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What Did You Say? | Minor Prophets
Ever misheard the lyrics to your favorite worship song? Those funny misinterpretations set the stage for a powerful exploration of what it truly means to hear God's voice in a noisy world.
In this compelling message, we dive into the book of Micah—one of the twelve Minor Prophets whose small book carries an enormous message. Micah, an ordinary person from a small town outside Jerusalem, received an extraordinary vision: for the first time in biblical history, God declared that destruction would come to Jerusalem if its people didn't return to Him. Imagine the courage required to deliver such devastating news to powerful people in the capital city!
Despite the stern warnings, Micah's prophecy wasn't without hope. God promised to preserve a "remnant" of faithful believers who would eventually rise up strong. Throughout history, God has consistently preserved these remnants of faith—people who remain committed to Him despite societal pressures. Many of us stand on the spiritual foundation built by faithful ancestors who prayed for future generations.
At the heart of Micah's message lies a deceptively simple instruction found in Micah 6:8: "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God." These three requirements aren't complicated to understand but require genuine character transformation to live out. "Do justice" by treating others fairly. "Love kindness" by genuinely delighting in showing kindness. "Walk humbly" by recognizing who God is and who we are in relation to Him.
Join us on this journey through Micah's timeless message and discover how to stay the course in your walk with God. Don't let the world distort the lyrics of how you follow Jesus—listen to His voice and keep moving forward with Him.
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So I have a question for you, and that is what did you say? That's my question today how many of you love music? Don't be shy, everybody loves music. Well, one of the funniest things about listening to music is when your friend or your spouse or somebody in your family is singing the song and they actually think the lyrics are something else when they're not. Yeah, okay, don't nudge the person next to you, but just what's even more funny is when it's worship songs, and so this morning, I want to share a few of those with you that people think it sounds like, but it's actually not One of the songs that we sing. It's a newer song.
Speaker 1:It'll say there is no waste at the altar, and people will sing there is no place at the altar. It doesn't even make sense. Like God wants you to come, so there's always room for you here, but they'll say there's no place at the altar. Another one is bless the Lord, o my soul, o my soul. Worship his holy name. Sing like never before. Some people will sing sin like never before. Maybe they feel better if they say that.
Speaker 1:Another line from a song is I am a friend of God. He calls me friend. Some people say I am a friend of God. He calls me Fred. If your name is Fred, you are very blessed this morning. Another line is you give me joy. That's unspeakable. Some people sing you give me joy. That's on speakerphone. Another one is your praise will ever be on my lips. Some people sing your phrase will ever be on my lips. And the last one I have is God is on the move. Some people will say God is on the move. Some people will say God is on the moon. So pronunciation is key, right, and my question is what did you say? Well, I want to welcome you to Cornerstone this morning. My name is Celeste and I'm married to the guy that was on the video, jay. He's out of the country today and so I am here with you. It's going to be a great day, but I am so glad that you are here.
Speaker 1:One of the things we strive to do here is to be more like Jesus. Okay, let's just be real. It's hard, be real. Just getting here this morning, I had to repent to the Lord and I had to be more like Jesus, because you just get in those moments where you're just like, ah, I needed to be there 10 minutes earlier or 15 minutes earlier. And here I am and I'm just glad I made it Right. Well, I'm glad that I made it because I'm up here, so I mean that worked out. But I want to be more like Jesus every day, and that's our motto.
Speaker 1:Here we have a photo of us, of Jesus and the disciples, walking with him. The reason we show you this is because when you're moving together with the Lord, nobody likes the one that's like running ahead. It's like, hey, get back here. Okay, what are you doing? You're trying to prove you're the winner out there. So we want to stay with Jesus. We also don't like the one who's like straggling behind, because it just slows everybody down right. So this picture represents us as a family of God moving with the Lord. We don't want to miss out on what he has. He has a lot in store for us, and so we don't want to be the one straggling and we don't want to be the one running ahead, but we want to be walking with Jesus every step of the way. We love God, we make disciples and we reach the world.
