Thank you all so much.
Beautiful to have a chance to look forward to what lies ahead.
We are coming this morning to the end of our study in the book of Daniel.
Well, we're looking at the last chapter, chapter 12, and we'll also look back a little bit through the rest of the book.
One request before we jump in today.
I really value your prayers for me.
I mean that. I always mean that. I need them.
I'd especially appreciate your prayers this week as I'm taking some time away to study and pray,
primarily in preparation for our fall sermon series and looking ahead towards that.
Pray that God would teach me, would direct me and guide me as I spend that time with him,
would help me understand and explain his word and his heart for his people here at Southwood.
I'd really appreciate that if you'd be praying for me this week.
But one more time in the book of Daniel.
I'm going to miss Daniel.
I've loved this study.
Some of you will miss the piercing gaze of the lion.
You've told me that.
You want this slide to stay up there.
A lot fewer of you will miss the cutest sermon series title I've ever written,
Lions and Fires and Prayers.
Oh my.
Should have gotten rid of that one a long time ago.
But Daniel has taught us not just about those things, but about God, the true king,
and what it looks like for us to follow him in this crazy, difficult, messed up world that we live in.
That's the context of the chapter we're about to read.
Chapter 12 begins with the end of a vision that's been going on for a while now.
An apocalyptic vision about wars and suffering for God's people and devastatingly difficult days to live in.
And then after that, there's one final vision to close the book.
Listen as I read beginning at verse 1.
This is God's holy word.
The heavenly messenger says to Daniel,
At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people.
And there shall be a time of trouble such as never has been since there was a nation till that time.
But at that time your people shall be delivered.
Everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake.
Some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above.
And those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end.
Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall increase.
That's the end of that first vision.
Daniel, put it away.
There's a time coming that we need to save it for and protect this vision for God's people to have then.
And that's the end of this vision that's been running for several pages now.
And then Daniel sees this last vision at the end of the book.
Verse 5,
I, Daniel, looked and behold two others stood.
One on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.
And someone said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the stream,
How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?
And I heard the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the stream.
He raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and swore by him who lives forever
that it would be for a time, times, and half a time.
And that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end,
all these things would be finished.
I heard, but I did not understand.
And then I said, Oh my Lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?
He said, Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined,
but the wicked shall act wickedly.
And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away
and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days.
Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days.
But go your way till the end, and you shall rest
and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.
Will you pray with me?
Father, thank you for your word.
Thank you that in times of trouble and times when we don't know what and whom to trust,
that we can trust in you and trust your word to speak to us.
And so we are here this morning to hear from you.
Holy Spirit, would you speak?
Would you use even one who doesn't understand,
like you used Daniel when he didn't always understand?
Would you speak to us?
It is you we desire and need to hear from.
And we ask that you would give us ears to hear.
In Jesus' name, amen.
How much longer are we there yet?
Some of you have heard those classic questions before.
From every vacation you've ever taken where the destination was longer than,
I don't know, 10 minutes away or something like that.
When are we going to get there?
Because your kids are excited about the destination,
this fun vacation they're going to have,
but less excited about the not as fun car trip to get there.
Sometimes my kids ask a different question in a different context.
Dad, who do you think is going to win?
Sometimes the game is still in the first half.
I don't know who's going to win.
It's a big game maybe and they're anxious.
Or it's a scary part of a movie they've never seen before.
And your two-year-old looks up and says,
is he going to be okay?
I'm anxious.
How is this going to turn out?
Maybe you've asked one of those questions this week in your distress or sorrow.
How long, O Lord?
How much longer will we deal with these difficulties?
Will I face these griefs and pains?
Or the second type of question,
what can be done?
How will this ever get any better?
Is there any hope for a good outcome?
Come?
Both of those deeply felt questions are asked here in Daniel chapter 12.
But in this case, it's ultimate questions.
Ultimate how much longer kinds of questions.
They're asked by an angel of God and a prophet of God
who have heard that there is unparalleled evil to come
such as they've never seen.
And unparalleled deliverance as well.
And so the angel first says,
how long will this great evil last?
That's the question in verse 6.
And then Daniel, fearful for God's people,
hears the answer to that but doesn't understand.
And so he asks,
okay, well, just how's it all going to turn out?
