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Let's pray together, Jesus. We do pray that we would have more faith to trust you more, for more grace to trust you more, more peace to trust you more. More trust in you overall, Lord. I pray this morning as we talk about faith in you. I pray that you would change our hearts and you would mold us and make us more like your son Jesus. Thank you, Lord, for how good you are, regardless of what happens in our lives. We trust you, Lord. It's in your name that we pray. Amen and amen. You may be seated. What a great joy to be here with you today. I am uh I'm blessed to have a wonderful pastor and Pastor Jimmy. I think you guys will feel the same. He's such a wonderful friend. He gives me so many opportunities. I'm really grateful for his uh leadership, his uh discipleship over all these years, and the opportunity for me to be up here really is because of all that he has poured into my life. So I'm really, really grateful for him. Also for Pastor Derek, a great friend of mine, the opportunity to be able to do ministry with him. I and for those two men, I'm so grateful to the Lord for them. They're away on vacation, much needed uh today, and because you know they were celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. Are you happy about that? Look, look, I was born in Puerto Rico, which is part of the United States, okay? So I uh I was born there, and from an early age, my parents taught me to love this country, the United States of America. And so, you know, I grill every 4th of July, I buy fireworks, we do all that kind of stuff because we love this country. And can I just tell you something? We have a lot to celebrate. The fact that we have these freedoms that we get to enjoy, the fact that this country was founded on the idea that every man is created equal. That's not a person, that's not a person that came up with that. That's God who came up with that. And that is a Bible idea, it's not just a human idea. And I'm so thankful that we get to live in a country like this, that we get these freedoms. Even the fact that we get to be here this morning worshiping the Lord freely is because men and women have given their lives and shed their blood and paid the ultimate price to defend these very freedoms that we get to enjoy. So I hope you love your country and I hope you enjoy uh the fact that we get to live in the greatest country in the whole world. And uh, yeah, come on, you can give it up. And I think it's fitting for us to pray for our country this morning. Uh, and so I want to take a minute to pray, but since I'm the worship pastor, I thought we would sing our prayer. Okay, so Tyler, give me that key. We're gonna sing God bless America.

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You ready? God bless America. Come on, give it up. That's it. Go ahead and grab a seat.

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Man, you didn't know we're about to start with that, right? I am so thankful. One of the great privileges that this country has afforded me is to be able to build a beautiful family here. And uh I have my wife here with me and two of my four children. My wife, Chief Marie, she's literally the champion of our home. Uh, she competes in you know, CrossFit and all that kind of stuff. She just won. So, but the problem is uh her working out and mine are inversely uh related. So when she works out a lot, I don't. So I don't know what's happening there, but she's amazing. And we have four wonderful children. Christian Anthony is my oldest, Lila is my first daughter, my oldest daughter, and then we have Sienna and Lucas, and they're over there in the treehouse area. But, you know, I don't know if you if you know if you've had children, each child is a little bit different. And I remember my oldest daughter right here, Lila, she hated the car seat. I'm talking about hatred towards the car seat, where every time we would go and put her in the car seat, she would start like yelling and screaming and kicking and crying. She just didn't like it. She really struggled with it. And I remember one of these times where um I was we were going on a trip, and so I'm bringing her and just getting close to the car, she already knows. And so she's like, you know, trying to fight me off. And then I open the car door and I start putting her in the car seat, and she is, wow, she's screaming and yelling and trying to get off. And I'm like, you know, kind of forcing her in because uh in my mind, I'm going, girl, you you have to go in here because it's safe for you. Now I can only imagine in her mind, she was going, How could you do this to me? I'm your daughter. You say you love me all the time. How can you be putting me in here? You're restraining me, you're putting me in an uncomfortable situation. And I remember we got in the car and she was crying, and we drove two and a half hours north, and she cried the whole time. Now, obviously, we're trying, you know, we're trying everything we know to do. My wife is like turning around, giving her toys. She would throw them back, you know. Uh, we would put music, I love you. She doesn't love anybody, she doesn't want that right now. And so, you know, we're trying all these things to appease her, but she wouldn't stop crying. She was in there, upset, kicking, screaming, crying in her heart, in her mind, in her little mind, going, like, why would you do this to me? Why would you put me in this situation? You say you love me, and yet here I am suffering. But what she didn't know is that all along we're