1 00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:04,900 Well please open your Bible at Matthew chapter six and verse 11. 2 00:00:04,900 –> 00:00:09,140 We’re looking today at the 4th petition of the Lord’s Prayer, 3 00:00:09,140 –> 00:00:14,140 give us this day our daily bread. 4 00:00:14,140 –> 00:00:18,660 Now we’ve seen that there are six petitions in the Lord’s Prayer. 5 00:00:18,660 –> 00:00:22,840 Three of them are concerned with God and his glory and three of them 6 00:00:22,840 –> 00:00:25,879 are concerned with us and our need. 7 00:00:26,500 –> 00:00:30,260 The Lord’s Prayer is really like a template for our prayers, 8 00:00:30,260 –> 00:00:34,180 the six petitions are really like six pegs on which 9 00:00:34,180 –> 00:00:37,619 you can hang all of your prayers. 10 00:00:37,619 –> 00:00:42,060 So under hallowed be your name, we pray for the church 11 00:00:42,060 –> 00:00:46,980 and for all who bear the name of the Lord Jesus Christ 12 00:00:46,980 –> 00:00:50,820 that his name may be borne with honour and that it 13 00:00:50,820 –> 00:00:54,240 may be held up and esteemed. 14 00:00:54,439 –> 00:00:56,779 We pray that under your kingdom come we pray for those 15 00:00:56,779 –> 00:01:00,220 who are not yet in the kingdom, for those who resist 16 00:01:00,220 –> 00:01:03,580 Christ’s rule, for those who we long to come to 17 00:01:03,580 –> 00:01:07,419 living faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and under 18 00:01:07,419 –> 00:01:10,879 your will be done we pray for strength to bear the 19 00:01:10,879 –> 00:01:15,180 burdens that God has called us to carry and to obey 20 00:01:15,180 –> 00:01:19,500 the commands that he has called us to obey. 21 00:01:19,760 –> 00:01:25,480 You can use the six petitions of the Lord’s prayer 22 00:01:25,480 –> 00:01:30,400 really as a framework for all of your praying and 23 00:01:30,400 –> 00:01:34,699 when you face an issue in which you need to make a 24 00:01:34,699 –> 00:01:39,279 decision, you may find this helpful. Pray about it 25 00:01:39,279 –> 00:01:43,680 first in terms of the Lord’s prayer. Ask, how does 26 00:01:43,680 –> 00:01:47,839 this impact the honour of God’s name? How would 27 00:01:47,839 –> 00:01:52,680 this advance Christ’s glorious kingdom? And in what 28 00:01:52,680 –> 00:01:57,639 way would this involve God’s will being done? 29 00:01:57,639 –> 00:02:01,480 So we’ve seen that Jesus teaches us to begin not 30 00:02:01,480 –> 00:02:04,519 with ourselves and with our needs, but to begin with 31 00:02:04,519 –> 00:02:08,119 God and His glory and then in the light of that and 32 00:02:08,119 –> 00:02:11,720 our commitment to the honour of His name and to the 33 00:02:11,720 –> 00:02:14,740 advance of His kingdom and to the doing of His will. 34 00:02:14,839 –> 00:02:18,839 So committed to these things now we come and we ask 35 00:02:18,839 –> 00:02:23,039 that He will supply what we need. Now what do we need? 36 00:02:23,039 –> 00:02:26,119 Well, there are three things that we need that our 37 00:02:26,119 –> 00:02:29,520 Lord Jesus teaches us to pray for in this marvellous 38 00:02:29,520 –> 00:02:32,720 prayer. First, we need to be sustained and that’s 39 00:02:32,720 –> 00:02:35,100 what we’re looking at today. We need to be clothed. 40 00:02:35,100 –> 00:02:38,839 Particularly, we need to be fed. Then we need to be 41 00:02:38,839 –> 00:02:44,080 forgiven because our sins are many and then we need 42 00:02:44,119 –> 00:02:47,619 to be strengthened against the temptations that lurk 43 00:02:47,619 –> 00:02:52,559 within us and delivered from the evils that are all 44 00:02:52,559 –> 00:02:55,619 around us. And so today we come to the fourth 45 00:02:55,619 –> 00:03:00,720 petition of the Lord’s Prayer, give us this day our 46 00:03:00,720 –> 00:03:06,259 daily bread. Now there are four things that 47 00:03:06,259 –> 00:03:10,940 praying this prayer will do for us I want us to see 48 00:03:11,000 –> 00:03:13,699 today how praying this prayer will help us to 49 00:03:13,699 –> 00:03:16,940 acknowledge our dependence, how it will help us to 50 00:03:16,940 –> 00:03:20,479 grow in gratitude, how it will deepen our 51 00:03:20,479 –> 00:03:24,619 compassion, and how it will affirm God’s 52 00:03:24,619 –> 00:03:27,779 faithfulness. Let’s begin here then. This prayer, 53 00:03:27,779 –> 00:03:33,820 as you pray it, will acknowledge our depends. 54 00:03:33,820 –> 00:03:39,399 Give us this day our daily bread. And I want to 55 00:03:39,539 –> 00:03:43,660 focus first on this very important word, give. 56 00:03:43,660 –> 00:03:49,940 Give. Give us this day our daily bread. 57 00:03:49,940 –> 00:03:55,899 Now when we ask God to give us our bread 58 00:03:55,899 –> 00:03:58,440 we are very clearly acknowledging our 59 00:03:58,440 –> 00:04:02,740 dependence upon him. And that’s against our 60 00:04:02,740 –> 00:04:05,360 nature, because, by nature, what we want to do 61 00:04:05,360 –> 00:04:08,820 is declare our independence. But when we’ve 62 00:04:08,820 –> 00:04:11,320 come to know God as our loving heavenly 63 00:04:11,320 –> 00:04:15,600 Father, we gladly affirm that every good 64 00:04:15,600 –> 00:04:18,679 gift that we enjoy comes from our loving 65 00:04:18,679 –> 00:04:22,019 Father and comes down from his gracious 66 00:04:22,019 –> 00:04:23,399 hand. 67 00:04:23,399 –> 00:04:25,820 In other words, this prayer acknowledges 68 00:04:25,820 –> 00:04:30,940 that there are no self-made men or women 69 00:04:30,940 –> 00:04:36,119 anywhere. What do you have that you did not 70 00:04:36,519 –> 00:04:39,420 receive? It all comes from the good and 71 00:04:39,420 –> 00:04:42,579 the gracious hand of our loving God. 72 00:04:42,579 –> 00:04:47,019 And then, when we ask that God will give 73 00:04:47,019 –> 00:04:49,739 us our daily bread, we’re also 74 00:04:49,739 –> 00:04:52,500 recognizing that God doesn’t owe us 75 00:04:52,500 –> 00:04:56,260 anything. Now, next time, God willing, 76 00:04:56,260 –> 00:04:59,779 we’ll come to the fifth petition about 77 00:04:59,779 –> 00:05:03,160 forgiving us our debts. And there we 78 00:05:03,339 –> 00:05:06,399 recognize that there is a debt that all 79 00:05:06,399 –> 00:05:10,100 of us owe to God, but none of us can ever 80 00:05:10,100 –> 00:05:12,399 come to God and say, oh, there’s a debt 81 00:05:12,399 –> 00:05:16,320 that you owe to me. No. God owes us 82 00:05:16,320 –> 00:05:20,660 nothing, and all that we have is a 83 00:05:20,660 –> 00:05:25,299 free gift from his loving and his 84 00:05:25,299 –> 00:05:31,519 gracious hand. Now, I guess that the 85 00:05:31,619 –> 00:05:35,720 sense of daily dependence upon God for 86 00:05:35,720 –> 00:05:39,040 the provision of what we need was 87 00:05:39,040 –> 00:05:41,399 something that was felt more deeply and 88 00:05:41,399 –> 00:05:43,980 more immediately by people in earlier 89 00:05:43,980 –> 00:05:47,959 centuries than it often is today. I mean 90 00:05:47,959 –> 00:05:51,440 we have become used to brilliantly 91 00:05:51,440 –> 00:05:55,399 managed processes by which our food 92 00:05:55,399 –> 00:05:58,239 comes from the farm to the fork. 93 00:05:58,239 –> 00:06:01,000 But one thing surely that we are 94 00:06:01,000 –> 00:06:04,959 learning from this Corona virus is that 95 00:06:04,959 –> 00:06:08,059 things we assume will always be there 96 00:06:08,059 –> 00:06:12,760 can disappear very quickly indeed and we 97 00:06:12,760 –> 00:06:17,040 really do depend on God more than we may 98 00:06:17,040 –> 00:06:22,380 often think and Jesus teaches us to ask 99 00:06:22,380 –> 00:06:25,559 the Father to provide what we need today. 