WEBVTT 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:23.199 Hey, thanks so much for greeting one another. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:25.600 And uh just good morning. 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:28.640 And uh, I'm David, one of the pastors here, and this is Sayay. 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:30.160 Everybody knows Say? 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:30.719 Yeah. 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:35.840 He's one of the pillars here at Awakening, and uh guys, we have a really uh cool opportunity. 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:41.840 Uh, Sayay is gonna prepare us for communion as we're just gonna saturate ourselves in some scripture prior to that. 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:58.479 And uh, if you're new to church, maybe just new to this whole thing of communion, it's just good for you to know it's a sacred, symbolic act that the church has been doing for thousands of years to remind ourselves of the sacrificial death that Jesus had on the cross for our for our uh for our sin penalty. 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:11.200 And uh what we see is that Jesus actually commanded us to have communion on a regular basis, and we see that this cup represents that blood spilled on our behalf, the the bread representing the body broken on our behalf. 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:26.480 And so it's something that we head into uh not we don't take it lightly, and so we really want to use this time here today to just prepare our hearts, and we're gonna do that in a really unique way with Say because we're gonna be uh saturating ourselves underneath the book of Philippians. 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:36.640 If you're not familiar with that book, it really illustrates this incredible loving sacrifice of Jesus and also how it pertains to how we are to live as well, too. 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:48.079 And so, Say, we know that following uh the death and resurrection of Jesus, there was this uh explosion of the early church under the leadership of the Apostle Peter, but also the Apostle Paul. 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:56.879 He was once a terrorist towards the Christians, turned his life over to Jesus, became a serial church planter, wrote this letter to the Church of Philippi. 00:01:56.959 --> 00:02:00.560 Tell us a little bit about the background of what we're about to uh receive today. 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:01.840 Sure, we'd love to. 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.359 Good morning, awakening. 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:08.000 What an honor it is to share God's word with you. 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:35.039 And um, the context behind the book of Philippians is that around the year AD 50, Paul, in one of his missionary trips, actually his second missionary trip to a city called Philippi in the Macedonian region, which today we know as Greece, planted what some scholars think is the first church in Europe. 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:41.199 He planted that church, and you could read about it in the book of Acts, in Acts chapter 16. 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:52.159 And uh few years later, Paul is arrested for his faith in Rome, and he's under house arrest, so he's allowed visitors. 00:02:52.400 --> 00:03:00.080 One of the visitors who visits him is a guy named Epaphroditus, who is actually from the church of Philippi. 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:10.960 He visits Paul and brings gifts, like in terms of money, I guess, and other items that Paul needed to support him financially. 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:27.360 He talks to Paul about how the Philippians' church is doing, like their struggle with the opposition they're facing in those early days of church, fear of imprisonment and persecution, and the challenges that they have. 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:46.159 So Paul decides to write this letter that we now know as the Philippians to the Philippians church, letting them know how much he loves them, how much he prays for all of them, he encourages them in their faith. 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:53.120 He reminds them of the humility of Christ and his exaltation. 00:03:53.759 --> 00:04:07.919 He warns them of some false teaching that was going on back then, where some were claiming you have to first become a Jew, like be circumcised first before you could become a Christian, and he dispels that. 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:23.439 And then he thanks, oh, he actually also reminds them how Christ himself transformed him from being Saul the prop persecutor of church to a servant of Christ. 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:27.199 And then he thanks them for their financial support. 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:33.120 So that's really the context of the letter of Philippians that we know of. 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:39.120 Oh, and by the way, he has Apophroditus take this letter back to Philippians. 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:49.519 So this is the letter that's almost 2,000 years old, and to this date and forever, it's going to bless the church because it's powerful. 00:04:49.920 --> 00:05:06.720 It's powerful, and and just like you said, Say, 2,000 years ago, but at the same time, uh what we realize is that when uh God spoke, we talk about God breathed, is what the scriptures say, that it's the words of God, yet leveraging the specific personality and context of the author. 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:15.519 And even though there's some really specific applications for the audience of that time, there are some timeless truths that are there for us to apply. 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:17.920 And that's what we want to see occur here. 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:25.439 And so we just need to recognize that anytime we read scripture, anytime we hear scripture, it's God speaking. 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:26.240 Okay? 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:27.600 It's God speaking. 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:37.519 And so uh, Say, when it comes to just the power of God's word, tell us a little bit about your journey when it comes to just engaging scripture and just how it's impacted you. 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:38.319 Sure. 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:59.120 So I used to read the word for information, for knowledge, for devotion, and then about nine years ago I sort of started memorizing verses, like key verses, like John 3.16 that most of us know. 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:09.040 And I would actually write them down on these two by four notebooks, and uh I would carry them with me everywhere. 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:17.839 I would speak it to myself, and I would allow my ears to hear me speak it. 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:30.639 You know, there is actually two parts to memorizing one we get caught up with, which is actual act of memorizing, and then once we're memorized the verse, we think like we're done. 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:36.959 But the actual power comes in when we speak it, when we say it. 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:42.720 Because you see, our minds are not empty. 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:52.319 They are every day they're filled with when we wake up, what we read, like on social media. 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:59.519 Most of us, I guess, grab our phones and or what we hear or during work, what we talk about. 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:07.920 And then there are internal thoughts, our own perceptions of ourselves that speak to us every day. 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:14.000 There is a voice inside of me that speaks non-stop. 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:27.439 This voice sometimes it's anxious, sometimes it's insecure, sometimes it's fearful of the unknown. 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:40.959 Sometimes it's doubtful of God's goodness, especially when my prayers haven't been answered, sometimes critical of my own, what I lack. 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:55.279 And I realize that nothing shapes me more quietly, more consistently, than the words I allow to echo in my mind. 00:07:56.079 --> 00:08:04.079 Now the word of God wasn't only meant to save us, it was meant to heal our minds. 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:16.959 The word of God was meant to show us how God sees us, not how the world or even we see ourselves. 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:41.360 And when you repeat the word of God over and over again, when you allow your mind to process it, to recirculate it, to listen to you speaking it, there is actually not just comfort that you feel, there is actually a rewiring that's happening in your brain. 