WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.480 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.980 --> 00:00:09.560 Our passion is to experience and express grace. 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:10.620 Join us. 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:12.960 Amen. 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:21.160 That was one of the great, great joys of this week was seeing kids see a God that big. 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:26.460 It's in their story, the hero of their story. 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:28.339 It's a real joy. 00:00:28.339 --> 00:00:38.840 We're talking this summer about one-anothering, the beauty, the challenge of true gospel community, 00:00:38.980 --> 00:00:44.480 the relationships that are shaped by Jesus that He's brought us into. 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:47.439 We started with love one another. 00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:54.820 Last week we saw how hard it can be to rejoice and weep with one another. 00:00:54.820 --> 00:01:00.980 And now today we move from hard to downright uncomfortable. 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:07.640 We're going to talk for the next two Sundays about confess and forgive. 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:11.180 Turn to James chapter 5. 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:17.460 I'm going to read a few verses that talk about our life together in community. 00:01:17.459 --> 00:01:22.159 And the last one highlights our focus for today. 00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:26.679 Confess your sins to one another. 00:01:27.500 --> 00:01:31.419 James 5 at verse 13. 00:01:31.420 --> 00:01:35.500 Is anyone among you suffering? 00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:36.900 Let him pray. 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:38.260 Is anyone cheerful? 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:40.340 Let him sing praise. 00:01:40.900 --> 00:01:42.320 Is anyone among you sick? 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:46.140 Let him call for the elders of the church and let them pray over him, 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:48.500 anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:53.200 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up. 00:01:53.740 --> 00:01:56.219 And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 00:01:56.219 --> 00:02:06.019 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:12.240 The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:20.240 The word of God for the people of God to shape our hearts and our lives together. 00:02:21.020 --> 00:02:22.719 Thanks be to God. 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:23.599 Let's pray. 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:27.180 Father, we do give you thanks. 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:30.879 In particular now for your word. 00:02:32.359 --> 00:02:39.680 And we ask for your spirit to work in particular through it to conform us to your likeness. 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:47.180 And in this passage particularly to make us like what you would have us to be as individuals. 00:02:47.419 --> 00:02:50.139 And especially together as your people. 00:02:50.139 --> 00:02:52.899 Help us, Holy Spirit. 00:02:53.559 --> 00:02:55.259 We ask in Jesus' name. 00:02:56.579 --> 00:02:56.939 Amen. 00:03:00.259 --> 00:03:02.639 Perhaps more than many other issues. 00:03:03.279 --> 00:03:07.659 When you hear James say, confess your sins to each other. 00:03:07.659 --> 00:03:12.859 You may have all sorts of objections pop into your head. 00:03:12.859 --> 00:03:16.539 But do you mean, how could I possibly? 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:18.800 Yeah, but what about? 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:23.939 And there are a lot of those ways to finish those sentences. 00:03:24.219 --> 00:03:30.659 So I want to start by briefly mentioning three things that this does not mean. 00:03:30.659 --> 00:03:36.180 What's three things not being said here in this passage. 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:41.079 This is going to put the command in the context of the whole of God's word. 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:46.659 And help us see what God is after in our community in this area. 00:03:46.659 --> 00:03:57.099 First, this confessing our sins to one another is not a substitute for confessing to God. 00:03:58.099 --> 00:04:02.759 All of our sin is first and foremost against God, right? 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:03.780 Psalm 51. 00:04:05.259 --> 00:04:11.460 Hearts turned away from relationship with Him that He created us to have and enjoy. 00:04:11.460 --> 00:04:20.139 And so the Bible speaks much more often about the importance of confessing sins to God than to anyone else. 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:23.519 You can go to Him anytime and we should. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:26.620 This is not that. 00:04:27.379 --> 00:04:30.079 And this doesn't replace that. 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:38.740 Second, confessing our sins to one another is not self-promoting. 00:04:39.540 --> 00:04:40.400 Here's what I mean. 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:45.579 Sometimes in a church that is so committed to grace as we are, 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:50.639 confessing sins can be thought of as a badge of honor. 00:04:51.099 --> 00:04:55.179 This shows how wonderful and spiritual I am. 00:04:55.779 --> 00:04:59.959 And you might get the idea that the goal is merely to earn points for transparency. 00:05:01.219 --> 00:05:05.560 The most vulnerable person is the most spiritual person. 00:05:06.919 --> 00:05:08.659 And that's all that really matters. 00:05:08.660 --> 00:05:19.160 We'll see that certainly transparency and vulnerability can be and should be fruits of the gospel working in our hearts and in our community. 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:25.960 But we confess together, James says, that we would experience what? 00:05:26.280 --> 00:05:28.780 The healing of God. 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:34.100 It's not primarily about us being proved wonderful. 00:05:34.540 --> 00:05:37.900 It's so that our hearts would be turned to find hope in Him. 00:05:37.899 --> 00:05:40.139 And therefore, this is not promoting self. 00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:43.120 It's promoting Jesus and His grace. 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:47.019 Not us and our excellent confessing skills. 00:05:48.139 --> 00:05:49.659 It's not about that. 00:05:49.660 --> 00:06:01.580 Third, confessing our sins to one another is not every sin confessed to everybody, for which you're probably thankful. 00:06:02.860 --> 00:06:09.840 Confess your sins to one another is stated in the context of meaningful relationships in the family of God. 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:16.560 Ask the elders to pray, James says, and we love to do that with you, by the way. 00:06:17.119 --> 00:06:22.060 And yes, when he gets to confess your sins, it's broader than just to the elders. 