WEBVTT 00:00:00.479 --> 00:00:08.400 Well, I don't know about you, but my closet has seen some changes over the past month or so. 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:13.039 Uh I haven't touched a jacket or a coat. 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:20.559 My thicker socks are put away, and I'm no longer wearing them because I don't like sweaty socks. 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:28.960 Um my beanies are put away, and my t-shirts are more commonly used. 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:37.679 My long-sleeve flannels, uh, I haven't touched those in weeks, and the weather is changing. 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:39.439 The weather is changing. 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:46.399 Our spring is starting to get warmer, and we're approaching summer. 00:00:47.039 --> 00:01:05.040 It's it's just a blessing from the Lord that we get to experience the seasons here in the Treasure Valley, and the God that has created the world, and the God that has made you and I is in control of all the seasons. 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:18.000 And uh our our wardrobe might change, our clothing might change as we wear it, as the temperatures get warmer, but um but God does not change. 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:26.000 And in James, today, as we look to our text, as we look in the final chapter of James, we have just two more sermons left. 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:31.280 We'll be in James chapter 13, uh James chapter 5, verses 13 through 18 this evening. 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:36.480 So as you turn there, I want us to be thinking about something that's going to be important. 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:43.359 There's gonna be something in your Christian life that does not change with the season. 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:54.959 As you are pursuing God, as you're faithfully chasing after him to know him, to understand him, to obey him, there's something that that bridges across every season. 00:01:55.120 --> 00:02:00.480 You're not gonna you're not gonna put it on a hanger and put it in the coat closet, uh, so to speak. 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:10.159 No, this this thing that we're gonna be using, leaning on, trusting God in from season to season, is prayer. 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:27.120 And I want us to look to our text today and see James's heart as he's looking to encourage a church that is undergoing persecution, a church that is going through some trials and needs encouragement. 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:46.800 And in every season, no matter if you're in a season of great joy, when friendships are just where you want them to be, where your relationships are just right, or if you're in a season where things are kind of rocky, uh, a transitional season where you're not sure what's next, uh, things aren't on the calendar, things are not planned. 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:58.400 One thing that James is wanting you to plan on, something that you can put in your calendar month to month, week to week, and day to day, hour to hour, and minute by minute is prayer. 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:03.199 He wants us to understand the importance of prayer. 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:06.719 So let's look today, uh, starting in verse 13. 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:10.080 Turn with me to James chapter 5 and verse 13. 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:12.960 We'll begin our time here. 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:20.800 In verse 13, it says, Is anyone among you suffering? 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:22.639 Let him pray. 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:25.360 Is anyone cheerful? 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:27.680 Let him sing praise. 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:30.560 Is anyone among you sick? 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:39.439 Let him call for the elders of the church and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:45.039 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick. 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:47.360 And the Lord will raise him up. 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:53.120 And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 00:03:53.599 --> 00:04:03.520 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed. 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:06.479 Let's listen to the heart of James here. 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:13.280 The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.840 Elijah, we spoke about him last week. 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:20.720 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, human being. 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:26.240 And he and he prayed fervently that it might not rain. 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:33.759 And for three years and six months, it did not rain on the earth. 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:35.759 Then he prayed again. 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:42.000 And the heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:49.600 James's James's heart has focus season to season. 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:53.040 We gotta be praying. 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.920 The prayer of faith. 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:59.759 You know, prayer is is an interesting thing. 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:03.199 It's communication, it's it's drawing near to God. 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:16.800 It's letting your requests be known to him, letting him understand your heart, calling out to him, making your plea and your and your cause known to God, who already knows it, by the way. 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:25.040 God knows your exact position, your exact condition, your exact mental well-being, the the feelings that are going on inside of you. 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:26.079 God is aware of these. 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.839 He is 100% in tune with how you are doing. 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:36.720 And James is is charging his hearers, his listeners, his readers to to pray. 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:42.720 Is anyone among you suffering? 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:46.399 Now, suffering can come in in many different forms. 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:56.560 Suffering, uh, I think one of the most challenging physiological ways that that someone can suffer is is through nerve pain. 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:02.079 Maybe you're not uh old enough yet to have experienced it, but maybe one day you will. 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:07.600 And when you realize what nerve pain is, you might think to yourself, oh, this is this is a new chapter. 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.160 This is a whole new a whole new ball game. 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:13.759 I have not suffered like this before in my body. 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:18.079 Some suffering uh looks like like persecution. 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:20.399 You're being you're being mocked. 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:24.160 Your reputation is being drugged through the dirts. 