#IYKYK If You Know You Know — Talking to Jesus — DawnCheré Wilkerson

we have been in a collection entitled talking to jesus and it's really been speaking to me has it been speaking to you can i get a show of hands or if you're listening today has it been speaking to you i hope it has it's been changing me as we've been looking to god's word and today we're going to be examining the lord's prayer and i just think we should dive right in matthew chapter 6 jesus is speaking to the disciples and he's teaching them how to pray and this is what he says will you say it with me it'll be up on the screen this then is how you should pray our father who out in heaven hallowed be your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us today our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one i want to take the next few minutes to talk to you on this thought if you know you know if you know you know will you bow your heads and pray with me god thank you for today thank you for every person under the sound of my voice i pray that you speak to us we know you hear us today god i pray that i would get out of the way lord and that your love and your presence would touch every heart we want you we're grateful for you it's in jesus name everybody said come on everybody said amen you know there's a popular acronym that everybody's using today i like to use it if you know you know i y k y k if you know you know um how do we use this well for me like there's group of women that if you are in this new baby season you are texting each other having full-on conversations at three in the morning if you know you know the newest restaurant in town that is the best food if you know you know the newest restaurant in town that has the worst food if you know you know sorry about that if you know you know is really just implying that some people will fully understand and other people won't some people are in on what you're talking about others have no clue what you're discussing it's intriguing it's exclusive and it's an experience that not everyone is aware of but if you know you know it's a place not everyone has been not everyone has discovered it's a hack that people maybe have never experienced before but if you know you know if we aren't careful prayer can be viewed as exclusive prayer can be thought of as something that you have to learn how to do properly in order to reach the ears of god that there are good prayers there are mediocre prayers there are bad prayers they're oh you really you really really really prayed just now that actually made it to god i know it did because it sounded powerful if we aren't careful we can think that there is some recipe to a good prayer that there is some secret code that if you know you know that the pastor really knows that your small group leader really knows that your parents really know that hear me the art of praying is not secretive it's personal prayer is not to impress prayer is to communicate [Applause] and the art of prayer is not woven up in beauty or an eloquence the art of prayer is about proper communication the art of prayer is about saying what's on your heart not about hiding it not on building it in a beautiful facade not in boxing it with all the right rapping and trappings but the art of prayer saying god here i am and i really need you i'm not gonna hide any part of my life from you i need you if you know you know [Applause] let me tell you if you know jesus you know how to pray say it again if you know jesus you know how to pray because if you have a desire for relationship with jesus and you believe in who he says he is you automatically have entrance into the throne room of heaven if you seek him you're gonna find him and some of us are making this way too complicated we're intimidated we're condemned when god is saying my arms are open to you what's on your heart son what's on your heart daughter i made a place for you if you know jesus you know how to pray if you know jesus you know how to pray and if you have questions about how to pray you can talk to jesus about how to talk to jesus you and i we get the opportunity to talk to jesus about how to talk to jesus matthew chapter 6 shows us this the disciples are like jesus teach us how to pray and so jesus starts to say what we know as the lord's prayer and you may go oh wow that must have really blown their mind man what he said that's power that's a powerful prayer but it didn't really blow their mind and it really wasn't something that they had never heard was his teaching really a format that they were unfamiliar with well when we study the jewish religion of that day when we study the theology of the jews we understand that every single day in the temple three times a day they would gather to pray and that when we look at the lord's prayer and we parallel it line by line with the central prayers of jewish liturgy that it lines up specifically so every line that jesus is saying it's not foreign to them in fact the essence of the prayer are prayers that they have prayed every day of their life in the temple but what jesus has done is he's taken these prayers the mourner's prayer the amidah prayer that is prayed every single day in the temple and he has condensed them he has simplified them he has boiled them down to six petitions of god saying you have known how to pray your entire life don't complicate this from the beginning of time god has been hearing your requests and your prayers and now because of the sacrifice that i'm about to make i'm going to tear the veil into in the holy of holies i'm going to prepare entrance for you so that you can walk in and talk to me anytime you want it says if jesus is saying don't complicate this if you know god you know how to pray [Applause] you know how to do this sometimes we feel like we forget the other day i was letting a friend in the house in fact he's here pablo and michelle i love so much they're in our crew and they're just solid pillars in this house and their family and i got to the gate of our house with pablo and i was trying to open up the gate and you guys you may not know this but i just had a baby my brain has gone on vacation i'm up all night every night with my child taking care of her needs