In my heart, in my heart, in
my heart, Lord, I want to love the brethren in my heart. I want to be a Christian. Lord,
I want to be a Christian in my heart. Lord, I want to be a Christian
in my heart. In my heart. In my heart. All right, open your Bibles to
Revelation 3, Revelation the third chapter. I could not get away from this
passage of Scripture This week, all week long, I've been thinking
about it. One phrase in particular in this
passage. And this is, that is how the
Lord speaks to his people. He speaks through this word.
And when he speaks effectually, he doesn't leave you alone. It's a word in season and it
stays with you. And this is a seasonal word,
these words. It is for me. I know it will
be for you. With each passing year and month and days, every day,
I'm reminded, we all should be reminded of shortness of time. Our children grow older. They're
just sprouting up and they're gone in a matter of, it seems
like, days. And we are growing older. It should remind us of the shortness
of time. As our generation, our society
that we live in, becomes more and more perverse
and degenerate as religion becomes more and
more blasphemous. And it is. It just, every day,
something new, something just shocks me. what men are saying about God
and about Christ and how brazen men are getting as the truth, what is true, preaching
the gospel or the truth, the gospel, as it is more and more mocked in our
day These things convince me that
Christ's return is very near. Now, you may think I'm preoccupied
with this because I speak so much of it. Well, I am preoccupied
with this. That's what it means to watch. It means to be preoccupied with
Christ and await anxiously his return. If my wife were gone and I love her and miss her and
she said I'll return, I'm not sure when, I would be anxiously
waiting and watching for her return. All believers are preoccupied
with Christ. And his return and here's the
commandment to me look at revelation three commandment to me. There
are seven letters to these churches. In the revelation we've looked
at each of these before I thought about going through all of them
again we will in time. But this one I could not get
out of my head. And so, have to deal with it
now. But it says in verse one, under
the angel of the church in Sardis. Now, angel there means messenger
or pastor. So, he's speaking to a pastor
of this church in Sardis. Write, write these things, speak
these things. These things saith he that hath
the seven spirits of God and seven stars. I know thy works, that thou hast
the name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful and strengthen
the things which remain that are ready to die." Now that's
the phrase that struck me Things which remain that are ready to
die. Things which remain that are
ready to die. And we only need to look around
us tonight to have the gist of what he's talking about. He says to me and he says to
you, be watchful. That is, keep on watching. As in the words of the Apostle
Paul, the Apostle Paul said, I would not have you ignorant,
brethren, concerning the coming of Christ. In another place he
said, brethren, you're not in darkness that that day should
overtake you as a thief in the night. Therefore, let us not
sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober. Watch, be sober. He goes on to
say to believers, of believers, he says, God hath
appointed us, chosen us, to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. God hath appointed us to one
goal, one end, And that's what everything is all about. That's
the grand design and end. And where we're headed. We're
all headed in one place. To obtain salvation. And that
by our Lord Jesus Christ. So every time we congregate like
this. Around the word. Let me remind
you and remind myself that now. We read this in Romans. last week. Now is our salvation
nearer than when we first believe. The night, we read this in Romans,
the night is far spent, the day is at hand. Now Revelation 3 is full of serious
admonitions, serious. And If you couldn't help but
read those first two verses there and if you read if you were. Watchful in reading they couldn't
help but strike you. Being very sobering good. Serious
admonition warnings corrections we've studied this before and
I said that we need it daily we need it daily. Now look at
verse six he's writing to he that hath an ear let him hear
what the Spirit sayeth unto the churches writing to the churches
writing to believer. And verse one the letter is addressed
to the angel or the pastor and Sardis now. It says these things say if he. These things say if he. that have the seven spirits of
God and seven stars. Now don't get hung up there. The seven spirits of God. I don't
know what those are. Neither does any man know. I've
read what some men have said about it. Over in Zechariah it
speaks of the eyes of God, seven eyes of God running to and fro
in the air. I don't know what it means. No one does this is
a secret thing a lot don't get hung up there. Seven stars he
reveals to us back in chapter one. Verse twenty. Seven stars he says are the angels
of the seven churches. Pastors of seven churches are
dealing with these. The important thing is who is
saying these things and the authority and the power that he has. He
said these things say if he that hath all these things in his
hand. He that hath all power, all authority
over angels, devils, and men. Every letter here in Revelation
begins like this. Look back in chapter 2, verse
1. Every letter starts out by describing
who it is that's speaking. These things saith he that holdeth
the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst
of the seven golden candlesticks. He said where two or three are
gathered, I am there. If there are two or three here
tonight, Jesus Christ is in our midst. How attentive should we
be? This is who's speaking here.
