Philippians 1

The church here at Phillipi as Paul is teaching and sharing with these churches. The Church of Philip I was founded on his second missionary journey. It was a source of real joy to him this church, why? Because he saw what was going on, he saw the the right things that were happening in the church. Hearing that Paul was a prisoner in Rome, the Church of Philippi, the Believers sent Special Love offerings to him. Could have been food, could have been money, whatever it was, they were taking care of him. In this letter he's thanking them for that. He's writing to express his thanks and how he remembers them not just because they're sending stuff to him but Daly and his prayers. He also wrote to share with them that their friend epaphroditus was going to be delayed and he was encouraging them to work together to bring unity in the church. Because things were going on to church was being torn apart outside forces was trying to dig in and remove things and keep things from happening the way. God wanted that, wanted it to happen. That always happens. The outside forces are striving even today to keep the church as we know it together to keep the church ministering to keep us going for. Why? Because we've heard it throughout history week, we heard it even recently in our own history and our own lives that yo ass Christians aren't needed anymore. Play some states. Don't even think we ought to be around, you know, that might been exact not the exact words, but that's what they're saying. We don't need this Chrissy and we don't need this direction. We want to go our own ways and live, our own lives and do our own things. We don't need God. God was trying to be kicked out of Philippine and all the other churches ever since in the back, Paul, the Apostle who was Saul of Tarsus who was once, persecuting Christians persecuting charges for that reason. The people of the way, we don't need them, we don't want them sharing their faith or their belief systems, or their religion. What does get rid of them? So we can live, however, we want Saul of Tarsus on that Damascus Road.

Was blinded by God. And on that road. And because of the ministry of those that he had watch be persecuted Stone to death, they're praising their honor of God, in the midst of their trials and tribulations upon that road. When he was blinded by God to the Lord, he knew who did it. What would you have me to do? And goddesses. Here's what I have for you. Saul of Tarsus. You will have to suffer many things for my namesake, see God never promised us an easy path of Christian. He never promises that this life is going to be a piece of cake. He loves said, there's going to be trials. He does say there's going to be tribulations, he does say there's going to be heartaches and hardships, but he tells us be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. Amen. That's the God I serve. Yes is heartaches? Yes it is. Hard to guess there's trials and tribulations but that's not it's because there's more to come. You've heard that story. The illustration of the lady who wanted to be buried with a fork in her hand. You heard that one, right? She wanted to be buried with a fork in her head. Why? Because the best is yet to come, Like, sitting down to dinner, you get rid of your fork, you might be in trouble because the pie the desert, The Best Is Yet To Come A man. Keep that for Keith that utensil, The Best Is Yet To Come, no matter what happens to us. He never lets go of us. Amen. If you hear this morning you're a child of God, you can say that he doesn't let go of me. I may want to let go of him and do my own thing. That's when we get in trouble, a man. Paula. Seling hear you saying? Listen to church, listen to people at Phillipi. Here's what I want you to know the overriding theme of this letter is Jesus Christ in the ministry of the Gospel. That's what Paul is Sherry, that's what he's teaching Jesus Christ, the ministry of the Gospel. There's a lot of churches today who Jesus Christ is not even mentioned. The gospel is not even shared it becomes a social thing. It's, it's, it's the that signs of the times and where we are to talk about the issues that are out there. You know, how that we all should should be able to to get our debts paid off college loans and debts paid off a man. Yeah. Not exactly. But who's going to pay for that? We all know, right? It's good. I mean I, hey, I got kids who have college loans a mess, but there's a price to be paid on the other end of all of this, right? There's a price. It has to be taken care of that. Money is just not there. Somebody had to put it there. I guarantee you. What is just like your own bank account. You're looking at it. When it's getting low, get low get low. What do you want to do? You want to build a man who you might want to do something someday? If I don't have enough money to do it, going to accomplish it, that's a whole nother. So that's where the world is not the gospel. Not Jesus Christ policy. Hey, the theme of this letter is Jesus Christ. The ministry of the Gospel Christ is the message of the ministry. That's what he tells us in 1:21. What does he say for me to live is Christ to die is gain. Can you say that this morning for me to live is Christ? I'm going to do what Christ wants me to do. That's my life. And if I die I gain.

