we don't change when we

481
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<v Speaker 1>see the light. We change when we feel the heat.

482
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<v Speaker 1>And we say, let us return to the Lord so

483
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<v Speaker 1>he may heal us what needs healing in your life. God,

484
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<v Speaker 1>I need you to heal me of my depression. I

485
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<v Speaker 1>need you to heal me of my anxiety. I need

486
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<v Speaker 1>you to heal me of my secret fears that scare

487
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<v Speaker 1>me to death that.

488
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<v Speaker 2>I'm panicked about. God. I need you to heal my body. God.

489
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<v Speaker 1>I need you to heal the finances that I messed

490
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<v Speaker 1>up because of my own decisions.

491
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<v Speaker 2>God. I need you to heal my marriage. I need

492
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<v Speaker 2>you to heal my relationship. God.

493
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<v Speaker 1>I need you to heal my nation. America needs healing.

494
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<v Speaker 1>I need healing. My job, my career needs healing. I

495
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<v Speaker 1>don't know where you need it, but he says it

496
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<v Speaker 1>starts with focusing my attention on God and seeking him.

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<v Speaker 1>So let me ask you a couple questions here. Is

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<v Speaker 1>it possible that the pain you're going through right now

499
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<v Speaker 1>is because you did not seek God, but you just

500
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<v Speaker 1>went ahead and made a decision without checking in with him.

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<v Speaker 1>Highly probable, And now God said, I could have saved

502
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<v Speaker 1>you a lot of effort.

503
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<v Speaker 2>If you just sought me.

504
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<v Speaker 1>Just have a conversation with you two or three times

505
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<v Speaker 1>a day, and I'll go red light danger read Will Robinson,

506
00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:31.960
<v Speaker 1>that's danger, don't go that direction. Is it possible, Yes,

507
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<v Speaker 1>that pain is because you did not seek God in

508
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<v Speaker 1>the past. You made a bunch of dumb decisions, and

509
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<v Speaker 1>now you're paying the results of it. The third step

510
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<v Speaker 1>in prayers that get answered is express my desires with emotion.

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<v Speaker 1>Express my desires. When I want to ask God for something,

512
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<v Speaker 1>I'm praying about, God, I need this, whether it's a

513
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<v Speaker 1>physical need, a material need, a spiritual need, and emotionally,

514
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<v Speaker 1>whatever you're asking for God, in prayer, you express my emotion,

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<v Speaker 1>my desire with emotion. So many of our prayers are

516
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<v Speaker 1>just cut and dried. We just say these words. We

517
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<v Speaker 1>don't even know what we're talking about. We have these

518
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<v Speaker 1>little you know, things we've memorized. Now I lay me

519
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<v Speaker 1>down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to

520
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<v Speaker 1>keep you know, And if I should die before I wake,

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<v Speaker 1>I pray the Lord my soul to take.

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<v Speaker 2>That means nothing, it's just little thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Or you sit down, freez it bless this food to

524
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<v Speaker 1>the nourishment of our bodies. The bless the gift and

525
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<v Speaker 1>the giver. And it does. And it's it's not there's

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<v Speaker 1>no emotion, there's no authenticity. It's just things you've learned.

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<v Speaker 1>God doesn't care how beautiful your prayer sounds. In fact,

528
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<v Speaker 1>God doesn't even care as much about the words as

529
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<v Speaker 1>he cares much about the emotions. Have you learned that

530
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<v Speaker 1>you can say the right words and the wrong emotion,

531
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<v Speaker 1>and your spouse doesn't get it. Yes, you can say

532
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<v Speaker 1>all the right things, but you didn't what do you

533
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<v Speaker 1>mean by that because of the tone of your voice.

534
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<v Speaker 1>And so he's saying, God is an emotional god. The

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<v Speaker 1>only reason you have emotions, the good ones and the

536
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<v Speaker 1>bad ones, is because you're made in God's image. Human

537
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<v Speaker 1>beings have emotions that none of the animals have. We

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<v Speaker 1>have a whole pentopley of emotions because God is an

539
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<v Speaker 1>emotional god. The Bible says God gets happy. The Bible

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<v Speaker 1>says God gets sad. He's sad when he sees a rape,

541
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<v Speaker 1>when he sees a molestation, when he sees a war.

542
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<v Speaker 1>God is sad when he sees what people do to

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<v Speaker 1>each other out of selfishness. And the Bible says God

544
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<v Speaker 1>gets angry. That's why you can get angry. You're made

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<v Speaker 1>in God's image. The Bible says, God gets jealous. Why

546
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<v Speaker 1>and that's why you get jealous, because when God sees

547
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<v Speaker 1>you giving your love to something else instead of him

548
00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:47.079
<v Speaker 1>that belongs to him, he gets jealous. The Bible says,

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<v Speaker 1>God gets frustrated. He looks down and he sees all

550
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<v Speaker 1>of the stuff we're doing. He goes, I told you

551
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<v Speaker 1>not to do that, and you're doing it anyway. It's

552
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<v Speaker 1>going to mess you up. He gets frustrated. Now, could

553
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<v Speaker 1>God change it? Of course, he could turn us all

554
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<v Speaker 1>into puppets. But God's going to just of your life,

555
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<v Speaker 1>have it your way.

556
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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to force you to love me. I'm

557
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<v Speaker 2>not going to force you to do the right thing.

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<v Speaker 1>So you and I make selfish decisions every day, and

559
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<v Speaker 1>people get hurt. That's why there's sin, that's why there's

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<v Speaker 1>evil in the world. Because God gives us the freedom

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<v Speaker 1>to choose. And so God just says, okay, I'll just

562
00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:21.279
<v Speaker 1>back off. Let you reap the results of your own

563
00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:25.440
<v Speaker 1>own decision. But God says, I'm an emotional God. Jesus

564
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<v Speaker 1>dying on the cross was an emotional scene, highly emotional.

