GOOD MORNING.
I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS COOL WEATHER.
WE ARE HERE TO ENJOY IT.
WHAT MORE CAN BE SAID?
A FEW REMINDERS.
PLEASE SIGN THE RED BOOK AND PASS IT TOWARD THE SIDE AISLE.
THE MEETING AFTER SERVICE WILL BE A BRIEF DEACON'S MEETING.
PLEASE MAKE AN EFFORT TO ATTEND.
THE SECOND WEEKEND OF ACCEPT THERE IS A DISCIPLES MEN'S FELLOWSHIP AT BETHANY HILLS CAMP . NOTE LET US HAVE A JOYFUL ATTITUDE AS WE LISTEN TO THE PRELUDE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE CALL OUR WORSHIP.
LET US STAND AND SING OUR HYMN OF PRAISE.
NUMBER 24.
YOU MAY BE SEATED.
IF THE CHILDREN WILL COME FORWARD FOR WIGGLE TIME.
GOOD MORNING.
YOU KNOW THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN BUSY FOR SOME KIDS.
SOME KIDS HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR TWO WEEKS, AND SOME HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR A WEEK, AND SOME HAVE NOT EVEN STARTED.
I HAD TO BUY ALL SORTS OF STUFF FOR MY KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
I HAD TO BUY PENCILS, AND BACKPACKS, AND LUNCH BOXES.
AND MY LIST HAS ADDED UP.
I HAD SO MUCH STUFF IN MY BUGGY.
ONE OF MY KID'S TEACHERS SAID WE NEED LOTS OF PENCILS.
THAT MADE ME THINK ABOUT PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD PRACTICE BEING IN SCHOOL SO I DID THIS MATH PROBLEM.
DID I GET AN A?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY MATH PROBLEM?
1 PLUS 1 IS NOT 3.
IT IS 2.
GOOD THING I BROUGHT MY PENCIL BOX WITH MY BIG ERASER.
FIRST THIS COMES FROM FIRST JOHN, CHAPTER 1, LISTEN REALLY CAREFULLY.
IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN WE DECEIVE OURSELVES AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US.
IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS AND BE FAITHFUL AND JUST HE WILL (INAUDIBLE)
MY PENCIL IS NOT SHARPENED.
THIS IS THE PENCIL THAT REMINDS US OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T DO ANYTHING.
THEY PREFER THAT YOU DO ALL THE WORK.
THAT IS WHAT THIS PENCIL SHOULD REMIND YOU OF.
THIS PENCIL HAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT?
IT HAS AN ERASESER ON BOTH ENDS.
THIS PENCIL REPRESENTS PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT.
THEY NEVER TRY TO DO ANYTHING, SO THIS ONE REPRESENTS THAT.
THEN I HAVE THIS ONE, THIS IS MY FAVORITE.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS?
IT HAS BEEN SHARPENED ON BOTH SIDES.
IT HAS NO ERASER.
THIS REMINDS US OF PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY WILL NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE.
EVEN IF THEY DO MAKE A MISTAKE THEY WILL NEVER ADMIT IT AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY ARE ONLY FOOLING THEMSELVES.
THE BEST KIND OF PENCIL IS THIS ONE.
IT HAS AN ERASER.
IT REMINDS YOU OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEY MAKE MISTAKES.
THAT IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE SHOULD DO.
WE SHOULD ADMIT THINGS WE DO WRONG TO GOD AND GOD WILL FORGIVE US.
GOD WILL LET US START OVER.
WE CAN FIX OUR MISTAKES.
IF WE MAKE MISTAKES WE CAN PRAY TO GOD AND REQUEST HIM TO FORGIVE US.
LET'S PRAY.
DEAR GOD, HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES AND THAT ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS ASK YOU TO FORGIVE US.
HELP US THIS YEAR IN SCHOOL.
AMEN.
GOOD MORNING.
ARE THERE ANY JOYS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS MORNING?
A FOR SALE SIGN WENT UP IN FRONT OR HER HOUSE YESTERDAY.
OTHER JOYS?
OUR JOY IS THAT WE HAVE A FRIEND VISITING US FROM OLD DOMINION, VIRGINIA.
WELCOME.
GO BY AND SPEAK TO DAVID AND GIVE HIM YOUR CONDOLENCES.
WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED 46 YEARS TODAY.
WE CELEBRATED OUR 57TH LAST SATURDAY
I HAVE ONE OF MY STUDENTS PLAYING.
HE IS A SENIOR AT CSAS.
OTHER JOYS?
