Our Lord Jesus, they had just
taken the Lord's, you know, the bread and the wine, sung a song,
and then He's going out to the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount
of Olives. Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended
because of me this night. For it is written, I will smite
the shepherds and the sheep of the flock to be scattered. But
after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Peter
answered and said unto him, So all men should be offended because
of thee, yet will I not be offended. Jesus said unto him, Verily I
say unto thee, that this night before the cock crow thou shalt
deny me thrice for three times. Peter said unto him, Though I
should die with thee, yet I will not divide thee. And look what
happens here. Likewise also said all the disciples. Then cometh Jesus with them into
the place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples,
Set ye here while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him
Peter and the two sons of Jebedee, that's John and James, And he
began to be heavy, and sorrowful, and very heavy. Then saith he
unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Bear ye here, and watch with
me. And he went a little farther,
and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will,
but as thou wilt. And he cometh unto the disciples,
and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What? could
you not watch with me one hour? Watch, and pray, that ye enter
not into temptation. The Spirit indeed is willing,
but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second
time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, If this cup may not pass
away from me, except I drink it, I will be done. And he came
and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. And
he left them and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying
the same words. Then cometh he to his disciples,
and saith unto them, Sleep on now, take your rest. Behold,
the hour is come, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands
of chance. Our most blessed, gracious Father
in heaven, we humble ourselves in your presence, so grateful,
so blessed, so thankful for what we have in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We bless you that we were able to get up this morning and come
together with the people of God, together with the saints of God,
to rejoice in our Lord Jesus Christ, to find Him to be our
all in all. And Lord, we thank You for our
gathering this morning. Thank You for the love and care
and concern of the people of God. We're very thankful for
the land's integration and the people here. Lord, we pray that
You would bring glory to Yourself through us while we're here on
this earth. And our Father, we pray for the
unconverted in our services today. Lord, may the Gospel run well.
May it go forth in power. May it go forth in the Spirit
of the Holy Ghost, in open hearts, open minds, open understandings.
Give life, give life, give life, that only You can do. And Lord,
we pray now for those who are We can sick among us, Bruce and
Sandy. We're thankful for those who
have been sick or with us today. And our Father, we pray for Bruce,
we pray for Don, we pray for their wives, that your blessed
grace would be abundant toward them. Continue to pray for Rick
and Helen. God, give them an abundance of
grace. We thank you, bless you, and
praise you for the day, for the mercy, for the grace given us
in Christ even before the world ever began. We thank you. Amen. Matthew 26. I want you to look
at a verse of Scripture with me. Matthew 26 and verse 39. And he went a little further
and fell on his face and prayed saying, Oh my Father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from me, nevertheless, not as I will,
but as I will. When we see that word nevertheless,
that's what I want to talk about, nevertheless. That means however
or in spite of. Sometimes we as true believers
are faced about how to pray, about sickness, you know, for
ourselves and somebody else. The circumstances that we're
put in or even our lost children. Now we want to see people. We
want to see people healed from sickness. We don't like to see
anybody sick. We don't like to have bad news
about people. And we want to be delivered from
trouble. Nobody enjoys trouble. Nobody likes trouble. And they
hate to see their brothers and sisters and their friends in
trouble and have hard circumstances. But yet when we see these things
and deal with these things, we always still want God's will
done in our hearts, in our lives, in our circumstances, in our
troubles, in our sicknesses, and in those we love. We want
God's will to be done. So we'd like and love to see
everything the way we want them to be. the way we were born to
be. I'd like to see the church to
prosper. I'd love to see sinners converted. I'd love peace. I'd love to see our
sons and daughters converted and brought to Christ. These
things may be. They may be. And I pray for those
things to be that way. But the will of the Lord be done.
The will of the Lord be done. I know that I will submit to
the will of God, and I certainly don't want to be found praying
against the will of God. Never want to do that. Do you?