Maybe I'm not tracking with the timing and how all that,
but just tell me, is it going to be okay?
Okay.
We ask these kinds of questions, don't we?
We ask them because as we've said from week one in the book of Daniel,
we live in a difficult world.
In a world where it's hard to follow Christ in all of life
when many others around us are not.
It's hard to live in a pluralistic society
and maintain a singular devotion to God.
It's hard to face persecution, crisis, tragedy, injustice, godless authorities, and so forth.
And keep your head on straight.
Much less have the wherewithal to know how to follow the true king.
Probably don't have to convince you of that this week.
I thought about this reality this week as I was preparing for this sermon
and realized that we said those things when we started this series maybe three months ago.
And we had lots of examples of that then.
And some of them, many of them even, are off the radar now.
We're not even thinking about those things.
Just the events of this week have given us enough to overwhelm us, haven't they?
Tragedies and difficulties in the news just in one week could overwhelm our hearts again.
And the same is true in many of our lives personally, isn't it?
Things you were concerned about three months ago
and haven't even thought about them this week,
but you've had other things on your plate.
It's been difficult.
You haven't known how things would go.
Now, Daniel can relate to that, can't he?
He's passing his days in exile, away from the promised land.
It's been about 70 years now.
Basically his entire lifetime.
And Daniel's been there facing these same difficulties.
Every week new and different things in Babylon.
Sometimes his life has nearly been snuffed out.
He's been through the whole thing a prophet of Yahweh,
surrounded by people who worship other gods.
They don't want to hear from him.
And now what's he told?
Things are going to get worse for God's people.
As this vision that starts this chapter begins in chapter 11
and runs through that chapter,
we're told of horrible persecutions.
Many under the Greek king Antiochus Epiphanes
to come in the second century BC.
Then even more of them in a future time
where the figure we know is the Antichrist
will bring even more awful suffering on God's people.
This is what's being talked about in verse 1 there.
In the middle of verse 1,
there shall be a time of trouble
such as never has been
since there was a nation till that time.
God's people have had trouble
all the way up to here.
And he says it's going to get worse
in ways you've never seen.
The point essentially in this vision is this.
You think things are as bad as they could be.
Well, they get worse for God's people later.
And then there will still be worse things ahead of those
that these things are only glimpses
of the ultimate difficulty.
Now process that, Daniel.
Process that when you think things are as bad
as they could be.
It'll get worse and then again later
there will be more difficulty to come.
When we hear warnings like these
that the worst is yet to come,
we tend to respond one of three ways.
I've read all of these on Facebook just this week.
It's a great place to go for sermon prep.
Sometimes we give up.
Just quit altogether, right?
Become hopeless and despondent
in the face of pain,
face of the brokenness of the world.
Sometimes, I think maybe this is
our most common tendency,
at least it is this week,
sometimes we stress out.
Scrolling through the latest social media feeds,
reading one article after the next,
just becoming fearful and frantic.
Or sometimes, we buckle down.
We strategize how we're going to fix the problem,
how we can prevent the worst from happening,
at least happening to me.
Again, the visions God gives Daniel
throughout the book,
don't hold back the reality of suffering
we will face as we follow the true King.
It's like the psalmist over and over again
speaking of enemies,
of the wicked,
of those who mock and taunt
and pursue Him.
That's the life that God's people
are called into.
That's what they're supposed to sing
and pray about when they come into worship.
Just flip through the psalms
and you'll see it.
Suffering,
pain,
confusion,
cries of,
how long,
oh Lord?
They're all over the place.
But in the midst of that real suffering,
in answer to the ultimate cries
of how much longer
and how will this turn out,
Daniel's told something different
from give up
or stress out
or buckle down.
He's told,
go your way.
Look at verse 9.
Daniel asks his question there in verse 8.
What's gonna happen?
Tell me how it's gonna turn out.
And God says,
go your way, Daniel.
There's gonna be a lot of things that happen.
There's gonna be people who trust me,
the wise,
and they're gonna be refined.
And there's gonna be the wicked
who do wicked things
and don't understand.
And there's gonna be all these days
and lots of time's gonna pass
and then down to verse 13.
But Daniel,
hear me clearly.
What you need to do is
go your way
till the end.
When life seems uncertain,
we don't understand exactly
how many days are gonna play out.
