WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:03.710 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.750 --> 00:00:06.509 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun and 3 00:00:06.589 --> 00:00:13.259 practical ways. Hey everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys and 4 00:00:13.300 --> 00:00:14.039 happy Friday! 5 00:00:14.259 --> 00:00:14.720 Here we are! 6 00:00:14.740 --> 00:00:16.179 I said happy Thursday before. 7 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:16.699 I know. 8 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:18.589 But it's even happier because.. 9 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:20.820 Fridays are always happy. Let's be honest, Fridays are sort 10 00:00:20.859 --> 00:00:25.589 of better. Always happy. Yes. TGIF. Friday, Friday, Friday! That's right. 11 00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:29.149 And today we are wrapping up this week about prayers 12 00:00:29.210 --> 00:00:32.270 of intercessory. They're actually in the middle of our sort 13 00:00:32.289 --> 00:00:35.670 of bigger series, which is dangerous prayers. And prayers of 14 00:00:35.689 --> 00:00:40.299 intercession have just been the theme this week. So anyway, 15 00:00:40.310 --> 00:00:43.780 before we get to that, we have a segment that 16 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:49.340 is actually, it's actually called the praise report with a twist. Oh. 17 00:00:49.500 --> 00:00:52.020 And it says this, Desiree says, each of you will 18 00:00:52.060 --> 00:00:53.780 share something you're grateful for. 19 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:54.479 This is a good one. 20 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:59.759 But you must describe it like it's a dramatic movie trailer. Ooh. 21 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:02.060 So I went to chat GPT for mine. 22 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:02.560 Yeah. 23 00:01:02.579 --> 00:01:05.400 So did I. Yeah. Okay, good. Do you want to 24 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:05.659 go first? 25 00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:06.980 No, no, you go first. You go first. 26 00:01:08.109 --> 00:01:12.340 So I told ChatGPT, well, should I just read it? 27 00:01:13.219 --> 00:01:14.620 Read what you told ChatGPT? 28 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:16.799 No, or should I just read the trailer? 29 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:19.040 Read the trailer and then tell them what you told ChatGPT. 30 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:19.599 Okay, here we go. 31 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:19.879 Ready? 32 00:01:19.980 --> 00:01:22.760 Yeah. You'll be able to figure out what I'm thankful 33 00:01:22.780 --> 00:01:23.420 for really quick. 34 00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:23.780 Okay. 35 00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:29.250 Here we go. In a world filled with uncertainty, chaos, 36 00:01:30.049 --> 00:01:36.650 and cheap, scratchy sandpaper disguised as toilet paper, one man 37 00:01:36.769 --> 00:01:41.590 dares to hope for more. And then it happens. You 38 00:01:41.629 --> 00:01:48.969 walk in and it's there. Soft, strong, quality, like wiping 39 00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:53.230 with the embrace of an angel. Because when a company 40 00:01:53.290 --> 00:01:55.790 cares enough to give you this kind of comfort in 41 00:01:55.829 --> 00:01:59.799 a public restroom, just imagine the kind of excellence they 42 00:01:59.829 --> 00:02:05.980 bring to everything else they do. This is gratitude. This 43 00:02:06.099 --> 00:02:09.819 is luxury. This is hope. 44 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:19.400 Softness. Okay. So, good TP. That's what you're thinking. 45 00:02:19.460 --> 00:02:20.180 In a public place. 46 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:21.060 In a public place. 47 00:02:21.449 --> 00:02:21.729 That's it. 48 00:02:21.889 --> 00:02:24.150 It's the little things, Chris. Yeah. It's just a little thing. 49 00:02:24.169 --> 00:02:24.650 Well, I mean. 50 00:02:24.990 --> 00:02:26.310 That's what you're grateful for. 51 00:02:26.949 --> 00:02:28.930 No, no, no. That's a thing I'm grateful for. 52 00:02:28.990 --> 00:02:29.250 Okay. 53 00:02:29.389 --> 00:02:30.370 That's not the thing. 