How about you this morning is for me to live family? Not saying family is not important, family is important but it is for you to live family. It is for you to live finances. It is you for you to live to have fun and and happiness all your life. Well, when all that's done, what do you have? For me to live is Christ. The die is gain will talk about that. A little further in the message this morning and chapter 2, we see that Paul is sharing that not only is the price of message in chapter 1 chapter 2. He tells us that Christ is the model in chapter 3 talks about Christ being the motive and chapter 40 talks about Christ being the means, The means the theme that we find that overrides, this whole writing of Paul is joy. The joy of the Lord is my strength. A man, can you say that this morning, Nehemiah said that Nehemiah 8:10 is just go your way, do whatever you want to do, but the joy of the Lord is my strength. That's why I'm here for the joy of the Lord. If God is not happy, ain't nobody. Happy. Right? If God is not happy, ain't nobody happy and I'm sorry for the bad English here, but that's Texas language ain't right. God wants us to understand this Joy. He wants us to understand this happiness for Paul did more than write that statement and verse 21 for me to live is Christ to die. Is in that this morning in these first first few verses that we have in the book of Philippians. Look with me this morning and he is speaking about his friends into his friends. He he's realizing that those that He ministered to were more than just friends. They were really family. And I don't know about you, but I feel that way. I feel that this church is family. Hey man, every Sunday morning is a family reunions, a man. So let's gather together and let's have a good time next week. Let's gather together and he even have a greater time afterwards as we do church here, and then we go up the road and have a church picnic at noontime till whenever whenever Banks don't set your clock to. Hey, I got to get out of here by a certain time because my favorite football team is playing, they'll be playing again the week after we don't always get these moments. We don't always get these times back next week. Just so, you know, you'll be aware. I'm not preaching. Pastor Duke, harget those of you who know him will be preaching. Next Sunday, I will be saying a special next week. Okay. Well, I'm singing a song. I don't know how special it is. You can tell me afterwards. I will be singing next week. So it's going to be the dog and pony show on the dog. He's the pony. But come next week we're going to have a good time of Fellowship. We're going to have a good time Gathering here. Then going and having a picnic. I made a reference this morning in the early service to buying Pizza. When we first moved to New York, 38 years ago. And some somebody on the other end said, you want anchovies, on that, never had intro reason, why does sugar

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Yeah, but you only need one anchovy for the whole thing and it tastes the same that thing came. It was covered with anchovies is like and I didn't think it was good, but we ain't it because we didn't have a lot of money. How do you get that piece of glass in a long time? It's not like you're going and getting a cold piece of anchovy in I know what son from Texas. BBQ put barbecue on it in the changes, everything except anchovies, you still taste them.

But I I digress, a man, the problem is that the thing is God was able allowed us 38 years ago when we moved to New York pass, a Duke is a reason I'm in this area. So you want to blame somebody, blame him come next week and you can Stone him if you want. Won't be the first time he was stoned.

Am I right Dwayne?

That's what God saved him out of. All right. And he'll tell you that he's not ashamed. That he said, hey, that's where I was. This is where God has brought me 40 years. He passed the church in Clifton park-halfmoon area, 40 years. He promised God 40 years. He's been here 44. So now they're moving to North Carolina but hey will stay here and do the work, right? He's the reason we're in this area. So let's come together next week. Let's worship together and I thank him for bringing me here. I love you guys. Did you know that each and every one of you? We love you. We care about you and guess what? You're stuck with me. I'm not moving in 3 years, right? No, don't don't. I said that to church and cost you in a year later. I resigned game here.

Yeah, I know that folic. and Paul Paul, the Apostle, love the people he ministered to Even in his trials and tribulations, even in his heart aches, in his hard shift, even when he was in prison being beaten being ridiculed, being spat upon it, wasn't easy, but look what he says verse 1, Paul and Timothy Bond Servants of Jesus Christ to all the saints in Christ who are in Philippine with the Bishops in the deacons Gracie you in fees from God, our Father Lord Jesus Christ. I think my God upon every remembrance of you, always and every prayer remind making requests for you with all joy. Do you think he really meant that? He think he was just saying that, sometimes we write stuff we did it, we're just saying that we don't mean it because it sounds good, I think Paul method because he he continues on with a care and concern. For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day. Until now, being confident of this very thing that he who has begun a good work in, you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. Stop right there. There's a promise right there. He who began a good work in, you will complete it. Then that excite you, whatever it is that God started in you, whatever it is, he began and you he won't complete it. Now, he might not go according to your schedule. Have you noticed that? It might not go according to the weight, you wanted to go because God's got the ultimate calendar. He knows exactly how it's going to work, but he who began a good work in. You will complete it in you with you and for you until the day, he calls you home. Keep plugging away, keep doing all that you can do as God has called you to do. That's what we need to be doing. When we move to New York. From 38 years ago, we eat, we left Kansas, we were in Kansas were in the church. Two years for two years are as associate pastor and I didn't want to pass cuz I grew up in church. I just wanted to be the best second man that I could be and I was doing everything in the church, but passing the church in my wife and I sort of looked at each other with my pastor somewhere, cuz you doing everything but Alright, the voice of God through your wife, you know? Where we want to go. We don't know why New York was that? My wife remains are when we moved, I flew her to Maine to her mom and outside of Bangor. Maine East, Corinth Maine. So she flew the Bangor. If we were to her mom, she was seven months pregnant, with Tyler. Tyler was born in, man. We were, we moved to New York by Laura Larry's Lori's brother Larry and I who passed away a year or so ago. We moved to New York in our U-Haul and put our stuff in storage. Looking for a place to live, my wife gave me the duty and the job of finding a place to live.