Speaker 1:Our session of life groups is coming to a close and we're going to have some new ones coming up, but how many of you have been blessed in these last several weeks of life groups? You've just said yes, I'm so glad I attended. I am. We've had prayer on Wednesday nights and we pray for you, so you better be grateful that there are life groups taking place. We pray for you, but, man, there has been some really great life groups happening and so there'll be another session of them coming up. Don't miss out. Don't miss out. I love Sunday mornings, but there's something about a life group that changes your life, and so we want you to be invested. We're starting a new series today. It is called the Minor Profits, and so, if you have a way of taking notes, I encourage you to pull out something, or you can use notes on your phone. But we're going to start today on minor prophets.
Speaker 1:I want to start with this what is a prophet? Well, a prophet is the mouthpiece of God. That's what a prophet is. They are the ones who deliver God's message and will to the people. Okay, so we have a lot of prophets in the Bible that were in the Old Testament, and there was two types of people. In the Old Testament, you would see a priest, and what the priest would do is they would speak to God on behalf of the people. So if you saw a priest in the Old Testament, that was their job. They would go to God on your behalf. Saw a priest in the Old Testament, that was their job. They would go to God on your behalf. The difference is that a prophet would speak to you on behalf of God, and so that's what they would do. They would come and tell you what God is saying.
Speaker 1:Well, what is a minor prophet? There's minor, and then we call some major prophets the minor prophet. All it does is it refers to the size of the message. So if you take your Old Testament and you just kind of flip through that front half of the Bible, you will see that there's a lot of tiny little books. Towards the end, after Proverbs and Psalms and Isaiah, you'll start to get through some little ones. We have 12 minor prophets that are in the Old Testament. The book of Micah, which I'm going to share on today, is the sixth book in those small ones. Now, just because they're called minor prophets does not mean that their message was not significant. You know this right. Their message was very important. It's just that it was smaller in what they had to deliver to the people, so we call them a minor prophet.
Speaker 1:How did God speak to the prophets? Well, he spoke several ways. For some, they had verbal communication. How many of you wish that God would just say it to you really loud, so you just knew. So that's how Moses was on Mount Sinai. He heard the audible voice of God. For other people, you might see it, and see it in a vision. You might see it in a dream. You might have an angelic message come to you. There are other ways that you can hear from God as well, but all of the ways that you hear from God, they all include guidance from the Holy Spirit. Okay, so the Holy Spirit's living in you, moving in you.
Speaker 1:We've talked about the Holy Spirit in the last few weeks. We told you that when Jesus left and he went back to heaven, what did he say? It is good for me to leave, because then you're going to get the helper, you're going to get the Holy Spirit, and so that's what we have. The Holy Spirit guides us and helps us understand the way God is speaking to us. So today we're going to start looking at what Micah spoke to the people, and my question again is what did you say? If you have your Bible, open it to Micah, chapter 6, verse 8. It says this he has told you, o man, what is good and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God. To do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.
Speaker 1:Let me tell you a little bit about Micah. Micah lived in a small town. It's called Moresheth and it was outside of the city. It was in southern Judah. So that's like me asking you how many Buckeye people do I have in the house? Yes, so Buckeye is one of those where it's like a little bit outside the city but close enough to still say you're in the city. Yeah, and so this is where Micah lived. He lived outside of the city, in southern Judah. He also lived at the same time as Isaiah, so Isaiah was in one part, he was in another.
Speaker 1:The northern and southern kingdoms had split, and they split a long time ago. And right now, at this moment of the book of Micah, both of the kingdoms were violating their covenant with God. They were just living in sin. They were doing their own thing, they didn't need God. Sound familiar. There's lots of parts of the world like that right now. Part of America is like that right now. They don't need anything. And so Micah.
Speaker 1:Through visions, god revealed to Micah that the destruction was coming to Jerusalem and Samaria as a result of Israel's sin. Okay, this is really important. If you're reading through the book of Micah, this is the first time in the bible ever that God told a prophet that there will be destruction to the city of Jerusalem if they do not get in alignment with him. Never before has God ever said that he would destroy Jerusalem. But here he did. What did you say? Think about this poor guy, micah. He's just living his life all right. He's out in Buckeye, he's hanging out, he's chilling, he's enjoying life. I don't know, maybe he had a farm, maybe he was taking care of things. He loves God. He's enjoying his day. Then, one day, the Lord gives him a vision, and this vision is pretty intense. It's a vision that destruction is going to come to Jerusalem and Samaria. Oh great.