54 00:02:30.650 --> 00:02:30.870 Okay. 55 00:02:30.930 --> 00:02:32.979 It just said type in something you're grateful for. 56 00:02:32.990 --> 00:02:33.639 Something you're grateful for. 57 00:02:33.669 --> 00:02:35.129 Okay. I chose something small, Jeff. 58 00:02:35.169 --> 00:02:36.650 So what did you type in and tell it that 59 00:02:36.669 --> 00:02:38.169 you wanted it to help you with? 60 00:02:38.550 --> 00:02:42.259 This is what I said. Write me a 90 second 61 00:02:42.300 --> 00:02:45.099 dramatic trailer about something I'm grateful for. The thing I'm 62 00:02:45.139 --> 00:02:47.039 grateful for is when I walk into a public restroom 63 00:02:47.060 --> 00:02:50.319 and there is soft, quality, expensive toilet paper. Because there's 64 00:02:50.340 --> 00:02:52.750 nothing worse than cheap toilet paper that feels like sandpaper. 65 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:56.250 Include the fact that providing this kind of care must 66 00:02:56.310 --> 00:02:59.590 mean that whatever product they are selling must also be great. 67 00:03:01.710 --> 00:03:02.930 You worked hard on that one. 68 00:03:04.069 --> 00:03:06.490 I did, but I wanted it to be specific. All right. 69 00:03:07.530 --> 00:03:11.129 Wow. Now I feel kind of corny about mine. Not corny. 70 00:03:12.069 --> 00:03:13.509 Oh, because yours is serious and lovey? 71 00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:13.909 Yes. 72 00:03:14.219 --> 00:03:14.360 Okay. 73 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:15.919 Are you thankful for your wife? 74 00:03:15.939 --> 00:03:16.400 Well, no. 75 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:19.909 Yes, I am, but that's not what I wrote. Okay, 76 00:03:19.969 --> 00:03:24.400 this says, deep booming voice, slow build with swelling strings. 77 00:03:25.060 --> 00:03:27.539 That's the, if you have a soundtrack in your head. 78 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:28.120 Okay. 79 00:03:28.419 --> 00:03:31.300 In a world where small town kids may not make 80 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:34.840 it very far, one young man discovers that God's plan 81 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:38.199 is bigger than his wildest dreams. Blessed with a family, 82 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:41.000 entrusted with a ministry, and carried by a grace he 83 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:45.050 never earned, this fall he realizes the truth. It was 84 00:03:45.270 --> 00:03:47.870 never about me. It was always about him. 85 00:03:49.259 --> 00:03:53.219 Okay. All right. So, wow, that's a big encompassing thing. 86 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:55.379 Yeah, I just wrote, I'm grateful for God's provision for 87 00:03:55.419 --> 00:03:57.300 me and my family, and I'm grateful for his incredible 88 00:03:57.319 --> 00:03:59.539 blessings on the ministries he's given me. I'm just a 89 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:01.909 small town kid that can't figure out how I got 90 00:04:01.969 --> 00:04:02.550 here from there. 91 00:04:03.430 --> 00:04:06.659 Okay. Right. There you go. Yeah. All right. So, yeah, 92 00:04:06.699 --> 00:04:12.400 yours was quite the opposite of mine. I went fun. Yeah. Well, TP. 93 00:04:12.689 --> 00:04:14.659 Yeah. TP is a big deal to Chris, if you 94 00:04:14.689 --> 00:04:15.030 don't know. 95 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:15.620 Well, it is. 96 00:04:15.659 --> 00:04:17.430 It's maybe one of his top five most important things 97 00:04:17.490 --> 00:04:17.769 in life. 98 00:04:17.910 --> 00:04:20.449 Well, I got to tell you, there are times where 99 00:04:20.649 --> 00:04:22.990 my wife, every once in a while, my wife will stray. 100 00:04:23.610 --> 00:04:28.649 And she'll say, oh, I'll just buy this. And I rebel. Yeah? Yeah. No, 101 00:04:28.730 --> 00:04:30.310 it's got to be Charmin Ultra. 102 00:04:30.329 --> 00:04:30.589 Okay. 103 00:04:30.889 --> 00:04:30.990 Yeah. 104 00:04:31.009 --> 00:04:31.410 That's it. 105 00:04:31.449 --> 00:04:33.170 Charmin Ultra is the thing in my home. 106 00:04:33.410 --> 00:04:39.980 So, Chris is... You are very aware of comfort. Very aware. 