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:31.040 You are being forced to uh to be treated differently than other people because of your convictions. 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:40.000 People around you no longer want to be your friend because uh you won't join in with the crude jokes or the foul language around you. 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:51.439 Uh persecution and suffering, suffering can look different from from season to season, from life to life, from year to year, it can look different. 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:53.920 But uh, what what should not change? 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:58.560 James is calling our attention to here is is let him pray. 00:06:58.800 --> 00:06:59.839 Let him pray. 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:10.639 God, the one who made you, the one who formed you in your mother's womb, is listening, is drawing near to you as you draw near to him. 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:13.600 And in James's charge is why delay? 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:14.240 Why wait? 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:20.959 Why why hold back from the one that is waiting for for you to call out to him? 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:23.279 Why delay? 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:24.800 Why delay? 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:30.639 Why wait and think that you can uh figure it out all on your own. 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:39.519 There's a almighty, all-powerful God who is just wanting to take care of his children. 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:42.160 Is anyone cheerful? 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:45.199 Let him sing praise. 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:55.920 Now it's interesting in the face of opposition, uh, James calls his hearers to consider it pure joy when experiencing trials of various kinds. 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:08.319 And the pure joy here is maybe not an outward or external joy, but the the attitude and meditations of the hearts, the internal attitudes. 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:13.199 How buoyant is your heart in times of trial, in times of need? 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:15.759 Are you are you drowning in the moment? 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:19.680 Are you fixing your eyes on God? 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:21.279 Is anyone cheerful? 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:23.519 Let him sing praise. 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:26.639 And today is gonna be a different kind of sermon. 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:41.440 The note sheet looks a little different if you're noticing, and we're gonna focus in on praying in a variety of different scenarios and different responses to both external and internal factors. 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:44.080 So let's write this down for letter A. 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:58.720 Pray in response to problems, problems, trials that you may face in your life, respond to them, not by grumbling, like James is saying, don't do that, don't complain. 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:02.080 James is saying, pray, go to the Lord. 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:11.600 Let your requests be known to God in the peace that surpasses all understanding that will protect your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus. 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:12.960 This is for you. 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:26.480 Your response in the face of problems reveals where you put your confidence, where you put your trust, where your hope is. 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:38.240 When the problems of life roll your way like waves on the ocean, are you going to try to figure out how to build a bigger boat in your own power? 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:45.840 Or are you going to look left and look right and see that there's a life raft that God is sending your way? 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:50.720 Are you going to cling on to the help that God offers you? 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:54.000 Is that going to be your response? 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:58.000 Singing, singing through the trials. 00:09:58.159 --> 00:09:59.840 Is your heart fixed? 00:09:59.919 --> 00:10:04.159 Is God giving you a heart that is saying, I know you're near. 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:06.879 I know that I can praise you through the storm. 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:09.440 I know that my situation is dire. 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:13.519 I feel worried, but I'm going to choose to put my hope, my trust. 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:21.519 I'm going to choose to rest in you, God, and your promises and sing praise to the Lord in those moments. 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:31.919 There's an opportunity for us to obey God and to pray if you're suffering, if you're cheerful, go to the Lord. 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:34.320 What is your response and problems? 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:35.679 Pray. 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:38.080 Move on to verse 14. 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:41.600 Is anyone among you sick? 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:50.159 Let him call for the elders of the church and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:56.559 And I can tell you right now, Pastor Josiah does not have oil that he's going to drip or drop on your head. 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:17.519 But this verse here, this verse here is drawing our attention to the people who are watching over the flock, the people who are leading the church and letting those requests be known to the leaders, so that they might do what? 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:18.879 Pray. 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:24.480 That they might pray for you, anointing him with oil. 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:33.679 And some commentators would look at this verse and say there might be some medicinal, um, might be some medicinal applications to to oil. 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:44.720 Now, when we see different um people in the New Testament um struggling, uh, sometimes wine is prescribed for for stomach issues. 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:58.000 If we see the the good Samaritan, uh, wine and oil are used to cleanse wounds and to um and to be a balm to uh someone who has suffered much pain and suffering. 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:09.919 And uh this is something that is is debated, but we look here to verse 14 and trust God to heal. 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:17.440 God, through every sickness in your life, will bring some kind of healing or restoration to you. 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:24.480 And one day you're gonna get so sick that your body, your body's not gonna bounce back, God's not gonna heal you, and then one day you will die. 