and as i stood in front of that gate i did not know how to open up the gate to my own house man my self-talk was really negative in that moment my mom gave birth to seven kids and here i am with only three and i have lost my ever-loving mind blanca i mean i have lost it this is my house this is my gate and i don't know how to get in sometimes you can feel like you're locked out of your own prayer life sometimes you can feel like yeah god i know you but i don't feel like i really know you right now i don't know how to get to that place where we're intimately talking where you know exactly what's going on in my heart and maybe it's through exhaustion but maybe it's through condemnation maybe it's through intimidation maybe it's because of sin in our life but friends because of the name of jesus this is not a morse code that you are trying to decipher this is not some secret thing that you have to take years to figure out how to pray like the people that you love and respect no friends you are a son of god you are a daughter of god i'm talking to you today you don't have to wait till tomorrow or a year from now or when you finish your theology degree or when this season of crew is over no today you can open up your mouth call on the name of jesus and you have access if you know you know you have access so what are you waiting for because if you know jesus you really know how to pray see the lord's prayer is a reminder of genuine conversation with god it's not a formula it's not just something to recite mindlessly no it's an invitation by jesus going you know how to pray come and come and lay every part of your life before the altar of god just surrender it all and as as we look at it we're going to see how jesus's prayer really encompasses every part of our life so so let's get to it the first words that jesus says he says our father in heaven will you say that with me our father in heaven see i love that jesus starts with this word our he doesn't say my father he is your father but he's also our father it's a personal prayer but it's still corporate because jesus is reminding us that this relationship with god is not just me and god but that i'm a part of a family that you're my brother that you're my sister that the blood of jesus that has covered us is more real than the very blood that is flowing through your veins from the moment you surrender your life to jesus you are picked up and you are placed inside of a family a family that god ordained this church thing it's not our idea it wasn't somebody's idea one thousand years ago no two thousand years ago jesus died on the cross and the church of jesus christ the bride the body in the building was established and the gates of hell try as they might every year and every century they will not prevail it's what you and i are a part of and friends when we come to this place we're not coming here to meet god no this building doesn't house the presence of god the presence of god is inside of you we come to this house to corporately pray this is a house of prayer and we know that as we join together and petition god that we know that our prayers reach afghanistan today that god reaches his hand and brings comfort and power and protection we know that the hands of god extend to haiti that the hands of god extend to every child that is being abused that is not seen that is being sold into sex trafficking we believe that god brings distinct brings peace to our nation and brings peace to our home if you know you know but if you don't know you're missing out on the purpose of your life if you don't know you're missing out on what god gave his only son so that you could have full authority to walk in to claim to say this is my gate this is my house there is no code that i don't know i can open it anytime i want to i can call the name of jesus and he responds so i wish somebody would get excited today that you have a mission and a mandate from heaven if you know you know our father who is in heaven our world is fascinated with heaven but we're more than fascinated we know that heaven fastens our heart to the promise of god that is in front of us that in the hardest seasons of our life when we go through loss when we go through heartbreak when we are mourning those that have gone before us that we know that this is not some terrible ending but this is just the beginning our father in heaven that's where he is it's a real place you and i will stand and be in the presence of god one day just as surely as we stand before each other in this moment so jesus reminds us where he is our father he's in heaven and that's why we are able to pray with confidence hallowed be your name will you say it with me hallowed be your name now this isn't buttering him up to get to the good part where you get to say what you really want this is standing in off who god is this is my dad's birthday this week he turned 69 and there's seven kids in my family and they're in louisiana i'm in miami my brother was in nashville and we're all kind of spread out so we said you know what 9 p.m eastern standard time we're having a family birthday party and we all got on facetime and mom and dad were there and all seven kids and spouses we all took the time to honor my dad to thank him for everything that he's done in our life and there were tears and there were stories and we took the time to reflect and to really pour out our lives to him about what he's invested in us you know when i think about losing my dad i lose it because he is everything to me and sometimes we're afraid of going there you know what i mean letting our heart really go to how much we appreciate someone letting our heart really dig deep to to fully express the magnitude of what someone has invested in our life and you say don tree that's nice and all that you have a dad like that but i don't have a dad like that listen my dad's not the point because the father that we serve in heaven no earthly father comes close to his love you have a father that you don't have to wait for easter and christmas to get really excited about what he's done let me tell you i'm gonna lose my dignity and worship because it gets me excited that he knows everything about me and he still loves me he knows