So, tonight our doctrine is the providence of God. And I want to begin with a Christmas card.
I often start with a Christmas card, especially don't often start in, what month are we in? March,
with a Christmas card. But this week on Wednesday, I decided that was the day to clear my drawer.
Admin is not my strong point. So, since lockdown, I hadn't actually gone to the drawer. And so,
I cleared out all of the letters that had been piling up. And I found this Christmas card from
December 2020. God's timing is wonderful. And you'll see why I say God's timing is wonderful
when we're thinking about God's providence. Let me read just some of this. It's a letter or a card
from a lady called Angela. It begins, to Reverend James. It's a good title. It's a good start.
Where do I begin? I walked into your parish one day, bewildered and upset. I'd seen one of your
parishioners guiding the children in their spiritual journey. The same lovely man guided me into your
church. And the story goes on of her coming in, feeling very low spiritually, emotionally,
struggling to care for herself. And she came in, and she was welcomed. And we prayed for her.
We gave her some money. We directed her towards Bethany. And that was the beginning for her of
spiritual recovery. And not just of spiritual recovery. She is now training to be a lawyer.
And things have really changed. And she wrote this at the end. Where is it?
I was amazed on that fateful day, as your church doors were not usually open on that day.
That was the time when we were having early morning services to accommodate all the restrictions.
And so there's a wonderful Christmas card to reflect on, thinking about the providence of God.
It's a wonderful doctrine that God, our God, is able to take up thousands of events and decisions
and conversations, which can seem utterly random to us, but in God's hands can often achieve saving
purposes and always achieving his purposes. It's a doctrine that's been cherished and loved all
through church history. Charles Spurgeon often has great quotes. He says this of providence,
the providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the divine care,
we are perfectly safe from danger. So it's recognized as one of those bedrock doctrines
that's good news. But I wonder, how do we view life actually? Because not everybody cherishes,
values, providence. We hear a lot of talk about luck and chance and karma, coincidence.
Not everybody speaks about providence. How do we see the small and great moments of our lives?
Those chance meetings and conversations, the flat tire and the broken technology, the medical reports,
the daily Bible passage that speaks to our need directly. How do we think about climate crisis
or pandemic or the war in Ukraine? Who or what is in control? Now for many people, that's not a question
they ever think about. Or perhaps they think nobody is in control. It's the laws of the universe.
We make our own luck. Or what goes around comes around. Now others would say, well, God's in charge.
Sort of. Some people would have the idea that if there is a creator, well, perhaps he, as it were,
wound the earth up at the beginning and now it just kind of runs its own course and God doesn't get
involved. Others within the Christian community imagine that God has limits. So there's a school
of theology called open theism that says when it comes to the future, God doesn't always know what's
about to happen. That's an attempt to, as it were, get God off the hook when it comes to suffering. Well,
God didn't know our God was absent. What does the Bible have to say about the small and large moments
of life? And we're told over and over and over again that God is the God of all providence.
Psalm 115 verse 3, our God is in heaven. He does whatever pleases him. Proverbs chapter 16 is a chapter
full of providence. Verse 9, in their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their
steps. So the end of chapter 16 verse 33, it says even when someone casts the lot, the decision lies
with God. So our aim tonight is to see the truth of providence as we find it in the Bible, that we would
trust the God of providence, that we would draw comfort from this doctrine, indeed that it would give us a
sense of joy. It's a vital doctrine. I was learning this week from two different Johns. First from John
Calvin. He has a lot of helpful material in his institutes. He has the image of God holding the helm of the
world. God is the captain. He is in complete control. Calvin says he's not a momentary creator.
You know, he doesn't make the world and then kind of wash his hands off it. No, he's acting and directing
in the actions of all of his creatures. And again, that's not in a vague and limited way. That's not,
you know, God controls weather patterns or perhaps those things like that. Rather, he superintends the
sparrows. So God holds the helm of the world. And then John Piper has written a massive book
on providence, and he describes providence as God's purposeful sovereignty. That's very helpful. So that's
a reminder that God is the sovereign king. He sustains and controls all of creation towards his intended
purpose. And that purpose is for his glory and for our joy. Providence is a huge topic within the
Bible. We are going to have a narrow focus, hopefully to give us a flavor of just how extensive it is.
