Episode Transcript
[00:00:05] Morning, everybody.
[00:00:07] It's really, really lovely to kind of be with you all. I'm gonna have a seat today because a bit tired today, so I'll have a little sit down. My name's Ellie. I'm part of the young adults team here and different teams within the church. Married to lovely James and we celebrated two years of marriage a couple of weeks ago, which was super exciting.
[00:00:29] So, yeah, we're on part two of our live Love thrive series. And as we watched a little video earlier on, love extravagantly. I just want to do a very quick recap as to why we're kind of doing this series. First and foremost, we are a rediscovered church. We're a plant from a main church in Exeter. And as Matt said earlier, we've been going for about a year and a half now, which is so, so exciting.
[00:00:52] It's been a really wild journey and so many of you have been along for the ride, and it's been such a joy to grow together and to delve deeper into Jesus, into all that he's got for us. And if you've been with us from the very beginning, or if you're new and you're wondering whether this church family could be something that you belong to, this DNA is absolutely crucial to who we want to be as a church, as the culture that we want to create. It's our DNA. And although we meet in a building, the DNA is part of our body and it's something that we take out into the world with us. And there's three core values that we want our church to be in our culture and in our outward expression. And firstly, we want to live courageously. And in April, we looked at a little bit more of what this looks like, and it's all on Spotify if you want to go and have a listen back. But to live courageously, it's being filled with the Holy Spirit, it's being aligned with the word of God, the scriptures, to be stewards of the things we've been given, not owners. And that we will lead with humility, ourselves and those that God has entrusted to us. And also that we would be faith filled. And these points are all of who we are. And when we think about loving extravagantly, this is what we will do. We want to be people that will love with absolute, abundant extravagance.
[00:02:10] And then next time, we will look at what thriving authentically will look like. So three core values. Live courageously, love extravagantly, and thrive authentically.
[00:02:21] And I just want to put this up here at the moment. If you've got Spotify and you want to just have a little look at this playlist later on in your week. Or if you just search rediscover Church, Newton Abbott on here is a bunch of really beautiful songs and worship that speak about the really deep love that the father has for us. I think it's so exciting that we get to talk about God's love today. On a day like Father's day. He is the best father that we could ever possibly know. And if you're someone that maybe struggles with days like today, for whatever reason, I just want to say that the love of the father, it is pure. It makes us feel known and heard. It does not abandon us. It is extravagant in its giving and it brings us closer to heaven. His love is immeasurable. Romans 838 39, it says this. I am convinced that neither life, nor death, nor angels, nor demons, neither the present, nor the future, nor any powers, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. Let's quickly pray. Father God, we thank you so much for your word. We thank you that you speak to us through your word and we just pray. Now, would you speak to each and every one of us today, Lord? If there's anything that isn't of you, Lord, would it just fall from our ears? But we pray that your word would remain true and it would not return to us. Void. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
[00:03:38] Cool. So first things first. We need to love God with everything, as we increasingly discover his benchmark of extravagant love. So how do we do this? In the Old Testament, once the Israelites were brought out of their slavery from the Egyptians and into the wilderness, God gave them a really long list of rules, rituals, regulations of a way that they needed to live in order to be holy and pleasing in the sight of God. And then 1500 years later, we have Jesus, who is fully God, fully man. And he speaks to the teachers who have grown up on this law. They've meditated on it, they've memorized it, they've recited it, they live and they breathe these books of the law. And he says this to them in Matthew 22, and it's also repeated in mark twelve. It says, love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is to love your neighbour as you love yourself.
[00:04:39] And Jesus has taken this command directly from the laws in the Old Testament. And if you go to the book of deuteronomy particularly, it's a whole book, which is an exploration of what these two commands look like. Chapters six to 18 explore what it means to love God, how to worship him, how to give, give him our rule. And then in chapters 19 to 26, it looks at what loving our neighbour looks like. It looks at what happens with unsolved murders, marriage violations and all kind of these big questions that come up within the ten Commandments. So in chapter six of deuteronomy, there's some key aspects on how we can love God with everything. And I think they're really important for today, particularly as we kind of look at Father's day. So it says this, it says, these are the commands, decrees and laws. The Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you're crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children, and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live, by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you. So be careful that you may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in the land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised. You hear, o Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Here we go again. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your heart. Impress them on your children, talk about them when you sit at home or when you walk along the road, when you lie down, when you get up, tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them down on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.
