Amen.
Next week, Lord willing, as we've already said, when we gather for worship, we will gather
together as Seaweed Bay Baptist Church.
And as we celebrate what God is doing here, I hope that you realize we have this precious
opportunity right in front of us to really clarify who it is that we feel like the Lord
has called us to be and what it is that we believe the Lord has called us to be about.
And so over the past several weeks, we have been walking through our mission and vision
for the church, our mission statement.
I'm sure you can just rattle it off by now.
Feel free to speak it with me.
Our mission, we exist to magnify the glory of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
And the way that we plan to go about that is threefold is by enjoying him.
As we gather, as we proclaim, as we enjoy and delight in his glory is by equipping the saints
to reflect his glory.
And as we'll see this morning in our passage, it is as we evangelize the lost and proclaim
his glory.
This morning, we're focusing in on that last part of our vision to proclaim the glory of
God.
So if you would, please open up your Bibles this morning to the book of Colossians.
We're going to be in the book of Colossians this morning.
And our passage is chapter one, verses 28 and 29.
Colossians chapter one, verses 28 and 29.
And if you would follow along with me as I read.
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom that we may present
everyone mature in Christ.
For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
Would you pray with me once more?
Lord, we thank you for your word and for the privilege that it is to get to open it up and
to sit under it with the confidence that you will use it as you see fit.
And we pray that as we hear these words from the Apostle Paul, that we would leave here encouraged
and moved to go and proclaim your glory.
We pray this in Christ's name.
Amen.
But you can tell a lot about a person by the way they read a book.
People are strange.
And some of that strangeness, whether you're aware of it or not, comes out in the way that
they read a book and their reading habits.
So for example, I wonder if you can place yourself in any of these examples.
For example, there are the inaudible word mouthers.
They don't know that you see it or maybe they don't care.
But as they read over a book, they read over a word.
They mouth the word with their lips.
They move their lips.
Sometimes a sound comes out.
Sometimes a whisper comes out.
Sometimes nothing comes out at all.
But it's inaudible.
They mouth the word with their mouths.
There's actually a word for this.
It's called sub-vocalization.
That may be some of you.
There are the page sniffers.
Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about.
Books have a certain smell.
You know what that is.
When you go into a library, you get that scent of a fresh book.
And these are the people that they are just as happy sniffing a page of a book as they
are reading the book.
That may be some of you.
And there are the multitaskers.
These people, they can't just read one book at a time.
So they have two or three or four or five or maybe even six books laying around at different
places in their home, jumping from book to book, chapter to chapter.
They cannot stay with one book from beginning to end.
And I'll be honest with you, this one is me.
It drives Amanda crazy.
But worse than that, and in my humble opinion, the worst one of them all are the ending spoilers.
This may be some of you.
These are the sick type of people who before they even begin reading a book, they take it
off of the shelf and they open it up to the very last page, read it.
And so now they know what is going to happen at the end of the book.
They find out how the book ends.
If this is you, I invite you to let it be known.
The people need to know what we're dealing with here.
This is, in my opinion, completely unacceptable.
But those who do this, they say that it lets them know whether or not the book is worth reading.
It prepares them for any would-be surprises before they get there.
But church, I cannot simply just get on board with this because even if they do decide to
start reading the book, they know the end.
Now they know the beginning.
But they have no idea how the author plans to get them from point A to point B.
As ridiculous as this is, church, this is how many Christians approach this book.
The Word of God.
And I'll admit, this is the one book where we should take joy in knowing the end of the story.
Right?
We know the ending, that God has made it clear to us one day Christ will return.
And as we've been studying in Sunday school in the book of Revelation, we know at the end a great multitude that no one can number.
From every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages will stand before the throne of God and magnify His glory.
Saying, blessing and glory and wisdom and honor and thanksgiving and power and might be to our God forever and ever.
And this group of the redeemed will enjoy eternity in the presence of God.
That's the end of the story.
And we know the beginning of the story, don't we?
That in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
He created man and our first parents.
They rebelled against the Lord.
They sinned.
They brought upon all of creation this curse of sin.
And I hope that we even know the most important part of the story.
The cross of Jesus Christ.
That God's plan of redemption is to send His own Son to live and to die and to rise.