So we're going to go to Psalm 104 in just a moment to see God's providence over the natural world. And then
we'll go to the book of Genesis, to the story of Joseph, to see God's providence over human actions
and even over human sin. We need to think about that. So that in everyday life we would trust him,
we would worship him, and that it would help us to pray to him as well. So turn with me in your Bibles
to Psalm 104. We're going to read together from verse 19 to verse 35. So this is the second half of
this psalm. And there we read, he made the moon to mark the seasons and the sun knows when to go down.
You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl. The lions roar for their
prey and seek their food from God. The sun rises and they steal away. They return and lie down in their
dens. Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening. How many are your works, Lord?
In wisdom you made them all. The earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both large and small. There the ships go to and
fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there. All creatures look to you to give them their food at
the proper time. When you give it to them, they gather it up. When you open your hand, they are satisfied
with good things. When you hide your face, they are terrified. When you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust. When you send your spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of
the ground. May the glory of the Lord endure forever. May the Lord rejoice in his works. He who looks at the
earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord all my life.
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. May my meditation be pleasing to him as I rejoice in the
Lord. But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the Lord, my soul. Praise
the Lord. So Psalm 104 is all about God's providence over the natural world. So the first nine verses,
we began with those, we began with those, God is creator. Verses 10 to 18, we sang those, God is provider
and sustainer, not in a passive way, but in an active way. And then we just read verses 19 to 23,
where it speaks about God being over the rhythms of nature. So the moon comes out and the lions come out
and they go to work, they go hunting their prey, but then the moon goes down, the sun comes up,
the lions go to bed and the lions go to bed and the people go out and they begin their work. There's
rhythms in nature and God is over those. And then verse 27 to 30, there is that a very clear picture
that God brings life, God sustains life and God ends life. Animals, people, everything.
And so the impact of this Psalm is that we're invited to see in the natural world, God's providence up
close and personal. It's unavoidable if we have eyes to see it. That we're invited to see past the laws
of nature. So often that's where people are inclined to stop. We see beyond those to see the God who sets
those laws and who works through the laws of nature. We're invited to walk around in a beautiful spring
day and to see God's providence on display in the beauty, the diversity, the wonders of nature. The
buds and the trees, the birds who feed, the weather that we enjoy, all the life cycles come from God.
Volcanoes, tsunamis under the providence of God too. God's providence governs and creates.
Psalm 104 is also really helpful because it speaks to the purpose behind God's providence.
Verse 31, may the glory of the Lord endure forever. May the Lord rejoice in his works.
God's providence is a demonstration of God's glory. His wisdom, his goodness, his power are on full
display to the world. As Manley Hopkins, the poet, said, creation is charged with the grandeur of God.
And a day like today, we see it in full view, don't we?
So God's purpose in providence over the natural world is that his glory would be on display
and that he would have joy in his works. There's a reminder that from the beginning,
God said creation was good and creation is still good. Yes, there is brokenness, but yes,
there is beauty in God's eyes. And there's another purpose as well. Verse 33 and 34,
I will sing to the Lord all my life. I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. As we see the
glory of God in providence, it's intended to bring us joy and to draw out praise. The natural word,
as Alistair McGrath says, is a gateway to praise. Our five senses are all opportunities for us to praise
the God of providence, whether that's a glorious sunset or a glorious meal.
And that's absolutely in line with Jesus teaching on providence in nature in the Gospels. Matthew
chapter 6, Jesus told his disciples, don't worry, God provides for the birds, God clothes the flowers,
and how much more will he feed and clothe you. As God's people, we trust in a God who controls
and who cares about the little things, the little things in nature. But that also reminds us that God
cares about the little things in our lives because he's our father. And then by extension, God's people,
we are to be a thankful people. Thankful for the thousands of ways in which he feeds, clothes,
cares, provides for us. That Jesus is clear that God has a special care for his children, for his church.