Speaker 1:What does Micah have to do? He has to obey. He gets to be the bearer of bad news. Nobody likes that person. Let's just be honest. Nobody wants to be the person at work who has to tell other people that they're getting laid off. Nobody wants to be that person that comes and says, oh I'm sorry, I just hit your car in the parking lot. Okay, nobody wants to be the bearer of bad news, but this is what Micah gets to do. And Micah, thank the Lord for Micah. He obeys the Lord and he heads to the city, and what he does is he starts to remind the people about the Lord. And what he does is he starts to remind the people about the Lord.
Speaker 1:It says in Micah, chapter 1, verses 2 and 3, here you peoples, all of you, pay attention, o earth and all that is in it, and let the Lord, god, be a witness against you, the Lord, from his holy temple. For behold, the Lord is coming out of his place and he will come down and tread upon the high places on the earth. You see, in the vision Micah saw the Lord coming down from heaven to earth, but it wasn't for a good reason. The Lord was coming to bring destruction to two areas because of their sin. So if I had to put it in today's terms, it would be like this If you're a parent, you will understand this.
Speaker 1:You get a phone call from your kids. They're not listening. Or maybe the other spouse calls and tells you they're not obeying, and you get on the phone and what do you say? You just wait until I get home. Right? Maybe you have been the kid on the other side of that phone and had a parent say you just wait till I get in that door. This is what the people are hearing from Micah. He's sitting, he's standing there in the city and he's telling them the Lord is coming and he's coming down from heaven. Because you are not listening.
Speaker 1:I wonder what the people thought when they heard this. I wonder what was going through their mind. I think some of them probably thought you know what? We're not as bad as the other countries around us, so why is he picking on us? Look at all these other people. Let me tell you sin is sin, so we don't compare our sin to other people. We don't say, well, I'm not doing what they're doing, I'm just doing this. Sin is sin, so we don't have to compare to other people. If God doesn't want you to do it, don't do it, okay, maybe other people were thinking why does he have to be so negative? Why does this guy, micah, have to come in and bring these bad vibes to the city. Come on, we just want to be in peace, we just want to live life. This guy, this guy is coming over here causing problems.
Speaker 1:But if you listen to the very beginning of chapter one, this is what Micah says pay attention, all of you, okay. I know that there are times in your household where all of your kids have to come in front of you and you say, okay, child number one, you're fine, you weren't a part of this, go ahead. But number two, three, four, five, however many you have, the rest of you are in trouble. This is not what God did. God said listen, pay attention, all of you, not one of you is getting away with anything that's been taking place here. And so Micah starts off very strongly. He goes on to say arise and go.
Speaker 1:It says in Micah 2, verse 10, arise and go, for this is no place to rest because of uncleanness that destroys with a grievous destruction. What Micah starts to do right now is he says listen, all of you are responsible for what's about to happen. But then let me tell you what is happening. One of the things that's happening is that we have false prophets in the area. Did you know? There were other prophets walking around, but obviously they weren't listening very well because God had to go get somebody outside of the territory and bring them in. And so there's false prophets and they are doing their thing. They were very corrupt. They were offering promises of God's protection to anyone who could afford to pay them. I want you to think about that. Anyone who could afford to pay them, they would tell you whatever it is you want to hear. People will say whatever you want, just for money.
Speaker 1:In verse 10, micah exposes the lies of the false prophets and he says this there is no place to rest, there is no place for you. False prophets' words are defiled and they bring destruction. They are filled with unrest and frustration and emptiness. Maybe you're living your life right now and you feel like there's a lot of outside voices going on and you feel like you can't get clarity of mind in some things. I want to challenge you with what voices are you listening to right now? Are you listening to all the people's opinions or are you listening to Father God, who is trying to show you what you're supposed to be doing? Destruction is coming. Micah says. The power of the sovereign Lord will fight against you and not for you.
Speaker 1:What did you say? What did you say at this point? People had to be feeling a variety of emotions. You're standing out there and you're hearing this. Maybe you're angry. How could this be? How could God be talking to me? I didn't even do anything much. I didn't do much about this. Maybe you're feeling embarrassed. How did I remove God from my life? How did I go from here to here? Maybe you're feeling scared. What's going to happen now? Is God really going to do what he said he was going to do? And these type of emotions will cause people to cry to the Lord.