565
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<v Speaker 1>Jesus dying the cross was emotionally agonizing to him. It

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<v Speaker 1>was agonizing to God the father watching his son die

567
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<v Speaker 1>that way, but doing it for your benefit. It was

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<v Speaker 1>agonizing with the people who are watching. It's an emotional thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and God is very emotional about you. Do you realize this,

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<v Speaker 1>God just go O, I love you now. God loves

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<v Speaker 1>you passionately emotionally. God has deep, deep, deep feelings for you.

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<v Speaker 1>How much he loves you. If you don't know w

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<v Speaker 1>how much you lled you look at the cross. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>willing to die. I'm willing to die for you. That's

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<v Speaker 1>how much God has emotion for you. And so God says,

576
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<v Speaker 1>I want you. When I have such emotion for you,

577
00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:15.960
<v Speaker 1>I want you to talk to me emotionally. Don't just

578
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<v Speaker 1>do these little prayer things where you read a prayer

579
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<v Speaker 1>and there's no emotion in it.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me ask you.

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<v Speaker 1>Does tone make a difference when you make a request.

582
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<v Speaker 2>Of course it does, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, how about guys, if you had said to

584
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<v Speaker 1>your future spouse on.

585
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<v Speaker 2>A date, you go, huh, exc you to marry me? Oh? Please,

586
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<v Speaker 2>I want you to marry me. She go, buddy.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can't say it with a little bit more

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<v Speaker 1>passion than that, forget it.

589
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<v Speaker 2>That ain't going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Do any of you remember when you were little and

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<v Speaker 1>somebody was tickling you, and it was fun at the start,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it got too much, okay, And when you

593
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<v Speaker 1>wanted to stop taking you go you stop tickling me.

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<v Speaker 2>No, please stop taking me. I can't handle it anymore.

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00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:08.920
<v Speaker 1>And you are passionate of passion, intensity shows house up much.

596
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<v Speaker 2>Something matters to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, if you ask God about something, God, I really

598
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<v Speaker 1>like this, but you're not passionate about it. God goes, Wow,

599
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<v Speaker 1>do I know it's just a if you only pray

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<v Speaker 1>about it once, you're not willing to pray about it

601
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<v Speaker 1>more than once, and you never talked to God about God,

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<v Speaker 1>I really need this. I gotta have this. You know

603
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<v Speaker 1>I've got to have it. Then God goes, what is

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<v Speaker 1>this a wish or a whim? Or is it really

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<v Speaker 1>a true desire? And so the Bible says this. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>the third thing Daniel did. Verse three, the second part

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<v Speaker 1>of it. He says, I begin pleading with God earnestly

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<v Speaker 1>in prayer circle. The word pleading pleading means to ask

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<v Speaker 1>with emotion. It's not cut and dry. It's more than

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<v Speaker 1>a mundane request. I'm asking with emotion. I'm pleading. The

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<v Speaker 1>hebrewhere there is bakasha. It means an emotional request. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a serious seeking. It's searching with all your heart. It's

613
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<v Speaker 1>earnestly begging. It's I'm begging you. I'm begging you. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>begging you please, please please. I'm begging you please. I'm

615
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<v Speaker 1>down on my knees. I gotta have this. That's pleading.

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<v Speaker 1>God listens to pleading. Makes me think about a story

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<v Speaker 1>I heard a while back where as a kid, a

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<v Speaker 1>young kid who at Christmas time he wanted a Star

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<v Speaker 1>Wars watch and it was a really cool watch. I

620
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<v Speaker 1>had Yoda on it, and he just and so he

621
00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:29.119
<v Speaker 1>was bugging his parents, Mom, I want this Star Wars

622
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<v Speaker 1>watch for Christmas, Dad, I want this Star Wars watch

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<v Speaker 1>for Christmas. He just keeps on and on and on,

624
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<v Speaker 1>every conversation, every meal, he's mentioning the Star Wars watch,

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<v Speaker 1>and finally his dad goes, Johnny, we got it. If

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<v Speaker 1>you mentioned this one more time, you're not gonna get

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<v Speaker 1>the watch. Smart kid backs off, doesn't doesn't do anything.

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<v Speaker 1>About a week later, they're having this whole family sitting

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<v Speaker 1>at dinner and the dad says, Hey, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>it's good for us to talk about the Bible. So

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<v Speaker 1>everybody just share your your favorite Bible verse, anything or

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<v Speaker 1>Bible verse that you know.

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<v Speaker 2>You could say.

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<v Speaker 1>And so one of the kids goes John three sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>because everybody knows that one for.

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<v Speaker 2>God so loved the world.

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<v Speaker 1>And the teenager goes John eleven thirty five. Jesus wept.

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<v Speaker 1>Shortest verse in the Bible. Anybody can memorize that two words,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus wept. So okay, john John love the third right,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus wept.

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<v Speaker 2>That's his verse.

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<v Speaker 1>So they're going around the room and they come to

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<v Speaker 1>Johnny and Johnny goes. So they said, Johnny, what's your

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<v Speaker 1>favorite verse? He said, well, my favorite verse would be

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<v Speaker 1>Mark thirteen thirty seven, where Jesus said I told you

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<v Speaker 1>once and I sand to you again.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch. Yeah, yeah, smart kid.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, that's what you get for going putting your kids

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<v Speaker 1>in Siddleback Kids ministry. They're gonna learn Bible verses like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch And so you know he was. He was already

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<v Speaker 1>look at this verse in the sage paraphrase, Daniel nine

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<v Speaker 1>three says, I poured out my heart to God, bearing

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<v Speaker 1>my soul to God. Have you ever done that? Have

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<v Speaker 1>you ever poured out your heart to God? Have you

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<v Speaker 1>ever bared your soul to God? This is not wimpy

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<v Speaker 1>week praying. This is got ceased praying. This is got

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<v Speaker 1>wrenching praying. I'm pouring out my soul to God.

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<v Speaker 2>God.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta have your help in this business. I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>have your help in this marriage. I've got to God.