100 00:06:25,559 –> 00:06:30,179 Now in Bible times God’s people 101 00:06:30,179 –> 00:06:33,720 looked back to when God brought them out 102 00:06:33,720 –> 00:06:37,220 of Egypt where they had been slaves and 103 00:06:37,220 –> 00:06:40,739 God parted the Red Sea, brought them 104 00:06:40,739 –> 00:06:42,920 safely to the other side. 105 00:06:42,920 –> 00:06:45,619 But then of course God’s people faced a long 106 00:06:45,619 –> 00:06:48,899 trek to the promised land. They had to 107 00:06:48,899 –> 00:06:51,260 spend time in the wilderness. How were 108 00:06:51,260 –> 00:06:53,260 they going to survive? What in the world 109 00:06:53,260 –> 00:06:55,640 were they going to eat? 110 00:06:55,640 –> 00:06:59,200 The scripture tells us very wonderfully how God 111 00:06:59,440 –> 00:07:04,239 gave them manna from heaven. 112 00:07:04,239 –> 00:07:05,179 The Lord said to Moses, 113 00:07:05,179 –> 00:07:14,179 Behold I am about to rain bread down from heaven for you 114 00:07:14,179 –> 00:07:19,779 and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion 115 00:07:19,779 –> 00:07:20,500 every day. 116 00:07:20,500 –> 00:07:24,299 Now this manna that don’t you love that phrase 117 00:07:24,420 –> 00:07:27,079 It was rained down from heaven. 118 00:07:27,079 –> 00:07:31,720 It was like a kind of gum or a resin 119 00:07:31,720 –> 00:07:33,000 and it was on the ground 120 00:07:33,000 –> 00:07:36,320 it fell as it were with the Jew they found it in the morning 121 00:07:36,320 –> 00:07:39,239 and they gathered it they ground it they boiled it 122 00:07:39,239 –> 00:07:42,019 they made cakes with it 123 00:07:42,019 –> 00:07:45,239 and the scripture tells us that the taste of it 124 00:07:45,239 –> 00:07:48,440 was like the taste of cakes baked with oil 125 00:07:48,440 –> 00:07:51,279 when the Jew fell upon the camp at night 126 00:07:51,299 –> 00:07:54,140 the manna fell with it. 127 00:07:55,019 –> 00:08:00,019 now, this manna was a miraculous gift of God 128 00:08:01,059 –> 00:08:03,959 God provided it 129 00:08:03,959 –> 00:08:07,239 and when Jesus tells us to pray 130 00:08:07,239 –> 00:08:11,119 give us this day our daily bread 131 00:08:11,119 –> 00:08:15,320 he is reminding us that we depend on God 132 00:08:15,320 –> 00:08:20,320 for our food as much as the Israelites 133 00:08:20,320 –> 00:08:23,799 depended on manna in the desert 134 00:08:23,799 –> 00:08:27,119 now here’s the question 135 00:08:27,119 –> 00:08:31,760 I wonder if you really believe that 136 00:08:31,760 –> 00:08:36,840 that we depend on God 137 00:08:36,840 –> 00:08:40,039 as much as the Israelite in the desert 138 00:08:42,159 –> 00:08:45,440 see, if you have a job 139 00:08:45,440 –> 00:08:48,679 and if you want a home 140 00:08:49,539 –> 00:08:51,280 and if you’re in good health 141 00:08:51,280 –> 00:08:55,039 and if your kitchen is stocked with enough 142 00:08:55,039 –> 00:08:57,239 food to last you for some time 143 00:08:57,239 –> 00:09:00,940 and if you’re a wise steward of your money 144 00:09:00,940 –> 00:09:03,739 and you have a healthy 401k 145 00:09:03,739 –> 00:09:07,640 why would you need to pray 146 00:09:07,640 –> 00:09:12,280 give us this day our daily bread 147 00:09:12,280 –> 00:09:13,679 you have all you need for today 148 00:09:13,679 –> 00:09:14,599 it’s right there 149 00:09:15,359 –> 00:09:19,520 well you need to pray this prayer 150 00:09:19,520 –> 00:09:24,299 because everything you have can easily be lost 151 00:09:24,299 –> 00:09:28,960 and the Bible makes this very clear 152 00:09:28,960 –> 00:09:31,940 remember the story of Job 153 00:09:31,940 –> 00:09:33,320 here was a good man 154 00:09:33,320 –> 00:09:35,580 and God blessed him, prospered him 155 00:09:35,580 –> 00:09:37,119 he had a large family 156 00:09:37,119 –> 00:09:39,239 he had substantial assets 157 00:09:39,239 –> 00:09:42,080 and they were in sheep and in camels 158 00:09:42,080 –> 00:09:43,559 and Oxen and donkeys 159 00:09:43,559 –> 00:09:47,400 here was a man who had all that you could ever want 160 00:09:47,400 –> 00:09:49,919 or imagine 161 00:09:49,919 –> 00:09:51,239 and yet everything he had 162 00:09:51,239 –> 00:09:54,919 was lost in a single day 163 00:09:54,919 –> 00:09:59,039 enemies attacked Job’s servants 164 00:09:59,039 –> 00:10:02,419 lightning struck his sheep 165 00:10:02,419 –> 00:10:04,200 thieves stole his camels 166 00:10:04,200 –> 00:10:07,200 and then the house in which his children were gathered 167 00:10:07,200 –> 00:10:13,299 collapsed on them under a hurricane-force wind 168 00:10:13,400 –> 00:10:17,140 and then, disaster struck, Job said 169 00:10:17,140 –> 00:10:19,340 The Lord gave 170 00:10:19,340 –> 00:10:23,140 The Lord has taken away 171 00:10:23,140 –> 00:10:25,159 Blessed be the name 172 00:10:25,159 –> 00:10:27,159 of the Lord 173 00:10:27,159 –> 00:10:34,159 You see, a godly person knows that everything he or she has is a gift 174 00:10:34,280 –> 00:10:36,280 from the hand of God 175 00:10:36,280 –> 00:10:41,820 and we only have it as long as God wants us to keep it 176 00:10:42,539 –> 00:10:47,659 And then the bible tells us another story in the book of Ruth 177 00:10:47,659 –> 00:10:49,659 we read about a couple 178 00:10:49,659 –> 00:10:51,659 and they had two sons 179 00:10:51,659 –> 00:10:53,659 and they were a 180 00:10:53,659 –> 00:10:55,659 family of some means 181 00:10:55,659 –> 00:10:57,659 and so, when a time of 182 00:10:57,659 –> 00:10:59,659 famine came they were 183 00:10:59,659 –> 00:11:01,659 in a position where they were 184 00:11:01,659 –> 00:11:03,659 able simply to move to another country 185 00:11:03,659 –> 00:11:05,659 while they were there 186 00:11:05,659 –> 00:11:09,659 the man died 187 00:11:09,659 –> 00:11:11,659 and then sometime later 188 00:11:11,659 –> 00:11:13,659 the two adult sons died 189 00:11:13,659 –> 00:11:15,659 and the woman 190 00:11:15,659 –> 00:11:17,659 whose name Naomi 191 00:11:17,659 –> 00:11:19,659 was left 192 00:11:19,659 –> 00:11:21,659 she came back to her home 193 00:11:21,659 –> 00:11:23,659 and she said this 194 00:11:23,659 –> 00:11:25,659 I went away 195 00:11:25,659 –> 00:11:27,659 foul 196 00:11:27,659 –> 00:11:29,659 but the lord has brought me back empty 197 00:11:29,659 –> 00:11:31,659 see 198 00:11:31,659 –> 00:11:33,659 we depend on god 199 00:11:33,659 –> 00:11:35,659 not only to provide 200 00:11:35,659 –> 00:11:37,659 what we need 201 00:11:37,659 –> 00:11:39,659 but also to keep 202 00:11:39,659 –> 00:11:41,659 what we have 203 00:11:42,659 –> 00:11:44,659 and then jesus tells us 204 00:11:44,659 –> 00:11:46,659 another story in the new testament 205 00:11:46,659 –> 00:11:48,659 a story about a rich man 206 00:11:48,659 –> 00:11:50,659 who lost everything 207 00:11:50,659 –> 00:11:52,659 god had blessed this man 208 00:11:52,659 –> 00:11:54,659 with a great harvest 209 00:11:54,659 –> 00:11:56,659 it was so great that he didn’t 210 00:11:56,659 –> 00:11:58,659 have room to store the grain that was harvested 211 00:11:58,659 –> 00:12:00,659 so he made a decision 212 00:12:00,659 –> 00:12:02,659 to expand his operation 213 00:12:02,659 –> 00:12:04,659 I’m going to pull down my barns 214 00:12:04,659 –> 00:12:06,659 I’m going to build bigger ones 215 00:12:06,659 –> 00:12:08,659 and when it was done 216 00:12:08,659 –> 00:12:10,659 I have enough laid up 