Speaker 1:In the next chapter, micah 3, verse 4, says they, the people, will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time because they have made their deeds evil. There is never a day that goes by that I do not need God in my life. I want you to think about that. There's not a day that goes by that I do not need God in my life. I cannot imagine what would happen if I cried out to the Lord and he didn't answer me. There's moments in your journey with Jesus when you feel like you're having a dry spell, but it's different than God actually not wanting anything to do with the conversation that you're having with him. If I was up here talking to somebody and I was doing all the talking and they didn't even respond, it would be a horrible conversation. I'd be like I'm not hanging out with that person anymore. I'm doing all the talking and Micah tells them listen, he's not even going to answer you if you keep doing what you're doing. Verse four goes on to say he would even hide his face from you.
Speaker 1:Every Sunday, at the close of service, we speak a scripture over you before you leave out of number 625 says the Lord make his face to shine upon you and to be gracious to you. The scripture comes out of the old testament. It's actually what the priests used to do with the people. They used to speak the scripture over them. And here we have Micah who's saying the complete opposite of that. He's saying when you cry, he will not answer you and he won't even look at you. That would be enough for me to stop whatever dumb thing I am doing and get my life right with God immediately.
Speaker 1:Let me tell you something you cannot make it without God you can't. You can try. There will be moments and seasons where maybe you're successful at something, but it will end and you will not be able to make it without the creator of the world in your life. You are created by God. Not only are you created by him, you're made in his image. That means you're a reflection of the Father. He took time to create you and you are made in his image. He knows you better than you know yourself. You cannot make it without him. What did you say?
Speaker 1:Micah not only brought a strong word, but he also shared hope. It says in Micah, chapter 4, verse 2, and prophecy shifted from despair to hope. And Micah even prophesied that the Lord would rule in Mount Zion in the last days. That's amazing. He says at the beginning that he will destroy the city if they don't shape up, and then he says actually this place is going to be where Jesus rules and reigns. In the end he shall judge Micah.
Speaker 1:Chapter four, verse three, says he shall judge between many peoples and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. That's going to be a day, let me tell you, that's going to be a beautiful day. Nations will journey there. They're going to journey to Jerusalem to learn God's law instead of taking up swords against each other. All nations, all nations, will submit to God's law and live life accordingly. If you turn on the news at any time now in today's society, you'll see that, country against country, all kinds of chaos, things going on. I can't wait for this day when there will be complete peace and all nations will submit to God's law. What did you say? It's true. How can this be?
Speaker 1:There's something Micah mentions in his prophecy and that is about the remnant. If you look at chapter 2, verse 12, it says I will surely assemble all of you, o Jacob, I will gather the remnant of Israel and I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men. The Lord will gather the remnant. Do you know what a remnant is? A remnant is a small remaining quantity of something Most likely. If you took your family heritage and went back, you would find God preserving a remnant of believers in your life who prayed for you, and you are here because of them. Because that's what God does he preserves the remnant.
Speaker 1:Though judgment was promised, they were still not beyond the grace and the goodness of God. So the Lord is angry. So the Lord is angry. He's told Micah in a vision that he's going to destroy this part of the cities. And he comes in strong and he tells him listen, you got to shape up, you got to get your life right, you got to look to me again. And then he gives them hope and he says listen, I'm going to take this remnant and I promise I'm going to restore the remnant of Israel. And I love this part of the scripture. It says they're a noisy multitude of men. Noisy that means they're not embarrassed, they're not shy, but they're bold as a lion. And there's not a few of them. It says there's a multitude of them. So that tells me that the remnant that he preserves is going to multiply and more believers are going to keep getting added Because of God's goodness and grace.
Speaker 1:It says in Micah, chapter 5, verses 8 and 9. And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces and there is none to deliver. Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries and all your enemies shall be cut off. Over your adversaries and all your enemies shall be cut off, because when God delivers the remnant out of Israel, they will rise up and they will be strong. If you can survive a destruction to a city and still be a remaining believer, you will be strong. But what must they do? But what must they do? The hearts of God's people were so lost in sin that they had no idea how to relate to God or to one another.
