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Thank you for welcoming us. My wife, incredible wife Jody, who is in the front of the church right now.
She'll be out in a second, I'm sure. Not awkward at all.
Good to be with you. It's so fun to come to a church close to home. We just live down the street, down Solano Avenue in Albany.
And Gail and I were just talking about how she grew up. You could just throw a rock at her house from my house.
And she assures me she's the oldest person in this church. So, congratulations.
So, my name is Andrew and we've been here in this area for a long time pastoring.
We planted Solano Community Church in 2004 and then helped with our denominational church planting.
And then most recently now working with the Bay Area Church Planting Network.
And so, I get to be all over the Bay Area preaching at all different kinds of churches.
It's nice to be close to home this morning.
The goal, just so you know what the Bay Area Church Planting Network is about,
is we are seeking to saturate the Bay Area with churches through the work of church planting.
And we want to saturate the Bay with the gospel of Jesus Christ in that way.
And we have this goal, which is to reach 1% of the Bay Area.
This is a big goal. I inherited this.
This is, so get ready for this.
We're going to reach 1% of the Bay Area by planting 250 churches that will plant 250 churches by 2050.
How does that sound?
Are you in on that?
Alright.
So, the passage that I've chosen today captures a little bit of that heart of mission.
And it also leans into something that we prayed about in our time of confession,
which is that little phrase that came up in there,
we have not cared for those without Jesus.
And that leapt out to me as I thought about our passage today.
So, let me read this scripture with you.
I'll read it to you.
Matthew 9, 35.
And then we are going to allow it to speak to our hearts this morning.
Matthew 9, 35.
And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom,
and healing every disease and every affliction.
And when he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them,
because they were harassed and helpless,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
The harvest is plentiful,
but the laborers are few.
Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into his harvest.
Pray with me.
God, we invite you again into this place.
You're here with us already.
We know that.
Thank you for the shed blood of Jesus,
making it possible for us to have the hope of your presence
in this room, amidst this community,
and within our hearts.
And so we ask that you would amplify your presence this morning,
as we open our hearts to understand these words in scripture,
to submit ourselves to your call on our lives,
to see you work through us,
to bring your glorious gospel to bear
on people who are lost and broken and hurting and suffering,
all around us.
We invite you, Lord,
to have your way with us,
to work in us,
to inspire us,
to guide us,
to lead us this morning.
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
So this passage was important to me
as really reaching back to a time early in my life.
I was nine years old,
and my cousin took me to see the movie The Elephant Man.
You may know that story.
It's a story of Joseph Merrick,
who was a badly deformed man in England in the 1800s,
and he was placed in a circus and treated like an animal.
Now think of, you know, Charles Dickens kind of time frame.
And the movie wrecked me.
From age nine to eleven,
I was unable to sleep in my own room through the night.
I would wake up in the middle of the night,
and I would imagine Joseph Merrick walking to the room with his deformities.
I would panic.
I would jump out of bed and run down to my parents' room.
This went on so long that my parents decided to send me to counseling.
And after maybe three sessions or so, I was cured.
In fact, the counselor did such a great job that for the next ten years,
I didn't shed a tear for anybody.
He closed me right up.
Fast forward now to age twenty-one.
I'm working at a Christian camp.
I'm supposed to be the supply truck driver,
but the week before the camp starts,
the chaplain backs out,
and they look around the room,
and they point at me and said,
you'll be the chaplain.
They were looking for anybody who just, I think,
had a heartbeat at that point.
And so I spent that summer engaged deeply in the lives of these high school students.
Seventy or so would come every week.
They would tell me their stories.
I would listen.
I would pray with them.
I would try to encourage them.
And by the end of the summer,
my emotional tank was absolutely full.
And I'm standing one particular day in a room,
looking out at the students as they're playing soccer,
and imagining and thinking about all of the struggles they were facing.
And I broke down.
I started to cry.
And then I started to weep and heave.
And I called out to God,
Lord, what do you want me to do?
And what I got back was this simple phrase,
give them Jesus.
Give them Jesus.
And that was really the moment of my call to ministry.
But there's a deeper part of the story.
Later that day,
I was driving to one of our work sites,
and I started to think about Joseph Merrick,
the elephant man.
And I started to weep.
In fact, I had to pull the car over.