going two and a half hours north to her favorite place on earth, Disney World. Okay? And so we're driving there, she's kicking and screaming, upset. But as a father, I know what's best for her, and I know that I'm gonna take her to a place that will ultimately fulfill her. You know, life can feel like that a lot of times. It feels like it's this journey that we're just strapped in and we have no choice but to take the journey. We feel like somehow God is doing us wrong because he's doing all these things around us and allowing us to feel pain and suffering, sometimes because of our own decisions, but a lot of times because of the decisions of others. We get caught up in their wake, in the wake of their sin and their bad decisions, and we start feeling we feel suffering and we feel depression and we feel anxiety and we feel and we say, God, why would you allow me to go through this? But all along, the Father is in control, and the father knows that he's taking you to the place that's best for you. But we don't like it. We feel like we're restrained, we feel like we're in that car seat. We feel like, God, why would you do this to me when you say you love me? And the father is saying, I'm doing this because I love you. And so the question for us today is in the times of difficulty, of suffering, of pain, of brokenness, what will you choose to do? Will you just kick and scream the whole way and rebel against what God is doing? Or will you choose to trust the goodness and love of the Father? And so today we're continuing our study in the minor prophets, by the way, minor prophets because of the length of each one, not because of impact, because they're major in impact. And today we're gonna be studying the book of Habakkuk. Have any of you ever studied the book of Habakkuk? Maybe we have a few. Yeah, it's such a great book of the Bible. And Habakkuk actually asks God directly about his plan for dealing with the wickedness of Judah and Babylon. And when God and when God's answer is not what Habakkuk wanted to hear, Habakkuk chooses to trust God regardless and to live by faith regardless of the outcome. And so let's go ahead and bring out our Bibles and let's read from the book of Habakkuk, starting in chapter one. Now, reminder, we are studying our whole book uh in just one week. So we're gonna go ahead and skip through several parts of this chapter to read some of the ones so that we can uh come up with some great conclusions. So we're starting with Habakkuk chapter one, verses one through six. Ready? Says this the oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. And here's Habakkuk's complaint to God, okay? Oh Lord, how long shall I cry for help and you will not hear? Or cry to you, violence, and you will not save. Why do you make me see iniquity and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me, strife and contention arise, so the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth, for the wicked surround the righteous, so justice goes forth perverted. He's upset, and here's God's answer. Look among the nations and see, wonder and be astounded, for I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told. For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, which by the way are the Babylonians, that bitter and hasty nation, who marched through the breath of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. We're gonna skip to verse 12 of chapter one. Habakkuk's second complaint, are you not from everlasting, O Lord, my God, my holy one? We shall not die. O Lord, you have remained them as a you have reordained them as a judgment, and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof. You who are of pure eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he? Chapter 2, verse 1. I will take my stand at my watch post and station myself on the tower and look out to see what he will say to me and what I will answer concerning my complaint. And the Lord answered me. Write the vision, make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time. It hastens to the end, it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not delay. Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith. Here's Habakkuk saying this to the Lord Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail, and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like the deers, he makes me tread on my high places to the choir master with stringed instruments. And this is the word of the Lord, and we receive it here at Family Church. Amen. The book of Habakkuk was actually written around the 600 BC during the pre-exilic uh period in the kingdom of Judah. And I want to give you a little timeline just to recap what's been happening up to now. So in 930 BC, the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom of Israel split into Israel in the north and Judah in the south. But by 722 BC, Israel, the northern kingdom, falls to Assyria. You remember the Ninevehites that Jonah went to speak to? That's Assyria, okay? So the northern kingdom of Israel falls to Assyria. Now, fast forward to 612 BC, and now Babylon conquers Nineveh. Okay? So they sacked Nineveh. And uh, so the Assyrians that are left join forces with the southern power, which was Egypt. But Babylon goes to a battle in 605 BC, the battle of Carkimish, and Babylon defeats both the Egyptians and the Assyrians together. And now Babylon is the power in that whole area. And during this time, it's when Habakkuk prophesies to Judah. And if you see, Judah is gonna fall to Babylon later on in 586 BC, just the way that God had ordained it in