Speaker 1:And scripture says that in Micah 6, the Lord mentions three things that he wants them to do. He wants them to do justice, love kindly and walk humbly. He has told you, oh man, what is good and what does the Lord require of you? But to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God. You see, what God is asking them to do is not complicated. You look at those three things and you're like mm. It's pretty easy, is it? He's telling them this is what is good, these three things to do justice.
Speaker 1:What does that mean it means to treat other people the way you want to be treated, and not in your angry state Right, not when you're mad, that's not how we treat other people. But in your following Jesus state, treat others how you want to be treated. It's simple Act in a just, fair way towards others. In layman's terms just do the right thing, just do the right thing. We have enough people in the world doing the wrong thing. Just do the right thing. Okay, do justice. The other thing he says is to love kindness. Okay, don't just show kindness to other people. Okay, don't just show it, but love to show kindness.
Speaker 1:Let me give you an example. Have you ever had someone do something kind for you but their face does not say that they are excited to be doing this? And you're like. I think I would have rather not been shown kindness if this is what I was getting with it Ever had that. I have a daughter. She will probably be frustrated that I share this, but when she was a toddler she was feisty. She was like her dad in every way and that child I literally just a lot of prayer went into her a lot. Now that you see her, you're like. I could never imagine this because she's the sweetest girl. But it all came out in the early years and so the girl you see now is just like amazing.
Speaker 1:The girl that our parish church saw was just like who is this child? And one time I was holding her, she was about three and Jay and I were talking to a grad student. His name is Guy. Guy was amazing. He would serve at the church faithfully every single week. He was from Africa and he came to Paris for his grad degree and while he was there he would come early and stay late. He helped with the youth. He just did a lot of things.
Speaker 1:So we're having a conversation after church and I've got my daughter in my arms and I'm holding her and I don't know what she did, but she did something really mean to him. And Jay said Shiloh, say sorry to Guy that was his name and just like a beautiful little three-year-old girl, she's like sorry, guy. And we're like, oh, it's so sweet. And then you could count to three. And all of a sudden she's like I am not sorry to you, gi. And I'm like, oh my gosh, we're losing with this one. Every day we're losing, but when you show kindness, do it with love. Do it with love.
Speaker 1:There's a song called Kill them With Kindness. Now, please don't kill people. But the entire song is just saying listen, give out so much kindness that other people won't even know what to do with it, because you just keep giving it. You just keep giving it. Do it in love. And number three walk humbly.
Speaker 1:You know that humility starts in the heart. It starts in the heart. Humility is this. It's not a secret, but I'm going to give you it in case you don't know. Humility is just knowing who God is. You are not God, he is, you are this, and he is everything. That should keep you humble. You don't know everything. I'm sorry you don't. You will mess up. We sin every day. You don't even have to teach kids how to sin. All of a sudden, your kid hits somebody and they're like hey, your kid just hit my kid. My kid would never hit anybody. Well, they did. I would never show them how to hit. Well, they don't need you to show them, they just do it. Walk humbly. Remember who your God is. Walk humbly when you're busy. Walk humbly when you're tired. Walk humbly when you're doing your devotions. Walk humbly when you're tired. Walk humbly when you're doing your devotions. Walk humbly when you're at events. Walk humbly when you're dealing with family and friends and co -workers. Walk humbly when you're on the mountaintop. And walk humbly when you're struggling humbly.
Speaker 1:What did you say? God was asking the people? He wanted them to have a character transformation. That's all it is. It's a character transformation and it happens to be one of our church mottos. Our logo we have it on a shirt says be more like Jesus. It is not easy to do, but we strive every single day to be more like him.
Speaker 1:Michael was sent to tell the people that if they did not change their ways, the results would be severe, and the same is true today. You see, the desire of our leadership here at the church is that your life is changed by him. It breaks our heart when we see patterns being repeated because we pray and we pray and we pray. God intervene, god intervene. Make them more like you. Take those desires of the world out of them. We want to see you walk in freedom and victory. We want to see you get rid of bad habits and stop separating yourself from the Lord. We want to see you completely changed, as in the beginning when I talked about sometimes how people get the lyrics wrong in a song. Don't let the world or the enemy tell you what God is saying, but you need to listen to God yourself. Don't let other people come in with an opinion or an idea, or they heard something and you run with it, but you listen to him and him alone. Don't let the lyrics of the way you follow Jesus get messed up by everybody around you, but you stay the course and you keep moving with him.