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:51.679 One day you will no longer be made well again after you are sick, but the Lord is answering prayer and the Lord is healing every time you're sick, every time you are not feeling well, and your body is doing what it's designed to do, and God is uh through his power and through his design, your body is going to recover, your body is going to be made well. 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:54.799 But in all of that, we have a common grace. 00:12:54.960 --> 00:13:01.759 We have medical professionals who, through God's grace, have been able to study and understand the human body. 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:06.559 What a beautiful, what an amazing gift that is to us. 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:14.240 Just a week ago, I was standing here and experiencing some pretty rough neck pain. 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.879 It was uh it was very distracting. 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:36.320 And uh I was able to go and see um uh a PT, a physical therapist, and uh he was just working on my neck area, my trapezius muscle, and was bringing some tears to my eyes because he was he knew what was needed to help me feel better. 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:48.559 He knew what was needed to help me have a better posture, and he prescribed some different exercises to help me uh be more in line and help me to have more balance in my my upper back and neck area. 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:53.600 And that's a common grace, and I feel much, much better seven days later. 00:13:53.840 --> 00:14:03.440 Um, and God has been so kind to just now some some of you might be feeling hard, uh feeling sore from disc golf yesterday, but that's a I I don't think I don't know about that. 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:05.919 Maybe just some more flexibility uh for you. 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:10.559 Maybe you too need to see someone, a medical professional, a chiropractor, a PT. 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:12.000 You might need to see someone. 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:15.440 But God, through his grace, is healing people. 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:23.840 God, through his his power is bringing people from from pain, from suffering physically back into order. 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:29.360 And that is a kindness, that is a kindness from uh from the Lord. 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:36.399 And in all of that, let's not forget, James is saying, Bring the bring the elders, bring the oil. 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:39.440 Pray, pray, pray. 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.159 Let's write this down for point number two. 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:45.360 Pray in response to illnesses. 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:47.440 Pray in response to illnesses. 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:55.759 You got a stomach bug, you you have a fever, you have um, what else might you have? 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.879 What did you say? 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:59.120 You might have a rash. 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:05.440 You might have a rash, you might you might have been stung by a bee and your and your body is swelling up and you have no reason why. 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.279 You have no idea what's going on. 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:08.799 Is it an allergic reaction? 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.960 Is it a murder hornet that look like a bee? 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:11.679 Like what is it? 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:12.399 We don't know. 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:13.759 We don't know. 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:15.440 I don't think there's murder hornets in Idaho. 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:16.720 Is there murder hornets in Idaho? 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:18.000 Are there? 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.200 I see some shoulder shrugs. 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:20.639 There might be, I don't know. 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:28.960 Um but no, God is God is hearing the prayers of his people and is bringing health back to his people, right? 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:44.879 Order within their bodies by his power and by his grace, common grace, by um medical professionals that have committed a large chunk of their life to understanding um how the body works and how to how to put it back together again. 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:54.639 Uh my father has been through a handful of surgeries in his life, and I've seen him uh break down his body and and surgeons put his body back together. 00:15:54.879 --> 00:16:20.720 And uh through the through God's grace, he he is still able to continue working and do the things that he likes to do, maybe not in the capacity or the uh the intensity that he once was, but but God is is continuing to heal illnesses, continuing to restore health back to his people in James' time and also in the year 2026 here in Cuna, Idaho. 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:24.639 Verse 15. 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:25.360 Let's take a look. 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:29.919 Let's take a look at let's take a look at what James is calling us to see now. 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:31.360 Verse 15. 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:33.679 Wait, prayer again. 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.759 It seems like prayer is really important. 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:44.080 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:48.639 And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:59.200 Now, as I was looking at this verse, I was connecting it back to the previous verse that talks about those who are sick. 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:06.720 And in this verse, saving, this word save is an important one to zoom in on. 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:11.920 The prayer of faith will save the one who is sick. 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:25.680 And I think the the intent here from James is those whose soul is sick, whose soul is sick, whose whose internal being is not well. 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:34.880 Have you ever seen someone that is in in more or less good health, but you just see you see them and you're like, something's different, something's off, something's wrong. 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.880 Something inside of them is not right. 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:44.000 And you see you see them, you're like, well, they don't, they don't have a hunch, they're not limping, they they're eating normally, like, but but something's just off. 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:48.319 Something inside is bothering, is bothering them. 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:52.319 Something is not right. 00:17:53.039 --> 00:18:09.519 Now, illnesses come in a variety of different forms, but we we need to consider the the inner man as well as the outer man, our flesh, our our blood, our bones, the different connective tissues that we have, uh, the outer man. 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:27.119 And as we look to the inner man, going on into verse 16, it says, Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed. 