I was weeping so intensely.
And I sat on the side of the road
for 45 minutes,
heaving and crying,
connecting with a part of me
that had been closed for a decade or more.
And I realized in that moment
that those earlier days
when I was in my bed waking up with terrors,
it wasn't that I was afraid of Joseph Merrick.
It's that I was overwhelmed
by his suffering.
Short time after that,
I come on to this passage that we read today.
And it all starts to make sense.
My nine-year-old self couldn't hold the hurt
so the Lord in his grace
sealed me up for a time.
But my 21-year-old self
was ready to have my heart reopened again
for a life of mission and ministry.
And what's evident from the scripture
that we read and highlighted in my journey
is that compassion
is the secret to living scent.
Compassion is the secret
to living scent.
Or if that's too churchy sounding,
compassion is the secret
to living a life
of gospel mission.
I want to look at this
in two moves today.
First of all,
mission begins with compassion.
So the statement that I just made.
And then we'll look at this simple statement
that mission ends with action.
So mission begins with compassion.
And the subtitle of this first point
is See Like Jesus.
See Like Jesus.
See, this passage comes at the end
of a string of healings.
If you look back in chapter 9
in Matthew,
you will see
Jesus at work
in some of the most beautiful
and powerful ways
in the lives
of people who are desperately hurting.
A father comes to Jesus
with his bleeding heart
for his daughter.
A woman comes
with her bleeding body
and touches
Jesus' hem.
Two blind men
stumbling through life
in the darkness.
Cry out to Jesus.
Have mercy
on us.
And a mute man
finally trapped
in the prison
of his own mind
finally speaks
as he encounters Christ.
And I would submit to you
that that world
is not so different
from our world.
We pass
hundreds of people
every day.
whether it's
driving in the car,
walking down the street,
in the workplace,
in our schools,
wherever the Lord
has us.
We pass
image bearers
left
and right.
And we consider them
so often
by their outward
presentation.
And in this world
people
figure out
how to look good
on the outside.
But what we often
don't connect with
is the truth
that for
many of them,
maybe every single one,
their lives
consist also
of pain
and suffering
and grief
and loss
and difficulty
and trauma
and horror.
And deep down
at the core
they long
for
redemption.
or to use
the words
that
Jesus
uses
they are like
sheep
without a
shepherd.
Like sheep
without a
shepherd.
Now Jesus
looks on
broken people
and he
says he
has
compassion.
This is one
of those words
you probably
have heard about.
It's one of those
really powerful
beautiful
words in
the New Testament.
It refers
to your
entrails.
It's a very
visceral
raw
kind of a
word
conjuring up
sort of
the deepest
expression
of our
emotions.
And so
there's
Jesus
feeling this
rawness
this emotion
the disciples
are watching
it.
This word
is only
ever used
of Jesus
in the
New Testament
and it's
used four
times of
Jesus
in the
book of
Matthew.
And what's
really interesting
is that
outside of
the New Testament
the word
is never
used
for a
man.
So we
have here
Jesus
redefining
what
manhood
is
in this
text.
The source
of his
compassion
is that
the people
he's
gazing
at
the people
that are
the crowd
that's
before him
they're
harassed
and
helpless.
Now the
word harassed
comes from
the same
word that
we would
use to
talk about
flaying
like flaying
an animal.
And the
word helpless
comes from
the same
word that
you would
use to
talk about
casting
something
aside.
So these
are sort
of skinned
and cast
aside in
the words
of Jesus.
Jesus is
able to
see through
whatever the
veneer is
on the
outside to
the core
of what's
happening
on the
inside.
