[0.00 --> 6.94] You'll have every failure, God. You'll have every victory. [11.18 --> 17.52] You say I am loved when I can't feel a thing. [18.18 --> 23.96] You say I am strong when I think I am weak. [23.96 --> 30.56] You say I am held when I am falling short. [31.30 --> 37.22] When I don't belong, oh, you say I'm yours. [38.28 --> 46.98] And I believe, oh, I believe what you say of me. [46.98 --> 53.32] I believe, oh, I believe. [54.32 --> 60.36] Yes, I believe what you say of me. [60.82 --> 62.62] I believe. [62.62 --> 92.60] I believe. [92.62 --> 93.62] I believe. [93.62 --> 95.62] I believe. [95.62 --> 97.62] I believe. [97.62 --> 99.62] I believe. [99.62 --> 100.62] I believe. [100.62 --> 102.62] I believe. [102.62 --> 104.62] I believe. [104.62 --> 106.62] I believe. [106.62 --> 107.62] I believe. [107.62 --> 108.62] I believe. [108.62 --> 111.62] I believe. [111.62 --> 116.22] I will open up my heart and let the healer set me free. [116.22 --> 126.12] I'm happy to be in the truth and I will daily lift my hands for I will always sing of when your love came down. [126.12 --> 144.12] Yeah, I could sing of your love forever. [144.12 --> 154.12] Oh, I will always sing of when your love came down. [154.12 --> 157.12] Now and then in the love of me. [157.12 --> 164.12] Over the mountains and the sea, your river runs with a life in me. [164.12 --> 169.12] And I will open up my heart and let the healer set me free. [169.12 --> 179.12] I'm happy to be in the truth and I will daily lift my hands for I will always sing of when your love came down. [179.12 --> 184.12] Yeah, I could sing of your love forever. [184.12 --> 190.12] I could sing of your love forever. [190.12 --> 200.12] I could sing of your love forever. [200.12 --> 205.12] I could sing of your love forever. [205.12 --> 208.12] I could sing of your love forever. [208.12 --> 213.12] I could sing of your love forever. [213.12 --> 216.12] I could sing of your love forever. [216.12 --> 220.12] I could sing of your love. [220.12 --> 225.12] Oh, I feel like dancing. [225.12 --> 228.12] Billy, it's foolishness I know, yeah. [228.12 --> 231.12] Yeah, it's foolishness I know. [231.12 --> 234.12] It's foolishness I know. [234.12 --> 243.12] But when the world is singing like, they will dance with joy like we're dancing now. [243.12 --> 269.28] I can sing up your love forever [269.28 --> 272.12] I will sing of your love [272.12 --> 278.18] I will sing of your love [278.18 --> 283.82] I will sing of your love [283.82 --> 288.20] I will sing [299.28 --> 311.82] I will sing of your love [311.82 --> 318.20] I will sing of your love [318.20 --> 324.98] I will sing of your love [324.98 --> 331.92] I can sing of your love forever. [354.98 --> 384.96] I can sing of your love forever. [384.98 --> 414.96] I can sing of your love forever. [414.98 --> 444.96] I can sing of your love forever. 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[500.96 --> 508.96] i can sing ah, i can sing of your love forever. [508.96 --> 510.96] You can sing of your love forever. [510.96 --> 520.30] Good morning. How are you? I'm great. How are you? I'm doing very well. [523.54 --> 531.96] Good morning. How are we all doing? Sounds like there's a lot of excitement in the room this [531.96 --> 539.80] morning. We are so glad to have you here with us and to join together to worship our God. If [539.80 --> 544.62] you're visiting with us this morning, my name is Chris. I'm one of the pastors here, [545.40 --> 551.98] and I, along with a few others, will be leading in worship this morning. This is a special service [551.98 --> 558.94] in the life of our church as we are celebrating the grade four graduation out of children's worship [558.94 --> 575.46] time and three professions of faith. Three. All right. Oh, see, you got some applause. Nice work. [577.04 --> 582.50] So we are excited to celebrate, and we are grateful to God for his faithfulness to us as church [582.50 --> 589.86] and to our members here that we can see that happening together. If you are visiting with us [589.86 --> 594.88] and you'd like to connect, there are these connect cards that are available. They're on the desk in [594.88 --> 600.60] the foyer back there, or there's a digital version. You can scan with your phone, the QR code, and fill [600.60 --> 605.92] that out, and that gives us a chance to connect with you, maybe to meet for prayer or to answer [605.92 --> 610.84] some questions you have, and we would love to do that. Before we begin, there are just a couple [610.84 --> 618.82] announcements we want to make. First of all, youth, you need to, or you are encouraged to sign up for [618.82 --> 625.16] youth camp and for reactivate, and links for all of that are in your email inbox, and so you can [625.16 --> 629.70] follow up with that. If you have any questions, you can grab Pastor Kevin, and he will address them for [629.70 --> 639.56] you. Also, next week Sunday, after our worship together, if you are a member of our church over a [639.56 --> 646.86] meeting, we are having an annual general meeting to approve the 2021 financials and the slate for [646.86 --> 651.98] office bearers. So we're going to do that after service together, so please stick around following [651.98 --> 660.06] that. The details about that are in your e-bulletins as well. And finally, I just want to say thank you [660.06 --> 664.82] once again to everyone who came out to the leaders and volunteer lunch that we had yesterday. [664.82 --> 671.44] There was 40 or so of us representing only a fraction of the people who are really active and [671.44 --> 676.58] who make this church happen, but we had a great day together, and it was a lot of fun. And so I'm [676.58 --> 682.16] grateful for all of you and for your willingness to come out and to be silly together and play games [682.16 --> 688.22] and be encouraged in our shared ministry. I hope and pray that you were also encouraged. [688.22 --> 694.00] We're going to worship God this morning in song and in prayer and in word, and so I'm going to invite [694.00 --> 700.00] you, as you're able, to stand. We can be called into worship and greeted by our God this morning. [704.68 --> 714.18] And so receive the greeting of our good God. Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God, [714.18 --> 720.48] our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ through the presence and power of his Holy Spirit. Amen. [725.80 --> 729.78] Of Psalm 103, call us into worship this morning where it says, [730.18 --> 734.90] Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. [735.38 --> 738.54] Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, [738.54 --> 744.26] who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, [744.60 --> 749.22] who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy. Let's sing those words now. [749.22 --> 769.94] Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless the Lord, O my soul, [769.94 --> 777.60] bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless the Lord, O my soul, [777.60 --> 787.48] worship his holy name. Sing like never before, [787.48 --> 796.32] O my soul, I'll worship your holy name. [796.32 --> 815.00] The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning, it's time to sing your song again. [815.00 --> 823.48] Whatever may pass, whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me, [823.48 --> 831.88] let me be singing when the evening comes. [834.88 --> 842.08] Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, [842.08 --> 847.08] Worship his holy name. [847.08 --> 847.76] Worship his holy name. [847.76 --> 851.96] Sing like never before, [851.96 --> 860.76] O my soul, I'll worship your holy name. [860.76 --> 861.76] Your holy name. [861.76 --> 866.64] Your holy name. [866.64 --> 867.64] Your holy name. [867.64 --> 868.64] Your holy name. [868.64 --> 874.64] Your holy name is great and your heart is mine. [874.64 --> 881.64] For all your goodness I will keep on singing. [881.64 --> 894.52] Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find. [894.52 --> 899.52] God bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, [899.52 --> 904.52] Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, [904.52 --> 909.52] Worship his holy name. [909.52 --> 910.52] Your holy name. [910.52 --> 916.52] Sing like never before, O my soul, [916.52 --> 921.52] O my soul, I'll worship your holy name. [921.52 --> 922.52] Sing like never before, O my soul, [922.52 --> 929.52] O my soul, I'll worship your holy name. [929.52 --> 936.52] And on that day when my strength is failing, [936.52 --> 942.52] The end draws near and my time has come. [942.52 --> 950.52] Still my soul will sing your praise on ending. [950.52 --> 962.52] Ten thousand years and forevermore. [962.52 --> 969.52] Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, [969.52 --> 975.52] Worship his holy name. [975.52 --> 980.52] Sing like never before, O my soul, [980.52 --> 988.52] O my soul, I'll worship your holy name. [988.52 --> 996.52] Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, [996.52 --> 1002.52] Worship his holy name. [1002.52 --> 1007.52] Sing like never before, O my soul, [1007.52 --> 1017.52] O my soul, I'll worship your holy name. [1017.52 --> 1024.52] I'll worship your holy name. [1024.52 --> 1029.52] Lord, I'll worship your holy name. [1029.52 --> 1041.52] Please join me in prayer. [1041.52 --> 1045.52] Father, we come to you broken and needy. [1045.52 --> 1048.52] Have mercy on us. [1048.52 --> 1051.52] We have failed to be faithful to you again this week. [1051.52 --> 1053.52] We have not been loving. [1053.52 --> 1054.52] We have not been pure. [1054.52 --> 1057.52] We have not been forgiving. [1057.52 --> 1062.52] Breathe on us again, Lord, with a life that only you can give. [1062.52 --> 1066.52] Help us to be in awe of you, of who you are, [1066.52 --> 1071.52] And help us to be grateful for what you do in our lives again and again. [1071.52 --> 1072.52] We love you, Lord. [1072.52 --> 1076.52] Thank you for your love, your mercy, and your grace. [1076.52 --> 1077.52] Amen. [1077.52 --> 1078.52] Amen. [1078.52 --> 1080.52] Amen. [1080.52 --> 1083.52] Thank you for listening to this year. [1083.52 --> 1088.52] I wish I haderst New Testament. [1088.52 --> 1093.52] We love you. [1093.52 --> 1095.52] Thank you for listening to thisah woodstand, [1095.52 --> 1096.52] To thisah woodstand, [1096.52 --> 1097.52] My clothesthand july, [1097.52 --> 1099.10] and 입 by road now. [1099.10 --> 1101.52] We will be sizin forever CDU's night. [1101.52 --> 1102.52] Isaiah Comoers 1, [1102.52 --> 1104.68] We will be able to fight reject bread through kindness. [1104.68 --> 1112.54] O Lord, hear. [1114.94 --> 1121.24] O Lord, forgive us. [1121.24 --> 1128.34] We have lost the awe of you. [1128.34 --> 1135.34] Have mercy, have mercy. [1137.80 --> 1143.96] O Lord, cleanse. [1143.96 --> 1149.96] Our hearts which are divided [1149.96 --> 1157.48] stir the faith that we once knew. [1157.48 --> 1164.48] With thirsty, with thirsty. [1164.48 --> 1180.90] O Lord, restore the church that bears your name. [1180.90 --> 1193.90] O Spirit, send the revival to this nation. [1193.90 --> 1200.90] Breathe on us again. [1200.90 --> 1207.90] Breathe on us again. [1207.90 --> 1209.90] Amen. [1209.90 --> 1210.90] Amen. [1210.90 --> 1211.90] Amen. [1211.90 --> 1214.90] Amen. [1214.90 --> 1220.90] O Lord, hear. [1220.90 --> 1227.90] O Lord, forgive us. [1227.90 --> 1234.90] We have lost the awe of you. [1234.90 --> 1237.90] We have lost the awe of you. [1237.90 --> 1241.90] We have lost the awe of you. [1241.90 --> 1245.90] We have lost the awe of you. [1245.90 --> 1246.60] God free. [1249.90 --> 1250.90] We have lost the awe of you. [1250.90 --> 1256.90] We have lost the awe of you. [1256.90 --> 1263.98] To the faith that we once knew [1263.98 --> 1270.94] We're thirsty, we're thirsty [1270.94 --> 1277.86] Oh Lord, restore [1277.86 --> 1285.42] The church that bears your name [1285.42 --> 1291.82] Oh, Spirit, send [1291.82 --> 1298.86] A revival to this nation [1298.86 --> 1304.60] Breathe on us again [1304.60 --> 1311.70] Breathe on us again [1311.70 --> 1318.70] Oh Lord, restore [1318.70 --> 1328.52] The church that bears your name [1328.52 --> 1334.92] Oh, Spirit, send [1334.92 --> 1341.92] A revival to this nation [1341.92 --> 1349.92] Breathe on us again [1349.92 --> 1356.92] Breathe on us again [1356.92 --> 1363.92] Breathe on us again [1363.92 --> 1365.92] Wie like of today [1365.92 --> 1390.92] � [1393.92 --> 1397.90] I was lost, but He brought me. [1398.32 --> 1401.64] Who is love for me? [1402.32 --> 1406.58] Who is love for me? [1406.58 --> 1410.86] Through the sun sets me, [1411.58 --> 1414.58] no words free indeed. [1415.86 --> 1419.48] I'm a child of God. [1419.92 --> 1422.86] Yes, I am. [1423.92 --> 1428.90] Free at last He has ransomed me. [1429.26 --> 1432.32] His grace was free. [1433.82 --> 1437.54] While I was a slave to sin, [1437.66 --> 1441.22] Jesus died for me. [1441.60 --> 1445.32] Yes, He died for me. [1446.40 --> 1449.92] Who the sun sets free, [1449.92 --> 1454.58] for it's free in me. [1454.90 --> 1458.82] I'm a child of God. [1458.82 --> 1462.32] Yes, I am. [1462.32 --> 1467.62] In my Father's house, [1467.62 --> 1471.54] there's a place for me. [1471.54 --> 1476.14] I'm a child of God. [1476.14 --> 1479.38] Yes, I am. [1480.44 --> 1484.96] I am chosen, not forsaken. [1484.96 --> 1489.28] I am who you say I am. [1489.94 --> 1494.26] You are for me, not against me. [1494.86 --> 1498.12] I am who you say I am. [1498.12 --> 1506.72] I am who you say I am. [1506.72 --> 1511.52] You are for me, not against me. [1511.52 --> 1512.52] I am who you say I am. [1512.52 --> 1514.52] I am who you say I am. [1514.52 --> 1518.52] Yes, I am who you say I