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:53.759 So the truth of that powerful word will actually counter the lies that we've led to believe and accept in our own lives. 00:08:54.080 --> 00:09:06.799 And that truth, over time, just like workout, just like building muscles, over time will actually remove the lies and replace them with the truth. 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:19.440 The word of God, when repeated over and over again, doesn't only become a memory, it actually becomes a transformation. 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:25.279 Now you might be going through a struggle, a life challenge today. 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:43.759 And my prayer is that as we hear the word of God, as you let it wash over you, that it will strengthen you in your faith and it will encourage you to grow deeper roots into the word. 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:57.360 And I want to add this too, before I start, that I want to dedicate this recitation to our brothers and sisters in Iran, where I come from, especially with all the news that we hear. 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:06.799 I want to dedicate it to them because they are among the fastest growing persecuted church in the world. 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:25.840 And it is very hard in Iran to grow as a Christian, especially when you're converted to Christianity, because it's not easy to share your faith and you're constantly under the threat of being imprisoned, thrown in prison for months, for God knows how long. 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:30.799 So the believers there have learned to memorize the scripture. 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:36.639 Because when they're arrested, when they're imprisoned, their Bibles are confiscated. 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:43.919 So having the word of God in their heart encourages them, strengthens them in those times of trouble. 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:45.840 Thanks, Sahib. 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:51.679 We know these uh words today, very personal and uh just like you said, very powerful. 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:54.799 And that's what we want to experience here today as a church. 00:10:55.039 --> 00:11:07.919 And so uh Say would love for you uh prior to really, we're gonna be sitting under, and like you said, washed over the entirety of the book of Philippians and then head into communion. 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:11.440 But before we engage, would love for you just to open us up in prayer. 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:12.159 Thank you. 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:13.759 Yes, amen. 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:23.360 Dear Lord, we thank you for this opportunity, for the power of your word. 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:31.919 We thank you that you haven't left us as orphans trying to figure life out on our own. 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:37.279 You've equipped us with your rod and with your staff. 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:42.480 You've equipped us with your spirit and with your word. 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:52.799 Lord, I pray that the powerful truth of your word will wash over us today and transform us. 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:55.200 I pray this in Jesus' name. 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:56.159 Amen. 00:11:57.440 --> 00:12:03.279 So I'm gonna read or recite from the NIV translation. 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:07.759 Take a deep breath. 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:32.720 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God's holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and the deacons. 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:44.159 Grace and peace be yours from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:51.039 I thank my God every time I remember you. 00:12:51.759 --> 00:13:05.360 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:18.799 Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:26.960 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:46.480 And whether I'm in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you sharing God's grace with me, God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 00:13:48.399 --> 00:14:24.240 And this is my prayer that your love may abound in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is good and maybe pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:38.720 Now, brothers and sisters, I want you to know that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:52.799 As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 00:14:54.320 --> 00:15:11.039 And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear. 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:22.480 It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:30.320 The latter do so out of love, knowing that I'm put here in defense of the gospel. 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:50.159 The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing they can stir trouble for me while I'm here in chains. 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:53.279 But what does it matter? 00:15:53.600 --> 00:16:01.519 The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:04.559 And because of this, I rejoice. 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:23.519 Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and God's provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:46.559 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:54.320 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:17:02.960 If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:10.160 Yet what shall I choose? 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.240 I do not know. 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:21.599 I'm torn between the two. 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:29.039 I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far. 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:38.880 But it's more necessary for you that I remain convinced of this. 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:57.279 I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, so that through my being with you again, your boasting in Christ will abound on account of me. 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:08.240 Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:35.039 Then whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel, without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:48.960 This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved, and that by God. 00:18:49.680 --> 00:19:01.920 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him. 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:11.359 Since you're going through the same struggle you saw I had and now hear that I still have. 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:20.400 Not looking to your own interests, but each of you to the interests of the others. 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:30.240 In your relationships with one another, I need to take a sip. 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:43.119 Last time I was doing this at Amago Day, I took a sip and I forgot where I was. 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:48.720 And somebody out in the audience yelled, Oh, I'm like, thank you. 00:20:51.920 --> 00:21:17.359 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus, who being in very nature, God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage. 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:48.880 Rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness, being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death. 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:54.720 Even death on a cross. 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:59.759 Therefore, God exalted him to the highest. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:24.480 Place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:39.839 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence. 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:48.799 Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:59.279 For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his purpose. 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:06.880 Do everything without grumbling or arguing. 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:15.839 Children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:30.079 Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:38.720 And then I'll be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:56.240 But even if I'm being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 00:23:56.559 --> 00:24:01.440 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me. 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:12.880 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. 