To purchase forgiveness.
To purchase salvation.
Eternal life for all His people.
But even still, many Christians are not exactly clear on how God plans to get us from point A to point B.
But in our passage today, Paul tells us.
Paul tells us.
God's plan for magnifying His glory for the rest of eternity.
For redeeming what was lost and broken in the fall.
His plan for gathering and rescuing and transforming sinners from every tribe, tongue, and nation.
His plan for bringing us from point A to point B to the end of the story is the proclamation of Jesus Christ.
This is what we call evangelism.
Evangelism.
It's sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.
And it is for every Christian.
In other words, we're not meant to just read this book passively.
We're meant to share it actively.
God has written us into this story.
We have a role to play in bringing it to its end.
And so this morning, as we seek to understand this great task, we're going to see three aspects of the task of evangelism.
Three aspects of the task of evangelism.
This is our outline this morning.
If you're taking notes, I invite you to follow along with this outline.
Three aspects of the task of evangelism.
First, we see our role in evangelism.
We see our role in evangelism.
I don't want to overcomplicate this.
And so here it is.
Look here to verse 28.
This is our role.
Paul says,
Him we proclaim.
The plan of God for the spread of the good news of salvation to the ends of the earth is summed up right here in just three words.
Do you see it?
Him we proclaim.
This is our role in evangelism.
We, all those who have been redeemed, not just a few of us, but all of us in Christ.
We are called to proclaim, that is to speak, to herald, to announce, to communicate verbally.
We're to go around talking about something.
And the content of our proclamation is Him.
It's Christ Jesus.
Him we proclaim.
You see, the mission of the church, before it is anything else, is a mission of proclamation.
Proclamation.
And this is a mission for all of us.
I've heard some of you say, several of you say, that evangelism is somewhat intimidating for you.
Maybe a lot intimidating for you.
You don't know what to expect.
You don't know where to start.
And I want you to know that I can relate to that.
Okay?
You are not alone in that struggle.
And it's so easy, isn't it, to overcomplicate what evangelism is.
It's so easy to make it more complicated than it is.
But at its most basic level, evangelism is simply sharing.
It's speaking.
It's proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ.
It is proclaiming Him.
And I want you to see, that's exactly what Paul has already been doing here in the book of Colossians.
If you look back to verse 15 of chapter 1.
Excuse me.
Verse 15 of chapter 1.
Paul says,
He is the image of the invisible God.
The firstborn of all creation.
For by Him, by Christ, all things were created in heaven and on earth.
Visible and invisible.
Whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities.
All things were created through Him and for Him.
And He, Christ, is before all things.
And in Him, in Christ, all things hold together.
And He, Christ, is the head of the body, the church.
Christ, He is the beginning.
The firstborn from the dead.
That in everything, Christ might be preeminent.
For in Him, in Christ, all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.
And through Christ, to reconcile to Himself all things.
Whether on earth or in heaven.
Making peace by the blood of His cross.
This is proclamation, isn't it?
And He's just gushing over the beauty of Christ.
He's proclaiming Him.
And while I doubt that we'll sound exactly like Paul.
If you know Christ, you have something to share.
If you know Christ, you are capable and ready to proclaim Him.
To share how glorious He is.
To share how He saved you.
To share how Christ alone is your hope and your peace and your joy.
Our role, church, is to proclaim Christ.
But sometimes, if you're like me, you might be tempted to put a burden on yourself that's heavier than what God has called you to do.
For example, we need to remember our role is to proclaim Christ, not to save sinners.
Our role is to proclaim Christ, not to save sinners.
We can save no one.
That's God's work and God's work alone.
Our confidence in evangelism is not in our speech.
It's not in our persuasiveness.
It's not in our presentation or our ability to close a sale.
We simply speak the truth.
And God takes that word as it comes fumbling and bumbling out of our mouths.
And He plants it into the hearts of His people.
And He empowers it with His Spirit so that it bears the fruit of faith and repentance and new life.
It is effective to accomplish the purposes for which He sends it.
Our role is to proclaim Christ, not to know exactly who will respond in faith.
I wonder if you're ever tempted with this one.
It would be wonderful if I could just look out in a group of people, look out in a crowd,
and see with 100% confidence exactly who it is who would come to faith if I would simply share the gospel with them.
