Knowing God as Your Father

0 (0s): Oh, dear Lord. We take this for granted so often that yet, Lord, this is something you call us to do as a, as, as your body of Christ to gather together, to worship you God, to lift you up and then to hear from you and your word Lord. So as we prepare for the time of the word, I pray that you just through these worship songs, just soften the soil of our hearts, that we might receive your, your word as seeds. And it may grow in, in our lives Lord. So Lord, may you be glorified lifted up in this time of worship in Jesus name, we pray. Amen. Please stand with us. 2 (9m 4s): Ship you father. We thank you that we are your children and that we get to worship you this morning church. This morning, we're going to sing a new song and that chorus says, praise the father, praise the sun, praise the spirit three in one God of glory, majesty praise forever to the king of Kings. So this morning as we sing this new song encourages us to worship and praise the father. We love you. Jesus. We thank you that we are here and you're here to worship you. 3 (14m 1s): Got it. Pray for me. Pray for just a blessing upon our time together. Thank you for the time that we've had already fellowshipping. God's singing now praying as we hear the message today, Lord, we just pray God that it would just resonate with us. God, that it would set us free in Jesus name, God that she worked miraculously and supernaturally in our hearts and minds. Lord God, that she'd do surprisingly good things for us and in us and through us. Lord God. So Jesus father spirit come thank you for your presence here. We invite you not just here to our corporate gathering, but individually, Lord God, we just invite you into our hearts and minds. 3 (14m 46s): Lord God that you might speak to us. So be glorified God in the sanctuary, the loft, the patio, as people tune in online, we just pray blessing or God that the grace of God would just cover us all. We pray these things, Jesus in your name, amen. Amen. Turn and say hello to somebody. Meet somebody that you've never met before and we'll get back to it. 3 (16m 6s): Welcome. Welcome, welcome. So I just got back from Tulsa. Oklahoma was there for a few days influencers, which is a discipleship ministry that we're a part of at harvest church has a ministry for men and for women discipleship ministry. That we're a part of and have been a part of for a number of years. Now, a lot of our men and a lot of our women are going through this journey, put out buys it's curriculum, put out by Rocky Fleming. Who's the founder of influencers ministry. So they just had their 20 year summit, their 20 year anniversary. And so I was invited to go out with a group of guys from our church and I wasn't planning to go because I had other things on my schedule. 3 (16m 46s): And then my schedule changed. And then the Sunday before last I was invited and they said, Hey, we still have room. If you've got your, if your schedule is clear. And I said, well, this is the deal. My schedule is clear. If I can find a plane flight out last minute, then you know, I'll consider going. So talked to my wife and said, Hey, this is the deal. I, I want to go to this. I don't know if I'll get to be able to get a ticket, but she said, well, if we get a ticket, you go, if not, then you'll know. So we line and found a ticket. And so I went off to Tulsa with, like I said, there were about 126 guys gathered at this old salvation army camp outside of Tulsa. 3 (17m 28s): And that was just this delightful time. The opening night, Thursday nights, the founder, Rocky Fleming. So it was Thursday night, Friday, Saturday, come home Sunday. So I got home last Sunday at about six o'clock in the night's hand. And so Rocky Fleming opens things up after we have some worship and some prayer and he begins to talk about an orphan spirits. And I had heard of this concept over the course of time, over the course of my years in ministry. And just as a Christian and part of the journey curriculum is that you read a book called an orphan no more. 3 (18m 9s): And so I read that book probably twice and, and administered to me and resonated with me. And then, so, you know, moving on and Rocky's talking about an orphan spirit get on Thursday night. And so it really resonated with me. And so today I'm just going to kind of share my story in revelation 1211. It says they overcame him the accuser by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony. I think there's power in obviously there's power in the blood of the lamb and there's obviously power in the word of our testimony. And so I'm going to just give word of testimony today. I'm just kind of sharing what the Lord did with me over these three days in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 3 (18m 57s): And I, I think it's, I think, I think the Lord's going to use it to minister, to our church and to the listener, wherever they may be. The accusers Satan, the enemy of our souls is always lying to us. He's accusing us. That's what one of his names is. He's the accuser of the brethren accuser of the saints. And so he's always trying to convince us of things that are not true. And it's so subtle that