Help My Unbelief | Fight the Good Fight | Pastor Rob Koke | Shoreline Church | Message

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Good morning everyone! You guys doing good today? Come on, turn to your neighbor right now and tell them you're doing so good there ought to be two of me. Come on, just tell them. We're so glad to have you at church. You know, I'm overwhelmed by the goodness of God. We just celebrated the birth into our family of our fourth grandchild, Arlo Richie. And you might notice something. I got a picture here. This is Arlo and me. So, like we're twins, you know. Very, very, very excited. You know, we participate with some other churches in town in providing church underneath the bridge to reach out to the homeless community. And this weekend, there's a whole bunch of shoreliners downtown ministering to the homeless. And this is Pastor Oscar that's preaching

right now as we're having church, you know. And so, give him a great big hand clap, all the volunteers that make that happen. And also, part of your giving helps to make all of that happen. So, just know your faithfulness is touching the lives of a lot of other people. You know, we've been talking about this as a country now for many, many months. But this particular July 4th is going to be celebrating 250 years as a nation. And we're going to do something really, really special here at Shoreline. On June the 28th, that's the weekend before July 4th, we're going to have a big celebration. We're going to have inflatables for the kids. There's going to be popsicles. There's going to be a party. It's going to be absolutely amazing celebrating the best of America. And we're going to do that all wrapped up in what the Bible teaches and what we should aspire to when we've been at our best. And then on July the 5th, which is the Sunday after July the 4th, we're going to have a time together where we're focusing in on the future and how to ensure that America can be the best version of itself.

We're going to pray for our country and pray for our future. So we just want to encourage you. We've got these invite cards that are available for you to grab and invite your neighbors, your friends, and people that you know. And you got to dress in red, white, and blue when you come to church that Sunday. It's going to be two Sundays. And let's just believe that God's going to do something great with our nation. I just believe that God wants to bring revival from sea to shining sea. And maybe that kicks off as we celebrate 250 years together. All right, let's all of us stand to our feet. We are going to do what we do at the beginning of every single message. We're going to recite our Shoreline Creed. We do this with enthusiasm and passion. If you're new to Shoreline, you can read along. It just reminds us at the end of the day what makes Christianity different from every philosophy and every other religion in the world. It's about the amazing grace of our God. So let's say this together.

You guys ready? Here we go. I am loved by God. I cannot earn it. I cannot lose it. I am forgiven and made brand new. In Christ, I live with passion and purpose. I am empowered by the Spirit to be the church in the world and to live this love revolution. Come on, let's give God praise for that. You may be seated. A man was walking through the desert and he had been walking many days. A few days earlier, he had run out of water. There was nothing left in his canteen. He was desperate. His throat was parched. His lips were chapped. His face was sunburned. And he needed a breakthrough. He needed a miracle. He needed some water. And he looked over there in the horizon and he saw what looked like some weather-beaten old shacks. Didn't even have a roof on it. Closer he got, it confirmed that that's what it was. And he was hoping to find something there amongst the shacks, and he did.

He found a... the fountain, he needed water. So he started to pump the fountain, but to his disappointment, no water came out. He wasn't sure what to do. And so he desperately looked around and then he saw over in the corner that there was this jug and it had a cord on it. And he picked up the jug and he could tell that there was some water in it. And when he dusted off the jug, he saw a handwritten old note that said, you got to pour all of the water from this jug into the fountain to prime the pump. And then you'll get the water you need. Please refill the jug when you've had your full. And the man had a decision to make. Do I trust what was written on that note long ago? Do I trust that if I pour the water into the fountain, I'll get some water out? Or do I try to quench my thirst with what's already in the jug? Do I drink what I have or do I pour it into the fountain in order to get more, to be refreshed, to fill my canteen? It was a faith proposition. Do I trust what was written on the words of the note or do I trust what I have in my hands? The truth is, is that the decision that man had to face that day is a decision that we have to face almost every day of our lives.