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<v Speaker 1>I am telling you, I'm pouring out my heart. I

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<v Speaker 1>am being authentic. I'm burying my soul. It's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like Jacob wrestling with the Angel. I'm not gonna let

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<v Speaker 1>go until you bless me God. Now, when was the

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<v Speaker 1>last time you ever prayed like that, pouring out your

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<v Speaker 1>soul to God emotionally? I can tell you You may

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<v Speaker 1>have forgotten, but I can tell you the last time

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<v Speaker 1>you prayed like that as your pastor, friend, spiritual coach.

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<v Speaker 1>The last time you prayed like that is when you

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<v Speaker 1>were in deep, deep pain. Because we don't pour out

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<v Speaker 1>our hearts to God like that when we're things are

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<v Speaker 1>going great and we're skipping the hills of Jerusalem picking

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<v Speaker 1>flowers and talking about peace, love and Bobby Sherman, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just to have a happy day, smiling faith. No, you

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<v Speaker 1>pour out your God when you are in deep pain?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that the only time you pour out your heart

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<v Speaker 1>to God when you're in deep pain?

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<v Speaker 2>Can you do it any other time?

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<v Speaker 1>This is called praying with emotion, called quote crying out

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<v Speaker 1>to God. Someday you might want to do a study

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<v Speaker 1>of this in the Bible about all the times God

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<v Speaker 1>talks about, quote crying out to God. There are many

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<v Speaker 1>many examples of people of all sorts who cried out

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<v Speaker 1>to God and God heard their prayer. There are many

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<v Speaker 1>many promises in the Bible about crying out. God does

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<v Speaker 1>not listen to just complaints. He listens to crying out

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<v Speaker 1>in emotion to God saying God, I really need your help.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>It says he said he was pleading. He's crying. What

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<v Speaker 1>is he pleading? What is Daniel pleading with God about?

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<v Speaker 1>He's going God, I want to go back home. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>an old man. I'm eighty five years old. I spent

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<v Speaker 1>my entire life serving pagan kings. I've done good. I

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<v Speaker 1>stay true, kept my integrity in a pagan world. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't deny my faith, and I kept getting promoted. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>pretty influential guy in the whole kingdom here. But God,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to go back home. I really I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to go. I'm going to die in my home country now. Jeremiah,

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<v Speaker 1>the other guy at the same time, had predicted that

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<v Speaker 1>after seventy years, Babylon would fall, and that then the

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<v Speaker 1>people of God in Babylon would start praying and pleading

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<v Speaker 1>God let us go back home. Here's what it says

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<v Speaker 1>Jeremiah chapter fifty. This was his prediction. He says, then

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<v Speaker 1>my people will join together in tears. That's emotional praying.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll join together in tears to seek the Lord. And

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<v Speaker 1>they will ask the way to Jerusalem. Why, because it

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<v Speaker 1>had been seventy years. They didn't even know how to

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<v Speaker 1>get back home. They will ask the way to Jerusalem

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<v Speaker 1>and they will start back home again. That's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the most touching and hopeful verses in the Bible. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't know the way to get back home, but they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to ask God in tears, and they will start

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<v Speaker 1>back home again. America needs to pray that prayer. We

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<v Speaker 1>have gotten so far off from where we started. We

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<v Speaker 1>need to go back home again. You need to pray

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<v Speaker 1>that prayer. You need to pray that prayer for your

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<v Speaker 1>own life. God, I've gotten so detached from you, I've

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<v Speaker 1>gotten so busy, I've gotten so distracted.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know the way to find my way

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<v Speaker 2>back home to you.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't the slightest idea how to get back home

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<v Speaker 1>to you. I don't know how to get home to Jerusalem.

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<v Speaker 1>But I want to come back home. You need to

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<v Speaker 1>pray that prayer for your life. Some of you need

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<v Speaker 1>to pray that for your family. Our family's so out

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<v Speaker 1>of whack. We need to come back home to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of your parents need to pray that for your kids.

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<v Speaker 1>I got kids who are out there on the limb.

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<v Speaker 1>I need to pray they'll come back home. Some of

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<v Speaker 1>you need to pray it for your business. All of

731
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<v Speaker 1>us need to pray it for our nation. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>message of hope. Now when does God answer that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of prayer? Well, notice that verse It said when my

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<v Speaker 1>people join together in tears. You might circle that, when

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<v Speaker 1>my people join together in tears, God says, then I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to answer. Let me ask you a question. You

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<v Speaker 1>see everything that I see. You read the newspapers, you

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<v Speaker 1>watch TV, you see what's going on in our nation,

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<v Speaker 1>You see what's going on in our world. Does anything

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<v Speaker 1>break your heart? The stuff that's going on around does

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<v Speaker 1>it break your heart? What you see happening in our society,

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<v Speaker 1>in our system, in our politics, does anything break your heart?

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<v Speaker 1>You see all the stuff going on all around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there anything ever bring tears to your eyes? If

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<v Speaker 1>that means you've really pulled away from the heart of God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not something we just gossip about and tweet about.

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<v Speaker 1>It's something that breaks the heart. And in tears he said, God,

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<v Speaker 1>we need help in this area. All right, there are

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<v Speaker 1>a couple more number four. The first the fourth key

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<v Speaker 1>is this, demonstrate my seriousness. Demonstrate my seriousness in prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you let God see how important the prayers

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<v Speaker 1>to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Tom is going to come.

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<v Speaker 1>And teach the next couple of points, and he's going

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to you about how do you do that?

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<v Speaker 1>How do you show to God God, I'm really serious

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<v Speaker 1>about this prayer.

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<v Speaker 3>So when you're praying, is it like just checking a

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<v Speaker 3>box or just covering.

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<v Speaker 2>The bases, or are you really serious about it?

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<v Speaker 3>There's some things that we can do to demonstrate to

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<v Speaker 3>ourselves and to God that we're serious about this prayer.

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<v Speaker 3>Daniel show some of these as we read this next verse.