00:06:22.599 --> 00:06:24.479 It's beyond that. 00:06:24.599 --> 00:06:31.959 But the clear idea is that the people who hear the confession will actually pray with and for you. 00:06:32.039 --> 00:06:34.339 That they know you and love you. 00:06:34.339 --> 00:06:42.799 They don't condemn you, on the one hand, and they don't let you off the hook, on the other hand. 00:06:43.779 --> 00:06:50.000 So wisdom must be exercised in the audience of the confession, right? 00:06:50.859 --> 00:06:53.879 And no, Facebook is not what I mean by wisdom. 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:57.319 You can take that to the bank pretty much every time. 00:06:58.699 --> 00:07:02.219 And for many of us, that's really good, right? 00:07:02.220 --> 00:07:04.260 I mean, that's quite enough on confession. 00:07:04.460 --> 00:07:05.760 We can stop right there. 00:07:06.020 --> 00:07:10.900 Because honestly, I'm not really sure who someone is like that that I could confess to. 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:14.540 So I just play it safe, right? 00:07:14.760 --> 00:07:15.220 Wisdom. 00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:16.340 I heard him say wisdom. 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:17.580 That's what I'm going to do. 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.820 I'm going to be wise and just keep it to myself, right? 00:07:22.440 --> 00:07:25.680 Listen, if you feel that, it's not just you. 00:07:27.080 --> 00:07:31.200 Y'all, most of us are more comfortable there. 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:40.060 I don't have time to list all of the things that we in this room would rather do than confess our sins to one another. 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:43.719 But the list includes rooting for your rival's football team. 00:07:44.579 --> 00:07:46.719 Eating a plate full of broccoli. 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:48.659 Disgusting. 00:07:49.459 --> 00:07:52.899 And singing a solo in front of a large audience. 00:07:52.899 --> 00:08:00.339 All of those, for many of us, are more appealing and safer than this. 00:08:00.459 --> 00:08:05.199 We don't like sharing our real heart-level idols and struggles, do we? 00:08:06.799 --> 00:08:13.079 And yet, God says, confess your sins to one another. 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.859 He directs us towards this. 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:22.120 What does confessing to one another look like? 00:08:23.139 --> 00:08:27.180 Well, think of it this morning in terms of picking a fight. 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:29.819 Now, we usually don't condone fighting. 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:32.939 It's not something that we recommend a lot. 00:08:32.940 --> 00:08:38.100 But, please understand, the Bible talks a lot about spiritual warfare. 00:08:38.640 --> 00:08:41.080 And says we must understand that we're in it. 00:08:41.280 --> 00:08:43.200 And we must engage in it. 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:45.540 That's what I mean here. 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:54.460 Our passage in James 5 indicates that the implications of this warfare in which we're engaged are both physical and spiritual. 00:08:54.460 --> 00:09:01.580 But, regardless, sin is the real enemy. 00:09:02.160 --> 00:09:06.000 We talked about that with the kids at VBS this week. 00:09:06.139 --> 00:09:09.360 That sin is what has messed everything up, right? 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:11.259 The world. 00:09:11.940 --> 00:09:12.340 You. 00:09:12.900 --> 00:09:13.240 Me. 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:15.120 Our relationship with God. 00:09:15.220 --> 00:09:16.940 Our relationship with each other. 00:09:17.700 --> 00:09:20.280 And so, when we identify a villain. 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:23.600 When we see who the bad guy is. 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:27.480 We must engage him or it. 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:33.000 It's not enough merely to go around cleaning up the messes that the villain creates. 00:09:33.340 --> 00:09:37.680 We must actually confront our sin itself. 00:09:38.060 --> 00:09:39.159 Wherever we see it. 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:48.240 Confessing our sins to one another begins with being willing to see sin in ourselves. 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:52.860 And really to hate sin enough to pick the fight. 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:57.740 Hate it enough. 00:09:58.800 --> 00:10:00.960 To see that we're in spiritual warfare. 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:04.180 And I'm not going to call a truce on sin. 00:10:04.379 --> 00:10:09.420 Just so that I can get on with living the way that I want to and not be bothered for a while. 00:10:09.540 --> 00:10:09.960 No. 00:10:10.860 --> 00:10:13.980 There's no such thing in God's word. 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:18.000 Sin is an enemy to be fought against. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.000 Confess. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:20.539 The word for confess. 00:10:20.980 --> 00:10:23.480 Actually there in verse 16. 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.460 Means speaking the truth. 00:10:27.980 --> 00:10:31.799 Speaking the truth about our sins. 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:31.919 Confess. 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:34.919 Are you willing to do that? 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:39.779 Are you willing to admit even to yourself that that's what's going on in your heart? 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:44.679 Confession begins with identifying the villain. 00:10:45.099 --> 00:10:48.639 Picking a fight with your sin. 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:53.139 If you're willing to do that secondly. 00:10:54.139 --> 00:10:57.860 It means inviting a friend to the fight. 00:10:58.939 --> 00:11:03.699 James says confess your sins to one another. 00:11:04.400 --> 00:11:08.160 This is really the crux of what we're talking about this morning. 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:12.460 Actually verbalizing to a friend or brother or sister. 00:11:12.940 --> 00:11:17.420 The darkness you're beginning to see in your own heart and life. 00:11:17.420 --> 00:11:21.020 It's a way of acknowledging I can't fight this on my own. 00:11:21.700 --> 00:11:22.940 And I was never meant to. 00:11:24.060 --> 00:11:24.879 I mean think about it. 00:11:24.920 --> 00:11:28.600 You would not go alone to a fist fight with a dangerous enemy. 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:28.879 Right? 00:11:28.980 --> 00:11:30.640 You'd bring someone with you. 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:36.240 You wouldn't fight a serious medical condition without getting help from a doctor. 00:11:37.319 --> 00:11:43.360 You wouldn't respond to a call where gunshots had been fired without dialing in for backup. 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:43.840 Right? 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:49.840 So why would we approach sin more casually than that? 