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:35.920 Praying for for people who you know something something is not quite right in their life, something is not something is not aligned. 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:40.640 Their relationship with God is off. 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:47.359 The relationship with God is is not where it normally is or where it once was. 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:55.200 And as we go to the Lord in prayer, God, help me, help me to discern, help me to understand what is going on with my brother. 00:18:55.440 --> 00:19:07.440 Help me to see his need, help me to ask good questions so that if there is sin that's going on, it can be brought to light. 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:11.440 When sin hides, uh it festers. 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:14.240 Have you ever had a splinter that just didn't come out? 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:26.960 One time I was uh working with my dad and I wasn't wearing work gloves like I should have, and I was handling treated lumber, chemicals used to preserve it and kind of keep it from decay and rot. 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:32.720 Well, that got inside my skin, and uh I couldn't get the splinter out. 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:34.640 And my pa my dad's like, well, I can get it. 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:36.079 And I'm like, no, no, no, it's not a big deal. 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:37.200 He's like, okay. 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:52.319 And it it started to to swell, it started to fester, and some weird colored liquids were starting to like ooze out of this area in my finger, and uh it was not a it was not a fun experience in a similar way. 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:53.759 Yeah. 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:56.160 Yeah, you're thinking, like, why did you bring that up? 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:04.559 I bring that up because when you allow sin to hang out inside of you, inside your life, it's worse. 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:09.920 It's worse than a festering splinter that is inside of your skin. 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:11.599 It's far worse. 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:14.160 Um, and sin likes to grow. 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.359 Sin likes to grow. 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:18.799 Have you ever been to the dentist and your dentist is like, hey, you need to floss more. 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:20.400 You need to floss more. 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:22.480 All and all the hands should go up. 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:24.799 Uh unless all of you guys are flossers. 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:26.480 I know there's some flossers in the front row. 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:28.000 I can see your teeth are very healthy. 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:29.200 They're white, they're shiny. 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:32.799 I can't, it's far in the back row, I can't see that far, so I'm not sure about you guys. 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:34.079 You might not be flossing. 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:41.519 But when oxygen is is sealed out, certain bacteria in your mouth. 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:44.559 Uh sometimes you got braces and you're like, well, what do I do? 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.279 Get a water pick. 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:46.240 Get in there. 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:58.480 You want to get oxygen in and between your gums because the harmful bacteria in your mouth will start eating away at your teeth. 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:00.160 We gotta get in there. 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:06.640 You gotta, you gotta expose the chunks of food that are wedged in between your gums up in those crevices. 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.839 You gotta get those out. 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:12.720 In the similar way, James is calling us to see that that parallel here. 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:15.839 We need we need not to let the sin kind of hang out. 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:24.319 If we if we harbor sin, we kind of hide it, we know about it, like you kind of feel that piece of chicken that's in your mouth from like the barbecue, but you're like, I'll get it later. 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.319 And the day goes by, I'll get it later. 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:28.480 And then a week goes by, like, oh, maybe I'll floss. 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:32.960 And you get in there like, oh, that was up in there? 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:38.559 That giant chunk of chicken was up in my teeth, and you're thinking to yourself, like, I know what my dentist is gonna say. 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:40.640 Hey, you got a spot there we need to look at. 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.839 We should we should mark that. 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:43.119 We we need to do a better job. 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:44.640 Flossing up in there. 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:49.119 Here, here is here is the concern. 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.880 Here's the concern. 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.160 We need to pray. 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.279 Write this down for a C. 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:59.440 Pray in response to the sick soul, the sin that is going on. 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:08.799 Your life that is not exposed, or the sin in the lives of your friends, your family members, when when you kind of leave it unattended, unchecked. 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:11.359 In a similar, let's do another illustration here. 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:14.160 If you let the weeds just keep growing, like, I'll get it later. 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.119 I'll get it later. 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.000 I'll get it later. 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:21.039 All of a sudden you have six-foot weeds in your background in your backyard, and you're like, How did that happen? 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.440 Well, you didn't address it when they were little. 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:26.319 Sin festers when it's not addressed. 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:33.759 Sin festers when it's not confessed, and sin brings on more sin, and you sin to cover your sin, and it just, it's a huge mess. 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:36.240 You don't want to do it. 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:41.920 Pray in response to the sick soul. 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:52.400 Your body can become ill, and because of sin and compounding sins in your life, your soul can become sick, and you can have this inner turmoil within you as well. 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:55.119 And that does not please the Lord. 00:22:58.400 --> 00:23:02.880 Another thing that can happen when sin isn't addressed in relationships. 