When things seem unfair,
when we're tempted
to begin feeling hopeless,
we must live by faith.
Just do what I've told you.
Just trust me.
Just go back to what I've called you to.
You may hear echoes perhaps of Aslan
saying,
I tell no one any story but his own.
Or the resurrected Jesus
saying to Peter
who wants to know about John,
what is that to you?
You follow me.
Just go your way.
And that can sound almost trite by itself,
can't it?
In the midst of where Daniel finds himself
to say,
hey, just chill out.
Just go your own way.
Just do your thing.
It can sound like it's minimizing
Daniel's pain and anguish.
Like it's disregarding
his well-warranted concern
for God's people.
Have you ever been in pain
and someone said,
just carry on.
Trust me.
No big deal.
And you think,
yeah,
yeah right.
Sure.
I'll just go my own way.
How am I supposed to do that?
How can I know the trouble
that lies ahead?
Can I see this vision
and just go my own way?
Just live by faith,
pastor says.
God says this to Daniel.
He doesn't just say,
go your own way.
He says,
heavenly glories
must transform
our outlook
on earthly difficulties.
I changed the words a little
in the last couple days.
Sorry.
But notice,
heavenly glories
must not minimize
earthly temporal difficulties,
not eliminate
the concern,
but transform
our outlook
on them.
How we respond
to the difficulties
that will indeed
be there.
The devastating
and worsening
news feed
is real.
There's no need
to deny that.
But it's not all
that's real.
So it can't be
the only thing
shaping and controlling
the outlook
of our hearts,
and it does that
so fast,
doesn't it?
When that's all
we're looking at,
when that's the only thing
that seems to be real
and that seems
to matter,
we've got to be looking
somewhere else
as well.
As Daniel has been told,
many of the difficulties
will persist
and some will worsen,
but our perspective
on them
must be
an eternal one.
There's no other way
to live by faith,
to make it through
this crazy life,
to follow the true king
in a world
that often doesn't feel
like he's on the throne.
Theologian Michael Green
tells of the early church
that their practice
was to record
the dates
of the death
of martyrs.
They'd write down
the appropriate date
in their calendar year,
and then they would add
the Latin phrase
Regnante Jesu Christo,
in the reign
of Jesus Christ.
It was a discipline
to remind them
of their only hope
in those times
when it didn't seem
like the true king
was Jesus Christ,
to remind them
that he indeed
was on the throne
and would remain
on the throne
even when everything
around them
didn't look that way.
The loss of a beloved martyr
made no sense
apart from an eternal hope.
Apart from King Jesus
reigning and offering hope
beyond the grave,
the death would have been
the end, right?
That's the hope
of Daniel chapter 12.
When facing death
from the persecution
of God's people
or from Daniel's aging body
that would give out
before he experienced
the fulfillment
of all God's promises,
Daniel is told this,
verse 2,
many of those
who sleep
in the dust
of the earth
shall awake,
some to everlasting life
and some to shame
and everlasting contempt.
And those who are wise
shall shine
like the brightness
of the sky above
and those who turn
many to righteousness
like the stars
forever and ever.
That phrase everlasting life
used only here
in the entire Old Testament.
Right after the verse
about trouble
such as has never been,
Daniel,
there will be everlasting life.
How else do you go your way?
When a loved one
has died,
especially tragically
or senselessly,
you've got to be able
to see both the horrific pain
of the temporal loss
plunging you
and your world
into darkness
and at the same time
the unimaginable glory
of life never ending,
shining like stars
forever and ever,
that that's also true.
That's facing death.
What about when facing
insignificance?
From feeling small,
forgotten,
unsuccessful,
unimportant,
like a marginalized prophet
who's seeing little fruit
from his lifetime
of labors.
Daniel is told
in verse one,
there's gonna be
this time of trouble,
but at that same time
your people
shall be delivered.
Everyone whose name
shall be found written
in the book.
Daniel,
you're not forgotten.
Your name
is in his book.
The God of heaven
knew you long ago.
He knows your name today
and one day soon
he is coming
to rescue you
personally
and particularly.
He treasures you
so much
that your name
remains written
on the palm
of his hand.
So the eternal reality
that's true
when we feel insignificant
is my name
from the palms
of his hands
eternity
will not erase.