Perhaps that changes our focus when it comes to God's providence or when we think about God's
sovereignty. Often attention is drawn to God's control when things go wrong. And maybe in a
questioning way, when the crash happens, when the hunger hits, when the storm blows through the town.
But how often do we miss God's everyday, and we could call it his hidden providence,
the thousands and millions of times he protects and provides and gives safety. As God's people,
we're invited to walk through this world, seeing his control and being thankful for his care.
So there's God's providence over the natural world, very briefly. Now we're going to move
to the book of Genesis and to the story of Joseph. But before we do that, we're just going to pause
momentarily because we need to recognize whenever we're thinking about any of the doctrines of God,
that there is an element of mystery involved. There is mystery connected to God's providence,
and so we need to approach it with humility. Perhaps one way to think about it is to think about
the relationship between parents and children. Children will often have lots of questions, lots of
requests. Why can't I have sweets for breakfast? Why can't I have unlimited screen time? Why is it a bad
idea to ride my bike with my eyes closed? And many, many others. That's what children do. But what
should parents have? Parents should have, should have, always, but we should have more wisdom,
more understanding, a broader perspective on the world. So we understand why certain things are bad,
and certain things are good and better. Certain things are safe, and certain things are dangerous.
And so children are then invited to trust their parents who have a greater knowledge of how the
world works. Sounds very ideal, doesn't it? Well, that's how it's supposed to work. And mystery,
providence and mystery, many questions are prompted when we think about God's providence.
If God controls actions and decisions, does that make me just a robot? If God controls actions and
decisions, well, how can I be held accountable? Or how can God be holy and sinless,
and have providence over sinful actions? But how can God not be the author who's responsible for that
sin? So there's some really big and deep and complex questions associated with the doctrine of
providence. And it requires us to come towards it with humility and with faith, to be able to hear the
the clear teaching of the Bible, but with a readiness to live with the tensions that we sometimes are going
to discover, and to be able to trust the character of God and the character of his word. So we'll see a little
of that together now as we think about the story of Joseph. So we're going to begin thinking about how the
story of Joseph demonstrates God's providence over human actions and human decisions. Now the story of
Joseph is a great place to go for thinking about God's providence. We see God at work in so many
different ways, directing lives and decisions and actions and circumstances towards his saving purposes
for his covenant family. For the family of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, we see God at work. Now we're going to be in
Genesis 39 together for a few moments, which in a sense takes us to the middle of Joseph's story.
So his brothers by this stage have sold him as a slave to traders. He's ended up in Egypt where he's been
sold to this man called Potiphar. And so Genesis 39, let's read verses 2 to 5 and watch out for our key word,
which is the word favor. Actually we'll read verse 1 to 5, won't we? Yes. Now Joseph had been taken down to
Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from
the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered and he lived in
the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave
him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor, there's our word, in his eyes and became his
attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and he entrusted to his care everything
he owned. From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord
blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything
Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.
Favor. What does that mean in this context? It means that God is acting on the heart and the will
and the mind of this Egyptian wealthy man called Potiphar so that Joseph the slave becomes head of
the household. Now we're familiar with the story perhaps and maybe that doesn't surprise us because
we already know the direction it's going. But isn't that remarkable that you would buy someone as a
slave and very quickly elevate him to be just below yourself in prominence?
Favor. We see favor again at the end of the chapter so things turn in a different direction in Potiphar's
house. He's falsely accused by Potiphar's wife and is thrown into prison and let's now turn our attention
towards the end of the chapter. Verse 20 to 22. It says where he's in the king's prison.
But while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him. He showed him kindness and granted him
favor. There's a word again. In the eyes of the prison warder. So the warder put Joseph in charge of all those
held in charge of the prison. He was held in charge of the prison. He was held in charge of the prison.
And he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything
under Joseph's care because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
So there's that word favor again. Potiphar has wrongly treated Joseph, but the Lord was with
Joseph. And again, the Lord is bringing his favor to bear so that this prison guard acts in the same way
as Potiphar. And again, doesn't it strike us as surprising that a prisoner becomes in charge of the
prison? That a prisoner would be entrusted with that level of responsibility? It's the favor of God
in display because God is with Joseph. Now we're not done with seeing this idea of God's favor in
Joseph's life. He is in the prison. A couple of people who work for the Pharaoh come into the prison.