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:07.519 How many of you have kind of like, in other words, like swept something under the rug? 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:14.000 You said or did something that you know for a fact offended someone that you care about, and you saw it on their face. 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:27.680 You said something, you did something, you had a certain tone, you said it in a certain way, maybe you snubbed someone and you kind of like gave them a certain treatment that you don't normally give them, but there was a response and a reaction that was that was hurtful. 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:29.759 You saw it, you noticed it. 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:31.599 You noticed it. 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:36.000 Don't let those go unchecked too. 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.799 Follow up. 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:40.880 Say, hey, I noticed like when I said that, you your face looked different. 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.759 There was something off. 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.960 What's going on? 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:49.119 Chances are that you might have said something that you didn't mean to hurt someone, but but you actually did. 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:55.599 Our words, as James says, are powerful and they can cause great destruction. 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:59.440 The tongue is a small vessel, but it's capable of so much. 00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:07.519 There's references to the tongue being like a rudder, the tongue being like a fire that sets ablaze, a whole forest. 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:11.039 We need to be careful about what we're doing with our tongues. 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:24.720 And when we are using our tongues in the right way, we're confessing our sin, when we're using our mouths, our tongues to do the right thing, which would honor the Lord, the sin has no place to grow because it's addressed. 00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:28.079 Forgiveness is available to you. 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:31.039 And I hope you're someone that extends forgiveness as well. 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:41.920 I hope that you're not in your heart and in your mind holding on to grudges when someone says, you know, I'm I wronged you, I sinned against you, I messed up. 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:45.279 I I please forgive me. 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:47.599 There's gonna be a temptation in your heart. 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:50.960 There's gonna be a temptation inside to be like, yeah, but they don't mean it. 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.640 Yeah, I've heard that before. 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.680 I've seen that before. 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.920 I've seen how you treat people. 00:24:56.240 --> 00:25:00.319 This is just another one of those moments, another one of those times. 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:05.440 No, this in those moments, think about what Christ has extended to you. 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:08.640 Forgiveness of all your sins. 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:11.119 All your sins. 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.559 So forgive. 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:19.119 Forgive those who are coming and asking for you to forgive them and to make things right. 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:27.920 Find the common ground in Christ and understand that every single human being, if they have faith in Christ, has been forgiven of so much. 00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:33.119 Has been forgiven of a lifetime of sins. 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:37.440 And that doesn't mean that now that we have forgiveness, we just keep on sinning that grace may abound. 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:37.839 No. 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:41.359 We want to be stewarding our lives and concerning sin. 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:57.119 We want to be uh praying that God would reveal it in our hearts, reveal it in our minds so that way we can turn from it and confess those sins and receive forgiveness and have a heart and a mind that's that's well, that's not sick. 00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:13.200 It's uh certain stomach flipping and turning can happen at times when you know you need to confess something, when you know you need to make something right, but you just choose not to, there's an internal turmoil that happens and sometimes that manifests itself in the way that your body responds. 00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:20.880 You might have a stomach that's just in knots, you might have a response to being around certain people where you just you're all of a sudden you're anxious, you have these thoughts. 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:27.359 But if you are living a life that's above reproach and just confessing your sin to people around you, saying, like, I I sinned again. 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:30.240 Like I know I confessed to you last week, but I did it again. 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:32.000 Please forgive me again. 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:40.880 A good friend that that um that I I treasure so dearly, um I had something in college, I was like, man, I'm just wrestling with this. 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:47.519 I I don't it's kind of embarrassing to me that I have to like come to you, but I just need I just need you to help me through this. 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.960 Like I'm I'm jealous. 00:26:49.039 --> 00:27:00.079 You're getting to spend a lot of time with my girlfriend at the time I was dating Sadie, and uh we were we were dating, and my my friend who I trust and I I love my brother was a musician, and and so was Sadie. 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:03.039 They're in a worship team together and they were just spending so much time together. 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:14.799 And I said, Evan, like, hey, I know this is so weird, but I just need to confess to you, like I'm I'm struggling with jealousy because you just get to spend so much time together with with Sadie, and like I can't, and I just confess it to him. 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:17.599 And our our relationship grew as a result. 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:25.359 Our relationship got even stronger because he he knew that I would be someone that would tell him something if something was off. 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:33.680 And if you you are having a reputation about you that's saying, I'm gonna address sin when I notice it, and I'm gonna be faithful to just follow up if I notice something about you. 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:39.200 A good friend is going to go out of his way, out of her way, and ask tough questions. 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:42.960 Ask tough questions and pray together. 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.920 Pray together. 