Impressed on his heart
it remains
in marks
of indelible
grace.
These glorious
heavenly realities,
the truths
that are eternally
true
are really
what chapter 12
highlights
in the midst
of the pain
and the suffering.
That's been the pattern
of the entire book
of Daniel,
hasn't it?
We've said this
over and over
and over
that our vision
of heaven,
our grasp
of eternal realities
has to impact
the way we approach
life today.
It has to transform
our outlook
on all of life
and every difficult
situation.
Heaven
must impact
earth.
It's come up
in almost every
chapter of Daniel.
Just think back
with me for a minute.
When facing loneliness
and the fear
that often accompanies it
from being neglected
and abandoned
by those you love
or being surrounded
and marginalized
by those who hate God,
there's the comfort
not only of the king
of heaven knowing
my name
but also of the son
of man being sent
to me.
Chapter 10.
Fear not
for I am with you.
The mighty
eternal king
who's always
on his throne
is always
with me.
Never
alone.
When facing
the apparent defeat
of God's people
and his kingdom,
remember that's how
the whole book
of Daniel starts,
isn't it?
Babylon has come in.
God's people
are being oppressed.
His promises
seem to have failed
and we must remember
that God is on
the throne of heaven,
that he remains
the true king,
that Yahweh wins
and he loves
to bring ultimate
victory
through apparent
defeat.
Regnante
Jesu
Cristo.
And so because
of that,
when we're facing
weakness,
from being outnumbered
or overwhelmed
by strong,
impressive
enemies,
remember back
to chapter 2
that the four-person
prayer meeting
that overcomes
the captain
of the king's guard
and the army
of Babylon
as Daniel
faces
an execution.
Because
the dream
in chapter 2
tells us
the most apparently
mighty
human kingdoms
will likewise
be crushed
by a small
stone cut
with no
human hand.
The true king
of the true kingdom
that will grow
to become
a great mountain
and fill
the whole earth.
There's your strength
in weakness.
How about
when facing
injustice?
Listen,
no matter
what your
political
opinions
or your
personal
experiences
are,
this has been
a rough week
for justice
in our country,
hasn't it?
It's been hard.
Difficult
things have
happened.
It angers
us.
It breaks
our hearts.
It makes
us wonder
what could
possibly be
done
to bring
justice.
And it's
easy to
give up.
It's easy
to stress
out.
It's easy
to buckle
down and
think we
can fix
it.
We're the
solution.
Daniel
would remind
us when
we face
injustice
to see
the ancient
of days
still on
his throne.
The most
wise and
holy judge
of all the
earth.
Remember
his white
hair flowing,
the fire
coming out
from his
throne as
he sits
on it.
The only
one whose
power can
always be
trusted.
Who takes
sin too
seriously not
to judge
all and
to right
every wrong.
He will
one day
punish evil
completely and
he is on
his throne
today.
Listen,
that must
impact how
we look at
this week's
events.
It must.
2016.
Regnante
Jesu
Cristo.
Sometimes we
face different
things.
There's a lot
of days when we
face personal
failing.
When we know
in the depth
of our being
that we deserve
to face
judgment from
that holy
judge,
when he doesn't
feel like one
who's coming
to protect
us and
right wrongs
done against
us,
we feel like
he would
justifiably
be out to
get us.
We know
we haven't
measured up
when we've
failed again
and we want
to give up
on ourselves
or we think
that our last
chance is to
buckle down
to try harder
to be better
on our own.
We must see
that our
righteousness
is in heaven.
The son of man
standing before
the throne
of the ancient
of days
on our behalf,
reminding us
as we saw
last week
in chapter 9
that we depend
in our sin
on God's
great mercy,
not on our
righteousness.
What about
when facing
persecution?
The only way
that we can
faithfully endure
persecution
is to know
the heavenly
reality that
God is
supremely
valuable,
that we would
choose the
reproach of
God over the
treasures of
this world.
that's an
eternal perspective.
It's not an
easy one to
have.
It doesn't
feel true
when things
are hard.
But in the
face of
temptations
to blend
in,
chapter 1,
to worship
other gods
to avoid
the fiery
furnace,
chapter 3,
to quit
praying just
for a few
days to
avoid the
lion's den,
seems like
no big
compromise,
right?
That's
chapter 6.