107 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:40.779 Very aware. 108 00:04:40.860 --> 00:04:44.259 Very aware of comfort. Temperature, humidity. 109 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:45.740 Yes. 110 00:04:45.819 --> 00:04:48.720 The comfort of your seats. The clothes I wear. The 111 00:04:48.740 --> 00:04:51.220 clothes you wear, scratchy. Are you wet? 112 00:04:51.850 --> 00:04:52.060 Yes. 113 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:55.769 Right? All those things. So comfort is a very high 114 00:04:55.850 --> 00:04:57.350 value thing. Yeah. 115 00:04:57.769 --> 00:05:02.129 You know what? I never really... I've really put it 116 00:05:02.149 --> 00:05:04.920 in those terms before, but yeah, all of that is comfort. 117 00:05:05.379 --> 00:05:06.600 All of it. Even being wet. 118 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:07.839 Yeah. 119 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:07.980 100%. 120 00:05:07.980 --> 00:05:12.439 Yeah. It's just your thing. Chad Asman, our executive pastor, 121 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:15.509 and I, we'll talk about that, right? That, ooh, hey, 122 00:05:15.550 --> 00:05:17.149 we want to make sure this is comfortable for Chris. 123 00:05:17.189 --> 00:05:18.050 Yeah. For real. 124 00:05:18.170 --> 00:05:21.009 For real, because it's a big deal for you. We 125 00:05:21.029 --> 00:05:24.649 want you to be comfortable and happy. So funny. I just... 126 00:05:25.629 --> 00:05:26.949 I don't think about that very much. 127 00:05:26.970 --> 00:05:30.529 The fact that you even consider that is what a 128 00:05:30.529 --> 00:05:30.810 great thing. 129 00:05:30.850 --> 00:05:32.129 Pajamas, slippers. 130 00:05:32.470 --> 00:05:34.290 What a great thing that you even care. 131 00:05:34.310 --> 00:05:37.810 Blanket on your couch. I can't believe you even care. 132 00:05:37.990 --> 00:05:40.519 We do. That's so funny. We want you to be comfortable, man. 133 00:05:40.860 --> 00:05:41.579 Good gravy. 134 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.759 I figure, you know what? Hey, this is what good 135 00:05:44.819 --> 00:05:48.319 trainers do with racehorses. Make sure they're comfortable so when 136 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:51.019 it's time to hit the track, they run hard. And 137 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:52.470 I figure if you've got a good horse, ride it. 138 00:05:52.899 --> 00:05:53.899 So keep him comfortable. 139 00:05:53.930 --> 00:05:57.199 That's so funny. Yeah. Right. Yeah. The only thing you 140 00:05:57.220 --> 00:05:59.430 have to do is make them comfortable. Yeah. It's really 141 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:01.610 not that hard. It's great. 142 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:06.389 Yeah. Yeah. Comfort is a thing. So good for you, man. 143 00:06:06.689 --> 00:06:08.410 That was really a good one. I thought you, you 144 00:06:08.550 --> 00:06:09.170 read it well. 145 00:06:09.449 --> 00:06:10.350 Yeah. Thank you. 146 00:06:10.389 --> 00:06:10.689 Thank you. 147 00:06:11.110 --> 00:06:13.170 Well, it was, it was ridiculous. It was like, this 148 00:06:13.269 --> 00:06:14.250 is hope. Yes. 149 00:06:14.610 --> 00:06:15.269 This is hope. 150 00:06:16.050 --> 00:06:16.610 It's so funny. 151 00:06:16.629 --> 00:06:19.089 It doesn't take, well, it's easy to lose hope when 152 00:06:19.110 --> 00:06:20.410 you're not comfortable. Yeah. 153 00:06:20.449 --> 00:06:20.610 Sure. 154 00:06:20.649 --> 00:06:21.790 If that's a high value for you. 155 00:06:21.889 --> 00:06:26.269 Yeah. Well, And I've always, Chad's dreading what I'm, he's 156 00:06:26.290 --> 00:06:28.370 hoping I'm not going to say this, but I always 157 00:06:28.389 --> 00:06:30.490 poke fun of him at the deal that he made 158 00:06:30.509 --> 00:06:33.910 with Heritage Toilet Paper at a church. Yeah, because it's 159 00:06:33.949 --> 00:06:35.649 a deal. It's a company that says, hey, if you 160 00:06:36.310 --> 00:06:37.269 buy all of our products. 161 00:06:37.310 --> 00:06:38.430 Yeah, yeah, you get a really good deal. 162 00:06:38.449 --> 00:06:39.529 You get a good discount. 163 00:06:39.569 --> 00:06:41.850 Yeah, but it's not Charmin Ultra. 