Are we going to trust what was written long ago or are we gonna try to self-navigate through life? Are we going to believe that blood that we cannot see will cleanse us from sins which we cannot see and then when we die, we'll go to heaven which we cannot see? Are we gonna put our trust in those words? Are we gonna try to just do what we've got on our own? Are we gonna be paralyzed by fear or trust that God works all things out for good for those who are called according to his purpose? Are we gonna hold on to all of our resources, our time, our talent and our treasure? Are we gonna hold on to all of that, doing the best we can to live a significant life or are we gonna trust what this word says and give a portion of what we've been given, trusting the words of scripture? It's a faith proposition. How are we going to live? Faith, it can be argued, is one of the most important things that we bring to the equation in terms of our relationship with God. When you first accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you receive by faith the grace that's been extended to you. When I was 11 years old, I grew up in a small little United Methodist church and I heard the gospel preached and then there was an altar call that was given and I found myself raising my hand

and responding to the words of the preacher and I received by faith. I poured out of my young, inexperienced, but innocent 11-year-old heart, I poured all of my faith into the words that I heard that Jesus could save me and that started my journey and faith started your journey with God. And the truth is, the Bible talks that we're not just supposed to receive this salvation gift but to walk in obedience, to live this Christian life, we need faith, don't we? We are always challenged, you know, whether we're going to self-navigate or follow the truth of God's word. If we have faith, it steadies our journey in life. The measure of faith that you express in your life has everything to do with the kind of peace that you'll live with day by day. There is an overwhelming amount of scriptural evidence that says that it's faith that moves the hands of God, that miracles happen in our lives according to our faith. There's the stories about how Jesus couldn't do very many miracles in his hometown because they had no faith. And you might speculate on what it is that you could do that would. bring God pleasure, but the Bible is crystal clear. In Hebrews chapter 11 in verse six, it says that without faith, it is impossible to please God.

So if you want to please God, faith is critical. Faith is vital, for he who comes to God must believe that he is and that he's a rewarder of those that diligently seek him. I'll never forget when this whole idea of the importance of faith hit me. That's why we've entitled this collection of talks, Fighting the Good Fight of Faith, because faith is critical, right? I'll never forget when it kind of elevated its importance in my own life. I was reading the story in Luke chapter 22, and it's the story about Jesus interacting with Peter and how Peter is gonna deny the Lord and all of that. And in that conversation, Jesus looks over at Peter and says, you know what, Peter, Satan is trying to sift you like wheat. Now that whole sifting process, it was a kind of a violent process where, you know, farmers wanting to separate the grain from the chaff, you know, would sift the wheat. And Jesus is saying to Peter, listen, Satan is trying to sift you. He's trying to make you feel worthless. He's trying to separate what's valuable from your life. And listen to what Jesus says next. I'll never forget it. I hope you don't either. Luke chapter 22, you guys watching online, verse 32. But I have prayed for you.

Now listen to what Jesus prays. That your faith would not fail. Think about that for a moment. Jesus, in that moment, could have prayed any prayer. He could have prayed over Peter, I pray you act wisely. I pray that you get surrounded with good friends that'll help you make wise choices in your life. I pray a hedge of protection around you. I bind the devil off of you. And all of those would have been appropriate, but what Jesus actually prays is, Peter, I pray that your faith will not fail. And that speaks volumes to me. Jesus knew that the real issue in our life is faith. And that's why the enemy is gonna do everything he possibly can to crater your faith, to diminish your faith, to attack your faith. Every single trial, every negative circumstance, every dark season you walk through, it's all about the enemy trying to sever your dependence upon God. And if that doesn't work, he might try comfort. He might try to make everything so good that you don't even think you need God anymore. So you go it alone. Faith. Jesus knows how critical faith is. That's why he prayed that your faith would not fail. And one of the reasons why we're taking a couple of weeks to unpack this whole idea of faith is because faith,

let's be honest, can be challenging in our lives. There's a story of a man who brings his son to Jesus. And the language of this particular story resonates so deeply, I think, in every single one of us here this morning and those of you watching online. The father brings his son to Jesus. The son needs a deliverance, needs a healing. And Jesus responds in Mark chapter nine, "'If you can,' said Jesus, "'everything is possible for one who believes.'" Believing and impossible situations becoming possible are linked. Immediately, the boy's father exclaimed, "'I do believe. "'Help me overcome my unbelief.'" And I don't know what it is about that sentence, but I think that's a sentence that every single one of us here this morning can relate to. I think it's a sentence that's true in my life. It's true in your life. When you go to the original language of this particular phrase, it's not that the man is saying, I'm trying to believe and I'm hoping to believe. No, it's actually a word. That word believe in the original language is to say it's genuine, it's authentic. This man genuinely and authentically believes in God and yet at the same time, he's wondering if it's enough.