we don't even realize that we're being duped or tricked or that we're believing lies that the enemy has put before us. 3 (19m 40s): There lies depending on our circumstances in life that are pretty easy to believe. They're easy for us to buy. In fact, it's really difficult. It takes a great measure of faith for us to believe the truth that God speaks over us and speaks to us and speaks about us in the scripture. When we hear about the love of the father for us, sometimes it's hard for us to internalize that because we don't feel very lovely or we feel like we've done something to cause him not to love us. When we hear about the grace of God, we think, well, the grace of God is for everybody else, but nobody really knows how deep and dark my secrets are. 3 (20m 25s): And so that grace cannot be for me. When we talk about the mercy of God, we think it's mercy for others, or we think it's mercy for part of our lives, but not all of our lives. And so when we read through the scripture and we see God ministering through the old and the new Testament, we see his kindness, his love his grace and his mercy. And we see all of the, his provision. We see all of these things and yet the enemy will lie to us and tell us that in this circumstance or in this season of life, those things aren't true. 3 (21m 6s): And so we carry all kinds of fear, all kinds of anxiety, all kinds of doubt, all kinds of worry. We don't believe because we bought into the lies of the enemy. So I didn't realize that I was buying into some of these lies of the enemy, but as Rocky shared, kind of his little talk about the orphan spirit, I just felt like the holy spirit was telling me that this is who I am. And so I wrote down a few things and I'll just kind of unpack my weekend with you my Thursday, Friday, and my Saturday and my Sunday with you. 3 (21m 47s): I wrote, I have an orphan spirits. I have a root of bitterness because of unforgiveness. I need to forgive my dad. Now. I had thought that I had forgiven my dad, but when he died last month, it brought up all of this stuff. All of this baggage that I thought I had already dealt with, I thought that I had forgiven him for everything. I spent the last few years, calling him every week, visiting him number of a number of times, building that relationship, speaking life and truth into him. But when he passed away, like all of this junk, just surfaced and didn't realize it. 3 (22m 29s): But I was beginning to deal with anger again, regarding him, disappointment, frustration, all kinds of things. And what I didn't realize is that I was viewing my heavenly father, the way that I was viewing my earthly father. And we've all heard this stuff before, but this is what was going on with me. So I found it really easy to relate to the sun, to the spirits, but really had a hard time connecting to and relating to the father. And so when we sing songs like we were singing this morning about praise to the father, the son, and the spirit. 3 (23m 10s): It would be difficult for me to connect to that statement about the father. Really easy to connect to the son, my savior and the spirit, the one who guides directs corrects abides in me. So this is what I wrote. My orphan spirit is familiar. My orphan spirit is comfortable. My orphan spirit is cancer. I'm not sure I want intimacy with the father. I'm not sure I know how to relate to father. I'm not sure I know how to know the father. 3 (23m 50s): My orphan spirit is my friend. My orphan spirit is my companion. My orphan spirit is my safe place. I'm not sure I can trust the father. I'm not sure I can believe the father. I'm not sure I can love the father. So these were my brutally honest opinions about the father based on the pain, in my own experience with my earthly father. So as part of the weekend on Friday, so we got there Thursday. I had an session Thursday night, and then Friday, we were given two and a half hours to go out and just spend time with the Lord. 3 (24m 32s): And so in that two and a half hours, and some say about you would have hours long time, it goes quick. So the instruction was, listen to the Lord and write a letter to the father and then write a letter from the father to you. What do you think the father would speak to you? And so I had to listen to what I thought the father might speak to me and then write that down. And then I had to write a letter to the father as well. I'm trying to think which one should I write first? Let me read my letter to a father here. 3 (25m 12s): My letter to the father, father, if I'm honest, just using that word. Father sticks in my throat. I grimace and cringe at the thoughts. I relate better to the son and the spirit. I know you are one with the son and the spirit. I know that you are the same. I know there is one God, I'd rather you stay the silent partner. It would be easier to go along as I have. But I, I, I know that that is not true. I know you desire more. And so do I I've been missing out and I don't want that for my life. 3 (25m 57s): I don't understand the path forward, but I need it. It's strange to think that I've this big hole in my connection with you. I've been at this for decades. I, I lead and I don't understand. This is perplexing. You are beyond full comprehension. My understanding barely scratches. The surface teach me, show me, disciple me. Give me childlike faith, humility. To start again. Gratitude for the opportunity. 