I don't have that knowledge.
We don't have that ability.
God alone knows whom He has appointed to eternal life.
God alone knows exactly who will receive that proclaimed word and believe in faith.
We don't.
And so our role is simply to scatter seed as freely and as broadly and as widely as possible
with the confidence that through our proclamation, the Lord will save His people.
How many times do you see that word everyone here in this passage?
Warning everyone.
Teaching everyone that we might present everyone.
See, church, God knows exactly whom He will effectively call to believe the gospel,
but that belief comes through the general call of the gospel,
through our proclamation as we proclaim Christ to everyone.
Our role is to proclaim Christ not to be able to answer every possible objection.
Now, I know some of y'all deal with this one.
I wonder if some of you feel this hesitancy that I sometimes feel that,
well, somebody might say something that might make me look silly.
They might say something.
They might ask a question that I don't know the answer to.
They might give a rebuttal that I can't respond to.
So hear me when I say that, yes, we should be ready to defend the faith.
Yes, we should be aware of the potential objections that are recirculated every several years,
but you could spend the rest of your life studying and preparing and training to answer every possible objection
and still not feel ready if that's your measure for readiness.
But if you know the gospel, church, you are ready to share it.
And that foolishness to the world, the wisdom of God will always be foolish in the eyes of the world.
But that foolish gospel is the power of God for salvation to any who believe it.
But how are they to believe in him of whom they've never heard?
And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
Church, our role is simply to proclaim the risen Lord Jesus Christ who alone can save sinners.
And Paul tells us what that looks like in two ways here, doesn't he?
Two ways.
Warning and teaching.
We proclaim Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone.
And we have to have both here, don't we?
We have to have both.
You see, if our message is all teaching with no warning,
we may educate a lot of people on the way to hell.
Now, to be saved, you must first understand the bad news of the gospel.
The bad news that you have sinned against a holy God,
that you are separated from him,
that you are under the curse of sin,
that you are hell-bound apart from the grace of God.
This is not a popular message, church.
I remember when I lived in Charlotte,
we lived in this apartment complex,
and before too long, word got out that I was training to be a pastor,
training for the ministry,
and so they started calling me Preacher Boy.
But one guy in particular, he told me,
just straightforward, he said,
Hey, Preacher Boy, you can talk to me about anything you want to talk to me about,
but do not talk to me about hell.
Don't bring it up.
Don't say it.
Don't warn me.
And I responded, well, okay.
But you know, it's real,
and I wonder just why you don't want me to talk.
He said, Didn't you hear what I just said?
He didn't want to hear it,
and most people don't want to hear it.
But unless someone warns them clearly,
they will not realize their guilt and repent.
See, we have to warn about the dangers of sin.
Sin is eternally dangerous,
and you are not safe unless you are safe in Christ.
But we can't stop there.
So what does Paul say?
We also must teach about the glory of Christ.
If our message is all warning and no teaching,
you might have a bunch of very scared converts,
but not mature disciples, right?
They need to be taught, educated,
who he is, the glorious son of God,
what he's done, how he's come in the flesh,
how he's lived perfectly in our place where we've all failed,
how he died on the cross in the place of the guilty,
in the place of sinners like you and like me,
how he rose from the grave to conquer sin and death and the devil,
how he stands to offer forgiveness to any who would come to him in faith,
how you could be saved this moment if you turn from your sin and trust in him.
For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Him we proclaim,
warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom.
That is our role in evangelism, church.
But second, the second aspect of evangelism that we see here in this passage
is our goal in evangelism.
That's our role.
What is our goal?
Second, in verse 28,
Paul says that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
That's the goal.
That we may present everyone mature in Christ.
Now, if you're paying attention,
you might say,
I thought we talked about this last week.
Didn't we cover that last week with reflecting the glory of God?
And you would be right.
We talked last week about that second part of our vision
that we want to equip the saints to reflect,
to grow up into the glory of God.
But I want you to see these three parts of this vision
are not just separated and distinct.
They are all interconnected with the glory of God at the center of them all.
As we enjoy Him,
as we equip one another,
as we evangelize the lost,
they are connected.
Church, we want to see people converted
as we share the gospel,
but we do not want to stop at conversion.