217 00:12:10,659 –> 00:12:12,659 for many years 218 00:12:12,659 –> 00:12:14,659 and I can eat 219 00:12:14,659 –> 00:12:16,659 I can drink and be merry 220 00:12:16,659 –> 00:12:18,659 God said to him 221 00:12:18,659 –> 00:12:20,659 you fool 222 00:12:20,659 –> 00:12:22,659 don’t you realize 223 00:12:22,659 –> 00:12:24,659 that this very night 224 00:12:24,659 –> 00:12:26,659 your soul will be required 225 00:12:26,659 –> 00:12:28,659 of you 226 00:12:30,659 –> 00:12:32,659 So friends we depend on God 227 00:12:32,659 –> 00:12:34,659 to provide what we have 228 00:12:34,659 –> 00:12:36,659 to keep what we have 229 00:12:36,659 –> 00:12:38,659 and to sustain our life 230 00:12:38,659 –> 00:12:40,659 so that we can enjoy 231 00:12:40,659 –> 00:12:42,659 what we have 232 00:12:42,659 –> 00:12:44,659 at every point 233 00:12:44,659 –> 00:12:46,659 we are completely and utterly 234 00:12:46,659 –> 00:12:48,659 dependent upon the Lord 235 00:12:48,659 –> 00:12:50,659 Now surely one thing 236 00:12:50,659 –> 00:12:52,659 that God is teaching us 237 00:12:52,659 –> 00:12:54,659 through this crisis 238 00:12:54,659 –> 00:12:56,659 is that our lives 239 00:12:56,659 –> 00:12:58,659 are much are much less certain 240 00:12:58,659 –> 00:13:00,659 than we often like 241 00:13:00,659 –> 00:13:02,659 to think 242 00:13:02,659 –> 00:13:04,659 We really do depend on God 243 00:13:04,659 –> 00:13:06,659 daily 244 00:13:06,659 –> 00:13:08,659 And the scriptures remind us of this 245 00:13:08,659 –> 00:13:10,659 especially in regards to our 246 00:13:10,659 –> 00:13:12,659 food, that at 247 00:13:12,659 –> 00:13:14,659 every stage of the process 248 00:13:14,659 –> 00:13:16,659 from the growing of our 249 00:13:16,659 –> 00:13:18,659 food to the eating and the digesting 250 00:13:18,659 –> 00:13:20,659 of it, we are completely and utterly 251 00:13:20,659 –> 00:13:22,659 dependent upon God 252 00:13:22,659 –> 00:13:24,659 We depend on God for our food when it’s 253 00:13:24,659 –> 00:13:26,659 in the field, in the barn, on the 254 00:13:26,659 –> 00:13:28,659 plate, and in the stomach 255 00:13:30,119 –> 00:13:32,119 Thomas Boston points out some scriptures 256 00:13:32,119 –> 00:13:34,119 that speak to this. Think about it 257 00:13:34,340 –> 00:13:36,340 God says in Hosea 258 00:13:36,340 –> 00:13:38,340 and chapter two and verse nine 259 00:13:38,340 –> 00:13:40,340 I will take 260 00:13:40,340 –> 00:13:42,340 back my grain 261 00:13:43,380 –> 00:13:45,380 See, when the grain is 262 00:13:45,380 –> 00:13:47,380 in the field 263 00:13:47,380 –> 00:13:49,380 it is at risk 264 00:13:49,380 –> 00:13:51,380 of being destroyed by 265 00:13:51,380 –> 00:13:53,380 wind 266 00:13:53,380 –> 00:13:55,380 or rain 267 00:13:55,380 –> 00:13:57,380 or drought 268 00:13:57,380 –> 00:13:59,380 or disease 269 00:13:59,380 –> 00:14:01,380 God can take back the grain before it ever gets 270 00:14:01,380 –> 00:14:03,380 to us 271 00:14:03,799 –> 00:14:05,799 Ah, but then we think 272 00:14:05,799 –> 00:14:07,799 but once it is harvested, once it’s in the barn 273 00:14:07,799 –> 00:14:09,799 it is safe 274 00:14:09,799 –> 00:14:11,799 No, Hosea chapter 9 verse 2 275 00:14:11,799 –> 00:14:13,799 God says this 276 00:14:13,799 –> 00:14:15,799 Threshing floor 277 00:14:15,799 –> 00:14:17,799 that is where the gathered grain is sorted out 278 00:14:17,799 –> 00:14:19,799 The threshing floor shall not 279 00:14:19,799 –> 00:14:21,799 feed them 280 00:14:21,799 –> 00:14:23,799 Now, once the grain is in the barn 281 00:14:23,799 –> 00:14:25,799 it can easily destroyed by a fire 282 00:14:25,799 –> 00:14:27,799 one blaze and the whole lot is gone 283 00:14:29,799 –> 00:14:31,799 Ah, but what about when it is on our plate 284 00:14:32,219 –> 00:14:34,219 once we got it in the kitchen 285 00:14:34,219 –> 00:14:36,219 once we got it cooked 286 00:14:36,219 –> 00:14:38,219 once we got it in front of us 287 00:14:38,219 –> 00:14:40,219 Surely then all is safe and all is well 288 00:14:40,219 –> 00:14:42,219 well, not so fast 289 00:14:42,219 –> 00:14:44,219 Psalm 107 and verse 18 290 00:14:44,219 –> 00:14:46,219 they loathed 291 00:14:46,219 –> 00:14:48,219 any kind of food 292 00:14:48,219 –> 00:14:50,219 and drew near 293 00:14:50,219 –> 00:14:52,219 to the gates of 294 00:14:52,219 –> 00:14:54,219 death 295 00:14:54,219 –> 00:14:56,219 You see what good 296 00:14:56,219 –> 00:14:58,219 is food piled high on your plate 297 00:14:58,219 –> 00:15:00,219 if you don’t have the health 298 00:15:00,440 –> 00:15:02,440 or the appetite to eat it 299 00:15:04,440 –> 00:15:06,440 and you say, well, once we’ve eaten it 300 00:15:06,440 –> 00:15:08,440 surely then it’s all ok 301 00:15:08,440 –> 00:15:10,440 sure everything is fine 302 00:15:10,440 –> 00:15:12,440 well, not so fast 303 00:15:12,440 –> 00:15:14,679 Listen to this 304 00:15:14,679 –> 00:15:16,679 from Job chapter 20 in verse 14 305 00:15:16,679 –> 00:15:18,679 regarding food in your stomach 306 00:15:18,679 –> 00:15:20,679 His food is turned in his stomach 307 00:15:20,679 –> 00:15:22,679 and then this 308 00:15:22,679 –> 00:15:24,679 it is the venom of cobra’s 309 00:15:24,679 –> 00:15:26,679 within him 310 00:15:26,679 –> 00:15:28,679 even when 311 00:15:28,979 –> 00:15:31,159 your food is in your stomach 312 00:15:31,159 –> 00:15:33,159 it will be of no use to you 313 00:15:33,159 –> 00:15:35,159 if it makes you sick 314 00:15:36,739 –> 00:15:38,739 so from the growing of our food 315 00:15:38,739 –> 00:15:40,739 to the nourishing of our bodies 316 00:15:40,739 –> 00:15:42,739 we depend every day 317 00:15:42,859 –> 00:15:44,859 on God 318 00:15:44,859 –> 00:15:46,859 and His abundance goodness 319 00:15:46,859 –> 00:15:48,859 to supply all of our needs 320 00:15:48,859 –> 00:15:50,859 Thomas Boston 321 00:15:50,859 –> 00:15:52,859 says that the universe 322 00:15:52,859 –> 00:15:54,859 and all of its 323 00:15:54,859 –> 00:15:56,859 creatures 324 00:15:57,039 –> 00:15:59,039 we are upheld by God 325 00:15:59,039 –> 00:16:01,039 like a ball in the air 326 00:16:02,039 –> 00:16:04,039 and that if God were to remove 327 00:16:04,039 –> 00:16:06,039 His hand it would fall 328 00:16:06,039 –> 00:16:08,039 and collapse comletely 329 00:16:08,039 –> 00:16:10,039 the whole thing 330 00:16:10,039 –> 00:16:12,039 then he says this 331 00:16:12,039 –> 00:16:14,039 if God should withdraw His hand 332 00:16:14,039 –> 00:16:16,039 our food would all vanish 333 00:16:16,039 –> 00:16:18,039 the beasts would 334 00:16:18,039 –> 00:16:20,039 disappear 335 00:16:20,039 –> 00:16:22,039 and the sun would 336 00:16:22,039 –> 00:16:24,039 go out 337 00:16:24,039 –> 00:16:26,039 like a candle 338 00:16:26,219 –> 00:16:28,219 if God were to withdraw His hand 339 00:16:30,219 –> 00:16:32,219 your food and all 340 00:16:32,219 –> 00:16:34,219 that goes into it nourishing 341 00:16:34,219 –> 00:16:35,719 your body getting to you and then 342 00:16:35,719 –> 00:16:37,719 nourishing you 343 00:16:37,719 –> 00:16:39,719 you depend on God 344 00:16:39,719 –> 00:16:41,719 for it as much 345 00:16:41,719 –> 00:16:43,719 as God’s people in the desert 346 00:16:43,719 –> 00:16:45,719 when God rained down manna 347 00:16:45,719 –> 00:16:47,719 to provide for them 348 00:16:49,219 –> 00:16:51,320 So let us be grateful for God 349 00:16:51,320 –> 00:16:53,320 Many Christians of course 350 00:16:53,320 –> 00:16:55,320 recognize this in a very simple way 351 00:16:55,320 –> 00:16:57,320 By saying grace at