I told her. What, what about? There's no, we left a nice apartment trailer house that we end up buying, but we had to park in a duplex apartment. Sunken living room. We were paying $250 a month rent. Now, we can do this move to New York, you know the cheapest thing I can find $900 a month rent. I'm going to plug that into my calculations financially. How we going to do this? We ended up getting a place in Mechanicville of 3. Family dwelling. An Anthony Fiore Niro and his family. Lived above us. Another apartment. There is brother lives next to us. And we lived in the third apartment, $300 a month two-bedroom, nice apartment, his father used to live in it taken care of. In fact, we were calling it was going to be available in two weeks or their cousin was living in it and then two weeks is going to be up, be available. So we call back is the apartment available Note 2 more weeks 2 weeks. We called his apartment available milk two more week. You know how it is when you're building the house, your schedule is not really a schedule. It happens when the carpenter says, it's bomb than your move in 2 weeks, 2 weeks, 2 weeks, I would call him back. I'm probably making Anthony's father. Really upset. Not sure whether he wants these people moving and her bother me. Every two weeks, we just call it the apartment ready because we're ready to move, we're ready to get started. Passing took us out to Grandma, showed us around the green Cherry in and around the area here and we end up starting a church in Greenwich. Oh Kelly Wilber family is one of the first families we met and went on from there. Did that for about three years that sort of panned out and in the fountain cost unit for 4 years. Four little old ladies in a church building built in 1830 to an awesome 3 seat out house out back. No partitions. One bench. I called at the fellowship hall.

If you were the first person in it, you sent in that middle stall and you put your foot up against the door so nobody else can come in. There was no lock That that Outhouse is now in some Museum Mountain up in Port Edwards somewhere. I don't know what happened to that Outhouse, but it's a famous one. It's a good one. And then God called us to hoosic Valley Community Church. And here we are. Doing what doing the work that God has called us to do? Has it always been easy? No, it hasn't always been easy. Has it always been blessed? No, it hasn't always been blessed but when you add and yes, there's blessings over all this and yes overall it has been easy but some days are tough. That's about life, right? That's my story about the the pizza. We called up a pizza place in Mechanicville. So, hey, we want some pizza roll. What do you want on it? So we're talkin. That one would want everything on it and I'm from Texas. We don't get in till you can't text or didn't. You still don't answer? Absolutely.

We got in trouble. So we looked at that thing. As what is that stuff? Look like dead mice, all over it.

We took a bite and how what is that one inch? OB would have taken care of that whole taste thing, right?