Are you tracking with me?
We want to see people converted as we proclaim Christ,
but we don't want to stop there
as if that is job well done.
What do I mean by this?
What I mean is that
when we as a church
see someone come to faith in Christ,
we together, collectively,
ought to be chomping at the bit
to see them grow up in Christ.
The conversion to Christ
isn't the finish line.
It's the beginning.
Our goal in evangelism,
as we go and share the good news,
is not just to reach some moment of decision
and then consider our job well done
and then leave them out to dry
and to figure it out themselves.
I've heard far too many testimonies,
far too many stories
that sound something like this.
I went to church.
Maybe I heard a friend talk about Jesus.
I was convicted of my sin.
I knew I needed Christ.
God gave me genuine faith in the Lord.
I was saved.
Then I had no place to go.
Had no idea how to grow up in my faith in Christ.
Nobody there to help me read my Bible.
I didn't know how to pray.
No idea how to put sin to death.
No idea how to live the Christian life.
And so for years and years,
I've tried my best on my own.
I've been converted,
but I've not grown up in maturity in Christ.
Does that sound familiar to any of you?
That is not meant to be
how the Christian life works.
You are not meant to stay
in spiritual infancy forever.
And if that has been your story in church
up to this point,
I want us collectively,
together,
to change that for you.
See, the church is meant to be
a family of believers
who are committed
to locking arms together
to help one another grow up
in Christ
until we all attain
to the unity of the faith
and of the knowledge of the Son of God
to mature manhood
to the measure of the stature
of the fullness of Christ
so that we may no longer be children,
as Paul says
in Ephesians chapter 4.
You know, I love being a dad.
It's one of the greatest things
that's ever happened to me,
but I have learned
that fatherhood is a lot more
than just bringing the baby home
from the hospital.
And nobody in their right mind
takes a newborn baby
home from the hospital,
just lays it in the crib
and considers the job is done.
They know that's just the beginning.
Every parent ought to know
that their goal
is not just to bring a child home,
but to raise a child up
in maturity,
to raise them to adulthood.
But too many churches
consider bringing the child home
as the end of their duty.
The same is true for us
here in evangelism.
We want to see new birth.
We want to bring home
spiritual infants
as we share the good news
and God gives new life.
We want to see spiritual babies
born into this family.
But they should not remain infants.
And those of us
who are spiritually further along,
more mature,
ought to come alongside them
as spiritual mothers
and spiritual fathers
and see to it
that that child
is fed
and clothed
and nourished
and nurtured
and corrected
and trained
and raised up
in the discipline
and instruction
of the Lord.
That's our goal
in evangelism.
And you know,
that was Paul's goal
as well.
You know,
sometimes Paul gets
a bad rap.
I don't know if you know this.
He gets kind of
mischaracterized a bit
as this church planter
who just parachutes in,
plants a church,
and then zips out
so someone else can do
all that hard pastoral work.
And can I just say
that that is not true at all?
I want to defend Paul
here for a minute.
1 Thessalonians chapter 2.
1 Thessalonians chapter 2
shows us Paul's concern
concern for every one
of his converts.
He says this.
He says,
We had boldness in our God
to declare to you
the gospel of God.
That's proclamation.
But verse 7,
We were gentle among you
like a nursing mother
taking care of her own children.
Do you hear that?
So being affectionately desirous of you,
we were ready to share with you
not only the gospel of God,
but also our own selves
because you had become
very dear to us.
For you know,
verse 11,
how like a father
with his children,
we exhorted each one of you
and encouraged you
and charged you
to walk in a manner
worthy of God
who calls you
into his own kingdom
and glory.
Do you hear that?
This is not the language
of hit and run evangelism,
is it?
This is language of affection.
This is language of love for God
and love for neighbor.
Do you see that?
You see, evangelism
with this goal of maturity in mind
is an act of love for our neighbor.
And when you give yourself,
give of your time,
give of your resources,
give of your prayers,
give of whatever knowledge you have
to see them grow up
into Christ-likeness,
not just come to Christ,
but to grow,
that is an act of love.
Congratulations,
you have become a spiritual father,
a spiritual mother.
But it's also an act of love for God,
isn't it?
What does Paul say here?
