WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.740 Thanks, John and Greg. 00:00:04.379 --> 00:00:05.780 My name is Matthew Gapone, 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:08.259 and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church, 00:00:08.259 --> 00:00:12.120 and it's my joy to have you all with us celebrating tonight. 00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:18.559 As we think about Christmas and the gifts that we're giving and receiving tomorrow, 00:00:18.780 --> 00:00:21.379 and maybe some of you tonight, maybe some of you even earlier, 00:00:21.900 --> 00:00:26.280 you might be tempted to think that Black Friday is the greatest day 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:28.379 where all the most gifts are bought. 00:00:28.379 --> 00:00:30.160 Well, I'm told that you'd be wrong. 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:36.079 In fact, tonight is when more Christmas gifts are bought than any other time. 00:00:36.780 --> 00:00:39.600 Now, I hope that's not true of anyone in this room. 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:43.060 I believe better things for you and of you, 00:00:43.820 --> 00:00:48.599 but we talk about gifts, right, because that's a core part of what we do at Christmas. 00:00:48.879 --> 00:00:51.120 But I want to flip the script a little bit tonight 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:55.019 and talk not about giving gifts or about receiving gifts, 00:00:55.020 --> 00:00:58.420 but I want to talk instead about being a gift. 00:00:59.220 --> 00:01:02.500 Now, some people think that they are God's gift to mankind, 00:01:02.980 --> 00:01:06.560 and that's certainly not a good thing, and it's not a compliment, 00:01:06.939 --> 00:01:10.079 and that's not what I mean when I talk about being a gift. 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:12.180 Of course, you might say to someone, 00:01:12.180 --> 00:01:15.860 wow, you are such a gift, and that's a nice sentiment. 00:01:16.140 --> 00:01:18.720 It gets a little bit closer to what I mean. 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:20.860 It doesn't get us quite to where we want to go, though, 00:01:20.860 --> 00:01:24.700 so I'm going to invite you to turn to page 6 of your worship guide 00:01:24.700 --> 00:01:29.380 and look for a minute with me at John chapter 17, 00:01:29.940 --> 00:01:35.280 because he shows us something here a little bit different about being a gift. 00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:40.340 And so, yes, I mentioned earlier for our offertory that God does give us a gift. 00:01:40.340 --> 00:01:41.560 He gives us the gift of Jesus. 00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:43.640 That's what we celebrate at Christmas. 00:01:43.820 --> 00:01:47.420 In fact, John tells us that earlier in his gospel in chapter 3, verse 16, 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:48.680 that famous verse, 00:01:48.859 --> 00:01:51.060 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:55.620 that whoever believes in him should not perish, that we have eternal life. 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:02.120 But that's not actually the only gift that God the Father gives, 00:02:02.460 --> 00:02:08.599 because the gospel of John here tells us that there is something that Jesus wanted to unwrap. 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:13.919 There's a gift that Jesus wanted and a gift that he came for, 00:02:14.079 --> 00:02:15.439 and you might ask, what was it? 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:19.099 It might be more appropriate to ask, who was it? 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:24.019 Because the gospel of John here in chapter 17 tells us that it was us. 00:02:25.340 --> 00:02:31.120 God's people are the ones that Jesus unwraps as his gift. 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:33.620 So it's important. 00:02:34.020 --> 00:02:36.759 It's, in fact, the greatest importance that God gives us Jesus. 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:41.340 But it's also important that God gives Jesus us. 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:45.480 And so I want you to look with me for a minute here at John chapter 17, 00:02:46.219 --> 00:02:46.980 verse 2. 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:55.740 Jesus says here that God has given him all to give eternal life. 00:02:55.740 --> 00:03:00.820 So since you have given authority over all flesh to give eternal life to all you have given him, 00:03:01.140 --> 00:03:03.920 all the people that God has given to Jesus. 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:04.700 Verse 6. 00:03:05.140 --> 00:03:10.240 I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:12.000 Verse 6 again. 00:03:12.820 --> 00:03:16.820 Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 00:03:17.580 --> 00:03:18.660 And finally, verse 7. 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:22.900 Now they know that everything you have given me is from you. 00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:28.620 And so the point of all of this is to say that if you are a Christian, 00:03:29.099 --> 00:03:32.300 God gave you to Jesus. 