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[1410.10 --> 1411.58] poured out His Spirit
[1411.58 --> 1412.24] on the church,
[1412.44 --> 1413.78] and there is a new power
[1413.78 --> 1415.04] available for us
[1415.04 --> 1415.74] to do things
[1415.74 --> 1416.34] that we could not
[1416.34 --> 1417.04] otherwise do.
[1418.12 --> 1419.60] And that comes
[1419.60 --> 1420.68] through prayer.
[1421.54 --> 1421.80] In fact,
[1421.88 --> 1422.64] one of the most challenging,
[1423.20 --> 1424.56] there's the Heidelberg Catechism
[1424.56 --> 1425.04] is a teaching
[1425.04 --> 1425.70] in our church.
[1425.70 --> 1427.38] It's a confessional document
[1427.38 --> 1428.26] and it talks about
[1428.26 --> 1428.90] how prayer
[1428.90 --> 1430.44] is the shovel we dig
[1430.44 --> 1431.66] and we gain these treasures,
[1431.84 --> 1432.40] these abilities
[1432.40 --> 1432.92] to do things
[1432.92 --> 1433.54] we couldn't do
[1433.54 --> 1434.78] that change the world.
[1435.90 --> 1437.22] We need prayer
[1437.22 --> 1437.92] to forgive.
[1439.18 --> 1440.58] And I can't
[1440.58 --> 1441.88] speak to your situations
[1441.88 --> 1442.80] of conflict
[1442.80 --> 1443.60] and forgiveness,
[1443.84 --> 1444.46] but I'll just share
[1444.46 --> 1445.14] briefly the way
[1445.14 --> 1446.06] that I've experienced
[1446.06 --> 1447.06] the Spirit
[1447.06 --> 1448.26] working in me
[1448.26 --> 1448.70] through prayer
[1448.70 --> 1449.50] in situations
[1449.50 --> 1450.24] where I've had conflict.
[1452.38 --> 1453.26] That's okay, Bill.
[1453.26 --> 1455.38] The first thing
[1455.38 --> 1455.94] is this.
[1456.74 --> 1458.10] Prayer keeps me
[1458.10 --> 1459.88] from getting too proud.
[1460.84 --> 1461.86] When you're in conflict
[1461.86 --> 1462.76] and when I'm in conflict,
[1463.16 --> 1463.64] what I do
[1463.64 --> 1464.82] is I elevate myself
[1464.82 --> 1465.84] and I denounce
[1465.84 --> 1467.78] and speak very poorly
[1467.78 --> 1468.58] about the person
[1468.58 --> 1469.16] who's hurt me,
[1469.34 --> 1470.32] whatever the hurt is.
[1470.80 --> 1471.40] And I find
[1471.40 --> 1472.10] when I'm praying,
[1472.70 --> 1473.68] whether I want to
[1473.68 --> 1474.18] or not,
[1474.26 --> 1475.08] God reveals to me
[1475.08 --> 1476.34] just my own brokenness,
[1477.22 --> 1478.20] my own rebellion,
[1478.78 --> 1480.42] my own part to play
[1480.42 --> 1481.42] in this situation.
[1481.42 --> 1482.08] And so often
[1482.08 --> 1482.68] what you want
[1482.68 --> 1483.26] the case to be
[1483.26 --> 1484.50] is it's 100%
[1484.50 --> 1485.06] their fault
[1485.06 --> 1486.24] and it's 0%
[1486.24 --> 1486.74] your fault.
[1486.82 --> 1487.50] Then you start praying
[1487.50 --> 1487.80] and you're like,
[1487.88 --> 1488.40] oh man,
[1488.52 --> 1490.42] I've got stuff to own.
[1490.80 --> 1491.40] And not only
[1491.40 --> 1492.06] in this relationship,
[1492.16 --> 1493.06] but I've got all sorts
[1493.06 --> 1494.30] of stuff that is egregious
[1494.30 --> 1495.18] in the sight
[1495.18 --> 1495.98] of my Heavenly Father
[1495.98 --> 1496.78] and yet the grace
[1496.78 --> 1497.90] of God is still mine.
[1498.78 --> 1499.38] And so prayer
[1499.38 --> 1500.08] keeps you
[1500.08 --> 1501.06] from getting proud
[1501.06 --> 1501.70] and it certainly
[1501.70 --> 1502.38] has for me
[1502.38 --> 1503.56] in situations
[1503.56 --> 1504.08] of conflict.
[1504.16 --> 1504.88] But the second thing
[1504.88 --> 1505.64] very related,
[1507.24 --> 1508.12] prayer has kept me
[1508.12 --> 1508.68] from hate.
[1508.68 --> 1511.44] Have you experienced
[1511.44 --> 1511.72] that?
[1513.34 --> 1514.36] In the situations
[1514.36 --> 1515.22] where I am prone
[1515.22 --> 1515.74] to hate,
[1516.06 --> 1516.80] and I've had them,
[1516.94 --> 1517.94] I've had them
[1517.94 --> 1518.78] within my own family,
[1519.44 --> 1520.46] I find when you
[1520.46 --> 1521.40] hold that person