All right, look at verse eight. He's under the angel of the church
in Smyrna. These things say at the first,
the last, which was dead and is alive. He's the first and
last. Look at verse twelve. The angels
of the church in Pergamos, Pergamos write, these things say of he
which hath the sharp sword with two edges. The word of the Lord. Verse seventeen or verse eighteen. These things say of the son of
God who had his eyes like a flame of fire and his feet as fine
brass. So this is the important thing.
Who is speaking? And it ought to make us sit up
and pay attention. It ought to. Well, Christ is
speaking here. who has all of our this is the
almighty Lord speaking this is not sweet Jesus men are talking
about that this is the I am this is the judge of the quick and
the day who has all things in his hand ready to dispose of
as he had purposed and as he pleases and it might be in a
moment. I don't get our attention all
right these things he said. to the churches, he that hath
ears to hear, listen up. And I hope we're like Isaiah
said, those that tremble at his word. All right? Look at what
he said. Verse 1, I know thy works, you
have a name that you live, and are dead. I know thy works, if any good
works in the church, in the pastor, in the church, or any good works
there, they're of God. He did it. Scripture says it's
God that worketh in us, both to do will and do of his good
pleasure. I know thy works, the work of
the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit is manifest, as any love,
joy, peace, gentleness, goodness, meekness, temperance, and so
forth. That's the work of the Spirit. That's God's work. That's
not natural to the flesh. The works of the flesh are manifest.
And we do manifest stuff. And he says here, he says, I
know you have a name that thou livest. What is the name that
you live? What's the name that is life? What name? What do we call? We just, we just sang that song. Christian, Christian, that's
life. In Christ, Christ is life. In Him we live. Christ is our
life. Most everyone in here claims
that, don't we? Christ is my life, we say. In
Him we live and move. We profess that. We profess that
Christ liveth in me. And that's our hope of glory.
That's anyone's hope of glory. Christ in you, the hope of glory.
But does he live in all that profess? No.
Look at verse 4. He says, Thou hast few names,
even in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments. They
shall walk with me in white, they are worthy. They have few
names. Now, I would remind us all that the Lord had twelve
disciples. One of them was a death. So. There let us dare not presume.
Nor me. I've seen as many preachers go
as as church member. How do you know? How do you know
if Christ is in a person? How do you know Christ is in
us? How do we know? Well, one of
the men, Sunday morning, when we were dealing with the subject
of thirsting, and our Lord said, Come unto me, all ye that thirst. If any man thirst, let him come
unto me, and as the scripture saith, out of his belly shall
flow rivers of living water. That's the way you know and like
that illustration of a little girl who said, if Christ is in
me, it'll stick out, won't it? Well, that's true. These things
that must be in us, they'll stick out. It'll stick out, it'll show. It'll be revealed. If the love
of God, if the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, You know, you can't stop, you
cannot stop a young man or a young woman from courting the one that
they love. You can't stop them. One who is seeking the hand in
marriage or courting one that they love, you can't not keep
them away. and a lover of Christ and a lover
of God, you can't keep them away from those things, the things
of Christ, the gospel, the worship, the fellowship, unless they've
left their first love. Now, that's what he dealt with
to the church at Ephesus, didn't he? The very first letter was
to the church at Ephesus, and that's what he dealt with. You've
left your first love. I believe that was a temporary
thing. I believe it was a temporary
thing. Like, you remember the Shulamite maiden over in Song
of Solomon who lay down to take her ease and her rest and her
beloved came knocking at the door and she said, I don't want
to get up. I'm too tired. And he left. And she got sick remember that. Well that's that's that's the. Picture here I believe the one
who temporarily leaves their first love how do you know it's
temporary or you know it's permanent. He says in verse two be watchful. Be watch watchful watch out now. We're saying in Ireland watch
out now watch out and be diligent to make your calling an election.