00:03:34.180 --> 00:03:39.620 If you're a Christian, John is telling us here that God gave you to Jesus. 00:03:40.259 --> 00:03:43.960 And this is not just some mere sentimental reality that I'm telling you. 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:48.280 It's so important, in fact, that the authors of our church's Confession of Faith, 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.659 who wrote it back in the 1600s, included this in chapter 8. 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:58.219 That it was important to remember that God gave to Jesus a people for himself. 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:05.060 Ephesians chapter 1, verse 4, tells us that God chose these people before the beginning of the world. 00:04:06.300 --> 00:04:11.060 And so, yes, Christmas means that God gave Jesus to us as our gift. 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:14.159 It also means that we're Jesus' gift. 00:04:14.939 --> 00:04:19.079 If we belong to him, we're the gift that God the Father gave to him. 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:21.659 And Jesus came. 00:04:21.819 --> 00:04:22.939 He came to die for us. 00:04:23.359 --> 00:04:28.379 We celebrate the beginning of his life as a human on this earth at Christmas. 00:04:28.899 --> 00:04:31.399 And it reminds us of how he lived the rest of his life. 00:04:31.500 --> 00:04:35.099 It reminds us of the fact that he came, that he died for us. 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:36.799 He died the death that we should have died. 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:39.319 He took the punishment that we deserved. 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:42.519 And he lived the perfect life that we should have lived. 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:50.399 If you have been with us in worship for a while, you've been in present when we've confessed Heidelberg Catechism question 1 together. 00:04:50.939 --> 00:04:54.360 Where we ask the question, what is your only comfort in life and in death? 00:04:54.980 --> 00:05:00.259 By the way, spoiler, that's going to be our Confession of Faith this Sunday, day after tomorrow. 00:05:00.259 --> 00:05:02.099 I hope to see you all there. 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:06.000 The answer to what our comfort in life and in death is, is this. 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:13.399 That I am not my own, but belong, body and soul, in life and death to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. 00:05:14.699 --> 00:05:17.219 You don't belong to yourself if you're a Christian. 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:19.740 You belong to Jesus. 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:24.399 You belong to Jesus because God gave you as a gift. 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:28.519 The answer finishes, it's a long one, but it finishes like this. 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:38.679 Because I belong to Him, Christ by His Holy Spirit assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for Him. 00:05:40.219 --> 00:05:41.419 Notice how that sentence starts. 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:43.659 Because I belong to Him. 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:49.919 Because Jesus came as a gift and He came to receive a gift. 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:52.179 One man says this about that confession. 00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:58.100 We live in a world where we expect to find comfort in possessions, pride, power, and position. 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:06.040 But the Catechism teaches us that our only true comfort comes from the fact that we don't even belong to ourselves. 00:06:07.019 --> 00:06:09.280 How countercultural and counterintuitive. 00:06:09.860 --> 00:06:15.500 We can endure suffering and disappointment in life and face death and the life to come without fear of judgment. 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:19.460 Not because of what we've done or what we own or who we are. 00:06:19.459 --> 00:06:22.479 But because of what we do not possess. 00:06:23.019 --> 00:06:25.379 Namely, our own selves. 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:28.719 This shapes our whole existence. 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:34.259 The first thing we need to know as a Christian is that we belong to Jesus and not ourselves. 00:06:34.259 --> 00:06:41.459 Now this isn't just some intellectual or doctrinal proposition for us to be reminded of. 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:45.420 But it is what we are encouraged of and what holds us up as we live our lives. 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:50.139 It means we belong to Jesus as we face sadness and loss. 00:06:51.099 --> 00:06:53.719 We have the words of 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. 00:06:53.819 --> 00:06:55.959 That we grieve as those who don't have... 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:57.719 We do not grieve as those who have no hope. 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:01.240 We can grieve knowing that we have hope. 00:07:01.300 --> 00:07:02.800 Because we belong to someone else. 