While I was
actually working
on this
text a
while back
I went
for a
walk
and I
was walking
down the
street
near my
house
and
saw a
mouse
sort of
staggering
under
this car
came out
from under
the car
and it
was
obviously
traumatized
going in
circles
and I
paused
you know
wondering
what was
happening
and then
I see
this cat
peek out
from under
the car
and it
dawned on
me what
was
happening
and sadly
the mouse
didn't seem
to be able
to see
anymore
and so
as it
was going
in circles
it made
its way
back
underneath
the car
and the
two of
them
disappeared
and I
walked
away
traumatized
and I
kept
walking
and I
continued
to be
traumatized
I
couldn't
shake
the visceral
sense
of what
I had
just
seen
the
rawness
of a
creature
that was
being
harassed
and that
looked so
helpless
and later
that day
I kept
having
these
moments
of thinking
back
to that
scene
and so
finally
I said
Lord
why did
you allow
me to
see that
and then
I opened
up my
scripture
and looked
back at
this text
and I
thought
oh
that's
why
you're
giving
me
an
in the
moment
reminder
of the
harassedness
and the
helplessness
that
characterizes
so much
of our
world
and if
I could
feel that
way about
a mouse
right
how might
I feel
about
the broken
image bearers
all
around me
it was
a fresh
exposure
to the
visceral
nature
of suffering
there's
this really
poignant
moment
in the
movie
the
elephant
man
some
kids
have
joseph
merrick
cornered
in a
back
alley
and they're
taunting
him
and beating
him
and he
cries out
to them
he says
I'm not
an elephant
I'm not
an animal
I'm a
human
being
I'm a
man
and in
that you
hear
the cry
of so
many
human
beings
amidst
suffering
and trauma
every human
being feels
backed into
a corner
at some
point
you just
don't get
to escape
this world
without it
and I'm
continually
humbled
by the
suffering
that people
have been
through
around me
like all
of us
I'm tempted
to think
I've been
through
a lot
and then
I always
encounter
somebody
who's had
it worse
abuse
loss
physical
health
mental
health
sin
and let
me just
say
you might
have
walked
in here
this
morning
carrying
one of
those
and here
we are
talking
about
being
the hands
and feet
of Jesus
showing
compassion
to others
but
it's
possible
this
morning
that
what
you
most
need
in
this
moment
is
the
compassion
of
Jesus
for
you
and so
let me
remind
you
that
just
as
Jesus
looked
on
that
crowd
he
looks
on
you
and
if
you
just
limped
in
here
this
morning
barely
making
it
know
that
this
wonderful
beautiful
perfect
man
with
the
greatest
love
that
there
ever
has
been
has
trained
that
love
on
you
so
just
keep
moving
towards
him
day
by
day
and
for
all
of
us
what
Jesus
is
inviting
us
into
is
that
we
would
open
our
hearts
to
the
pain
and
the
suffering
that's
around
us
and
I
get
that
for
most
of
us
that's
a
terrifying
prospect
just
like
when
I
was
nine
years
old
and
I
couldn't
hold
right
the
pain
and
the
suffering
of
the
elephant
man
and
we
close
off
our
hearts
so
often
because
we
feel
overwhelmed
by
the
pain
and
the
suffering
in
the
world
around
us
and
part
of
that
is
because
we
think
that
we
have
to
carry
it
all
but
what
Jesus
is
reminding
us
here
is
that
ultimately
he's
the
one
who
carries
it
our
job
is
to
be
open
to
it
so
that
it'll
catalyze
movement
in our
lives
but
in that
moment
of
panic
we
often
times
feel
and
ask
the
question
well
if
I
open
my
heart
to
the
pain
and
the
suffering
and
the
world
around
me
where
will
I
go
with
it
and
the
answer
that
Jesus
has
for
us
this
morning
is
that
you
will
go
on
mission
one
of