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:58.559 This this passage in James, it's interesting, it goes from the individual, and then it goes to relationships, and then it goes to the example of the prophets as we looked at last week. 00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:08.079 Prayer is for individuals, for groups of individuals, and for everyone, past, present, and future. 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:10.079 Past, present, and future. 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:12.000 Confess your sins to one another. 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.680 Don't let them fester. 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:16.160 Don't sit on sins. 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:22.160 A good friend is going to go out of their way to ask a hard question and say, hey, like, are you struggling with this? 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:26.240 I notice the way that you're acting, the way that you're interacting with these people over here. 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.200 You don't normally do that. 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.240 What's going on? 00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:30.640 Is there something that's bothering you? 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:32.079 Is there something that's wrong? 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.279 You look off. 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.880 Be a good friend. 00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.759 Pray. 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:42.400 Pray for the friends that you're gonna ask these questions to, and then also be willing to pray with them after you have these tough conversations. 00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.839 Say, hey, I just want to pray. 00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.960 I want to pray with you. 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:46.799 I want to make things right. 00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:49.680 I want to make things right. 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:54.720 Now, I'm not gonna delay, I'm not gonna wait, I'm not gonna sweep it under the rug. 00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:56.960 Uh so let's write this down for point D. 00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:01.279 Pray in response to damage to relationships. 00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:05.200 At some point in time, you are going to hurt someone. 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:09.599 You are gonna say something that offends someone, you're gonna sin against another human being. 00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:14.640 And your role and your responsibility is to go and make it right. 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:17.200 Go and confess your sin. 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.559 Be healed. 00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:24.160 Receive forgiveness that is available to you. 00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:30.079 The prayer of a righteous person has as great power as it is working. 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:33.680 It's God's will for you that you would follow Him and obey Him. 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:36.079 And as you're praying, it's helpful. 00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:40.319 Lord, I don't want my preferred outcome to take place. 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:42.480 God, I want your will to be done. 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.720 God, not my will, but your will. 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:50.960 Have it, God, let your name be glorified through whatever happens in this situation. 00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:59.759 If I gain a friend, if I lose a friend, whatever the situation may be, pray that God's will would be done. 00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:01.279 Submit to Him. 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:05.200 Consider it what God would want you to do. 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:08.960 And chances are He's gonna want you to keep praying about it. 00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.920 So do that. 00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.119 Keep praying. 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:21.119 The word prayer or praise in this portion of Scripture, and even you might even have a subs uh superscript here, the prayer of faith. 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.119 The prayer of faith. 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:28.880 There's prayers that that trust, that trust in God's grace, that rest in his promises. 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:31.680 That those are most of the prayers that that we pray. 00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:33.200 God, God, be faithful. 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.799 Do what you say you're going to do. 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:36.000 Help me trust you. 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:38.079 Help me rest in your promises. 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:41.839 I want to follow after you, and sometimes it's hard. 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:43.200 Help me believe. 00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:45.920 God, help me to trust. 00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:48.160 Help me to trust you. 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:53.920 Great power as it is working. 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:57.359 And you might be thinking, the righteous person? 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:59.039 The prayer of a righteous person. 00:30:59.119 --> 00:31:00.000 I am pretty messed up. 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.880 I mess up every day. 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:02.160 My parents are on my case. 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:04.799 I'm aware of how many mistakes I make, Tyler. 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.519 I'm aware. 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.720 I'm not righteous. 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:11.920 I'm not I'm not the guy that should be having his prayers answered. 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.559 No. 00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:18.880 If you are in Christ, you bring the Lord Jesus Christ your sin. 00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:34.400 It's nailed to the cross, it's paid for in full, and then he gives you his righteousness, his perfect resume in life, his perfect obedience to the Father. 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:36.160 That's what you get. 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:48.559 And if you are longing and pursuing after the Lord Jesus Christ to love him, to know him, to obey him, to submit to his rule in your life, God is listening to your prayers. 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.920 God hears you. 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:54.240 God wants to hear from his children like a good father would. 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.920 So do that. 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:11.759 There's great power in calling out to God and saying, God, just continue to be steadfast, continue to be faithful, continue to be true to your promises. 