We didn't have much money, so we had to eat that whole pizza and it took us a long time, it lasted quite a while. A few weeks later had a little extra money left over. We said well, I'm going to buy some sub sandwiches. So it's me and my wife and lazy and in Tyler Lacey was to Tyler was a baby an infant. So how many softball it's get 3 that way? I can take one at least half the kids to work with me what the Michaela's and mechanical you been there. Bought three Subs. This long of each one was this long. I walked out of there. I'm going. I had no clue. You only talk about God with a fish in the Lowe's. Do it three bucks. A piece $9 for those, three Subs. We ate on those things. For a long time, they were good. My point is, it's not always been the way I wanted it to go. But it's always been the way God had us go. We came home for church, one Sunday morning, and they're on the front. Porch is a front porch, full of groceries to this day. We have no idea who put the groceries there. Other than God, using his people to bless others. Those groceries were there and we were able to eat. It's not like we were starving. We had food. We may have not have had everything we wanted to eat. And that might be true in life. We may not have everything we want, but God provides. Why? Because he who began a good work in, you will complete it, he'll help you get through it. And that doesn't mean every day is going to be perfect. There's going to be some tough days. But never forget, God's got a hold of a man. He's got a hold of you, he's not going to let you know, he's not going to say, okay, you're on your own. Even when we try to walk away from his, he still trying to hold on to us. And yes, we're going to stumble, we're going to fall. Why? Because we're talking against him and yes he could pull his right back and knock his right back in the position where we need to be, but sometimes we need to learn things on her own a man. Some of the best lessons I have learned have been when I walked away from God, I said, I'm not going to do that again. He who began a good work in. You will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ verse 7, just as it is right for me to think this one of you all because I have you in my heart and as much as both in my teens in the defense and confirmation, Of the Gospel you are all partakers with me up Grace. I can do the same that you guys are partakers with me of Grace for God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all after this reflects affection of Jesus Christ. And this I pray that your love may abound still more and more knowledge in than all the sermon that you may approve, the things that are excellent that you may be sincere and without a fence till the day of Christ being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, the glory and praise of God. That's Paul's prayer to his friends for his friends at Phillipi. That's my prayer for each and everyone of you as we Minister together that we together as a body of Christ and do the work that the world around us needs to hear, preaching the gospel to a lost in a Dying World. I've heard that message preached for 63 years of my life. Preaching the gospel to a loss in a Dying World. When does that happen? We're getting further and further and further away from God as a nation as a people than ever before you go in that people are there are they are Christian. They're going to pretty much. Say yes I am and you didn't. Are you asking this cruel? How do you know you're well, I I'm a good person. I do. Good works. Well, as a Christian you should but that's not how you become a child of God. Right. How do you know you're going to heaven? Well, I guess I helped. I Was a Good Samaritan once and I help somebody, I paid a little bit of money out of my own pocket to help these people get through a tough time. Last Knights. But how do you get to heaven? They don't have a clue. You know how you get to heaven? Believe in the Lord, Jesus Christ, that's not just a head knowledge. We talked about that earlier, right? It's a relationship is a relationship with. Jesus is Desiring to be with him. Talking about your sharing that message. Paul, love the Saints and Philly by he thought about that, he praying for them, he longed to see them. In Christ, man, this Fellowship possible. when I came to New York, 38 years ago, my prayer was this Lord if I could just have it Church running 60 people I have arrived.

I didn't happen. The first few years of my Ministry. In fact, nothing really happen. The way I had planned on my 10-year, play my five year plans, my 10-year plans, none of those were coming to pass. My 15 year plan was. Okay, here's where I want to see his in 15 years and here's where I want to see his continued, all of a sudden, 15 years, everything that I had on my planning schedule, boom got that and I'm going to hold the horses are gone.

But he who has begun a good work in, you will what? Play that you think that I don't do it myself? I don't do it by myself. I never have and I never will I Rely Upon. God, we got help up here as you see in the ministry, people who are Ministry and doing the work with us. Doing Ministry around is each and everyone of you ministering, as you go out to the world. And if and if you go out to the world and tell people, yeah I'm a member of hoosic Valley Community Church and you act like a jerk shame on you.

Shame on you because that reflects on me and everybody else. But he, if you go out into the world and tell people, I from hoosic Valley Community Church and you're doing great things, you don't think I'm awesome. Sometimes. Sometimes no matter what we do is Christians as Believers, the world's going to hate us, that's why Paul was in prison, that's why he's writing them from prison. Say, I remember you in prison, I'm praying for you. I remember the work that you have done. Look at the circumstances of verse 12, through Verse 18, he talked about his circumstances as a prisoner not a room but of Jesus Christ yet he was a prisoner from his chains. He said we're in Christ first 12 but I want you to know brother, the other things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the Gospel, the trials and tribulations. I've gone through the hardest. A hard shift is gone because I've been able to further the Gospel, wherever I was a member of the prison in Silestone in prison. They're singing and praising God in the middle night or earthquake happens. The doors of the jail come open. If you're a prisoner in jail and and you know, that you're being beaten unworthily in is and scores and it's not a nice place and there's rats running all over the place. The prison doors come up and what are you going to do? Relieved. Not Paul, not Silas, and not one prisoner left. Why? Because they were singing and praising God. And the Centurion comes in and he sees the prison doors open so he takes out his sword. He's going to kill himself because if you can lose a prisoner you lose your life. You know, I'm going to end this myself now to be easier if I take my own life and let those Romans do it. He probably seen what they did to Jesus, right? He seen what they've done to other Christians. Other people how they persecute them and hurt them. And I took his sword out to take his own life. Hey sir. Don't hurt yourself. We are all here.