the
misconceptions
we
have
about
emotions
is
what
they're
for
and
what
I
find
in
life
more
and
more
as
I
get
older
is
that
the
emotions
are
simply
to
catalyze
action
in
my
life
it's
like
a
it's
like
a
signal
on
the
dashboard
that's
calling
me
to
pay
attention
to
an
opportunity
or
to
something
that
needs
to
be
taken
care
of
and
when
we
shut
down
our
emotions
out
of
fear
we
lose
a
measure
of
the
motivation
and the
energy
that we
need
to live
a life
on
mission
and
Jesus
is
showing
us
what
it
means
to
be
an
emotionally
open
human
being
who
faces
the
pain
and
the
suffering
of
the
world
as
it
is
and
transforms
that
into
action
that's
the
invitation
Jesus
is making
for us
this
morning
compassion
is the
secret
to
mission
our
emotions
are to
become
like
the
pulses
of
energy
that
catalyze
movement
in our
lives
we
were
just
walking
we
walk
and
pray
Jody
and
I
every
night
and
yesterday
we
walked
by
the
same
homeless
person
for
the
50th
time
and
we
finally
looked
to
each
other
and
just
like
why
don't
we
do
anything
about
this
and
so
we
made
a
plan
right
and
there's
something
about
being
open
to
the
people
around
us
that
catalyzes
action
that
fuels
the
compassion
fuels
the
mission
so
that's
the
first
point
that
we
take
from
this
passage
is
that
mission
begins
with
compassion
see
like
Jesus
and
that
takes
us
to
the
next
part
which
is
that
mission
ends
with
action
and
if
you
wanted
a
subtitle
for
this
one
is
do
like
Jesus
so
see
like
Jesus
and
do
like
Jesus
and
we're
right
here
in
the
center
of
the
very
purpose
of
Jesus
is
the
activity
of
God
in
the
world
that's
the
incarnation
and
so
when
we
get
this
sort
of
binary
process
between
seeing
like
God
seeing
with
God's
heart
and
then
acting
like
Jesus
we're
starting
to move
right
into
the
center
of
what
it
means
to
be
a
Christian
in
the
world
this
is
what
chapter
nine
has
been
about
all
these
beautiful
encounters
with
Jesus
and he's
so
lovingly
heals
the
brokenness
of
the
father
and
the
woman
and
the
blind
man
and
the
mute
man
and
then
at
the
end
of
that
we
have
this
sort
of
summary
passage
that
we're
looking
at
Jesus
is
facing
the
crowd
he's
overcome
with
compassion
imagine
him
standing
there
here's
the
crowd
he's
weeping
and the
disciples
are
here
and
they're
watching
this
scene
take
place
and
they're
thinking
to
themselves
wow
amazing
as
he's
looking
at
this
crowd
of
suffering
people
and
Jesus
instead
surprises
them
he turns
to
them
and
he
says
hey
pray
that
somebody
would
do
something
about
this
he's
engaging
what
their
hearts
when
you
pray
you
open
your
heart
and
so
he
invites
them
the
genius
that
Jesus
is
he
says
let's
start
by
having
you
pray
that
God
would
raise
up
somebody
to
do
something
about
this
and
then
after
they
pray
he
says
oh
look
God's
answered
our
prayer
it's
you
fast
forward
to
chapter
10
and
he
called
to
him
his
12
disciples
and
gave
them
authority
over
unclean
spirits
to
cast
them
out
and
to
heal
every
disease
and
every
affliction
and a
few
verses
down
these
12
Jesus
sent
out
instructing
them
they
become
the
answer
to
the
prayer
he
invites
them
to
pray
and
in
that
they
are
invited
on
this
I
mean
do
you
this
is
the
most
incredible
thing
God
Jesus
is
standing
there
having
compassion
and
you're
wondering
how
he's
going
to
fix
it
and
instead
of
fixing
it
himself
he
says
come
with
me
let's
engage
in
this
together
it's
the
invitation
for
all
believers
to be
a part
of
the
incredible
mission
that
God
is
carrying
out
in
the
world
to
reach
people
who
are
broken
who
are
harassed
!