the scripture. Now let me put this map up here so you can see. So this is the original map of Israel and Judah, Egypt to the south, Nineveh and Babylon. But look at this. After the battle of Carchimesh, when Habakkuk is writing this, this is what's happening. Babylon is all around them. They're fully surrounded. And Judah, now it's in the center, being pressed from both sides. And what happens is that actually Judah becomes a vassal state to Babylon and they have to pay heavy tribute. That is like a tax, like a major tax. And they have to do this, they have to pay it to King Nebuchadnezzar and to the Babylonians. Actually, in King Nebuchadnezzar, to kind of flex his muscles and his power, he takes several prophets over hostage to Babylon. And maybe you recognize one of them is Daniel. You remember Daniel and the lion's den, that whole story? That all happens during this same period of time. And when Habakkuk is writing this book, he is seeing the people of Judah fall into deep corruption and lawlessness. And here's what happened: Habakkuk lived when King Josiah was the king of Israel. And King Josiah, for those of you that know, was a really good king. He brought the people of God back to follow the law and to do what God wanted for them to do. But King Josiah died, and when he dies, his king, his son Jehoiakim, comes into power, and he's a terrible king. And Habakkuk now has been under this rule for several years, and he sees how things used to be under Josiah, but now things under Jehoiakim are terrible, and the courts are crooked, and people are taking advantage of the poor, and there's a lot of lawlessness and sinfulness. And the whole time Habakkuk comes into this, uh, he asks God this question, and he goes, God, when are you gonna stop this lawlessness? When are you gonna stop looking away from all the stuff that's happening here, all this injustice? When are you gonna stop putting, you know, having a blind eye to the injustice that I'm experiencing? To which God responds, Oh, don't worry, Habakkuk, I got it. I'm actually gonna bring justice upon the wicked people of Judah, and I'm gonna use Babylon. They're gonna come in and destroy all of you. And Habakkuk goes, Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on, God, wait, hold on a second. How could you do this? How could you come and destroy your people with these like godless Babylonians that are incredibly unrighteous? Habakkuk didn't like God's response. But then Habakkuk actually, God tells Habakkuk, he goes, Hey, listen, man, that's what's gonna happen. Okay? Uh you might not like it, but that's what's gonna happen, and here's what I need you to do. And then this is when God actually talks to him, and he gives him the central verse of this whole book. He says, The righteous shall live by his faith. The righteous shall live by his faith. And so Habakkuk ends the book with a song of worship to the Lord, in which he declares that God is his strength, and that he will choose to take joy in God, and that he will choose to trust God regardless of the outcome. Amen. All right, well, let's bring out our writing utensils and let's figure out some things that we can learn here from the book of Habakkuk this morning. Ready? The first thing we see is this talk to God about your questions. Talk to God about your questions. Man, this is exactly what Habakkuk did. He asked God his questions without hesitation. He questioned God's motives and even his methods. Look at chapter 1, verses 2 and 3. He says, Oh Lord, how long shall I cry for help and you will not hear? Or cry to you violence and you will not save. Why do you make me see iniquity and why do you idly look at wrong? Man, Habakkuk was not really chill about this conversation. He's being real with God and asking him some really important questions. And sometimes we feel like we can't ask God the wise. Like we're just experiencing all this, and uh God is not interested in our questions, or he doesn't want to give us answers. But can I just tell you something this morning? God cares. God cares, so much so that in this story, he gladly replies to Habakkuk. Every time Habakkuk asks a question, God reveals his plan for dealing with wickedness. Look, God doesn't owe us any explanations, but he does graciously reveal himself in his work to those who seek him. He reveals himself in his work to those who seek him. And you might be wondering, okay, so how can I talk to God and how can I hear from God? And I want to give you four simple ways that this is that this is done. Ready? The first one is one of them is prayer. Prayer. Prayer. This is how we talk to God and share our hearts, our sense of dependency and our love for him. This is also where we can share our frustrations and our questions and concerns with God. A lot of times we leave prayer from when we have like major like problems in our lives. You should be praying all along. You should be asking God, God, why is this happening? Why are you allowing this? This is the place for you to ask your questions. A second way that another way that God actually speaks to us is the Bible. The Bible is God's inspired word. This is like the word of God. When people say, God, speak to me, He has. It's right there. The Lord speaks through his word. If you want to hear God's voice, you need to be in his word. The Bible is the best way to get direct answers from him to our concerns and our questions. It is the inspired word of God. Another way that God speaks to us is through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit. For those of us that are