They have some dreams. One gets promoted back to his job again. And Joseph says, remember me when you get
your job again, and instead he gets forgotten. So he's there in prison for two more years. Then Pharaoh
has a dream and Joseph is summoned. And at the end of that chapter, chapter 41, verse 41 to 43, we read,
So Pharaoh said to Joseph, I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh took a signet
ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold
chain around his neck. He made him ride in a chariot as his second in command. And people shouted before
him, make way. Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt. How do we explain that kind of
turnaround? Well, again, to help us, we can think about how Stephen in Acts chapter 7 thought about
this turnaround. Stephen said, God rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom
before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. God is turning
the hearts and the minds and the hearts and the minds and the wills of an Egyptian rich man, an Egyptian
prison officer, and the Egyptian king Pharaoh, so that his purposes come to pass. Now each of them,
they are acting, they are deciding, but God is fully decisive. His are the plans that come to pass.
God rules over the thoughts, the directions, the actions of not just of his people, but of all people.
Because remember, these are Egyptians.
Three responses as we consider God's providence over human actions. The first is that of humility.
From this we go to, for this we go to James chapter 4 verse 15. So James is talking about people making
their plans in their business and not to boast and project forward about how things are going to go in
the future. James says, you ought to say, if it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.
We are not to boast. We are not to hold tightly to our plans, thinking so long as our plan is made
sufficiently robustly enough, it's bound to happen. As the people of God, we are encouraged and invited
to see God over our family, our work, our future plans, and to have the necessary humility that comes
with that, that comes with our planning. That's one response. Another response is that we're invited
to have courage. For here we can go to Romans 8 and verse 31, where Paul says, if God is for us,
who can be against us? And within that wonderful chapter of Romans 8, what's the source of our trust
is the people of God? It's in the all-powerful God of providence who is for his people. It's this God
who says nothing can separate us from the love of God that's in Christ Jesus. And so we're invited to
take heart and to have courage, even if it means suffering for our faith, even if it means being
persecuted for our faith. If God is for us, who can be against us? And this reality should also provoke us
towards worship as well. As we see it being worked out in the gospel, so in Acts chapter 2, Peter, as he
preaches at Pentecost, verse 23, Jesus was handed over to you by God's deliberate plan and foreknowledge.
And he draws attention to the crowds that you had your wicked designs in wanting to kill Jesus,
but God has had his eternal purposes, and those purposes came to fulfillment. God controlled the
events of the gospel so that Jesus could be your savior and mine. God was over human acting and deciding
so that in the fullness of God's time, Jesus would die on the cross to take our sin to bring us to God.
Now, we need to move towards God's providence over sinful human actions. And here is where we need to
take, I think, the greatest care. We will see it in Scripture, but we need to be careful in how we handle it.
I came across a very helpful, well, for me anyway, it was a helpful illustration from John Piper again.
He was talking about how scientists have found a way to handle radioactive uranium.
And they can handle that uranium so as to create useful energy without themselves being contaminated by the radiation.
And Piper says if people can figure that out,
then we begin to understand how much more
We can see it here in the Joseph story.
Now, how is that brought out in the story of Joseph?
So let's go back to the beginning of Joseph's story.
And what do we find? We find multiple sin there, don't we?
We find favoritism from his father.
That's wrong.
We find the sin of hatred among his brothers.
We find the sin of jealousy
of the brothers. We find them plotting
murder and then in their greed
plotting to sell Joseph as a slave.
All of those are sinful actions.
Even when he gets himself to, when he is taken to Egypt,
we find that he has lied about, he's sinned against,
he has forgotten, promises are broken.
After 13 years,
slave and prisoner,
from the beginning of the story into Egypt
until he takes power,
and then the brothers come to Egypt for food.
Remember, there's the global famine,
people coming from all over to Egypt
because Joseph has been given wisdom
to know how to handle the famine.