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<v Speaker 3>A couple things that he does here are actually cultural

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<v Speaker 3>things that they did in their day, but one of

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<v Speaker 3>them is a spiritual discipline, spiritual habit all throughout the

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<v Speaker 3>Bible that people did to demonstrate the seriousness of their prayer,

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<v Speaker 3>of their commitment their trust in God. Look at this

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<v Speaker 3>Daniel ninety three, and I started fasting, and I went

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<v Speaker 3>without food to show my sadness. I put on rough

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<v Speaker 3>clothes and I sat in ashes. Now those last two

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<v Speaker 3>were the cultural ones, sackcloth and ashes. They would sew

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<v Speaker 3>grain sacks together and they'd wear that. They put ashes

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<v Speaker 3>on their face as a way of saying, I'm in grief.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm serious.

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<v Speaker 3>In our culture, there was a time when people would

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<v Speaker 3>wear black for an entire year if they were in grief.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a cultural way of saying I'm seriously in grief.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's the cultural part, But there's also this spiritual discipline.

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<v Speaker 3>I started fasting. All throughout the Bible, people went without food.

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<v Speaker 3>They fasted to say God, I'm really serious about this

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<v Speaker 3>before you. Moses fasted when he received the Ten Commandments.

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<v Speaker 3>The Israelites fasted before a miraculous victory that they got

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<v Speaker 3>from God. Daniel fasted when he needed wisdom from God.

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<v Speaker 3>Neamiah fasted before he started a huge project. Jesus fasted

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<v Speaker 3>as a part of the vic true that God gave

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<v Speaker 3>him over temptation out in the wilderness. The first Christians

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<v Speaker 3>fasted when they wanted to know God's wisdom for the

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<v Speaker 3>New Church. It's all throughout the Bible. It's just a

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<v Speaker 3>way of saying God, I'm serious about this. Fasting, the

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<v Speaker 3>Bible says, demonstrates the depth of desire that you have

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<v Speaker 3>when you're praying. It's a way of saying God, this

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<v Speaker 3>emotion that Rick was just talking about. I want you

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<v Speaker 3>to see this emotion. Fasting gives you just literally more

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<v Speaker 3>time to pray. The time you prepare and eat and

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<v Speaker 3>clean up from a meal, you take that time to

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<v Speaker 3>focus on God. Sometimes we get too busy to pray,

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<v Speaker 3>so you do a break an intentional fast to say God,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to focus on you. And Jesus taught us

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<v Speaker 3>it actually releases God's supernatural power in our lives. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't understand the mystery of this, but he said there's

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<v Speaker 3>some things in life that only by prayer and fasting

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<v Speaker 3>can those things happen. There's something about depending on.

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<v Speaker 2>God in that way.

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<v Speaker 3>So, whether it's through fasting, through journaling, whatever way you

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<v Speaker 3>do this, you say God, I am serious about this.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a part of the prayer that God answers. And

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<v Speaker 3>then the next one is number five. You thank God

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<v Speaker 3>for his promises. Say God, I am thankful for the

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<v Speaker 3>promises that you've given. You've reminded yourself at the very

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<v Speaker 3>beginning that the only reason this prayer is going to

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<v Speaker 3>be answered is because God is gracious. And God is gracious,

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<v Speaker 3>he wants to answer your prayer. He's given promises that

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<v Speaker 3>say he's going to answer your prayer. You're not forcing

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<v Speaker 3>him to answer it. He is a loving and promising,

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<v Speaker 3>gracious God, Daniel nine, verse four. And then I prayed

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<v Speaker 3>to the Lord, and I said, Lord, you are a

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<v Speaker 3>great and awesome God. You always fulfill your promises of

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<v Speaker 3>constant love to those who love you and keep your commands.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the attitude of thanksgiving that needs to be

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<v Speaker 3>a part of our lives year round. God, I'm thankful

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<v Speaker 3>that you're answering this because you want to, because you

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<v Speaker 3>love me. You're not going to God saying God, I

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<v Speaker 3>hope you'll answer it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thankful, but you will answer it.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not going to God saying God, I know you'll

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<v Speaker 3>answer because I'm such a good man, such a good woman,

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<v Speaker 3>who could pray that.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 3>I know you'll answer it because you're such a good God.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm thankful for who you are. In any circumstances, we

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<v Speaker 3>can depend on God in that Daniel nine to nine.

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<v Speaker 3>Daniel said, even though we have rebelled against you, you

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<v Speaker 3>Lord are merciful and forgiving. So you go to him

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<v Speaker 3>based on that, you depend on him based on that.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, Rick's gonna come back and share number six,

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<v Speaker 3>which is number six is right? In this, I humbly

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<v Speaker 3>confess my sins.

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00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:38.559
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this is the last step. I humbly confess my sin.

840
00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:42.639
<v Speaker 1>God doesn't listen to prideful complaining, but he does listen

841
00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:48.639
<v Speaker 1>to humble confessing. God responds to humility, he says. God

842
00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:50.199
<v Speaker 1>resists a probe, but he gives grace.

843
00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.440
<v Speaker 2>To the humble.

844
00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:53.320
<v Speaker 1>Now, some of you think, you know, if I admit

845
00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:56.440
<v Speaker 1>my sins to God, I'm gonna get punished. Oh, hang

846
00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:58.960
<v Speaker 1>on a minute. First place, God already knows them all.

847
00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:01.480
<v Speaker 1>You're not gonna say, God, I did this?

848
00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:02.480
<v Speaker 2>You go? Oh really?

849
00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:06.639
<v Speaker 1>How did I miss that one? Didn't see that one coming.