am. [1518.52 --> 1523.52] The sun sets free. [1523.52 --> 1527.96] Oh, it's free indeed. [1529.10 --> 1532.90] I'm a child of God. [1533.26 --> 1535.76] Yes, I am. [1537.50 --> 1545.62] In my Father's house, there's a place for me. [1545.62 --> 1549.88] I'm a child of God. [1550.30 --> 1552.62] Yes, I am. [1553.52 --> 1563.04] In my Father's house, there's a place for me. [1563.60 --> 1567.56] I'm a child of God. [1568.18 --> 1571.66] Yes, I am. [1571.66 --> 1575.70] I'm a child of God. [1575.70 --> 1577.70] Yes, I am. [1577.70 --> 1579.74] I'm a child of God. [1579.74 --> 1605.38] Good morning. [1605.38 --> 1606.38] Good morning. [1606.38 --> 1609.02] My name is Emo, and I'm a deacon at Emanuel. [1610.14 --> 1613.84] We continue our worship this morning with the giving of our gifts. [1613.84 --> 1619.84] First of all, for the budget, which covers the administration and ministries of the church. [1620.88 --> 1624.34] And the special offering is Open Door Canada. [1624.34 --> 1632.62] For more than 65 years, Open Door Canada has worked in the world's most oppressive and restrictive countries, [1633.30 --> 1642.66] strengthening Christians to stand strong in the face of persecution and equipping them to shine Christ's light in these places. [1642.66 --> 1652.58] When Christians are strengthened in the Lord, they begin to demonstrate God's forgiveness and reach out in love even to their oppressors. [1652.58 --> 1662.08] One of the greatest challenges to Christians living under oppression is isolation from God's word and from the body of Christ. [1662.08 --> 1665.90] In 1 Corinthians 12, verse 26, it says, [1666.42 --> 1669.14] If one member suffers, all suffer together. [1669.88 --> 1673.14] If one member is honored, all rejoice together. [1674.10 --> 1680.50] Open Door Canada empowers persecuted Christians by supplying Bibles and Christian literature, [1681.26 --> 1686.46] training for Christian leaders, facilitating social and economic projects, [1686.46 --> 1695.34] and uniting believers in the West in prayer for Christians who are the most persecuted religious group in the world [1695.34 --> 1698.66] and are oppressed in at least 70 countries. [1699.66 --> 1706.12] Please remember in prayer our persecuted brothers and sisters, wherever they are in the world, and give generously. [1707.22 --> 1714.26] Next week's offering is for the budget and name, North America Indigenous Ministry. [1716.46 --> 1722.36] This song will likely be new to some of you, so just listen if you'd like or join in if you're comfortable. [1722.36 --> 1752.34] I was lost in sin. [1752.34 --> 1782.32] I was lost in sin. [1782.32 --> 1784.32] I was lost in sin. [1784.32 --> 1787.32] Held captive by my fear. [1787.32 --> 1790.32] Till your mercy showed. [1790.32 --> 1793.32] Your hand was reaching near. [1793.32 --> 1798.32] My God, you came and made a way for me. [1798.32 --> 1803.32] You made a way for me. [1803.32 --> 1819.10] My Jesus, gracious Redeemer and friend, there's nothing like your love without end. [1819.10 --> 1831.10] My hope was purchased by the blood of the Lamb, my Jesus, Redeemer. [1831.10 --> 1844.88] Your life and self- chime in art. [1845.10 --> 1846.10] His death, you trampled over sin. [1846.10 --> 1856.86] death you trampled over sin you're the risen king you're coming back again [1856.86 --> 1868.66] oh god you came and made a way for us you made a way for us [1868.66 --> 1881.02] my jesus gracious redeemer and friend there's nothing like your love without end [1881.02 --> 1890.14] my hope is purchased by the blood of the man my jesus [1890.14 --> 1893.18] redeemer [1893.18 --> 1920.18] no guilt no shame no curse no chains new life you gave redeemer [1920.18 --> 1932.18] no guilt no shame no curse no chains new life you gave redeemer [1932.18 --> 1944.18] no guilt no shame no curse no chains new life you gave redeemer [1944.18 --> 1956.18] my jesus gracious redeemer and friend there's nothing like your love without end [1956.18 --> 1970.18] my jesus gracious redeemer and friend there's nothing like your love without end [1970.18 --> 1982.18] my jesus [1982.18 --> 1994.18] my jesus [1994.18 --> 1996.18] my jesus [1996.18 --> 2010.18] my jesus [2010.18 --> 2012.18] jesus [2012.18 --> 2014.18] jesus [2014.18 --> 2018.18] jesus [2018.18 --> 2022.18] jesus [2022.18 --> 2036.18] jesus [2036.18 --> 2038.18] jesus [2038.18 --> 2040.18] jesus [2040.18 --> 2042.18] jesus [2042.18 --> 2044.18] jesus [2044.18 --> 2046.18] jesus [2046.18 --> 2051.18] jesus [2051.18 --> 2054.18] jesus [2054.18 --> 2056.18] myself [2056.18 --> 2058.18] right [2058.18 --> 2060.18] now [2060.18 --> 2064.18] it's [2064.18 --> 2065.18] me [2065.18 --> 2066.18] the [2066.18 --> 2067.18] e [2067.18 --> 2068.10] r [2068.18 --> 2069.18] the [2069.18 --> 2070.18] own [2070.18 --> 2074.26] so to you fathers among us [2074.26 --> 2077.08] thank you for being among us [2077.08 --> 2080.32] thank you for the ways that you model Christ and his love [2080.32 --> 2082.02] for the church, to your families [2082.02 --> 2085.68] for those of us who are missing fathers on this day [2085.68 --> 2088.08] or who long to be fathers on this day [2088.08 --> 2091.12] our hearts and our prayers are with you as well [2091.12 --> 2094.28] and so regardless of what this day holds for you [2094.28 --> 2097.20] I pray that in this community [2097.20 --> 2098.68] you are blessed [2098.68 --> 2101.48] and that by this time together [2101.48 --> 2103.34] and for whatever the rest of the day holds [2103.34 --> 2106.98] that you will know the love of our God and Father in Heaven [2106.98 --> 2109.40] we're going to take a moment [2109.40 --> 2113.72] and celebrate with the grade 4 kids [2113.72 --> 2116.64] who are finishing their season [2116.64 --> 2118.80] in children's worship time [2118.80 --> 2123.14] children's worship time is our young kids ministry [2123.14 --> 2125.20] they go out, they worship together [2125.20 --> 2127.14] in the multi-purpose room, hear a story [2127.14 --> 2129.08] and then they break up into classes [2129.08 --> 2131.20] and learn about Jesus [2131.20 --> 2133.44] and what it means to live for him [2133.44 --> 2136.48] and at grade 4 [2136.48 --> 2139.10] they graduate out of that program [2139.10 --> 2140.24] and so [2140.24 --> 2142.00] I'm going to invite [2142.00 --> 2144.56] in no particular order [2144.56 --> 2145.18] Nora [2145.18 --> 2147.10] and Eden [2147.10 --> 2147.80] and Ali [2147.80 --> 2148.44] and Atlee [2148.44 --> 2149.02] and Linden [2149.02 --> 2149.68] and Cole [2149.68 --> 2151.16] and Hilda [2151.16 --> 2152.70] are you here with us today? [2152.82 --> 2153.56] Hilda Murad [2153.56 --> 2154.70] is she with us today? [2155.66 --> 2157.38] She is also graduating [2157.38 --> 2158.88] the Murad family [2158.88 --> 2160.24] is a refugee family [2160.24 --> 2161.00] that we sponsored [2161.00 --> 2162.60] and they worship [2162.60 --> 2164.90] elsewhere [2164.90 --> 2166.26] but sometimes are here with us [2166.26 --> 2166.50] anyway [2166.50 --> 2167.64] we are marking her [2167.64 --> 2168.52] too [2168.52 --> 2169.84] alright [2169.84 --> 2170.58] was that everyone? [2170.90 --> 2171.30] I see [2171.30 --> 2174.22] we are missing someone [2174.22 --> 2175.22] Linden [2175.22 --> 2175.88] Linden [2175.88 --> 2177.98] Linden's not here today [2177.98 --> 2178.24] alright [2178.24 --> 2180.08] we will send his gift in the mail [2180.08 --> 2182.04] alright [2182.04 --> 2182.42] so [2182.42 --> 2183.58] guys [2183.58 --> 2184.54] congratulations [2184.54 --> 2186.84] on making it through [2186.84 --> 2188.08] and [2188.08 --> 2189.34] I am really excited [2189.34 --> 2190.16] to see you [2190.16 --> 2191.92] worshipping with us [2191.92 --> 2193.34] in the big church [2193.34 --> 2194.70] oh man [2194.70 --> 2195.82] now you have to listen to me [2195.82 --> 2197.70] sorry [2197.70 --> 2202.08] you'd rather listen to me [2202.08 --> 2203.16] than go to Sunday school [2203.16 --> 2204.58] you are now my favorite Ali [2204.58 --> 2208.68] and so to mark this day [2208.68 --> 2209.30] we have [2209.30 --> 2211.44] a gift of a Bible for you [2211.44 --> 2211.94] they're [2211.94 --> 2213.52] individually addressed [2213.52 --> 2214.94] so make sure you hand them out [2214.94 --> 2216.12] appropriately please ladies [2216.12 --> 2217.32] Amy and Karis [2217.32 --> 2218.50] have been coordinating [2218.50 --> 2220.04] the Children's Worship Time program [2220.04 --> 2221.32] and so [2221.32 --> 2222.76] we are grateful for their work [2222.76 --> 2223.76] and grateful for [2223.76 --> 2224.86] the countless [2224.86 --> 2225.80] many of you [2225.80 --> 2226.96] who have been involved [2226.96 --> 2228.02] in introducing [2228.02 --> 2229.14] and [2229.14 --> 2230.86] introducing these kids to Jesus [2230.86 --> 2232.16] and sharing the love of God [2232.16 --> 2232.64] for them [2232.64 --> 2236.32] we're going to mark [2236.32 --> 2237.04] that [2237.04 --> 2237.74] countless [2237.74 --> 2238.70] many of you [2238.70 --> 2239.36] and so [2239.36 --> 2239.96] guys [2239.96 --> 2241.22] I'm going to ask you to come over here [2241.22 --> 2241.82] to the middle [2241.82 --> 2243.80] because we want to make sure [2243.80 --> 2245.36] the camera can find you appropriately [2245.36 --> 2247.00] and then [2247.00 --> 2248.44] I want to take a chance [2248.44 --> 2249.14] and invite [2249.14 --> 2249.94] anyone [2249.94 --> 2251.36] who has been a teacher [2251.36 --> 2252.70] to one of these [2252.70 --> 2253.54] kids [2253.54 --> 2255.10] in Children's Worship Time [2255.10 --> 2255.42] or [2255.42 --> 2256.46] a parent [2256.46 --> 2258.62] to come on up to the front [2258.62 --> 2259.86] we're going to pray for them [2259.86 --> 2261.24] and lay hands [2261.24 --> 2262.28] family members [2262.28 --> 2264.22] if you have [2264.22 --> 2265.14] in any [2265.14 --> 2266.54] hands on way [2266.54 --> 2267.80] no pun intended [2267.80 --> 2268.54] been involved [2268.54 --> 2269.56] in faith formation [2269.56 --> 2270.78] in the lives of these kids [2270.78 --> 2271.06] please [2271.06 --> 2272.04] come up now [2272.04 --> 2272.58] to the front [2272.58 --> 2273.56] and we will [2273.56 --> 2274.72] pray over them [2274.72 --> 2275.86] you guys take a step forward [2275.86 --> 2277.48] so people can go all around [2277.48 --> 2278.18] there you go [2283.54 --> 2304.86] all right if you can reach out a hand [2304.86 --> 2306.46] if not just put it on the shoulder [2306.46 --> 2307.54] of the person in front of you [2307.54 --> 2309.40] we'll make a chain of the spirit [2309.40 --> 2310.06] and we'll [2310.06 --> 2311.04] lay hands [2311.04 --> 2312.18] and pray [2312.18 --> 2312.74] let's [2312.74 --> 2314.02] pray together [2314.02 --> 2316.66] holy God [2316.66 --> 2316.90] we [2316.90 --> 2318.42] thank you [2318.42 --> 2319.58] for your faithfulness [2319.58 --> 2321.08] we thank you [2321.08 --> 2321.46] for the way [2321.46 --> 2322.36] that you have already [2322.36 --> 2323.56] revealed yourself [2323.56 --> 2324.62] to these [2324.62 --> 2326.58] grade four [2326.58 --> 2327.06] kids [2327.06 --> 2327.70] among us [2327.70 --> 2328.90] we pray that you would [2328.90 --> 2330.20] continue to stir [2330.20 --> 2332.14] love for you [2332.14 --> 2332.66] in them [2332.66 --> 2333.98] continue to [2333.98 --> 2335.32] open their eyes [2335.32 --> 2336.10] to your beauty [2336.10 --> 2336.86] and majesty [2336.86 --> 2338.12] and continue [2338.12 --> 2339.06] to use us [2339.06 --> 2340.20] Emmanuel Church [2340.20 --> 2341.98] to foster faith [2341.98 --> 2342.90] in them [2342.90 --> 2344.28] bless them [2344.28 --> 2345.58] and keep them [2345.58 --> 2346.92] make your face [2346.92 --> 2347.72] shine upon them [2347.72 --> 2348.78] and be gracious to them [2348.78 --> 2350.34] turn your face [2350.34 --> 2351.68] toward them each [2351.68 --> 2353.06] that they may know [2353.06 --> 2353.72] your [2353.72 --> 2354.70] peace [2354.70 --> 2356.54] and all God's people said [2356.54 --> 2357.78] amen [2357.78 --> 2359.00] amen [2359.00 --> 2360.88] congratulations guys [2360.88 --> 2363.30] in just a moment [2363.30 --> 2364.84] you're gonna go [2364.84 --> 2366.54] later on [2366.54 --> 2367.00] in the service [2367.00 --> 2367.74] to children's worship [2367.74 --> 2368.02] time [2368.02 --> 2368.90] one more time [2368.90 --> 2369.26] but I think [2369.26 --> 2369.64] Mr. Eric [2369.64 --> 2370.30] wants a photo [2370.30 --> 2372.22] grad photo [2372.22 --> 2372.76] this is [2372.76 --> 2374.00] graduation season [2374.00 --> 2375.72] this is what it looks like [2375.72 --> 2385.00] yeah [2385.00 --> 2392.96] Eric [2392.96 --> 2393.74] just because I wanted [2393.74 --> 2394.50] to do due diligence [2394.50 --> 2395.54] make sure that all of those [2395.54 --> 2396.38] kids have signed photo [2396.38 --> 2396.92] release forms [2396.92 --> 2397.46] or their parents [2397.46 --> 2398.02] have signed photo [2398.02 --> 2398.56] release forms [2398.56 --> 2399.30] got it [2399.30 --> 2401.50] okay [2401.50 --> 2403.32] we are going to [2403.32 --> 2404.82] continue [2404.82 --> 2406.02] in celebration [2406.02 --> 2407.36] of faith formation [2407.36 --> 2408.00] and the work [2408.00 --> 2408.84] that God is doing [2408.84 --> 2409.44] in our midst [2409.44 --> 2409.92] as we [2409.92 --> 2411.94] profess faith [2411.94 --> 2412.58] and hear some [2412.58 --> 2413.80] professions of faith [2413.80 --> 2414.88] now [2414.88 --> 2416.32] as we do that [2416.32 --> 2416.96] we recognize [2416.96 --> 2417.66] that a number [2417.66 --> 2418.28] of people [2418.28 --> 2419.62] have poured [2419.62 --> 2420.76] into the lives [2420.76 --> 2421.24] of those [2421.24 --> 2422.02] who will stand [2422.02 --> 2422.74] before us [2422.74 --> 2423.12] today [2423.12 --> 2423.70] and so [2423.70 --> 2424.14] we are going [2424.14 --> 2424.70] to hear [2424.70 --> 2425.68] from those [2425.68 --> 2426.44] making profession [2426.44 --> 2426.88] of faith [2426.88 --> 2427.94] as well as [2427.94 --> 2429.26] from their [2429.26 --> 2430.06] mentors [2430.06 --> 2430.50] or people [2430.50 --> 2430.80] who have [2430.80 --> 2431.76] spoken [2431.76 --> 2432.44] Jesus [2432.44 --> 2433.08] into [2433.08 --> 2434.10] their life [2434.10 --> 2434.70] and so [2434.70 --> 2436.40] at this point [2436.40 --> 2437.96] I'm gonna invite [2437.96 --> 2438.44] Kaylee [2438.44 --> 2439.38] to come up [2439.38 --> 2439.92] to the front [2439.92 --> 2440.44] she's gonna [2440.44 --> 2441.88] go first [2441.88 --> 2443.74] Kaylee [2443.74 --> 2445.32] Kaylee [2445.32 --> 2446.30] you sit down [2446.30 --> 2446.64] you'll get [2446.64 --> 2447.10] invited up [2447.10 --> 2447.50] to the front [2447.50 --> 2448.22] in just a moment [2448.22 --> 2449.80] you go sit [2449.80 --> 2450.20] with Nora [2450.20 --> 2450.86] perfect [2450.86 --> 2451.98] all right [2451.98 --> 2452.30] Kaylee [2452.30 --> 2452.50] here [2452.50 --> 2453.16] this is for you [2453.16 --> 2453.48] do you want [2453.48 --> 2453.82] to hold it [2453.82 --> 2463.62] okay [2463.62 --> 2464.68] so for my [2464.68 --> 2465.18] whole life [2465.18 --> 2465.76] I have grown [2465.76 --> 2466.12] up in a [2466.12 --> 2466.80] Christian home [2466.80 --> 2467.14] and have [2467.14 --> 2467.46] gone to [2467.46 --> 2467.76] church [2467.76 --> 2468.44] however [2468.44 --> 2468.92] I never [2468.92 --> 2469.42] really [2469.42 --> 2470.34] understood [2470.34 --> 2470.64] what it [2470.64 --> 2470.94] meant to [2470.94 --> 2471.24] believe [2471.24 --> 2471.92] I just [2471.92 --> 2472.30] prayed [2472.30 --> 2473.42] before bed [2473.42 --> 2473.80] and prayed [2473.80 --> 2474.34] at meals [2474.34 --> 2474.90] and went [2474.90 --> 2475.34] to church [2475.34 --> 2476.88] a couple [2476.88 --> 2477.38] years ago [2477.38 --> 2477.64] when we [2477.64 --> 2478.06] started getting [2478.06 --> 2478.36] deeper [2478.36 --> 2478.90] into youth [2478.90 --> 2479.84] I began [2479.84 --> 2480.40] digging deeper [2480.40 --> 2480.74] in what it [2480.74 --> 2481.06] means to [2481.06 --> 2481.66] follow Christ [2481.66 --> 2483.38] I've done [2483.38 --> 2483.68] a couple [2483.68 --> 2484.04] of Bible [2484.04 --> 2484.34] studies [2484.34 --> 2484.70] over the [2484.70 --> 2485.18] past couple [2485.18 --> 2485.52] years [2485.52 --> 2485.90] and I [2485.90 --> 2486.48] learned more [2486.48 --> 2486.92] not only [2486.92 --> 2487.46] about God [2487.46 --> 2487.76] but what [2487.76 --> 2488.14] my faith [2488.14 --> 2488.68] looks like [2488.68 --> 2489.56] I realized [2489.56 --> 2490.00] that I do [2490.00 --> 2490.56] believe what [2490.56 --> 2490.84] I've been [2490.84 --> 2491.40] taught growing [2491.40 --> 2491.90] up because [2491.90 --> 2492.44] everything [2492.44 --> 2493.16] that I've [2493.16 --> 2493.54] read in my [2493.54 --> 2494.18] Bible studies [2494.18 --> 2494.64] have made [2494.64 --> 2495.02] sense [2495.02 --> 2496.54] I've seen [2496.54 --> 2497.04] God working [2497.04 --> 2497.60] in my life [2497.60 --> 2498.14] by the people [2498.14 --> 2498.46] he has [2498.46 --> 2498.86] blessed me [2498.86 --> 2499.10] with [2499.10 --> 2500.32] I've grown [2500.32 --> 2500.82] so much [2500.82 --> 2501.26] not only [2501.26 --> 2501.84] as a person [2501.84 --> 2502.38] but in my [2502.38 --> 2502.94] faith because [2502.94 --> 2503.34] of certain [2503.34 --> 2503.68] people [2503.68 --> 2504.58] specifically [2504.58 --> 2505.02] my youth [2505.02 --> 2505.20] leader [2505.20 --> 2505.58] Samara [2505.58 --> 2506.48] if it [2506.48 --> 2506.66] weren't [2506.66 --> 2507.06] for her [2507.06 --> 2507.82] I wouldn't [2507.82 --> 2508.24] have delved [2508.24 --> 2508.70] as deeply [2508.70 --> 2509.40] as I have [2509.40 --> 2509.96] into putting [2509.96 --> 2510.92] time and effort [2510.92 --> 2511.48] into gaining [2511.48 --> 2512.00] a relationship [2512.00 --> 2512.56] with God [2512.56 --> 2513.42] and I could [2513.42 --> 2514.00] see how God [2514.00 --> 2514.62] put her in my [2514.62 --> 2515.22] life to help [2515.22 --> 2515.62] me go to [2515.62 --> 2516.16] Mexico on [2516.16 --> 2516.54] the missions [2516.54 --> 2516.84] trip [2516.84 --> 2518.40] she helped [2518.40 --> 2518.80] me get over [2518.80 --> 2519.32] my fears [2519.32 --> 2519.96] and anxieties [2519.96 --> 2520.48] by helping [2520.48 --> 2520.84] me learn [2520.84 --> 2521.20] to rely [2521.20 --> 2521.56] on God [2521.56 --> 2521.84] more [2521.84 --> 2522.22] and not [2522.22 --> 2522.74] on myself [2522.74 --> 2523.66] and a [2523.66 --> 2524.12] Bible verse [2524.12 --> 2524.36] that has [2524.36 --> 2524.68] been my [2524.68 --> 2524.98] focus [2524.98 --> 2525.30] for the [2525.30 --> 2526.08] past [2526.08 --> 2526.44] several [2526.44 --> 2526.74] months [2526.74 --> 2526.98] is [2526.98 --> 2527.38] Philippians [2527.38 --> 2527.64] 4 [2527.64 --> 2528.06] verse 6 [2528.06 --> 2528.50] to 7 [2528.50 --> 2529.52] which reads [2529.52 --> 2530.14] do not be [2530.14 --> 2530.66] anxious about [2530.66 --> 2531.06] anything [2531.06 --> 2531.58] but in [2531.58 --> 2532.34] every situation [2532.34 --> 2533.00] by prayer [2533.00 --> 2533.50] and petition [2533.50 --> 2534.50] with thanksgiving [2534.50 --> 2535.50] present your [2535.50 --> 2536.18] requests to [2536.18 --> 2536.48] God [2536.48 --> 2537.34] and the peace [2537.34 --> 2537.76] of God [2537.76 --> 2538.54] which transcends [2538.54 --> 2539.36] all understanding [2539.36 --> 2539.94] will guard [2539.94 --> 2540.28] your hearts [2540.28 --> 2540.66] and minds [2540.66 --> 2541.06] in Christ [2541.06 --> 2541.46] Jesus [2541.46 --> 2549.64] Ruth [2549.64 --> 2551.22] you're going [2551.22 --> 2551.56] to come [2551.56 --> 2552.22] now [2552.22 --> 2552.66] and then [2552.66 --> 2552.98] Samaria [2552.98 --> 2553.38] you'll come [2553.38 --> 2553.72] after [2553.72 --> 2554.18] because you're [2554.18 --> 2554.58] talking for [2554.58 --> 2554.82] both [2554.82 --> 2555.06] right [2555.06 --> 2555.66] yeah [2555.66 --> 2564.98] yeah [2567.34 --> 2576.50] since I was [2576.50 --> 2576.74] little [2576.74 --> 2577.24] I've always [2577.24 --> 2577.66] known about [2577.66 --> 2578.08] God [2578.08 --> 2578.42] Jesus [2578.42 --> 2579.04] and the Bible [2579.04 --> 2580.26] as a family [2580.26 --> 2580.94] we did evening [2580.94 --> 2581.46] devotions [2581.46 --> 2582.10] after dinner [2582.10 --> 2582.78] prayed before [2582.78 --> 2583.14] bed [2583.14 --> 2583.84] and went to [2583.84 --> 2584.34] church on [2584.34 --> 2584.74] Sundays [2584.74 --> 2585.80] I always [2585.80 --> 2585.82] I always [2585.82 --> 2586.12] listened [2586.12 --> 2586.66] in Sunday [2586.66 --> 2586.98] school [2586.98 --> 2587.72] but the [2587.72 --> 2588.28] following week [2588.28 --> 2588.78] I could never [2588.78 --> 2589.38] remember what [2589.38 --> 2590.04] story we read [2590.04 --> 2591.36] I did however [2591.36 --> 2591.98] remember the [2591.98 --> 2592.56] memory verse [2592.56 --> 2593.08] for the month [2593.08 --> 2593.80] but that was [2593.80 --> 2594.16] just to get [2594.16 --> 2594.86] the candy prize [2594.86 --> 2595.50] after reciting [2595.50 --> 2595.94] it to my [2595.94 --> 2596.24] teacher [2596.24 --> 2598.14] in middle [2598.14 --> 2598.44] school [2598.44 --> 2599.10] the number [2599.10 --> 2599.52] of times [2599.52 --> 2600.02] I was called [2600.02 --> 2600.42] the good [2600.42 --> 2600.80] Christian [2600.80 --> 2601.12] innocent [2601.12 --> 2601.38] girl [2601.38 --> 2601.76] was quite [2601.76 --> 2602.18] remarkable [2602.18 --> 2602.68] considering [2602.68 --> 2603.06] I went [2603.06 --> 2603.86] to Langley [2603.86 --> 2604.18] Christian [2604.18 --> 2604.54] school [2604.54 --> 2605.76] I guess [2605.76 --> 2605.98] I knew [2605.98 --> 2606.32] what to do [2606.32 --> 2606.86] as a Christian [2606.86 --> 2607.82] read my Bible [2607.82 --> 2608.22] pray [2608.22 --> 2608.82] be nice [2608.82 --> 2609.20] to people [2609.20 --> 2609.70] all that [2609.70 --> 2610.06] stuff [2610.06 --> 2613.00] in grade 7 [2613.00 --> 2613.50] I was like [2613.50 --> 2613.72] yeah [2613.72 --> 2614.60] I got this [2614.60 --> 2615.40] do my devotions [2615.40 --> 2616.04] before bed [2616.04 --> 2616.62] that's a cool [2616.62 --> 2617.14] thing to do [2617.14 --> 2617.40] right [2617.40 --> 2618.84] so away I went [2618.84 --> 2619.80] doing my devotions [2619.80 --> 2620.80] most of the time [2620.80 --> 2621.42] falling asleep [2621.42 --> 2622.06] while doing it [2622.06 --> 2622.62] but at least [2622.62 --> 2623.06] I could check [2623.06 --> 2623.70] it off the list [2623.70 --> 2624.44] so I was good [2624.44 --> 2625.90] it probably wasn't [2625.90 --> 2627.06] until grade 10 [2627.06 --> 2628.46] that I got confused [2628.46 --> 2629.52] I was doing [2629.52 --> 2630.12] all these things [2630.12 --> 2630.58] but wasn't [2630.58 --> 2631.22] feeling anything [2631.22 --> 2632.24] I was questioning [2632.24 --> 2632.76] what the point [2632.76 --> 2633.42] of all this stuff [2633.42 --> 2633.78] was [2633.78 --> 2634.74] and why God [2634.74 --> 2635.28] wasn't showing [2635.28 --> 2636.00] himself to me [2636.00 --> 2637.92] there was a lot [2637.92 --> 2638.28] of change [2638.28 --> 2638.86] happening around [2638.86 --> 2639.52] me at the time [2639.52 --> 2641.78] a pandemic [2641.78 --> 2642.82] had struck the world [2642.82 --> 2643.44] and restrictions [2643.44 --> 2644.08] weren't staying [2644.08 --> 2644.44] the same [2644.44 --> 2645.28] for more than a month [2645.28 --> 2646.44] there were changes [2646.44 --> 2647.42] in my relationships [2647.42 --> 2648.04] with friends [2648.04 --> 2648.68] and family [2648.68 --> 2650.26] but during the time [2650.26 --> 2650.98] stuck in my house [2650.98 --> 2651.62] with all the new [2651.62 --> 2652.42] worries building up [2652.42 --> 2653.54] I finally felt God [2653.54 --> 2654.62] I learned the reason [2654.62 --> 2655.32] why I was doing [2655.32 --> 2656.06] my devotions [2656.06 --> 2657.44] why I was being nice [2657.44 --> 2658.40] to that random person [2658.40 --> 2659.64] and why God [2659.64 --> 2660.18] is so good [2660.18 --> 2661.18] I had time [2661.18 --> 2662.32] to reflect on my life [2662.32 --> 2663.68] and see how God [2663.68 --> 2664.10] was working [2664.10 --> 2664.62] in the different [2664.62 --> 2665.24] circumstances [2665.24 --> 2666.02] I had been through [2666.02 --> 2667.84] I saw and still see [2667.84 --> 2668.54] him working [2668.54 --> 2669.28] through my family [2669.28 --> 2670.12] and the ups and downs [2670.12 --> 2670.88] we have gone through [2670.88 --> 2671.92] with fostering [2671.92 --> 2672.48] and adopting [2672.48 --> 2673.36] my younger siblings [2673.36 --> 2674.60] I felt his love [2674.60 --> 2675.30] through my family [2675.30 --> 2676.46] I felt his hope [2676.46 --> 2676.90] in the midst [2676.90 --> 2677.48] of a broken [2677.48 --> 2678.36] scrambling world [2678.36 --> 2679.46] and most of all [2679.46 --> 2680.32] I felt his peace [2680.32 --> 2681.64] God had been chasing [2681.64 --> 2682.84] after me my whole life [2682.84 --> 2683.84] shining his light [2683.84 --> 2684.42] for me to see [2684.42 --> 2687.66] it wasn't until [2687.66 --> 2688.66] I actually had the time [2688.66 --> 2689.20] to reflect [2689.20 --> 2690.20] and ask questions [2690.20 --> 2691.08] for me to see that [2691.08 --> 2692.24] all the pieces [2692.24 --> 2692.88] fell together [2692.88 --> 2693.80] and my love for Jesus [2693.80 --> 2694.84] became so strong [2694.84 --> 2695.56] and so real [2695.56 --> 2697.20] COVID has been known [2697.20 --> 2698.16] to be a bad time [2698.16 --> 2698.90] in all of our lives [2698.90 --> 2699.52] but really [2699.52 --> 2700.10] without it [2700.10 --> 2700.82] I wouldn't have had [2700.82 --> 2701.64] as much time [2701.64 --> 2702.54] for God to show up [2702.54 --> 2703.60] I wouldn't have [2703.60 --> 2704.44] reflected as much [2704.44 --> 2705.48] as I got to [2705.48 --> 2706.94] during COVID [2706.94 --> 2707.80] and now after [2707.80 --> 2708.90] I've grown a passion [2708.90 --> 2709.58] to learn more [2709.58 --> 2710.32] and dig deeper [2710.32 --> 2710.96] into the questions [2710.96 --> 2712.34] I have [2712.34 --> 2713.38] and I am able [2713.38 --> 2713.86] to do that [2713.86 --> 2714.62] with my youth group [2714.62 --> 2715.36] and close friends [2715.36 --> 2716.60] I feel like my faith [2716.60 --> 2717.54] has always been my own [2717.54 --> 2718.60] it just didn't [2718.60 --> 2719.28] I just didn't [2719.28 --> 2720.06] understand it [2720.06 --> 2720.82] and now [2720.82 --> 2721.76] through much reflection [2721.76 --> 2722.54] challenges [2722.54 --> 2723.20] questioning [2723.20 --> 2723.82] and growth [2723.82 --> 2724.44] I understand [2724.44 --> 2725.22] that I won't be able [2725.22 --> 2726.32] to fully understand [2726.32 --> 2727.56] my indescribable [2727.56 --> 2729.62] immutable [2729.62 --> 2731.34] mysterious God [2731.34 --> 2733.02] but I want to learn more [2733.02 --> 2734.16] and lean into the stirring [2734.16 --> 2734.66] of my heart [2734.66 --> 2735.78] of being in awe of him [2735.78 --> 2737.30] because of the love [2737.30 --> 2738.32] that I have grown for Jesus [2738.32 --> 2739.62] I am professing my faith [2739.62 --> 2740.66] today as my own [2740.66 --> 2751.18] we're going to invite [2751.18 --> 2751.84] Samara up [2751.84 --> 2752.46] and she's [2752.46 --> 2753.66] going to speak [2753.66 --> 2754.60] on