Do you? So look what our Master said
here. Here's the answer for how to pray. Here's the answer for
peace of heart. Here's the answer for peace of
mind. That'll satisfy us. And he went a little further,
fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from me, nevertheless, nevertheless,
whether it passes from me or not, nevertheless, however, in
spite of, nevertheless, not as I will, not as thou wilt. You know, when we see this and
hear this, we can pray with importunity. You know, we can ask and ask
and ask and ask and tell our Father what we want. Tell our
Father what we need. And our Lord here prayed three
times. Three times. Look down in verse 42. And He went away again the second
time in praying. saying, O my Father, except I,
O Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink
it again, I will be down. Verse 44, He left them and went
away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same word. He prayed three times, three
times right here, said the same thing over and over and over. But he always ends up saying,
I will. He doesn't. Now, our Lord Jesus
Christ was suffering here. Oh, how He was suffering. He
said over in Luke that He prayed until His sweat became as great
drops of blood. And here He said in verse 38,
My soul, My soul, the part of us that really hurts, My soul, is exceeding sorrowful. It hurts so bad inside me. My
sorrow is so great. My sorrow is so heavy on me,
even unto death." That's what he was going through. He was
suffering here. He was suffering so greatly.
And he said, I'm sorrowful even unto death. What is he saying? What he's saying here is my heart
is so heavy. My suffering is so great right
here in this garden that I could die right here without ever going
to the cross. I could do that right here. And
I'll tell you what, my nature, He said, my sinless nature, my
holy nature is not going to be able to deal with this, to handle
this. And it is a man, he does this. And I tell you what, he didn't
think he was going to, he said, there won't be a need of a cross
because I'm going to die right here. Now we don't feel sin. We don't feel sin, don't even
come close to feeling what sin is. What our Lord Jesus Christ
did there, with His great mind, God, the mind of a sinless man. Sin has so marred our minds that
We can't even remember what happened yesterday. Sin has so corrupted
our minds, but his mind was not like that. But when he was here
in this garden, when he was here praying, he comprehended the
weight, the weight, the awfulness, the greatness, the consequences
of sin upon him. He contemplated and faced and
comprehended Our sin and our guilt, and if our sin and our
guilt troubles us so much, imagine what it was doing to Him. If
it troubles us, and we're sinners, imagine what it was doing to
Him as He comprehended it. Oh my! When He saw before Him,
and He saw this, When He saw the sin and the guilt
of the world, and He saw my guilt, my despair,
when He saw before Him, Him being naked, hanging on a tree, When He saw before Him the Father
was going to be separated from Him and Him from the Father,
when He comprehended the wrath of God that was going to come
upon Him, when these things fell on Him
in the garden, He prayed and said, Father, if
it be possible, if it be possible, Never be left. Never be left. Not now, we are. Be gone. Rejoice. Huh? Oh, our Lord suffered
here before He ever got to the cross. You know the first word
that our Lord Jesus cried from the cross? The very first word. When our Lord Jesus Christ, they
come to get Him, He never said a word. When they took him into the judgment
hall, mocked him, slapped him, plucked out his beard, put a
crown of thorns on his head and a purple robe on him, never opened his mouth. When
they laid him on that tree and nailed his hands and feet into
that tree, he never uttered a word. Not a word. But oh my, the first words that
you heard from our Savior was this, my God, my God, my God,
my God, why has that forsaken me? That's the first one, huh? And beloved, this is the way
for us to pray. He came to the Father over and
over and over again. Let this agony, let this trouble,
let this cup, let this suffering, let these things that I'm going
to face, if it be your will, take them away. And He said the
same words over and over again. But He said, however, however, I'll die, For you tell me to
die. I'll suffer wherever you say
for me to suffer. And that's the way we need to
plan, like our Master did. As my Master did. And don't let
us ever use the sovereignty of God as an excuse not to pray. Our Lord Jesus Christ knew everything
that would be done to Him as He prayed it. So let us also say, not my will,
but Thine be done. Oh my. I want you to look with
me over in Luke. Oh my. Just look at these words
nevertheless. Look in Luke chapter 5. Luke
chapter 5. You know this And we have to
pray that way. I tell you, we've all been in
some tough circumstances in our lives. And nobody, nobody likes
trouble. Nobody likes suffering. But we say, nevertheless, nevertheless, I will be done. Now, look here with me. I'm going
to read these first five verses. And it came to pass, as the people
pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the
lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake. But
the fishermen were going out of them and were washing their
nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's,
and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the
land. Put your boat out in the water just a little bit. And
he sat down in that boat, in that ship, and he began to teach
the people. People, oh, a big crowd of people
there. Now when he left speaking, he got through speaking, he got
through teaching the people, he said unto Simon, he said,
going out in the water, take your boat, going out inwards
deeper, and let down your net for a great draft. And Simon answering said unto
him, Master, We've told all night just getting our nets clean and
have taken nothing. That's what we are and can do
without the Lord Jesus Christ, nothing. But look what he said,
nevertheless at thy word, nevertheless at thy word I will let down the
net. And when they have done this,
they encode a great multitude of fishes, so many that their
net broke. Oh my! And that's the way we
are, not only nevertheless thy will be done, but nevertheless
at thy word. What is our rule to live by in
this world? What's our rule for us to conduct
ourselves in this world? God's Word is. Nevertheless at
thy word. Not our wisdom. Simon Peter never
listened to his own wisdom here. He said, well, we've told all
night, and that was what he did. He kept telling the truth. But
nevertheless, whatever you say, that's what I'm going to do.