CONCERNS WE SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR?
MANY OF YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER MY COANCHOR.
HIS WIFE LAST MONTH WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
AND WEDNESDAY THEIR SON COMMITTED SUICIDE.
LETS BOW OUR HEADS FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION.
LET US PRAY.
DURING THE WEEK O GOD WE QUESTION: WHERE ARE YOU AND HOW ARE YOU WORKING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
SO WE COME HERE ON SUNDAYS TO REESTABLISH THAT HOPE THAT YOU ARE INDEED WITH US.
THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH US AND FOR US.
AND THAT YOU ARE EVER PRESENT IN OUR MIDST.
WE LOOK TO OUR FAMILIES, OUR SPOUSES, OUR CHILDREN, OUR FRIENDS, WHO HELP MAKE OUR LIVES AND WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE GIFTS FROM YOU.
AND WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE.
ESPECIALLY REMEMBERING THAT OUR TIME HERE IS SHORT, SO FILL US WITH ANOTHER LOVE AND GRACE TO SHARE WITH THESE PERSONS.
NEVER TAKING THEM FOR GRANTED.
ALWAYS GIVING THANKS FOR THEM.
WE COME TO YOU EACH WEEK, HOPEFULLY EVERY DAY, LOOKING FOR WISDOM, FOR GRACE, FOR FORGIVENESS, FOR WRONGING PEOPLE AND FOR BEING WRONGED.
WE LIFT UP THESE CONCERNS, THOSE WHO HAVE HAD LOSSES AND SICKNESS THAT THOSE PERSONS WILL SOMEHOW DISCOVER YOUR PEACE AND THAT THOSE AROUND THEM WILL BE INSTRUMENTS OF GRACE.
LIFE MOVES AT A FAST PACE, THINGS CHANGE, WE ARE NOT ALWAYS READY, LORD, BUT REMIND US NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY THAT YOU ARE WITH US.
BECAUSE OF THAT WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER STEP, AND ANOTHER STEP, AND ANOTHER.
YOU HAVE GIVEN US A CALLING, A CALLING THAT MOVES US FROM FEAR TO FAITH.
AND WE ARE REMINDED OF THAT CALLING WITH THE PRAYER THAT JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES SO WE SAY WITH BOLDNESS AND COURAGE TOGETHER,
(LORD'S PRAYER BEING PRAYED)
NOW IS OUR TIME OF OFFERING.
AS ALWAYS, LET'S REFLECT ON THE GENEROSITY OF GOD.
LET US GIVE.
IN JOHN 15 JESUS ENCOUNTERS AN INVALID AND SPEAKS TO HIM.
THE NEW TESTAMENT READING TODAY IS JOHN 15, 1 THROUGH 9, ON PAGE 926 OF YOUR PEW BIBLE.
I AM GOING TO BE READING FROM THE MESSAGE.
SOON ANOTHER FEAST CAME AROUND AND JESUS WAS BACK IN JERUSALEM.
NEAR IS SHEEPGATE IN JERUSALEM AND THERE WAS A POOL WITH FIVE ALCOVES.
HUNDREDS OF SICK PEOPLE, BLIND, CRIPPLED, PARALYZED, WERE IN THESE ALCOVES.
ONE OF THEM HAD BEEN AN INVALID FOR 38 YEARS.
WHEN JESUS SAW HIM AND KNEW HOW LONG HE HAD BEEN THERE HE ASKED HIM, DO YOU WANT TO GET WELL?
SIR, WHEN THE WATER IS STIRRED I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO PUT ME IN THE POOL.
BY THE TIME I GET THERE SOMEBODY ELSE IS ALREADY IN.
JESUS SAID TO HIM, GET UP, TAKE YOUR BEDROLL, START WALKING.
THE MAN WAS HEALED ON THE SPOT.
HE PICKED UP HIS BEDROLL AND WALKED OFF.
THAT DAY HAPPENED TO BE THE SABBATH.
THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS.
THANKS BE TO GOD.
LET US PRAY.
FOR THESE WORDS, O GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS.
LET THEM TRANSFORM OUR HEARTS.
MAY WE TAKE THEM INTO OUR HEARTS AND BE TRANSFORMED INTO THE LIKENESS OF YOUR SON.
IN HIS NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN.
WHEN I WORKED IN CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA AT A DOWNTOWN URBAN CHURCH SURROUNDED BY A COMMUNITY WITH MANY NEEDS, PEOPLE CAME KNOCKING ON THE DOOR EVERY DAY.