meals 352 00:16:57,320 –> 00:16:59,320 I think that is a very good tradition 353 00:16:59,320 –> 00:17:01,320 It helps me 354 00:17:01,320 –> 00:17:03,320 to remember three times a day 355 00:17:03,320 –> 00:17:05,319 that 356 00:17:05,319 –> 00:17:07,319 God is providing for me 357 00:17:07,319 –> 00:17:09,319 and what I have 358 00:17:09,319 –> 00:17:11,319 and what I am able to enjoy 359 00:17:11,319 –> 00:17:13,319 is a gift that comes directly 360 00:17:13,319 –> 00:17:15,319 from His 361 00:17:15,319 –> 00:17:17,319 loving hand 362 00:17:17,319 –> 00:17:19,000 So in this prayer 363 00:17:19,000 –> 00:17:21,000 and in making it your own 364 00:17:21,000 –> 00:17:23,319 we learn to acknowledge 365 00:17:23,319 –> 00:17:25,319 our dependence upon God 366 00:17:27,319 –> 00:17:29,319 And then there’s a second thing that I think is 367 00:17:29,319 –> 00:17:31,319 especially important for all 368 00:17:31,319 –> 00:17:33,319 of us today 369 00:17:33,319 –> 00:17:35,319 and that is that we 370 00:17:35,319 –> 00:17:37,319 grow in gratitude 371 00:17:37,319 –> 00:17:39,319 Give us this day our daily 372 00:17:39,319 –> 00:17:41,319 bread 373 00:17:41,319 –> 00:17:43,319 and let’s focus in on that word 374 00:17:43,319 –> 00:17:45,319 bread 375 00:17:45,319 –> 00:17:47,319 Bread is used in the Bible 376 00:17:47,319 –> 00:17:49,319 as a general term 377 00:17:49,319 –> 00:17:51,319 for the basic necessities 378 00:17:51,319 –> 00:17:53,319 of life 379 00:17:53,319 –> 00:17:55,319 So for example in Genesis chapter 3 and verse 19 380 00:17:55,319 –> 00:17:57,319 God says to Adam 381 00:17:57,319 –> 00:17:59,319 By the sweat of your face 382 00:17:59,319 –> 00:18:01,319 You shall 383 00:18:01,319 –> 00:18:03,319 eat bread 384 00:18:03,319 –> 00:18:05,319 And that very simply means 385 00:18:05,319 –> 00:18:07,319 Adam, you are going to have to 386 00:18:07,319 –> 00:18:09,319 work for your living 387 00:18:09,319 –> 00:18:11,319 So bread 388 00:18:11,319 –> 00:18:13,319 includes food 389 00:18:13,319 –> 00:18:15,319 health as we’ve seen 390 00:18:15,319 –> 00:18:17,319 appetite, it includes shelter 391 00:18:17,319 –> 00:18:19,319 it includes clothing 392 00:18:19,319 –> 00:18:21,319 it includes our work 393 00:18:21,319 –> 00:18:23,319 it includes our safety 394 00:18:23,319 –> 00:18:25,319 it includes the stability of 395 00:18:25,319 –> 00:18:27,319 our country and of our 396 00:18:27,319 –> 00:18:29,319 economy, all of these 397 00:18:29,319 –> 00:18:31,319 our gifts 398 00:18:31,319 –> 00:18:33,319 that come from the loving hand of our 399 00:18:33,319 –> 00:18:35,319 Father in Heaven 400 00:18:35,319 –> 00:18:37,319 So in this 401 00:18:37,319 –> 00:18:39,319 prayer for daily bread 402 00:18:39,319 –> 00:18:41,319 we are asking God 403 00:18:41,319 –> 00:18:43,319 for all that we need 404 00:18:43,319 –> 00:18:45,319 for a life that 405 00:18:45,319 –> 00:18:47,319 will honor his name, advance his 406 00:18:47,319 –> 00:18:49,319 and do his will 407 00:18:49,319 –> 00:18:51,319 Now notice that it’s 408 00:18:51,319 –> 00:18:53,319 bread we’re asking for 409 00:18:53,319 –> 00:18:55,319 it’s not filet mignon 410 00:18:55,319 –> 00:18:57,319 God 411 00:18:57,319 –> 00:18:59,319 gave them manna 412 00:18:59,319 –> 00:19:01,319 God 413 00:19:01,319 –> 00:19:03,319 gives us what we need 414 00:19:03,319 –> 00:19:05,319 he does not give 415 00:19:05,319 –> 00:19:07,319 to us all that we want 416 00:19:07,319 –> 00:19:09,319 and Jesus invites us 417 00:19:09,319 –> 00:19:11,319 to ask for what we need 418 00:19:11,319 –> 00:19:13,319 Now 419 00:19:13,319 –> 00:19:15,319 Numbers and Chapter 420 00:19:15,319 –> 00:19:17,319 11, and this has come to me 421 00:19:17,319 –> 00:19:19,319 with great force again this week 422 00:19:19,319 –> 00:19:21,319 Numbers Chapter 11 423 00:19:21,319 –> 00:19:23,319 tells us the story 424 00:19:23,319 –> 00:19:25,319 of how God’s 425 00:19:25,319 –> 00:19:27,319 people complained 426 00:19:27,319 –> 00:19:29,319 about the food 427 00:19:29,319 –> 00:19:31,319 that he provided for them 428 00:19:31,319 –> 00:19:33,319 God gave them manna 429 00:19:33,319 –> 00:19:35,319 but 430 00:19:35,319 –> 00:19:37,319 they were not satisfied 431 00:19:37,319 –> 00:19:39,319 with what God had given. They 432 00:19:39,319 –> 00:19:41,319 wanted more 433 00:19:41,319 –> 00:19:43,319 and we read in Numbers Chapter 434 00:19:43,319 –> 00:19:45,319 11 in verse 4 435 00:19:45,319 –> 00:19:47,319 Now the 436 00:19:47,319 –> 00:19:49,319 rabble that was among 437 00:19:49,319 –> 00:19:51,319 them, had a 438 00:19:51,319 –> 00:19:53,319 strong craving 439 00:19:53,319 –> 00:19:55,319 and the people of Israel 440 00:19:55,319 –> 00:19:57,319 also wept again and said 441 00:19:57,319 –> 00:19:59,319 Oh that we had meat 442 00:19:59,319 –> 00:20:01,319 they had bread, they had the manna 443 00:20:01,319 –> 00:20:03,319 but they said oh that we 444 00:20:03,319 –> 00:20:05,319 had meat 445 00:20:05,319 –> 00:20:07,319 to eat 446 00:20:07,319 –> 00:20:09,319 I want you to notice this 447 00:20:09,319 –> 00:20:11,319 that there was a rabble among God’s people 448 00:20:11,319 –> 00:20:13,319 a group in 449 00:20:13,319 –> 00:20:15,319 other words among God’s people who were 450 00:20:15,319 –> 00:20:17,319 never satisfied 451 00:20:17,319 –> 00:20:19,319 and these people had a strong 452 00:20:19,319 –> 00:20:21,319 craving 453 00:20:21,319 –> 00:20:23,319 instead of being thankful for what God 454 00:20:23,319 –> 00:20:25,319 gave them, the manna, instead of being 455 00:20:25,319 –> 00:20:27,319 grateful for what they did have 456 00:20:27,319 –> 00:20:29,319 they got angry, they got frustrated 457 00:20:29,319 –> 00:20:31,819 because of what they didn’t have 458 00:20:31,819 –> 00:20:33,819 and the 459 00:20:33,819 –> 00:20:35,819 great difference you see between the 460 00:20:35,819 –> 00:20:38,319 rabble and the redeemed 461 00:20:38,319 –> 00:20:40,319 is that the rabble 462 00:20:40,319 –> 00:20:42,319 blame God for everything and thank 463 00:20:42,319 –> 00:20:44,319 Him for nothing, whereas 464 00:20:44,319 –> 00:20:46,319 the redeemed thank God for everything and 465 00:20:46,319 –> 00:20:48,319 blame Him for nothing 466 00:20:48,319 –> 00:20:50,319 while this rabble 467 00:20:50,319 –> 00:20:52,319 they stirred up others among 468 00:20:52,319 –> 00:20:54,319 God’s people and 469 00:20:54,319 –> 00:20:56,319 their complaints began to 470 00:20:56,319 –> 00:20:58,319 spread throughout the whole 471 00:20:58,319 –> 00:21:00,319 camp, the people 472 00:21:00,319 –> 00:21:02,319 of Israel wept 473 00:21:02,319 –> 00:21:04,319 again and said oh 474 00:21:04,319 –> 00:21:06,319 that we had meat to 475 00:21:06,319 –> 00:21:08,319 eat, God gave 476 00:21:08,319 –> 00:21:10,319 some bread 477 00:21:10,319 –> 00:21:12,319 they wanted meat 478 00:21:14,319 –> 00:21:16,319 then they said 479 00:21:16,319 –> 00:21:18,319 now our 480 00:21:18,319 –> 00:21:20,319 strength is dried up 481 00:21:20,319 –> 00:21:22,319 and there 482 00:21:22,319 –> 00:21:24,319 is nothing at all but 483 00:21:24,319 –> 00:21:26,319 this manna 484 00:21:26,319 –> 00:21:28,319 to look at 485 00:21:28,319 –> 00:21:30,319 they 486 00:21:30,319 –> 00:21:32,319 despised 487 00:21:32,319 –> 00:21:34,319 what God 488 00:21:34,319 –> 00:21:36,319 had given them 489 00:21:36,319 –> 00:21:38,319 the bread from heaven 490 00:21:38,319 –> 00:21:40,319 not good enough 491 00:21:42,319 –> 00:21:44,319 we want more 492 