believers, uh, the you know, the Holy Spirit, as kids learn in the kids' camp, the Holy Spirit helps us become like Jesus. That's what the Holy Spirit is doing. And he speaks to us and he illuminates the word of God and guides us to truth. So when we're seeking truth, we need to rely on the Holy Spirit of God to reveal it to us. And it's that still small voice that leads believers to in godly daily living. And then also, God speaks through his people, God's people. God has put believers around you who are being led by the Holy Spirit every day to become more like Jesus. Many of them are way further down the road in the process of sanctification or becoming more like Christ, right? Um, so don't overlook those believers, ask for their advice, and uh those solid Christians around you who love you and have walked down the road, they'll be able to give you some answers. And many times that's exactly what God will tell you to do. But even Habakkuk, even after hearing from God, you know, what happened to him is that he just didn't like the answer. Didn't like the answer, which leads me to number two. Trust God regardless of the answer. Trust God regardless of the answer. Look what it says in chapter 2, verse 1. I will take my stand at my watch post and station myself on the tower and look out to see what he will say to me and what I will answer concerning my complaint. Habakkuk had decided to wait on the Lord to answer. He goes up to his watchtower. He took his post as a watchman and waited for God's reply. When God answered, and it was not exactly what Habakkuk wanted to hear. God tells him in chapter 2, verse 4 The righteous shall live by his faith. The righteous shall live by his faith. Faith we hear that word a lot, but faith in what? Faith in God. And that his plan is better than ours. That even though we feel like we're strapped into that car seat, that we have no way to no way to get out, like God has a better plan for us than we do. Faith in the sovereignty and the power of God to make all things work out for our good. Faith in God that He's leading us to the ultimate and best plan. And look, that might not look like financial blessings. Or God sparing us pain in this life, or all things succeeding around us. On the contrary, it might look the opposite. It might look like the world around us is falling apart. But the promise of God is the same. The righteous shall live by his faith. The righteous shall live by his faith. And what is faith in Habakkuk? And I have just a simple definition of faith in the book of Habakkuk. It's this faith is choosing to trust God's character, his word, and his timing, even when we don't understand his plan. Choosing to trust God's character, his word, and his timing, even when we don't understand his plan. Now, I um something that we do on Sunday afternoons, right after church service, if you were to walk in here, we go and pick up all of our kids and several families. We all hang out up here, and our kids kind of run around all over the place, and you know, we have to tell them not to play up here, and you know, we're like, hey, stop that, and stop playing the drums and stop doing this and stop doing that. Now, they come up with different games when they're up here as the parents are talking and whatever. And they thought that a great game one Sunday was to jump from this platform right over here all the way down to the floor. Now it's about four feet high. Uh, and when you get a little bit of traction, a little bit of speed, uh, you can end up pretty far. Now, they start trying to find who's gonna volunteer, and of course, my youngest son, Lucas, volunteers immediately. Oh, I'm gonna jump off the platform, me, please. Okay, and so he stands back here, looks out, and sees me talking right there, okay, right in that spot. But I'm not looking at the platform, I'm looking at the person that I'm talking to. But he doesn't think about that. He goes, It's my dad. He's gonna catch me. So he goes all the way from back here, runs down, and just like straight up leaps. Not a care, not a care in the world. And I remember I was talking to somebody and I see a shadow flying towards me, okay, over here. And I immediately turn around and I catch him. I'm startled. I'm like, boy, what are you doing? And he's just I put him down on the ground, he's just laughing. He's laughing, ah, and I say, Don't do that again. And so he goes to play some more. I was startled, but my son, not for one second, doubted that me as his father, I would catch him. He had zero doubt. Not like maybe he'll catch me, maybe he'll it might be there, might be a 1% chance. No, he didn't think about that. He said, Daddy's there, he's gonna catch me. Man, don't you want your faith to be like that in God? I know I do. I want faith like that in my heavenly father. Faith to trust them fully, regardless of the answer or outcome. So when you have cancer and it is not all that you were expecting, trust God. When your kids are walking the wrong path in life, trust God. When the politics and direction of the nation make you maybe feel a little oppressed, trust God. When your finances are going down the drain, trust God. When your job doesn't fulfill you, trust God. When your marriage is in a tough situation, trust God. When your relationships turn against you, trust God, because the righteous shall live by his faith. You can clap for that. And that's why the hymn writer Horatius Pafford, after having just lost his three young daughters in a terrible shipwreck in the middle of the Atlantic, was able to write these lyrics.