850
00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:09.119
<v Speaker 1>God already knows every stupid thing you've done in your

851
00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:11.480
<v Speaker 1>entire life. He just wants you to admit it. It's

852
00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:14.840
<v Speaker 1>for your own humility. How does God respond when I

853
00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:20.840
<v Speaker 1>humbly admit I blew it with punishment? Never when God

854
00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:24.880
<v Speaker 1>hears you be humble. He responds, not with punishment, but

855
00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:31.639
<v Speaker 1>with blessing. Confess, with forgiving, with mercy, with grace. It's

856
00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:33.519
<v Speaker 1>not like I come and I admit it, then God's

857
00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:35.719
<v Speaker 1>going to take me down. No, no, You're gonna get

858
00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:38.719
<v Speaker 1>taken down by your own pride. God says, you come

859
00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:40.920
<v Speaker 1>to me humbly. You just admit. Hey, I blew it.

860
00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:43.000
<v Speaker 1>You know that stuff I said yesterday, it wasn't right.

861
00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:45.039
<v Speaker 1>That stuff I did to the way I talked to

862
00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:47.039
<v Speaker 1>my kids, that was not right the way I did this,

863
00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:49.679
<v Speaker 1>And they just admitted to God. He keep short accounts.

864
00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:52.840
<v Speaker 1>This is the sixth thing you do. I humbly confess.

865
00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:53.320
<v Speaker 2>Now.

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00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:56.119
<v Speaker 1>The word confess in the Bible, the Greek word is

867
00:44:56.159 --> 00:45:01.719
<v Speaker 1>the word homo Logeoh Homo means same homosexual, homo sapian,

868
00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:10.360
<v Speaker 1>homogenized milk means it's all the same. Same Logeo means

869
00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:13.280
<v Speaker 1>to speak, and so to confess himply means to speak

870
00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:15.360
<v Speaker 1>the same thing about God. You're right, that was the sin.

871
00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:19.000
<v Speaker 1>I don't excuse it. I don't make excuses for it.

872
00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:21.320
<v Speaker 1>I don't say God that was a little faux pas

873
00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:22.280
<v Speaker 1>is a little weakness.

874
00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:24.800
<v Speaker 2>No, it was wrong. It was sin. It was rebellion

875
00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:25.360
<v Speaker 2>against you.

876
00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:27.360
<v Speaker 1>I did it. You told me not to do it,

877
00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:30.440
<v Speaker 1>but I did it anyway. And that kind of.

878
00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:33.119
<v Speaker 2>Thing God responds to with grace.

879
00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:38.719
<v Speaker 1>Now in Daniel, chapter five, nine, verse five, he says, this,

880
00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:42.119
<v Speaker 1>we've sinned and we've done wrong. Okay, this is the

881
00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:44.480
<v Speaker 1>sixth part of the prayer. I humbly confess, but I've

882
00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:46.559
<v Speaker 1>done wrong. We send it none wrong. But he doesn't

883
00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:49.199
<v Speaker 1>stop there. He gets very very specific, and you need

884
00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:51.440
<v Speaker 1>to too. You don't need to go, Oh, God, forgive

885
00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:53.639
<v Speaker 1>all the sins I did yesterday, but I'm too busy

886
00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:56.880
<v Speaker 1>to name them. God wants you to be specific because

887
00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:58.719
<v Speaker 1>then he wants you to be able to know what

888
00:45:58.920 --> 00:46:01.960
<v Speaker 1>not to do again. And so I want you to circle.

889
00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:03.760
<v Speaker 1>I'm just going to read these verses real quick. I'm

890
00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:05.719
<v Speaker 1>not even going to comment on them, and I want

891
00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:08.760
<v Speaker 1>you to circle the verbs which are the sins. Okay,

892
00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:11.039
<v Speaker 1>he says, we've sinned none wrong. That he says, we've

893
00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:15.199
<v Speaker 1>rebelled against you. That's one rebelled circle. That we've rebelled

894
00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:19.639
<v Speaker 1>against you. He says, we've ignored your commands. Circle ignored.

895
00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:24.000
<v Speaker 1>He says, we've rejected your laws. We made up our

896
00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:28.159
<v Speaker 1>own morality. We rejected your loss. He says, we have

897
00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:33.360
<v Speaker 1>refused to listen to your servants. The prophets refused who

898
00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:36.000
<v Speaker 1>spoke the message to our kings and our leaders, and

899
00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:39.360
<v Speaker 1>our parents and everybody else in our nation. He says,

900
00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:42.599
<v Speaker 1>this is very specific. We're all at fault here, every generation.

901
00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:46.079
<v Speaker 1>It's not like one generation in America. Every generation's got

902
00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:48.880
<v Speaker 1>part of the blame. And then in verse seven and eight,

903
00:46:48.920 --> 00:46:52.719
<v Speaker 1>he says this, we've brought disgrace and shame on ourselves

904
00:46:53.280 --> 00:46:56.480
<v Speaker 1>as a nation because we've been unfaithful to you. He said,

905
00:46:56.519 --> 00:46:59.599
<v Speaker 1>you know what, God, we've committed spiritual adultery. We gave

906
00:46:59.639 --> 00:47:01.400
<v Speaker 1>our love to somebody else when we're supposed to give

907
00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:04.960
<v Speaker 1>our love to you. We've been unfaithful to you. And

908
00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:08.320
<v Speaker 1>he said this is true of all of us, including

909
00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:12.840
<v Speaker 1>our kings, our leaders, and our parents. He said, we

910
00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:16.159
<v Speaker 1>next verse verse ten, we paid no attention to you

911
00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:19.079
<v Speaker 1>when you told us how to live, told us what's

912
00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:22.039
<v Speaker 1>right and wrong, what's morally good, not He said, this

913
00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:25.280
<v Speaker 1>clear teaching came through your promise verse thirteen.

914
00:47:25.400 --> 00:47:28.000
<v Speaker 2>But we kept on sinning. We never gave you a

915
00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:32.719
<v Speaker 2>second thought. We were oblivious to you. The clear warnings.