00:21:46,319 –> 00:21:48,319 Now I want you to notice 493 00:21:48,319 –> 00:21:50,319 what comes next 494 00:21:50,319 –> 00:21:52,319 in this extraordinary 495 00:21:52,319 –> 00:21:54,319 story and it is 496 00:21:54,319 –> 00:21:56,319 really important 497 00:21:56,319 –> 00:21:58,319 for all of us 498 00:21:58,319 –> 00:22:00,319 today 499 00:22:00,319 –> 00:22:02,319 Numbers chapter 11 and verse 10 500 00:22:02,319 –> 00:22:04,319 Moses heard the people 501 00:22:04,319 –> 00:22:06,319 weeping throughout their clans 502 00:22:06,319 –> 00:22:08,319 everyone at the door of his 503 00:22:08,319 –> 00:22:10,319 tent and 504 00:22:10,319 –> 00:22:12,319 the anger 505 00:22:12,319 –> 00:22:14,319 of the Lord 506 00:22:14,319 –> 00:22:16,319 blazed hotly 507 00:22:18,319 –> 00:22:20,319 blazed 508 00:22:20,319 –> 00:22:22,319 hotly 509 00:22:22,319 –> 00:22:24,319 so here are god’s people 510 00:22:24,319 –> 00:22:26,319 and god is 511 00:22:26,319 –> 00:22:28,319 providing what they need in the desert 512 00:22:28,319 –> 00:22:30,319 but they want more 513 00:22:30,319 –> 00:22:32,319 they are constantly 514 00:22:32,319 –> 00:22:34,319 complaining 515 00:22:34,319 –> 00:22:36,319 and this provokes 516 00:22:36,319 –> 00:22:38,319 the anger of god that blazes 517 00:22:38,319 –> 00:22:40,319 hotly 518 00:22:42,319 –> 00:22:44,319 now I want to pause 519 00:22:44,319 –> 00:22:46,319 here for a moment 520 00:22:46,319 –> 00:22:48,319 because 521 00:22:48,319 –> 00:22:50,319 it seems to me 522 00:22:50,319 –> 00:22:52,319 that one of the 523 00:22:52,319 –> 00:22:54,319 greatest dangers that we 524 00:22:54,319 –> 00:22:56,319 face at this moment 525 00:22:56,319 –> 00:22:58,319 in time 526 00:22:58,319 –> 00:23:00,319 is that we become angry 527 00:23:00,319 –> 00:23:02,319 frustrated 528 00:23:02,319 –> 00:23:04,319 dissatisfied 529 00:23:06,319 –> 00:23:08,319 with what god at this time 530 00:23:08,319 –> 00:23:10,319 has given 531 00:23:10,319 –> 00:23:12,319 and here’s what I want to say 532 00:23:12,319 –> 00:23:14,319 from the heart to you today 533 00:23:14,319 –> 00:23:16,319 don’t 534 00:23:16,319 –> 00:23:18,319 despise the 535 00:23:18,319 –> 00:23:20,319 manna 536 00:23:20,319 –> 00:23:22,319 the manna 537 00:23:22,319 –> 00:23:24,319 may not be all that we want 538 00:23:26,319 –> 00:23:28,319 but the manna is a gift 539 00:23:28,319 –> 00:23:30,319 from god 540 00:23:30,319 –> 00:23:32,319 and when god’s people 541 00:23:32,319 –> 00:23:34,319 despise the manna 542 00:23:34,319 –> 00:23:36,319 the anger of 543 00:23:36,319 –> 00:23:38,319 god burned hotly 544 00:23:38,319 –> 00:23:40,319 against them 545 00:23:42,319 –> 00:23:44,319 when you’re tired 546 00:23:44,319 –> 00:23:46,319 of working from home 547 00:23:46,319 –> 00:23:48,319 as we all get tired of working 548 00:23:48,319 –> 00:23:50,319 from home 549 00:23:50,319 –> 00:23:52,319 thank god that you have a home 550 00:23:52,319 –> 00:23:54,319 to work from and 551 00:23:54,319 –> 00:23:56,319 and if you are able to work from home 552 00:23:56,319 –> 00:23:58,319 to work to do that 553 00:23:58,319 –> 00:24:00,319 when you are tired of 554 00:24:00,319 –> 00:24:02,319 not seeing your family 555 00:24:02,319 –> 00:24:04,319 thank god 556 00:24:04,319 –> 00:24:06,319 you have 557 00:24:06,319 –> 00:24:08,319 a family 558 00:24:08,319 –> 00:24:10,319 when you’re tired of us 559 00:24:10,319 –> 00:24:12,319 not meeting together 560 00:24:12,319 –> 00:24:14,319 and tired of us not meeting 561 00:24:14,319 –> 00:24:16,319 together 562 00:24:16,319 –> 00:24:18,319 well let’s thank god 563 00:24:18,319 –> 00:24:20,319 that we are able 564 00:24:20,319 –> 00:24:22,319 to worship like this 565 00:24:22,319 –> 00:24:24,319 and that god’s 566 00:24:24,319 –> 00:24:26,319 word is bearing fruit 567 00:24:26,319 –> 00:24:28,319 in many lives 568 00:24:28,319 –> 00:24:30,319 don’t 569 00:24:30,319 –> 00:24:32,319 despise the 570 00:24:32,319 –> 00:24:34,319 manner 571 00:24:34,319 –> 00:24:36,319 this is a big issue brothers and sisters 572 00:24:37,319 –> 00:24:39,319 don’t despise 573 00:24:39,319 –> 00:24:41,319 the manner 574 00:24:41,319 –> 00:24:43,319 because when god’s people 575 00:24:43,319 –> 00:24:45,319 despised what he gave 576 00:24:45,319 –> 00:24:47,319 them 577 00:24:47,319 –> 00:24:49,319 his anger blazed 578 00:24:49,319 –> 00:24:51,319 hotly 579 00:24:51,319 –> 00:24:53,319 against them 580 00:24:54,319 –> 00:24:56,319 now what happened then 581 00:24:56,319 –> 00:24:58,319 when god’s anger 582 00:24:58,319 –> 00:25:00,319 blazed 583 00:25:00,319 –> 00:25:02,319 well let me tell you the rest of the story 584 00:25:02,319 –> 00:25:04,319 and here’s the 585 00:25:04,319 –> 00:25:06,319 extraordinary thing 586 00:25:06,319 –> 00:25:08,319 when god’s anger blazed 587 00:25:08,319 –> 00:25:10,319 against them 588 00:25:10,319 –> 00:25:12,319 he gave them what they asked 589 00:25:12,319 –> 00:25:14,319 for. you have that stated twice 590 00:25:14,319 –> 00:25:16,319 in the psalms, psalm 106 and 591 00:25:16,319 –> 00:25:18,319 psalm 78 and you have it of course 592 00:25:18,319 –> 00:25:20,319 in the story in numbers 593 00:25:20,319 –> 00:25:22,319 god gave these dissatisfied 594 00:25:22,319 –> 00:25:24,319 what they asked for, he gave 595 00:25:24,319 –> 00:25:26,319 them the meat that they craved 596 00:25:26,319 –> 00:25:28,319 so numbers chapter 597 00:25:28,319 –> 00:25:30,319 11 in verse 31 598 00:25:30,319 –> 00:25:32,319 Then a wind from the lord 599 00:25:32,319 –> 00:25:34,319 sprang up, and it brought 600 00:25:34,319 –> 00:25:36,319 quail from the sea. 601 00:25:36,319 –> 00:25:38,319 and let them fall beside 602 00:25:38,319 –> 00:25:40,319 the camp about a day’s journey 603 00:25:40,319 –> 00:25:42,319 on this side and a day’s journey on 604 00:25:42,319 –> 00:25:44,319 the other side around the camp 605 00:25:44,319 –> 00:25:46,319 and about two cubits 606 00:25:46,319 –> 00:25:48,319 from the ground 607 00:25:48,319 –> 00:25:50,319 above the ground 608 00:25:50,319 –> 00:25:52,319 Now two cubits 609 00:25:52,319 –> 00:25:54,319 is about three feet 610 00:25:54,319 –> 00:25:56,319 so here are these birds 611 00:25:56,319 –> 00:25:58,319 they have flown a long way and perhaps for 612 00:25:58,319 –> 00:26:00,319 that very reason as seems to be 613 00:26:00,319 –> 00:26:02,319 the case, uh they were 614 00:26:02,319 –> 00:26:04,319 down at a low 615 00:26:04,319 –> 00:26:06,319 level in their flying in the 616 00:26:06,319 –> 00:26:08,319 providence of god. they were waist high 617 00:26:08,319 –> 00:26:10,319 perfect height for catching birds 618 00:26:10,319 –> 00:26:12,319 and they were everywhere on all 619 00:26:12,319 –> 00:26:14,319 sides of the camp. So gods people 620 00:26:14,319 –> 00:26:16,319 simply had to go out they were able to bag 621 00:26:16,319 –> 00:26:18,319 a bird catch it waist high 622 00:26:20,319 –> 00:26:22,319 Now you may say 623 00:26:22,319 –> 00:26:24,319 how in the world 624 00:26:24,319 –> 00:26:26,319 is that an expression of gods anger 625 00:26:26,319 –> 00:26:28,319 I mean god gave 626 00:26:28,319 –> 00:26:30,319 them what they wanted, an abundance 627 00:26:30,319 –> 00:26:32,319 of meat 628 00:26:32,319 –> 00:26:34,319 but here’s the thing 629 00:26:34,319 –> 00:26:36,319 verse 630 00:26:36,319 –> 00:26:38,319 thirty three 631 00:26:38,319 –> 00:26:40,319 while the meat was yet 632 00:26:40,319 –> 00:26:42,319 between their teeth 633 00:26:42,319 –> 