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[1238.18 --> 1239.68] Paul finishes this passage?
[1239.68 --> 1243.46] Verse 18,
[1243.98 --> 1245.86] And pray in the Spirit
[1245.86 --> 1247.36] on all occasions
[1247.36 --> 1249.42] with all kinds of requests.
[1249.98 --> 1251.32] Make them known to God.
[1252.50 --> 1253.28] Isn't it interesting
[1253.28 --> 1254.30] that the final word
[1254.30 --> 1256.22] for Paul is pray
[1256.22 --> 1258.04] all the time.
[1258.16 --> 1259.56] Bring whatever your requests
[1259.56 --> 1260.56] are to God.
[1261.38 --> 1262.40] And I think we just need
[1262.40 --> 1262.98] to name that.
[1263.14 --> 1264.00] Like, God is ready
[1264.00 --> 1265.72] to resource us,
[1265.90 --> 1266.42] equip us,
[1266.48 --> 1267.18] and strengthen us
[1267.18 --> 1267.90] at all moments,
[1267.96 --> 1268.70] at all time,
[1268.70 --> 1269.74] even in the middle of the night
[1269.74 --> 1270.32] as you struggle,
[1270.58 --> 1271.86] he is ready to equip you
[1271.86 --> 1273.28] to face the temptation
[1273.28 --> 1274.02] that comes your way.
[1274.58 --> 1275.50] He is not bothered
[1275.50 --> 1276.46] by the requests.
[1276.74 --> 1277.66] He is not too busy
[1277.66 --> 1278.38] for the requests.
[1278.80 --> 1280.14] None of them are too small
[1280.14 --> 1280.66] for him.
[1281.40 --> 1282.24] I think some of the most
[1282.24 --> 1283.12] beautiful prayers
[1283.12 --> 1284.44] often come from children.
[1284.90 --> 1285.74] Because children don't have
[1285.74 --> 1286.26] this sense of like,
[1286.34 --> 1287.02] ah, I don't know
[1287.02 --> 1287.86] if this is important enough.
[1287.98 --> 1288.94] They just pray it.
[1289.40 --> 1290.64] They pray what we call trivial,
[1290.74 --> 1291.88] but children have this ability
[1291.88 --> 1292.36] to say, okay,
[1292.54 --> 1293.44] if God's my Father,
[1293.50 --> 1294.22] I'm going to ask Him
[1294.22 --> 1294.82] for these things,
[1294.98 --> 1295.94] and a generous Father
[1295.94 --> 1296.46] that God is
[1296.46 --> 1298.34] will provide these things.
[1298.70 --> 1301.64] all the requests
[1301.64 --> 1303.00] on all occasions,
[1303.50 --> 1304.64] and God delights
[1304.64 --> 1305.28] in equipping
[1305.28 --> 1306.16] and strengthening
[1306.16 --> 1307.02] and giving us
[1307.02 --> 1308.18] all that we need
[1308.18 --> 1310.56] to take our stand.
[1311.64 --> 1312.48] Praise the Lord.
[1313.66 --> 1314.80] The Father we serve
[1314.80 --> 1315.98] is a Father who sent Jesus
[1315.98 --> 1317.16] to defeat the enemy,
[1317.70 --> 1318.46] and the Jesus
[1318.46 --> 1319.88] who is now reigning on high
[1319.88 --> 1321.16] has given us the spirit
[1321.16 --> 1322.92] to resist His works
[1322.92 --> 1325.82] in all their fashions.
[1325.82 --> 1327.08] whether it's a personal
[1327.08 --> 1328.06] demonic attack,
[1328.28 --> 1329.68] or it's a structural sin
[1329.68 --> 1330.56] that's become normalized
[1330.56 --> 1332.10] and celebrated in our culture.
[1332.40 --> 1333.38] All the equipment
[1333.38 --> 1335.42] is available for us to wear.
[1335.50 --> 1336.42] Do you believe this, church?
[1338.24 --> 1339.14] In some sense,
[1339.20 --> 1340.40] the main question I have
[1340.40 --> 1341.28] as we've been working
[1341.28 --> 1342.32] our way through this series
[1342.32 --> 1342.84] so far
[1342.84 --> 1343.98] and focusing on Satan
[1343.98 --> 1344.62] is this.
[1345.68 --> 1346.70] Do you believe
[1346.70 --> 1347.74] that spiritual warfare
[1347.74 --> 1348.32] is real?
[1348.32 --> 1351.64] Is God opening your eyes
[1351.64 --> 1353.08] to the very real battle
[1353.08 --> 1354.44] we live in day after day
[1354.44 --> 1354.92] at work,
[1354.98 --> 1355.34] at home,
[1355.40 --> 1355.78] at school,
[1355.88 --> 1356.64] in the ordinary
[1356.64 --> 1358.36] routines of our life?
[1359.48 --> 1360.54] Because I'll be honest with you,
[1360.58 --> 1361.54] the prayer that I have,
[1361.58 --> 1362.28] and I know this is not
[1362.28 --> 1362.88] just my prayer,
[1363.22 --> 1364.12] is that as we work
[1364.12 --> 1364.84] through this series,
[1365.56 --> 1367.16] God would open our eyes
[1367.16 --> 1369.28] that some of the blinders
[1369.28 --> 1370.38] we have by growing up