I learned something finally about Ricky from my trip to took a trip to Conway, Arkansas of all things to learn something about Ricky. I was driving. I didn't get in an accident, but it was close because I saw on the side of a road, a sign that said, "Whole Hog Cafe." I thought it makes sense now. He keeps talking about this whole hog and a biscuit thing all the time from the pulpit. So I looked up on the website to see if there were biscuits on their menu, and there's not. There's two dinner rolls. And so I thought that's come to the missed opportunity, too. If you want to change it, too, a whole hog and two biscuits would be a more correct way of saying the phrase there. Love you so thankful for you and what you do, brother. Let's get to the text. I know you've used the phrase before. You've said it multiple times. That looks like trouble. Here comes trouble. What does trouble look like? Everything about that? Like, how would you paint? Describe trouble. We might use it with something like this when you see a storm on the horizon. You think that looks bad. Looks like trouble is coming. Tomorrow morning, we're going to see something like this, and that looks a lot like trouble. You can just feel anxiety when you see pictures like the bush and traffic rolling. For some of us, we knew trouble was coming before our mothers even said a word when we kind of got the look from our mothers. Here comes trouble. Or if we use the phrase, they look so in love. Well, how would you describe love? How would you depict love? It may be a picture of affection and warmth, a willingness to share things that mean a lot to us. Here's why I begin this. In Acts 11, we find a description about the believers who came to Antioch where in Acts 11, beginning of verse 19, it says, "So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred and connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews alone." But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord. The news about them reached the ears of the church of Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas off to Antioch. Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord. For he was the good man, full of the Holy Spirit and the saved, and considerable numbers were brought to the Lord. And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch, and for an entire year, they met with the church and taught considerable numbers, and the disciples were first called Christians and Antioch. You ever notice that phrase in verse 23, "The numeric of sinners says he witnessed the grace of God, the ESV will say he saw the grace of God." What does that mean? Among the brethren at Antioch, he saw the grace of God. What did he see? There was evidence of God's grace clearly among them. Well, I want to write out the text of Barnabas Saul, that he saw souls that were saved by the gospel. Again, in verse 21, it says that the hand of the Lord was with him, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord. And again, when he was there, in verse 24, it said considerable numbers were brought to the Lord, and so he saw what every one of us know, and that is it's not preachers. It's not amazing singing like we had on Friday night. It's not a beautiful building. It's not the unscriptural way of providing every sort of service in our communities to the needs of people. It is the preaching, delivering, hearing, receiving, and obeying of the gospel that results in salvation. Paul would say, "I'm not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God into salvation to everyone who believes in the Jew person else to the Greek." And that's what Barnabas Saul. The gospel was preached, the gospel was received, and many souls had given their lives to it. That's one thing he got to see. And there is nothing tiresome about that. That's one thing. There is something enduringly encouraging when you see a soul who gives their life to King Jesus. When you see souls become Paul's. He also saw saints dwelling in peace. You notice in the universe 19 that no one was speaking the word to the Greeks. It was only to Jews alone. But in verse 20 that there were some from Cyprus and Cyrene who, when they came, began to speak to the Greeks preaching to them, the Lord Jesus. That may not have seemed like much to us today, but at that time Jews and Gentiles were hostile and separated from one another as could have been. They were enemies. They had nothing to do with one another. And yet, despite the division that existed in the world of the first century, that division did not cross over into the Church of Antioch. The division, the hostility, the animosity was not existent among the brothers, Jews and Greeks dwelt together in love and truth and in harmony. We were watching out long ago the football classic, remember the Titans. Been a while, but it's a great movie. One thing I loved about that movie, it begins with these boys. Said in the time of great segregation in our country and they had nothing to do with one another, couldn't stand one another, shipped off to the training camp. But by the end of the camp, both groups of young men, white and black became one. One team united with one intent, one goal of being the best team that they could be. But when they come back home, it really stood out to me this time. When they came back home, nothing had changed. The city was still divided, the school was full of segregation, and yet the team, even in the midst of that segregation, remained as one. Should that not be a picture of the Lord's Church? Despite all the fracturing that exists in the world around us, and in our own circles, that doesn't exist here. Because gathered in this room right now is not Republican and