behalf [2754.60 --> 2755.38] and for both [2755.38 --> 2763.90] so I've been [2763.90 --> 2764.80] Kaylee's youth leader [2764.80 --> 2766.06] now for five years [2766.06 --> 2766.96] and I've had the chance [2766.96 --> 2767.40] to watch [2767.40 --> 2768.04] as she has grown [2768.04 --> 2768.66] into the funny [2768.66 --> 2769.22] confident [2769.22 --> 2770.18] Christ loving woman [2770.18 --> 2771.18] that we see before us [2771.18 --> 2772.24] and I'm so happy [2772.24 --> 2772.80] to be up here [2772.80 --> 2773.24] for her [2773.24 --> 2773.84] with her [2773.84 --> 2775.14] Kaylee [2775.14 --> 2776.04] it's been especially [2776.04 --> 2776.98] amazing for me [2776.98 --> 2777.78] to see you grow [2777.78 --> 2778.40] in your faith [2778.40 --> 2779.16] throughout these years [2779.16 --> 2780.14] I've been blessed [2780.14 --> 2780.96] to be able to watch [2780.96 --> 2781.56] as you made your [2781.56 --> 2782.58] relationship with Christ [2782.58 --> 2782.94] your own [2782.94 --> 2783.76] through the devotions [2783.76 --> 2784.18] you've chosen [2784.18 --> 2784.86] to do with me [2784.86 --> 2786.08] and through the time [2786.08 --> 2786.92] you spend working [2786.92 --> 2787.76] on it on your own [2787.76 --> 2789.12] you have been so [2789.12 --> 2790.08] intentional in growing [2790.08 --> 2790.76] your relationship [2790.76 --> 2791.30] with Jesus [2791.30 --> 2792.24] and because of that [2792.24 --> 2792.80] you have been able [2792.80 --> 2793.54] to lean on him [2793.54 --> 2794.08] when you face [2794.08 --> 2794.88] difficult times [2794.88 --> 2796.66] Psalm 37 [2796.66 --> 2798.36] 23-24 says [2798.36 --> 2799.42] the Lord makes [2799.42 --> 2800.24] firm the steps [2800.24 --> 2800.72] of the one [2800.72 --> 2801.62] who delights in him [2801.62 --> 2802.72] though he may stumble [2802.72 --> 2803.66] he will not fall [2803.66 --> 2804.48] for the Lord [2804.48 --> 2805.14] upholds him [2805.14 --> 2805.80] with his hand [2805.80 --> 2807.48] I pray [2807.48 --> 2808.54] that throughout [2808.54 --> 2809.06] your life [2809.06 --> 2809.80] in the good times [2809.80 --> 2810.46] and the challenges [2810.46 --> 2811.28] you remember [2811.28 --> 2812.42] that even if you stumble [2812.42 --> 2813.40] and feel overwhelmed [2813.40 --> 2814.70] Jesus is always there [2814.70 --> 2815.52] to give you strength [2815.52 --> 2816.22] and hold you up [2816.22 --> 2817.44] your relationship [2817.44 --> 2817.94] with him [2817.94 --> 2818.90] like all relationships [2818.90 --> 2819.84] will be constantly [2819.84 --> 2820.74] changing and growing [2820.74 --> 2821.68] and I encourage you [2821.68 --> 2822.30] through the highs [2822.30 --> 2822.68] and lows [2822.68 --> 2823.62] to continue taking [2823.62 --> 2823.98] the time [2823.98 --> 2824.60] to get to know [2824.60 --> 2825.10] Christ better [2825.10 --> 2826.26] and find peace [2826.26 --> 2826.78] in the knowledge [2826.78 --> 2828.12] that he has [2828.12 --> 2828.64] the strength [2828.64 --> 2829.50] to handle everything [2829.50 --> 2830.04] that happens [2830.04 --> 2830.56] in your life [2830.56 --> 2831.42] even if you feel [2831.42 --> 2832.04] like you don't [2832.04 --> 2836.72] okay [2836.72 --> 2839.20] Ruth [2839.20 --> 2841.48] I've had the privilege [2841.48 --> 2842.38] of mentoring Ruth [2842.38 --> 2842.82] as well [2842.82 --> 2843.92] for the past five years [2843.92 --> 2844.64] as her youth leader [2844.64 --> 2845.84] it's been great [2845.84 --> 2846.64] getting to know her [2846.64 --> 2847.30] and being able [2847.30 --> 2848.22] to see her mature [2848.22 --> 2849.18] and become the woman [2849.18 --> 2850.10] that God has created [2850.10 --> 2850.64] her to be [2850.64 --> 2852.14] she's very sweet [2852.14 --> 2852.70] and giving [2852.70 --> 2853.44] and cares deeply [2853.44 --> 2854.02] for the people [2854.02 --> 2854.52] around her [2854.52 --> 2855.62] and I consider myself [2855.62 --> 2856.22] very blessed [2856.22 --> 2857.30] to be one of those people [2857.30 --> 2858.46] Ruth [2858.46 --> 2860.16] I've loved seeing you [2860.16 --> 2860.92] take your faith [2860.92 --> 2861.74] and make it your own [2861.74 --> 2862.70] as an important part [2862.70 --> 2863.22] of your life [2863.22 --> 2864.32] I have watched [2864.32 --> 2865.28] as you put in the effort [2865.28 --> 2866.02] to be intentional [2866.02 --> 2866.70] with your time [2866.70 --> 2867.66] and read through the Bible [2867.66 --> 2868.80] deepening your relationship [2868.80 --> 2869.36] with God [2869.36 --> 2871.06] I'm very honored [2871.06 --> 2871.70] to have received [2871.70 --> 2872.46] multiple texts [2872.46 --> 2873.08] throughout the last [2873.08 --> 2873.66] five years [2873.66 --> 2874.30] with questions [2874.30 --> 2875.06] that have come up [2875.06 --> 2876.24] in your personal devotions [2876.24 --> 2876.82] and witnessed [2876.82 --> 2877.58] how you've learned [2877.58 --> 2878.44] and grown through [2878.44 --> 2880.10] those devotionals [2880.10 --> 2881.44] and ones we've done together [2881.44 --> 2882.42] as well as asking [2882.42 --> 2883.32] those hard questions [2883.32 --> 2885.46] you have worked hard [2885.46 --> 2886.22] on making Jesus [2886.22 --> 2886.84] the one you put [2886.84 --> 2887.64] your identity in [2887.64 --> 2888.32] and work hard [2888.32 --> 2888.98] on trying to live [2888.98 --> 2889.80] a life that reflects [2889.80 --> 2890.20] Christ [2890.20 --> 2892.50] Galatians 2 verse 20 [2892.50 --> 2892.90] says [2892.90 --> 2894.10] I have been crucified [2894.10 --> 2894.78] with Christ [2894.78 --> 2895.76] it is no longer [2895.76 --> 2896.54] I who live [2896.54 --> 2897.50] but Christ who lives [2897.50 --> 2897.84] in me [2897.84 --> 2898.48] and the life [2898.48 --> 2899.02] I now live [2899.02 --> 2899.58] in the flesh [2899.58 --> 2900.90] I live by faith [2900.90 --> 2901.68] in the son of God [2901.68 --> 2902.40] who loved me [2902.40 --> 2903.02] and gave himself [2903.02 --> 2903.48] for me [2903.48 --> 2904.84] I pray that you [2904.84 --> 2905.52] always remember [2905.52 --> 2906.30] how much Jesus [2906.30 --> 2906.80] loves you [2906.80 --> 2907.38] and what he did [2907.38 --> 2907.68] for you [2907.68 --> 2908.52] because of that love [2908.52 --> 2909.60] I hope that [2909.60 --> 2910.22] throughout your life [2910.22 --> 2910.74] you continue [2910.74 --> 2911.60] to put your identity [2911.60 --> 2912.04] in him [2912.04 --> 2912.66] and interact [2912.66 --> 2913.32] with those around [2913.32 --> 2913.82] you in a way [2913.82 --> 2914.40] that reflects [2914.40 --> 2915.02] the incredible [2915.02 --> 2915.68] knowledge that [2915.68 --> 2916.58] Christ lives in you [2916.58 --> 2917.54] and works through you [2932.54 --> 2933.64] all right James [2933.64 --> 2935.90] come on up [2935.90 --> 2936.80] and then Kevin [2936.80 --> 2937.52] as soon as James [2937.52 --> 2937.78] is done [2937.78 --> 2938.42] you can come up [2941.60 --> 2953.92] I have been going [2953.92 --> 2954.36] to church [2954.36 --> 2955.98] basically my entire life [2955.98 --> 2957.14] when I was younger [2957.14 --> 2958.30] my faith was there [2958.30 --> 2959.26] and I knew it was there [2959.26 --> 2960.06] but I never really [2960.06 --> 2961.42] questioned what it meant [2961.42 --> 2963.12] I would go to Sunday school [2963.12 --> 2964.02] and learn new things [2964.02 --> 2964.58] from the Bible [2964.58 --> 2965.96] but I would believe them [2965.96 --> 2966.56] without wondering [2966.56 --> 2967.52] why I believed it [2967.52 --> 2969.26] now having grown up [2969.26 --> 2969.88] and gone through [2969.88 --> 2971.32] the church's youth program [2971.32 --> 2972.38] I've thought of those [2972.38 --> 2973.32] questions and answered [2973.32 --> 2974.10] them for myself [2974.10 --> 2976.52] I believe the Bible [2976.52 --> 2977.56] because of my faith [2977.56 --> 2978.82] and I have faith [2978.82 --> 2979.90] because I know that God [2979.90 --> 2981.40] to be our one true God [2981.40 --> 2982.90] who always watches over us [2982.90 --> 2985.12] one very specific moment [2985.12 --> 2985.74] in my life [2985.74 --> 2986.72] where I know that God [2986.72 --> 2988.20] was working with me [2988.20 --> 2989.64] was when my family [2989.64 --> 2990.62] went back to visit [2990.62 --> 2992.66] our family in New Brunswick [2992.66 --> 2994.24] a few years after we had moved [2994.24 --> 2996.16] me and my mom [2996.16 --> 2997.04] my sister decided [2997.04 --> 2999.14] to go drive by our old house [2999.14 --> 3000.02] since we hadn't seen it [3000.02 --> 3000.66] in a long time [3000.66 --> 3002.54] we drove past it once [3002.54 --> 3003.42] we were going to stop [3003.42 --> 3004.56] but there was people out front [3004.56 --> 3005.50] so I drove by [3005.50 --> 3006.22] drove by again [3006.22 --> 3006.78] and went home [3006.78 --> 3008.10] the next day [3008.10 --> 3008.82] on the news [3008.82 --> 3009.88] we saw that it had burned [3009.88 --> 3010.40] to the ground [3010.40 --> 3013.54] so when I saw that [3013.54 --> 3014.28] I knew that God [3014.28 --> 3015.16] had been gracious [3015.16 --> 3015.90] in giving us [3015.90 --> 3016.68] one more chance [3016.68 --> 3017.78] to see our old home [3017.78 --> 3019.18] before it was gone for good [3019.18 --> 3023.46] in a time of constant changes [3023.46 --> 3025.04] with me finishing high school [3025.04 --> 3025.62] and COVID [3025.62 --> 3027.16] and everything happening around [3027.16 --> 3028.70] with all these decisions to make [3028.70 --> 3029.78] there's one thing [3029.78 --> 3031.00] that will always be constant [3031.00 --> 3031.56] in my life [3031.56 --> 3032.38] and that is God [3032.38 --> 3045.40] James [3045.40 --> 3047.56] it has been an absolute joy [3047.56 --> 3049.32] having you part of our youth ministry [3049.32 --> 3050.78] these past five years [3050.78 --> 3052.64] watching you graduate this week [3052.64 --> 3054.24] from Brookswood Secondary School [3054.24 --> 3055.32] in some ways felt like [3055.32 --> 3056.42] a little bit of a book end [3056.42 --> 3057.80] to our relationship [3057.80 --> 3058.50] at least this part [3058.50 --> 3059.26] of our relationship [3059.26 --> 3061.12] as you're finishing high school [3061.12 --> 3062.32] and you're professing your faith today [3062.32 --> 3063.16] and now you're looking ahead [3063.16 --> 3064.44] to Thompson River University [3064.44 --> 3065.00] in the fall [3065.00 --> 3067.66] and a computer science degree [3067.66 --> 3068.28] awaits you [3068.28 --> 3069.52] I couldn't be happier [3069.52 --> 3070.00] and prouder [3070.00 --> 3071.06] of what you have done [3071.06 --> 3071.72] and what God [3071.72 --> 3073.36] is doing in your life [3073.36 --> 3074.24] and where he's taking you [3074.24 --> 3075.50] and while this week [3075.50 --> 3076.30] maybe some way [3076.30 --> 3077.10] feels like a book end [3077.10 --> 3077.78] I only mean that [3077.78 --> 3078.84] because our relationship [3078.84 --> 3079.74] is changing [3079.74 --> 3080.42] and not ending [3080.42 --> 3081.36] I'm not going to be [3081.36 --> 3082.86] teaching you catechism anymore [3082.86 --> 3083.84] or Belgic Confession [3083.84 --> 3085.24] hopefully we can still chat [3085.24 --> 3086.04] about video games [3086.04 --> 3086.92] and Marvel movies [3086.92 --> 3088.36] and watch a random movie [3088.36 --> 3088.90] here and there [3088.90 --> 3090.72] maybe even run into each other [3090.72 --> 3091.72] at my kids baseball games [3091.72 --> 3092.46] every now and then [3092.46 --> 3093.84] I hope that that still happens [3093.84 --> 3094.74] but something is changing [3094.74 --> 3096.32] and as Josh would say [3096.32 --> 3097.14] it's awesome [3097.14 --> 3099.60] I'm so glad to see [3099.60 --> 3100.24] that you are committing [3100.24 --> 3101.02] your life to Jesus [3101.02 --> 3101.94] and to the church [3101.94 --> 3103.38] and I know that this is something [3103.38 --> 3104.02] that you have been [3104.02 --> 3104.98] taking very seriously [3104.98 --> 3106.42] while you're not [3106.42 --> 3108.10] the loudest person I know [3108.10 --> 3109.06] you've always been willing [3109.06 --> 3110.28] to engage conversations [3110.28 --> 3111.66] about faith and life [3111.66 --> 3112.90] and God and doctrine [3112.90 --> 3114.28] over these last five years [3114.28 --> 3115.58] in high school [3115.58 --> 3116.20] I know that you've had [3116.20 --> 3117.20] to stand up for your faith [3117.20 --> 3117.80] or at the very least [3117.80 --> 3119.00] articulate what you believe [3119.00 --> 3120.70] and I always admired that as well [3120.70 --> 3122.14] this will only keep happening [3122.14 --> 3122.96] of course as you go off [3122.96 --> 3123.48] to university [3123.48 --> 3125.00] as life changes [3125.00 --> 3126.36] lanes now a little bit [3126.36 --> 3127.32] for you going forward [3127.32 --> 3128.42] I want to encourage you [3128.42 --> 3129.70] to remember the Lord [3129.70 --> 3130.80] in all these things [3130.80 --> 3131.88] remember what Pastor Chris [3131.88 --> 3133.40] taught you in pastor's class [3133.40 --> 3133.74] recently [3133.74 --> 3135.04] remember what you've gleaned [3135.04 --> 3135.70] over the years [3135.70 --> 3137.44] in HCBC and in 2020 [3137.44 --> 3138.98] remember the conversations [3138.98 --> 3139.90] you've had with different [3139.90 --> 3140.38] youth leaders [3140.38 --> 3141.92] especially your youth leaders [3141.92 --> 3142.54] Matt Woods [3142.54 --> 3144.04] and Adrian Molenkamp [3144.04 --> 3144.78] almost everything [3144.78 --> 3145.64] I mean one of them [3145.64 --> 3146.82] did think that cosmetology [3146.82 --> 3147.76] meant going to space [3147.76 --> 3148.50] so don't