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:53.659 We all need a sidekick as it were. 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:56.460 In our fight against sin. 00:11:56.460 --> 00:12:00.240 Because see sin always wants the fight to be in secret. 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:02.259 That's where sin gets stronger. 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:03.699 In the darkness. 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:05.159 When you're alone. 00:12:06.580 --> 00:12:12.799 Pastor John MacArthur on this verse writes about how important it is to confess sins to one another. 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:17.299 He says sin is most dangerous to the isolated believer. 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:21.500 Sin seeks to remain private and secret. 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:27.899 But God wants it exposed and dealt with in the loving fellowship of other believers. 00:12:28.539 --> 00:12:33.879 Dragging our sin into the light as God tells us to over and over. 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:37.200 Doing that weakens sin. 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:43.120 It weakens sin and it also removes our aloneness. 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:49.440 I had lunch with a friend this week who asked me how things were going in my life. 00:12:49.580 --> 00:12:50.360 Just wanted to know. 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:51.240 I said pretty good. 00:12:51.379 --> 00:12:52.179 It's a great week. 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.159 VBS is super. 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:59.559 But since you're actually really asking deeper. 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:05.839 I'm actually really frustrated with how I've seen my selfishness showing up lately. 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:10.839 Especially in ways I've been unthoughtful and unloving toward my wife. 00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:15.059 A few minutes later I confess to him. 00:13:15.059 --> 00:13:19.539 I've seen my idol of control negatively impacting my parenting. 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:25.619 Both of those times he was able to say two things really. 00:13:27.119 --> 00:13:29.339 First, oh man, me too. 00:13:31.439 --> 00:13:37.779 And he was able to say, hey, let me share with you some things God's been showing me about that in my life. 00:13:37.779 --> 00:13:45.899 And all of a sudden, a struggle that I hadn't shared with anyone yet particularly. 00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:50.139 That had just been in my heart kind of being ignored a bit honestly. 00:13:50.459 --> 00:13:52.259 It can go there and be alone and fester. 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:55.139 All of a sudden it was dragged out into the open. 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:56.259 And guess what else? 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:59.459 I wasn't alone in it anymore. 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:03.659 I was there and had someone with me. 00:14:03.699 --> 00:14:06.539 You remember the loneliness we talked about a couple weeks ago? 00:14:06.539 --> 00:14:09.279 That can be so devastating to us? 00:14:10.819 --> 00:14:17.480 Confessing our sins to one another may remove that loneliness better than anything else we can do. 00:14:18.139 --> 00:14:22.039 Because all of us are wracked with sin. 00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:26.120 We know in many different ways what that feels like. 00:14:26.579 --> 00:14:30.459 And so in this instance, confessing removed my loneliness. 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:36.259 And at the same time, it opened the door for him to confess. 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:43.080 And for him to have his loneliness removed as well as we shared and prayed in that together. 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:46.240 Maybe you've been in a small group where you've seen that happen. 00:14:46.800 --> 00:14:50.600 One person is finally willing to share an honest struggle. 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:56.180 And it enables others to be able to start coming out of hiding, as it were. 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:59.340 To share their own struggles. 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:05.920 And you leave the evening with multiple people drawn out of their loneliness and into community. 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:08.040 I love that. 00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.460 I love when that happens. 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:15.379 But there's one more really important thing that happens in this verse. 00:15:16.680 --> 00:15:25.800 When God tells us to confess our sins to one another, he continues and pray for one another. 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:34.259 You see, as any kid in VBS this week could tell you, there is one superhero. 00:15:36.199 --> 00:15:37.120 Kids, you awake? 00:15:37.699 --> 00:15:38.299 Superhero. 00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:39.439 It's on your list. 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:45.539 One superhero who can deal with the problem of sin. 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:49.579 We can't handle it on our own. 00:15:50.339 --> 00:15:55.139 Jesus didn't merely deal with sin once for all on the cross. 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:59.100 He continues fighting sin in us. 00:15:59.259 --> 00:16:00.740 Fighting with us, in fact. 00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:04.840 And he's the one who gives us the power to defeat sin. 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:07.659 And so we pray. 00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:09.919 That's why. 00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:13.799 That's the context, actually, of this whole section in James, isn't it? 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.980 It's about prayer. 00:16:16.439 --> 00:16:19.819 Pray about the physical difficulties you're facing. 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:22.179 Pray about the spiritual struggles. 00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:26.439 Because that is where your hope for healing truly lies. 00:16:27.939 --> 00:16:35.559 See, confessing your sin to someone else does drag the sin out of the darkness into the light where it gets weaker. 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:40.659 It does remove aloneness and give you someone to fight with you. 00:16:40.739 --> 00:16:42.719 And what a blessing that is. 00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:51.039 But most importantly, it gives you both the chance to call out to Jesus together. 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:55.479 To live practically dependent upon his help and deliverance. 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:56.599 And to go there together. 00:16:56.959 --> 00:16:58.819 It's not just you praying to God. 00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:01.860 Not just a pastor praying for you. 