NEEDING SOMETHING, WANTING SOMETHING.
I REMEMBER ONE MORNING THIS PARTICULAR MAN, HE NEEDED TO TALK TO THE PASTOR, HE SAID I NEED MONEY AND I REMEMBER THAT SOUR SMELL OF SWEAT AND BOOZE THAT WAS ON HIM.
HE SAID I NEED MONEY, I NEED FOOD, I NEED HELP.
HE TOLD ME STORIES OF CHILDREN HE HAD NOT SEEN IN A LONG TIME AND JOBS HE COULD NOT HOLD, AND FRIENDS WHO HAD BETRAYED HIM.
HE SAID THE CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO HELP, I NEED HELP.
I WANTED TO HELP HIM.
I SAID I WANT TO HELP.
I WANT TO HELP SOBER YOU UP.
I WANT TO HELP YOU ENTER REHAB SO YOU CAN START TO GET HELP, I WANT TO HELP.
BUT BEFORE I COULD FINISH HE TOOK OFF AND I NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.
I REMEMBER THE WOMAN WHO CAME LOOKING FOR RELIEF, ANSWERS FOR ANYTHING TO STOP HER PAIN.
SHE HAD THREE CHILDREN, A MILLION DOLLAR HOME, A HUGE RING ON HER LEFT HAND.
PROBLEM?
HER HUSBAND WAS A THOUSAND MILES AWAY WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.
15 YEARS OF MARRIAGE DOWN THE DRAIN.
THERE WENT THE HER LIFESTYLE, HER PRIDE, HER IDENTITY.
SHE WANTED HELP.
I PRAYED WITH HER.
I ENCOURAGED HER TO COME TO CHURCH AND LEAN ON GOD AND THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH THAT WOULD SUPPORT HER.
SHE LEFT, I NEVER SAW HER AGAIN.
I WONDERED, WHAT ELSE COULD SHE BE LOOKING FOR?
I HAVE A FRIEND HE HAD A HAMSTER AND IN THE HAMSTER CAGE WAS THIS HAMSTER WHEEL AND THE HAMSTER WENT AROUND THAT WHEEL ALL THE TIME.
ONE NIGHT THEY WENT OUT AND LEFT THE CAGE OPEN.
THEY CAME HOME AND FOUND THAT THE HAMSTER HAD GONE.
FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST.
THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEVER SEE THAT HAMSTER AGAIN.
BUT LATER ON IN THE EVENING, THEY HEARD THAT NOISE OF THE WHEEL, FREDDY THE HAMSTER HAD RETURNED FROM THE PROMISED LAND.
HE HAD COME BACK TO EGYPT BECAUSE HE COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT THAT WHEEL.
THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THEY WERE ABOUT TO PUT FINISHING TOUCHES ON HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE BUT THE HAMSTER CAME BACK. DESIRE CAN BE A POWERFUL FORCE IN OUR LIVES.
IT CAN BE SO ADDICTIVE THAT IT KEEPS US STUCK IN ONE PLACE.
DESIRE CAN BE AN ENEMY OR A BEST FRIEND.
WHEN I THINK OF DESIRE I THINK OF THE SAINT WHO WAS QUITE A PARTY ANIMAL BEFORE HE BECAME A SAINT.
HE TOYED WITH COMMITMENT FOR YEARS BUT HE COULDN'T DO IT.
HALFWAY THROUGH HIS CONFESSIONS HE TELLS US ABOUT CONFLICT WITH DESIRE, THIS CONFLICT WE ALL GO THROUGH.
HE WRITES WHEN AT LAST HE COMES TO YOU WITH ALL MY BEING, FOR ME THERE WILL BE NO MORE SORROW, NO MORE TOIL.
THEN AT LAST I WILL BE FILLED WITH TRUE LIFE, BECAUSE IT WILL BE FULFILLED BY YOU.
BUT MY LIFE IS NOT YET FILLED BY YOU AND I AM A BURDEN TO MYSELF.
WHAT DO WE DESIRE IN OUR LIVES?
WHAT DO WE FEEL IN OUR LIVES THESE DAYS?
JESUS SHOWS UP ONE DAY AT THE POOL AND AMONG ALL THE SWIMMERS IN THEIR SPEEDOS, HE ASKS THE CERTAIN MAN THAT VERY QUESTION.
A MAN CRIPPLED FOR 38 YEARS, SHOWING UP EVERY DAY, HE ASKS HIM, DO YOU WANT TO BE HEALED?
NOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE POOL THAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
THAT PEOPLE WOULD GATHER AROUND THE POOL AND SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME, BY SOME DIVINE FORCE THE WATERS WOULD BE STIRRED AND THE FIRST ONE IN WOULD BE THE ONE TO BE HEALED.
AND THAT WAS IT, THE FIRST ONE IN, THE LAST ONE WAS TRULY A ROTTEN EGG.
ONLY THE FIRST ONE.
SO ALL THESE PEOPLE WITH HEARTBURN, HANGNAILS, THE MAN WHO WAS CRIPPLED AND THE FIRST ONE TO JUMP IN WAS HEALED.
GOOD IF YOU COULD MOVE ‑‑ NOT SO GOOD IF YOU WERE PARALYZED.
HE COULD NOT JUMP IN AND NO ONE WOULD HELP HIM.
I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE.
SURELY SOMEONE WOULD HELP HIM.
SURELY ONE OF THE OTHERS COULD SAY I WILL WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW.
MAYBE HE DIDN'T ASK ANYONE.
MAYBE HE ASSUMED THAT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING WOULD PUSH HIM IN THE POOL.
SOMEONE WOULD FEEL SORRY FOR HIM AND HAVE PITY FOR HIM AND PUT HIM IN.
SO JESUS GOES TO THE POOL, TAKES A LOOK AROUND AND SAYS TO THE CRIPPLE, SO, YOU WANT TO BE HEALED?
I MEAN DUH.
WHAT DOES HE EXPECT THE MAN TO SAY?
NO, I AM JUST WORKING ON MY TAN.
DO YOU WANT TO BE HEALED?
IT IS A GREAT REQUEST, DON'T YOU THINK?
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE MADE WELL?
IS THAT REALLY YOUR DESIRE OR IS THIS A GAME YOU PLAY SO EVERYONE THINKS THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT?
WHAT IF JESUS SHOWED UP SOME SUNDAY MORNING AND ASKED US THE SAME THINGS?
DO YOU WANT TO BE MADE WELL OR IS THIS A THING YOU WANT TO DO?
WHATEVER BAGGAGE YOU BROUGHT THIS MORNING, DO YOU WANT TO LET IT GO?
I HAVE A FRIEND IN AA, HE HAS SPONSORED MANY RECOVERING ALCOHOLICS.
HE SAYS HE HAS CHASED MANY PRETENDERS AWAY THROUGH THE YEARS.
HE TELLS THEM YOU ARE NOT READY FOR THIS, YOU ARE JUST PLAYING A GAME, SO GO BACK OUT THERE AND DRINK AND DRINK SOME MORE.
LIVE IT UP, DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO TO WRECK YOUR LIFE BIG TIME, THEN COME BACK AND TALK TO ME.
HE REALLY MEANS THAT.
HE KNOWS THAT UNLESS A PERSON WANTED TO BE HEALED UNLESS THAT IS HIS OR HER DESIRE, HE OR SHE WILL NEVER FIND IT.
JESUS WAS CONVINCED, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT THIS MAN WANTED HEALING.
AND HE SAYS YOU DON'T NEED THIS POOL, YOU DON'T NEED THIS POOL, GET UP AND WALK.
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
38 YEARS BY THE POOL SIDE?
THINKING THAT I NEED THAT POOL, WHY CAN'T I GET IN THAT POOL.
MAYBE HE WAS THINKING THIS IS THE WAY IT WILL BE THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND THEN HERE COMES JESUS.
YOU DON'T NEED THIS POOL, GET UP, AND WALK.
WE SEEM TO HAVE MANY WALKS, ARE THEY THE SAME WALKS THAT GOD HAS FOR US?
WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BE HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL BUT A MILLION OTHER THINGS GET IN THE WAY.
ONE YEAR IN MY FIRST CHURCH I COACHED A LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM.
I NOTICED THE PARENTS THAT JUST DROPPED OFF THEIR PARENTS AND LEFT, AND THEN AFTER THE GAME THEY CAME BACK TO PICK THEM UP.
TO LOVE YOUR CHILD, TO HAVE THEM GROW AND LOVE IN GRACE, YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND WALK.
THE CHURCH DOES IT TOO.
WE WANT OUR CHURCH TO GROW.
WE SEE CHURCHES AROUND US GROWING, AND WE LOOK AROUND AND SAY WE WANT THIS, BUT WE GET BACK ON THE HAMSTER WHEEL, WE DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE PROMISED LAND AND BE MADE WELL.
SO WE STICK TO WHAT WE KNOW, AND WE STICK TO THE HAMSTER WHEEL, AND THOSE CHURCHES KEEP RUNNING UNTIL THEY DIE.