Speaker 1:I'm going to invite the worship team to come up this morning. If you're following the Lord, the simple steps are this Do justice, love, kindness and walk humbly. It seems easy, but yet if you wake up tomorrow morning, you just put those three things on your phone or you put them on your fridge and you're like, okay, I could do this. It's hard, it's hard, but, man, we want to be more like him in every way. Maybe you're here today and you're like man. I just got invited to church. I don't even know what all this is even about. I'm glad you're here. We love having guests with us. Maybe you've been following Jesus for a long time and maybe you fell away from the Lord at some point, but you're here and I'm excited for that.
Speaker 1:If you stand with me, I want to ask this question have you embraced Jesus? If you're here today and you've never had the opportunity to ask Jesus into your heart, today's your day. You'll see a picture of a cross, and this cross means a lot to believers around the world. This cross represents freedom. This cross represents victory. This cross represents healing and wholeness. It represents freedom and a second chance at eternity, and all God asks is that you believe.
Speaker 1:Romans, chapter 10, verse 9 and 10, says it's really simple. There's no steps that you have to take other than just to say God, I believe that you're the Lord, and you ask him to live in your life. That's it. So I'm going to say a prayer this morning to ask you to just bow your head and close your eyes for a moment, out of respect to maybe somebody near you that's thinking about this. And if you're here today and you say you know what I need to get my life right with God. Maybe I've never asked him into my heart, maybe it's been a long time and I haven't really been following him. I'm just going to ask that you slip your hand up. I'm the only one that can see you, but I just want to pray. I'm not going to embarrass you. Amen, yeah, amen. God is so good. I'm going to have everybody repeat this prayer after me. God, thank you for loving me. Thank you for sending Jesus. I believe Jesus rose again. Forgive me of my sins. I surrender my life to you In Christ's name, amen, amen. God is good If you made that decision today.
Speaker 1:I have some gentlemen in the back. They would love to put a Bible in your hands. They would also answer any questions that you have, but we want you to be part of a church. It is hard to follow Jesus by yourself, and so you need a family of faith to move forward with. So if you live in the area, we invite you to be part of this church. If you're not, from here, find a church where you are, a Bible-believing church that you can grow in your journey with Jesus.
Speaker 1:Well, I want to tell you this Do justice, love, kindness, walk humbly Seems easy. I don't know where you're at in life right now, but this altar is open for you. I want to tell you something about the altar that's so precious. It's not a place of judgment okay, it's not, and that will be a lie from the enemy to tell you that it's a place of judgment. It's not, but it's a place where you just get to go. And I always say you're closer to Jesus if you're at the front. That's how I feel. So you just want to come all the way up. You're going to get close to Jesus, but you just want to be there and it's an action step that you're taking. That's like man, this be more like Jesus thing.
Speaker 1:It's really hard and I want to be more like Jesus. So, lord, take all the things out of me that are just a hindrance or that are kind of veering me the wrong way, and just put me back in alignment so I can focus and get where I'm supposed to go, because he has a plan, he has a plan. And so, lord, I pray right now over everyone in this place. Lord, you're so gracious with us. You're amazing. You are patient and loving. There's times we give up on ourselves and you're still there saying come on, you can do it. So I pray this morning, lord, as we really desire to have a character transformation. Our desire is to be more like you. Help us, even the things we don't see help us. And so, lord, I pray, as this altar is open that you would move in your kids In the mighty name of Jesus. Amen, stand with me as we get ready to close.
Speaker 1:How many of you are grateful for the Lord? Amen? Yeah, he's good. There are a lot of events taking place. We still have some stuff this summer. Go on the app. You'll find everything you need. If you have questions, call the office. We have a fantastic team that will answer any questions you may have. But I want to speak this blessing over you the Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Father, go with us. We are grateful for you. I pray that you give us amazing opportunities this week to be Jesus with skin on. Help us, lord, guide us every step of the way. We love you and we honor you In Jesus' name. Amen, remember we love you here. Have a fantastic week.