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:07.200 But brothers and sisters praying with you to the one who rules over sin. 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:10.100 And that's gospel community, isn't it? 00:17:10.340 --> 00:17:12.240 Isn't that what we long to see happen? 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:17.299 That we would together run to Jesus and find our hope in him? 00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.660 That's what it means. 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:20.700 Boiled down to the basics, right? 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:25.380 And our sin is perhaps the best occasion, if you can call it best. 00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.640 To remember that. 00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:29.140 To remember how much we need him. 00:17:29.340 --> 00:17:33.319 And to drive us together to run to him. 00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:38.100 That's what this family, these relationships we're talking about are all about. 00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:41.559 Us going to Jesus together. 00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:47.759 Prayer is the primary way we fight against sin. 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:51.500 It has real power, James says. 00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:54.379 How does prayer have power? 00:17:54.720 --> 00:18:01.680 Well, because King Jesus, the one to whom we pray, is the one who has conquered sin. 00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:05.200 And so we ask for his help. 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:09.339 To believe the truth of his word rather than the lies of Satan. 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:15.500 We ask for his help to stand firm against the temptations of the devil. 00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:26.640 We ask for his help to value the eternal riches of God over the fleeting pleasures of sin that are so appealing to us. 00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:35.359 And so together with brothers or sisters as we plead with God over and over, we see our hearts reoriented. 00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:37.500 Our attitudes adjusted. 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:43.119 Our longings actually fulfilled by him, not something else. 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:52.679 Now God's word doesn't spell out all the ways this must look as we confess to one another. 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:57.919 But for most of us, it's pretty hard to imagine what this could look like. 00:18:57.959 --> 00:19:00.919 Because we haven't ventured into it very often. 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:08.959 What could it look like for a whole community, a whole church to be marked by confession? 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:18.420 One morning, Kathy, I guessed her age at 35, joined us for the first time. 00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:24.340 One look at her face caused me to conclude that she must have been Hollywood beautiful at 21. 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:29.200 Now her face was swollen, her eyes red, her teeth rotting. 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:32.779 Her hair looked unwashed, uncombed for who knows how long. 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:36.779 I've been in five states in the past month, she said. 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:42.200 I've slept under bridges on several nights, been arrested, raped, robbed. 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.639 Now she's weeping. 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:45.559 I don't know what to do. 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:51.180 I don't want to be homeless anymore. 00:19:52.379 --> 00:19:56.240 But I can't stop drinking. 00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:59.379 I can't stop. 00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:00.220 I can't. 00:20:02.040 --> 00:20:07.780 Next to Kathy was a rather large woman, Marilyn, who had been sober for more than a dozen years. 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:12.740 She reached out to Kathy with both arms and pulled her close so her head was on her chest. 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:17.920 I was close enough to hear Marilyn speak quietly into Kathy's ear. 00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:21.260 Honey, you're going to be okay. 00:20:22.020 --> 00:20:23.060 You're with us now. 00:20:23.540 --> 00:20:25.580 We can deal with this together. 00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:36.779 And then others began sharing their struggles, asking for help as Marilyn kissed the top of Kathy's head. 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:41.980 It's an account from an AA group. 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:47.099 I wonder, could it happen here at Southwood? 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:55.000 Marilyn's response, the beautiful picture of aloneness being removed. 00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:58.519 We can deal with this together. 00:20:59.919 --> 00:21:03.519 As Kathy confesses, I can't stop. 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:05.559 I can't stop. 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:14.259 And we actually have resources in the gospel, and we're talking about it in a second, to go even further than they did. 00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:16.960 We can do even more. 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:25.099 And I think as God shapes Southwood increasingly with these gospel realities, we'll see things like this. 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:29.879 You'll have more small group times where you say, does anybody have anything we can pray for? 00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:32.280 And it sounds like this. 00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:37.520 Yeah, I just can't stop lying all the time. 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.840 Can we pray about that? 00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:47.900 I've got some big health issues coming up, but the bigger issue, honestly, is that I can't stop worrying. 00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.160 Will you all pray for me? 00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:59.360 I think we'll have groups of guys sit around a table, and one will say, I can't stop looking. 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.580 I need help. 00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:05.519 And another one will respond, hey, I know what you mean. 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:07.259 We need to be praying. 00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:10.560 By the way, I'm so glad you came tonight. 00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:12.080 You're with us now. 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.700 We can deal with this together. 