00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:21.519 I have no one else like you who will show genuine concern for your welfare. 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:27.920 For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:39.039 But you know, Timothy has proved himself because as a son with his father, he has served with me in the work of the gospel. 00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:44.799 I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me. 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:49.839 And I'm confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon. 00:24:52.960 --> 00:25:19.200 But I think it's necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-worker, and fellow soldier, who's also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs, for he longs for all of you, and is distressed because you heard he was ill. 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:25.039 Indeed, he was ill and almost died. 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:34.880 But God had mercy on him, not on him only, but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:46.559 So then welcome him in the Lord with great joy and honor people like him, because he almost died for the work of Christ. 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:57.200 He risked his life to make up for the help that you yourselves could not give me. 00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:06.559 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:16.640 It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:54.720 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh, for it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh, though I myself have reasons for such confidence. 00:26:55.759 --> 00:27:19.759 If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more circumcised on the eighth day of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:41.119 In regard to the law, a Pharisee, as for zeal, persecuting the church, as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:55.200 But whatever were gains to me, I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 00:27:55.920 --> 00:28:10.480 What's more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I've lost all things. 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:30.319 I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that is based on the law, but that which is through faith in Christ Jesus. 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:36.799 The righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:41.359 I want to know Christ, yes. 00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:59.039 To know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so somehow attaining to the resurrection from the dead. 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:21.200 Not that I've already obtained all this or have arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took a hold of me. 00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:29.440 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:54.000 But one thing I do, forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 00:29:55.839 --> 00:30:01.359 All of us then who are mature should take such a view of things. 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:08.640 And if on some point you think different, that too God will make clear to you. 00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:13.440 Only let us live up to what we've already attained. 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:19.920 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters. 00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:28.160 And just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. 00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:39.599 For as I have often told you before, and now tell you again, even with tears. 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:50.880 Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:58.000 Their destiny is destruction. 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:07.920 Their God is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:13.519 Their mind is set on earthly things. 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:48.640 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. 00:31:51.359 --> 00:32:01.920 Therefore, brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for. 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:13.680 My joy and my crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends. 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:22.640 I plead with Eudea and I plead with Syntiche to be of the same mind in the Lord. 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:40.720 Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they've contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers whose names are in the book of life. 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:45.119 Rejoice in the Lord. 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:50.799 Always, I will say it again: rejoice. 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:56.799 Let your gentleness be evident to all. 00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:59.119 The Lord is near. 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:26.160 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, present your requests to God, and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:50.640 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable. 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:57.200 If anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things. 00:33:58.079 --> 00:34:07.920 Whatever you've learned or received or heard from me, put into practice, and the God of peace will be with you. 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:13.519 I need another sip, and we're almost there. 00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:26.480 I rejoiced greatly that at last you renewed your concern for me. 00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:33.920 Indeed you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:41.679 I'm not saying this because I'm in need, for I have learned to be content, whatever the circumstances. 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:48.719 I know what it is to live. 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.599 Whoops. 00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:56.559 I know what it is to have to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. 00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:19.199 I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want, I can do all this through him who gives me strength. 00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:23.440 Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. 00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:40.159 Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only. 00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:49.519 For even when I was in Thessalonica, you send me aid more than once when I was in need. 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:53.119 Not that I desire your gifts. 00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:58.320 What I desire is that more be credited to your account. 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:06.480 I have received full payment and have more than enough. 00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:14.159 I am amply supplied now that I've received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. 00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:23.519 They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. 00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:34.239 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. 00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:40.159 To our God and Father, be glory forever and ever. 00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.039 Amen. 00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:45.519 Greet all God's people in Christ Jesus. 00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:50.239 The brothers and sisters who are with me, send greetings. 00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:58.880 All God's people here send you greetings, especially those who belong to Caesar's household. 00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:05.519 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with your spirit. 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.920 Amen. 00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:15.199 Can we all stand in response to God's word in worship? 00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.719 Thank you. 00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:23.519 And we're going to take communion as the worship king leads us. 00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:29.199 We hope you're blessed by this message. 00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:33.840 Please subscribe to our podcast for access to every episode as they're uploaded. 00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:36.000 And hey, we'd love to connect with you. 00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:41.599 Take a next step by 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