And I wonder how many times in our own lives we feel the same way. How many times have we said, God, I believe, but help my unbelief. Maybe, you know, you did something. that you think is unforgivable, or maybe you've done something you've asked God for forgiveness for, and now you're wondering if he'll forgive you again, and you wanna believe, you hope to believe, you say, I believe, and yet you wonder. You read a promise in God's word that says, you know, that he'll supply all of your needs, or perhaps he will heal you of all of your diseases, and you believe, you wanna believe, and yet you say, at the same time, help my unbelief. That's me, that's you, that's everyone. I have often found in my life, my faith to be a fluid thing. Sometimes my faith is strong. I mean, so strong that I feel like I can leap over a mountain and slay the devil myself. Have you ever felt that way? Man, I am strong, I am powerful, God is good, God is real to me, and rich in me, and through me, and everything feels good in the world. And then there are times when my faith seems so weak that I don't have the strength to believe myself out of a wet paper bag. I think back, you know, Laura and I,

with our kids, when they were first born, oh man, faith was so strong in my heart. And, you know, I believed that these kids would be like pillars in the house of God, and they'll never make a mistake, and they'll never do anything bad. And then I don't know what happened. We got them home, and like, life happened, and they started growing up, and elementary school, and junior high, and high school, and then even in the adult years, and I'm thinking, well, what in the world? Somebody must have switched them. But that couldn't have happened, because we used a midwife. I mean, they were never, I wanted to believe that somebody switched them. So, sometimes as parents, you feel so strong in your faith, and then sometimes you feel so helpless, and hopeless, and weak. When I think about starting Shoreline, way back in 1987, we started this church in our house. And it was just Laura and I. She was the only church member. And I would take a music stand, and I would set it up in the middle of the living room. She would sit on the couch. I would preach, and she would say amen. And then I would take up an offering, and see what she put in it.

That was how Shoreline got started. In those first couple of months were difficult, and then it reached a point after maybe a year and a half into this journey, that I was feeling so discouraged. I wanted to quit, I wanted to give up. I had no more fight left inside of me. And I still remember, Laura and I were in our bedroom, and we were having that pillow talk conversation, and we were wondering whether or not this was really going to happen. And we believed that God called us here to Austin to start this church, to help expand the kingdom of God here in Austin. We believed, but it was going so poorly. The rest of that phrase was so appropriate. Lord, I believe, but help my unbelief. And we were listening to the Christian radio station, and a song came on, and it was such a beautiful song. It was about faith. And the words to one of the verses, faith, faith. Just this whole idea of the beauty of faith. There is a voice calling, keep walking. You're not alone in this world. And just that verse resonated with my heart, and gave me the courage to keep on going. And what was really unique about that particular night, it was monumental for us, because we kind of planted a flag with our hearts, and saying, you know what? From this moment on, we are not gonna base our life on our circumstances, on the success

of any particular weekend. We are believing God to do a miracle in this city. And from that Sunday on, God has been blowing us away with his goodness and his power. But have you ever felt that way? Seasons when your faith seemed Invincible only to be followed by seasons when your faith seems invisible. You wouldn't be alone. There are many, many stories in the Bible that talk about that very similar journey. There's one story that's found in 1 Kings chapter 18. It's the story about Elijah, and he's having a contest with the prophets of Baal. And here's what the contest kind of entailed. They built an altar, they put wood on it, and then they had a sacrifice on it. And here was the deal. The prophets of Baal will call upon their God, and then God would bring down fire from heaven and consume the sacrifice. And if that happened, then the God of the prophets of Baal was truly God. But if that didn't happen, and then Elijah would have his opportunity, he would call down fire. And if that happened, then everyone would know that God of the Israelites is the one true God. So the contest is going on,

the prophets of Baal are going first, and Elijah is feeling it, man. He's feeling bad to the bone. He's got faith radiating from his heart. He's mocking the prophets of Baal. Hey, is your God deaf? Can he not hear you? Has he gone to sleep? Is he on vacation? That kind of a thing. And nothing's happening over here. Then, after they give up, Elijah, it's his turn, he pours water on top of the wood. He's saying, my God is so big, not only will he consume the wood, but he'll consume the wood when it's soaked in water. He pours water on it. There's water all around the sacrifice. He calls down fire from heaven, and boom, fire comes and consumes the sacrifice, confirming that God is God. Now you would think, oh man, that's the end of the story. He lives happily ever after, but that's 1 Kings chapter 18. In 1 Kings chapter 19, he runs for his life. Jezebel hears about what happened, threatened to kill him,