00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:25.019 I think there will be conversations after a worship service in the prayer room, in the hallways, in the pews, perhaps, 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:27.460 where rather than just, hey, how you doing? 00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:33.500 Well, one person will say, the Spirit is just convicting me about my selfishness. 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.920 I wanted to tell you that. 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:42.019 Or I'm just so tired of the way pride is harming my relationships. 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:48.359 And as we confess this morning, God just put that on my heart, and I wanted to share that with you. 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.259 Will you pray with me? 00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:54.420 I've just seen how my desire for control is keeping me from trusting God. 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:56.019 I needed to share that with someone. 00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.240 Can we pray? 00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:04.240 And a brother or sister will actually stop right there and say, why don't we pray about that together? 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.619 Why don't we pray now? 00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:18.059 See, it will be picking a fight with sin and then inviting a friend into that fight and calling out to Jesus together. 00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:20.979 I think it will happen over and over and over. 00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:28.379 It actually becomes normal and a way of life and the thing we most need. 00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:37.000 Kids confessing your sin to your parents may look like coming to them and saying, 00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:41.360 hey, I'm being really mean to my brother or sister. 00:23:42.060 --> 00:23:50.200 And I know you didn't see it, but I just hate how my selfishness is messing up my relationship with them and making me so mean. 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:52.940 Can we pray and ask Jesus to help me with that? 00:23:52.940 --> 00:24:00.860 Parents, if you were like me and you want to hear those words just once, 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:05.220 they'll usually come sometime after the time when you say, 00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:11.680 hey, sweet girl, daddy's so sorry for losing his temper. 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:14.779 I should never yell at you like that. 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.340 Can we pray for Jesus to help daddy? 00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:24.159 I'll be honest, it's a bit scary to me too. 00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:28.439 I don't run towards this the way I wish I would, 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:33.839 but it's a beautiful thing to experience when this happens. 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:40.139 You can confess to God in this service, as we did earlier this morning, 00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:48.360 but to confess to one another, we all need those smaller group relationships where people know us 00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:52.980 and really listen to us and actually pray for us. 00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:56.940 And y'all, if you don't have any of those relationships, 00:24:57.900 --> 00:25:01.100 places where you could confess your sins to someone else 00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:05.280 and be honest about your real sins, 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:07.580 not just the ones you want to sound good sharing about, 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:12.319 I want you to know, if you've never had a relationship like that, 00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:13.960 those relationships are precious. 00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:16.419 You'll love them. 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.740 You'll want to be around them all the time. 00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:20.819 You'll want to pour into those kind of relationships. 00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:25.159 They're precious and also they're possible. 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.119 They are. 00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:34.000 Because the gospel makes relationships like that possible. 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:39.000 See, the reason why we back away from confessing to others 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:43.420 is that we know it might cost us something, don't we? 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:47.019 I don't know what it is that slows you down. 00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:49.599 Maybe it's you know it'll cost you your reputation, 00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:54.440 your credibility with them, 00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:57.359 some position you feel like you have. 00:25:57.359 --> 00:26:02.799 It might cost you feeling the shame of your sin 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:05.959 that already is frustrating you. 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:10.179 It may cost you feeling like a failure to yourself 00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:12.679 and we hate that, don't we? 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:17.659 One of our previous pastors, Bill Nash, 00:26:17.719 --> 00:26:18.939 used to say all the time, 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.419 because of Jesus, 00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:23.179 we have nothing to lose, 00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:25.000 nothing to hide, 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.960 nothing to protect, 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:29.599 nothing to fear. 00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.539 That's really true. 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:34.500 Jesus is the source of our safety 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:36.119 to confess sin 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:38.980 because he has the solution for sin. 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.660 It's why heaven rejoices 00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:42.380 when a sinner repents. 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:45.240 See, the good news of the gospel 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.660 is that you and I 00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:49.460 have the righteousness of Christ, 00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:53.779 the best reputation possible. 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.779 security. 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.720 Security. 