remember [3148.50 --> 3150.40] everything that they've said [3150.40 --> 3152.22] it's probably wise [3152.22 --> 3152.98] to forget some stuff [3152.98 --> 3153.72] but point is [3153.72 --> 3155.08] as you go forward [3155.08 --> 3156.64] remember the foundation [3156.64 --> 3158.52] of faith that has got you here [3158.52 --> 3160.12] keep leaning into it [3160.12 --> 3161.02] you're part of this church [3161.02 --> 3161.94] you're a full participant [3161.94 --> 3162.82] in all its blessings [3162.82 --> 3163.52] and responsibilities [3163.52 --> 3164.86] now even when you [3164.86 --> 3165.82] take off to Kamloops [3165.82 --> 3166.94] but no matter what [3166.94 --> 3167.56] if you're there [3167.56 --> 3168.22] or if you're here [3168.22 --> 3169.34] or wherever you find yourself [3169.34 --> 3170.24] I want to encourage you [3170.24 --> 3170.78] with this blessing [3170.78 --> 3171.44] from Paul [3171.44 --> 3171.92] in his letter [3171.92 --> 3172.70] to the Corinthians [3172.70 --> 3174.36] in 1 Corinthians 15 [3174.36 --> 3175.24] 158 Paul says [3175.24 --> 3175.60] therefore [3175.60 --> 3177.42] James my dear brother [3177.42 --> 3178.64] stand firm [3178.64 --> 3180.42] let nothing move you [3180.42 --> 3181.96] always give yourself [3181.96 --> 3182.96] fully to the work [3182.96 --> 3183.46] of the Lord [3183.46 --> 3184.68] because you know [3184.68 --> 3185.38] that your labor [3185.38 --> 3186.06] in the Lord [3186.06 --> 3187.28] is not in vain [3187.28 --> 3188.12] may that be true [3188.12 --> 3188.98] for you in your life [3188.98 --> 3190.46] as you continue on [3190.46 --> 3191.66] what God has in store [3191.66 --> 3191.96] for you [3204.36 --> 3218.62] Kevin turned it off [3218.62 --> 3219.42] I think we got it [3219.42 --> 3229.06] so this morning [3229.06 --> 3230.84] we are excited [3230.84 --> 3232.12] to welcome [3232.12 --> 3233.88] these three [3233.88 --> 3235.54] into the full [3235.54 --> 3236.84] covenant membership [3236.84 --> 3238.86] of our church family [3238.86 --> 3239.84] here at Langley [3239.84 --> 3240.92] at Langley Manual [3240.92 --> 3242.66] all the way back [3242.66 --> 3243.52] at their baptisms [3243.52 --> 3244.72] God extended [3244.72 --> 3246.10] a promise to you [3246.10 --> 3247.76] and has called you [3247.76 --> 3249.30] to be part of us [3249.30 --> 3250.06] and today [3250.06 --> 3251.94] you take responsibility [3251.94 --> 3253.54] for that promise [3253.54 --> 3255.28] and we are so grateful [3255.28 --> 3256.32] to have walked [3256.32 --> 3256.88] that journey [3256.88 --> 3258.30] and for the stories [3258.30 --> 3258.86] that we could hear [3258.86 --> 3259.32] from you [3259.32 --> 3260.12] and from the people [3260.12 --> 3260.68] who have walked [3260.68 --> 3261.12] that journey [3261.12 --> 3261.70] with you [3261.70 --> 3263.30] I'm going to ask you [3263.30 --> 3265.00] each four questions [3265.00 --> 3266.64] I'll ask each question [3266.64 --> 3267.52] and then ask you [3267.52 --> 3268.08] to answer them [3268.08 --> 3268.68] individually [3268.68 --> 3270.66] once I get through [3270.66 --> 3271.26] the questions [3271.26 --> 3273.32] and I invite you [3273.32 --> 3273.88] to respond [3273.88 --> 3274.76] say I do [3274.76 --> 3275.64] with God's help [3275.64 --> 3276.88] and then following that [3276.88 --> 3278.14] we'll ask the church [3278.14 --> 3279.26] a question as well [3279.26 --> 3280.24] so I'll read all four [3280.24 --> 3280.66] questions [3280.66 --> 3281.40] and then go through [3281.40 --> 3284.10] do you believe [3284.10 --> 3285.78] that Jesus Christ [3285.78 --> 3287.00] is the son of God [3287.00 --> 3288.48] sent to redeem [3288.48 --> 3288.92] the world [3288.92 --> 3290.34] do you love him [3290.34 --> 3291.46] and trust him [3291.46 --> 3292.04] as the one [3292.04 --> 3292.72] who saves you [3292.72 --> 3293.38] from your sin [3293.38 --> 3294.20] and do you [3294.20 --> 3294.90] with repentance [3294.90 --> 3295.58] and joy [3295.58 --> 3296.52] embrace him [3296.52 --> 3297.40] as the Lord [3297.40 --> 3298.02] of your life [3298.02 --> 3299.30] two [3299.30 --> 3300.82] do you believe [3300.82 --> 3301.42] that the Bible [3301.42 --> 3302.58] is the word of God [3302.58 --> 3303.54] revealing Christ [3303.54 --> 3304.24] and his redemption [3304.24 --> 3305.74] and that the confessions [3305.74 --> 3306.76] of this church [3306.76 --> 3308.30] faithfully reflect [3308.30 --> 3309.20] this revelation [3309.20 --> 3311.14] three [3311.14 --> 3312.64] do you accept [3312.64 --> 3314.28] the gracious promises [3314.28 --> 3314.94] of God [3314.94 --> 3315.70] seal to you [3315.70 --> 3316.40] in your baptism [3316.40 --> 3317.06] and do you [3317.06 --> 3318.24] affirm your union [3318.24 --> 3319.12] with Christ [3319.12 --> 3320.38] and his church [3320.38 --> 3321.58] which your baptism [3321.58 --> 3322.44] signifies [3322.44 --> 3323.98] and four [3323.98 --> 3326.94] do you promise [3326.94 --> 3328.22] to do all that you can [3328.22 --> 3328.88] with the help [3328.88 --> 3329.80] of the Holy Spirit [3329.80 --> 3331.28] to strengthen your love [3331.28 --> 3331.86] and commitment [3331.86 --> 3332.44] to Christ [3332.44 --> 3333.62] by sharing faithfully [3333.62 --> 3334.52] in the life [3334.52 --> 3335.06] of the church [3335.06 --> 3336.26] honoring and submitting [3336.26 --> 3337.04] to its authority [3337.04 --> 3338.60] and do you join [3338.60 --> 3339.82] with the people of God [3339.82 --> 3340.76] in doing the work [3340.76 --> 3341.62] of the Lord [3341.62 --> 3342.56] everywhere [3342.56 --> 3343.64] James [3343.64 --> 3344.84] what is your answer [3344.84 --> 3346.14] I do [3346.14 --> 3347.62] with God's help [3347.62 --> 3349.36] Ruth [3349.36 --> 3350.40] what is your answer [3350.40 --> 3351.62] I do [3351.62 --> 3352.54] I do [3352.54 --> 3353.48] with God's help [3353.48 --> 3354.68] Kaylee [3354.68 --> 3355.80] what is your answer [3355.80 --> 3356.86] I do [3356.86 --> 3357.82] with God's help [3357.82 --> 3358.68] Amen [3358.68 --> 3359.62] Amen [3359.62 --> 3362.20] In the name [3362.20 --> 3362.62] of the Lord [3362.62 --> 3363.36] Jesus Christ [3363.36 --> 3364.12] then I now [3364.12 --> 3365.00] welcome you [3365.00 --> 3365.96] to the privileges [3365.96 --> 3367.64] of full communion [3367.64 --> 3368.76] I welcome you [3368.76 --> 3369.66] to full participation [3369.66 --> 3370.50] in the life [3370.50 --> 3371.06] of the church [3371.06 --> 3372.08] I welcome you [3372.08 --> 3373.18] to its responsibilities [3373.18 --> 3374.34] its joys [3374.34 --> 3375.76] and its sufferings [3375.76 --> 3376.72] and struggles [3376.72 --> 3378.38] May the God [3378.38 --> 3378.98] of peace [3378.98 --> 3380.06] who through the blood [3380.06 --> 3381.06] of the eternal covenant [3381.06 --> 3381.76] brought back [3381.76 --> 3382.40] from the dead [3382.40 --> 3383.80] our Lord Jesus Christ [3383.80 --> 3384.80] that great shepherd [3384.80 --> 3385.74] of the sheep [3385.74 --> 3386.42] equip you [3386.42 --> 3387.94] with everything good [3387.94 --> 3389.82] for doing his will [3389.82 --> 3391.48] and may he work [3391.48 --> 3392.20] in you [3392.20 --> 3393.10] what is pleasing [3393.10 --> 3393.66] to him [3393.66 --> 3395.48] through Jesus Christ [3395.48 --> 3396.84] to whom be glory [3396.84 --> 3397.72] forever [3397.72 --> 3398.94] and ever [3398.94 --> 3399.96] Amen [3399.96 --> 3402.78] congregation [3402.78 --> 3403.24] church [3403.24 --> 3403.72] family [3403.72 --> 3405.04] I'm going to invite you [3405.04 --> 3406.06] to also [3406.06 --> 3407.80] answer a question [3407.80 --> 3409.70] and to respond [3409.70 --> 3410.36] by saying [3410.36 --> 3410.92] we do [3410.92 --> 3412.52] God helping us [3412.52 --> 3413.14] if in fact [3413.14 --> 3413.84] you do [3413.84 --> 3414.80] agree [3414.80 --> 3416.66] and so do you [3416.66 --> 3418.20] the people of God [3418.20 --> 3419.16] gathered here [3419.16 --> 3419.86] at Langley [3419.86 --> 3420.40] Emmanuel [3420.40 --> 3422.00] promise Ruth [3422.00 --> 3422.76] James [3422.76 --> 3423.52] and Kaylee [3423.52 --> 3424.26] your love [3424.26 --> 3425.34] encouragement [3425.34 --> 3426.42] and prayers [3426.42 --> 3431.12] amen [3431.12 --> 3432.84] I'm going to invite [3432.84 --> 3434.20] Glenn Nort [3434.20 --> 3435.02] to come forward [3435.02 --> 3435.92] he has a gift [3435.92 --> 3436.86] for you [3436.86 --> 3437.98] marking this occasion [3437.98 --> 3439.08] on behalf of [3439.08 --> 3440.24] that council [3440.24 --> 3440.68] and [3440.68 --> 3442.52] the body here [3442.52 --> 3444.10] in those [3444.10 --> 3445.26] giant envelopes [3445.26 --> 3445.98] are certificates [3445.98 --> 3447.16] that mark this day [3447.16 --> 3448.22] but also [3448.22 --> 3449.24] because you have [3449.24 --> 3449.90] now accepted [3449.90 --> 3450.48] the privileges [3450.48 --> 3451.56] and responsibilities [3451.56 --> 3452.54] of full membership [3452.54 --> 3453.98] there is an agenda [3453.98 --> 3454.94] for the congregational [3454.94 --> 3455.68] meeting coming up [3455.68 --> 3456.22] next week [3456.22 --> 3459.26] which you get to [3459.26 --> 3460.08] participate in [3460.08 --> 3461.10] and vote at [3461.10 --> 3465.86] thanks Glenn [3465.86 --> 3466.86] you can stay up here [3466.86 --> 3467.34] for a second [3467.34 --> 3469.08] alright [3469.08 --> 3470.44] we're going to [3470.44 --> 3471.68] hop down off stage [3471.68 --> 3472.44] or take the stairs [3472.44 --> 3473.10] whichever is [3473.10 --> 3473.74] safer [3473.74 --> 3474.72] and come back [3474.72 --> 3475.52] to the middle here [3475.52 --> 3478.30] just like we did [3478.30 --> 3479.42] with children's worship time [3479.42 --> 3480.06] we acknowledge [3480.06 --> 3481.00] that there has been [3481.00 --> 3482.68] almost countless people [3482.68 --> 3483.98] who have spoken [3483.98 --> 3484.94] into the lives [3484.94 --> 3485.70] of these people [3485.70 --> 3486.16] and so [3486.16 --> 3487.54] if you are [3487.54 --> 3488.64] a family member [3488.64 --> 3489.92] a youth group leader [3489.92 --> 3491.64] a Sunday school teacher [3491.64 --> 3492.98] children's worship time [3492.98 --> 3493.64] cadets [3493.64 --> 3494.34] or gems [3494.34 --> 3494.82] or [3494.82 --> 3496.04] if you have been involved [3496.04 --> 3496.80] in any way [3496.80 --> 3498.34] in the life of faith [3498.34 --> 3499.56] in these individuals [3499.56 --> 3501.04] I'm going to invite you [3501.04 --> 3502.06] to come up to the front [3502.06 --> 3502.60] and we're going to [3502.60 --> 3503.68] lay hands on them [3503.68 --> 3505.08] council members [3505.08 --> 3505.54] as well [3505.54 --> 3506.28] this is for you [3506.28 --> 3507.44] come on up to the front [3507.44 --> 3508.70] lay hands on [3508.70 --> 3509.46] and we will [3509.46 --> 3511.58] pray a prayer of blessing [3511.58 --> 3512.36] over you [3539.46 --> 3545.40] I think it's a powerful statement [3545.40 --> 3546.28] when half the church [3546.28 --> 3546.76] gets up [3546.76 --> 3547.64] and comes to the front [3547.64 --> 3549.54] it shows [3549.54 --> 3550.62] how involved [3550.62 --> 3551.48] all of us are [3551.48 --> 3552.08] in the [3552.08 --> 3553.76] development of faith [3553.76 --> 3554.38] in [3554.38 --> 3555.66] people's lives here [3555.66 --> 3557.50] with one heart [3557.50 --> 3558.26] let's [3558.26 --> 3559.02] pray together [3559.02 --> 3559.86] if you are seated [3559.86 --> 3560.46] you may also [3560.46 --> 3561.30] hold out your hand [3561.30 --> 3562.28] in offering a blessing [3562.28 --> 3565.36] Lord our God [3565.36 --> 3567.82] we thank you [3567.82 --> 3568.96] for your word [3568.96 --> 3569.76] and spirit [3569.76 --> 3570.68] through which [3570.68 --> 3571.38] we know [3571.38 --> 3572.36] Jesus Christ [3572.36 --> 3573.48] as Lord [3573.48 --> 3574.06] and Savior [3574.06 --> 3576.62] today [3576.62 --> 3577.40] may [3577.40 --> 3578.12] James [3578.12 --> 3578.76] Ruth [3578.76 --> 3579.84] and Kaylee [3579.84 --> 3582.02] having confessed [3582.02 --> 3582.64] your name [3582.64 --> 3583.50] never cease [3583.50 --> 3584.14] to wonder [3584.14 --> 3585.36] at what you have [3585.36 --> 3586.00] done for them [3586.00 --> 3587.94] help them [3587.94 --> 3589.50] to continue [3589.50 --> 3590.22] firmly [3590.22 --> 3591.44] in the faith [3591.44 --> 3593.38] to bear witness [3593.38 --> 3594.38] to your love [3594.38 --> 3595.52] and to let [3595.52 --> 3596.52] the Holy Spirit [3596.52 --> 3597.98] shape their lives [3597.98 --> 3600.76] stir in their hearts [3600.76 --> 3602.28] a new [3602.28 --> 3603.48] and increasing [3603.48 --> 3604.30] affection [3604.30 --> 3605.08] for you [3605.08 --> 3606.42] that we might be [3606.42 --> 3608.06] captivated by your mystery [3608.06 --> 3609.76] and captivated [3609.76 --> 3610.54] by your beauty [3610.54 --> 3613.62] take Ruth [3613.62 --> 3614.60] and James [3614.60 --> 3615.44] and Kaylee [3615.44 --> 3616.06] good shepherd [3616.06 --> 3617.50] into your care [3617.50 --> 3618.98] that they may [3618.98 --> 3619.94] loyally endure [3619.94 --> 3620.62] opposition [3620.62 --> 3621.52] in serving you [3621.52 --> 3623.42] and may we [3623.42 --> 3624.58] with all your children [3624.58 --> 3625.30] live together [3625.30 --> 3625.96] in the joy [3625.96 --> 3626.66] and power [3626.66 --> 3628.16] of your Holy Spirit [3628.16 --> 3629.92] we ask this [3629.92 --> 3630.64] Lord Jesus [3630.64 --> 3631.76] in the hope [3631.76 --> 3633.02] of your coming [3633.02 --> 3634.36] come quickly [3634.36 --> 3635.06] Lord Jesus [3635.06 --> 3635.74] we pray [3635.74 --> 3637.54] and all God's people [3637.54 --> 3637.86] said [3637.86 --> 3639.46] Amen [3639.46 --> 3641.12] Amen [3641.12 --> 