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.359 God help me believe. 00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:16.160 There's great power in that prayer. 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:23.839 We'll finish here with these last two verses that draw our attention back to last week and the prophets. 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:27.680 Elijah was a man. 00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:30.720 He wasn't a superhero. 00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:33.200 He wasn't like Team Marvel. 00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.960 He wasn't DC. 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:37.200 He wasn't in a he's like not a superhero. 00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:39.119 He's a guy like you and I. 00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:41.039 He's a human being. 00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:47.759 He was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not reign. 00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:58.960 Now, there is a showdown, if you remember, in the Old Testament in the book of Kings, there are prophets of Baal who are opposing Elijah. 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:06.799 These prophets are worshiping and serving this false God, this false ruler. 00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:10.799 And uh and it's like there's there's just a good old-fashioned showdown. 00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:14.319 You ever, you ever, you ever watch fake wrestling? 00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:17.119 You probably don't, because it's because you're wise. 00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:20.400 They call them showdowns at times. 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.599 Showdowns. 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.119 Super slams. 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:28.480 It's gonna be an epic event, and that's what's going on in the life of Elijah. 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:34.640 He's going head to head with these false, this, this false God's prophets. 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:37.599 And and uh he says, you know what? 00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:40.160 Let's let's put let's put your God to the test. 00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:46.880 If your God is the one true God, have him send down fire and just consume this altar out of wood. 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:51.200 Have him have him bring fire down, this this God of yours. 00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:54.720 And and uh guess what? 00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.000 No fire. 00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.039 False God. 00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:59.039 No fire, false God. 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:03.759 And this is this is after three and a half years of drought. 00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.880 Three and a half years of no rain. 00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:12.719 So the people are getting on edge, like, man, like I'm kind of hungry, there's no crops, things aren't growing, like what's going on? 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:17.920 God, bring some water, please, bring some rain, bring a harvest for us. 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:24.159 And Elijah is going to call on the name of Yahweh, the one true God. 00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:33.840 And if you know, if you know the story in Kings, jars and jars and jars of water on the altar. 00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:36.960 Ever try to start a fire with wet wood before? 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.639 Pretty tough. 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:40.880 Especially if you're not even touching it at all. 00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:44.239 You're just looking at it, expecting it just to be consumed. 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:50.079 No flint, no steel, no fire starters, no matches, no, none of that. 00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.719 No. 00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:58.880 Elijah calls the Lord to bring fire down, and he trusts that he will. 00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:17.920 And after the fire, after the altar is soaked, the wood is is uh is drenched in water, and and troughs around the altar are filled with water, the Lord rains down fire and it consumes, it can consumes the water and it laps it up. 00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:30.960 And Elijah was just a man with a nature like ours, but he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:43.199 Then he prayed again after the showdown, and the Lord brought rain, and the earth bore its fruit. 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:53.360 We might see really strange things here in Idaho, like 60 mile an hour winds, but you probably didn't pray for that. 00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:58.159 You probably didn't pray for branches on your trees to be ripped off to show God's power to your neighbors. 00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:59.840 You probably didn't do that, right? 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:10.400 This is this is a man who was directly opposing a false God and his prophets that would seek to steal glory from the Lord. 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:20.880 And the prayer of a righteous man, Elijah, had great power as it was working, and God's glory was ultimately put on display. 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:24.880 God's glory was put on display. 00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:40.800 As we we think about the the righteousness that is ours in Christ Jesus, if you have faith in him to forgive you of sins, uh you've you've prayed a prayer and probably have rejoiced. 00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:44.400 You probably have rejoiced in what God has done. 00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:46.800 So let's write this down for letter E. 00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:50.239 Pray in response to what Christ has accomplished. 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:58.880 I know I kind of bounced forward to Elijah, but as we think about the righteousness that is ours, that is available to us in Christ Jesus, we can thank him. 00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:04.159 We can praise the Lord and thank him for what Christ has accomplished. 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:20.400 And we can also be praying for those who have not yet responded to the gospel, for those who are spiritually asleep to be awakened, to have their eyes, scales pulled off, their eyes and their ears open to hear the gospel. 00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:23.440 We need to pray as a result of what God has done in our lives. 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.960 God, continue to save. 00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:26.320 Save again. 00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:34.400 Save my sibling, save my uncle, save my brother, save my grandpa, save my neighbor. 00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:36.719 God, do a work in them. 