Democrat, and Northerners and Southerners. It's not blue collar and white collar and red and yellow and brown and black and white, but as Paul says, there is a far greater lasting, powerful unity that brings us together here as one. Not you or Greek or slave or free man. There's neither male nor female for you. We're all one in Christ Jesus. That is what we are today. We are one in Christ. Yes, we have diversity, and it is a beautiful diversity, but here we are united. We are one, not allowing the fracturing of the world to enter into this safe place. He also saw suffering that was used for the greater good, the very existence of that good, thriving work and regions such as Antioch began in verse 19 because of the scattering. The scattering is as 19 of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen, saw all of Tarsus, and all the began of what was intended to stop the way only provided the opportunity and the means for it to spread even further. Kind of rare to be able to see a Genesis 50 and verse 20 moment in real time. Being able to see how God can take the things that may be intended for evil and meant for evil and yet used for greater good. How God can use suffering and hardship and the ugliness of sin and the people of hearts and how he can use that for greater growth of the gospel and spreading of the kingdom and unity among God's people. But that's what Barnabas witnessed. The very things that brought these people here was the very thing that bound them together and helped the gospel to spread. Barnabas came to Antioch and he saw the grace of God. Now, here's the natural question. This was for me. Do we see the grace of God here? Would it be among us if we were to describe the brethren here, the church of Kimball Road? One of the first things we would say is you know what I see most prevalent here is the grace of God. For any who graces, coming in may be a for of rise as outsiders or any of our guests today, would they leave saying in the comment section on the cards? You know, one thing I saw among you today was I saw the grace of God. For that to be true, if we're seeing God's grace among us. One of the things that means is that we are seeing growth among us and it's not growth in the ways that oftentimes the world tries to define that growth. It's not about buildings or budgets. It's a growth defined by God's plan and God's way and that's meant in multiple ways. This one, it is a numerical growth. Numerical growth can come like Acts 11 where people are scattered and they come in and sometimes we talk about that negatively. All that's just fishbowl jumping. That's just swarming. I'll tell you what, the only people here who were the original members of this congregation back in the days of Walnut Road are Leon and Antigre. And that was so precious to have our brother lead on Friday. You did a wonderful job, brother. Thank you so much. For the rest of us came here. We scattered. It might not have been persecution. But maybe because of opportunities or families or jobs and we're better because of it. The entirety of our eldership was not born here and yet we came here from different places and that can be a great reason and cause for growth. And so I don't think we need to speak negatively about when Christians move and come and join to a different congregation. That's what made up the church in India. What's impressive though is that when Bartibus gets there, he sees why this church was flourishing and why he was sent there from Jerusalem. And that was because the gospels being preached, spread, souls were being saved. A real strength of a congregation is in their commitment to evangelism, to reaching and teaching the lost. I want to put some before us. We've seen it before. In fact, this past April, a brother Don Shricks walked through some of these things with us. I think it's just one of those things that every now and then we just keep need to keep in the forefront of our minds. When we hear that word evangelism, we begin to yawn or to look down and we say, "Someone else's got to do that. I'm not a preacher. I'm not a teacher. I'm really not a people person. I'm not really good. Someone else can do that." And if you're saying, "I don't know if that's really true," the evangelism group has averaged about 10 to 11 people since its existence. We're not really people who jump up and say, "I'm ready for evangelism. I want to go out it. I want to reach and save the lost." Evangelism doesn't mean, though, that I'm going to get up tomorrow and I'm going to preach a sermon. That I'm going to have a Pentecost moment and 3,000 people are going to listen to my teaching and come to the gospel. Every one of us take part in evangelism in different ways. For some of us, it's simply shining our light, living the way the Christ has called us to live according to His gospel. That in the same way, Jesus says, "Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." Just the way I live, positively, righteously, godly, following what is right and true, that can be a means of which appointing the people to the Lord. Every one of us can share, and it doesn't mean that I've written a sermon or a Bible class. It could be as simple as what Jesus told. The demon possessed man who was freed from those demons. He didn't let him come with Jesus. But he said, "Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and now we have mercy on you." And we can do that. I can share with others why it is I'm a Christian and what difference Jesus has made in my life. I can share what I've read. I can share what I've learned. I can share what it is that I'm understanding today. All of us can do that. All of us can invite. A simple invitation. As I said, when Philip found this annual, he said, "We have found him of whom Moses and the law." Also, the prophets wrote, "Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph." And Daniel said, "Can anything good come into Nazareth?" Philip said, "Come and see." All of us can do that. The problem is, 82% said that they would come if they were invited. 