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Ryan Vinson | Lead Pastor
November 22, 2020

\\u201cAnd when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as\\xa0the Gentiles do, for\\xa0they think that they will be heard\\xa0for their many words. Do not be like them,\\xa0for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: \\u201cOur Father in heaven, hallowed be\\xa0your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us\\xa0this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And\\xa0lead us not into temptation, but\\xa0deliver us from\\xa0evil.

Matthew 6:7-13 (ESV)

14\\xa0\\u201cFor\\xa0it will be like a man\\xa0going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.\\xa015\\xa0To one he gave five\\xa0talents, to another two, to another one,\\xa0to each according to his ability. Then he\\xa0went away.\\xa016\\xa0He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more.\\xa017\\xa0So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.\\xa018\\xa0But he who had received the one talent went and\\xa0dug in the ground and hid his master\'s money.\\xa019\\xa0Now\\xa0after a long time the master of those servants came and\\xa0settled accounts with them.\\xa020\\xa0And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, \\u2018Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.\\u2019\\xa021\\xa0His master said to him, \\u2018Well done, good and\\xa0faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little;\\xa0I will set you over much. Enter into\\xa0the joy of your master.\\u2019\\xa022\\xa0And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, \\u2018Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.\\u2019\\xa023\\xa0His master said to him, \\u2018Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.\\u2019\\xa024\\xa0He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, \\u2018Master, I knew you to be\\xa0a hard man, reaping\\xa0where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,\\xa025\\xa0so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here,\\xa0you have what is yours.\\u2019\\xa026\\xa0But his master answered him, \\u2018You\\xa0wicked and\\xa0slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?\\xa027\\xa0Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.\\xa028\\xa0So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.\\xa029\\xa0For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.\\xa030\\xa0And\\xa0cast\\xa0the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place\\xa0there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\\u2019

Matthew 25:14-30 (ESV)

1. To anticipate His return

2. To see what has been entrusted to us

3. To be faithful with what has been entrusted to us

19\\xa0\\u201cDo not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where\\xa0moth and rust destroy and where thieves\\xa0break in and steal,\\xa020\\xa0but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.\\xa021\\xa0For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 6:19-21 (ESV)

4. To know the one whom has entrusted us

God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we\\u2019re free of worry on Judgment Day\\u2014our standing in the world is identical with Christ\\u2019s. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life\\u2014fear of death, fear of judgment\\u2014is one not yet fully formed in love. We, though, are going to love\\u2014love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first.

1 John 4:17-19 (MSG)