164 00:06:42.329 --> 00:06:45.529 It's a far cry. So if you have sandpaper on 165 00:06:45.649 --> 00:06:47.709 one end and you have Charmin Ultra on the other end, 166 00:06:48.230 --> 00:06:51.500 it's sort of like over 50% this way. Yeah. It's 167 00:06:51.579 --> 00:06:53.600 past the 50% mark toward the sandpaper. 168 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:54.579 Okay, well. 169 00:06:54.750 --> 00:06:55.899 And I'm just like, I'm like. 170 00:06:56.149 --> 00:06:57.810 So if we have any listeners left. 171 00:06:58.550 --> 00:06:59.410 Right, right. 172 00:06:59.629 --> 00:07:00.790 After this riveting segment. 173 00:07:00.810 --> 00:07:02.430 Hey, we're only six minutes and 49 seconds. 174 00:07:02.449 --> 00:07:06.610 Yeah, after this riveting segment, maybe what you need to 175 00:07:06.649 --> 00:07:07.910 do is pray about it. 176 00:07:08.740 --> 00:07:11.100 Oh, pray about the 12th of February? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 177 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:15.019 Which, funny enough, Jesus taught us to pray. 178 00:07:15.100 --> 00:07:16.160 You know, that is funny. Yeah. 179 00:07:18.490 --> 00:07:19.990 But in the prayer he gave us.. 180 00:07:19.970 --> 00:07:22.410 Terrible transition. In the prayer he gave us... We're back 181 00:07:22.430 --> 00:07:25.110 to terrible transition. Yeah, it's terrible. 182 00:07:25.610 --> 00:07:30.100 It's awful. So here you go. In Matthew chapter six, 183 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:35.579 verse five, it says, when you pray, don't be like 184 00:07:35.860 --> 00:07:39.319 the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners 185 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:41.480 and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I 186 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:44.040 tell you the truth, that is all the reward they 187 00:07:44.060 --> 00:07:47.709 will ever get. But when you pray... Let me say 188 00:07:47.740 --> 00:07:51.600 that again. But when you pray, go away by yourself, 189 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:53.759 shut the door behind you and pray to your father 190 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:57.360 in private. And then your father who sees everything will 191 00:07:57.540 --> 00:08:01.100 reward you. When you pray, don't babble on and on 192 00:08:01.139 --> 00:08:03.430 as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered 193 00:08:03.459 --> 00:08:06.529 merely by repeating their words again and again. Don't be 194 00:08:06.550 --> 00:08:09.209 like them, for your father knows exactly what you need 195 00:08:09.410 --> 00:08:13.129 even before you ask him. Pray like this. Our father 196 00:08:13.170 --> 00:08:16.250 in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your 197 00:08:16.290 --> 00:08:18.930 kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth 198 00:08:19.009 --> 00:08:22.170 as it is in heaven. Give us today the food 199 00:08:22.209 --> 00:08:25.149 we need and forgive us our sins as we have 200 00:08:25.189 --> 00:08:28.089 forgiven those who sin against us. And don't let us 201 00:08:28.149 --> 00:08:31.540 yield the temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. 202 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:34.980 If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly 203 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.440 father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, 204 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:42.710 your father will not forgive your sins. Well, there you go. 205 00:08:43.259 --> 00:08:48.179 Well, there it is. And so this is an intercessory prayer. Uh, 206 00:08:48.350 --> 00:08:54.110 because really it is, uh, praying, uh, on, on behalf 207 00:08:54.149 --> 00:08:56.710 of others because the language is us, right? Mm-hmm. 208 00:08:56.730 --> 00:08:57.289 Mm-hmm. 209 00:08:57.470 --> 00:09:00.549 So it's not just me, it's us. It's almost as 210 00:09:00.610 --> 00:09:01.389 if you're praying. 211 00:09:01.409 --> 00:09:04.129 Give us today, forgive us our sins. Yeah. Let us. 212 00:09:04.570 --> 00:09:07.009 Either, either this is a prayer praying for a family 213 00:09:07.129 --> 00:09:11.159 unit or, or a community or people or a kingdom 214 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.299 or a nation, right? Right. But either way. 215 00:09:13.419 --> 00:09:15.240 So it can be a personal prayer, but it's written 216 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:16.200 as a collective prayer. 