[00:06:12] So, firstly, to show that we love God wholeheartedly, we're to keep his commands and to show him how much we love him. There's a clear instruction here that we should be dwelling in the word of God so that we know what these commands are, these principles in which we are to live our life. And the only way we're going to understand what God is wanting us to do is by being in his word. He also doesn't just want us to keep some of his commands, the ones that we go, oh, yeah, that's a nice idea, let's do that one. He wants us to obey all of his commandments. It's not just one or the other. And the only way that we know this is by spending time in his scripture. There is a standard of living that Jesus calls to his christians. And if we are to understand and to live out that standard, then we have to be, in his word, meditating on it day and night. We're to love God with everything. And I love this little sentence says God's love language is obedience.
[00:07:08] And that when we obey God, the commands that he gives to us, that is the best way that we can show our love towards him.
[00:07:15] We're celebrating kind of Father's day to day. And men, you're so integral to the physical, emotional, and most importantly, spiritual development of children. James Emory White says this. He says, we have become more convinced through the years of experience that if you get the man, you get everything else within their orbit, specifically his wife and his children. And in a secular concept context, research will suggest that when a father engages with positively in family interventions, that you will see positive outcomes for their children. And the best positive outcome that we want to see is children that are sold out for the gospel, that are awakened and ready for a fresh move of his spirit upon their generation. I love the term when people say, there's not a junior holy spirit, but their spirit is working out there in the kids room right now.
[00:08:02] I'm sure that each of you will look at your life and think of a father figure who's encouraged, supported you at various times in your faith. I'm really grateful for men in my life that have done exactly this, that they've impressed these laws, these scriptures, these values, these ideas on my heart as I've grown up. My father in law, youth pastors, youth leaders, pastors in general, lots of different people that have spoken in. And ladies, I'm not excluding us from here. There is a biblical responsibility on each of us to love God with everything and to show that to the next generation that are coming up.
[00:08:37] So secondly, how do we love extravagantly? Well, we welcome everybody. We show God's love, care, compassion to everyone, irrespective of background, culture or identity. In this church, you do not have to believe to belong. If you're coming with questions about Jesus, about life, about identity purposes, if you're coming with church hurt, please know you are so, so welcome here.
[00:09:01] But I just want to warn you that we believe in a God who transforms lives for the better, that he gives life and purpose and meaning and joy. So if you're walking through these doors, expect to leave changed because he wants to meet you where you are at. And Jesus is the most perfect example of what welcoming looks like. In Luke 19 110, we find this story of a man named Zacchaeus, and Zacchaeus was a tax collector. He worked for the roman government who were oppressing the jewish people in Israel. And he wasn't just a tax collector, he was like the chief tax collector, and he'd keep a portion of himself as well as what was kind of owed to the government, and it made him incredibly wealthy and incredibly disliked by everyone.
[00:09:39] He's the one on the outs. The things that he does are offensive to jewish customs and beliefs, and he's a sinner for all the wrong things he's done and the lifestyle that he's been living. And despite having a successful career, wealth to buy him whatever he wanted or needed, it says he still wanted to see this man called Jesus. Zacchaeus is, as my brother would say, he's six foot, by the way. So when he talks about me, he calls me vertically challenged rather than short. So Zacchaeus is vertically challenged, and he has to climb up this large sycamore fig tree so that you can see over the heads of the crowds. In verse five, it says this, it says, when Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, Zacchaeus, come down immediately.
[00:10:21] I must stay at your house today. So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. And all the people saw this and began to mutter, he's gone to be the guest of a sinner. But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the lord, look, lord, here and now, I give half my possessions to the poor. If I've cheated anybody out of anything, I'll pay back four times the amount Jesus said to him today. Salvation has come to this house because this man, too, is the son of Abraham. For the son of man came to seek and to save the lost Zacchaeus is the loss that Jesus is seeking to bring his love and salvation to. He's the one on the fringes of society that he's wanting to bring into community.