every mistake that he meets me in the middle of my mess so somebody needs to get excited today because the god we serve he's not good if you know you know [Applause] guys we can't sit in here with stone faces singing about a god that created the universe and knows your name we can't sit in here acting like it's just another sunday when we're singing about a god that counts the hairs on your head that is able to restore that is able to redeem that counsels us and comforts us and leads us and never takes his eye off of us and sings over us as we sleep and prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies and allows our cup to run over who leads us through the valley of the shadow of death and even as death stares us straight in the face we don't have to fear i don't know about you but i can sing about that god all day long nobody compares to the god that i serve hallowed be your name he goes on to say your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven i'm a part of a kingdom it's not of this world i'm a citizen of heaven and as i'm a subject of this kingdom i decide to subject my will to the will of god i'm just passing through this world it'll be over and i'll stand before him and i'll be a part of the place that i was destined to belong to i'm a pilgrim i'm an alien i'm a citizen of heaven i'm not of this world therefore my will and my life is subject to the kingdom that i am a part of first john chapter 5 verse 14 says this is the confidence we have if you need some confidence here it is we're passing it out today here's the confidence we have in approaching god that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us and if we know that he hears us whatever we ask we know that we have what we have asked of him how do we know the will of god friday night i had just gotten the kids to bed it's a couple hours of getting that thing settled and i had the kids in bed the two kids i had my daughter next to me on the couch she was sleeping i had my laptop in my lap and i was working on my message and i started hearing this door open and little feet and then close i decide to leave it open little feet and close after the fourth time put my laptop aside walk down the hallway open up the door to my boys room they share a room and as i walked in the lights were out and both boys were in their beds i walked over to wyatt's bed said on the end of it his eyes were wide open i kind of scratched his back and just sat there for a minute said you okay buddy you can't sleep he said no i heard a door open a moment ago and since you're the only person in the house beside me that actually knows how to open a door is everything okay he looked at me and so sincerely with conviction jesus told me to get up and walk out the door i didn't want to mom jesus told me [Applause] what are you gonna say to that am i really gonna tell him no jesus did not tell you to say that we'll have that conversation another day but maybe you're as confused as wyatt on the will of god maybe today you're going is jesus really telling me this or is it the pizza that i ate last night is the song that i just listened to that really moved my emotions is it the conversation that i had over coffee god i don't know what your will is we all find ourselves in places like that and i love what james encourages us to do he says if any of you lacks wisdom you should ask god isn't that beautiful he gives generously to all without finding fault and it will be given to you but when you ask here it is you must believe and not doubt because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea blown and tossed by the wind that person should not expect to receive anything from the lord such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do a lot of times at least in my life i've heard that scripture taught that whatever i'm believing for that i shouldn't be unstable in that but that's not what the scripture is saying is it it's saying if you ask god for wisdom he will always give it don't doubt that you serve a heavenly father that doesn't want to pour his wisdom out on you in every season and every situation let me tell you something god is not trying to trick you sometimes we can allow the enemy to play tricks with our minds and make us feel like somehow this is some tricky test no read the scriptures if you need wisdom ask for it and guess what he'll give it to you so if you need wisdom as you seek the will of god which all of us do all we have to do is ask how do we find the will of god well through the bible through the scriptures some of us we don't read our bibles so we don't know that the questions that we're asking are actually answered in the bible like should you be doing things with your boyfriend girl should you be sleeping around uh it's it's already in the bible friends it's a sin you commit against yourself it's tearing down your own confidence it's tearing down what god has created you to be it's not about rules it's about the beauty and the power and the strength that he's created you to walk in that's in the bible should you gossip about people it's in the bible should you tear others down should you love people that you don't know that aren't in your inner circle that aren't your family that that you actually don't agree with should you love them as you love yourself it's in the bible so you can find god's will in the word but you can also find god's will through through church through a pastoral oversight through being in community that studies the word and seeks to unpack how it applies to your life you can find the will of god through confirmation you can find the will of god through prayer but there are some times in our life where our will just doesn't line up with god's will and i don't i don't know why that's such a mind-blowing revelation to us you guys this is the creator of the universe how do we think that our knowledge our finite knowledge the small piece of life that we see would line up with the all-knowing all-powerful loving faithful never-failing vision of the god that we serve it's just natural that sometimes our will we're gonna think we really need this and god's gonna go you really don't want this so don't be surprised when our will doesn't line