and for some reason, the same God that consumed the sacrifice, he loses all confidence, and he runs for his life. One day, he's a bad to the bone prophet, filled with faith and power, and the next day, he's running like a chicken. I'm just telling you, I love this book, because this book is real. It tells the real story of the human experience with God. Let me give you another example from the New Testament. John the Baptist, he's at the river, right? He's the one that was a forerunner. God raised him up to be a mouthpiece, the forerunner, to proclaim the Messiah's coming into the world. He's out there in the wilderness. He's kind of wild. He eats locusts and honey, and a lot of people are coming out there, and he's firing brimstone, and people are repenting, and they're getting baptized in the river, and Jesus shows up, and John the Baptist knows that this is the one

that he's been prophesying about. A voice from heaven booms. This is my beloved son. The Holy Spirit descends upon Jesus like a dove, and then Jesus gets into the water, and John says, you know what? You need to baptize me. I don't need to baptize you, but Jesus said, just do it to fulfill all things, and then Jesus is baptized. He heard the voice from heaven. He saw the dove descend. Fast forward just a little bit, and now John the Baptist is in prison, and he's not so sure anymore. One day, he was filled with faith, but in this next season, he actually sends one of his disciples, one of his friends, go ask Jesus, and ask him if he's the one that we've all been waiting for. I'm just telling you, that's life. That's real. I believe. Help my unbelief. So what do we do then, when our faith seems weak? I found a lot of encouragement recognizing that God gives to every single one of us

the measure of faith. He gives to every single one of us the capacity to believe. In Romans chapter 12 and verse three, God has apportioned to each man a measure of faith. So no matter how old you are, or young, new Christian or mature, no matter what you're going through, you have all the faith you need. That word where it says that God is a portion to each man, a measure, it's exactly like a measuring cup. When you're baking a cake or you're making some kind of, you know, creation in the kitchen, you have a measuring cup and you know exactly how much you need to have of that particular ingredient to make whatever it is you're making. It's that measuring cup that is the right interpretation. Here God measures out the faith that you need. You have all of the faith you need for the forgiveness of your sins. You have all of the faith you need for your brand new identity. You have all the faith you need to know that when this life is over, you're going to heaven. You have been given a gift, a measure of faith. And it's enough for all the circumstances you face in life, your marriage, your kids, your finances, the dreams that you carry in your heart.

Jesus emphasized this whole idea that faith is something that's given to you as a gift and it's not so much how large your faith is, it's where the focus of your faith is. It's how large your God is. Here in Matthew chapter 17, this is Jesus saying, and he starts out this particular passage and he says, I tell you the truth. Now, when someone starts a discourse with you and starts with those words, I tell you the truth, probably what's gonna happen next is there are gonna be words that are spoken that are so hard to digest that you need that encouragement. Listen, I'm telling you the truth. You might be tempted not to believe it, but I'm telling you the truth. So this is how Jesus starts. He says, I tell you the truth. If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, move from here to there and it will move because nothing will be impossible for you. And you probably guessed it because you're a smart group of people, but the context here is that a mustard seed is not a large amount. Over and over when a mustard seed is used, it's used to describe something small, seemingly insignificant. Mustard seed, it was a symbolic way of communicating that even a small amount of faith

placed in the right source can move mountains in your life. Jesus is saying, if you have even a small amount of faith, you can move mountains. It's not the bigness of your faith that's important, it's the bigness of your God. So I'm gonna put on a screen something that sounds very much like what we've just been saying. The size of your God matters more than the size of your faith. Where you place your faith is important. It's critical, it's vital. It's the difference between life and death, a miracle and staying chained to impossible circumstances. And isn't it interesting and funny, the different beliefs that people have in life, where they actually place their measure of faith? I've heard this recently, it pops up, some celebrity or somebody will just say something that's kind of unconventional, and this is what they sincerely believe. Maybe you've heard this, because I think it popped up within the last few months. Somebody of renown said that they believe that the Earth is flat. I saw a little meme trying to describe this. This is what this person's worldview looks like. Sun is round, all the planets are round, Saturn's round, everything's round, but then there's a flat Earth.

