Hey family, this is Pastor Torrey. I'm so glad that you are listening to the

Pottersouse at 1LA and Denver Podcast. Pastor Sarah and I are praying for you and

we believe this message is gonna be just what you need. God bless you and we'll

check back in with you after this message. So wonderful to be here with you this

morning. I want to get right into the word as we continue in our

perspective series and today I'm gonna do a lot more teaching today. I want

to I want to lay some foundations as a related perspective. So I want to draw

your attention to Matthew, the sixth chapter and we'll begin our reading in

verse five and we'll read verse five through verse 13, Matthew, chapter six.

Beginning at verse five, this is not an unfamiliar passage of scripture. We've

heard it, we've seen it. Some of us may have a portion of this passage of

scripture memorized but we're gonna break it down and look at it perhaps more

closely than we ever have before. And it reads like this and when you pray and

when you pray just turn to your neighbor and say prayer is not optional and

when you pray, not if you pray, not if you feel like praying and when you pray

you shall not be like the hypocrites for. They love to pray standing in the

synagogues and on the corners of the streets that they may be seen by men.

Assure it, Luke, assure it, I say to you they have their reward. It says but you

when you pray go into your room and when you have shut your door pray to your

father who is in the secret place. Oh hallelujah. And your father watched his

who sees in secret that'll preach all by itself right there. Your father who

sees in secret God, he dwells in the secret place. He doesn't dwell in the place

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