up with the fathers even jesus experienced this rich talked about it wednesday night at heart and soul but jesus before he's crucified he comes to the father and he begs father god don't do this let's read what he says matthew chapters 26 39 going a little further he fell with his face to the ground and prayed my father if it is possible may this cup be taken from me in other words what you're serving i don't want yet not as i will but as you will and this was not just a one-time request you may think that jesus says yeah he just mentioned it but then he just went on along no the scripture tells us that he prayed it three times in the same night he is begging god god i don't want to do this i don't want to be humiliated i don't want to be beaten i don't want to be abused i don't want to be mocked god i don't want to be murdered and he begs god over and over again god this is not what i want this is not my will but then he ends it with but if it is your will in other words i'm a citizen of heaven and i submit my earthly fleshly will to the will of the father there may be pain today but i know that there will be a promise on the other side so i look to the joy set before me is what the scripture says jesus did because he knew he could trust the father if you know you know i think our faith is really seen when we're in those moments where our will doesn't line up with the father but we still choose to believe can you pray that prayer sincerely your will jesus your will see your your emotions are just a glimpse of what you value and what your life is centered around and i actually don't think that the only two choices are your will or god's will i think there are a lot of other people's will that a lot of us are living for the will of our family the will of our boss the will of our circle of friends that somehow has been the determining factor in what we value how we talk how we spend our time friends there's only one thing that can be at the center of your life and that's the cross of jesus christ if i'm a follower of jesus and i pick up my cross and i follow jesus and i die to myself every single day through the power of his spirit i'm able to pray not my will but your willow come on if that's your desire today let's give god graves in this house i want to have a faith that remains i want to have a faith that remains don't forfeit your plan don't forfeit his plan for your plan if only we could see through the eyes of heaven the banister of heaven is all those that have gone before us are looking over go no you can trust him release that thing in your hand go the way that he's leading you move when he says to move don't walk when he says not to walk like trust him let him shape you let him take off all the things that don't please him let him develop the fruits of spirit and of the spirit in your life patience and kindness and goodness and faithfulness you can trust his will over your own will so jesus teaches us to pray his will not our will but keep it on going he says give us this day our daily bread come on say daily bread i'm not going to stay long on this one because here's the truth when i was going through college rick and i we studied in cambridge together and we were just broke college students riding bikes to class every single day and we ate the same thing pretty much every day of our lives we would drive to the same bakery and we would get the same sandwich we ate a lot of bread in college but it kept us strong and it kept us nourished and we may not have been able to have the most fancy meals but it was exactly what we needed daily you know what an ineffective christian looks like a malnourished one give us this day our daily bread some of you you only wait for steak i'll wait for conference i'm gonna have an encounter with god then i'll wait till i go to that worship night i'll wait till they sing my favorite song then i'm really gonna go into prayer i'm gonna have an experience and an encounter with god and you're waiting for steak but you are malnourished you are weak you're only eating one day a week when god is saying i want to give you exactly what you need every single day three square meals on your plate filling your belly and your heart with the goodness and the faithfulness of god oh come on if you know you know if you know you know our daily bread jesus is talking to him meeting your daily spiritual and physical needs and that's all i'm going to say about that we're keeping on going next our daily bread you better get it tomorrow not just today but jesus goes on and he says forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors it's crew week this week i'm super fired up crews are central to the heart of our church are you in a crew when are you planning on joining one stop putting it off i mean it seriously we're not promised tomorrow you need this today you need community church is more than just sunday sundays is such a beautiful catalyst to mobilize the church board don't you miss sunday serve on sundays be a part it's part of god's plan for your life but also you need to be discussing what we talk about here in a personal context of your life in your home and i love cruz because well we always take time at the end to pray for the needs in the room and to give god thanks for what he's done we call it gratitude but if you think that your prayer life is encompassed in simply telling god what you need and thank him thanking him each day you've missed a very important facet of walking with god daily says forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors forgive us it's talking about confession you know i i know that daily i make mistakes and when it comes to a real personal relationship like in my marriage i don't just go to bed next to rich every night and i'm like hey babe sorry for anything that i did okay good night like how insincere is that cool that sounded kind and thoughtful and really you're invested in this no it'd come off very and see it sincere it wouldn't build anything instead when i know that i've done something in my marriage i have to be specific about it why because that's what sincere people do in a real relationship dave i'm sorry that i snapped like that sorry for the way that my tone was