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:07.439 If we rejoice and we're filled with excitement about Christmas, 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:11.259 we know there's even more joy to come for us in the future. 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:16.100 We don't have to worry about the joy being scarce. 00:07:16.780 --> 00:07:19.300 We don't have to worry about it getting less and less. 00:07:19.379 --> 00:07:24.860 We don't have to worry about joy becoming dimmer and dimmer as our bodies become weaker and weaker. 00:07:25.780 --> 00:07:27.780 Instead, we know that we belong to God. 00:07:28.379 --> 00:07:31.660 And the greatest joy that we have is greater than what we have now. 00:07:31.660 --> 00:07:35.200 It's more than we could think or imagine. 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:40.480 It's more permanent than any other allegiance or commitment. 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:43.380 We're grateful for family at Christmas. 00:07:44.580 --> 00:07:48.920 And we're also reminded that God's commitment to us is even greater than that. 00:07:50.020 --> 00:07:53.840 Psalm 27 verse 10 reminds us that my father and my mother have forsaken me. 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:55.759 The Lord will take me in. 00:07:57.179 --> 00:08:00.419 And we have our promise too from Isaiah chapter 49. 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:02.759 God speaks of his people and says, 00:08:02.979 --> 00:08:06.399 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:09.479 Your walls are continually before you. 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:15.419 God has written the names of his people on his hands. 00:08:15.420 --> 00:08:18.040 Because they belong to him. 00:08:20.640 --> 00:08:23.699 And so my question for you tonight is this. 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:28.060 Are you part of the gift that the father gave to the son? 00:08:29.819 --> 00:08:33.080 Are you part of the gift that the father gave to the son? 00:08:33.139 --> 00:08:36.920 Look with me again on page 6 verse 2. 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:41.339 To give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 00:08:41.699 --> 00:08:42.879 So there's a limited number. 00:08:43.719 --> 00:08:46.360 God has not given everyone as a gift to Jesus. 00:08:47.219 --> 00:08:49.679 Verse 3 tells us what eternal life looks like. 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:51.219 This is eternal life. 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:52.299 That they know you. 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:53.919 The only true God. 00:08:54.059 --> 00:08:55.699 And Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 00:08:56.539 --> 00:08:58.419 And so you know that you're part of the gift. 00:08:58.659 --> 00:09:00.339 That the father has given to the son. 00:09:00.419 --> 00:09:01.099 In verse 3. 00:09:01.599 --> 00:09:02.419 You know him. 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:03.559 The only true God. 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:06.339 And you know Jesus Christ whom God has sent. 00:09:06.940 --> 00:09:09.180 The way that we talk about knowing God in this way. 00:09:09.259 --> 00:09:09.899 As Christians. 00:09:10.040 --> 00:09:11.519 Is we talk about the idea of faith. 00:09:12.040 --> 00:09:14.000 And we think of faith as three different things. 00:09:14.160 --> 00:09:15.360 Faith is first knowledge. 00:09:15.800 --> 00:09:17.519 It's knowing the truth of the gospel. 00:09:18.060 --> 00:09:19.720 It's knowing what the Bible teaches us. 00:09:19.920 --> 00:09:21.560 About the fact that Jesus came. 00:09:22.220 --> 00:09:24.040 He lived the perfect life that we should have lived. 00:09:24.100 --> 00:09:25.759 He died the death that we should have died. 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:28.180 He calls people to follow him. 00:09:28.660 --> 00:09:29.480 As his disciples. 00:09:30.160 --> 00:09:31.840 But it's not just enough to have that knowledge. 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:33.440 We also have to have belief. 00:09:33.560 --> 00:09:35.820 We have to know and think those things are true. 00:09:36.680 --> 00:09:38.460 But even having belief is not enough. 00:09:38.780 --> 00:09:39.980 Because the Bible tells us. 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:41.480 Even the demons believe these things. 00:09:41.540 --> 00:09:42.379 And they shudder for them. 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:44.360 And so we have to have a final component. 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:45.600 Which is trust or action. 00:09:45.660 --> 00:09:48.139 That we live as if these things are true. 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:49.519 In our lives. 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:51.420 And so that's how we know. 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:52.420 If we're part of the gift. 00:09:52.460 --> 00:09:54.240 That the father has given to the son. 00:09:54.259 --> 00:09:55.840 If we have faith in Jesus Christ. 