217 00:09:16.259 --> 00:09:16.980 It is, isn't it? Yeah. 218 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:17.120 Mm-hmm. 219 00:09:17.490 --> 00:09:19.950 Yeah, it definitely falls into the intercessor category. 220 00:09:20.049 --> 00:09:23.669 So this happens in Matthew chapter 6. So Matthew 5, 6, 221 00:09:23.669 --> 00:09:25.850 and 7 are what we call the Sermon on the Mount, 222 00:09:25.889 --> 00:09:29.149 which we referenced earlier this week in one of the 223 00:09:29.190 --> 00:09:32.509 games we played. And in the Sermon on the Mount, 224 00:09:32.629 --> 00:09:35.129 this is where Jesus teaches us. This is the longest 225 00:09:35.190 --> 00:09:37.490 message he preaches in the Bible. And this is where 226 00:09:37.509 --> 00:09:41.269 he teaches us almost all the things that have made 227 00:09:41.309 --> 00:09:44.610 it into mainstream society that we know Jesus said. Turn 228 00:09:44.629 --> 00:09:47.570 the other cheek, go the extra mile. Judge not that 229 00:09:47.590 --> 00:09:50.320 you be not judged. He taught us the golden rule. 230 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:51.740 Treat people the way you want to be treated. 231 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:53.120 The truth will set you free. Right. 232 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:56.350 There's so many things in here that we know that 233 00:09:56.870 --> 00:09:59.529 have kind of made it into pop culture. Jesus taught 234 00:09:59.570 --> 00:09:59.970 us these things. 235 00:10:00.179 --> 00:10:00.340 Here. 236 00:10:00.659 --> 00:10:03.500 And then he teaches us to pray. But it's interesting, 237 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:06.559 this prayer thing is in the middle of three big 238 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:09.559 things that he's kind of referencing as my followers do 239 00:10:09.620 --> 00:10:12.490 these things. He says, when you give, in verse two, 240 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.570 to someone in need, don't do as hypocrites do, looking 241 00:10:15.590 --> 00:10:18.809 for attention. Then he says, when you pray... Don't go 242 00:10:18.850 --> 00:10:20.710 out in public and always just be showing off with 243 00:10:20.730 --> 00:10:23.169 your big fancy words. Instead, this is a private thing 244 00:10:23.210 --> 00:10:26.529 between you and God. And then in verse 16, he says, 245 00:10:26.629 --> 00:10:30.470 when you fast. So there's this expectation Jesus has that 246 00:10:30.509 --> 00:10:32.769 his followers are going to be generous to others. They're 247 00:10:32.789 --> 00:10:35.710 going to pray to God. They're going to fast on 248 00:10:35.730 --> 00:10:39.149 behalf of their own situations and the needs of others, right? 249 00:10:39.649 --> 00:10:42.100 Those three things, they're kind of an expectation. He doesn't 250 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:44.720 say if you pray or if you give or if 251 00:10:44.740 --> 00:10:47.019 you fast, he says, when you do these things. And 252 00:10:47.059 --> 00:10:49.600 so there's kind of this understanding that there are certain behaviors, 253 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:54.639 certain disciplines that Christians would do, followers of God would 254 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:56.539 be doing. And this is one of the expectations. 255 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:59.200 Which is the series that we're in now called Old School. 256 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:03.879 Old School behaviors and attitudes and disciplines and habits of 257 00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:05.200 Christians and what Christians do. 258 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:08.480 So then prayer should be a habit is kind of 259 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:09.740 where I was going with that, right? This is one 260 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:12.419 of the things that God's people should be doing. And 261 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:14.850 so he's not saying don't ever pray out loud in 262 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:17.250 front of other people. You know, you read that beginning, 263 00:11:17.269 --> 00:11:21.389 he says, hey, go by yourself, shut the door behind you, 264 00:11:21.490 --> 00:11:22.529 pray to your father in private. 