and
helpless
like
sheep
without
a
shepherd
with
the
beautiful
powerful
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
that's
a
huge
invitation
it's
a
beautiful
invitation
it's
a
glorious
invitation
and
Jesus
made
it
to
you
over
the last
month
couple
of
months
we
had
the
honor
of
shepherding
one
of
our
neighbors
toward
Jesus
before
he
died
this
is
a
you
know
we
live
in
Albany
classic
sort
of
Berkeley
Albany
whatever
that
means
to
you
probably
he
believed
it
and
we
had
this
long
you
know
years
long
relationship
and
finally
at
one
point
I
was
standing
in
the
front
yard
and
we
had
a
conversation
I
said
I
said
Greg
why don't
you
just
read
the
gospel
of
Mark
and
then
we'll
get
together
and
talk
about
what
you
discover
there
and
time
went
on
and
he
didn't
invite
me
to
get
together
and
talk
about
the
gospel
of
Mark
but
he
kept
texting
me
all
of
his
insights
about
the
gospel
of
Mark
and
then
he
went
on
to
Luke
and
he
just
kept
reading
and
he
kept
sharing
with
me
what
he
was
learning
until
finally
one
day
I
get
this
text
from
him
I
may
or
not
finish
reading
the
Bible
but
hear
me
clearly
Andrew
and
Jody
I
have
found
God
but
I
also
for
the
first
time
with
clarity
have
found
Jesus
shortly
after
that
he
was
diagnosed
with
cancer
we
spent
numerous
times
with
him
in
the
hospital
and
I
can
affirm
that
until
his
last
day
he
hung
on
to
his
shepherd
Jesus
Christ
moment
by
moment
in
fact
as
he
moved
towards
his
passing
into
a much
better
place
it
was
a
moment
of
joy
when
we
got
that
text
and
sadness
shortly
thereafter
when
we
heard
about
his
cancer
but
I
look
at
1
Thessalonians
2
19
where
it
says
for
what
is
Paul
says
for
what
is
our
hope
or
joy
or
crown
or
boasting
before
our
Lord
Jesus
at
his
coming
is
it
not
you
for
you
are
our
glory
and
joy
Paul's
glory
and
joy
was
in
the
people
that
he
had
been
blessed
to
be
a
part
of
throughout
the
course
of
his
ministry
sadly
learn
that
80%
of
believers
in
the
US
never
have
the
joy
of
shepherding
somebody
towards
Jesus
they
never
have
the
joy
of
shepherding
somebody
towards
Jesus
and
I
want
more
I
think
part
of
my
burden
in
this
passage
is
wanting
more
for
you
wanting
more
for
me
in
that
incredible
invitation
that
we
have
been
given
to
be
a
part
of
Jesus
rescue
mission
in
the
world
is
to
be
accepted
and
embraced
there's
a lot
of
reasons
why
we
don't
you
know
we
sometimes
look
at
it
we
say
well
wasn't
this
just
for
the
twelve
or
maybe
it's
just
for
the
pastors
or
the
special
people
and
the
answer
is
no
the
twelve
were
really
just
examples
for us
of what
it
was
going
to
be
like
now
there
are
a few
things
that
were
just
separate
to
them
like
writing
scripture
and
stuff
you
don't
get
to
write
scripture
but
this
element
of
evangelism
this
living
on
mission
is
they
are
our
example
or
you
say
what
if
I
can't
heal
or
cast
out
like
it
says
in
Matthew
10
cast
out
unclean
spirits
and
if
you
said
that
you
would
be
right
you
can't
do
those
things
but
God
can
and
your
invitation
is
to
pray
that
he
would
for
the
specific
person
who's
in
front
of
you
right
now
that's
all
you
have
to
do
that's
all
I
have
to
do
and
then
sometimes
we
say
well
what
if
the
people
don't
want
to
hear
it
I
mean
this
is
the
Bay
area
right
I've
been
we've
been
here
Jody
was
born
in
Berkeley
I've
lived
here
for
20
something
years
we
know
what
it's
like
to
be
in
the
Bay
area
and
we
know
right
that
nobody
in
the
Bay
area
wants
to
hear
about
Jesus
right
and
so
we
shut
down
when
actually
it
says
in
Matthew
10
37
the
harvest
is
plentiful
and
that's
a
promise
from
the
lips
of
Jesus
and
as
creative
and as
smart
as we
are
in
the
Bay
area
I
don't
think
we
can
circumvent
the
promise
of
Jesus
he
says
the
harvest
is
plentiful
here
the
problem
with
our
mission
isn't
the
readiness
of
the
people
to
receive
it
as
much
as
it
is
there's
too
few
of
us
engaged
in
doing
it
that's
what
the
text
says
Matthew
10
37
the
second
part
says
the
laborers
are
few
the
harvest
is
plentiful
but
the
laborers
are
few
when
we
do
engage
we
don't
dig
in
what's
interesting
to me
I thought
about
this
yesterday
day
as I
was