82% of our neighbors, of our friends, and our co-workers, and our fellow students. But the problem is, if you look at the numbers, most people just don't invite. Majority people just don't even ask. I'm just afraid they're going to say, "No, I'm afraid they're going to reject it." And the majority people would come if they simply were invited. Now, one thing on this list for us to keep in mind, I'm going to put this back so you can see some of those words there we'll put right back up. How important it is, our example, our words are in the process of helping souls come to see Jesus. We need to be really aware of this. We need to be aware of shining, how I'm living, at school, at work, in leisure, out and about. I need to be aware of what it is I'm sharing, and I need to be aware of my invitations. Here's one thing why. I don't know why this happens when I'm with my dad, but it's happened two times now. I shared this with the evangelism group last week. It's just one of those moments where in dad's language, that'll preach. When Holly and I were engaged 15 years ago, Dad and I went to a gospel meeting and we came back and we went to a Wendy's to get some dinner. While we're eating, the pizza man shows up and he brings pizza to the workers. Dad's statement was, do you think if we ask, can we have a piece too? What does it say if they're not going to eat their own food? Here's the weird thing. Last month, I'm with dad. I think 15, 14 years later, and we're at this Greek restaurant, and in the back, as we're ordering food, is take out all on the corners. What does it say when someone says, "Hey, it could come to our restaurant. I'm not going to eat the food, but you can." What does it say when someone says, "Hey, it could come to our restaurant. I'm not going to eat the food, but you can." What does it say when someone says, "Hey, it could come to our restaurant. I'm not going to eat the food, but you can." What does it say when someone says, "Hey, it could come to our restaurant. I'm not going to eat the food, but you can." What does it say when someone says, "Hey, it could come to our restaurant. I'm not going to eat the food, but you can." What's the best thing to do with the pride of your preachers? You don't have to share anything that we are doing. It's not about us. Take our names off of all of it, but it is saying this. Would I invite anyone? Would anyone know that I'm part of this spiritual family? Am I ashamed to mention it? When people ask what's your name, I don't want to share my last name. Am I ashamed of this family and our name? Would my examples show that I'm logged in, connected, so glad and proud of the work that's being done here, and I want others to see it, too, and to be part of this? Let's be aware of our example and our invitations and what it is we're saying. Then when guests come, let's welcome them. Let's welcome them. That is the greatest way we can help souls come to know the gospels that when they are here in our midst, we don't walk by them. We don't ignore them, and we certainly don't do a James 2 thing where I look at a person and I judge them based on their appearance and I treat them differently because of how they're perceived. No, we greet all with love and kindness and grace the same way we were welcomed when we first stepped foot in these doors all those years ago, and then ultimately we pray. The greatest component of evangelism is when we bend and pray. As Paul says, pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message so that we may proclaim the mysteries of Christ for which I am in chains. Let's pray that I may proclaim it clearly as I should. Every single week, Lord, please, if it be by your grace and your will, open doors for your gospel to spread in this area. Bless us with courage to speak. Bless our ministers with clarity as they preach. Bless us with boldness to be able to invite with confidence and kindness and compassion. Bless us with these opportunities and guess what happens when we pray those prayers? God answers. So let's pray. Let's pray for opportunities. That's one of the ways we're going to see God's grace. The other kind of growth is spiritual growth. I want you to go in your battle with me. I'll wait for Acts 11. Let's go to Ephesians 4 for just a moment. I want you to go to Ephesians 4 in your text with me. Another growth that we see. Evidence of God's grace is spiritual growth. There's a statement that Paul made to Timothy. I want you to go to Ephesians 4. I'm going to put it on the screen. There's a statement Paul made to Timothy when he says, "Take pains with these things. Be absorbed in them so that your progress may be evident to all." Growth, spiritual growth, is something that not only we can see, but we can measure, determine that we can observe. Go back with our kids. Diane is coming up on her next doctor's appointment. Happens every now and then. She's going under seven months. And there's everything that they are looking at. How big, how small, the set, the size of the head. I didn't know that was the thing. How far along she is developmentally. There are certain things that at this age, at this point in her life, she should be able to do. Certain numbers she should be reaching. And Paul says, "That's how it is spiritually." There are some things we ought to be able to see and to witness. That