Sure we can have temporary setbacks. We all do. Call it backsliding
if you want to. I'm not sure that's the right
term but you know what I'm talking about. We can have temporary
setbacks but how do you know if it's a temporary setback or
if it's a sign of act Apostasy said me. How do you know David cried out
after he got in a bad way, he said, is his mercy clean gone?
Is it all over now? That's the way we should. Think upon these things, these
bad states we get into and not presume that's what it means
to be watchful. Watch out now. Look, read on. Be watchful and strengthen the
things which remain. Strengthen the things which remain.
This is my, this is what I'm to do. Strengthen the things
which remain. And what you're to do also. This
is a type of exhorting one another so much more as you see the day
approaching. Strengthening one another. You
remember the illustration of Don and I walking up the peaks
of Otter? Everybody remembers that. I strengthened him. He
strengthened me. We're all going to need it for
the last run. You're getting older, Joe. You're
getting closer and closer and closer. So how do I strengthen
you? Well, by warnings, admonitions. Someone brought to my attention After Sunday morning message,
you know, I don't want to preach negatively. I don't want to be
accused of doing nothing but negative preaching, blasting
false religion and all that. But I'm telling you. the more
perverse things get the louder I'm going to get against these
things. I'm not taking up issues, social ills of the day, fighting
against this cause or that cause or whatever. Let some do that. I'm trying to bring down Dagon. False religion. You've got to
tear down men's idols before you can begin to build the foundation
and start up. But someone brought to my attention
that. You know. Part of being a good pastor is
is warning of the war. She are. This is no reflection
on you at all, but she. Our followers and And then there
are pastors that are leaders, and they see wolves and see things
that people... I've seen this in my own case
with my pastor. I thought he'd been too hard
on us or whatever, and he hadn't been hard enough. And that's part of what it means
to be a pastor, to cry wolf. Warn the sheep of the approaching
war. You'll see that in the the prophets
all the way through the apostles and nothing but we are. Constant
warning the people well. Strength and that's one way of
strengthening those things which remain strengthening by warning
you strengthen someone's watchfulness. By warning them you strengthen
someone's watchfulness by warning them that if you keep if you
don't. Pay attention. You're going to
sleep sleep a day. That's how you strengthen someone's
watchfulness. About warnings and reproofs and
rebukes he said that to young Titus he said reproved rebuke
with all authority. Let no man despise you. Don't
worry about what somebody's thinking. Do it anyway. We need it. The
things which remain, he says, that were ready to die. Did that strike you? Things that remain that are ready
to die. Does that strike you? What are these things which remain
that are ready to die? What are things that remain that
are ready to die? Well, one thing, and number one,
the true gospel is still being preached. But it's about ready to die. You can look high and low to
find it, And you'll have a hard time finding it. Won't you, Jeff? It's, it's, uh, the scriptures
talks about a scattering of corn on the mountaintops. The gospel still remains, though.
There's still some preaching the gospel. But it's about ready to die.
About ready to die out. Uh, labor is one thing I told
us before. And one way you know that when
the, uh, Harvest is about over is when the Lord calls in the
labor. Right. And we've seen in the
last 10 years, we've seen. Five or six missionaries come
in from the field. Team one go out. Six come in. That's one way you know the harvest
is about over gospel remains but it's about to die. The preacher
I'm talking about the gospel. The gospel is being phased out
the preaching of the God preaching is being phased out but the kind
of preaching is going on today I wish it would phase it out.
But it's being phased out, you know, in place of music, entertainment,
you know, social things in the church, a share session, no more
preaching, a share. Well, like I said, they have
a 45, and this is what's happening in the average so-called church.
You'll have a 45, 50 hour long musical program or announcements
and all this and a 10, 15 minute message. And that's fine, because
it's, the message, that's too long anyway. They preach too
long. But the preaching of the gospel
is being phased out. I'm talking about the gospel.
I'm talking about the gospel of the glory of God. The glory
of a holy and sovereign God. And God's on everybody's lips,
but Ichabod's on everybody's door. You're not going to hear a preacher.