We've got
to know how
valuable
God really
is.
Is the
true king
really the
true king
even when he
doesn't seem
to pay off
for you in
the short
term?
I'll just
mention a
couple more
so we can
make it a
true top
ten list.
I've always
wanted to
have one of
those.
When facing
rejection
from those
who hate
you,
from one
who promised
to love
you,
from in
the midst
of that
you begin
to suspect
even God
himself would
reject me.
Remember the
heavenly reality
that he speaks
in chapter 10
to a despondent,
failed prophet.
Oh Daniel,
man greatly
loved.
The glorious
good news of
the king of
heaven,
the one who
is most
entitled to
reject you
more than
anyone else,
and he says
to you,
I don't reject
you,
I love
you.
Finally,
when facing
suffering,
whether it's
the fiery
furnace in
front of
you or
the worst
days ahead
that the
saints of
God are
promised in
chapter 7,
we're told
that we must
see clearly
that the
God who
will meet
us at
the end
is with
us in
the midst
of it.
He meets
his people
in suffering,
doesn't he?
Over and
over.
The fourth
man in
the furnace,
remember?
He shows
up in
it with
them so
that whether
he delivers
in the way
or the time
that we
wish for,
we can
trust he
will indeed
deliver us.
You see,
heaven reminds
us that
suffering,
while always
a part of
our story,
is never
the end
of our
story because
glory is
coming.
That's what
heaven reminds
us, right?
The promise
of Scripture
that eternal
life awaits
those who
feel like
they face
death day
after day
after day.
Darkness
and darkness
and discouragement,
y'all,
glory is
coming.
Amen?
That's the
truth.
It has to
shape the
way we
enter into
these things.
That's the
bottom line,
I think,
at the end
of the book
of Daniel.
We will
suffer.
And that
may involve
many of the
things on
this list,
but whatever
it is in
our lives,
even to
the point
of death
itself,
even when
we cry
out,
how much
longer and
how will
this turn
out?
What we
need to
know is
not all
the controversial
details,
and Daniel
has plenty
of them,
but rather
the last
verse of
the book.
How does
it end?
Verse 13.
Daniel,
go your
way till
the end
and know
this,
you shall
rest.
You shall
stand in
your allotted
place at
the end
of the
days.
A little
bit more
than just
go your
own way.
There's
rest ahead.
Well, we
need to know
that, don't
we?
The true
king you
have entrusted
yourself to
will indeed
cause you
to stand
in the
place he
has prepared
for you
forever
and ever.
It will
happen.
So with
those heavenly
glories in
place, how
do we live
on earth?
Well, we
don't give
up.
There's hope.
There's always
hope.
We don't
stress out,
he's on
the throne.
We don't
buckle down,
he's on
the throne,
not us.
But to
give answers
from Daniel
to what
should we
do, I'd
say just
two things.
First,
pray.
Daniel does
that a lot,
doesn't he?
Pray that
heaven would
come to
earth.
In the
sense of
the prayer
I trust
many of
you prayed
this week,
come quickly,
Lord Jesus.
Long for
that.
Pray for
that like
it's your
only hope
because it
is.
Secondly,
work to
bring heaven
to earth.
Go your
way.
One
relationship
at a time,
one day
at a time,
faithfully
serve the
true king
that his
kingdom might
come more
and more
on earth
as it is
in heaven.
As long
as he
places you
here on
earth in
this difficult
world we
live in,
be an
ambassador of
your true
homeland.
Make earth
more and
more like
heaven,
the place
that you're
to know
so well
and long
to be.
I know
I've asked
how much
longer and
how will
this turn
out a lot
lately.
I don't
know all
of the
reasons you
might have
asked it
recently.
There are
a lot
of them.
Reasons
for you
personally.
For some
of you
it's because
you're fearful
for your
kids and
your grandkids
and what
they're going
to grow up
and face
and deal
with.
For some
of you
you're asking
those questions
because you're
living in
or facing
the potential
of divorce
and relational
brokenness
and you're
feeling the
pain and
the grief
of that
in your
own
life.
For some
of you
it's because
you're struggling
to make
life work
financially.
You're not
sure how
you're going
to make
it through
this week
or professionally
you're not
sure how
you're going
to make
it through
this season.