SOME PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
PEOPLE SAY IT ALL THE TIME.
I WANT TO HELP OUT IN THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN, I WANT TO HELP WITH HABITAT, I WANT TO DO THIS AND I SAY OKAY, DO IT.
I WISH I COULD THEY SAY, BUT I AM TOO BUSY.
JESUS WOULD SAY, IF YOU WANT IT, GET UP AND WALK OR GET USED TO THE POOLSIDE VIEW AND JESUS ISN'T TALKING ABOUT NEW CARS OR NEW HOMES OR EXPANDING YOUR INVESTMENTS, HE IS TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER TO HIM.
SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND ALL THE REST THAT REALLY MATTERS WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.
I WAS READING ABOUT LANCE ARMSTRONG RECENTLY AND IN HIS BIOGRAPHY HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
HE SAID IF I BEAT THIS THING AND GET WELL, I WILL NOT CUSS ANY MORE, NOT DRINK ANY MORE, NOT LOSE MY TEMPER, I WILL BE A GREAT CLEAN LIVING GUY.
THEN LANCE SAYS, BUT LIFE GOES ON AND I SLIPPED INTO OLD FAMILIAR PATTERNS.
HIS FIRST COMEBACK ATTEMPT AFTER THE CANCER WAS A FAILURE AND SO HE QUIT.
HE JUST WASN'T SAFE.
HIS BIKE WAS GATHERING DUST.
HE LAY ON THE SOFA AND DRANK BEER.
FINALLY HIS GIRLFRIEND GAVE HIM AN ULTIMATUM.
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO BE A BEER DRINKING SLOB, I NEED TO KNOW SO I CAN GO BACK TO WORK AND SUPPORT YOUR GOLFING.
JUST TELL ME.
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE MADE WELL?
SOMETIMES WE NEED PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES TO GIVE IT TO US STRAIGHT, TO CHANGE US TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE CAN GET UP AND WALK OR WE CAN GET USED TO THE POOLSIDE VIEW.
JESUS COMES TO ALL OF US, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING, AND WHATEVER THAT IS KEEPING US FROM DOING THOSE THINGS, WHATEVER OUR EXCUSE IS, JESUS COMES TO US AND SAYS, YOU DON'T NEED THAT POOL, YOU DON'T NEED THAT POOL, YOU HAVE ME.
GET UP AND WALK.
GET UP AND WALK.
AND IF THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS AND ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN SAID.
AMEN.
OUR HYMN OF REFLECTION IS JESUS CALLS US.
IF YOU ARE INCLINED TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT TO CHRIST THIS MORNING I INVITE YOU TO DO SO.
IT MATTERS NOT TO GOD WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE HE MEETS US WHERE WE ARE AND TAKES US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
LET US ALL STAND AND SING.
HYMN NUMBER 337.
NOW COMES OUR TIME, THE CELEBRATION OF [INAUDIBLE].
CHRIST INVITES ALL WHO SEEK TO BE IN PEACE AND CHARITY WITH ALL THIS THE IS LORD'S TABLE AND HE INVITES ALL OF US TO PARTAKE LET US SHARE IN OUR PRAYER OF CONFESSION.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION PRAYED.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST WE ARE FORGIVEN.
LET'S REMAIN SEATED AS WE SING OUR COMMUNION HYMN NUMBER 390.
FOR I RECEIVED YOU ARE THE GREAT PHYSICIAN, WE COME TO THIS PLACE LONGING TO BE HEALED.
BUT WE KNOW IT IS NOT WATER NOR EVERYONE THE SIMPLE MALE THAT PROVIDED THAT HEALING BUT AN ENCOUNTER WITH YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND MERCY.
BLESS US AS WE EAT AND TAKE THIS BREAD, MAKE US WHOLE.
AMEN.
OUR FATHER, HEAR OUR PRAYERS AS WE ASK YOUR PRESENCE BE WITH EACH OF US THIS DAY.
AMEN.
PLEASE SHARE WITH ME THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING.
LET US PRAY.
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING PRAYED.
FINAL HYMN IS PAGE 517.
WILL YOU RECEIVE THE BENEDICTION?
LET US GO FORTH WITH COURAGE BELOAFING IN THE WORDS OF JESUS TO PICK UP OUR MATS AND WALK.
REMEMBERING HIS GRACIOUS WORDS, BE NOT AFRAID FOR I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS EVEN UNTO THE END.
AMEN.