ought to be evident within one another of true signs of spiritual growth. And the question is, "Well, what would that be?" Right? If the Holy Spirit through Paul is saying, "You should see that you were growing. What am I looking for?" Ephesians 4, verse 11. That he gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of service to the building up of the body of Christ until he all attaining to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God to mature man to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, year and there, by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men and craftiness and deceitful scheming. But speaking of truth and love, we are to grow up into all aspects in the hymn who is the head even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. There will be a lot of things that may fit into that category of evidence, science, and spiritual growth, but this is a great place to begin. You notice in verse 11, Christ gifts to the church are not people who will give you a nice big hug and tell you it's okay. His gifts to the church are not people who are just going to say, "I've got some pills for that. Let me tell you what you need." His gifts to the church are people who will teach, people who will preach, people who will equip the saints with truth and opportunity to live that truth in their lives. What are the signs of spiritual growth? Eyes on the text, here's a couple signs of spiritual growth. Verse 12, "I'm more active, more involved in kingdom work. I'm finding ways to be more active, more involved in the work of King Jesus, using my time and talents for His good." Verse 13, "I'm growing in my understanding and knowledge of truth. The things I know are deeper, more mature, more seasoned than they were in the past." Verse 14, "That I'm stronger against temptation. I'm winning the battles more than it is that I was losing specifically. I'm finding myself more equipped and more prepared against the darts of the evil wind which are lies. I'm able to see through false teaching and false doctrines. I'm not caught into all the ways that people who try to deceive the things that I'm sharing online are evidence that I can see through false teachers if false teaching." Verse 15, verse 16, "That there's a greater unity. There's a greater harmony. There's a greater love among me and God's people. And it's evident because we work together and stand together in this great cause." Those are great signs of spiritual growth. Now, you may be wondering, "What in the world does that have to do with grace?" I've got two trees outside my house that we bought this spring, bought them from the same place, bought them at the same time. They are planted at the same place just right apart from each other in the front of the house. They get the same amount of sun. They get the same amount of water. They have the same amount of soil. One is growing and doing great. The other has stopped growing. Pause. I'm not saying this because I need help gardening. You laugh. There's a time when Dad was preaching about finding and discerning truth in the UC illustration of thumping a watermelon, and the man came to him afterwards and had a whole list of ways you're supposed to tell if a watermelon is ripe or not. I'm not asking for gardening tips. I want you to listen. If I wanted to, I could rip that tree out and be done with it. I've given you time. I've given you water. You're not doing what I want and I'm done with you. Or, what I've chosen to do, I give a lot more attention. I give him more water. I focus on him more. The first thing when I come home is I look at that tree. I look for signs of growth. And if it's not coming, which it's not, I'm going to give him more time. I'm going to give him more water. I'm going to give him more care. Here's why that matters. There are some among us, and the signs of growth has stopped. It's just not there. We don't talk to meaning about them. We don't move past them. The real sign of God's grace is there are some among this family who need some help spiritually. They may not even know it. But I'm going to strengthen the hands that are weak. And those knees that are feeble. I'm going to try and make straight paths for those feet. Those which are limb that they may not be lame or put out of joint. But rather that they're going to be healed. I'm going to pursue peace and not animosity with those who may not be on the same path that I am on spiritually and the sanctification of holiness without which none of us are going to see the Lord. But in verse 15, I'm going to do all that it is that I can do to see to it that not one of this spiritual family comes short of the grace of God. And so there are some among us. We're going to give a lot more time. A lot more care. A lot more tension. They need help. That's a sign of grace. It's not like that moving walkway in the airport if you can't keep up with us, get off the track. If you're struggling, which some are? And they may not be aware of it. And to even point it out may be the most insulting thing we could say. But it's obvious what Paul said. The signs of growth stopped a long time ago. But you know what we're going to do? We're not going to give up on you. We're not going to leave you. We're going to give you a lot more time and care and attention. Because I believe the executive of God believes and that is if you just would open your heart to the truth, truly give your life to King Jesus where you are today is not where you're going to end. That you can grow and be better in this kingdom. That is what real grace and a congregation looks like. I'm not moving past you. I'm not leaving you behind. Let's move on together. Now, what other