3 (26m 37s): Keep me from slipping into old patterns of thinking and lead me down the right path. Help me to see with fresh eyes and a tender hearts. I want to be free. I want to love, I want to feel your love. I want all of you yours in process, Steve, your son. So that was my letter to the father. This is what I felt like the father wrote to me. So this is the father's letter to me, my son. I am not like your earthly father. 3 (27m 19s): I am not abusive. I am not absent. I am not aloof. I am always present. I am always perfect. I'm always compassionate. I pursue you when you don't want to be pursued. I love you when you don't want to be loved. I forgive you when you don't deserve it. There is no catch. I don't love you because you work hard. I love you because of who you are. Mine. Forget all that you thought you knew about me. 3 (28m 2s): Remember all the times I have been faithful, choose truth. And let me heal your heart. Surrender to me. Trust me. Believe me. I am your eternal ABA. I am eternally yours. You are eternally mine. You love your kids better than you were loved. I am inconceivably better at fathering than you. My love for you is immeasurable. There is no end to it. Allow your heart to be healed. 3 (28m 45s): Stop trying to figure it out. Come to me with new expectations. Stop looking at yourself. Start seeing me and settle in. I have peace for you. You are forgiven no matter where you are. I am there. Your works good or bad. Don't affect my love for you. Your accomplishments or lack thereof. Don't change my mind about you. Your shortcomings. Can't alter my commitment to you. You don't disappoint me. 3 (29m 27s): You don't need to impress me. You don't take care of me. I take care of you. I sustain you. I love you unconditionally without withholding abundantly. So, so that was the truth. The father spoke to me. So during this three-day weekend, we had breakout sessions with groups of men as was an all men's group, all men's summits. And so I was in group nine with about eight or 10 other guys. And I shared because that was the intention of the group. 3 (30m 7s): So the reason for the gatherings is that we might share what the Lord spoke to us. And so I shared this information with this group. And one of the intercessors who is in the group, each group was assigned a facilitator and an intercessor and the intercessor and our group. I pulled me aside one time after dinner, he said, Hey, I'd like to share my story with you about my journey with my father, about my life with my father. And he shared a very dysfunctional, abusive experience that he had with his father and the fact that he had to ultimately forgive his father. And so after hearing his story, I felt like Laura was telling me, you need to forgive your father. 3 (30m 47s): So I wrote down a number of things that I choose. I choose to forgive my dad for. And again, I, I felt like I had done all of this before, but when he passed forgiveness, it's our lives are like layers of an onion. You know, it's like they, things peel back and things are exposed and you got to deal with them all for a fresh show. This is what I wrote about my dad. I said, I forgive my dad. I forgive his neglect. I forgive his selfishness. 3 (31m 29s): I forgive his anger. I forgive his expectations. I forgive his laziness. I forgive his cluelessness. I forgive his lack of love. I forgive his favoritism. I forgive his disfunction. I forgive his wasted life. I forgive him. And when I wrote all of that out, I didn't feel so much as a load lifted, but I felt like my soul had been scrubbed. 3 (32m 14s): Like God had taken the best of cleaner and just cleaned out my soul, you know, and just wash me a fresh, all of that. Ugliness, all of that darkness, all of that unforgiveness that I thought I had dealt with, but was revealed to me again, was just washed away. It was really just this incredible experience. And even as I read that list, things that I forgiven my father for, I realized there is no hint of anger. There's no hint of any kind of disdain. There's no hint of lingering feelings regarding all of this. 3 (32m 57s): I feel like if anything, the Lord has given me compassion for my father to share his story a bit. He was raised by a mom and a dad who were exceptionally dysfunctional himself. His dad was an alcoholic and was aloof and distant from him. His whole life, his mom, his mother, my grandmother never met her, was institutionalized when she was a young woman in her twenties or thirties, she was institutionalized because she went crazy and spent the rest of her life institutionalized in an insane asylum. 3 (33m 44s): So to say the very least, my dad grew up with a deep roots of dysfunction in his own life. And then he met my mom and as very, very young people, teenagers, they ended up having a family of their own. They were both completely unprepared for parenting my dad, especially, and after just a couple of years, they divorced. And then for the most of my growing up life, I never saw my dad again and talked to him a couple of times, but he was completely distant, unavailable, getting support didn't was just wasn't there. 