265 00:11:22.549 --> 00:11:24.190 He's talking about the motivation. 266 00:11:24.210 --> 00:11:27.710 He's talking about motivation, right? Because the Pharisees and some 267 00:11:27.730 --> 00:11:30.269 of the hypocrites, they loved just getting everybody to pray 268 00:11:30.309 --> 00:11:36.129 the big prayers, use the big words, deep voice, public humility, 269 00:11:36.250 --> 00:11:38.129 and all that kind of stuff. And Jesus just saying 270 00:11:38.149 --> 00:11:38.610 that's fake. 271 00:11:39.029 --> 00:11:41.740 And that's, and by the way, that's, again, that's the 272 00:11:41.750 --> 00:11:44.759 reason why my mind goes toward Not giving the Pharisees 273 00:11:44.820 --> 00:11:48.840 credit because it's like they were just all about not 274 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:52.460 necessarily the heart of what's honest and real. The prayer 275 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:56.139 didn't matter as much as the glory. So anyway. 276 00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:59.889 It doesn't say Pharisees. It just says hypocrites. 277 00:12:02.429 --> 00:12:06.990 You are correct. But I think another version says Pharisees. 278 00:12:07.090 --> 00:12:08.870 Another translation. Another gospel says Pharisees. 279 00:12:08.889 --> 00:12:09.289 I'll look it up. 280 00:12:09.710 --> 00:12:13.629 Yeah, look it up. Because that'd be an interesting tidbit. 281 00:12:14.350 --> 00:12:19.149 But anyway, I love how he says, don't pontificate. Yes. 282 00:12:19.250 --> 00:12:22.850 Don't use big words and just ramble on. And then 283 00:12:22.889 --> 00:12:26.000 he says, don't use the words again and again. In 284 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:28.379 other words, what he's saying is repetition ain't going to 285 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:29.000 get you anywhere. 286 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:29.419 Right. 287 00:12:29.620 --> 00:12:32.259 Right? And by the way, it's a little ironic because 288 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:36.750 then he lays out the Lord's Prayer that's commonly known 289 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:40.330 as the Lord's Prayer that people in a lot of faiths, 290 00:12:40.429 --> 00:12:43.500 they actually repeat over and over. Like, hey, say 10 291 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:47.299 Our Fathers, right? Right. Which is repetition. And yet it 292 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:51.460 comes just a few verses after him saying, repetition's not 293 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:53.779 going to get you anywhere. Isn't that interesting? Right. 294 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:56.059 And by the wayâ You don't have to keep saying 295 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:57.220 the same thing over and over and over. 296 00:12:57.259 --> 00:12:57.759 Right, right, right. 297 00:12:57.799 --> 00:12:59.580 God, please forgive me. God, please forgive me. God, please 298 00:12:59.600 --> 00:12:59.860 forgive me. 299 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.179 That's right. 300 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:01.950 And by the way, that's notâ Say five Hail Marys. 301 00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:06.490 Right. And that's not me putting down a certain faith 302 00:13:06.669 --> 00:13:08.779 in general. I have actually a lot of respect forâ 303 00:13:09.409 --> 00:13:11.450 for the faith that I grew up in, which taught this, right? 304 00:13:12.149 --> 00:13:15.129 You know, hey, say a bunch of, you know, our fathers. 