You tell me to launch out in the deep, lay down a net, that's
what I'll do. And beloved, we believe. We believe
in God's absolute sovereignty. Oh, we believe that God rules
and controls everything in this world. He's the first cause of
all things. But we're not robots. No, no. We feel. We have emotions. We think. We reason. We plan. We purpose. And we have opinions. But still
yet, with all of that, we're seeking God's will and His Word. You know, if it wasn't for the
Word of God, we wouldn't know how God saves the sinner. If
it wasn't for the Word of God, we wouldn't know anything about
grace. If it wasn't for the Word of God, we wouldn't know anything
about sin. If it wasn't for the Word of
God, we wouldn't know anything about self-righteousness. We'd
all be that way. How did we learn these things?
Where did we find these things at? In the Word of God. We find out what God's will is
and what He's going to do for a man in the Word of God. And
that's why we can tell a man what the will of God is. I can
tell you exactly what the will of God is for some of you. This
is the will of Him that sent me, that every one which seeth
the Son hath life. That's what He said. That's what
my will is. And oh, beloved, and then we
seek the way of God in this way. How do we know God's ways about
His sovereignty and His government and His purpose in this world? Of what He did, how He declared
His ways. And He said He has His way in
the world with us. He does according to His will
in the armies of heaven, among the inhabitants of the earth.
And no man can say unto Him, What doest thou? Or say His hand. That's God's way. Would we find
that out in His Word? And oh, and the truth, the truth. I want the truth no matter what
it costs me. And where do we find the truth
at? In His blessed Word. There's absolute truth in this
book. There's absolute truth here, and it can't be denied. We believe in the truth of creation.
We're not evolutionists. We're not evolutionists. We don't
believe that man's getting better and better. He started out at
the top and fell all the way to the bottom. How do we find
that out? How do we find out that man,
being what he is, that God has to come and do something for
him? That's the God's way. He's got to come to you. You
can't come to him until he comes to you. You can't hear until He comes
to you and gives you ears. Those are His ways. Where'd we
learn that at? Just like Simon Peter said, Lord,
by the power I've told all night, I've believed this all my life.
I'm a fisherman. I know something about fishing.
But nevertheless, That's my word. Oh, my. And I tell you, Peter
was telling the truth. Oh, my. And what Peter's saying,
I'm not going to use human wisdom. I'm not going to ask John and
James what they think about it. You think we ought to do this?