00:26:44,319 before it was 634 00:26:44,319 –> 00:26:46,319 consumed 635 00:26:46,319 –> 00:26:48,319 the anger of the lord was 636 00:26:48,319 –> 00:26:50,319 transferred against the people 637 00:26:50,319 –> 00:26:52,319 and the lord struck down 638 00:26:52,319 –> 00:26:54,319 the people with a very 639 00:26:54,319 –> 00:26:56,319 great plague 640 00:26:56,319 –> 00:26:58,319 before it was consumed 641 00:27:04,319 –> 00:27:06,319 now that probably means before it was all 642 00:27:06,319 –> 00:27:08,319 consumed 643 00:27:08,319 –> 00:27:10,319 in which case 644 00:27:10,319 –> 00:27:12,319 the meat that god’s people 645 00:27:12,319 –> 00:27:14,319 craved was what made them sick 646 00:27:14,319 –> 00:27:16,319 meat 647 00:27:16,319 –> 00:27:18,319 brought a very 648 00:27:18,319 –> 00:27:20,319 great plague 649 00:27:22,319 –> 00:27:24,319 now friends honestly this seems to me 650 00:27:24,319 –> 00:27:26,319 like something 651 00:27:26,319 –> 00:27:28,319 as if it were ripped out 652 00:27:28,319 –> 00:27:30,319 of today’s headlines 653 00:27:30,319 –> 00:27:32,319 we’re talking 654 00:27:32,319 –> 00:27:34,319 here about sme kind of disease 655 00:27:34,319 –> 00:27:36,319 that spread in the camp 656 00:27:36,319 –> 00:27:38,319 a virus 657 00:27:38,319 –> 00:27:40,319 a plague 658 00:27:40,319 –> 00:27:42,319 and it seems 659 00:27:42,319 –> 00:27:44,319 to have come from a flock of birds 660 00:27:44,319 –> 00:27:46,319 meat 661 00:27:46,319 –> 00:27:48,319 in the desert 662 00:27:48,319 –> 00:27:50,319 with no refrigeration 663 00:27:50,319 –> 00:27:52,319 see there was a 664 00:27:52,319 –> 00:27:54,319 reason why God gave them 665 00:27:54,319 –> 00:27:56,319 manna bread and not meat 666 00:27:58,319 –> 00:28:00,319 and if they had been grateful 667 00:28:00,319 –> 00:28:02,319 for what God had provided 668 00:28:02,319 –> 00:28:04,319 instead of complaining about what 669 00:28:04,319 –> 00:28:06,319 God had withheld they would have been 670 00:28:06,319 –> 00:28:08,319 saved from a great disaster 671 00:28:10,319 –> 00:28:12,319 never despise 672 00:28:12,319 –> 00:28:14,319 what God has given 673 00:28:14,319 –> 00:28:16,319 be thankful 674 00:28:16,319 –> 00:28:18,319 every day for what He has 675 00:28:18,319 –> 00:28:20,319 provided and especially 676 00:28:20,319 –> 00:28:22,319 when you find in your heart 677 00:28:22,319 –> 00:28:24,319 as we all do today 678 00:28:24,319 –> 00:28:26,319 that you want more 679 00:28:26,319 –> 00:28:28,319 this story then is 680 00:28:28,319 –> 00:28:30,319 a solemn warning 681 00:28:30,319 –> 00:28:32,319 about the dangers of becoming 682 00:28:32,319 –> 00:28:34,319 dissatisfied with what God has 683 00:28:34,319 –> 00:28:36,319 given to us 684 00:28:36,319 –> 00:28:38,319 and it has really helped me this week 685 00:28:38,319 –> 00:28:40,319 and I hope that it will be 686 00:28:40,319 –> 00:28:42,319 helpful to you. We all know what it is 687 00:28:42,319 –> 00:28:44,319 to be frustrated 688 00:28:44,319 –> 00:28:46,319 We all know what it is at times to 689 00:28:46,319 –> 00:28:48,319 get angry, we all 690 00:28:48,319 –> 00:28:50,319 know what it is to want 691 00:28:50,319 –> 00:28:52,319 more 692 00:28:52,319 –> 00:28:54,319 and the answer to that craving 693 00:28:54,319 –> 00:28:56,319 is 694 00:28:56,319 –> 00:28:58,319 to be thankful for what 695 00:28:58,319 –> 00:29:00,319 God has given 696 00:29:00,319 –> 00:29:02,319 thank God for the mana 697 00:29:02,319 –> 00:29:04,319 thank 698 00:29:04,319 –> 00:29:06,319 God for what you have 699 00:29:06,319 –> 00:29:08,319 thank God for what 700 00:29:08,319 –> 00:29:10,319 He has given 701 00:29:12,319 –> 00:29:14,319 now this prayer, you see 702 00:29:14,319 –> 00:29:16,319 it’s really going to change us when it gets 703 00:29:16,319 –> 00:29:18,319 into us 704 00:29:18,319 –> 00:29:20,319 It’s going to bring us to a place 705 00:29:20,319 –> 00:29:22,319 Where we really do acknowledge our dependence 706 00:29:22,319 –> 00:29:24,319 upon God and feel it 707 00:29:24,319 –> 00:29:26,319 It’s going to bring us 708 00:29:26,319 –> 00:29:28,319 to a place were we grow in 709 00:29:28,319 –> 00:29:30,319 gratitude 710 00:29:30,319 –> 00:29:32,319 thankfulness for what God has 711 00:29:32,319 –> 00:29:34,319 given rather than 712 00:29:34,319 –> 00:29:36,319 complain about what He has withheld 713 00:29:37,319 –> 00:29:39,319 And then two more things more briefly 714 00:29:39,319 –> 00:29:41,319 that are so important 715 00:29:42,319 –> 00:29:44,319 Thirdly it will deepen 716 00:29:44,319 –> 00:29:46,319 our compassion 717 00:29:46,319 –> 00:29:48,319 give us 718 00:29:48,319 –> 00:29:50,319 this day 719 00:29:50,319 –> 00:29:52,319 our daily bread 720 00:29:52,319 –> 00:29:54,319 notice the significant 721 00:29:54,319 –> 00:29:56,319 plural 722 00:29:56,319 –> 00:29:58,319 It’s not give me 723 00:29:58,319 –> 00:30:00,319 my daily bread 724 00:30:00,319 –> 00:30:02,319 It’s give us 725 00:30:02,319 –> 00:30:04,319 our daily bread 726 00:30:05,319 –> 00:30:08,319 And the us and the our of course 727 00:30:08,319 –> 00:30:11,319 run all the way through the Lord’s prayer 728 00:30:11,319 –> 00:30:13,319 It’s our 729 00:30:13,319 –> 00:30:15,319 father in heaven 730 00:30:15,319 –> 00:30:17,319 It’s our 731 00:30:17,319 –> 00:30:19,319 daily bread 732 00:30:19,319 –> 00:30:21,319 we ask of him 733 00:30:21,319 –> 00:30:23,319 Forgive us 734 00:30:23,319 –> 00:30:25,319 our debts as we 735 00:30:25,319 –> 00:30:27,319 have forgiven our 736 00:30:27,319 –> 00:30:29,319 debtors. Lead us 737 00:30:29,319 –> 00:30:31,319 not into temptation 738 00:30:31,319 –> 00:30:33,319 but deliver us 739 00:30:33,319 –> 00:30:35,319 from evil 740 00:30:35,319 –> 00:30:37,319 So you see here is a prayer 741 00:30:37,319 –> 00:30:39,319 that not only acknowledges 742 00:30:39,319 –> 00:30:41,319 our dependence, not only 743 00:30:41,319 –> 00:30:43,319 grows our gratitude, 744 00:30:43,319 –> 00:30:45,319 but this is a prayer that with its very nature 745 00:30:45,319 –> 00:30:47,319 will deepen our compassion 746 00:30:47,319 –> 00:30:51,319 Our sensitivity 747 00:30:51,319 –> 00:30:53,319 towards others 748 00:30:53,319 –> 00:30:55,319 whose needs are greater 749 00:30:55,319 –> 00:30:57,319 than our own 750 00:30:57,319 –> 00:30:59,319 This is where then 751 00:30:59,319 –> 00:31:01,319 we intercede 752 00:31:01,319 –> 00:31:03,319 for the practical needs 753 00:31:03,319 –> 00:31:05,319 of others 754 00:31:05,319 –> 00:31:07,319 This is where we pray 755 00:31:07,319 –> 00:31:09,319 for a hungry world 756 00:31:09,319 –> 00:31:11,319 This is where we ask 757 00:31:11,319 –> 00:31:13,319 God to bring to 758 00:31:13,319 –> 00:31:15,319 our minds the needs of 759 00:31:15,319 –> 00:31:17,319 other people who 760 00:31:17,319 –> 00:31:19,319 we may be able to help 761 00:31:19,319 –> 00:31:21,319 And if 762 00:31:21,319 –> 00:31:23,319 God has given to you what 763 00:31:23,319 –> 00:31:25,319 you need for today 764 00:31:25,319 –> 00:31:27,319 perhaps in the very praying of 765 00:31:27,319 –> 00:31:29,319 this prayer He will prompt 766 00:31:29,319 –> 00:31:31,319 you to be the means 767 00:31:31,319 –> 00:31:33,319 by which 768 00:31:33,319 –> 00:31:35,319 God provides for someone 769 00:31:35,319 –> 00:31:37,319 else 770 00:31:37,319 –> 00:31:39,319 And then this 771 00:31:39,319 –> 00:31:41,319 prayer will do one more thing 772 00:31:41,319 –> 00:31:43,319 It will affirm 773 00:31:43,319 –> 00:31:45,319 God’s marvelous faithfulness 774 00:31:45,319 –> 00:31:47,319 Give 775 00:31:47,319 –> 00:31:49,319 us this day 776 00:31:49,319 –> 00:31:51,319 our 777 00:31:51,319 –> 00:31:53,319 daily bread 778 00:31:53,319 –> 00:31:55,319 Think about that word 779 00:31:55,319 –> 00:31:57,319 daily 780 00:31:57,319 –> 00:31:59,319 It reminds us that God 781 00:31:59,319 –> 00:32:01,319 has 782 00:32:01,319 –> 00:32:03,319 a track record of faithfulness 783 00:32:05,319 –> 00:32:07,319 What a record of faithfulness 784 00:32:07,319 –> 00:32:09,319 God has. Think about it 785 00:32:09,319 –> 00:32:11,319 He has been providing for 786 00:32:11,319 –> 00:32:13,319 billions of people 787 00:32:13,319 –> 00:32:15,319 in every continent of 788 00:32:15,319 –> 00:32:17,319 the world, he has been doing it 789 00:32:17,319 –> 00:32:19,319 on a daily basis 790 00:32:19,319 –> 00:32:21,319 for thousands and thousands of years 791 00:32:23,319 –> 00:32:25,319 Someone has said 792 00:32:25,319 –> 00:32:27,319 When you come 793 00:32:27,319 –> 00:32:29,319 and ask God for a new blessing 794 00:32:31,319 –> 00:32:33,319 make sure you bring him 795 00:32:33,319 –> 00:32:35,319 the receipt for the last one 796 00:32:35,319 –> 00:32:37,319 I love that image 797 00:32:37,319 –> 00:32:39,319 Peter Lewis takes 798 00:32:39,319 –> 00:32:41,319 it up and I think says it 799 00:32:41,319 –> 00:32:43,319 so well 800 00:32:43,319 –> 00:32:45,319 We urge God to write new 801 00:32:45,319 –> 00:32:47,319 checks for us 802 00:32:47,319 –> 00:32:49,319 but rarely flick 803 00:32:49,319 –> 00:32:51,319 through his check stubs 804 00:32:51,319 –> 00:32:53,319 If we did 805 00:32:53,319 –> 00:32:55,319 we would find 806 00:32:55,319 –> 00:32:57,319 our name 807 00:32:57,319 –> 00:32:59,319 attached to innumerable 808 00:32:59,319 –> 00:33:01,319 gifts and benefits 809 00:33:01,319 –> 00:33:03,319 and protections 810 00:33:03,319 –> 00:33:05,319 and provisions 811 00:33:05,319 –> 00:33:07,319 I find that a beautiful picture 812 00:33:07,319 –> 00:33:09,319 Brother, sister 813 00:33:09,319 –> 00:33:11,319 if you could, as it were 814 00:33:11,319 –> 00:33:13,319 see God’s checkbook 815 00:33:13,319 –> 00:33:15,319 if you could flick through 816 00:33:15,319 –> 00:33:17,319 the stubs 817 00:33:17,319 –> 00:33:19,319 you would see again and again 818 00:33:19,319 –> 00:33:21,319 something written out to you 819 00:33:21,319 –> 00:33:23,319 a blessing that was imparted 820 00:33:23,319 –> 00:33:25,319 how can you even count a number 821 00:33:25,319 –> 00:33:27,319 of the blessings that God has given to you 822 00:33:27,319 –> 00:33:29,319 down through the years of your life 823 00:33:29,319 –> 00:33:31,319 the track record of God’s 824 00:33:31,319 –> 00:33:33,319 faithfulness to you 825 00:33:33,319 –> 00:33:35,319 will encourage your faith 826 00:33:35,319 –> 00:33:37,319 in His provision 827 00:33:37,319 –> 00:33:39,319 as you look at particular 828 00:33:39,319 –> 00:33:41,319 needs you have at this time 829 00:33:41,319 –> 00:33:43,319 and you know it is 830 00:33:43,319 –> 00:33:45,319 affirming the faithfulness of God 831 00:33:45,319 –> 00:33:47,319 that is going to be the answer 832 00:33:47,319 –> 00:33:49,319 to anxiety 833 00:33:49,319 –> 00:33:51,319 because it is an anxious time 834 00:33:51,319 –> 00:33:53,319 for all of us 835 00:33:53,319 –> 00:33:55,319 remember what Jesus 836 00:33:55,319 –> 00:33:57,319 says in this regard 837 00:33:57,319 –> 00:33:59,319 Therefore he says 838 00:33:59,319 –> 00:34:01,319 I tell you do not be anxious 839 00:34:01,319 –> 00:34:03,319 about your life 840 00:34:03,319 –> 00:34:05,319 what you shall eat 841 00:34:05,319 –> 00:34:07,319 don’t worry about that 842 00:34:07,319 –> 00:34:09,320 or what you shall drink 843 00:34:09,320 –> 00:34:11,320 or about your body 844 00:34:11,320 –> 00:34:13,320 what you will put on 845 00:34:13,320 –> 00:34:15,320 so Jesus says this 846 00:34:15,320 –> 00:34:17,320 We say 847 00:34:17,320 –> 00:34:19,320 lively from the air 848 00:34:19,320 –> 00:34:20,320 they neither sow 849 00:34:20,320 –> 00:34:22,320 nor reap 850 00:34:23,320 –> 00:34:25,320 nor gather into barns 851 00:34:25,320 –> 00:34:27,320 and yet your heavenly father 852 00:34:27,320 –> 00:34:29,320 feeds them 853 00:34:29,320 –> 00:34:31,320 and consider the lilies of the field 854 00:34:31,320 –> 00:34:33,320 look at how they grow 855 00:34:33,320 –> 00:34:35,320 they don’t toil 856 00:34:35,320 –> 00:34:37,320 or spin 857 00:34:37,320 –> 00:34:39,320 and yet even Solomon 858 00:34:39,320 –> 00:34:42,320 in all his glory was 859 00:34:42,320 –> 00:34:44,320 not clothed like one of these 860 00:34:44,320 –> 00:34:46,320 He so clothes the grass of the field 861 00:34:46,320 –> 00:34:48,320 how much more will he 862 00:34:48,320 –> 00:34:50,320 clothe you 863 00:34:50,320 –> 00:34:52,320 And then this the conclusion 864 00:34:54,320 –> 00:34:56,320 therefore 865 00:34:56,320 –> 00:34:58,320 do not be anxious 866 00:34:58,320 –> 00:35:00,320 saying what shall we eat 867 00:35:00,320 –> 00:35:02,320 or what shall we drink 868 00:35:02,320 –> 00:35:04,320 or what shall we wear 869 00:35:04,320 –> 00:35:06,320 Your heavenly father knows 870 00:35:06,320 –> 00:35:08,320 that you need them all 871 00:35:08,320 –> 00:35:10,320 So seek first the Kingdom of God 872 00:35:10,320 –> 00:35:12,320 and His righteousness 873 00:35:12,320 –> 00:35:14,320 and all these 874 00:35:14,320 –> 00:35:16,320 things will be added 875 00:35:16,320 –> 00:35:18,320 to you 876 00:35:18,320 –> 00:35:20,320 Do you see the logic here? 877 00:35:20,320 –> 00:35:22,320 do you see the conclusion? 878 00:35:22,320 –> 00:35:24,320 Your father cares for you, therefore 879 00:35:24,320 –> 00:35:26,320 Because you have a father 880 00:35:26,320 –> 00:35:28,320 in heaven, who feeds birds 881 00:35:28,320 –> 00:35:30,320 and clothes flowers 882 00:35:30,320 –> 00:35:32,320 And because you’re of far greater value 883 00:35:32,320 –> 00:35:34,320 than them to him, therefore 884 00:35:34,320 –> 00:35:36,320 Even in this anxious 885 00:35:36,320 –> 00:35:38,320 time 886 00:35:38,320 –> 00:35:40,320 roll your anxiety onto him 887 00:35:40,320 –> 00:35:42,320 and look to him, he has the most 888 00:35:42,320 –> 00:35:44,320 marvelous track record 889 00:35:44,320 –> 00:35:46,320 of faithfulness 890 00:35:46,320 –> 00:35:48,320 Your father in heaven 891 00:35:48,320 –> 00:35:50,320 will not fail 892 00:35:50,320 –> 00:35:52,320 you 893 00:35:54,320 –> 00:35:56,320 Lastly, just very briefly 894 00:35:56,320 –> 00:35:58,320 Each week, in this 895 00:35:58,320 –> 00:36:00,320 series, we’ve asked the simple question 896 00:36:00,320 –> 00:36:02,320 Did Jesus ever pray this prayer 897 00:36:02,320 –> 00:36:04,320 himself? 