the moment when they could have ran in the mall when they could have gone off and start of their life over elsewhere, No pain, no sorrow, no suffering. Paul says, we're all here in the Centurion says to them Sears. What must I do to be saved this thing that you've been preaching about the senior been singing about this thing that you've been fellowshipping about, you know, in this jail night after night after night, the words that you can say, how can I know about that? How can I know about this? Jesus? In the Bible says that that Centurion came to Faith and he took the message home to his family and his family came to Faith, he was baptized and his whole family, why? Because the word was shared in the midst of trial and tribulation of somebody's life. What sort of sitting around and be moaning about how terrible it is, and then thrown in prison being persecuted as a Christian, what is me? They're singing praises. And others are hearing. Look what goes on here, the rest of it. 413 again, so it that it has become evident to the whole Palace guard and do all the rest at my chains are in Christ and most of the Brethren, and the Lord had become too Confident. By my chains are much more bold to speak the word without fear some of the priests Christ, even from envy, and strife. And some also from Goodwill, the former priest of Christ from selfies and Bishops, not. Sincerely supposing to add Affliction to my change, but the ladder out of love knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Gospel. What then And every way weather and presents are in truth. Christ is preached in in this. I Rejoice. Yes. And Will Rejoice our only duty as a child of God is a preach Christ. And sometimes we don't even have to use a words. You know what I'm saying? Our lives are to be living with people. Look at us. What is this? Hope that you have? And we cuz they won't let me tell you about Jesus. He is my help. How can you get through this trial? This tribulation, as well as you do what my hope is. In Jesus, he guides me. He directs me if he gives me peace. Sometimes when we use words, we mess it up. but when we live for Jesus, He blesses Paul is talking to his friends. He's talking about his circumstances and verse 19, through verse 26. He talks about his future, his life was in danger. If he lost the trial, he could be killed by an enemy of Rome or as an enemy of Rome. But when Christ is your life. Death is not your enemy. Me say that again. When Christ is your life, death is not your enemy, you had the Assurance of being with Christ when life and look what Paul says, there's 19 for, I know that this will turn out for my Deliverance through your prayer, in the supply of the spirit of Jesus Christ, Church of Philippi with Lord, get Paul out of prison, release him from the prison so he can continue to administer. And Paul's idea was I'm not really asking that you get me out of prison, but that the name of Jesus will be emulated wherever I am, whatever I'm doing. 20 vs, 20 according to my ownership PlayStation. He says, in Pulp, that is nothing. I shall be ashamed. But with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body where to buy life or by death for me to live is Christ to die is gain. But if I live on in the flash, this will mean that fruit from my labor yet. What should I choose? I cannot tell for I'm hard-pressed between the two. Having a desire to lie part and be with Christ Which is far better never last to remain in the flash is more needful for you. See what Paul was saying there. He says, it's not about me. It's not about you. It's about others. Lord. How can I honor you? How can I serve you so that others can know not. How can I how can I

Whether it's to die and be with Lord, he says the b word. That's far better but it's the other side of that for me to stay here to minister to you. is Need for, You need to hear the word of God and we do, we need to hear it, we need to apply it. We need to put it in the practice. Verse 25. And now being confident of this I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy and your faith. Okay? To remain here that means more punishment, more trials, more tribulations, more times being thrown into prison. For what purpose that your rejoicing for me, maybe more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming. Do you again? He's doing with his friends. He's talking about a circumstances he talks about his future.

No matter where we go, as a child of God, we're always going to have enemies. And he talks about them Lashley and verse 27, through verse 30. When you suffer, you suffer for Christ like a child of God, when you suffer, you suffer for Christ's sake, you need not fear your enemies because of vital thing is that God's people United in Christ and oppose the enemy not one another. That's what Paul is, Jerry, Hale is, suppose the enemy lives supposed Satan, not each other. Nobody says, in verse 27, Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so whether I come and see you, or if I'm absent, I may hear of your Affairs that you stand fast in one spirit with one mind striving together for the faith of the Gospel. And not in anyway, terrified by your adversaries which is to them, a proof of Perdition but to you of Salvation. And that from God, For to you, it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him but also to suffer. For his sake. Are you ready for that? It's not just for you to believe, but also to suffer for his sake. Having the same conflict, what you saw on me, And now here is in me is a listen, this world. We live in. It's tough, heartaches and hardships, we got those dealing with cancer. We got those dealing with family members, getting older. And in one day or going to die. We we, we got family and friends who care for a dying of cancer left and right things that are taking place all around us, heartaches and hearts of marriages that are falling apart lives that are turning away from God, why? Because there was no real relationship with Jesus. If we had a real relationship with you and when we taste and see, you know, the truth and the blessedness of it.