You think the Lord knows what He's talking about? Listen. Oh,
my. Huh? What would you do? John, if you
was me, would you do what he told me to do? As a fellow on
the radio, this is what, I tell you what, he said, we want to
be what God dreams for us to be. Now, he can't know anything
about God's Word. God don't dream. God's purpose
is, we dream. And that's why I told Jeremiah,
I said, he that hath a dream, let him tell it as a dream. He
that hath my word, let him tell my word. You can't even compare
the two. But I said, I'm going to, he
said, no, instead of doing that and living through his own wisdom
and find out what somebody else would do or what they would say,
He said, I'll tell you what, what you say in your word, that's
what I'm going to do. You know, our plans are contingent
upon the will of God. But His plans and His purposes
are not contingent upon anything. You know, some people find it
hard to submit to the Word of God, especially when it conflicts
with their beliefs. and the way they do things. Now
we were perfect examples of that. When God first bought us the
gospel. We had ways that we did. Couldn't find the scripture for
it, but we'd done it anyway. We had prayer in the front. A bunch of people prayed at the
same time. We'd done all those foolish things. But yet when God confound us
with His Word, It conflicted with what we believed. It conflicted
with our conditions. It conflicted with the way we
had done things. What did we do? We told the Word
of God. And when we found out what He
said, we said, I believe that. Well, it's just what you believed
before. Well, what I believed before
is wrong. It wasn't true. This is true. And oh my, let
me tell you something. Would you be fooled? You know
what God's Word says? You have to become empty. You
ain't got nothing. Would you be rich? He'd give everything away. Respect
yourself. Would you receive? Then you give. Would you live? You got to die. You got to write the sentence
of death on yourself. Would you save your life? Our
Lord said, you got to lose it for my sake. I got a letter from a man this
week. And what was he titled? Suffering?
Suffering or something like that. He was suffering. Struggle. Struggle. He got titled, his letter he
wrote was Struggle. And his next door neighbors were
very wealthy. Had everything. New cars, their
kids had new cars, new trucks, took gold, extended vacations. Had all the money they needed
to send their kids to college and everything. And he said,
and then they rubbed him in his face and they were out in markets,
and when he was around them, they acted like he didn't even
exist. And he said, I believe in the
sovereign grace of God, but I have a struggle. He said, I'd like
to see God do something. Bring those people down a peg.
Bring them down a peg. You know what I wrote back to
him? I said, you're wealthier than they'll ever dream about. You've got the riches of God's
grace? You've got the riches of Christ's
glory? You've got Christ himself? Pray for them, they're the ones
to be pitied! Oh, listen! Let's reason. Let's ask questions. Let's always
say. We can reason. We can ask questions.
A woman asked me one time, and she was suffering greatly. She
said, How in the world is God going to get glory out of this?
I said, I don't know, but He says He will. It says it will. We can reason. We can question. But we always
have to come back to this. Nevertheless, as I was. Nevertheless, as I was. Alright,
look with me now over in 2 Timothy. Let's look over here in 2 Timothy
a moment. For a little bit. 2 Timothy chapter
1. Oh, my. Nevertheless, not my
will, but Thine. Nevertheless, if I were it. Nevertheless,
if I were it. Again, look what he says here
now. 2 Timothy 1.8. Be not therefore ashamed of the
testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. but be thou
partaker of the frictions of the gospel according to the power
of God. Don't be ashamed of anything.
God who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according
to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which
was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, but is
now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ who
hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
For unto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher
of the Gentiles. For the witch cause I also suffer
these things. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed."
Nevertheless, when it comes to a matter of pride, when we come
to being proud, Paul said, nevertheless, I'm not ashamed. Why ain't you
ashamed, Paul? For I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed
unto him against that day." Now, here's an apostle. He's in prison. That's why I said, don't be ashamed
of the testimony. And don't be ashamed of me. Don't
be ashamed of me. Don't be ashamed that I'm in
jail. Don't be ashamed that I'm in prison. Don't be ashamed of
the gospel. Even though I sent a prisoner
of Caesar. Though I sent a prisoner in this
prison. You see the Pharisees and the
Sadducees, they had their They had everything
in their day. They had everything in false
days. They had everything that a person could possibly want.
They had the clothes. They had the very best of clothes.
They had their religious costumes. They put them on. When they got
up on Sunday morning, they put their costumes on. Put their
robes on. Put their titles on. They had
their degrees. They had houses when they took
our Lord Jesus Christ to the high priest's house. He said
they took Him to the high priest's palace. He lived in a palace. Kind of like the Pope lives in
a palace. And I tell you what, they had the best churches, good
churches, full churches. When they was invited anywhere,
they was put up front. They sat on the upper seat. They
had big houses, great carcinogens, guaranteed salaries. They were
called master, rabbi, doctor. And here's Paul in prison. And he was the man with the message.
