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<div class="SSN_title">"WHEN YOU PRAY"</div>
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<div class="SSN_intro">Intro: General principle, "Take heed that you do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them."</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE CENTRAL POINT OF TEACHING IS EXPOSING TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF SIN ON OUR SOUL (PRIDE).</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Sin will follow into the presence of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Sin is more than just actions.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Attitudes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Pride - state of heart.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Self worship, "Thou shalt have no other gods..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. You can be engaged in highest spiritual activity and still have to battle with sin.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Usually picture sin in the gutter.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Most devout saint on knees - thinking about self.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Point out necessity of new birth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. THE FALSE WAY TO PRAY.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. The trouble is with the approach.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Concentrating on self.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. "Be not as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Reason for praying on street corners.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Referring to Paul, "Behold he prayeth..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. The danger of looking at myself.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Desire to be known as man of prayer.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Next step is to desire to be seen by others in act of prayer.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Some things very subtle.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Man who wrote book on Sermon on the Mount.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Possible to so pray in secret that everybody knows it.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. Man at camp meeting. He has his reward.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Aim prayers at men and not God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. "Beautiful prayers."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Preaching a sermon.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Concentrating on length of prayers, "Be not as the heathen using repetitions." Not condemning practice of asking again for same thing.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Jesus in Gethsemene.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Paul with thorn in flesh.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Vain repetitions: Ave Maria; Pater Nosters; Glory, glory, glory.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Your Father knows what you have need of.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. "They have their reward."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. What did they desire in their prayer?</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. THE RIGHT WAY TO PRAY.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Approach again important.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Go in "closet" and shut the door.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Inner chamber.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Secret chamber.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Importance of closed door.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Just realize you are entering into presence of the Father to converse with Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. First step is exclusion.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Some use this to argue against public prayer services.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Shut out people - then yourself.<div class="SSN_level2"></div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Second realization.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Who God is; What God is.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Power - might - glory - My Father.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. We must have confidence.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Child-like faith.</div>
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