He says,
Him we proclaim,
warning everyone
and teaching everyone
with all wisdom
that we may present everyone
mature in Christ.
Who are we presenting
these grown-up,
mature disciples to?
We're presenting them to God.
We're bringing them before the Lord
as an offering
to say,
look what you've done.
Look what you've done,
Lord,
in taking this sinner,
taking this rebel
who was so far from you,
so deep in his sin,
so blind to your glory.
He was angry.
He was addicted.
He was blind.
And you not only gave him eyes to see,
but you raised him up
and grew him up
so that now he looks like you.
And you used me to do it.
Church,
the greatest command
is to love the Lord your God
with all your heart,
all your mind,
all your soul,
all your strength.
And the second is like it,
to love your neighbor
as yourself.
We do this
when we proclaim
the glory of Christ
so that those who hear
might believe
and grow up
in Christ likeness
and be presented to God
as trophies of his grace
to the glory of God.
That's the goal.
But church,
there is one final aspect
of this task
that we must understand.
And I want you to hear me clearly
because the task of evangelism
is not easy.
So third,
we see the toll of evangelism.
We see the toll of evangelism.
You see,
the Christian life
and ministry
and this great task
of evangelism
is not easy.
If you were wanting me
to come up here
and make evangelism
easy for you,
I hope that you know by now
I love you enough
to tell you the truth.
The task is very simple,
but it is rarely easy.
Look here to what Paul says
in verse 29.
Paul says here,
for this I toil,
struggling with all his energy
that he powerfully works
within me.
See, evangelism
evangelism
and proclaiming
the glory of God
is hard work.
A commitment
to faithful gospel proclamation
will require you
to toil.
And it may be
that the Lord
just chooses
to radically save someone
the moment
you open up your mouth
and speak the name
of Jesus,
but more often than not,
it will take time,
an effort,
an intentionality,
an sacrifice.
And I know many of you
have been praying
and laboring
for family members
or friends
for years.
You've been toiling,
laboring to faithfully
share the gospel
with them.
Do not be discouraged.
The Lord is pleased
with your faithful struggle
and toil.
He will bring the fruit
in His time
according to His wisdom.
Continue.
The commitment
to faithful gospel proclamation
is often a struggle.
And history will tell us
that it is often costly.
Just consider with me
for a moment
what happened
to the disciples
of Christ.
Christ.
This struggle
has been experienced
in some degree
by every faithful evangelist,
every faithful proclaimer
of the gospel
throughout the history
of the church.
The apostle Andrew
went to take the gospel
to what is now
modern day Soviet Union
and Asia Minor,
Turkey,
and then ultimately Greece
where he was crucified
for preaching Christ.
The apostle Peter
was crucified upside down
under the emperor Nero
in Rome.
Tradition has it
that Thomas went to India,
he proclaimed the gospel there,
and he was speared to death.
Philip went to Carthage
in North Africa
in Asia Minor
where he proclaimed the gospel
and saw the wife
of a Roman proconsul
converted
which angered
the proconsul,
got him ultimately arrested
and executed.
Matthias proclaimed
the gospel in Syria
and was burned.
James also went to Syria
and was beaten
and clubbed to death
for preaching the gospel.
Simon preached Christ
in Persia
and was murdered
for refusing to bow down
and worship
the sun god there.
Are you encouraged
to share the gospel yet?
And Paul
shares in 2 Corinthians
how he suffered
imprisonments
with countless beatings,
often near death.
Five times I received
at the hands of the Jews
the forty lashes
less one.
Three times I was beaten
with rods.
Once I was stoned.
Three times I was shipwrecked.
A night and a day
I was adrift at sea
on frequent dangers
and journeys
and danger from rivers,
danger from robbers,
danger from my own people,
danger from Gentiles,
danger in the city,
danger in the wilderness,
danger at sea,
danger from false brothers
in toil and hardship
through many a sleepless night
and hunger and thirst,
often without food
and cold and exposure.
Paul struggled.
He toiled.
He suffered.
And ultimately,
he was beheaded in Rome
for the sake of proclaiming
the name of Christ.
You and I likely won't suffer
in these ways.
You might.
But probably not.
And definitely not
if we stay silent.
More likely is that
we'll suffer rejection,
loss of friendship,
tension at home,
tension at work.