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:49.119 We might not call down fire from heaven, but if you're calling out for God to save, to bring salvation, to turn the hearts of stone into the hearts of flesh, God is faithful to answer that prayer. 00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:50.800 He's doing it every day. 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:53.679 He's gonna do it every day until he returns. 00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:56.000 So continue praying for salvation. 00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:59.840 Continue to pray for God to work in the hearts of men. 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.280 Do that. 00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.639 Do that every day. 00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.239 God hears you. 00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:06.559 God hears you. 00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:10.239 Something also that we need to be praying. 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:15.199 As we read Scripture, as we read God's word, it's going to instruct us. 00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:18.880 It's going to tell us to do something, to not do something. 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:21.920 It's going to call us to have faith, to obey. 00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:25.519 And it takes a level of courage and faith to do that. 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:38.559 But as you're seeking to please God, as you're seeking to walk in the way that would honor Him, to enter the narrow gate that is difficult, that leads to life, we need God's word to guide us. 00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:42.079 We need it to navigate our lives and our souls. 00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:44.480 And we need God's very word. 00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:47.280 So let's write this down for our last point, point F. 00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:49.519 Pray in response to what you're reading. 00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:52.400 Pray in response to God's word. 00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:56.079 Pray in response to God's word. 00:38:56.880 --> 00:39:00.480 We see people of faith, and we are encouraged in the scriptures. 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:03.280 We see God working in the hearts of men. 00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:09.199 We see God's Spirit doing a great work in calling people to repentance. 00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:12.880 We need to pray the scriptures out. 00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:19.519 We need to be looking to God and depending on Him in prayer. 00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:23.840 If things are going well for you, pray. 00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:29.599 If things are really tough for you right now, you're going through really hard times at home in your family. 00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:33.840 Maybe your parents are going through some tough things and you're aware of it, pray for them. 00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:36.480 Pray for your parents. 00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:39.360 Pray that God will be glorified. 00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:41.199 Pray that his will would be done. 00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:44.320 I know that's a simple prayer, and sometimes you don't know what that means. 00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:45.920 God, what is your will? 00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:50.239 Sometimes we can look to scriptures and be like, well, this is a lot. 00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:54.320 Well, God's will for you in your life is to follow him and obey him. 00:39:54.559 --> 00:40:00.400 God's will for you is to trust and have faith in him as Lord and Savior and chase after him. 00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:03.760 That's what God would will for you if you are if you are his. 00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.519 Obey the Lord. 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.800 Look to the scriptures. 00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:11.119 Be be led by the Lord Jesus Christ through his word. 00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:16.960 Pray that you would be faithful and obedient to follow after him. 00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:18.559 You're not going to do it perfectly. 00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:22.880 You're not going to do it with all your heart all the time. 00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:30.960 God is faithful to hear your prayers if you're looking to follow him, if you're looking to obey and bring honor to him. 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:33.039 That is his heart. 00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:35.519 He wants you to grow. 00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:39.119 He wants your life to bear fruit. 00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:42.480 In season and out, out of season. 00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:48.480 In seasons of trial and seasons of plenty and seasons of uncertainty. 00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:51.360 There's always a season that's coming. 00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.639 There's always a season behind you. 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:56.239 But in every season, continue on in prayer. 00:40:56.400 --> 00:41:03.840 Continue to go to the Lord with your requests in and trust that He hears you, that He is working in your life. 00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:05.440 Please pray with me. 00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:10.000 God, we are just we're admitting that we need your help. 00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:17.679 God, help us to be people that are coming to you with our requests. 00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:25.760 Sometimes it can feel feeling, we can feel that you don't hear us, but God, your word says that you do. 00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:29.039 You are drawing near to those who draw nearer to you. 00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:33.119 And as we draw near to you in our hearts and prayer, God, you meet us. 00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:34.480 God, you hear us. 00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:41.599 And God, you are working, you're working to remain steadfast to who you are, to your promises. 00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:49.280 God, you are a faithful God that is aware of our every need, aware of our every breath. 00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:52.239 And God, help us to trust you with our lives. 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:55.119 Help us to depend on you in prayer. 00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:57.920 We want to follow you. 00:41:58.159 --> 00:42:04.000 God, I want these students to know you, these leaders, to continue to call out to you. 00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:08.000 And God, as a man that needs you every day. 00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:16.159 God help us to just remember our weakness, remember our frame and trust and depend in you every day. 00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:17.360 We pray in Jesus' name. 00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:18.000 Amen.