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When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul.

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Man, can we really say that? Can we say that it is well with our souls, regardless of what happens in our lives? Well, it requires faith in the goodness, in the sovereignty, and in the love of the Father. The righteous shall live by his faith. He knew that even through the most difficult time of his life, the Lord was still in control, bringing about his perfect plan for his life, which leads me to number three. Take joy in God while you wait. Take joy in God while you wait. Look what Habakkuk says, even as he waits for the destruction of Judah. And I want to put this in perspective. Uh, Habakkuk lived in Judah. So if Judah was gonna be destroyed, who was gonna be destroyed with it? Habakkuk. I want you to miss that. Okay, look what he says in the midst of this. In chapter 3, verse 17 through 18. He says, Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail, and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will take joy in the God of my salvation. Man, he chose joy. This doesn't happen by itself. It's a choice, it's a decision made based on who God is and his character, not on what is happening around us or the blessings or the lack of blessings that we're experiencing. It is the decision to pray even when you don't feel like it. It is the decision to get up and lead your family to church, even though you feel discouraged. It is the decision to continue to continue to read God's word and to continue to speak it over yourself and your family, even when things are not going your way. It is the decision to continue to lean into your small group and other believers when all you want to do is isolate. It is the decision to sing, Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him. Oh, for grace, to trust them more when you're struggling, believing that he is good. That's the choice. It's made in every single day decisions. To choose joy means that we make a conscious decision to believe God and his word, and in turn we experience a quiet confidence and deep sense of peace. This is not a happy-go-lucky attitude, you know, while ignoring the pain of this life. That's not what I'm talking about. It is enduring the pain, but with a deep sense of confidence and peace in God. You know, prosperity preachers can never preach this book, they would really struggle. Their message tells you that if you just pray enough and try hard enough or even sow a seed, God will give you whatever you're asking for and you'll be happy. Man. But Habakkuk is saying exactly the opposite. Habakkuk is telling us that we are to live by faith and choose joy regardless of what God decides to do. In the good and in the bad, God Himself is the treasure and the reward. Uh when my kids were little, I remember going to work and my kids will come up to me and say, Daddy, when are you coming back home? And I would go, Hey, uh, I'll be back later this afternoon. And they were like, Oh, okay. You know, they don't have a lot of concept of time. And so as soon as I would leave, they would go to the window of the front window of the house and say goodbye to me. And I remember I would come in and show myself and then hide away and then come back. And they were always waiting for me to do that. Well, sometimes my kids would just wait by the window for me to come back home. And uh, you know, throughout the day, they're waiting many hours. They see the mailman comes and he brings letters and packages, and they see the Amazon guy for sure, okay, coming and he brings packages. Uh they even sometimes even saw some Instacart folks come and drop off some groceries in the front of the house. You know. But my kids, as much as that was fun to see those packages, what made the waiting worthwhile was not what was being delivered, but who was coming home. They were waiting for their father. They weren't waiting for the packages, they weren't waiting for somebody else. They were waiting for their father. That's what made the difficulty of waiting worthwhile. You see, our joy in waiting comes from knowing who we're waiting on, not merely what we're waiting for. Let's choose joy knowing that the Savior is coming, which leads me to number four. Jesus is coming back to make all things right. Jesus is coming back to make all things right. Look what it says in chapter 2, verse 14. For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. Believer, one day Jesus will split the eastern sky in all his glory to take his people. When that happens, nobody will be able