reflecting
on this
text
he's
using
farming
imagery
if we
know
one
thing
about
farming
it's
hard
work
right
and
that's
the
image
that
he
uses
to
talk
about
what
it
means
to
be
engaged
in
mission
in
the
lives
of
other
people
it's
like
farming
You
gotta
get
up
early
you
pabst
I
didn't
mean
it
to
be
pabst
which
is
a
type
of
beer
but
here's
what
it
is
and
let
me
just
invite
you
as
I
go
through
this
really
briefly
to
ask
the
Holy
Spirit
to
bring
to
your
recollection
I
love
what
Karen
said
about
our
imagination
to
bring
into
your
imagination
the
faces
of
the
people
he's
calling
you
to
minister
to
and
if
you
want
to
indulge
me
even
further
I
would
invite
you
to
open
up
your
phone
and
open
up
a
note
ignore
the
notifications
that have
come in
the last
few
minutes
and
write
down
their
names
and
here's
how you
engage
in
relationship
with
people
you
begin
with
prayer
you
just
pray
we
can
always
pray
for
somebody
every
day
we
can
pray
for
somebody
that's
the
P
and
then
the
A
is
ask
when
you
ask
somebody
about
their
life
you
are
affirming
their
value
it's
a
way
to
reflect
that
they're
image
bearers
because
you
care
about
who
they
are
and
so
you're
already
starting
to
show
them
what
the
gospel
is
and
then
you
can
bless
them
Jesus
gave
the
ultimate
blessing
of
his
life
when
we
bless
people
with
what
we
have
in
their
brokenness
and
suffering
then
we
are
reflecting
we're
mirroring
the
work
of
Jesus
so
they
begin
to
taste
it
so
that
hopefully
someday
when
they
see
what
Jesus
did
they'll
connect
the
dots
or
even
that
what
you
are
doing
will
help
them
to
see
the
sacrifice
of
Jesus
so
pray
ask
bless
and
then
share
is
the
next
one
this
is
when
you
simply
tell
them
about
your
relationship
with
Jesus
whether
it's
way
in
the
past
or
something
that
happened
this
last
weekend
you
just
don't
hide
it
under
a
bushel
that
Jesus
is
important
to
you
in
your
life
and
then
the
last
one
is
tell
pray
ask
bless
share
and
tell
where
you
tell
people
the
gospel
what
Jesus
has
actually
done
on
their
behalf
and
by
this
means
we
can
engage
in
a
daily
kind
of
farming
roll
up
your
sleeves
work
of
mission
and
it's
all
motivated
by
a
heart
there's
nothing
more
wonderful
than
helping
a
harassed
and
helpless
person
discover
Jesus
as
their
shepherd
because
that's
what
Jesus
says
is
the
antidote
they're
harassed
and
helpless
like
sheep
without
a
shepherd
in
the
movie
the
elephant
man
ends
with
this
poignant
scene
in
a
hospital
he's
finally
gotten
out
of
the
circus
he's
in
the
hospital
and
they
don't
know
if
he
can
understand
anything
which
he's
very
intelligent
but
he
just
is
deformed
and
they
don't
know
what
to
do
so
they
start
trying
to
teach
him
things
and
one
of
the
things
they
do
is
they
read
scripture
and
they
come
to
Psalm
23
you know
what
Psalm
23
says
the
Lord
is
my
what
my
shepherd
I
shall
not
want
and
as
they
are
reading
it
to
him
Joseph
Merrick
starts
quoting
the
rest
he
makes
me
lie
down
in
green
pastures
he
leads
me
beside
still
waters
and
at
the
end
he
says
it's
my
favorite
Psalm
it's
my
favorite
Psalm
and
in
that
moment
you
know
that
this
harassed
and
helpless
man
has
found
his
shepherd
this
is
the
promise
of
the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
and
you
and
I
have
the
incredible
honor
of
partnering
with
Jesus
to
share
it
in
a
harassed
and
helpless
world
so
God
would
you
help
us
do
just
that
I
know
when
we
come
to
this
topic
so
often
we
are
filled
with
fears
we
anticipate
things
going
wrong
we
don't
know
that
we
are
capable
I
just
pray
this
morning
that
you
would
wipe
all
that
away
and
connect
us
to
the
deepest
most
important
element
which is
that
you
love
people
and
you
want
to
love
people
through
us
you
want
us
to
be
your
hands
and
feet
so
help
us
to
be
your
hands
and
feet
in
this
place
where
there's
just
so
much
oh
thank
you
for
this
church
Lord
thank
you
for
this
church
present
in
this
place
of
greatest
need
faithful
serving
you
now
help
us
to
do
it
all
the
more
help
us
to
live
in
dependency
upon
you
but
in
action
to
love
just
as
you
have
loved
us
for
your
glory
in
Jesus
name
we
pray
amen