00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:58.559 It can never be lost 00:26:58.559 --> 00:27:00.220 because it's his 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:04.019 and it's kept in heaven for us, right? 00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.960 Nothing. 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:07.480 Not even your sin 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:09.259 or confessing it to someone else 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.160 could take that away. 00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.720 And so my value 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:14.539 is not in what you think of me. 00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.920 It's not in how impressive 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:18.879 I am to someone else. 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:22.900 My value is that I'm completely righteous 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:26.140 before God in Jesus. 00:27:28.540 --> 00:27:30.840 Do you let that sink in sometimes? 00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:33.720 Because we live with ourselves 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:35.700 and we don't feel 00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:38.100 completely righteous, 00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.360 valued, 00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:40.260 precious, 00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:40.880 treasured, 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:44.440 and no one can remove it from me. 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:47.000 Do you let that sink in? 00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.160 That that's true? 00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.660 It's the only thing 00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:53.660 that sometimes will open me up 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:56.019 to confess some things. 00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:59.840 You know where I sometimes find my value? 00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:01.620 My worth? 00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:05.480 I like to find myself valuable 00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:08.519 as a caring pastor. 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:11.519 someone who cares for people, 00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:13.480 who loves everybody. 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.139 Not long ago, 00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.559 I found myself wrestling 00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:19.779 with the fact that I had sinned 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:21.039 against someone 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.599 and really hurt them. 00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:25.460 But the root of it was, 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.299 as I reflected, 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.879 honestly, 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:28.819 I just didn't care about them 00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:30.000 in that moment. 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.740 There were a lot of other things 00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:33.119 I was more interested in 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:35.079 and I really just didn't care 00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.980 about them. 00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:39.360 I did not want to confess that 00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:41.200 and didn't feel like I needed to, 00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.740 honestly. 00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:44.180 I thought I really needed 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.720 that person to think of me 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.960 as a caring pastor. 00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.360 I can't give them evidence 00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.200 to the contrary. 00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.500 Maybe what I could do 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.440 is I could pass it off 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.240 as an oversight, 00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:54.539 you know, 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.140 as an accident. 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.400 I'm so sorry you got hurt. 00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.440 You know, 00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.400 it's one of those terrible things 00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.259 that happens sometimes. 00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.099 Cyberspace, 00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.039 things get lost. 00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:02.180 Terrible phone, 00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.900 technology, 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.960 you know, 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:06.120 that's what happened. 00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:10.299 God and I had to talk 00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.799 about whether the righteousness 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:13.279 of Jesus 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:16.420 was enough for me. 00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:19.279 The approval of my heavenly Father, 00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:21.860 was that enough for me? 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:23.700 Or whether I needed to have 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:25.579 some caring pastor righteousness 00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.759 to feel better. 00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:29.160 Whether I needed the approval 00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:31.480 of this person as well 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:33.180 for me to be able to be okay. 00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:35.180 See, 00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:38.279 Jesus had to be really big. 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:40.180 And his righteousness 00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:42.519 had to be actually enough for me 00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.880 before I would confess 00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:45.140 the real sin. 00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:47.180 And only once I saw him clearly 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:50.060 could I confess to her honestly 00:29:50.060 --> 00:29:51.660 what really was going on. 00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.840 And have her pray for me 00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:55.259 in my real sin. 