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[4751.68 --> 4752.78] to make your life
[4752.78 --> 4753.86] a living sacrifice.
[4754.90 --> 4755.86] And you are called
[4755.86 --> 4756.68] to intercede
[4756.68 --> 4757.96] for those around you.
[4759.46 --> 4760.78] There are so many things,
[4761.62 --> 4762.76] so many problems,
[4763.20 --> 4764.34] so much brokenness
[4764.34 --> 4765.44] that you cannot solve.
[4766.12 --> 4767.74] But you can always pray.
[4768.88 --> 4770.16] In my role as a pastor,
[4770.54 --> 4771.98] I often feel overwhelmed
[4771.98 --> 4773.36] by the needs around me.
[4773.80 --> 4774.96] I feel incapable
[4774.96 --> 4775.56] of solving
[4775.56 --> 4777.10] even a small fraction
[4777.10 --> 4778.36] of the challenges
[4778.36 --> 4779.20] that come my way.
[4779.44 --> 4780.42] And when that happens,
[4780.72 --> 4781.98] I am increasingly saying,
[4782.08 --> 4782.52] all right, Lord,
[4782.80 --> 4784.18] this is what I can't do.
[4784.26 --> 4785.30] I'm just Dave Groon,
[4785.30 --> 4786.34] but I can pray
[4786.34 --> 4787.02] for that couple.
[4787.82 --> 4789.18] I can pray for that marriage.
[4789.32 --> 4790.10] I can pray for that
[4790.10 --> 4790.80] broken relationship.
[4790.92 --> 4792.00] I can pray for the student
[4792.00 --> 4793.30] who just got let go
[4793.30 --> 4794.04] of this position.
[4794.30 --> 4795.04] I can pray.
[4795.54 --> 4796.52] I can intercede.
[4798.12 --> 4799.26] And here's my hunch.
[4801.22 --> 4803.04] God generally places
[4803.04 --> 4804.02] on your heart
[4804.02 --> 4805.52] the people
[4805.52 --> 4806.66] and the issues
[4806.66 --> 4807.72] and the places
[4807.72 --> 4809.42] that you should intercede for.
[4810.08 --> 4811.00] I'm always amazed
[4811.00 --> 4811.86] when I talk to students
[4811.86 --> 4812.42] and when I talk
[4812.42 --> 4813.02] to young adults,
[4813.38 --> 4814.02] when I ask them,
[4814.12 --> 4814.16] like,
[4814.16 --> 4814.72] what are the burdens
[4814.72 --> 4815.20] of your life
[4815.20 --> 4816.16] or who's on your heart?
[4816.24 --> 4816.36] Like,
[4816.40 --> 4817.30] God's already placing
[4817.30 --> 4818.02] on your heart
[4818.02 --> 4819.46] and has already
[4819.46 --> 4820.70] in your relationship circle
[4820.70 --> 4822.22] the people that he's inviting
[4822.22 --> 4823.40] you to intercede for,
[4823.92 --> 4825.16] to be the priest for.
[4825.54 --> 4826.38] All you need to do
[4826.38 --> 4827.22] is take those names
[4827.22 --> 4828.10] and take those thoughts
[4828.10 --> 4829.54] and bring that into prayer
[4829.54 --> 4830.80] and allow God
[4830.80 --> 4832.32] to do what only God can do
[4832.32 --> 4833.22] in these broken,
[4833.48 --> 4834.50] difficult relationships
[4834.50 --> 4835.50] and situations.
[4836.16 --> 4837.12] You were called
[4837.12 --> 4837.92] into the ministry
[4837.92 --> 4838.92] of the priesthood.
[4838.92 --> 4841.40] And then thirdly,
[4842.88 --> 4843.28] you're called
[4843.28 --> 4843.98] to be kings
[4843.98 --> 4845.32] and queens.
[4845.70 --> 4846.36] Does that sound weird?
[4847.24 --> 4848.42] Jesus invites you
[4848.42 --> 4849.16] to share
[4849.16 --> 4850.74] in his kingly ministry.
[4850.88 --> 4851.44] And you're probably thinking,
[4851.60 --> 4851.66] like,
[4851.74 --> 4853.18] what in the world
[4853.18 --> 4854.26] does that mean?
[4855.42 --> 4855.68] You know,
[4855.74 --> 4856.62] Jesus always,
[4856.72 --> 4857.06] I should say,
[4857.10 --> 4857.66] God always,
[4857.72 --> 4858.52] from the very beginning,
[4858.62 --> 4859.44] creating Adam and Eve,
[4859.66 --> 4861.56] he wanted his humans
[4861.56 --> 4863.36] to rule over this world well.
[4864.00 --> 4865.02] And things went sideways
[4865.02 --> 4866.24] when sin came into the world
[4866.24 --> 4867.16] and we started getting greedy
[4867.16 --> 4867.84] and selfish
[4867.84 --> 4868.90] and we started ruling
[4868.90 --> 4869.60] very terribly.
[4869.94 --> 4870.78] And the work of Jesus,
[4871.32 --> 4872.64] the sacrifice on the cross,
[4872.96 --> 4874.02] enables us to rule
[4874.02 --> 4874.92] over this world
[4874.92 --> 4876.78] under Jesus' authority