916
00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:37.599
<v Speaker 1>So God, he says, you had no choice but to

917
00:47:37.679 --> 00:47:42.239
<v Speaker 1>let disaster loose in our nation on us, since we

918
00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:47.239
<v Speaker 1>persistently and defiantly ignored you. And then he sums it

919
00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:49.480
<v Speaker 1>all up in verse sixteen, and he says, and now

920
00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:57.800
<v Speaker 1>all the other nations mock us. Does any of this

921
00:47:57.840 --> 00:48:02.599
<v Speaker 1>sound vaguely familiar to you? I just read you a

922
00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:06.840
<v Speaker 1>laundry list of America. I just read you the last

923
00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:14.320
<v Speaker 1>fifty years of America right there. Now, Daniel knows we

924
00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:18.159
<v Speaker 1>don't deserve God's blessing, but he casts himself on the

925
00:48:18.159 --> 00:48:20.760
<v Speaker 1>grace of God. He goes, God, we could never earn this,

926
00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:22.800
<v Speaker 1>we could never deserve this. We don't deserve to get

927
00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:25.880
<v Speaker 1>back to home, get back to you. We don't deserve

928
00:48:25.920 --> 00:48:29.199
<v Speaker 1>your blessing. But I'm going to cast myself on your mercy.

929
00:48:29.239 --> 00:48:33.079
<v Speaker 1>And in the next verse he says, this, Oh God,

930
00:48:33.599 --> 00:48:40.599
<v Speaker 1>oh God, listen to me. Hear my request. We don't

931
00:48:40.719 --> 00:48:45.880
<v Speaker 1>ask because we deserve out, We don't. We don't ask

932
00:48:45.920 --> 00:48:50.719
<v Speaker 1>because we deserve, but because you are so merciful. You

933
00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:55.639
<v Speaker 1>are a You're a good, good father, and you are merciful.

934
00:48:56.320 --> 00:48:59.320
<v Speaker 1>Now how does God respond to this kind of prayer?

935
00:48:59.480 --> 00:49:02.000
<v Speaker 2>The sixth that we just taught you. Well.

936
00:49:02.280 --> 00:49:06.920
<v Speaker 1>In verse twenty, here's how God responds. Daniel says, well,

937
00:49:06.960 --> 00:49:09.039
<v Speaker 1>I kept on praying. Let me stop right there. Circle

938
00:49:09.079 --> 00:49:12.599
<v Speaker 1>The phrase kept on. Daniel didn't pray this prayer one time.

939
00:49:13.599 --> 00:49:17.199
<v Speaker 1>He's praying it over and over and over and over. God,

940
00:49:17.400 --> 00:49:19.400
<v Speaker 1>I need your help. He's praying this over and over.

941
00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:22.119
<v Speaker 1>He said, I kept on praying. Don't you pray about

942
00:49:22.119 --> 00:49:25.000
<v Speaker 1>something one time? You don't care about it, he says,

943
00:49:25.039 --> 00:49:29.679
<v Speaker 1>while I kept on praying and confessing my sins and

944
00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:33.199
<v Speaker 1>confessing the sins of my people and pleading with the Lord.

945
00:49:33.239 --> 00:49:40.199
<v Speaker 1>He's emotional in this. Suddenly the angel Gabriel appeared in

946
00:49:40.239 --> 00:49:43.039
<v Speaker 1>my vision. Now you guys know who Gabriel is. There

947
00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:47.239
<v Speaker 1>are three archangels. There was Lucifer, he fell, he became Satan.

948
00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:52.000
<v Speaker 1>There's Michael, and there's Gabriel. Gabriel's the guy who shows.

949
00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:52.800
<v Speaker 2>Up at Christmas. Hello.

950
00:49:53.679 --> 00:49:57.119
<v Speaker 1>Okay, So we actually know the names of these guys.

951
00:49:57.159 --> 00:50:01.360
<v Speaker 1>And this is so important that God. God sends the

952
00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:06.119
<v Speaker 1>angel Gabriel in a vision to Daniel, and he says, suddenly,

953
00:50:06.159 --> 00:50:08.639
<v Speaker 1>while I'm doing all his praying, the angel Gabriel period

954
00:50:08.639 --> 00:50:12.159
<v Speaker 1>in my vision and said this Daniel, I've been sent,

955
00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:17.000
<v Speaker 1>obviously by God. I've been sent to help you understand

956
00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:22.239
<v Speaker 1>God's plan. Now, the moment you began praying, the answer

957
00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:25.599
<v Speaker 1>was given, and I'm here to tell it to you,

958
00:50:26.360 --> 00:50:32.239
<v Speaker 1>for God loves you very much. Now, God doesn't have

959
00:50:32.280 --> 00:50:34.440
<v Speaker 1>to send Gabriel to me, and he doesn't have to

960
00:50:34.480 --> 00:50:37.119
<v Speaker 1>send Gabriel to you because we have the second half

961
00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:39.440
<v Speaker 1>of the Bible that was written that tells us all

962
00:50:39.480 --> 00:50:42.119
<v Speaker 1>about Jesus. And so I can tell you right now

963
00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:43.119
<v Speaker 1>what God will say to you.

964
00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:46.519
<v Speaker 2>I love you very very very very very very much.

965
00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:50.280
<v Speaker 1>I feel, very very deeply have deep feelings for you.

966
00:50:50.320 --> 00:50:53.800
<v Speaker 1>God says, I saw you born, I saw you grow,

967
00:50:53.920 --> 00:50:56.480
<v Speaker 1>I've saw all the hurts, I've saw the happy times.

968
00:50:56.760 --> 00:50:59.480
<v Speaker 1>I've seen everything in your life. And I have a

969
00:50:59.519 --> 00:51:01.920
<v Speaker 1>plan for your life, and I have a timetable for

970
00:51:01.960 --> 00:51:05.719
<v Speaker 1>your life. And when you start praying, I heard that prayer,

971
00:51:06.360 --> 00:51:09.159
<v Speaker 1>and I want to help you understand my plan for

972
00:51:09.239 --> 00:51:14.599
<v Speaker 1>your life because I love you very very much. Now

973
00:51:14.639 --> 00:51:16.760
<v Speaker 1>you say, well, wait a minute, Rick, this is God

974
00:51:16.800 --> 00:51:17.599
<v Speaker 1>talking to Daniel.