and i'm sorry for the way i reacted i assumed a lot i'm sorry for the way how quickly that got heated up i'm i'm really sorry about that i don't want to i don't want us to have conversations like that i want to be different honest apologies when was the last time you genuinely apologized to god for something that grieved him when was the last time you're specific a life where we put our our whole life before god it's a life where we're honest where we fall short not so that we can wallow but so that we can be changed by the power of a spirit he can't change that which you hide from him so i come before god and say god i'm sorry i got ahead of you this time kind of blazing my own trail i wasn't really following your lead i want to follow you i want to go at the pace that you've set god my lust got the best of me this time i don't want to live this way i don't want to think this way i don't want to be led by my feelings god i want you to change me and to give me self-control so that i can walk into what is best for my life god i'm sorry for the way that i insinuated something i walked away from that conversation feeling pretty gross because i didn't have to say it like that i didn't have to manipulate it i didn't have to gossip god i want to trust you more god i really flew off the handle there with the person that i lead i was impatient will you teach me how to be patient with my kids i need to change it's me i need to change and in that moment friends it's not condemnation condemnation is what the enemy does and he sells you the lie that you can never change confession is coming before the one that can make the change it's saying god i need you to change me from the inside out i know as i surrender it to you that you're the only one you're the only one who can bring the transformation that i really need if you know you know if we want god's forgiveness then we also have to forgive others because jesus says forgive us as we forgive others forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors what is he saying well i can't get past this you see because in those prayers that they knew so well in jewish sensual liturgy this part was revelatory to them because they had always been taught that god was the only one that could forgive but jesus was saying something mind-blowing he's saying oh yeah i'll forgive you but i've called you to reflect my nature by forgiving those around you in fact it's so important to me that i will make my forgiveness reciprocal on your forgiveness of others meaning that i can't forgive you until you forgive those around you and i can't get past this as we as we two very important words forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors meaning that the way that i forgive others is the way that god will forgive me that there's a big shovel of forgiveness a medium shovel a small one and if i pick up the small one and forgive those around me with a small one well god you pick up the same one i don't want god to pick up the small one i want to forgive everybody in my life let my soul be so clean and washed by forgiveness that everything that i need forgiven it in my life god will forgive me as we if you know you know others should be a big part of your prayers not just asking god to forgive you but asking god to allow you to forgive others it's reciprocal as we how much are you forgiving others how much how much are you shaking off the dust that gathers in your heart from what other people do just like the dust that gathers on your feet well don tree i forgave them i forgave them but you're still talking about them and you still get superheated a button done tree i i forgave them but it still keeps you up at night and you rewind and you replay and you rehash how you would have said it what you would have said don shuri i forgave them but secretly you don't wish the best for their future forgiveness i forgive i forgive i forgive some of you think that dontre this is a little extreme they they deserve my unforgiveness they deserve for me to feel that way about them friends i can't get past the as we forgive it's a deal breaker in the kingdom of god it's not something we can take lightly say what do you mean well look at matthew chapter seven verse one do not judge or you will be judged for with the same judgment you pronounce you will be judged and with the measure you use it will be measured to you and the verse after the lord's prayer jesus just wants to expound and he goes on to say for if you forgive other people when they sin against you your heavenly father will also forgive you but if you do not forgive others their sins your heavenly father will not forgive your sins friends if we really believe the words of jesus this could change the marriages overnight this would resolve some arguments in your home really quickly this would allow you to forgive your boss your friends your mother your father so quickly if you really believed that i'm making a barrier with my unforgiveness for god to forgive me if you know you know i've got to forgive i've got to let it go forgiveness is what sets us free but lastly today jesus makes this statement as he closes the prayer that he knows they already know just pray just talk to me he says lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one poor white i'm just putting them on blast today but my son likes ice cream the way that i do and guys i've collected ice cream i'm a collector of ice cream i'm a connoisseur of ice cream and my freezer is the low drawer not the high drawer so wyatt knows how to open it and i noticed that he started like sticking his fingers in the ice cream like my pints are missing their tops now [Music] and he learned how to open it first and he laughed and stick his finger and i'm like quiet don't do that actually that's mine all right don't do that we'll have some after dinner he'll get a little bit mom will get a lot and then we go the other day he got really quiet in the house and i was like i can trust him like he's really responsible awesome so i wasn't worried but i kind of was worried so i got up from my couch and i walked and i was trying to find him wyatt wyatt and i went into his sister's room and i kind of heard a russell and i open up the