You don't hear preachers talking about a holy God. You just don't
hear that come out of their lips. You sure don't hear preachers
talk about the justice of God. Just God. Well, I talk about
a savior. You can't have a savior without
a just God. Can you? He says, I'm first a
just God and a savior. He must be just. And justifier of them which believe
to be a savior. Sovereign God. Oh, there's a
movement afoot. Men like to talk about sovereignty,
but they're drawn near with their lips. They don't believe that.
They're playing with doctrine. I know. I've talked to these
fellows. Closet Calvinists. Restaurant believers. Character of God is not important.
Like that fellow told me, attributes of God aren't important. You
just need to love Jesus. If you don't know his attributes,
you've got the wrong one. This gospel remains. There's
still some preaching the gospel of the glory of God. I'm talking
about his character, his person. It still remains, but it's dying
out. It's dying out. God is merely, in our day, God
is a sugar daddy. That's the God of this generation. He's a sugar daddy. Well, here's something else that
in the preaching of the gospel, the true gospel, I'm talking
about repentance toward this God. And that's missing because
the preaching of a just God is missing. Men are afraid to call anything
sin anymore. Sin, the word sin is not even
mentioned anymore. sin. God's going to punish sin. Repentance. All that's being preached today
is the love of God. The love of God. But that God doesn't, God doesn't
love everybody. Some people under the wrath of
God. That'd be somebody in here. And there's no talk of sin anymore,
because anything goes. Right? Anything goes. No talk
of sin anymore. You remember that poll they made
in the Roanoke paper about sin? You remember that? People wrote
in and told what they thought sin was. Talk about an ignorant generation. Calling good evil. And evil good. That's how backwards. That's
what Isaiah 59 says. Truth has gone way backward. It's backward. Things are absolutely
turned around backward. But God's going to judge men
for sin. God's going to punish God is
going to burn this world up because of sin. And the message still
remains, repent of our sin. The preaching of justification
by faith in Christ, it remains. There are still some who are
preaching justification by faith, that God who is just will justify. will clear some guilty people,
but not because of anything in them. It has nothing to do with
them. Not by works of righteousness
which they've done. Doesn't have a thing in this
world to do with anything they are or do or will do or will
be or do for Jesus. Not a thing. It's totally God's
salvation. His justification, His pardon,
His acceptance is totally based on Jesus Christ. What He has
done. One hundred percent. No more,
no less. What He's done. His righteousness
charged to their account. They didn't have any passive
righteousness. His blood shed to pay for their
hell-deserving sins. That's it. And that's what they're
all going to be singing in heaven. Nothing more, nothing less. Unto
Him that did it all. Salvation of the Lord. You deal with sin, men and their
absolute depravity and corruption and sin and need for repentance
toward God and faith and salvation in one plate, one person, Jesus
Christ. That remains, but it's dying
out. That's old-fashioned, you know,
hellfire and brimstone preaching guilt. Don't bring us guilt manipulation. Don't bring guilt. You know,
Robert Shuler says that the old reformation came by preaching
man's depravity. He says the new one's going to
come by preaching man's worth. Did you know that? Yeah. That's what Robert said. Well,
Robert Shuler's going to hell, and he's going to be right there
with all those that believe what he said. Robert Shuler's word doesn't
mean diddly-squat. But Christ's words will never
pass away. And he came preaching that this
Jesus man, sweet Jesus, came preaching, repent. I've not come
to bring peace to sword. And that remains, but it's dying
out. Look at verse three, remember,
therefore, how thou hast heard or received and heard, remember. How thou hast received and heard. What did you first receive or
believe or hear when God dealt with you? What was it? Was it
just the same message I just preached? Same things? No more,
no less? Huh? Maybe a little more fully? Maybe a little more powerfully?
More effectually, maybe? But it was the same thing, wasn't
it? No different. Same old message. Same old, same old. Well, he says, verse three, hold
fast. The beginning of your confidence
steadfast on the end and do what? Look at the next word. Repent. Oh, don't want to come to Christ,
don't we quit repentance? Repentance is a state of life. We repent of the fact that we're
not holding fast enough. Right. We repent of the fact
that we grow lukewarm to the message, that message that we
just heard, which we heard in the beginning just absolutely
caused our hearts to leap with joy. Repent of that fact. Repent of the fact how that we
received the gospel. How did we receive the gospel?