[00:11:04] He's the one whose sinful lifestyle has separated him from God's chosen people. But Jesus is wanting to bring transformation to him from the inside out, transformation that shifts his identity from looking inwards on his own, hurts to the needs of others. He's the one whose sin Jesus is looking to flip on his head and use for his kingdom. He's the one that was never seen as good enough, but is now having the saviour of the world come to his home above those that would maybe have considered themselves worthy of that. So Kaeus is you, so Kius is me. But I feel so often that I end up being like the crowd. I'm the one that gets in the way of those that are different to maybe me from having that opportunity to walk through the doors and experience the love of the father, because I might have my own ideas and agendas as to what I feel like should be happening.
[00:11:52] We have to show God's love, care, compassion to everyone, regardless of their background, culture or identity.
[00:12:01] We're living in a technological age where social media, we should be more connected than ever, but actually we're seeing a rise in depression, in loneliness. All the statistics are showing that these things are on the rise rather than community and love that we would hope to see. And we're seeing people join different groups who identify in similar ways to themselves because they're seeking a truth and a love that, in all honesty, they can only find by encountering the love of, of God the Father. And yet so many people have walked through these doors, the doors of the church, and they felt judged, misunderstood, criticized, and they've left more hurt and broken than when they came in.
[00:12:38] So often we find ourselves as the crowd in this story of Zacchaeus, because we become so focused on the sin of those walking through the door, the things that might be messy and chaotic, rather than just loving them where they're at. And so thirdly, we must demonstrate grace redemptively, prophetically, practically, through word and deed, to everyone we come in contact with.
[00:13:00] Colossians four, five, six says this. It says, be wise in the way you act towards outsiders. Make the most of every conversation. Be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
[00:13:15] We have to have wisdom when we talk to people about their brokenness, because we could never know the depths of what somebody has lived through and experienced. It is only God who knew us before we were formed in the very beginning, who knows the depths of our innermost being. And he is the only one that can restore, save and heal the hurt and sin of another.
[00:13:37] James 412 says this. It says, there is one law giver and judge who is able to save and destroy. Who are you to judge? Your neighbour?
[00:13:45] Were called to demonstrate the grace of God, not the judgment of God.
[00:13:50] I spend a lot of time apologising to people when I talk about their church experiences. They'll have come in, felt criticized, looked down on, undervalued, and they'll come in, and sometimes they're left with a lot of unresolved pain and upset. And as the body of Christ, we get it wrong sometimes. But we need to have humility to take ownership of the harsh words and pain that often we've caused when the name of Jesus has been sullied because of it. Because if the church is supposed to be a reflection of the extravagant love that God has for humanity, then when it is not shown to be that, when it's shown to be critical, discriminatory, and exclusive, we need to put our hands up and say, hey, we got it wrong.
[00:14:31] We need to have grace and humility to go. We've not represented our God in the way we should have.
[00:14:37] I'm really sorry. That's your experience. That's not how the church is called to act by our God, because our God is a God of extravagant love.
[00:14:46] And I think sometimes we've used the extravagant love of God as a disguise for our own gossip, malice, and unkindness. How often in church circles I've heard, I feel like we should pray for petunia. You know, she's just separated from her husband, got caught cheating, and, you know, I just feel like she's really far from God, so let's just pray for her.
[00:15:05] We shouldn't be using prayer requests as a reason to share other people's personal business. If they've told you that in confidence, please keep that to yourself and pray for it on your own. Don't use God's love to whisper about someone else's sin.
[00:15:20] For those that were. Oh, sorry, it's just gone really big. There we go. For those that were welcoming into the church for the first time, we've actually got a really unique time in the western church where we're coming into a season and a time period where actually the story of Jesus is not publicly known. Often when you're meeting someone, they've never heard about this man Jesus, because maybe Christianity doesn't have the same level of authority in the state as it used to. We want it to, but at the moment, it seems to be decreasing.