3641.98] congratulations [3641.98 --> 3643.16] let's give them [3643.16 --> 3643.80] and the Lord [3643.80 --> 3644.68] a round of applause [3644.68 --> 3646.68] applause [3646.68 --> 3647.68] applause [3647.68 --> 3648.68] applause [3648.68 --> 3649.68] applause [3649.68 --> 3650.68] applause [3650.68 --> 3651.68] applause [3651.68 --> 3652.68] applause [3652.68 --> 3653.68] applause [3653.68 --> 3654.68] applause [3654.68 --> 3655.68] applause [3655.68 --> 3656.16] as the worship team [3656.16 --> 3656.94] is making their way [3656.94 --> 3657.52] back up [3657.52 --> 3659.58] James, Kaylee, and Ruth [3659.58 --> 3661.44] following service today [3661.44 --> 3662.52] I know it's Father's Day [3662.52 --> 3663.54] and there's lots going on [3663.54 --> 3664.24] but please just [3664.24 --> 3665.40] hang out somewhere [3665.40 --> 3666.54] available for people [3666.54 --> 3667.70] to congratulate you [3667.70 --> 3669.58] shake your hands [3669.58 --> 3670.22] and the like [3670.22 --> 3700.20] thank you [3700.22 --> 3705.74] please rise [3705.74 --> 3706.22] as you're able [3706.22 --> 3711.32] thank you [3711.32 --> 3711.62] to keep them [3711.62 --> 3712.30] here [3712.30 --> 3712.68] thanks [3712.68 --> 3717.70] let's have a [3717.82 --> 3718.18] sing [3718.18 --> 3720.54] and [3720.54 --> 3722.66] let's have a [3722.66 --> 3722.80] prayer [3722.80 --> 3723.50] and [3723.50 --> 3723.92] pour [3723.92 --> 3724.12] onto [3724.12 --> 3725.56] his [3725.56 --> 3725.80] e [3725.80 --> 3726.52] entrance [3726.52 --> 3726.78] x [3726.78 --> 3727.84] to [3727.84 --> 3732.00] songs [3732.00 --> 3732.42] this [3732.42 --> 3733.46] my only [3733.46 --> 3734.12] comfort [3734.12 --> 3737.16] in my life and in my death. [3738.12 --> 3743.62] You have fully paid for all my sins and all my debt. [3744.46 --> 3748.52] Even when I struggle to believe, [3750.58 --> 3754.90] with your precious blood you set me free. [3757.02 --> 3761.46] I am not my own, [3761.46 --> 3767.46] but belong, body and soul, [3768.22 --> 3773.82] in my life and in death. [3774.36 --> 3780.28] To you, Lord, Christ my Lord. [3781.96 --> 3787.28] You preserve my life in such a way that without you. [3787.28 --> 3793.54] Not a hair can fall for me unless you live in two. [3794.54 --> 3799.20] Even when I'm lost in desperation, [3800.46 --> 3805.42] all things work together for my salvation. [3805.42 --> 3810.42] I am not my own, [3810.42 --> 3816.42] but belong, body and soul, [3816.42 --> 3822.42] in my life and in death. [3822.42 --> 3829.42] To you, Lord, Christ my Lord. [3829.42 --> 3831.42] Always by your Holy Spirit, [3831.42 --> 3832.42] you are your God. [3832.42 --> 3834.42] You are your God. [3834.42 --> 3836.42] You are your God. [3836.42 --> 3841.42] Always by your Holy Spirit, [3841.42 --> 3846.42] you assured me, [3846.42 --> 3853.42] of eternal life and make me willing and ready. [3853.42 --> 3858.42] Even when I can't see my way through, [3858.42 --> 3862.42] from now on to always live for you. [3862.42 --> 3874.42] I am not my own, [3874.42 --> 3880.42] but belong, body and soul, [3880.42 --> 3885.42] in my life and in death. [3885.42 --> 3887.42] I am not my own, [3887.42 --> 3892.42] but belong, body and soul, [3892.42 --> 3895.42] in my life and in death. [3895.42 --> 3899.42] In my life and in death. [3899.42 --> 3907.42] To you, Lord, Christ my Lord. [3907.42 --> 3911.42] I am not my own, [3911.42 --> 3916.42] but belong, body and soul, [3916.42 --> 3918.42] body and soul, [3918.42 --> 3921.42] in my life and in death. [3921.42 --> 3924.42] In my life and in death. [3924.42 --> 3932.42] To you, Lord, Christ my Lord. [3932.42 --> 3936.42] I am not my own, [3936.42 --> 3939.42] but belong, [3939.42 --> 3941.42] Lord, [3941.42 --> 3944.42] body and soul, [3944.42 --> 3949.42] in my life and in death. [3949.42 --> 3958.42] To you, Lord, Christ my Lord. [3958.42 --> 3961.42] I am not my own, [3961.42 --> 3963.42] but belong, [3963.42 --> 3965.42] in the name of the Lord. [3965.42 --> 3967.42] Thank you. [3967.42 --> 3968.42] Thank you. [3968.42 --> 3970.42] Thank you. [3970.42 --> 3971.42] Thank you. [3971.42 --> 3973.42] Thank you. [3973.42 --> 3974.42] Thank you. [3974.42 --> 3975.42] Thank you. [3975.42 --> 3977.42] Thank you. [3982.42 --> 3987.42] All right, kids, come on up to the front here. [3987.42 --> 3988.42] Ooh boy. [3988.42 --> 3990.42] Well, I guess I'll take it. [3990.42 --> 3992.42] My spot has been taken. [3992.42 --> 3999.60] been taken. Come on up. This is our last kids corner for a little while, so now's your chance. [4001.14 --> 4006.46] It might be, but you can still come up if you're not that young. So we're just going [4006.46 --> 4011.32] to just do the blessing today because it's a very full service, so, and then we'll talk [4011.32 --> 4015.98] more about the story in children's worship time. So you guys can just stand on up right [4015.98 --> 4016.30] now. [4019.22 --> 4020.36] And face that way. [4022.42 --> 4028.18] Are you guys ready? So we're going to put our hands up if you haven't done it before, [4028.28 --> 4029.92] and we're going to say, the Lord be with you. [4052.42 --> 4066.40] Good morning. My name's Sam, and I'm a member here at Emmanuel, and it's my privilege to [4066.40 --> 4067.54] lead you in our family prayer. [4070.12 --> 4076.18] Our Father in heaven, we acknowledge you are always present. Creator of the universe, [4076.18 --> 4083.68] hallowed be your name. It's hard to fathom how awesome you are, because you are the I am, [4084.06 --> 4091.18] almighty God, everlasting Father, sustainer of all, giver of life, and healer of the nations. [4092.24 --> 4096.92] Yet you listen to your children when they pray and respond in your time. [4096.92 --> 4103.28] May your kingdom come as your church seeks to honor you and share the good tidings revealed [4103.28 --> 4108.52] through your word. In our worship, we look to lift up your name in praise and adoration, [4109.36 --> 4115.56] knowing that we depend on you every moment of our existence. We offer our lives, even though [4115.56 --> 4121.34] we are unable to do the smaller things without your help. But know that we can do all things [4121.34 --> 4128.44] through Christ who gives us strength. Forgive our sins as we forgive those who have committed [4128.44 --> 4137.10] wrongs against us. You are compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in love. Help us to model [4137.10 --> 4144.44] that in our lives. Thank you for the commitments we witnessed today as Kaylee, Jeremy, and Ruth [4144.44 --> 4151.10] profess their faith. May this be a turning point in their lives, which will encourage them to depend [4151.10 --> 4157.62] on you as they take the next steps in their life. Make big decisions that will impact their lives [4157.62 --> 4165.70] moving forward. Ephesians, we note that it is by thy grace that we have been saved through faith, [4165.86 --> 4173.38] and this is not of ourselves. It is a gift of God, not by works that no one can boast, for we are God's [4173.38 --> 4180.76] handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do the good works which he has prepared in advance for us to do. [4181.76 --> 4186.66] We are grateful for the graduates of the Children's Worship Time who have completed their years of [4186.66 --> 4192.60] instruction and now join the rest of the congregation each week receiving instruction from your word. [4193.38 --> 4199.42] We also celebrate with the grade 12 students that have completed their studies and now look forward to [4199.42 --> 4208.12] life challenges in post-secondary studies, mission work, or various trades and jobs. Bless each one as [4208.12 --> 4215.94] they seek your will in their lives. We are grateful for the leadership in Emmanuel and we commend those who [4215.94 --> 4225.92] have agreed to let their name stand. We pray for Brenda, Jeremy, Rich, Yap, and also for Seth and Dick and John [4225.92 --> 4232.18] for the offices of elders and deacons. We pray that you would give each one wisdom and a measure of your [4232.18 --> 4241.14] grace to serve your church. Father, today is celebrating Father's Day. We pray that you would bless each one [4241.14 --> 4250.60] as they are godly men who serve their families and each other. We also pray for the recent meetings [4250.60 --> 4258.18] at Synod. We pray for our denomination as we move forward after some difficult and complicated [4258.18 --> 4264.82] decisions that may challenge our unity. Keep us strong and allow your spirit to guide our conversations. [4266.68 --> 4272.52] Our prayer is for those who continue to grieve the loss of loved ones. This week the Van Hemerts will [4272.52 --> 4278.56] celebrate the life of Pastor John after his faithful journey in ministering in many congregations [4278.56 --> 4285.26] meetings, including to many of us who are here today. Give Caroline and Glenn your peace as they with their [4285.26 --> 4292.30] family and friends. Lay that to rest on Tuesday. We pray for the Riesbos family as they continue to grieve [4292.30 --> 4300.48] the loss of Louise. We pray for Peter, Daryl and Maria, Michael and Suzanne, Sue and Brandon. May they have comfort [4300.48 --> 4307.02] and strength as they say farewell to an amazing wife, mother and grandmother and friend. [4307.86 --> 4314.80] We have assurance from the words of the song that we just sang. I am not my own, but belong body and soul [4314.80 --> 4323.28] in life and in death to you, Lord. Christ my Lord. There are many others that have recently lost loved ones. [4323.28 --> 4329.98] We pray for your continued presence and peace that passes all understanding. Our prayer are for others that need your [4329.98 --> 4337.06] healing touch. We think this morning of Judy Dykstra who continues to have some issues and covets your healing touch. [4337.06 --> 4345.26] We pray for others that may be suffering in silence. May they experience the touch of our great physician who cares for us all. [4345.26 --> 4353.04] Lord, lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. We live in a broken world, Lord, which [4353.04 --> 4362.36] lures us to many things of this world and keeps us from doing your will. Keep us strong so we can resist the evil one [4362.36 --> 4369.76] and look to you for all our wants and needs. We pray this morning that you would anoint Josh as he brings [4369.76 --> 4380.44] the words that we need to hear as he shares the words of 1 John 5, how we may be confident in approaching your throne of grace. [4381.44 --> 4389.42] Because yours is the power, the glory, forever and ever. In the name of our precious Savior, we pray. Amen. [4399.76 --> 4424.16] Hello? Okay. Wonderful. [4424.16 --> 4434.38] Wonderful. This never gets any less terrifying. Okay. In the first year of the COVID pandemic, [4435.04 --> 4441.44] I learned the value and the power of habits. How they shape us, keep us on track, how they give us [4441.44 --> 4448.02] purpose, how they form us and reform us. During that first year of the pandemic, I struggled specifically [4448.02 --> 4454.14] to keep praying. I prayed in the beginning for a while. I fought the apathy, but eventually I just [4454.16 --> 4462.24] stopped. I got laid off from my job. School was shut down. Church was shut down. I couldn't see anyone [4462.24 --> 4469.58] except for my immediate family. I started to not care about anything in life. The days blended together. [4469.68 --> 4475.42] There was no reason to wake up in the morning. I was going to bed at 5 a.m., waking up at 2 p.m. [4476.92 --> 4480.80] In middle school, this would have sounded amazing. This was my dream. Do whatever I want, [4480.80 --> 4485.96] eat whatever I want, and I don't have to leave the comfort of my home. But I didn't realize what [4485.96 --> 4492.30] happens to your mind when you have no purpose, no patterns, and no habits. In reality, it wasn't [4492.30 --> 4496.74] that I had no habits. It was that I had made a habit of doing nothing, and that proved destructive. [4499.48 --> 4504.60] Prayer, as I mentioned, was one of those habits that I stopped practicing. At first, I thought it [4504.60 --> 4508.36] wasn't that big of a deal. It was because I had this perception that prayer is a tool, [4508.36 --> 4513.90] a spiritual telephone to get things from God, a way to get what I needed from the one who could get me [4513.90 --> 4520.62] anything. Don't get me wrong. I would pray for the good times and joy for strength and hard times, [4520.74 --> 4527.10] for family members, for friends, new moments of spiritual growth, wisdom, humility, courage. [4527.76 --> 4534.82] We should pray for those things. Prayer is there for us to ask God for what we need from him. [4534.82 --> 4539.58] Prayer is there for us to cry out to God when we mourn and when we are broken. [4540.92 --> 4545.18] But the passage we're going to get to today presents an aspect of prayer that I was missing. [4546.08 --> 4552.74] It's a beautiful and elegant feature in this spiritual act that I think has been lost for [4552.74 --> 4559.50] me and many others. And this sermon series, Holy Habits, reminds us of this aspect of prayer. [4559.50 --> 4568.60] And this is the point that it gets to. Prayer is not just a tool to ask for stuff from God. [4569.30 --> 4575.64] It's not just how we cry out to him in our brokenness and in our pain or praise him in our joy. [4576.76 --> 4582.86] But it is also a method for the disciple to be unified with the Lord in will and action. [4582.86 --> 4595.30] Prayer is transformative. It conforms the prayer into the image of Christ. [4596.58 --> 4599.64] And in our passage today, John teaches us this aspect of prayer. [4600.46 --> 4604.12] So if you have your Bible, follow along. Or if you have a phone, please use