And so his brothers come.
And in chapter 45,
we find when Joseph finally reveals himself
to his brothers.
And the section that we want to look at here
is chapter 45 from verse 4 to verse 8
to see Joseph's understanding of what was going on.
Then Joseph said to his brothers,
come close to me.
When they had done so, he said,
I am your brother Joseph,
the one you sold into Egypt,
and now do not be distressed
and do not be angry with yourselves
for selling me here
because it was to save lives
that God sent me ahead of you.
For two years now,
there has been famine in the land
and for the next five years,
there will be no plowing and reaping.
But God sent me ahead of you
to preserve for you a remnant on earth
and to save your lives
by a great deliverer,
by a great deliverance.
So then,
it was not you who sent me here,
but God.
He made me father to Pharaoh,
lord of his entire household
and ruler of Egypt.
Now, did you notice
three times
Joseph declares,
God sent me.
He says to the brothers,
you sold me,
but God sent me.
And what's he saying in that?
He's saying that above their evil,
sinful plans
stood
the Lord God.
And with them,
they were motivated by hatred
and greed,
but God had his purposes
of salvation
and love.
God is able
to work
even through
those sinful human actions
in order to bring about
his great deliverance.
It's an idea
that's repeated
in a sense
the key verse
towards the end
of the Joseph story.
We can read Genesis 50,
we'll read verse 19
and then verse 20.
Again,
so this is after
their father Jacob dies
and the brothers are scared,
they're thinking,
well now,
Joseph's going to take
his revenge.
But Joseph said to them,
don't be afraid.
Am I in the place of God?
You intended to harm me,
but God
intended it for good
to accomplish
what is now being done,
the saving
of many lives.
Joseph says to his brothers,
you,
you meant evil
against me,
but God,
God meant your evil
for good.
God meant your evil
for the saving
of many lives,
for the keeping
of his promises,
for continuing
the plan
of salvation.
And so the story
of Joseph
is reminding us
of the extent
of God's providence,
that God has these
eternal purposes
that will not change
when it comes to salvation,
and those purposes
can take in billions
of factors,
including
the sinful
actions of human
beings like us
as he works
out his salvation.
And remember,
that does not make him
the author of sin,
does not make him
accountable for sin,
but it says he is
wise enough
to work through
that sinful
action.
Again,
we hear this
from the apostles
as they begin
to share the gospel
in the book of Acts.
Again,
this is Peter,
Acts chapter 4,
verses 10 to 12.
It is by the name
of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth,
whom you crucified.
Now,
there's an evil,
sinful action,
enemies of Jesus
plotted to crucify him.
By the name
of Jesus
of Nazareth,
whom you crucified,
but whom God
raised from the dead,
their saving good,
that this man
stands before you healed.
Jesus
is the stone
you builders
rejected.
It's a wicked
thing to reject
God's Savior.
But that Jesus
who they rejected
has become
the cornerstone.
He is the
foundation
of
God's
kingdom.
Good purpose
from their
sinful actions.
Salvation
is found
in no one
else,
for there's
no other name
under heaven
given to mankind
by which we
must be
saved.
The greatest
good in all
human history,
the salvation
of sinners,
is achieved
through the
greatest evil
in all
history,
the killing
of the innocent,
righteous son
of God.
God's
and that
comes to
pass
by God's
providence.
As we
conclude
our thoughts,
four ways
to live
under the
providence
of God.
The first,
and we've already
said it,
is it calls us
to live with
humility,
to remember,
Psalm 31,
verse 15,
our times
are in
God's hands.
Humility
acknowledges
his right to
govern as
he chooses,
acknowledges
that his plans
are the ones
that will come
to pass.
trust.
We're also
invited to
live with
trust
when we
think about
the providence
of God
because this
is our
father.
This is our
father's world
that we are
thinking of
and that we
are living
in.
God has
a special
care for
his church
and for
his children
and we
need to
take comfort
in that.
When all
we can see
is chaos
and confusion,
God still
sees with
clarity.
He knows
what he is
doing.