bathroom door and he's sitting on the floor of the bathroom with a pint of ice cream and a huge spoon and he is just gorging himself with ice cream the temptation got to him what can i say [Applause] he actually had my measuring spoons as a spoon it's like you can't get enough spoons like i'll use all of them to eat this whole pint [Music] it's funny with temptation right because it never starts with just like grab the whole pint it always starts like let me open the drawer let me let me stick my finger like let me let me just get close i'm not doing it i'm and we we think of temptation as just these like huge sins friends there's a temptation every day for you just to look like the world for you for you to be average for you to think like they think for you to not pray risky prayers for you to lower the standard of what god has called you to for your conversations to just be everyday average boring talking about the same old same old when you actually are carrying the very presence of god himself within you and where you walk change occurs the rooms that you enter the atmosphere changes friends the temptation is to be like everybody else but you are in the world not of the world if you know you know oh come on can we put our hands together i'm not messing with it i'm not messing with it i won't we're different he says lead us not into temptation what he's saying is again i place my will before you lord and if the things that i want are actually going to lead me to a place where i fall if the things i want are actually going to lead me down a road where i am less like you than more like you than god i don't want it i don't want to want what i'm asking you for don't leave me there lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one friends i am not afraid of the temptation i'm afraid of living far away from jesus don't be afraid of the temptation i'm just so afraid i'm gonna fall no be afraid of not inviting jesus into your life that's what the fear of the lord is is what would my life be like if not for the grace and the love and the constant presence of god and so as you seek him and as you have your daily bread temptations that would sneak in the door of your life suddenly are so starkly contrasted to the goodness and the grace of god that you're able to spot those traps when you see them because you've been in his presence and you can spot a counterfeit when you see it if you know you know if i know jesus i know how to pray deliver us deliver us i want to close with this because we all have questions about prayer and if you feel like you're the only person with questions about prayer you're wrong because we all do we're all growing in our personal relationship with jesus we have questions on how to get home to eternity with god we have questions on how to have access to the father we have questions about who we are in christ and so did the disciples that's what i love is how real jesus's relationship was with them he didn't hide any part of his life from them and in john chapter 14 verse 1 before he ascends to heaven jesus is speaking to them he says do not let your hearts be troubled don't you wish that this was the message that all christians were speaking to one another today do not let your hearts be troubled you believe in god believe also in me that where there's so much distinction there's so much brokenness there's so much finger pointing in the world today that couldn't the church be the ones that look at the world around and say do not let your hearts be troubled jesus says it and then he goes on to say my father's house has many rooms if that were not so would i have told you that i'm going there to prepare a place for you and if i go and prepare a place for you i will come back and take you to be with me so that you also may be where i am you know the way to the place where i am going and i love thomas because he always says what you and i are thinking like he's just so honest with god and he looks like jesus he's like lord we don't know where you're going like we don't so how can we know the way jesus looks back and answers [Music] i am the way i am the truth i am the life no one comes to the father except through me if you really know me you will know my father as well i'm going to say that again if you really know me you will know my father as well if you really know me you will know my father as well in other words if you know you know if you know me you know the father it's that simple if you know you know if you know you know stop letting the enemy intimidate you god bless the world silence your prayers stop letting everybody else's opinion tell you how you should talk to god if you know jesus you know how to talk to him if you know jesus you know the father and it's not my words it's his you can stand all over this room because i want to remind you if you want to know the way to pray if you want to know the way home if you want to know how to have access to the father well if you know jesus you know because the path home it's not a path it's a person the more you know jesus the more you'll just progress on the beautiful purpose he ordained for your life you and i we're headed to heaven our father who art in heaven he's in heaven but we're not in heaven today c.s lewis said when it comes to prayer begin where you are so where are you today if you're angry start your prayer angry he'll meet you there [Music] if you're depressed start your prayer to press you'd have to say some flowery words that you don't mean just so you can get to the honest part no friends he knows what you're going through start where you are if you're joyful open up your mouth make a joyful noise unto the lord if you're feeling anxiety starting your anxiety he'll meet you exactly where you are [Music] if you feel overwhelmed start where you are if you're confused start where you are if you're broken start where you are if you're yearning for more start where you are pour out your very heart before god he will meet you there and all over this room if you desire more of god come on will you lift your hands with me

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Length: 46min 1sec (2761 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 29 2021