00:09:56.340 --> 00:09:57.220 That's how we know. 00:09:57.300 --> 00:09:59.320 That no matter how sad something might be. 00:09:59.660 --> 00:10:00.519 In this life. 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:01.340 We don't grieve. 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:02.639 As those who have no hope. 00:10:03.300 --> 00:10:04.360 And that's how we know. 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:05.980 How much joy we have in this life. 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:08.279 There's even more and greater joy to come. 00:10:09.019 --> 00:10:11.539 If that's something that's still confusing for you. 00:10:11.580 --> 00:10:12.500 Or you have questions about. 00:10:12.620 --> 00:10:14.980 I invite you to turn in your worship guide. 00:10:15.060 --> 00:10:15.800 To page 10. 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.320 Page 10 gives a fuller explanation. 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:20.139 That I won't review right now. 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:22.680 About what it means to be part of the gift. 00:10:22.740 --> 00:10:24.300 That the father has given to the son. 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:25.779 And I encourage you. 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:27.200 If you have doubts or questions. 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:28.480 Or objections about that. 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:30.279 To take this home with you. 00:10:30.379 --> 00:10:31.100 Take some time. 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:32.659 To read through it. 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:33.700 Come back. 00:10:33.899 --> 00:10:35.560 And join us on Sunday at 1030. 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:37.879 But know that. 00:10:38.379 --> 00:10:40.740 We want you to be part of the gift. 00:10:41.500 --> 00:10:43.720 That God the father has given to the son. 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.399 We don't want you to just give gifts. 00:10:46.420 --> 00:10:47.480 Or receive gifts. 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:49.420 We want you to be a gift. 00:10:50.220 --> 00:10:51.500 We want you to be a part. 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:53.180 Of God's people. 00:10:53.179 --> 00:10:57.779 In the original Toy Story. 00:10:57.959 --> 00:11:00.099 Which came out all the way back. 00:11:00.179 --> 00:11:01.359 In 1995. 00:11:02.419 --> 00:11:03.419 Feels like yesterday. 00:11:03.599 --> 00:11:04.299 For some of us. 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:06.459 We're faced with a tension. 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:08.839 Between Buzz Lightyear and Woody. 00:11:09.239 --> 00:11:10.239 As Woody realizes. 00:11:10.239 --> 00:11:12.079 That he might be about to be replaced. 00:11:12.199 --> 00:11:13.779 As Andy's favorite toy. 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:16.179 And so this conflict between them. 00:11:16.219 --> 00:11:17.279 As they're fighting with each other. 00:11:17.339 --> 00:11:17.719 Unfortunately. 00:11:18.079 --> 00:11:18.599 If you're familiar. 00:11:18.719 --> 00:11:20.299 Leads them to Sid's house. 00:11:20.419 --> 00:11:22.120 Sid being the evil next door neighbor. 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:24.379 Who delights in torturing. 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:26.399 And destroying toys. 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:28.659 Now Buzz Lightyear at this point. 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:30.080 Has an emotional breakdown. 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:32.440 Because Buzz comes to grips. 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:33.200 With the reality. 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:35.600 That he is not actually a space ranger. 00:11:36.299 --> 00:11:36.960 This is a conflict. 00:11:37.060 --> 00:11:37.840 That he and Woody have. 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:38.919 Throughout the beginning of the movie. 00:11:39.060 --> 00:11:40.340 Woody's trying to convince him. 00:11:40.679 --> 00:11:42.259 He can't actually fly. 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:44.700 He doesn't actually have the ability. 00:11:44.779 --> 00:11:46.399 To kill other toys with his laser. 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:48.259 And Buzz has been in denial about it. 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:49.279 Until he finds out. 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:50.480 After he gets thrown out of a window. 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:53.180 That he's not able to actually fly. 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:55.560 And then it's really cemented for him. 00:11:55.560 --> 00:11:56.360 Over at Sid's house. 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:57.399 He sees a commercial. 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:58.620 Selling action figures. 00:11:58.620 --> 00:11:59.620 That look just like him. 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:02.340 And so he loses all hope. 00:12:02.460 --> 00:12:03.080 In this moment. 00:12:03.180 --> 00:12:04.600 Even as Sid ties him. 