[00:15:48] So the first encounter that many people may have in their life is us. And if we're reflecting Jesus, who's the Jesus that we want them to see? We want them to see the Jesus that's gracious, compassionate, inclusive. The true Jesus is the one that showed his extravagant love for each of us, his abundant grace, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
[00:16:11] When we come into contact with the brokenness of others, we are not the ones to bring our opinions and judgments into those situations. Rather, we should be the ones that show the extravagant love of God and the same grace that was shown to us. I love Romans 520. It says this, where sin increased, grace increased all the more.
[00:16:31] We believe in a God whose grace is more than sufficient for us. A God whose love is so high and so deep that it's without measure. A God who knows our sin but chooses to call us by our name. That his grace is what will change the hearts of man to leave behind their old selves, to pick up their cross and to fall him. It is only by this grace that we can be saved. As it says in Ephesians two eight, our conversations should be full of grace, seasoned with salt. And I saw this tweet back in 2017 from Christine DeMarco. She's a worship leader at Bethel Music, and she says, there's nothing in my life was more painful and yet beneficial to realize than Jesus might not share my entire worldview. I was concerned about defending ideals while he was busy laying down his life for people.
[00:17:20] I pray that our worldviews would line up with Christ's. But furthermore, I also pray that we'd be gracious in our conduct, our communication, and be willing to lay down our pride and religious agendas to make room for people to experience the extravagant love and abundant grace of God.
[00:17:38] Fourthly, we're to be generous. We're to give all that we have and all that we are to bless what God is desiring to do in the earth in all expressions of his one church.
[00:17:51] When we talked about living courageously a few weeks ago, we looked at how we are stewards and not owners, and how everything that we have been given is a gift from God.
[00:18:01] And so from that, we should be able to hold loosely to the things that we've been given and hold tightly to the God that gives good gifts to his children. And there's some biblical principles of generosity that I feel are important to us, for us to think about collectively.
[00:18:16] So, firstly, we can be generous because God's been exceedingly generous towards us. First, he created us. He gave us this most beautiful earth to enjoy, to spend time with him in and humanity kind of looked at how generous he'd already been towards us, and we decided that we wanted more.
[00:18:34] We wanted to be God, despite the fact he'd already made us in his image, to look like him, to be in relationship with him. And yet we wanted more. And this is the gospel that we took what was not for us to know and understand, and that sin entered into the world. And in a selfish moment, we turned from the generosity of God and decided to live for ourselves.
[00:18:55] But the gospel is this, that even in our selfishness, God remained generous and faithful towards us. He looked at how lost, broken and sinful we were. And that even though we had brought it on ourselves, he decided to send his only son Jesus in his place.
[00:19:10] And he came and he died. And in Romans 623, it says this. It says, the wages of sin are death. And that meant that there was a price of death that had to be paid for us. But the verse goes on and it says this. The gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ.
[00:19:27] Through Christ, God gives us our life back. He gives us back our purpose. Freely we have received, now freely we are able to give.
[00:19:37] Secondly, biblical generosity should cost us something.
[00:19:41] People often ask the question when the offering basket goes round is, how much should I be giving of my salary? How much is too much? How much is too little?
[00:19:50] And I think the honest answer is that we should give until it hurts a little bit. There's wisdom in how we should manage our finances and our time. But ultimately, because everything's been given to us first and belong to God first, so he's freely given to us, we should give out the generosity of what he's already given to us.
[00:20:08] There are times when the things that God asks us to give are going to challenge and feel uncomfortable. No matter what God has asked us to give, he has always restored to us what we have given and continues to give more than we deserve.
[00:20:22] There's this really beautiful moment in the story of David where he's commanded to go and build an altar on the threshing floor of this guy named Aruna, the Jebusite. And when he turns up there, he asks Aruna if he can buy this freshing floor so he can build this altar to the Lord there. And because he's the king, Aruna just tries to give it to him for free. He's like, no, no, you don't pay me anything. You just have it. You build your altar, you worship God, whatever you need to do. But I love this response from David.
[00:20:49] I will not sacrifice to the Lord. My God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.
[00:20:54] Our generosity should cost us something.