There are
many other
sufferings
and difficulties
represented
in this
room and
Daniel says
there's more
to come.
But to all
his struggling
people God
says I'm
not surprised
by what
you're facing.
I've not
left you
alone in
your suffering
and I've
written a
glorious
conclusion to
your story.
Everlasting
life.
Rest.
Glory.
Forever.
I'm the
true king.
Follow me.
What a
glorious comfort
to know the
true and
eternal king.
You know
there's been a
lot of talk
in recent
days about
being on
the right
side of
history.
And no
matter what
the issue
of the day
is we're
told of how
important it
is for our
legacies that
we're on the
right side of
history.
Seems really
important and
it can be.
I'm convinced
however that
what's far more
important is being
on the right
side of
eternity.
That there's a
God the book
of Daniel says
who is the
true king.
Who will
defeat all
of those who
align themselves
against him.
And who will
deliver all of
those who
trust him.
And that will
be an eternal
delineation for
those who are
with the true
king and those
who are against
him.
He's cause for
either great
fear or great
comfort.
If you don't
know him,
nothing could be
more important
this morning than
aligning yourself
with the true
king.
king and he
offers himself
to you again
today.
The good news
with this king
is that he
comes to you.
He comes to
you and offers
you himself.
He doesn't
demand that you
clean yourself up
and then come
to him.
He comes to
you.
You see,
this table
reminds us
we're about to
celebrate something
that Jesus,
our true king,
has come
willingly to us.
Has willingly
undergone,
just look down
that top ten
list on your
bulletin.
All of these
earthly difficulties
in some way
Jesus has taken.
Injustice against
repeated false
charges.
Persecution,
mocked and beaten
for following God.
Loneliness and
rejection when
even his father
turned his face
away from him.
And not for his
personal failings
but for ours.
And then apparent
defeat
and death itself
on the cross
where we deserved
to be.
He is the true king
and the one you
can trust in the
midst of all of
these situations.
He's been there.
He's gone there
with you
and for you.
He's the one you
can trust today.
Yet again
or for the very
first time in your
life you can
trust him.
He invites all
to trust him.
To join his team
to know his
mercy
and then to
eat this meal
as a sign
of your connection
to him.
Remember how
Paul tells us
he instituted
this supper
with his disciples.
He writes,
I received from
the Lord
what I also
delivered to you
that the Lord
Jesus on the
night when he
was betrayed
took bread
and when he
had given
thanks he
broke it
and said
this is my
body which
is for you.
Do this
in remembrance
of me.
In the same
way also he
took the cup
after supper
saying this
cup is the
new covenant
in my blood.
Do this
as often as
you drink it
in remembrance
of me.
For as often
as you eat
this bread
and drink
the cup
you proclaim
the Lord's
death
until he
comes.
This is not
the table
of Southwood
or of the
Presbyterian
church.
This is the
Lord's table
the table
of King
Jesus.
All of you
who know him
and trust him
and are a part
of his church
please come
and eat.
If you don't
know him
I'd invite you
this morning
to come
not to this
table
not to the
sign of
who Jesus
is and
what he has
done and
you're being
connected to
him
but actually
to come to
Jesus himself.
We would be
delighted
it would be
our privilege
to talk with
you and tell
you more
about him.
Let's pray.
Father thank
you for this
table that
reminds us
that you
sent your
only son
to suffer
that you
didn't remain
far off
but that
you moved
towards us
so that
you could
welcome
us into
your family.
Would you
set these
common elements
aside for
a sacred
purpose in
our hearts
this morning
that we
might know
and remember
what is
true in
the midst
of many
other things
in our lives
that are real
and true
that you
love us
that you
have secured
our eternity
and that you
watch over
and care
for us
today
might this
remind us
of that
we ask it
in Jesus
name
amen
Lord Jesus
on the night
he was
betrayed
took bread
and he broke
it and gave
it to his
disciples
as I
ministering
in his
name
give this
bread to
you
and he
said
take
eat
this is
my body
broken
for you
do this
in remembrance
of me
in the same
way after
the supper
he took
the cup
and said
this cup
is the
new covenant
in my blood
shed for many
for the
forgiveness
of sins
drink from
it
all of you
our host
team will
usher you
to tables
at the front
and the back
and we will
feast and celebrate
what Jesus
has done
for us
together
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