3 (34m 34s): And so he was acting out of all of his pain and, and trying his very best. But without the spirit of the living God in his life without having known Jesus, his life was just perpetuating the mess that he had lived. So by God's grace, because he's good now because I'm good. I come to faith in Jesus Christ when I'm in high school or junior high school, and I try to start following Jesus. And then out of the course of that experience, God begins to work in my own life. 3 (35m 21s): And I'm by God's grace able to change the tide to redirect our family. That church trajectory that I should have been on was changed because of the grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ, and I've was able to raise my family, raise my kids, stay married to my wife and serve the Lord. And so God has been Uber gracious, but I'm always surprised at what still needs to be done in our lives. After walking with Jesus for the last 40 years and being married for the last 31 years and raising four kids and being in full-time vocational ministry for the last 20 plus years, I'm never surprised. 3 (36m 14s): I'm always surprised. I should say, I'm always surprised at what God still needs to do in our lives as we move forward and get older. So I am sharing this story because I feel like it's the enemy's first priority to lie to us, to deceive us, to get us believing things that are not true about God. And so when we read the scripture or when we hear sermons, or when we hear testimony about the goodness of God and about the faithfulness of God and about the provision of God, we don't believe it's for us, but I just want to tell you, it is for you. 3 (36m 56s): It is for all of us. It's very much for all of us. Thank you for that. And so what I want to do is give us a chance today to just deal with some of those things that have been maybe hindering our relationship with God, hindering our ability to trust God, hindering our ability to believe God and hindering our ability to fully follow God. And so publicly or privately, you are invited to do some soul searching. 3 (37m 38s): I'd like to invite the worship team back up. I don't know if they're even around right now, but if you guys are hearing me, it's way early, but come on back and, and we're going to spend some time just praying and doing some business with the Lord. And so as the team comes back up, if you guys could just play some, play some music and just kind of be kind of create some, some music in the background, that'd be great. So I'm just going to pray and we'll let the Lord be Lord, I feel like it's been kind of like this revolutionary life-changing thought that God can be trusted and that crazy. 3 (38m 27s): It's interesting because splitting hairs, I know Jesus can be trusted. And I know the holy spirit is with me and fills me and convince me of standing and of righteousness and is always there. I know Jesus is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. I know that he's my savior, but I've always been disconnected to the heavenly father and I'm not anymore. And I'm grateful for that. And so I want, and God wants for you that same thing he wants, where, whatever disconnect, whatever lack of trust or hope or faith that you're dealing with, God wants to deal with that by revealing himself to you in profound ways. 3 (39m 10s): And so let's go and stand up and we'll just do some business with the Lord. We are here to take some time. We're here to pray And we ask Lord, we pray that you would show us what's lacking. What's missing. What's causing us to be faithless and not believe what's causing us to not trust you. 3 (39m 52s): Lord, what's causing us to walk in fear. What's causing us to be distant. Keep you at a distance Lord. What's causing that Lauren 1 (40m 35s): . Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. 3 (41m 18s): So just so that everybody on the patio and in the loft and online knows, we're just praying and we encourage you to do that yourself. We're just giving opportunity for people to pray. And so you feel led to pray out loud or for yourself, just, we're just going to take these next number of minutes and just let the Lord do some work in us. And so pray out loud, pray quietly. Let the Lord do what he wants to do. 6 (43m 21s): While we were worshiping, caught a vision Vision of a person, not in a good place, very dark place. Whenever I see that, I think of my own life, how the Lord delivered me out of a horrible pit out of the Myrie clay. And he set my feet upon a rock. You know, it's my choice to stay on that rock. Oftentimes we make bad choices and we step away from the Lord, but I've chosen to stay on that rock and build a relationship with my father, my heavenly father, And in my walk with Christ, I've gotten to know the father in many ways and had intimate conversation with the Lord. 6 (44m 22s): Oftentimes, the reason why he's building my relationship with him is so that I can minister to the body Christ. And what I'd like to say to you is that it's a good place to be on the rock. Not in that dark place. Believe me. When you step out of that dark place, the father is waiting with his arms open wide to greet you and bring you back into fellowship. 