305 00:13:15.210 --> 00:13:17.110 I grew up in that faith and I have a 306 00:13:17.110 --> 00:13:19.409 lot of respect for it. So that's not me disrespecting it. 307 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:21.539 But what I am saying is this, there is a 308 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:25.059 pretty fundamental difference in belief and that's okay. And so 309 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:27.940 I believe that this was not given to recite. Now, 310 00:13:28.340 --> 00:13:31.049 do I believe reciting this prayer is a bad thing? No, 311 00:13:31.070 --> 00:13:33.230 of course not. Reciting is a good thing. That's fine. 312 00:13:33.970 --> 00:13:37.580 But the idea of saying like, okay, the greater the sin, 313 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:40.019 the more you have to repeat. Well, that's clearly what 314 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:45.080 Jesus said doesn't get you anywhere. Right. Besides that, here's 315 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:47.360 the other reason why we know that it wasn't given 316 00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:50.139 to us as a prayer to recite. It's because in 317 00:13:50.210 --> 00:13:52.909 another gospel, when he teaches us how to pray, he 318 00:13:52.950 --> 00:13:57.450 leaves a certain part out. Right? So he taught us 319 00:13:57.470 --> 00:14:00.379 to pray differently. So it's almost as if, you know, 320 00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:02.379 you go to the other gospel and you say, Jesus, 321 00:14:02.419 --> 00:14:03.490 don't you know the Lord's Prayer? 322 00:14:03.509 --> 00:14:04.070 Right. 323 00:14:04.269 --> 00:14:06.429 And Jesus is like, ah, that's because it's not something 324 00:14:06.450 --> 00:14:10.090 to recite. It's a pattern, isn't it? It's a model. 325 00:14:10.870 --> 00:14:13.789 It is Jesus saying, hey, here's the building blocks of 326 00:14:13.830 --> 00:14:17.649 a great prayer. Yeah. Right? So anyway, was it the 327 00:14:17.669 --> 00:14:21.019 Pharisees and the other gospels? No. It was not? No. Okay. 328 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:23.179 So I just attached it. Or in the other translation. 329 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.009 So I attached it. 330 00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:24.440 Yeah, yeah. 331 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:30.000 Okay, okay. So... So maybe I'm thinking of the Pharisees 332 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:31.460 standing on the corner putting ashes. 333 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:33.059 On their heads. He calls them hypocrites. 334 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:33.940 Remember when they fast? 335 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:34.740 Yeah. 336 00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:36.899 I think it's the Pharisees putting ashes on their heads. 337 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:37.460 Yeah. 338 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:38.299 When it's fasting. 339 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:43.629 So this idea, Jesus does teach us to be persistent 340 00:14:43.669 --> 00:14:44.049 in prayer. 341 00:14:44.649 --> 00:14:44.789 Yes. 342 00:14:44.809 --> 00:14:46.389 So he's not saying it's wrong to come back to 343 00:14:46.429 --> 00:14:48.389 God with the same prayer request you had last time. 344 00:14:48.710 --> 00:14:49.110 Correct. 345 00:14:49.129 --> 00:14:51.669 That's not wrong. So he teaches us to be persistent. 346 00:14:52.169 --> 00:14:54.100 He talks about the woman who keeps coming back to 347 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:56.860 the judge. He talks about continuing to knock on the door. 348 00:14:57.470 --> 00:15:02.429 Continue to ask, continue to seek, right? So he's not 349 00:15:02.529 --> 00:15:07.590 saying that persistence is wrong. He's saying that going through 350 00:15:07.610 --> 00:15:11.500 the motions over and over and over again is wrong. 351 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:14.980 So I was with somebody from another faith who also 352 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:20.460 is famous for praying. And we were getting ready to 353 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:22.100 go do a thing, but it was time for prayers. 