to deny who he is. The knowledge of his glory will cover the earth as the waters cover the seas. This is what every believer should be looking forward to. And it is why believers can live with confidence. And believers over the centuries were not looking at what was happening to them. They were being martyred and persecuted and attacked and mistreated, but they looked forward to the day that God was going to make all things right. Because God promises that. He promises to wipe away every tear and to do away with all sickness and pain and suffering. He promises to restore all things to the way they were meant to be. We will be perfectly fulfilled in Him that day. All of this is received by faith. You see? Abacic says, What? The righteous shall live by his faith. We look forward to the day that Jesus returns. This is faith in Jesus for salvation and faith in him to keep his to keep his promises. Look, if you're sitting here today, you're visiting, you've never placed your trust in Jesus, this is the first time you've heard this. Can I implore you? Place your trust in Christ. It's very simple. You can stop paying attention to any of the rest that I have to say. Just do this. Pray to the Lord and say, God, I realize I've messed up. I'm a sinner. I need you to come into my life and change me. I receive your sacrifice on the cross and your resurrection from the grave, and I believe that it is enough to save me. That's it. Tell him that. Tell them that he's Lord of your life, and you can give your life to him today. You can also come up here at the end of service. We'll have some people that can help you make that decision. The righteous shall live by his faith. Maybe you're sitting here today and you're saying, Pastor Christian, that all sounds wonderful, but I don't think many people have experienced the level of pain that I have experienced. And I I'm sympathetic to that. I realize that not many, at least in my life, the Lord has spared me some different types of pain and difficulty that some of you have gone through. But can I just remind you this? You you maybe feel like you have lost a part of who you used to be simply because of the suffering you have endured. Maybe you it was the loss of a loved one or an illness that follows you constantly that you never anticipated, or a series of bad decisions that left you and your family broken. The Lord is calling you to trust in him, to live by faith in him, not to deny what has happened, but to recognize that God ultimately has a perfect plan. That even though it feels like we're strapped in and like we don't have a say in this journey of life, God has a perfect plan for your life that will be fulfilled one day when he returns. That's why the same hymn writer Horatius Pafford wrote in the last verse he was able to say to write this and Lord haste a day when my faith shall be sighted. The clouds be rolled back as a scroll back, the trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend. Even so, it is will with my soul. You know, I love that idea that our faith shall be made sight. One day the faith that we have lived by our whole lives will be made sight when we see Jesus return. That's the promise that we have, believer. It's not that God is gonna give us all the goodies and goodness that we think in this life, is that He's coming one day, and when He returns, who He is will make all of the waiting and suffering worthwhile. Who He is, Jesus is coming back to make all things right. And we're about to take the Lord's Supper, and the Lord's Supper reminds us of this very truth that Jesus died on the cross, he was buried, and he was He was He rose from the grave, and that now He is coming back one day to take His bride and all His people with Him. Man, I look forward to that day, and I hope you do too. And I hope you're encouraged today by what Habakkuk says to the righteous shall live by his faith, so take joy in the waiting. Here at Family Church, we believe that the Lord's Supper is for believers, those who have placed their trust in Jesus and have been baptized and are a member of a church. Uh look, if that's not you, if we haven't done that, we ask you to please refrain from taking the Lord's Supper today. Um but if you would normally, if you're here as a guest, you would normally take the Lord's Supper of the church that you're from, then we invite you to take it with us as our guest. But as we listen to the song and as we think upon the Lord, let's confess our sins. Let's ask God to help us with our sin of unbelief and our lack of trust and faith in Him, and ask Him to let us rest in Him, regardless of what the situation is.