Some people, they believe that the whole journey, that the United States took to the moon was fabricated. It's a great big conspiracy. Some people believe that Elvis is still alive, and he's pastoring a church in Arkansas. There's people who believe that. But I guess, you know, if you're not basing your life on it, it's not that big of a deal, whatever. But if you do put your faith in the wrong source, and it is something that is consequential in your life, then it's huge. You can have all of the faith in the world, but if it's in an unreliable source, it's not going to do you any good. The prophets. of Baal in the story that I just referred to, they had mountain-sized faith in their false god and they danced all day and they cut themselves and they chanted and they shouted and their faith was sincere. Their faith was mountain-sized. It was just in the wrong source. And did it matter? Oh, you bet it did. Sometimes, you know, we think about the things that people have unshakable confidence in. One of the most popular movies that was ever made was describing the story of the Titanic, the unsinkable ship, and the owners and the engineers had a unshakable faith that this boat was unsinkable,

so much so that they didn't even put enough lifeboats on the boat in case something happened. That's how strong and mountain-sized their faith was. But you know the story. They hit an iceberg and the Titanic sank. Even when the boat was going down, one of the tragic untold stories is that many people on the boat believed that they were safer in the big ship than they would be in a small lifeboat on the open ocean and they refused to get in those boats. What you believe really matters. And some people, they have their ultimate sense of faith in people themselves or others. They have an unshakable faith in the government or, you know, modern science or how much money they've got in the bank. You know, there's levels of confidence that we can give, you know, in all of these different spheres, but the truth is is your ultimate faith needs to be in the right source. And Jesus said, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you can move mountains. A person with weak faith in a sturdy bridge is still gonna get to the other side. But a person with mountain-sized faith in a bridge made out of rotten wood is going to perish. It's quality over quantity. A friend was telling me about some plans that they were making for travel.

He and his wife were gonna travel, you know, overseas. And it was a flight itinerary that, you know, encompassed a number of different planes and stopovers. And, you know, for the big journey over the ocean, you know, there was a big plane, but then when they got to their, you know, area, it was gonna be a small plane that they took from there. And she was uncomfortable, you know, with that small plane, and she said, I'm not going. And the husband turned to the wife and said, where's your faith? He said, the problem is not that my faith is small. The problem is that the plane is small. And so he changed the itinerary and was able to get a larger plane. And she said, I'm all in. And the husband said, what happened? He said, larger plane, larger faith. Big plane, big faith. And I say to you, big God, big faith. And mustard seed faith is rewarded. Do you remember the story in the book of Acts where, you know, that Peter, the apostle, was arrested for preaching the gospel. They threw him in prison and, you know, he's chained and, you know, the prison doors were locked. And it says that the church was praying fervently for his release. And guess what? God honored their prayers and sent an angel.

And the angel, you know, just literally, the chains fell off Peter's hands and the doors opened up miraculously and he walked out. And Peter goes to the very place where they're praying for his release, knocks on the door, and they don't believe that it's him. I don't know, I find that funny, but also reassuring. They believed, but Lord help our unbelief. God even honored their imperfect faith. They were praying, God, deliver him. God, move. God, change the circumstances. And God does. And then they don't believe it happened. How many times is that us? I find it comforting when I read the story of David and Goliath. You know, the Bible says, it's not a small part of the story, but he grabs five stones from the river. And I've heard people, you know, talk about what those five stones represent. I've heard one preacher say, you know, that the reason why. David took five stones as he had one for Goliath and Goliath had four brothers. So he was gonna take them all out. And that's pretty good. Someone else said, you know, the five stones represent,

you know, the fact that Jesus's name has five letters. So he took one stone, J-E-S-U-S. And that's pretty cool. Someone else said, you know, that grace in the numerology of the Bible is the number five. It stands for grace. And so five stones is an expression of grace. And all of those are cool. All of those are great. But I think probably the most realistic answer to the reason why David grabbed five stones is that he ran up there with faith in God. But, you know, he took five stones because he thought to himself, what if I miss? If I miss, I got stone number two, got stone number three, stone number four. Surely one of them is gonna hit its mark. And I find comfort in that, that we have faith and it's not perfect. It might even be faulty. We believe, Lord help our unbelief. We have faith, every single one of us, a measure of faith. But sometimes fear, sometimes life circumstances gets the best of us. You know what? That's what church is all about, that you can borrow some faith from your friends. When I was in junior high, we would play ice hockey every single day after school during the winter.