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.420 Do you begin to see 00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.180 how the gospel produces 00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:01.700 community like this? 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:03.980 If we'll really believe it? 00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:06.039 If we'll really let it impact 00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.140 the way we relate 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:08.180 to each other? 00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:08.840 See, 00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:10.539 I didn't lose my value. 00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.759 I didn't lose 00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.559 my righteousness 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.720 when I confessed 00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:16.700 that awful reality 00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.680 to her. 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.319 Why? 00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:20.319 Because my righteousness 00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.640 is in heaven. 00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.240 It wasn't touched by that. 00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.420 I have nothing 00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.360 to hide, 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.900 nothing to protect, 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.799 nothing to lose. 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:32.159 I can see my sin 00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:33.440 as big and awful. 00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.599 The gospel says 00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:36.220 Jesus had to go to the cross 00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.419 for it. 00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.720 Because it breaks 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.879 my relationship with God 00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.519 and with others. 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.700 It's that big. 00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.899 And I can see Jesus 00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:47.039 as big and amazing 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:49.139 because his righteousness 00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:50.799 clothes me perfectly 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:53.680 and I don't need anything else. 00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:57.580 so I can confess 00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.740 to you 00:30:58.740 --> 00:31:02.039 and actually expect 00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.500 that this is a family 00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:05.440 not of judgment 00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:08.019 but of grace 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:11.080 because Jesus makes it 00:31:11.080 --> 00:31:12.080 one like that. 00:31:12.320 --> 00:31:13.120 If we're willing 00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:14.140 to confess 00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.600 our sins, 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.799 it's because Jesus 00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.680 has become big 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.220 in our eyes. 00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:18.700 Y'all, 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:20.000 if we're not confessing 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.039 our sins to each other, 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.440 I'm more concerned 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.299 not about our view 00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:25.019 of sin specifically 00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:26.220 but about our view 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.779 of Jesus. 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:29.099 Is he not big enough? 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.319 Is his righteousness 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.099 not enough 00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:32.259 to cover us? 00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.659 Are we not rejoicing 00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.359 in him 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.779 deeply enough? 00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.659 Is he not enough 00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:38.920 for us? 00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:42.299 Several years ago, 00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.960 I got a note 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.819 from a former 00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.680 Southwood member 00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:47.319 who had decided 00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.859 Jesus was enough 00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:50.179 and she could confess 00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:51.859 the ugly reality 00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.799 of her sin 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:54.519 and addiction. 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.699 With some of her 00:31:56.699 --> 00:31:57.819 brothers and sisters here, 00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.459 she decided 00:31:58.459 --> 00:31:59.459 she had to 00:31:59.459 --> 00:32:00.079 no matter how 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:01.219 they responded 00:32:01.219 --> 00:32:03.899 and they surprised her. 00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.419 She writes, 00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:08.199 I thought guilt 00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:09.139 and shame 00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:10.539 would absolutely 00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.519 kill me 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:13.839 but not one person 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.459 looked on me 00:32:14.459 --> 00:32:15.119 with judgment, 00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.539 only love 00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:18.339 and grace. 00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.240 She ran into 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.259 some Maryland's 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.019 here 00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:24.740 who pointed her 00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.500 to rehab 00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:27.099 but especially 00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:28.619 to Jesus. 