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:05.779 To a rocket. 00:12:06.340 --> 00:12:08.080 And Buzz is facing imminent death. 00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:09.180 He's completely passive. 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:11.220 Doesn't fight back. 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:13.700 He doesn't try to free himself. 00:12:13.800 --> 00:12:15.700 He doesn't help Woody at all. 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:16.740 In fact. 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:17.759 He gives up in resignation. 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:18.759 And he says this. 00:12:19.439 --> 00:12:20.700 I'm not a space ranger. 00:12:21.220 --> 00:12:22.000 I'm just a toy. 00:12:22.939 --> 00:12:23.679 A stupid. 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:24.519 Little. 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:25.899 Insignificant toy. 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:28.159 Woody reminds him. 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:28.379 Whoa. 00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:28.659 Hey. 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:29.100 Wait a minute. 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:29.879 Being a toy. 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.799 Is a lot better. 00:12:31.059 --> 00:12:32.340 Than being a space ranger. 00:12:33.620 --> 00:12:34.240 Buzz says. 00:12:34.299 --> 00:12:34.419 Yeah. 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:34.679 Right. 00:12:35.659 --> 00:12:36.919 And then Woody reminds him. 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:37.220 No. 00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:37.720 It is. 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:38.939 Look. 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:39.819 Over in that house. 00:12:39.819 --> 00:12:40.439 Is a kid. 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:41.700 Who thinks you are the greatest. 00:12:42.439 --> 00:12:45.200 And it's not because you are a space ranger pal. 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:47.000 It's because you are a toy. 00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:48.840 You are his toy. 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:52.240 Woody finishes his pep talk. 00:12:52.940 --> 00:12:55.780 Buzz has this confused and bewildered look on his face. 00:12:55.820 --> 00:12:58.480 And finally he pulls up his right foot. 00:12:58.520 --> 00:13:00.320 So he can look at the bottom of his right shoe. 00:13:01.160 --> 00:13:03.400 And you know what's written on the bottom of his right shoe. 00:13:03.560 --> 00:13:04.900 In correct letters. 00:13:05.460 --> 00:13:06.440 The name Andy. 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:10.860 Because Andy puts his name on all his toys. 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:14.060 Reminded of his true identity. 00:13:14.220 --> 00:13:15.060 Reminded of reality. 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.159 Buzz finally has hope and trust again. 00:13:18.300 --> 00:13:20.639 He smiles with his determined look on his face. 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:25.360 And he takes the toolbox that's on top of the milk crate that is trapping Woody. 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:30.460 He pushes it off so that they can continue to fight back against Sid and escape. 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:32.899 Brothers and sisters. 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:36.159 Because Jesus came as a baby at Christmas. 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:41.240 We have something much better and greater than a name written on our foot. 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:46.659 We have our names engraved on God's hands. 00:13:47.819 --> 00:13:53.120 We are the gift given from the Father to the Son. 00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:56.860 Jesus came to this earth for his gift. 00:13:57.699 --> 00:13:59.980 He came for us. 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:01.459 Let's pray. 00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:10.560 Our Father in heaven, we thank you that you haven't left us alone in this universe. 00:14:10.920 --> 00:14:14.700 But instead, you have chosen a people for yourself. 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:19.019 We thank you for calling us to you and for calling us here this evening. 00:14:19.160 --> 00:14:22.519 We ask that you would be at work by your spirit in our hearts, 00:14:22.660 --> 00:14:25.120 stirring up our love for you and our trust in you. 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:30.480 We ask that you would bless our celebrations tonight and tomorrow. 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:35.420 that as we join together, we would not lose sight of you and your glory. 00:14:35.779 --> 00:14:39.120 We ask these things grateful that we don't have to earn them or deserve them. 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:42.600 But instead, we ask them in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.180 Amen.