975
00:51:17.639 --> 00:51:18.320
<v Speaker 2>I'm not Daniel.

976
00:51:18.840 --> 00:51:21.559
<v Speaker 1>No, you're not neither am I. But I know this

977
00:51:21.679 --> 00:51:24.119
<v Speaker 1>prayer will work for you. And the reason I know

978
00:51:24.199 --> 00:51:26.599
<v Speaker 1>it will work for you. Is because the exact same

979
00:51:26.719 --> 00:51:31.000
<v Speaker 1>formula is given in another part of the Bible to anybody.

980
00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:32.760
<v Speaker 2>It's to all of God's people.

981
00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:36.440
<v Speaker 1>It's called Second Chronicle seven fourteen, one of the most

982
00:51:36.480 --> 00:51:40.800
<v Speaker 1>famous promises in the entire Bible. Now, before I read

983
00:51:40.840 --> 00:51:44.079
<v Speaker 1>this promise, I want you to understand it's one of

984
00:51:44.119 --> 00:51:48.719
<v Speaker 1>the most misused, misquoted versus in the Bible. I've actually

985
00:51:48.800 --> 00:51:52.559
<v Speaker 1>heard politicians quote this verse as a promise to America.

986
00:51:53.400 --> 00:51:56.320
<v Speaker 1>It is not a promise to America. It is not

987
00:51:56.360 --> 00:52:00.360
<v Speaker 1>a promise to any nation. It is a promise to

988
00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:04.199
<v Speaker 1>God's people. And God's people are in every nation. So

989
00:52:04.280 --> 00:52:06.480
<v Speaker 1>this is not a promise for America. This is a

990
00:52:06.519 --> 00:52:09.079
<v Speaker 1>promise for you and me and believers anywhere else in

991
00:52:09.119 --> 00:52:11.639
<v Speaker 1>any other nation of the world. And it is for us,

992
00:52:11.760 --> 00:52:16.079
<v Speaker 1>it's not for everybody. Second Chronicle seven fourteen. God says,

993
00:52:16.320 --> 00:52:19.280
<v Speaker 1>I got four conditions. If you'll do these four things,

994
00:52:19.360 --> 00:52:25.480
<v Speaker 1>I'll do three things. If my people, if my people

995
00:52:25.639 --> 00:52:29.239
<v Speaker 1>who are called by my name, are you called my name?

996
00:52:29.559 --> 00:52:32.159
<v Speaker 1>Are you called a Christian? That's being called by the

997
00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:34.519
<v Speaker 1>name of Christ. So if you're a Christian, you call

998
00:52:34.559 --> 00:52:37.320
<v Speaker 1>yourself a Christian. If my people who are called by

999
00:52:37.360 --> 00:52:39.519
<v Speaker 1>my name, and here are the four things.

1000
00:52:39.639 --> 00:52:41.039
<v Speaker 2>Will humble themselves.

1001
00:52:41.280 --> 00:52:47.119
<v Speaker 1>That's confession, and pray, that's pleading, and seek my face.

1002
00:52:47.199 --> 00:52:49.280
<v Speaker 2>We're going to do that for thirty four days. And

1003
00:52:49.480 --> 00:52:50.599
<v Speaker 2>turn from.

1004
00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:54.239
<v Speaker 1>Their wicked ways. Then I will hear from heaven. I

1005
00:52:54.360 --> 00:52:58.559
<v Speaker 1>will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.

1006
00:53:00.079 --> 00:53:01.320
<v Speaker 1>God says that I don't.

1007
00:53:01.159 --> 00:53:01.760
<v Speaker 2>Know what you need.

1008
00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:05.000
<v Speaker 1>Healing in healing in your mind, healing in your heart,

1009
00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:08.760
<v Speaker 1>healing in your body, healing in your business, healing in

1010
00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:14.440
<v Speaker 1>your finances, healing in your relationships, healing of your fears.

1011
00:53:16.239 --> 00:53:20.639
<v Speaker 1>Your business needs healing, your family needs healing, your marriage

1012
00:53:20.679 --> 00:53:21.320
<v Speaker 1>needs healing.

1013
00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:28.840
<v Speaker 2>Your nation needs healing. If my people.

1014
00:53:30.800 --> 00:53:37.239
<v Speaker 1>Who are called by my name, God says, will humble themselves.

1015
00:53:38.079 --> 00:53:41.920
<v Speaker 2>I blew it, Lord, I just blew it and pray.

1016
00:53:42.199 --> 00:53:43.280
<v Speaker 2>I am pleading God.

1017
00:53:44.719 --> 00:53:46.639
<v Speaker 1>I did not seek you, and I made a bunch

1018
00:53:46.639 --> 00:53:49.280
<v Speaker 1>of dumb decisions, and now I'm paying for it. Well,

1019
00:53:49.360 --> 00:53:52.320
<v Speaker 1>humble themselves and pray and seek my face. You got

1020
00:53:52.320 --> 00:53:57.239
<v Speaker 1>my attention. God, I'm looking at you, and turn from

1021
00:53:57.280 --> 00:54:01.800
<v Speaker 1>their ways. They're wicked ways. Then will hear from heaven.

1022
00:54:02.039 --> 00:54:06.280
<v Speaker 1>I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.

1023
00:54:06.480 --> 00:54:07.880
<v Speaker 2>Period done. That's it.

1024
00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:21.199
<v Speaker 1>We need a revival in America. Dear God, I thank

1025
00:54:21.239 --> 00:54:24.800
<v Speaker 1>you that you're a good and gracious God. And as

1026
00:54:24.840 --> 00:54:28.199
<v Speaker 1>we get ready to together as a family to claim

1027
00:54:28.960 --> 00:54:32.800
<v Speaker 1>second Chronicle seven fourteen, that we will make a habit

1028
00:54:33.320 --> 00:54:35.199
<v Speaker 1>out of having conversations with you.