They had everything else, but he had the message. Here he sat in this prison, watching
the rats run around in that dungeon. Here he is, waiting on some reprobate
to furnish him his food and his drink. Here he sat in this prison with
a limited audience. And here he is waiting for death. He's hated and ridiculed and
despised. And look what he said over here
in verse 7 of chapter 4. I'll tell you just what he's
looking forward to, what he sets in prison. Look what he's looking
forward to. Verse 6. He said, For I am now
ready to be offered. That's what my life is going
to be. That's the offering. And the time of my departure
is at hand. Time for me to leave. Where are
you going, Paul? I've fought a good fight. I've
finished my course. I'm done. I'm at the end of the
race. I'm at the end of the race. I'm
fixing to cross the finish line. And, oh, I've kept the faith.
His there's laid up for me a crown of righteousness with the Lord,
the righteousness with the Lord. That's where he's at. That's
where he's at. But yet, he says, well, I'm sitting
here. And they've got everything. However,
I'm not ashamed. I'm not ashamed. Why aren't you
ashamed, Paul? I have Christ. I have Christ. I have the gospel.
I have God's grace. He just got through saying that
grace was given him in Christ before the world ever began.
That God had saved him. What does it matter? He said,
God saved me. I don't have to have the approval
of the flesh. I don't have to have the approval
of man. I don't have to be bragged on and praised of men. I don't
have to have the ease of the world and the comfort of this
life. Why not, Paul? I know whom I have believed. And you know what? He said, not
only do I know whom I believe, but I am absolutely convinced
that He is able to keep that that I've committed unto Him.
For how long? Until the day He takes me home. Oh my! Paul sitting in that cell
alone, deserted, And he said, only Luke was with me. He said,
at my first answer, no man stood with me. Nevertheless, nevertheless,
while I sat in this jail, nevertheless, when they fixed to come and get
me and take me over there and take my head off, nevertheless,
I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. Because I know
Christ. I have Christ. And then look
over here, just turn the page to verse 19. Oh my goodness, man's life, what
time. Well, I had that on me. Look what he said here. In verse 16, "...to shun profane
and vain babblings, for they will increase unto more ungodliness."
And their word will eat as doeth a canker, or a gangrene, of whom
is Hymenaeus and Philetus, who concerning the truth have erred,
saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow
the faith of son." Now listen to this. Nevertheless, the foundation
of God standeth sure. Having this seal, the Lord knows
them that are His. I tell you, here He is. He said,
here's some folks that's forsaken the gospel. They've left the
gospel. They've left Christ. These people
are turning and leaving. And it disturbed Paul. It disturbed
him. It troubled him. And it disturbs
us, it disturbs me when folks walk away from the gospel, leave
the gospel, not believe the gospel, sit for a few years and then
leave. But he said, however, now however, whatever they believe,
whatever they teach that's false, whatever they teach that's untrue,
whatever they say about us, he says, nevertheless, The foundation of God stands
sure. Let everybody leave who they want to. God's foundation
is going to stand sure. How's Kahn? He knows them that
are his. Huh? Oh my! Demas can depart. Alexander the
coppersmith can do him evil. Homogenes and Philegas can depart. Nevertheless, God's foundation
stands sure. You know what it says, tells
us this? That God has a people. You know what? We didn't lay
the foundation. No, no, no, no. God has a people
whom He loves, whom He calls, And they come, and I'll tell
you something, they never leave. In fact, you can't run a sheep
off. Now a goat, a goat, you know, you can always tell a goat.
How can you tell a goat? He said, but, but, but, but. But a sheep, you know, they just,
they just, they find them a good green pasture and they lay down.
They find that good sweet water of the gospel and they lay down. They've got a shepherd that leads
them and guides them and takes care of them and protects them.