6 (45m 2s): I want to say that when you dabble in things, oftentimes they could hook you almost like a bear trap and you just can't get away. But fortunately, there's power in the name of Jesus. If you want to be set free from that thing. And I know it's there. I just love to pray for you because I've had many people pray for me to deliver me out of many things and where I'm at now. God, I don't want to budge. I just want to grow. 6 (45m 43s): And I have a wonderful pastor. I've been here over 15 years, growing in Christ and you can grow. And what does it take to grow? Sometimes it takes a step of faith to grow. Just to step out. You want to get away from something you want to be free from it. And then what's going to happen. God's going to use you to set people free. Why? Because the spirit of the Lord is upon you because he has anointed you to set the captives free. That's what we're to be doing. Setting captives free. So we as a body invite you to come forward so that we could pray for you so that you can grow in a relationship with the father, the son and the holy spirit. 3 (46m 35s): Thank you, Lord. Thanks. Unless you run personally, I was very resistant to allow God to do what he wanted to do in my life because I was fearful of it. I was more comfortable in my pain and dysfunction and willing until the Lord changed my heart to risk, to risk letting God in to do what he wants to do. 3 (47m 16s): And so if you're here today, I just want to testify that it's worth it. It's better. You will experience a purity of heart and soul that you didn't think was possible. Freedom in Jesus, that you've never experienced as just really good, which is really good. So do what the Lord is prompting you to do. 3 (48m 35s): Maybe you're here today. You've never actually given your life to Jesus because of well host of reasons. God has been patiently waiting lovingly patiently waiting, speaking to you, revealing himself to you. And today is the day to say yes to not be fearful any longer, to get rid of your pride and just to say yes to him. And so if you're here today and you need to accept the grace and the mercy of the Lord, Jesus Christ like to lead you in that. 3 (49m 17s): If you just say Jesus, I'm ready, Jesus, I'm ready to receive you ready to walk with you ready for new life. As you confess your readiness to him, he answers that with his presence, with his cleansing power, with his everlasting love mercy and grace, You confess your sins. He is faithful. And just to forgive you and to cleanse you of all unrighteousness. So whatever's needing to be confessed, confess that to the Lord And then let him cleanse you and let him wash you as white as snow. 3 (50m 10s): Let him adopt you into his family. Today. Today is the day of salvation. Come to your father, 1 (50m 28s): Come to your father. He loves you. His grace is sufficient. I just hop up there. 7 (51m 1s): My parents and I Was faced with a ultimatum. Basically. They said, you choose God, you choose that man. You're out of this house. So I left my family and I went and I married my husband and I've never been welcomed into my family. So I know it's been tough. My husband stood by me all these years, but I've also watched the decay and the forgiveness destroyed my mom and dad and my family. 7 (51m 48s): It's been very difficult to be who I am in Christ. They've always judged me for that. Even the prayer this morning, just be strong and courageous and rise above. And yet I've always tried. And finally finding lane, I see a breakthrough and the breakthrough is the poison. That's been in my life, which is my stepmother. She just passed away, but we all see that she was pure poison and my family and she destroyed my family. And it's really difficult because my dad's always wanted to have a friendship with me, but she's never allowed it. 7 (52m 31s): And so now I'm ready to rebuild. His friendship with forgiveness has destroyed families. And the ways that you hold on to things that just aren't worth holding on to have grace have mercy, have forgiveness, let that bitterness get out of your spirit because it eats you up. It destroys you and allow it to be healed. Go to those who have not forgiven you. And just tell them in the name of Jesus, forgive me, whatever it is, confess that. You're sorry. Let the healing begin. Let the brokenness be, know how you feel broken in your spirit. Let it be known. Don't be afraid to cry out. 7 (53m 11s): Don't be afraid to have. Don't be afraid to say, I'm sorry. It hasn't been on your family. And I just thank you, Lord that you've given my dad back to me. 6 (53m 26s): We can rebuild that friendship and the healing can begin 3 (53m 30s): Jesus' name. Amen. Thanks Vanessa. We agree with that Lord. And we agree with that for Vanessa and her dad and for every relationship represented here in this room and on this campus for those listening in online, Lord God, we pray for healing, reconciliation, forgiveness, grace to flow. Lord God, other that root of bitterness, anger, unforgiveness, judgements, critical spirit Lord. All of that stuff would be dealt with and eradicated and put out of our lives by the power and the grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ, or we've been forgiven much help us to extend that grace to others, Lord and help us to receive that mercy from you, that grace from you help us to walk in the newness of that, that revelation, Lord God, that would be free, free to receive mercy and grace and goodness from you. 3 (54m 37s): Free to receive love and compassion and kindness from you. Lord God. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord Jesus by 6 (55m 15s): No, I really, I really feel there's somebody that's shackled. You're at a place you don't want to be in. In other words, you really want to be effective with your gifts, with the power that God has placed in you, bro. I feel like there's something holding you back. I don't know what it is, but I've been there. I know what it is to be like who I am or I look at the color of my skin, my race or my education level. That that could be the thing that shackling you in. And when I, when I walk with Christ, I read the old Testament and I Lord Lord, I'm not even a Jew. 6 (55m 57s): I don't understand all of this. How can, how can I walk with you? And he makes it very plain and simple. I made you just the way I want you to be not a Jew. Not that person, not this person, but you are unique. And that's what you are right there. Standing there wherever you are, you are very unique. Be who God has made you to be and step out and use your gift. Don't be shackled by society, by economics, but whatever it is, I just want to say I've been there. But when you step out and you use your gift or praise God, you're going to see something happen that will impact your life forever. 6 (56m 46s): I've led people to Christ on an airplane in the workplace at musical events at family reunions. Why? Because I heard a small, still voice say, Dave, this person needs me. Will you minister to them? Now, now I have to make a choice. Am I shackled? Do I hold back? Or do I step out and minister that person? I led my sister-in-law to Christ. I led my father-in-law to Christ. Why? Because I heard the small still voice and there's timing and everything. 6 (57m 28s): It's time for you to step out of where you're at and be used of God, believe me. You're not going to regret it. 3 (57m 47s): Well, let's worship. And if you need prayer, people will be up here to pray for you, but let's just worship and see what the Lord does. 3 (1h 4m 6s): Are hesitant. It's like you're on the runway, but you're not ready to take off yet. I was on the plane on the way out to Tulsa and we were delayed. And so I wrote this poem that I just knew that delay, there was purpose of the delay. So I wrote this and I think it's it fits where we are. I titled this poem in flight, nearly sitting, shackled, waiting, wanting, looking ahead, longing. 3 (1h 4m 46s): Instead flight delayed feeling dismayed making progress. Moving ahead. Rolling. Bouncing roughs, stopping, sitting again, seeing nothing. Engine revs, eagerness mounts late takeoff, last plane. Ready now realizing somehow sin reduces selfishness. Confines Christ launches. Christianity loves flight possible. Motion. Inevitable. We decide whatever direction Jesus directs, joyous purpose. 3 (1h 5m 31s): God points. Grace extended moving now making progress in flights, internal delight abiding. Now aligning somehow peace, unexplainable path recognizable, fruitful, light, faithful life in flights, not nearly supernaturally. So Laura, I think there are some here who are ready to go. Maybe get going, stopping, fearing, doubting, getting ready to go again, but not sure how and Lord, I pray for those people who are in that precarious place. 3 (1h 6m 22s): Lord, I pray that you would give them confidence and trust in you that you can be trusted. We can lift off this runway and enjoy the life that the flights God that you have for us. So Lord help us not to be fearful anymore. Help us to trust you and have faith in you. And to believe you FSU today, I just want to pray for you. And so I pray for those who are just fearful, anxious, God, do a supernatural work. 3 (1h 7m 7s): God that frees people today. Yeah. That sets people free today. That gives people fresh grace today for fresh strength today. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Let's sing again and maybe see that last song again and just give the Lord a few more minutes here. 3 (1h 12m 9s): We thank you for what you've got today, Lord, and for what you will continue to do. And we ask this would just be the beginning and maybe it's not even the beginning for a lot of us. Maybe it's just a continuation of what you've been speaking and what you've been doing and the work that you've been accomplishing in us. And so we pray that, that we'd just continue. And so Lord be Lord over our thoughts, our hearts, our decisions, our minds, Lord, everything. Lord help us to abide with you and trust you fully. God, be glorified as we do. Thank you for this time, Lord and pray that as we get ready for service number two, Lord, that you would just work powerfully in that.