thing we're going to see among us is God's grace is among us is unity. There's going to be a greater sense of unity. It's not unity for the sake of unity. It is not unity at all costs. That is it's not unity saying we're just going to be all together and love one another and just kind of set truth on the back burner. Where it doesn't really matter what you believe or what you practice. Remember the saints in Antioch were united Jews and Gentiles. They were united, but they were united in their obedience to the gospel. That the very gospel that demands we confess that my Lord and your Lord, our Lord is King Jesus. And all that we do isn't submission to him. And so it's not unity for the sake of unity. It is unity under the banner of Christ under who he is. But here's why that matters. If you go with me to Romans chapter 15 for a moment to go and Romans 15. Another text I'm not going to have on the screen. Unity even under the banner of Christ and his truth does not take away all diversity. And that's where we have a chapter like Romans 15. Romans 15 beginning in verse one. Paul writes though we who are strong ought to bear the weakness of those without strength and not just please ourselves. Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good to his edification. For even Christ did not please himself, but as it is written the reproaches of those who approached you fell on me. For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction. So that through perseverance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. Now, may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus. So that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore accept one another just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God. One mind one voice one Lord. What's interesting about that is he's writing this in the heart of the people from chapter 14 who were divided divided over their differences which came about from their understandings and their cultures, their backgrounds, their experiences. And even here today there's so much diversity among God's people that doesn't have to be the cause of division. The whole crux of this is verse one and then in verse seven. Be strong to bear one another's weaknesses in verse seven except one another despite the fact that we have differences. For instance when Holly and I went to adopt each of the three children in Korea they worship differently than we do here. There's a lot of similarities the same songs. We partake of the Lord's Supper on the same day, the first day of the week, but there were other things that were really different. The arrangement of the worship. Some of the songs the way they sang them we sing them really weird over here and they sing them more true to the book. The longer focus on the Lord's Supper it was different. But we were one. We worshiped the Lord. Our heart blesses heart poor Jackson Jarvis is the only one at that church in Tampa that wears cowboy boots to services. But they are one. And we are a people of great diversity. Our backgrounds, our current existence where we are and our age and our working class and yet we're one. Look at verse three. Our ultimate example is Jesus. Jesus the son of God the highest the highest of all who came and allowed a woman sinful woman to wash his feet. Who bowed down in the dirt with a woman caught in adultery. Who sat at a well with a woman deep in immorality. Who called down a text collector out of a tree. Who allowed a curious perhaps fearful Pharisee meet him in the middle of the night. And Paul says let that be your example of a Lord who came to seek and save the lost. Who welcomed who fellowshiped who forgave who brought people near to him. See my favorite of this time of year. A little book was turned into a movie. It's about this witch coming out soon. I watch it at least seven times every year just because I love the story. A witch who has a broom and she loves her broom and so does her cat. But everywhere she goes people want to get on that broom. And the cat's determination is there's no room on that broom for anyone but her in the cat. But all through the story the message is there's room for you. It ends up there wasn't really room for all of them but by the end of the story they make room get a whole new broom and it's really a beautiful story. Here's what that matters. Paul says we make room for each other. Now listen. Should it not be our message to one another there's room for you in this congregation. You may be different from your background different in your experience. All of this may seem different from what it is you're used to. And maybe right now we don't see eye to eye on everything. There's room for you here. There's room for you. There's room for you in this congregation. There's room for you in this spiritual family. And specifically to me there's room for you in my family. There's room for you in my heart and in my life. Do you know what that will look like? In fact brethren do you know what that must look like among us. We have pockets of those who mean the most to this congregation and if we are not careful we're going to lose that. Far too easily we put premium on youth. The young people are the strength of a congregation. I say that as someone who is still in the category very briefly of youth. We put a lot of attention on our young people and they are important. Youth is not the strength of a church. We've got to get past that. Youth is zeal of a church. Youth is important to a church and they can bring great life and stability. But the real measure of strength are senior members. Are those who have walked with the Lord and as much as age but those who through their life and through