And in the beginning, you know, of the winter season, you had to make sure that the ice was thick enough for you to play on. And so there was always this little dance that you would do. You'd get out to the pond and you would just kind of, you know, inch your way out there and just see if the ice was strong enough and keep going and keep going. And then you'd kind of jump up and down to see if it was enough to support your weight. So one of those times I was out there, you know, on the pond and I was making my way further and further towards the center, but when I got to the center, I heard some creaking and some cracking and some groaning in the ice that I had never heard before. And I was paralyzed with fear. I didn't feel like I could move. I couldn't go forward. I couldn't go back. I thought any step was gonna just cause the ice to break and I was gonna drown underneath the ice. I literally thought that this is it, I'm done. It probably was only five minutes, but it seemed like hours before my other friends showed up. My five friends that we were gonna play ice hockey together. And these five friends, they just came out into the middle of the pond and started jumping up and down on the pond. They had been there the day before and they knew it was safe. And you know what I did?

I just borrowed some faith from my friends and we played all afternoon without a fear. I can't tell you how many times I borrowed faith from you. This past Friday night, we had our life group sitting around a table, just sharing prayer requests, enjoying each other's company and borrowing faith from each other. That's what church life is all about. We don't have to do it alone. In 2 Corinthians chapter five and verse seven, it says, we walk by faith and not by sight. You don't have to base your decisions on doing your best to just get by. With what you have in your hand, you can trust what was written thousands of years ago. The man, he took the jug and he decided to go for it. He took the water that was in the jug and he poured it into the fountain until it was full and primed. And then he began to work the handle, creak, creak, nothing at first, but then a few drops and then a stream. And then the more he pumped, the more water came out and he filled his canteen and he stuck his head underneath the water and he just drank, drank and drank and drank. Not until he was drunk. He drank and drank until he was completely satisfied. And then he filled that jug again and made sure that note was prominently displayed.

You know what? God wants you to take that measure of faith and with all of this, the innocence of a child. He wants you to pour that faith into Jesus because he is going to take you from the deserts of your life to seasons of rushing rivers. I love what it says in Isaiah 43 in verse 19. Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth. Shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. God has a river in store for you, a river for your marriage, a river for your family, a river for your kids, a river for your friendships, a river for your health, for your finances, for your emotional joy and peace. He's got a river for you. Just pour your faith into him. And see what he will do. Can I hear a good amen? All right, come on, let's give God praise together here today. So Father, I thank you so much for the opportunity that we have just to be together, to borrow faith from each other, to be encouraged, to be believing believers, to believe and even deal with our unbelief.

Father, I pray that we would put our trust in the instructions that were written long ago that hold the key to life and life everlasting in Jesus' name. Still with every head bowed and every eye closed, if you came to church here today and you're not where you need to be in your relationship with God, you'd say, pastor, I'm not living right, I'm not doing right. Maybe you made that decision at one point in time, but you've slipped away. Or maybe you've never invited Jesus into your heart. You know what, the very last chapter in the Bible, Revelation chapter 22, in the last few verses of the last chapter in the Bible, you can tell that God had quenching people's thirst in the forefront of his thinking, in his heart. He said, come to me, all you who are thirsty and I will give you the gift of the rivers of life. And for some of you, that's exactly what God wants to do for you right now in this moment. If you wanna meet him for the first time or rededicate your life to serving him, would you please raise your hand quickly and boldly wherever you are? Wonderful, wonderful, God bless you. All these hands are raised. Every one of you with your hands raised, I wanna lead you in a very simple prayer. And I'm gonna ask everyone else as a reaffirmation

of your faith in God to join me in this prayer. Let's all of us pray together. Heavenly Father, come on, let's pray together. Heavenly Father, I thank you for sending Jesus. I ask you to come into my heart. Forgive me of my sins. I put my trust in you and I will live for you from this day forward by your power, for your glory in Jesus' name, amen. Would you give them all a great big hand clap? We have people standing on the right and on the left and they're holding up a sign made brand new and they've got some resources that'll really help you to live this Christian life that you just prayed to receive. So after we're dismissed, please go over there and receive that information that will help you on your journey of faith. At every single exit, there are those invite cards. Please take them. They're there for you to hand out to your friends and neighbors. And this Wednesday night is first Wednesday. It's gonna be wonderful. Let's all of us stand to our feet. And as you stand, just receive this charge. Let's every single one of us fight the good fight of faith. God bless you. Have a fantastic rest of your Sunday. And we look forward to seeing you next week. God bless.