that. [4604.58 --> 4607.66] The passage today is 1 John 5, 13-16. [4608.80 --> 4609.54] Here it is. [4609.54 --> 4617.90] I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. [4619.26 --> 4624.06] This is the confidence we have in approaching God, that if we ask anything according to his will, [4625.30 --> 4626.42] he hears us. [4627.02 --> 4632.44] And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have what we asked of him. [4632.44 --> 4640.70] John opens up explicitly presenting the purpose of this passage. [4641.36 --> 4643.10] He says in verse 13-14, [4643.28 --> 4646.40] I write this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, [4646.76 --> 4649.02] so that you may know that you have eternal life. [4649.72 --> 4651.80] This is the confidence in approaching God. [4652.72 --> 4654.58] So right away he addresses his audience. [4654.58 --> 4664.02] The purpose of this passage is for you, the congregation of Emmanuel, me, James, Ruth, Kaylee. [4665.24 --> 4667.12] Everything in this passage is for us. [4668.08 --> 4671.92] If you're a visitor here or have not professed your faith in the name of the Son of God, [4672.60 --> 4674.18] we here invite you to do so. [4674.62 --> 4678.46] Because this is the hope that you can expect from the confidence in Christ. [4679.36 --> 4679.72] Why? [4679.72 --> 4683.10] So that you may know that you have eternal life. [4683.86 --> 4686.20] This is the confidence in approaching God. [4687.82 --> 4691.00] I thought that when I was struggling with prayer during the beginning of the pandemic, [4691.16 --> 4694.64] I thought prayer was talking to God and telling him how I feel, [4695.70 --> 4696.54] about what I wanted. [4697.20 --> 4699.10] But John is telling us something else about prayer. [4699.92 --> 4701.18] Prayer is all those things. [4701.76 --> 4704.64] But here John is telling us that implicit in every prayer, [4705.12 --> 4708.70] there is a reminder of God's gracious promise of eternal life. [4708.70 --> 4710.38] that when we pray, [4710.96 --> 4713.92] we are confident in the promise of eternal life. [4714.34 --> 4716.04] That when we are willing to pray to him, [4716.58 --> 4717.88] or cry out to him, [4718.14 --> 4720.84] it's because we actually believe that it works. [4721.96 --> 4724.98] By praying, we are professing our faith. [4728.84 --> 4731.62] Our confidence in God's faithfulness. [4731.62 --> 4734.66] Now, I'm a nerd, [4734.80 --> 4738.98] so the word for confidence here is a profound choice on John's part, [4739.32 --> 4742.70] and it's really enlightening to the nature of the confidence we have here in prayer. [4743.18 --> 4744.72] In the Greek, the word is paratia, [4745.50 --> 4746.88] which means all outspokenness, [4747.00 --> 4747.60] frankness, [4747.82 --> 4748.40] bluntness, [4748.76 --> 4749.76] a simple assurance, [4750.24 --> 4750.78] boldness, [4750.98 --> 4751.40] conviction. [4752.54 --> 4755.38] John uses this word a few other times in this short passage, [4755.72 --> 4758.56] and they will help us to see what is so profound about this. [4758.56 --> 4761.64] So in chapter 2, verse 28, [4762.30 --> 4762.80] he says, [4763.26 --> 4764.06] And now, dear children, [4764.60 --> 4765.34] continue in him, [4765.52 --> 4766.58] so that when he appears, [4767.10 --> 4768.78] we may be bold and unashamed [4768.78 --> 4770.22] before him at his coming. [4771.94 --> 4773.40] In chapter 3, 21, [4774.14 --> 4774.50] he says, [4774.60 --> 4774.98] Dear friend, [4775.04 --> 4776.34] if our hearts do not condemn us, [4776.64 --> 4779.02] we have conviction before God. [4779.86 --> 4780.56] And lastly, [4780.64 --> 4781.56] in chapter 4, 17, [4781.56 --> 4784.50] this is how love is made complete among us, [4784.50 --> 4786.96] so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment. [4787.76 --> 4788.52] In this world, [4788.66 --> 4789.42] we are like Jesus. [4790.54 --> 4793.48] The same confidence that allows us to prepare for Jesus, [4794.18 --> 4797.24] the same confidence that we have to stand before God on judgment day, [4797.64 --> 4800.74] the same confidence we have before the living God, [4801.38 --> 4804.44] is the confidence that we can bring before God in prayer. [4804.44 --> 4809.74] This confidence in our God is why Paul tells us to never cease praying. [4810.80 --> 4812.34] 1 Thessalonians 5, 17, [4813.02 --> 4815.00] Pray without stopping. [4815.94 --> 4816.66] Pray always. [4816.94 --> 4817.96] Whenever you can pray, [4818.46 --> 4818.70] pray. [4819.20 --> 4820.20] Pray open to God. [4820.74 --> 4822.46] Let your hearts be exposed to him. [4822.86 --> 4824.52] Don't try to hide anything from him. [4824.86 --> 4825.90] You can't anyways. [4827.44 --> 4829.94] When we can pray with this kind of openness to our God, [4830.00 --> 4831.66] it means that we are opening our hearts to him. [4831.66 --> 4835.88] Where for so many years we have tried to cover our sins in shame [4835.88 --> 4839.52] because we felt we would face the wrath of God for our sin, [4839.84 --> 4841.76] we can now open our hearts to our Redeemer [4841.76 --> 4844.74] and be confident in the promise of eternal life. [4845.38 --> 4846.66] Be persistent in prayer. [4847.24 --> 4848.22] Don't hold back. [4848.68 --> 4849.82] Never stop. [4852.86 --> 4854.08] John goes on to say, [4855.38 --> 4856.90] this is the confidence in approaching God, [4857.48 --> 4861.12] that if we ask anything according to his will, [4861.66 --> 4862.70] he hears us. [4863.54 --> 4866.00] When we pray according to the will of God, [4866.54 --> 4868.28] we receive what we ask for. [4869.82 --> 4872.08] When what we pray is not according to his will, [4872.64 --> 4875.20] then we won't receive what we asked for, [4875.62 --> 4877.82] but we will receive what his good will is. [4877.82 --> 4885.40] Sometimes we think of prayer as a conversation with the divine, [4885.98 --> 4887.14] and in many ways it is. [4887.70 --> 4890.12] We have talked about the holy habit of listening to Jesus, [4890.98 --> 4892.14] yet last Sunday, [4892.28 --> 4894.42] and today the holy habit of talking with Jesus. [4895.46 --> 4896.64] It's important to note, however, [4896.68 --> 4898.72] that the habit is not talking to Jesus, [4899.00 --> 4901.00] it's talking with Jesus. [4901.64 --> 4903.08] These habits are not a conversation [4903.08 --> 4905.00] where we listen through the reading of a word [4905.00 --> 4907.14] and then respond in prayer and worship. [4908.04 --> 4910.04] Prayer is the conversation. [4911.12 --> 4912.96] Prayer isn't a one-sided effort. [4913.92 --> 4915.42] It's a collaborative grace [4915.42 --> 4918.14] where we speak with our Savior to the Father. [4919.18 --> 4921.08] We speak with him according to his will, [4921.48 --> 4922.82] and by the power of the Holy Spirit, [4923.02 --> 4924.34] those prayers rise. [4925.50 --> 4926.78] And when we can't say the words [4926.78 --> 4929.16] that our souls can't express with conscious words, [4929.76 --> 4930.96] his Spirit speaks for us [4930.96 --> 4934.24] knowing that our souls are groaning for our God. [4936.00 --> 4937.86] Romans 8, 26 to 28 says, [4938.36 --> 4939.30] In the same way, [4939.88 --> 4941.50] the Spirit helps us in our weakness. [4942.38 --> 4944.12] We do not know what we ought to pray for, [4944.18 --> 4946.48] but the Spirit himself intercedes for us [4946.48 --> 4947.68] with wordless groans. [4948.60 --> 4950.26] And he who searches our hearts [4950.26 --> 4951.96] and knows the mind of the Spirit, [4952.36 --> 4954.32] because the Spirit intercedes for God's people [4954.32 --> 4955.84] in accordance with the will of God, [4956.60 --> 4957.80] and we know that in all things [4957.80 --> 4959.80] God works for the good of those who love him. [4959.80 --> 4962.56] who have been called according to his purpose. [4963.52 --> 4965.54] These two passages from Paul and John [4965.54 --> 4966.80] blend beautifully together. [4967.90 --> 4970.38] Where John says he wrote to believers [4970.38 --> 4971.32] so that they were confident [4971.32 --> 4973.00] in God's promise of eternal life, [4974.18 --> 4975.64] Paul says that all things work [4975.64 --> 4976.88] for the good of those who love him, [4977.16 --> 4978.90] who have been called according to his purpose. [4979.78 --> 4982.18] Where John said that if we ask according to his will, [4982.68 --> 4983.72] then he hears us, [4983.78 --> 4985.10] and we will receive that of him, [4985.82 --> 4987.32] Paul says that when we in our weakness [4987.32 --> 4988.46] don't know what to pray, [4988.46 --> 4990.82] the Spirit intercedes on our behalf [4990.82 --> 4993.56] and prays in accordance with God's will for us. [4995.10 --> 4997.82] Whether we pray in accordance with God's will [4997.82 --> 4999.00] or we don't, [5000.70 --> 5003.00] the faithful and good will of God [5003.00 --> 5003.92] is what we get. [5005.92 --> 5007.02] Blessed if you do, [5007.38 --> 5008.40] blessed if you don't. [5012.34 --> 5013.90] Now you're probably thinking to yourselves, [5014.34 --> 5016.72] if God's will is what I get either way, [5016.72 --> 5017.66] whether I pray or not, [5018.44 --> 5019.54] then why pray? [5021.68 --> 5023.88] Because John is telling us something. [5024.46 --> 5025.26] He's telling us this. [5026.34 --> 5028.90] Prayer is not just a tool [5028.90 --> 5030.40] to ask stuff from God. [5031.38 --> 5033.76] It's not just how we cry out to him [5033.76 --> 5035.60] in our brokenness and in our pain [5035.60 --> 5037.76] or praise him in our joy. [5038.58 --> 5040.44] But it is also the method [5040.44 --> 5042.14] for the disciple to be unified [5042.14 --> 5044.76] with the Lord in will and action. [5045.70 --> 5047.76] Paul tells us to never stop praying [5047.76 --> 5049.46] because when we pray over [5049.46 --> 5051.26] and over and over again [5051.26 --> 5051.90] in repetition, [5052.26 --> 5053.32] we form patterns [5053.32 --> 5055.06] and in patterns we form habit. [5055.56 --> 5057.14] And in doing it again and again, [5057.54 --> 5059.32] we are faced with that faithfulness, [5059.68 --> 5060.50] with that confidence, [5061.06 --> 5062.48] with that promise of good will [5062.48 --> 5063.46] and eternal life. [5064.00 --> 5066.04] When we pray over and over again, [5066.24 --> 5067.58] we come close and make contact [5067.58 --> 5069.34] with that incomprehensibly good will [5069.34 --> 5070.98] and we start to live in it. [5071.42 --> 5073.06] Instead of trying to get what we want, [5073.30 --> 5074.84] we start to pray what he wants [5074.84 --> 5078.52] and we start to pray for that good will. [5079.10 --> 5080.98] We start to pray for that promised land [5080.98 --> 5083.58] and we start to be more like Jesus [5083.58 --> 5085.34] crying out to his father [5085.34 --> 5086.32] the night he was betrayed. [5087.16 --> 5088.86] Father, if you are willing, [5089.54 --> 5090.56] take this cup from me. [5091.70 --> 5092.76] Yet not my will, [5093.08 --> 5094.02] but yours be done. [5095.02 --> 5096.48] When Jesus cried out to help, [5096.48 --> 5097.46] he knew that the help [5097.46 --> 5098.98] was not in getting what he wanted, [5099.34 --> 5101.56] but rather the help was in God's will. [5102.58 --> 5104.80] Our prayers and actions [5104.80 --> 5106.86] and our praises [5106.86 --> 5108.76] start to sound like this, [5109.34 --> 5110.80] like our Lord's prayers. [5112.00 --> 5113.58] Jesus poured out his pain [5113.58 --> 5115.26] and fear and terror [5115.26 --> 5116.60] to his father, [5116.98 --> 5118.24] but let all of that go [5118.24 --> 5120.80] knowing that his father's will was good [5120.80 --> 5122.24] and being confident [5122.24 --> 5123.58] in the promise of eternal life [5123.58 --> 5125.06] for him and everyone [5125.06 --> 5126.06] who would believe in his name [5126.06 --> 5126.82] like John wrote. [5126.82 --> 5129.40] Jesus is unifying his will [5129.40 --> 5130.28] with his father's. [5133.78 --> 5135.24] Now all that being said, [5136.24 --> 5138.84] what do we today do with this? [5139.86 --> 5141.02] How does this affect [5141.02 --> 5142.10] our daily worship [5142.10 --> 5143.10] and prayers? [5143.60 --> 5144.60] How does this affect [5144.60 --> 5145.76] how we talk with Jesus? [5147.66 --> 5148.80] Or how should this shape [5148.80 --> 5150.62] how we live this holy habit? [5150.62 --> 5153.10] Now it's important to remember [5153.10 --> 5153.80] that the affect [5153.80 --> 5154.76] comes through repetition [5154.76 --> 5156.02] which forms habit. [5156.74 --> 5157.82] And there will be moments [5157.82 --> 5158.82] where we fall out of habit [5158.82 --> 5159.80] like I did, [5159.90 --> 5160.90] but remember the spirit [5160.90 --> 5161.62] prays for you [5161.62 --> 5163.00] even when you don't. [5165.20 --> 5165.52] Okay. [5165.92 --> 5166.92] There are four ways [5166.92 --> 5168.16] this habit should affect us. [5168.84 --> 5169.30] Number one, [5170.14 --> 5171.08] it should affect our mindset. [5171.78 --> 5173.16] When we go into prayer, [5173.44 --> 5174.98] we don't have to go in half-hearted [5174.98 --> 5176.20] because we're not sure [5176.20 --> 5176.74] that we will get [5176.74 --> 5177.86] what we requested of God. [5177.86 --> 5180.62] We can go into prayer [5180.62 --> 5181.60] with the assurance [5181.60 --> 5182.66] and the confidence [5182.66 --> 5183.90] that when we open [5183.90 --> 5184.76] our hearts to God, [5185.46 --> 5186.64] that we will receive [5186.64 --> 5188.08] the blessings of eternal life [5188.08 --> 5189.58] according to his will [5189.58 --> 5190.60] for us [5190.60 --> 5191.38] because we believe [5191.38 --> 5192.92] that Jesus is the son of God [5192.92 --> 5193.84] and we believe [5193.84 --> 5194.82] that he is faithful. [5196.70 --> 5197.18] Two, [5197.86 --> 