And the Lord's no shepherd. And, oh my, He leads us, leads
us in the paths of righteousness, for His name's sake. And then
listen, listen to this, He maketh us to lie down. Oh, that's a
good, that's a good lay down, isn't it, when the Lord makes
you to lie down. That's a good lay down, more
than the Lord makes you to lay down. Where does he make you
to lay down? In green pastures. That's why he says, never the
less, I'm not ashamed. Now then, let me show you this
one. Back in Philippians. I'll hurry. I'm taking too long,
I'm afraid. I hope I'm not. Y'all bear with
me. And Doug, think if you will.
So in the matter of tribe, we say, never hesitate. Let folks
go where they want, do what they do, believe what they believe,
teach what they want to teach. Teach what they want to
teach. We're going to stay right here. Why? Because God's foundation
stands here. The Lord made it in the middle
here. All right, then in the matter
of depression. I don't know if you've ever been depressed. I
don't know if you've ever been really down. Had very, very dark
days. Despairing of life. Hearts are
heavy. Didn't know if you could make
it through a few days, or two or three days, or a week or two.
Waiting for the sun to shine again, for it to come back light
again. Look what Paul said here. For me to live, verse 21, for
me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. And then he says there in verse
23, that I'm in a strait. I am a strait. You know what
a strait is? That means you're pressed. You're
right in this little, straight is the gate and narrow is the
way. I mean it's tight. Very tight. And he said, I'm
in a strait between two things. Between two things. The first
is, I have such a desire to depart and be with Christ. He said,
I want to be done with this flesh. Oh, I want to be done with this
flesh. I want to be done with this old corrupt flesh of mine,
this corrupt body of mine. You may be strong and full of
life right now, but tomorrow you may be like Job. The day
of my death will be better than the day of my birth. Elijah said,
Lord, just go ahead and let me die. And Paul said, I have a desire
to die. He said, my heart said, I desire
to die. I desire to die and go be with
Christ. That's better, better. I want
to be done with these fightings, these troubles, these heartaches,
these sorrows. I want to be done with them. These fears and these troubles,
But nevertheless, nevertheless, it's that I'm willing to stay
for your sake, for your sake. Let me say this, and I'll go
on more clearly. Men need each other. They really
do. We're social creatures, and God
pities the person who don't need anybody. And God pity the person
that nobody needs. That'd be an awful place, wouldn't
it? Huh? In my relationship and my standing
before God, I don't need anybody. But boy, in this life, right
here, where we live, I need friends. I need relationships. I need love and I need to give
love. I need people. We all need people. People we can love, we can trust,
we can count on, we can enjoy, and spend our lives together
until it's over. Right? Oh my. Well, I've got a couple of points,
but I'm not going to use them. I've just, I've said enough.
I ain't said enough now, y'all, but there will be. But I've said enough. Nevertheless,
it's not my will, but thine be done. Nevertheless, at thy word. When it comes to a matter of
time, nevertheless, I'm not ashamed. That's what that person was.
He became, that man wrote me that letter, he became ashamed.
He said, my family struggles. We struggle so much. And these
people have so much. So much. He got ashamed of the
life he had, and indeed them. And David said, when I understood
that, he said, I was like a beast until I understood their end.
Understood their end. And when it comes to depression,
if it's God's will for us to stay here, we're going to stay
here. making as dark as it might be,
that we're going to save for one another's sake, for Christ's
sake. Amen? Our Father, in the blessed, blessed
name of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for meeting
with us here today. Thank you for your gospel. Thank
you for your word. Thank you for my church family,
and thank you for my family, my natural family. Thank you
for blessing them to be here today. I'm so grateful, so thankful
for them. And we love one another. And
Lord, I love all these people. I love my family. God help us
to love you more and love one another more. Thank you for the
food we're about to receive. Thank you for the love and the
care that was put into it. We thank you. Christ bless it
now. Amen. Amazing grace, how sweet the
sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind, but now I see. T'was grace that taught me And grace my fears relieved. Oh, how precious did that grace And this is what we're going
to talk about this morning. Already comes this grace that
brought me safe thus far. And grace will lead me home. In the ten thousand years, bright
shining as the sun. We've no less days to say God's
praise than when we first begun. Yeah. It's been a good day so
far, ain't it? Well, you ladies, go back there
and do what you do. You can holler at us when you
get ready.