00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.659 They prayed 00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.799 a lot. 00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:34.379 They cried 00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:34.920 with her 00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.980 into the early hours 00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.559 of the morning. 00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:38.099 They prayed. 00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.379 They watched her kids 00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:41.180 for her 00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:42.460 while she was getting help 00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:43.740 and they prayed. 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:47.859 I found 00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.359 there are many 00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:49.140 Maryland's 00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.940 here. 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.400 I'd love for you 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.960 to find one 00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.859 if you don't have one. 00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.519 People who know 00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.120 the righteousness 00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:57.019 of Jesus 00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:58.079 is enough 00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.559 for all of us. 00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.079 The help 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:02.180 of Jesus 00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.759 is what we all 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.180 need 00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.140 in all 00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:06.120 of our sin 00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.839 struggles. 00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.500 Dear friends, 00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:12.680 let's confess 00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:14.240 our sins 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.240 to one another 00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.460 so that we can 00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.059 run 00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:18.180 to Jesus 00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:19.339 together. 00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.220 Pray with me. 00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.500 Jesus, 00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.380 we want 00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.619 to be with you. 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.519 We want 00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.480 to be together 00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.099 with you 00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.880 with these people 00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.619 we love. 00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.660 Sometimes 00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.319 we just want 00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.759 to feel 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.700 safe 00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.339 more than 00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.960 we want that. 00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.240 We just want 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.700 to feel 00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.920 good about 00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.420 ourselves. 00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:41.100 We just want 00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:43.340 others to think 00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.759 highly of us. 00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.279 Would you 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.980 forgive us 00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:49.080 for that? 00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.279 For our 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.700 tendency 00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.920 to isolate, 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.800 to hide 00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:57.380 with the truth 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.160 of your 00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.620 gospel, 00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.759 of the love 00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.420 of a father 00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.019 for us, 00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:02.120 of perfect 00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.860 robes of 00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.380 righteousness 00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:04.360 that no one 00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:05.259 can take away. 00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.060 Would it 00:34:06.060 --> 00:34:07.200 overwhelm the 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.300 lies we believe? 00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.280 Would you 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:10.039 remind us 00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.080 of the 00:34:11.080 --> 00:34:11.560 glories 00:34:11.560 --> 00:34:12.240 of Jesus 00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:14.860 that you 00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.280 might move 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.680 us towards 00:34:15.680 --> 00:34:16.160 each other 00:34:16.160 --> 00:34:16.539 and that we 00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.039 might run 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.420 to him 00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.960 together. 00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.080 Give us 00:34:19.080 --> 00:34:19.800 great joy 00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.260 in that. 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.200 We ask 00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.620 for his 00:34:21.620 --> 00:34:21.920 sake. 00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.080 Amen. 00:34:27.080 --> 00:34:28.019 For more 00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.539 information, 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.340 visit us 00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.240 online at 00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:31.140 southwood.org.