5198.56] it should affect [5198.56 --> 5199.56] what we pray for. [5201.12 --> 5202.00] When we pray, [5202.08 --> 5202.76] we can start to pray [5202.76 --> 5204.08] what is actually good [5204.08 --> 5205.18] and what is according [5205.18 --> 5205.82] to God's will. [5205.82 --> 5207.00] Like Jesus, [5207.14 --> 5208.62] we can openly praise God [5208.62 --> 5209.78] and express our fears, [5210.00 --> 5210.58] our joys, [5210.98 --> 5211.78] our sorrows, [5212.20 --> 5213.02] our anxieties, [5213.42 --> 5214.40] and petition God [5214.40 --> 5216.04] for our heart's desires. [5217.20 --> 5218.84] But we will additionally pray [5218.84 --> 5220.38] that God's good will be done [5220.38 --> 5221.48] and not ours. [5222.16 --> 5223.56] As we continue to pray [5223.56 --> 5225.16] and form a habit, [5225.64 --> 5226.62] we will start to see [5226.62 --> 5227.66] and understand [5227.66 --> 5228.48] more clearly [5228.48 --> 5230.18] what the Father's will is. [5231.68 --> 5232.28] Three, [5232.98 --> 5234.10] they should also affect [5234.10 --> 5234.96] how we behave towards [5234.96 --> 5235.46] our church [5235.46 --> 5236.24] and our community. [5237.12 --> 5237.78] When we are faced [5237.78 --> 5238.26] with the promise [5238.26 --> 5239.02] of God's good will [5239.02 --> 5239.84] and eternal life, [5240.20 --> 5244.06] we start to see God's good will [5244.06 --> 5245.32] is not just for ourselves [5245.32 --> 5247.14] but for the whole body of Christ. [5247.84 --> 5248.72] We start to witness [5248.72 --> 5249.72] the power that the promise [5249.72 --> 5250.54] has on each other. [5251.20 --> 5252.10] We see communally, [5252.66 --> 5253.44] as we pray, [5253.60 --> 5255.32] as we communally praise God [5255.32 --> 5256.54] and pray with him, [5256.84 --> 5257.50] we see the effect [5257.50 --> 5258.34] that it has on others. [5258.84 --> 5260.04] We see that God's promise [5260.04 --> 5260.46] is for, [5261.14 --> 5261.94] it's not just for us [5261.94 --> 5262.70] but also our brothers [5262.70 --> 5263.58] and sisters as well. [5264.28 --> 5265.06] And we start to pray [5265.06 --> 5266.12] for God's will for them. [5267.60 --> 5268.36] On the 8th, [5268.40 --> 5269.22] we had the prayer night [5269.22 --> 5270.88] and there were many of us [5270.88 --> 5272.14] and we prayed for many issues [5272.14 --> 5273.08] facing our church [5273.08 --> 5274.38] and the greater church at large. [5275.04 --> 5277.06] We opened our hearts to God. [5277.60 --> 5279.16] We prayed for leaders [5279.16 --> 5279.98] and marriages [5279.98 --> 5281.14] and mental health [5281.14 --> 5282.14] and political divisions [5282.14 --> 5284.14] and it was good [5284.14 --> 5286.18] and we left there confident [5286.18 --> 5286.90] that God's will [5286.90 --> 5288.58] would actually happen. [5288.58 --> 5290.62] fourth, [5291.62 --> 5292.26] they should affect [5292.26 --> 5293.44] how we act in the world. [5294.66 --> 5295.42] When we start to see [5295.42 --> 5296.42] how the power of prayer [5296.42 --> 5297.30] and praising God [5297.30 --> 5298.26] works in our lives [5298.26 --> 5299.48] transformatively, [5299.60 --> 5300.40] we see the desire [5300.40 --> 5301.08] that God has [5301.08 --> 5301.62] for the broken [5301.62 --> 5302.40] and the lost. [5303.20 --> 5304.06] We start to think [5304.06 --> 5305.46] missionally towards the world [5305.46 --> 5308.12] and those who are not yet [5308.12 --> 5309.16] part of the body of believers [5309.16 --> 5310.16] who profess the name [5310.16 --> 5311.00] of Jesus Christ [5311.00 --> 5311.92] and therefore [5311.92 --> 5313.28] confidently approach God. [5314.24 --> 5315.12] We start to work [5315.12 --> 5316.22] in accordance with God [5316.22 --> 5317.58] to pray for those [5317.58 --> 5318.48] who do not know him. [5319.08 --> 5319.68] We start to work [5319.68 --> 5320.46] in accordance with God [5320.46 --> 5321.50] to draw them actively [5321.50 --> 5322.60] to the body of Christ. [5325.26 --> 5326.44] To end this off here, [5327.96 --> 5329.58] here are some practical examples [5329.58 --> 5330.70] of how we can live this out [5330.70 --> 5331.68] in our lives today. [5332.98 --> 5333.88] In the Holy Habits [5333.88 --> 5334.68] companion guide [5334.68 --> 5335.76] that you all have, [5336.30 --> 5337.44] you will find four examples [5337.44 --> 5338.12] of how to practice [5338.12 --> 5338.76] the holy habit [5338.76 --> 5339.92] of talking with Jesus. [5340.88 --> 5341.96] If you don't have one, [5342.00 --> 5342.86] I'm sure that you can get one [5342.86 --> 5343.32] in the office [5343.32 --> 5344.48] or at the Sunday school desk [5344.48 --> 5345.58] right outside that window. [5346.80 --> 5347.78] But I want to highlight [5347.78 --> 5349.16] two examples, [5349.46 --> 5350.20] the first two examples [5350.20 --> 5350.80] in the workbook. [5351.30 --> 5352.72] The first is an individual example [5352.72 --> 5353.18] and the other [5353.18 --> 5354.12] is a communal example. [5355.18 --> 5355.54] First, [5356.48 --> 5357.86] set an alarm or two [5357.86 --> 5358.84] on a day when you know [5358.84 --> 5359.54] that you will be free [5359.54 --> 5360.32] at a time you will know [5360.32 --> 5360.98] you will be free. [5361.60 --> 5362.38] Like a break [5362.38 --> 5363.48] or when you wake up, etc. [5364.08 --> 5365.38] When the alarm goes off, [5366.50 --> 5366.70] pray. [5367.92 --> 5368.80] I like this one [5368.80 --> 5370.02] because the pattern it sets. [5370.80 --> 5372.06] Dedicating a time to pray [5372.06 --> 5372.96] or worship to God [5372.96 --> 5373.54] specifically [5373.54 --> 5375.28] for no other reason [5375.28 --> 5377.42] then to do so [5377.42 --> 5378.34] is huge [5378.34 --> 5379.96] and make sure [5379.96 --> 5380.58] that the practice [5380.58 --> 5381.34] is habit forming. [5382.02 --> 5383.22] Usually we attach prayer [5383.22 --> 5383.88] or worship [5383.88 --> 5384.84] to other activities. [5385.66 --> 5386.18] When we eat, [5386.36 --> 5386.72] we pray. [5386.96 --> 5387.62] When we go to bed, [5387.72 --> 5388.12] we pray. [5388.40 --> 5389.18] When we start a meeting, [5389.32 --> 5389.72] we pray. [5390.84 --> 5391.60] But we just rush [5391.60 --> 5392.60] through a rehearsed prayer [5392.60 --> 5393.92] and move to the task at hand. [5394.72 --> 5395.82] And though those prayers [5395.82 --> 5396.88] are good and habit forming, [5397.20 --> 5398.68] they rarely dig deep [5398.68 --> 5399.92] into the heart of the matter. [5399.92 --> 5402.22] When we set time [5402.22 --> 5402.94] to pray alone [5402.94 --> 5403.84] or worship alone, [5404.72 --> 5405.50] we can dig deep [5405.50 --> 5406.52] and work with the Spirit [5406.52 --> 5407.70] so that God can actively [5407.70 --> 5409.28] form our wills [5409.28 --> 5410.20] in accordance with His. [5411.78 --> 5412.22] Number two, [5413.34 --> 5414.78] get a community together [5414.78 --> 5416.68] to pray in an ongoing manner [5416.68 --> 5417.22] where the members [5417.22 --> 5418.50] rotate who they pray for [5418.50 --> 5420.08] so everyone in the group [5420.08 --> 5420.98] is praying for someone [5420.98 --> 5422.72] and is being prayed for. [5423.84 --> 5424.94] In the young adults, [5425.14 --> 5425.84] we do this. [5425.92 --> 5426.12] It's called [5426.12 --> 5426.94] the Rotating Prayer Group. [5427.06 --> 5428.08] Not a very inventive name. [5428.08 --> 5430.12] Any young adults [5430.12 --> 5431.20] can join at any time. [5431.80 --> 5432.34] And this aspect [5432.34 --> 5432.92] of our ministry [5432.92 --> 5434.44] was huge for those [5434.44 --> 5435.86] who, like myself [5435.86 --> 5436.68] during the pandemic, [5437.64 --> 5438.82] struggled with loneliness. [5440.70 --> 5441.70] God helped me [5441.70 --> 5443.28] get out of my apathetic mindset [5443.28 --> 5446.14] about life and prayer [5446.14 --> 5447.00] because suddenly [5447.00 --> 5447.96] it wasn't about me. [5448.58 --> 5449.70] It was about the community. [5451.06 --> 5452.54] The group still does it now [5452.54 --> 5453.16] and we're about to enter [5453.16 --> 5454.06] our second year of prayer [5454.06 --> 5455.56] and it is awesome, [5456.42 --> 5457.00] as Kevin said. [5459.08 --> 5460.46] There are more practical examples [5460.46 --> 5461.16] we could lay out [5461.16 --> 5462.38] and there are more in the book [5462.38 --> 5463.38] that are, [5463.88 --> 5464.94] but really the habit [5464.94 --> 5466.16] is formed through repetition, [5466.88 --> 5468.16] consistent repetition. [5469.00 --> 5469.84] And ultimately the hope [5469.84 --> 5470.80] is that we start to pray [5470.80 --> 5471.78] like Paul says [5471.78 --> 5473.10] in 1 Thessalonians, [5473.64 --> 5474.74] without ceasing. [5475.54 --> 5476.54] Because the more [5476.54 --> 5478.78] we confidently approach prayer [5478.78 --> 5480.12] as a means of grace [5480.12 --> 5481.88] to fuel our lives of faith, [5482.40 --> 5483.62] the more we as disciples [5483.62 --> 5484.16] of Jesus [5484.16 --> 5485.90] will be unified with Him [5485.90 --> 5487.30] in will and action. [5489.80 --> 5491.76] Let us confidently pray together [5491.76 --> 5492.56] to our God. [5498.32 --> 5498.68] Father, [5499.14 --> 5500.86] thank you for this day. [5501.70 --> 5502.64] Thank you for the love [5502.64 --> 5503.78] that you've shown this church [5503.78 --> 5505.96] and how much you've helped us. [5506.54 --> 5507.32] I pray for all those [5507.32 --> 5508.30] who have professed their faith [5508.30 --> 5508.92] and all the children [5508.92 --> 5509.54] that have graduated [5509.54 --> 5510.36] Sunday School, Lord. [5510.92 --> 5511.82] I pray that they would be [5511.82 --> 5513.10] confident in their faith. [5513.10 --> 5515.00] I pray that we would all [5515.00 --> 5515.78] be confident in our faith [5515.78 --> 5516.06] in you. [5516.82 --> 5517.98] And thank you for the assurance [5517.98 --> 5519.32] of eternal life. [5520.00 --> 5521.02] In Jesus' name, Lord, I pray. [5521.34 --> 5521.52] Amen. [5521.52 --> 5521.62] Amen. [5521.62 --> 5528.26] Please stand with us. [5528.26 --> 5551.44] I have a maker [5551.44 --> 5558.44] He formed my heart [5558.44 --> 5564.34] Before even time began [5564.34 --> 5571.08] My life was in His hand [5571.08 --> 5576.82] He knows my name [5576.82 --> 5585.06] He knows my every thought [5585.06 --> 5590.74] He sees each tear that falls [5590.74 --> 5594.76] And hears me when I go [5594.76 --> 5605.50] I have a father [5605.50 --> 5610.66] He calls me His own [5610.66 --> 5618.24] He'll never leave me [5618.24 --> 5622.86] No matter where I go [5622.86 --> 5629.84] He knows my name [5629.84 --> 5637.06] He knows my every thought [5637.06 --> 5643.24] He sees each tear that falls [5643.24 --> 5673.22] And hears me when I go [5673.22 --> 5680.22] And hears me when I go [5680.22 --> 5681.22] And hears me when I go [5681.22 --> 5697.30] Here's God's blessing [5697.30 --> 5699.12] The Lord bless you [5699.12 --> 5699.86] And keep you [5699.86 --> 5701.30] The Lord make His face [5701.30 --> 5701.92] Shine on you [5701.92 --> 5703.30] And be gracious to you [5703.30 --> 5704.82] The Lord turn His face [5704.82 --> 5705.42] Towards you [5705.42 --> 5706.72] And give you peace [5706.72 --> 5707.30] Amen [5707.30 --> 5719.30] Amen [5719.30 --> 5729.66] Amen [5729.66 --> 5731.30] Amen [5731.30 --> 5733.72] Amen [5733.72 --> 5736.30] Amen [5736.30 --> 5736.54] Amen [5736.54 --> 5736.74] Amen [5738.30 --> 5740.94] Amen [5740.94 --> 5751.80] Lord bless you and keep you [5751.80 --> 5756.26] Make his face shine upon you [5756.26 --> 5759.28] Be gracious to you [5759.28 --> 5766.08] Lord turn his face toward you [5766.08 --> 5772.56] And give you peace [5772.56 --> 5783.32] Lord bless you and keep you [5783.32 --> 5787.78] Make his face shine upon you [5787.78 --> 5790.78] Be gracious to you [5790.78 --> 5797.26] Lord turn his face toward you [5797.26 --> 5802.78] And give you peace [5802.78 --> 5810.78] Amen [5810.78 --> 5814.78] Amen [5814.78 --> 5818.78] Amen [5818.78 --> 5824.78] Amen [5824.78 --> 5828.78] Amen [5828.78 --> 5830.78] Amen [5830.78 --> 5832.78] Amen [5832.78 --> 5836.78] Amen [5837.26 --> 5838.78] Amen [5838.78 --> 5842.78] Amen [5842.78 --> 5844.78] Amen [5844.78 --> 5846.78] Amen [5846.78 --> 5851.10] Please favor be upon you [5851.10 --> 5854.26] And a thousand generations [5854.26 --> 5856.14] And your family [5856.14 --> 5858.02] And your children [5858.02 --> 5859.78] And their children [5859.78 --> 5861.52] And their children [5861.52 --> 5865.32] May his favor be upon you [5865.32 --> 5868.58] And a thousand generations [5868.58 --> 5870.50] And your family [5870.50 --> 5871.78] And your children [5872.40 --> 5873.78] And their children [5874.38 --> 5875.90] And their children [5875.90 --> 5879.66] May His favor be upon you [5879.66 --> 5882.86] And a thousand generations [5882.86 --> 5886.62] And your family and your children [5886.62 --> 5889.86] And their children and their children [5889.86 --> 5893.60] May His presence go before you [5893.60 --> 5897.08] And behind you and beside you [5897.08 --> 5900.46] All around you and within you [5900.46 --> 5903.92] He is with you, He is with you [5903.92 --> 5907.00] In the morning, in the evening [5907.00 --> 5910.56] If you're coming and you're going [5910.56 --> 5914.10] If you're leaving and rejoicing [5914.10 --> 5929.54] He is for you, He is for you [5929.54 --> 5942.10] Amen, Amen, Amen [5942.10 --> 5955.68] Amen, Amen, Amen [5955.68 --> 5969.96] Amen, Amen, Amen [5969.96 --> 5985.66] Amen, Amen, Amen [5985.68 --> 6015.66] Amen, Amen, Amen [6015.68 --> 6045.66] Amen, Amen, Amen [6045.68 --> 6075.66] Amen, Amen, Amen [6075.68 --> 6105.66] Amen, Amen, Amen [6105.68 --> 6106.42] Amen, Amen, Amen [6135.68 --> 6165.66] Amen, Amen, Amen