Certainly,
you'll suffer inconvenience,
hardship to your plans
and your schedule.
But if you hear this
and you wonder
how any person
could possibly do this,
how you could possibly risk
the humiliation,
the toil,
the suffering,
the exhaustion,
even death
for the sake of proclaiming
the name of Jesus.
Remember what Paul says
here in verse 29.
How can he do this?
He struggles
with all his energy
that he powerfully works
within me.
If you hear this
and you don't think
that you have that in you,
you are 100% correct.
But if we are committed
to the mission of Christ,
we can be 100% certain
that he is committed
to supply us
with the energy
needed
for the mission.
Your task,
church,
is to proclaim
the person of Christ
for the good
of the people of Christ
with all the limitless
energy of Christ
for the glory
of Christ.
That's the task
of evangelism.
I want to close
with these words
from Christ himself
to his disciples
from Matthew chapter 10.
Listen to these words.
Behold,
I am sending you out
as sheep
in the midst of wolves.
So be wise
as serpents
and innocent
as doves.
Beware of men
for they will deliver you
over to courts
and flog you
in their synagogues
and you will be dragged
before governors
and kings
for my sake
to bear witness
before them
and the Gentiles.
When they deliver you
over,
do not be anxious
how you are to speak
or what you are to say
for what you are to say
will be given to you
in that hour
for it is not you
who speak
but the spirit
of your father
speaking through you.
Brother will deliver
brother over to death
and father his child
and children
will rise against parents
and have them put to death
and you will be hated
by all
for my namesake
but the one who endures
to the end
will be saved.
When they persecute you
in one town
flee to the next
for truly I say to you
you will not have gone
through all the towns
of Israel
before the son of man
comes.
A disciple
is not above his teacher
nor a servant
above his master.
It is enough
for the disciple
to be like his teacher
and the servant
like his master
if they have called
the master of the house
Beelzebul
how much more
will they malign
those of the household?
So have no fear of them
for nothing is covered
that will not be revealed
or hidden
that will be not known.
What I tell you
in the dark
say in the light
what you hear whispered
proclaim
on the housetops
and do not fear
those who kill the body
but cannot kill
the soul
rather fear him
who can destroy
both soul
and body
in hell.
Are not two sparrows
sold for a penny?
And not one of them
will fall to the ground
apart from your father
but even the hairs
of your head
are all numbered.
Fear not
therefore
you are of more value
than many sparrows.
So everyone
who acknowledges me
before men
I also will acknowledge
before my father
who is in heaven
but whoever denies me
before men
I also
will deny
before my father
who is in heaven.
How do you read this book?
You can tell a lot
about a person
and you can tell a lot
about a church
by the way
they read this book.
This is not meant
to just be
read passively
from the outside
but to be lived
actively
to be proclaimed
faithfully.
What a joy it is
to know
that God
has written us
into his story
of redemption
not just to receive it
but to proclaim it
so that
not only
do we get to see
God's plan
unfold
in real time
but we get
to play
a part
in bringing
it to completion.
We get to
bear witness
to the glory
of God
in the gospel
of Jesus Christ.
Do you want to know
the grand plans
that we have
for the growth
of this church?
What the grand strategy
is that
Treg and I
have been cooking up
for months
and months
you want to know
what it is?
Him we proclaim.
If this church
is to be known
for anything
in the days
and weeks
and years
to come
let it not be
for the good
we do.
Let it not be
for the programs
that we offer.
Let it not be
for any individual
person,
pastors,
ministry leaders
here.
Let it be
that in this
church family
we proclaim
Christ.
Let's pray.
Lord,
that's our desire.
We have proclaimed
Him this morning
and now we ask
that you would
take that proclamation
and use it
as you see fit.
But we ask
and we desire
that if there are
any here
who don't know
Christ
that right now
you would convict
them of their sin
and draw them
to faith in Christ.
And we ask
Lord for those
of us who
have been
sluggish
in evangelism
we confess
that to you
and we ask
that you would
move us
Lord.
And that we
wouldn't leave
here just
hearing a sermon
and going about
our way
but that we
would be eager
to share
who you are
and what you've
done.
We ask all
of this
in Jesus name.
Amen.