He is still
on the
throne.
And there
is a freedom
in accepting
our limits
and learning
to trust
God's
character
when we
can't
understand
or see
in the
moment
what he
is doing.
And I
think when
we think
about the
providence
of God
we're also
invited to
live with
praise,
to live
with our
eyes open
to the
reality that
at every
moment,
every
conversation,
every turn
in our
lives is
being directed
and governed
by God.
Our lives
are being
sustained
by God.
It's a
source for
worship.
And there's
also a
source of
thankfulness
as we
recognize that
in God's
wise providence
our failures
are not
final.
our God
is wise
enough
to work
good
even out
of our
sinful
actions.
Not that
he would
ever
encourage
us to
sin
because
God
is
holy
and he
hates
sin
but he's
so
wise
that he's
able to
take up
our sinful
actions
to achieve
ultimate
and lasting
good.
And
too,
when you
think about
the providence
of God
it's an
encouragement
for us
to pray.
In our
community
groups we'll
be thinking
along these
lines.
The God
of providence,
the God
who governs
everything,
chooses
to work
through his
people's
prayers.
In his
wisdom
our prayers
are instruments
achieving
God's
purposes.
That's a
motivation to
pray.
God
in his
providence
has placed
you in
the family
that you're
in,
in the
friendship
group that
you're in,
in the
community
that you
live in,
in the
workplace
that you
find yourself
in,
by his
design
so that
we can
pray.
So that
we can
pray for
others.
Knowing
that God
works
through
the prayers
of his
people.
Praying
his
saving
good,
his
blessing
would
flow
in the
lives
of
many.
Back to
my 2020
Christmas
card.
This
lady
Angela,
she didn't
know,
walking the
streets of
Edinburgh that
morning,
that that would
become,
in God's
providence,
the pathway
to hope
for her.
But praise
God,
he did.
the person
who welcomed
Angela
didn't know
her story,
had no
idea what
a simple
welcome
would do,
but God
did.
We
couldn't
know that
the simple
act of
praying for
someone who
was in
distress and
giving a
little bit
of money
and pointing
someone to
a source
of help
would lead
to recovery,
but God
did.
We
couldn't
know that
a snowball
of God's
mercy
would begin
from this
place,
but God
did,
because we
have a God
of providence
who plans
and who
directs
our steps,
our lives,
our stories.
The providence
of God isn't
something to
philosophize
over,
it's something
that should
lead us
to praise.
We'll finish
with a quote
from B.B.
Warfield,
a firm
faith in
the universal
providence
of God
is the
solution
to all
earthly
troubles.
Let's
pray
together.
Lords,
our God,
we thank
you that
you are the
God with
universal
providence,
that you
are controlling,
governing,
ruling,
sustaining,
not just
partially,
but totally,
not just
some of
our lives,
but all
of our
lives.
We thank
you for
the hope
that we
can find
when we
recognize
your character,
that you
are good
and that
you are
trustworthy.
Lord,
we ask
that for
those of
us who
are Christians,
that we
would rest
in your
fatherly
care over
us,
to be
glad that
we are
in your
hands and
not in
our own,
that we
be glad
that we're
not
suffering to
the winds
of fate
and chance,
but our
steps are
being planned.
Lord,
for any
tonight who
aren't
Christians,
may you
show them
your
goodness,
even in
bringing them
here this
evening,
to consider
your
control
and your
controlling
all history
so that in
your right
time,
Jesus would
come as
the Savior
we all
need.
Lord,
may you
cause each
one of us
to be
looking to
him with
faith.
And we
ask too
that you'd
help us
to pray
as we
realize that
you have
deliberately
chosen
to place
us exactly
where we
are,
that we
would want
to be
instruments
of your
blessing
to the
people
around us.
Help us,
we pray,
in Jesus'
name.
Amen.
So we
will sing
a hymn to
close,
Christ is
mine
forevermore,
and then,
if you
can,
stick around
for 10
or 15
minutes,
and we'll
have our
discussion
groups.
So let's
stand together
and sing.
Let's
stand together
and sing.
Let's
stand together
and sing.