God chose us. God chose us. Jeanette, you,
not your sister. your sister you. To hear the
gospel while they're believing another. Remember that and repent. You Nancy not your brother you
Joe and not your sister you not your brother me not my brother
chose me. Plucked as a brand from the burning
receive this gospel. A man can receive nothing said
to be given him. Repent. Oh Lord forgive me. Now look at verse five. He that
overcometh the same shall be clothed. He that overcometh.
Overcometh what? What does John say? Overcome
what? The world. Doesn't he? The world. The world. The ways
and thoughts of the world ideas of the world the lure of the
world love of the work. Well here are a few more things that
we need to strengthen that remain a few more things you know very
little fear of the Lord in our day. Very little fear of the
Lord remaining it's about to die out. I used to call just
ten twenty thirty well not ten twenty or thirty years ago I
used to call people God fearing people Well that's out of bold
now. That's supposed to fear God.
Isn't it? That's out of vogue, isn't it,
Sherry? That's what Paul said would happen, there's no fear
of God before they're out. It's no coincidence that that's
one of the most popular slogans in our day, that kids are wearing
it all over their T-shirts. No fear. Is it? Is that any coincidence? Well,
no, that's indicative of the times we're living in. Very little
fear left. Don't you dare quit fearing the
Lord. Nobody, anybody in here fear
God. Unite our hearts to fear thy
name. Let it be said still of us. He's
a God fearing man. God fearing woman. What do you
think about God? I fear God. Oh, but I fear God. Let that be said of me. True
seekers, there are few true seekers of God that remain. Like I said, everybody wants
the blessing. Everybody wants to go to heaven. There are very few true seekers
of God who want heaven because He's there. They want to go to
heaven because Mama's there. But truthseekers seek David. Whom have I in heaven but thee? Paul, for me to live, is Christ. David said, Whom have I in heaven
but thee? And there's none on earth I desire,
really, beside thee. There aren't many of those left.
There are many layers. You want to examine a man's religion?
Get to the heart of why he wants to go to heaven. There are a few true worshipers.
What's true worship? How do you worship? How must
you worship to be called a true worshiper? Two things. Spirit and truth. Spirit and
truth. They're vital. They're vitally
joined. You can't separate one without
the other. Well, there's a lot of talk of the spirit today.
A whole lot of talk of the spirit in this thing. I mean, everybody's
all taking up the spirit. You got the spirit? You ain't
got the spirit? You ain't talking like an idiot?
You're not rolling on the floor? You're not waving your hand?
You ain't got the spirit. I don't want that spirit. That's
another spirit. Here's what the Spirit does.
He brings truth. Spirit, truth, worship. These three are one. He can't
have worship without the truth. Christ is our object of worship.
Christ is the truth, is he not? And this is what the Spirit takes.
and reveals unto his people and sets them free from waving the
hands and rolling on the floor and talking like an idiot. That's
what the Spirit sets us free from, the ignorance. My dog can
roll on the floor and talk in tongues. Yes, he can. Strengthen those things which
remain, those things that remain. Very little true worship of God. Very few that are about the father's
business. Father's business is about to
die out. You know, years ago, young boys used to go into their
father's business. Daddy had a business. It was
just, you could just about count on it that Junior would grow
up and it'd be father and son. It'd be Parks and Sons, Family
Garage, or whatever the business might be. I remember, you know, just a
couple of generations ago, young people growing up under the sound
of the gospel and the Lord converting them and being about their father's
business. Fewer and fewer young people
seem to be converted. Go on out, go on out, we're leaving
home. Well, as Paul talks about, whatsoever
things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, good, report of
any virtue, any praise, very little of these things can be
found. Honest, just, pure, anything, very few of this remains. A good
report in a good manu. I read in the Franklin News Post
today that a boy became an Eagle Scout. Isn't that great? Thrilled me. There's some good
news in the paper. Something worth reporting. Wish
it had been on the headline. Far exceeds anything else they've
printed. A good report. Very little remains by ready
to die. Things are true honest, just
good. Who can you trust? Who can you trust today? You
can trust God's people, but they're getting fewer and far between. And lastly, what remains? Well, I said the gospel remains. And we remain. We were mad. And I want you to,
in closing, look at 1 Thessalonians 4, all right? 1 Thessalonians