1029
00:54:35.360 --> 00:54:37.440
<v Speaker 2>And reading your word every day.

1030
00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:41.920
<v Speaker 1>You've promised that if we stay connected to you, and

1031
00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:45.880
<v Speaker 1>that if we have your word in our hearts, that

1032
00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:49.800
<v Speaker 1>we can ask what we will and it will be done.

1033
00:54:50.480 --> 00:54:53.119
<v Speaker 1>I thank you for these people who are here. They

1034
00:54:53.199 --> 00:54:56.000
<v Speaker 1>love you, They're good people. They want to do what's right.

1035
00:54:57.840 --> 00:54:59.440
<v Speaker 1>If they weren't interested in doing it's right, they're going

1036
00:54:59.480 --> 00:55:03.400
<v Speaker 1>to stay home TV today. But they're here and it

1037
00:55:03.440 --> 00:55:06.760
<v Speaker 1>says that their heart is in the right direction. So

1038
00:55:06.880 --> 00:55:11.280
<v Speaker 1>I ask you on their behalf to hear their prayers

1039
00:55:11.320 --> 00:55:18.239
<v Speaker 1>for Jesus sake, Now you pray, say God, I want

1040
00:55:18.280 --> 00:55:19.079
<v Speaker 1>to learn to seek you.

1041
00:55:21.039 --> 00:55:22.000
<v Speaker 2>I want to build a.

1042
00:55:22.039 --> 00:55:25.039
<v Speaker 1>Habit that I don't ever go to bed at night,

1043
00:55:26.480 --> 00:55:28.760
<v Speaker 1>even if I've only read the Bible for one minute

1044
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<v Speaker 1>and prayed for one minute, I don't put my head

1045
00:55:30.800 --> 00:55:32.559
<v Speaker 1>on the pillow without at.

1046
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<v Speaker 2>Least one conversation with You.

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<v Speaker 1>Help me to see that your plan for my life

1048
00:55:39.960 --> 00:55:45.719
<v Speaker 1>involves your timing and my praying, and that many times

1049
00:55:45.719 --> 00:55:50.360
<v Speaker 1>I have not because I asked not. Teach me how

1050
00:55:50.400 --> 00:55:53.840
<v Speaker 1>to focus my attention on you. God, it's so easy

1051
00:55:53.880 --> 00:55:58.840
<v Speaker 1>to get distracted in this world. I want to turn

1052
00:55:58.960 --> 00:56:03.920
<v Speaker 1>my face to you, and Lord, teach me how to

1053
00:56:03.960 --> 00:56:07.239
<v Speaker 1>talk to you with emotion, to be authentic and real,

1054
00:56:07.480 --> 00:56:11.639
<v Speaker 1>not phony and fate. I'm going to realize that my

1055
00:56:11.840 --> 00:56:14.360
<v Speaker 1>tone and my heart are more important than the words.

1056
00:56:15.159 --> 00:56:17.280
<v Speaker 1>Thank You, that my prayer doesn't have to be beautiful

1057
00:56:17.320 --> 00:56:24.840
<v Speaker 1>and sound great. It just has to be honest and real. Lord,

1058
00:56:24.880 --> 00:56:27.119
<v Speaker 1>break my heart over the things that break your heart.

1059
00:56:28.679 --> 00:56:31.920
<v Speaker 1>Teach me to pour out my heart to you. And yes,

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<v Speaker 1>even if tears come, so be it.

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00:56:35.719 --> 00:56:35.920
<v Speaker 2>God.

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00:56:35.960 --> 00:56:38.519
<v Speaker 1>I've wandered away and I'm not as close to you

1063
00:56:38.599 --> 00:56:40.360
<v Speaker 1>as I've been in the past. I want to start

1064
00:56:40.440 --> 00:56:48.480
<v Speaker 1>back home again today. Help me to demonstrate my seriousness

1065
00:56:48.920 --> 00:56:50.960
<v Speaker 1>by even willing to be willing to go without food

1066
00:56:51.719 --> 00:56:55.079
<v Speaker 1>to show as a symbol as a sign that I'm serious.

1067
00:56:56.719 --> 00:56:57.880
<v Speaker 2>About what I'm praying about.

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00:57:00.079 --> 00:57:03.800
<v Speaker 1>Thank you for loving me, God, Thank you for your promises.

1069
00:57:04.519 --> 00:57:07.559
<v Speaker 1>Thank you that you are faithful when I'm unfaithful. You're

1070
00:57:07.599 --> 00:57:11.000
<v Speaker 1>consistent when I'm inconsistent. Thank you that when I come

1071
00:57:11.000 --> 00:57:14.639
<v Speaker 1>and I humble myself to you and I admit what

1072
00:57:14.719 --> 00:57:18.239
<v Speaker 1>I've done wrong, and I admit my rebellion, you don't

1073
00:57:18.280 --> 00:57:22.559
<v Speaker 1>punish me, but you forgive me, and you wrap me

1074
00:57:23.840 --> 00:57:29.840
<v Speaker 1>in your embrace. God, we ask you to work in

1075
00:57:29.880 --> 00:57:33.440
<v Speaker 1>our hearts and lives. If you've never invited Christ to

1076
00:57:33.480 --> 00:57:35.400
<v Speaker 1>your life, said Jesus Christ, I ask you to come

1077
00:57:35.400 --> 00:57:39.280
<v Speaker 1>into my heart and life right now. Make yourself real

1078
00:57:39.320 --> 00:57:43.079
<v Speaker 1>to me. I want to learn to trust you, and

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00:57:43.119 --> 00:57:46.320
<v Speaker 1>I want you to be the manager, Dear Jesus Christ,

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00:57:46.360 --> 00:57:50.599
<v Speaker 1>a manager of my life. And I pray this humbly

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<v Speaker 1>in your name.

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<v Speaker 2>Amen,