[00:20:58] The other thing about the freshing floor that's really significant in scripture is that it's a place of revelation. It's a place of separation. And when we are generous in the extravagance of what God has given to us, there are fresh revelations that will come to people through our generosity of the extravagant love of God. When we show biblical generosity that is costly and in obedience, the extravagant love that God has for us and his people is revealed. And I guess a challenge to you would be, what's your generosity costing you right now. And I'd just like to say that if you consider this to be your home church as well, why not serve on a team here? We're all in this together. We want to serve one another. We want to show God's love to one another. And it might mean that it might cost you waking up early on a Sunday morning once every so often, or prepping something during the week, or learning a new skill. It might cost you just having to stay step out of your comfort zone or maybe losing your usual seat on a Sunday, but it will be so worth it. We'll see the church flourish in the love that God has for us.
[00:22:02] Are you willing to let serving God cost you a little?
[00:22:07] If you're coming every Sunday to get your bucket refilled, what's the point? If you're not then pouring it out to others?
[00:22:13] Your bucket can only get filled so high you've got to empty it out in order to be filled again. Otherwise, you're going to end up in this place of stagnancy. When water sits in a bucket for a really long time, it goes really foul smelling. Stuff starts to grow. We want to be pouring out from our bucket, coming and getting refilled by the abundance of rivers of life that Jesus will give to us. But we've got to pour it back out again because that's what he's called us to do.
[00:22:38] And finally, we are called to scatter and gather. We are to be expressions of God's radical love in every sphere of influence, which opens us to daily in our lives. So when we look at scattering at the moment, we meet in a church building. But these values, these aspects of our DNA, they're things that we carry when we leave this building. In your realm of influence, in your place of work, we should be showing the extravagant love of God. I was reading this article, and he's by a man named William messenger, and he was saying that the workplace is one of the few places where believers and non believers spent a lot of time together and can actually get to know each other really deeply. You'll spend in your lifetime, don't think too deeply on this one. But in your lifetime you'll spend about 100,000 hours at work and where you'll often bond with people over shared tasks and interests. And this gives many opportunities to talk individually with coworkers about meaningful topics such as God and I pray for my work colleagues regularly, and I've seen his gentle spirit working in conversations over the last couple of years with them and often in people's places of work, it might be if you work with people, you might not be allowed to share your faith. I know part of my job is that I'm not really allowed to talk about my personal life, particularly faith and beliefs. But I was working with a family a little while ago, and this little girl, she always would come running up to me when I'd go and see her, and the first thing she'd do, she wouldn't say hello. She'd just grab my little cross necklace and she'd just say, snap. She had a little cross. A lot of primary schools will have, like, a cross on their logo, and she'd just grab it and say, snap.
[00:24:14] And she knew there was something really significant about the fact that I was wearing this cross. I might not have been able to say the name Jesus, but there was a representation there of a love that she was able to understand that I wasn't just there because it was my job, but it was there because someone else had sent me there.
[00:24:33] I feel much more confident to be open about my faith on a Sunday because we're surrounded by all you guys who are just such a great crowd of witnesses, believers, brothers and sisters who share the faith. But there is great faith in showing God's love to those who aren't part of this body.
[00:24:48] We want them so desperately to be part of this body.
[00:24:52] We've been praying a lot as a church for moments of courage when the spirit speaks. And we've heard some really wonderful testimonies over the last little while. And I thought I'd just share a story from my own kind of journey. Two weeks ago, I had to have an eye test.
[00:25:10] I've joined the glasses club, everybody.
[00:25:13] Thank you. Thank you. It's not a good look, but it's there anyway. But I had to have this eye test, and I had an older man that was doing this eye test for me, and right at the end of this eye test, he asked me what my degree was, and I go, oh, I'm training to be a social worker. And it was a bit rude, really. He just went, no, no, no. What was your previous degree? And I was like, oh, well, it was theology and youth work, which is why I'm doing social work, because I like working with young people. And I kind of deflected it as a. This is why I'm working with young people is because I really enjoyed the youth work and not because that's what God's called me to do, but it was. But I think God's got a really good sense of humor because I was really tired. I didn't really want to be there. I didn't like the idea of having to have glasses. But I feel like God put me there to have this conversation with this man. Because as soon as I mentioned theology, he started asking about, was it just Christianity, was it other faiths? And as I kind of explained that, I went to Bible College and it was mostly christian faith, he started asking me all these questions about the crucifixion. It was quite heavy in an eye test. We were there for about, we were there for about ten minutes, and he'd put his clipboard down and he started going, well, you know, I think there's this about the gospels. And I was like, that's really interesting. I've not read it in that way before. And he was telling me all about these documentaries he's been watching, and he just said, me and my wife are searching. We know there's something more, but we just don't know what it is. So we're looking into all, everything and anything. And it was such an opportunity to say, actually, there's lots of churches that answer these questions. In places it's called an alpha course.