898 00:36:04,320 –> 00:36:06,320 One day 899 00:36:06,320 –> 00:36:08,320 A large crowd 900 00:36:08,320 –> 00:36:10,320 gatherings to listen to Jesus 901 00:36:10,320 –> 00:36:12,320 and they were in a desert 902 00:36:12,320 –> 00:36:14,320 place where there was no 903 00:36:14,320 –> 00:36:16,320 food and no money 904 00:36:16,320 –> 00:36:18,320 to buy food 905 00:36:18,320 –> 00:36:20,320 A small boy placed 906 00:36:20,320 –> 00:36:22,320 five loaves and two fish 907 00:36:22,320 –> 00:36:24,320 in the hands of Jesus 908 00:36:24,320 –> 00:36:26,320 and John tells us that Jesus took the loaves 909 00:36:26,320 –> 00:36:28,320 and when 910 00:36:28,320 –> 00:36:30,320 he had given 911 00:36:30,320 –> 00:36:32,320 thanks 912 00:36:32,320 –> 00:36:34,320 he distributed them 913 00:36:34,320 –> 00:36:36,320 Jesus gave 914 00:36:36,320 –> 00:36:38,320 thanks to the Father for the bread 915 00:36:38,320 –> 00:36:40,320 he provided 916 00:36:40,320 –> 00:36:42,320 and what the Father 917 00:36:42,320 –> 00:36:44,320 provided 918 00:36:44,320 –> 00:36:46,320 was sufficient for all 919 00:36:48,320 –> 00:36:50,320 and then on the night that he was 920 00:36:50,320 –> 00:36:52,320 betrayed, our Lord Jesus celebrated 921 00:36:52,320 –> 00:36:54,320 the Passover with 922 00:36:54,320 –> 00:36:56,320 his disciples 923 00:36:56,320 –> 00:36:58,320 and Matthew tells us as they 924 00:36:58,320 –> 00:37:00,320 were eating, Jesus took bread and 925 00:37:00,320 –> 00:37:02,320 after blessing it 926 00:37:02,320 –> 00:37:04,320 he broke it 927 00:37:04,320 –> 00:37:06,320 gave it to his disciples 928 00:37:06,320 –> 00:37:08,320 and said Take, eat 929 00:37:08,320 –> 00:37:10,320 this is my body 930 00:37:12,320 –> 00:37:14,320 see 931 00:37:14,320 –> 00:37:16,320 God gives us the bread 932 00:37:16,320 –> 00:37:18,320 that sustains our bodies 933 00:37:18,320 –> 00:37:20,320 and God 934 00:37:20,320 –> 00:37:22,320 has given us the bread 935 00:37:22,320 –> 00:37:24,320 that feeds our 936 00:37:24,320 –> 00:37:26,320 souls 937 00:37:26,320 –> 00:37:28,320 Jesus is 938 00:37:28,320 –> 00:37:30,320 the bread of life 939 00:37:30,320 –> 00:37:32,320 and he said 940 00:37:32,320 –> 00:37:34,320 Whoever feeds on 941 00:37:34,320 –> 00:37:36,320 me 942 00:37:36,320 –> 00:37:38,320 will live 943 00:37:38,320 –> 00:37:40,320 because of me 944 00:37:40,320 –> 00:37:42,320 In other words 945 00:37:42,320 –> 00:37:44,320 Jesus will do 946 00:37:44,320 –> 00:37:46,320 for your soul what 947 00:37:46,320 –> 00:37:48,320 bread does for your body 948 00:37:48,320 –> 00:37:50,320 he will 949 00:37:50,320 –> 00:37:52,320 sustain you 950 00:37:54,320 –> 00:37:56,320 and whoever feeds on 951 00:37:56,320 –> 00:37:58,320 this bread 952 00:37:58,320 –> 00:38:00,320 will live 953 00:38:00,320 –> 00:38:02,320 forever 954 00:38:02,320 –> 00:38:04,320 Will you join 955 00:38:04,320 –> 00:38:06,320 with me in praying 956 00:38:06,320 –> 00:38:08,320 this prayer 957 00:38:08,320 –> 00:38:10,320 our father 958 00:38:10,320 –> 00:38:12,320 we bow 959 00:38:12,320 –> 00:38:14,320 before you in worship and gladly 960 00:38:14,320 –> 00:38:16,320 acknowledge that every good 961 00:38:16,320 –> 00:38:18,320 gift comes from your loving 962 00:38:18,320 –> 00:38:20,320 hand 963 00:38:20,320 –> 00:38:22,320 we thank you today for the beauty 964 00:38:22,320 –> 00:38:24,320 of the earth 965 00:38:24,320 –> 00:38:26,320 love of friends and family 966 00:38:26,320 –> 00:38:28,320 for our food 967 00:38:28,320 –> 00:38:30,320 for our homes for our work 968 00:38:30,320 –> 00:38:32,320 for your church 969 00:38:32,320 –> 00:38:34,320 and most of all 970 00:38:34,320 –> 00:38:36,320 for the gift of your son 971 00:38:36,320 –> 00:38:38,320 we confess 972 00:38:38,320 –> 00:38:40,320 our impatience 973 00:38:40,320 –> 00:38:42,320 and we ask 974 00:38:42,320 –> 00:38:44,320 your forgiveness 975 00:38:44,320 –> 00:38:46,320 we know 976 00:38:46,320 –> 00:38:48,320 that patience is the fruit 977 00:38:48,320 –> 00:38:50,320 of your holy spirit 978 00:38:50,320 –> 00:38:52,320 and we ask the you 979 00:38:52,320 –> 00:38:54,320 will produce this good fruit 980 00:38:54,320 –> 00:38:56,320 in our lives 981 00:38:56,320 –> 00:38:58,320 deliver us 982 00:38:58,320 –> 00:39:00,320 from grumbling we pray 983 00:39:00,320 –> 00:39:02,320 may we 984 00:39:02,320 –> 00:39:04,320 never despise the 985 00:39:04,320 –> 00:39:06,320 manna 986 00:39:06,320 –> 00:39:08,320 may your anger not 987 00:39:08,320 –> 00:39:10,320 blaze hotly against us 988 00:39:10,320 –> 00:39:12,320 use 989 00:39:12,320 –> 00:39:14,320 this time when things that 990 00:39:14,320 –> 00:39:16,320 we enjoy are taken away to 991 00:39:16,320 –> 00:39:18,320 increase our gratitude for 992 00:39:18,320 –> 00:39:20,320 what we have 993 00:39:20,320 –> 00:39:22,320 help us to rejoice in what 994 00:39:22,320 –> 00:39:24,320 you have given rather than complain 995 00:39:24,320 –> 00:39:26,320 in what you have withheld 996 00:39:26,320 –> 00:39:28,320 our father your son 997 00:39:28,320 –> 00:39:30,320 has taught us to come 998 00:39:30,320 –> 00:39:32,320 and ask for what we need 999 00:39:32,320 –> 00:39:34,320 father some of us 1000 00:39:34,320 –> 00:39:36,320 need work 1001 00:39:36,320 –> 00:39:38,320 and we ask that you 1002 00:39:38,320 –> 00:39:40,320 will provide 1003 00:39:40,320 –> 00:39:42,320 some of us are sick 1004 00:39:42,320 –> 00:39:44,320 and we ask 1005 00:39:44,320 –> 00:39:46,320 that your healing hand 1006 00:39:46,320 –> 00:39:48,320 may be upon them 1007 00:39:48,320 –> 00:39:50,320 some are hungry 1008 00:39:50,320 –> 00:39:52,479 and we 1009 00:39:52,479 –> 00:39:54,479 cry out to you give 1010 00:39:54,479 –> 00:39:56,479 us this day our 1011 00:39:56,479 –> 00:39:58,479 daily bread 1012 00:39:58,479 –> 00:40:00,479 father your 1013 00:40:00,479 –> 00:40:02,479 world is in trouble 1014 00:40:02,479 –> 00:40:04,479 please in your 1015 00:40:04,479 –> 00:40:06,479 mercy give us relief 1016 00:40:06,479 –> 00:40:08,479 from this virus we pray 1017 00:40:08,479 –> 00:40:10,479 we pray 1018 00:40:10,479 –> 00:40:12,479 today for those who carry the 1019 00:40:12,479 –> 00:40:14,479 weight and the burden of great 1020 00:40:14,479 –> 00:40:16,479 responsibility 1021 00:40:16,479 –> 00:40:18,479 we pray for our mayors 1022 00:40:18,479 –> 00:40:20,479 for our governor 1023 00:40:20,479 –> 00:40:22,479 and for our president 1024 00:40:22,479 –> 00:40:24,479 grant 1025 00:40:24,479 –> 00:40:26,479 to those who lead us strength 1026 00:40:26,479 –> 00:40:28,479 to bear the burdens they 1027 00:40:28,479 –> 00:40:30,479 carry and wisdom 1028 00:40:30,479 –> 00:40:32,479 that will promote our 1029 00:40:32,479 –> 00:40:34,479 common good 1030 00:40:34,479 –> 00:40:36,479 we pray that you will 1031 00:40:36,479 –> 00:40:38,479 deliver us from anxiety 1032 00:40:40,479 –> 00:40:42,479 thank you that you know what we need 1033 00:40:42,479 –> 00:40:44,479 help us 1034 00:40:44,479 –> 00:40:46,479 to trust you our Heavenly 1035 00:40:46,479 –> 00:40:48,479 Father and to seek first 1036 00:40:48,479 –> 00:40:50,479 your Kingdom knowing that you will 1037 00:40:50,479 –> 00:40:52,479 give us what we need 1038 00:40:52,479 –> 00:40:54,479 and help us dear 1039 00:40:54,479 –> 00:40:56,479 Lord to measure your love for 1040 00:40:56,479 –> 00:40:58,479 us by what you have done in sending 1041 00:40:58,479 –> 00:41:00,479 your Son Jesus Christ 1042 00:41:00,479 –> 00:41:02,479 thank you 1043 00:41:02,479 –> 00:41:04,479 that he is our living bread 1044 00:41:04,479 –> 00:41:06,479 thank you 1045 00:41:06,479 –> 00:41:08,479 that this bread was broken 1046 00:41:08,479 –> 00:41:10,479 so that his 1047 00:41:10,479 –> 00:41:12,479 life should be in us 1048 00:41:12,479 –> 00:41:14,479 so help us 1049 00:41:14,479 –> 00:41:16,479 by faith 1050 00:41:16,479 –> 00:41:18,479 to feed on 1051 00:41:18,479 –> 00:41:20,479 him and 1052 00:41:20,479 –> 00:41:22,479 so nourish our souls 1053 00:41:22,479 –> 00:41:24,479 to eternal life 1054 00:41:24,479 –> 00:41:26,479 through Jesus Christ 1055 00:41:26,479 –> 00:41:28,479 our Lord 1056 00:41:28,479 –> 00:41:30,479 amen