354 00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:24.990 And so I said, oh, okay. Hey, you know what? 355 00:15:25.049 --> 00:15:26.370 I'll wait. He goes, oh no, I can get this 356 00:15:26.409 --> 00:15:30.309 done real quick. I know this prayer. Come back over. 357 00:15:31.870 --> 00:15:35.110 So I just remember. So then I asked him about it. Oh, 358 00:15:35.129 --> 00:15:37.330 I say that prayer every time I'm in a hurry. 359 00:15:37.350 --> 00:15:39.549 I just hurry up and do that one. I said, well, 360 00:15:39.570 --> 00:15:42.809 it feels a little perfunctory. He goes, well, we're commanded to. 361 00:15:42.830 --> 00:15:44.289 We have to pray five times a day. We have 362 00:15:44.309 --> 00:15:47.629 to do this. And so then it turned into a 363 00:15:47.649 --> 00:15:49.750 conversation about prayer. And I said, you know, Jesus said, 364 00:15:50.950 --> 00:15:52.690 don't just keep saying the same words over and over 365 00:15:52.710 --> 00:15:56.159 and over again, repetitively. What God's looking for is a 366 00:15:56.149 --> 00:16:00.649 relational relationship. experience, right? Where we're speaking from our hearts. 367 00:16:00.669 --> 00:16:01.830 God wants your heart. Right. 368 00:16:02.090 --> 00:16:05.740 He wants our hearts. And in another translation, it says, 369 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:07.740 when you pray, don't babble on and on as the 370 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:10.659 pagans do. It's what the King James says, right? Here 371 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:12.840 he says, as the Gentiles do, because they think their 372 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:15.200 prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. 373 00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:21.509 An incantation, a spell, right? Some kind of, that's how 374 00:16:21.529 --> 00:16:24.710 a lot of people feel. If I just chant this thing, om, 375 00:16:25.129 --> 00:16:27.399 then I'm going to be able to get God's attention. 376 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:29.919 And what Jesus is saying, listen, it's not spells. It's 377 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:33.360 not incantations. It's not chanting that's going to get my attention. 378 00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:38.110 It's a personal conversation between a child and his father. 379 00:16:38.909 --> 00:16:40.669 That's what gets my attention. And then he goes, hey, 380 00:16:40.710 --> 00:16:42.049 here's a good framework. If you're going to talk to 381 00:16:42.070 --> 00:16:44.070 your dad about these things, first of all, acknowledge who 382 00:16:44.110 --> 00:16:46.620 he is, right? Our father who art in heaven. So 383 00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:50.419 we're acknowledging who he is. Hallowed be your name or 384 00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:53.360 in this one, may your name be kept holy. That's 385 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:55.159 the meaning of it. What we're doing now is we're 386 00:16:55.210 --> 00:16:58.509 celebrating him for who he is. That's really what you're 387 00:16:58.549 --> 00:17:01.110 doing there. You're the creator. You're the provider. You're the 388 00:17:01.169 --> 00:17:04.589 one that is not bound by this earth or no 389 00:17:04.630 --> 00:17:06.670 problem is too big for you. That's what we're doing. 390 00:17:06.690 --> 00:17:09.730 We're having a conversation. It's not specifically those words. It's 391 00:17:09.789 --> 00:17:12.910 that attitude. And then when he says, may your kingdom 392 00:17:12.970 --> 00:17:18.019 come soon, and may your will be done on earth 393 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:19.619 as it is in heaven, is saying now, and you're 394 00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:23.180 in charge. So I recognize who you are. I recognize 395 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:25.759 that there's nothing you can't do. And so I want 396 00:17:25.849 --> 00:17:27.710 you to do what you decide is best. 397 00:17:28.190 --> 00:17:28.329 Right. 398 00:17:28.369 --> 00:17:29.289 That's really what you're saying there. 399 00:17:29.369 --> 00:17:34.349 Yeah. So the building. So you're just boring me. 400 00:17:34.630 --> 00:17:37.089 Yeah. Sorry about that. You bore me. Chris is bored 401 00:17:37.130 --> 00:17:37.609