[00:26:46] And just kind of left him with, you know, why don't you try seeking out church? Why don't you try looking at an alpha course?
[00:26:53] And we were literally there for about ten minutes after my appointment. Paul James was waiting in the waiting room, looking at his class, going, where the heck have we gone? But it was such an opportunity and I feel like I didn't make the most of it, which is really frustrating. But that's me looking at my own strength. God can still use what little strength we might have in those moments for his glory and to share his extravagant love with people.
[00:27:15] And so finally we gather. We love the encouragement of the church and what it brings to our life every week. We love you, we love the community, we love all the father is doing in this place.
[00:27:28] And I might be a bit biased, but I really love our young adults group. Yeah, we meet every Wednesday to study the Bible. And the last few weeks we've been doing this thing called young adults on tour, and we've had the love of people in the church. Liz and Graham, Dave and Alice have opened up their homes to us and just led us in Bible study and food and fellowship. We're a bigger body. We want to meet you guys. We want to hang out. I know we've got a little bubble. I know we've not shown it by sitting all on one side of the room. But we do and we're so grateful. And being part of a life group, being part of a group where you meet regularly to seek the face of God and what he wants to do. There is something about the gathering of God's people which is encouraging, spurs us on towards the good works of God.
[00:28:18] And please pray for our young adults. We're doing something a bit different this week and we're really expecting for the spirit to come and disrupt and restore some things in our lives. If you're someone that prays, please, please pray for our young adults this week.
[00:28:31] And also if you're not part of a life group, get stuck in, find community.
[00:28:36] It's really not fun doing life on your own.
[00:28:41] We want to be people that love and spur one another on towards good works. And Hebrews says this, it says, let us hold unswervingly to the hope that we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Let us consider how we spur one another on towards love. Good deeds, not giving up, meeting together as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another. And all the more as you see the day approaching.
[00:29:05] And so, just to conclude, to love extravagantly. We're to love God with everything. Keep his commands, bestow upon him the honour and the glory that he deserves. We're to show how much God loved us to those around us, by welcoming everyone, by demonstrating grace, by being generous with all that we have, and by going out into the world with the good news and coming back together, to be encouraged and renewed by the extravagant love of God the father.
[00:29:37] So just to finish, I just want to. We just bow our heads and close our eyes a minute. I just want to pray for us all that we might know the deep love of the father. And at the end of this prayer, I'm going to give you opportunity that if you've walked in today and you've never experienced the love of God and you want to say, actually, I'm ready for a life that is purposeful, full of adventure and is committed to following Jesus. And we want to give you the opportunity to respond to that as well. So, Father God, we thank you that you are Abba, Father, that you are there from the beginning, that you are there with us till the end, that you never abandoned us, you'd never leave us on your own. And that you showed your great love towards us. That while we were still full of sin, full of brokenness, that you sent Jesus to come to restore, to love, to free us so that we might have a life that is purposeful and full of adventure with you. We're sorry for when we get things wrong, because we do get things wrong.
[00:30:34] But we're so grateful that your grace is all the more and that your power is made perfect in our weaknesses.
[00:30:42] And we pray now, Lord, that we would live our lives for you, that we would love one another so deeply and that we would just know the deep love that the Father has for us today.
[00:30:55] And just while everyone's kind of by their heads, if you've prayed that for the first time, would you just pop a hand up for us? We'd love to kind of give you something to go away. And if there's no one, that's okay, too. But we'll just give it a little moment because we don't want you to miss out.
[00:31:11] Lord, thank you for all that you're doing in this place. We worship you. We give you honor. And may your love go out with us into these weeks. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