Let me share this thought. Tasting and seeing Jesus is not like tasting anchovies.

Tasty. And seen Jesus. It's getting that. Sweet honey. Maybe you love anchovies. That's up to you. Okay? I'm God bless. I love banana cream, pie. Banana cream, pie. And anchovies do not go together.

But whatever that blessed thing is taste and see that God is good. Yes, it's going to be hard and yes, you're going to be traveling. Yes, he was going to be tribulation. Guess who's going to be enemies around us and we will suffer for the Lord's sake. Paul was suffering for the Lord. Say he was in prison. Why? Because he was a minister of God and God allowed him to go into the prisons and minister to other people.

John MacArthur said that here recently, when going through this covid thing and he wasn't shutting this church down, he says, hey if, if I get thrown into prison, that's okay. That's one Ministry. I've never started as a prison ministry. So he's looking at that as an opportunity, if that was what was going to happen in California for him, not shutting his church down and continue with then fine. I'll go minister in the prison if that's what God wants.

Wherever You Are. Wherever you go, you as a child of God are a Minister Farrakhan. Don't forget that he who began a good work in, you will complete it and he's never going to let you go. If he's not a complete that he's going to hold on to you till the end.

Alive to Christ. Somebody once said, life is what we are alive to. That's deep right. Life is what we are alive to alive to what alive to life. Do what God has put you here on the earth to do. It was just you and him serve him. He will guide you. He will direct you.

Sports fans, may be weary. But if they hear of an athletic event taking place, they come alive and they want to go and they want to participate.

Hungry. People are alive to the mention of food, a man. It's getting to be off at lunch time. I'm getting alive to the mention of food. I don't eat breakfast on a Sunday morning. Those reasons for that but by the time I get done, I'm ready to eat.

Avid Shoppers come alive to the announcement of a sale, whether you need it or not, a man. Christians are alive to all pertaining to Jesus Christ. For Christ, is there very life. Is he? Is Christ your very life. Is he your all-in-all is he everything you ever needed? What else do you need for me to live is? Christ. And if I die, I've gained, you know why? Because I know where I'm going, when I die put pastor Clyde, how do you know that safe is not by my work. Just not my my abilities. It's because of my belief in the Jesus, in Jesus Christ that he died on the cross. For me, I said yes to him. Lord, guide, me. Lord, directly am I perfect in that? No, I am not. But I desire to be what he is called me today. Where you have heard me say over the years. This is not what I'm comfortable doing. Being in front of people. You get me around people that I'm not comfortable. I don't care to go into any other church and preached the gospel. Any of the church? I will I'm not looking for places to go but I'll do that. If God opens that opportunity and they say hey, please I won't say. No, I'll go do it. But I'm not calling people and hey, can I come preach at your church? I'm not comfortable sharing the gospel with people, I don't know. That's my personality. If I walk into a new church, I'll be on the back row in the corner. I'm fine. Just leave me alone. Don't even recognize me. I'm good. But God has a way of putting you in a place and giving you the words from his word to share with others. And the world needs to hear it. Your family, your friends need to hear the gospel message and more than hear it, if you're not living it. And then trying to share it with them. They see the disconnect. But if you're living it, And then you share it, that's just icing on the cake. They meant for me to live is Christ to die is gain. He who began a good work in. You is going to complete it. We just got to get out of God's way but let him do it. Father, we thank you we. Thank you for the goodness. Your mercy and your love that you are provided for each. And everyone of us, we thank you that you will not let us go. We thank you for the blessings. That we all partake of daily take for granted. We ask that you watch over those going through some tough times and perch and their lives and father just guide us and directors through them and help us that had the words to say to those going through some struggles. Let us be the one that here, others around us a to us. What must I do to be saved and let us be able to share the gospel message with them. Knowing that you will complete it. We plant, others water, you give the increase. Thank you for that guide us and direct us help us in our hour of need and will praise you. In Jesus name.