their experience and time with the Word of God they know it. They know it. What do I know? Some of you have kids that are older than me. Some of you have grandkids that are my age. I don't come there to you saying listen to me because of my youth. I'm talking to you from the Word of God. But if we're going to place emphasis it's not let's hear what our young people want to say about this church. Let's listen to our seniors who have lived it. And brethren let's walk side by side. You know what that's going to look like? No one walks down this hallway without being greeted. This matter who they are. I may not know them very well and that's a great assignment for me this Sunday. No one gets passed by here. No one sits alone in this congregation. No one does. And if someone sits alone my family is going to go sit with them or I'm going to go sit with them. I'm going to take my friends. Maybe it's of the pockets of young people sitting here. Maybe we need to have a Sunday where we just scatter and spread. Oops, I went big. Sorry. [silence] Because one day we're going to be those who are older. All too soon. [silence] Some of the wisest members among us are senior members. Some of those who have the most incredible stories who could help us in our marriages and our parenting, our senior members. I may not just say it with my words, but certainly in our actions what I need to say is I have room for you. There is still a place for you here. In fact, not only a place. There is such an important role for you now, please. Don't retire from the Lord's work, my older brothers and sisters. We need you more than ever. We need your wisdom. We need your counsel. We need your example. Some of you, I know, it hurts every Sunday just to get here, but you are here. And it means so much. [silence] Verse 2, "Each of us is the pleestest neighbor for his good, to his edification." How about instead of staying in our pockets of those of where I am in my age group? If we made room, if we made a place for us, for one another, in all of our diversities. We need your last one, and that's purpose. One of the ways we're going to see God's grace is that we stay locked in on our purpose. Here's what you don't see in Acts 11. In verse 19 they were scattered because of a persecution that was tied to Stephen, and what you don't find is Saul's named mentioned until part Barnabas brings him there. What you don't find is them criticizing and complaining about Saul. You don't find them criticizing and complaining the Pharisees. You don't see them griping and complaining that the gospel is not being well received. Instead, you see a people who are locked in and focused on what matters. Here's what they have to do with us. There's a lot going on in the world that doesn't belong here. That doesn't mean we're bearing our heads in the sands. When we need to address it, we're going to address it from the gospel perspective, from the word of God's perspective. But all else, let's not let Satan distract us from what really matters. Let's not bring the vile of the world into here. I'm on it. I need to get off it, but every time I say I'm going to get off it, I still say on it. We have an HOA page on Facebook, and I tell you every time I'm on it, we have about 50 Karens in my neighborhood. Sorry about the night. It's just there. All they do is complain about everything that's never going to change. My people who drive too fast, fences that are never going to get painted, and people whose dogs are never going to stop barking. We're not going to change that here. Not the way the world wants us to. We're not in here to change Washington. We're not in here to try and figure out the conflict between Ukraine and Russia or Israel and Hamas. We have a far greater enduring purpose here. The kingdom of our Lord Jesus has to endure, and it has to spread, and it will. That's our focus. It doesn't mean we don't bring our burdens when we are here. We do. We bring our burdens so that we, in Galatians 6 and verse 1, may share those burdens with one another, but also that we may carry those burdens together to the Lord. But let's leave the issues to the world outside, and let's let it be what was said in 1 Corinthians 14, that when someone was here, what they left seeing was God. God is certainly among you, which means what? We're not afraid in these gatherings. We're not bringing the frustration and the language of the world into our gatherings. And whatever burdens and cares we have, yes we have them, but we're speaking about how our God is greater and can see us through those burdens. Can see us through those storms. Let's make this about him. That's real grace, saying focused on the things that matter more. We say often, we ask the question, what we say the grace of God is seeing among us, but we say that this is people. The church is about the people, and real change in this congregation doesn't start with you, and it doesn't start with our elders, it starts with me. So the real question today is, do others see the grace of God in me? Am I active in kingdom growth? Am I striving to grow closer to King Jesus? Have I made room in my heart and in my lives for each and every one of you? Am I striving to maintain and stay focused on his mission and his purpose so that I can help stir and motivate you, as you will me, on the things that matter the most? May God bless us. Thank you for connecting with us this morning. We're so thankful that you were able to do that. If you have questions, we'd love to have the opportunity to talk to you. You can contact us at www.thebibeway.com or questions@thebibeway.com. We'd love to have you in person, come if you can, but thank you for connecting with us.
