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[1550.60 --> 1551.94] is for all of us.
[1556.00 --> 1557.32] I want to loop back
[1557.32 --> 1559.40] to the big picture
[1559.40 --> 1560.20] of Galatians 5
[1560.20 --> 1560.82] and just allow you
[1560.82 --> 1561.58] to marvel with me
[1561.58 --> 1562.50] at what Paul is saying.
[1563.12 --> 1563.52] He's saying,
[1563.76 --> 1564.28] the solution
[1564.28 --> 1565.32] to the division
[1565.32 --> 1566.10] in the church
[1566.10 --> 1567.40] between Judaizers
[1567.40 --> 1568.16] and new converts
[1568.16 --> 1568.88] and others,
[1569.36 --> 1570.40] and the solution
[1570.40 --> 1571.58] to the temptation
[1571.58 --> 1572.38] of going back
[1572.38 --> 1573.48] to the old patterns
[1573.48 --> 1573.92] of life
[1573.92 --> 1574.94] before we were believers
[1574.94 --> 1576.46] and the way
[1576.46 --> 1577.16] we experience
[1577.16 --> 1577.88] serving in love
[1577.88 --> 1578.40] and humility
[1578.40 --> 1580.04] is the Spirit.
[1581.92 --> 1582.66] And the door
[1582.66 --> 1583.72] to experiencing
[1583.72 --> 1585.02] the power of the Spirit
[1585.02 --> 1586.86] is prayer.
[1588.38 --> 1589.22] Now I don't have this
[1589.22 --> 1589.74] on the slides
[1589.74 --> 1590.88] but I want to read for you.
[1591.62 --> 1592.54] This comes from
[1592.54 --> 1593.88] the Heidelberg Catechism.
[1594.00 --> 1594.92] It's a teaching document
[1594.92 --> 1595.66] in our church
[1595.66 --> 1596.94] and there's a question
[1596.94 --> 1597.20] in there.
[1597.48 --> 1598.84] The whole Heidelberg Catechism
[1598.84 --> 1599.90] is questions and answers.
[1600.42 --> 1601.24] One of the questions is
[1601.24 --> 1602.28] why do Christians
[1602.28 --> 1602.98] need to pray?
[1603.36 --> 1604.36] Such an important question
[1604.36 --> 1604.92] that we should ask
[1604.92 --> 1605.70] in every generation
[1605.70 --> 1606.88] and here's the answer
[1606.88 --> 1608.18] with like a ton of footnotes
[1608.18 --> 1609.10] on scripture passages.
[1609.82 --> 1610.48] The answer is
[1610.48 --> 1611.84] prayer is the most
[1611.84 --> 1612.84] important part
[1612.84 --> 1614.76] of the thankfulness
[1614.76 --> 1616.48] God requires of us.
[1617.52 --> 1618.24] And also
[1618.24 --> 1619.70] prayer is
[1619.70 --> 1620.76] sorry I'll say that again
[1620.76 --> 1621.44] and also because
[1621.44 --> 1622.64] God gives His grace
[1622.64 --> 1623.70] and Holy Spirit
[1623.70 --> 1625.02] only
[1625.02 --> 1626.74] to those who pray
[1626.74 --> 1627.42] continually
[1627.42 --> 1628.96] and groan inwardly
[1628.96 --> 1630.30] asking God
[1630.30 --> 1631.08] for these gifts
[1631.08 --> 1632.76] and thanking Him
[1632.76 --> 1633.96] for them.
[1637.06 --> 1637.88] The door
[1637.88 --> 1638.62] to the power
[1638.62 --> 1639.32] of the Spirit
[1639.32 --> 1640.80] is available
[1640.80 --> 1641.88] to all of us
[1641.88 --> 1642.98] through prayer.
[1644.04 --> 1644.58] I want to
[1644.58 --> 1645.34] just share a story
[1645.34 --> 1646.00] about my own life.
[1646.14 --> 1646.96] Before I was ordained
[1646.96 --> 1647.54] as a pastor
[1647.54 --> 1648.58] I jumped through
[1648.58 --> 1649.52] all the same ordination
[1649.52 --> 1650.68] hoops as Jonathan
[1650.68 --> 1651.22] jumped through
[1651.22 --> 1652.40] and before I was
[1652.40 --> 1653.20] publicly examined
[1653.20 --> 1653.58] I had to meet
[1653.58 --> 1654.34] with three pastors
[1654.34 --> 1655.52] pastors to sort of
[1655.52 --> 1656.32] make sure I was
[1656.32 --> 1657.44] eligible to be examined
[1657.44 --> 1658.34] for being a pastor
[1658.34 --> 1659.38] and we had this
[1659.38 --> 1659.84] conversation
[1659.84 --> 1660.38] two of them were
[1660.38 --> 1660.92] asking a lot of
[1660.92 --> 1661.30] the questions
[1661.30 --> 1662.18] and in that room
[1662.18 --> 1663.32] was a retired pastor
[1663.32 --> 1664.04] he had just finished
[1664.04 --> 1664.90] ministry a few years