chapter 4. If this seemed like a particularly hard message or one that little examining, closely examining. It wasn't meant to be a message
of total comfort, but that letter is not one, is it? He said, things that remain are
about ready to die. We remain, but do you know if
it remains to be seen? Which of us will remain? None. It remains to be seen. Which of us will remain? And which of us, or who of us,
will go out from us because we were not of us? For if we were
of us, we no doubt would have remained with them. But they went out from us. that
it might be made manifest, not all or other. And it remains
to be seen which of us, or if all of us, will remain. Now, shouldn't that make us tremble? I'm talking to myself here. Look
at 1 Thessalonians 4. The masses are filling up the
pews of the great whore church. They're filling up these pews,
but look around. 1 Thessalonians 4, look at verses
14 through 18. If we believe that Jesus died
and rose again, even so, them also which sleep in Jesus will
God bring with him. And this we say unto you by the
word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain remain under
the coming of the Lord shall not prevent or go before them
which have died before us or sleep. The Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Or he says, exhort one another
with these words. You remember the story of that
little boy that his father left him on the doorstep in England
while he attended some business. Father told him, wait on me,
I'll be back to get you. And he attended on business and
he forgot about the boy and he left. And he was almost all the
way home when it's He remembered the boy. And he was struck with
horror. And he drove his coach back madly. And it began to be dark. And he drove up. He said, where
am I to look? Where am I going to look? And
he said, well, I'll just go back where I told him to stay, where
I told him to wait. And he drove back up. And right
there sitting on that doorstep was that little boy. He said,
son, you didn't leave. You didn't leave. So happy to
find you. The boy said, well, you told
me to wait on you right here. And the Lord tells us, watch,
wait, I'm coming. This same Jesus shall so come
in like manner as you've seen him go. As a thief in the night,
so shall the Lord come at a time when you think not, but that
day shall not overtake us. As a thief in the night, we're
not in darkness. At least let us know sleep is due of thee.
and be in darkness, but walk as children in the light, and
watch and wait. And this is the question in closing.
What could bewitch you, or who? Who or what could bewitch you,
or entice you, or draw you away from whom Christ, before whose
eyes Christ hath been so evidently set? Do you remember that verse
description? Huh? Galatians 3 verse 1, it
said, Who hath bewitched you? Oh Galatians, foolish Galatians.
Who hath bewitched you before whose eyes Christ hath been so
evidently set forth? We've beheld a shekinah glory
in this little, this little holy place, haven't we? I mean, we,
Hebrews 6. We've tasted the good things,
partakers of the Holy Spirit. And our Lord said to Peter and
the boy, will you also go away? No, not if these are words of
life. Well, how do you know? Did anything
said tonight just cause you to Wake up a little
more. I haven't raised my voice one
time. Just let the Word of God speak.
It ought to cause us to be more watchful than ever. Strengthen
the things that remain. They're ready to die. Ready to
die. Ready to die. I'm ready to die. I hope. Ready to depart. and
be with the Lord, which is far better, far better. Until then,
we'll just wait. Wait on here. Be about the Father's
business with those that seek His faith. All right, let's stand. Our Heavenly Father, we ask You
that You would impress, powerfully impress one word upon everyone in here, young and old, that you let not the fowls of
the air remove these things. Come and pick them away, just
as surely as we're here, just as soon as this is over, as soon
as we say amen, the assault will begin. And Lord, our young people,
our children, Children, babes, young men, young women, older
men and women, we desperately need this word in season. This
is a time when the preaching is out of season. And we're to
preach it in season and out of season. And words of warning
are not, perhaps not, not exactly what we always want
to hear, but we certainly, we definitely need them. And who
is he that overcometh? He that overcometh, you said,
will grant him to sit with me and
wear a white robe. Who is he that overcometh? This
is that which overcometh even our faith, overcoming the world.
The world has such a strong pull like gravity brings us down. O Lord, lift us up. For when
our eyes heavenward set our affection on things above, I ask this earnestly,
for myself and all that have heard this tonight, that you
save us from this generation that is hell-bound and cause
us to wait and watch and look for you who are surely coming
soon. We pray. We ask. imprint these
things on our hearts. In Christ's name we pray. Amen.