I'll turn to Matthew chapter 19, Matthew 19, and I want to look at verses 13-15.
! We've slowed down in this early part of Matthew 19, just so I think it's helpful to look at
! these things. Matthew 19 and verses 13-15 is on page 824. Jesus loves the little children.
I think it's fair to say that children in our culture occupy a position of extremes.
My children are catered for unlike any previous generation. So I think for example the massive
industry of early education, children's entertainment, all targeted at little people, aren't they?
There are lucrative targets for marketing. Food that's targeted at little children. Clothing
brands, games. And then on the other hand, many children in our day are overlooked, neglected,
and abused. Abortion. And the question that we're going to look at tonight is who will care
for the children? Who will cater for their immortal souls? Bishop Jason Ryle says, who even notices
that each infant possesses within its little body an undying principle that will outlive the pyramids
of Egypt and see the sun and moon quenched on the last day? Who will address their greatest need of all their
immortal souls? And the answer to that question is Jesus Christ. Christ, the omnipotent Son of God, and the
creator of all things, the sustainer and upholder of the universe, spends down and cuddles little babies.
It's a marvellous thought, isn't it? And it is his glory that the slightest of all
should get
particular attention.
The weakest and the most vulnerable and the most overlooked of all,
Jesus loves the little children.
Let's think about these three verses, three headings.
Bringing the little children,
forbidding the little children,
blessing the little children.
Now bring me the little children. Verse 13.
Then children were brought to him,
that he might lay his hands on them,
literally bless them,
and pray for them.
And the disciples rebuked the people bringing the children,
the parents.
Remember the context Jesus has been giving us,
the really practical teaching on the subject of marriage,
and of divorce and of singleness.
That's a really fairly obvious place to go next,
isn't it, children?
And think about who is being brought to
Jesus' children.
Little children.
The word literally here in Matthew
can refer to anything from newborn infants
to small children,
to toddlers,
and so on.
But Luke is even more explicit in his account.
He says, Luke 18, verse 15,
they will bring even infants to him
that he might touch them.
Babies in arms, presumably.
Brought by their parents
to Jesus.
And we have to ask him,
why were they brought to Jesus?
And we're told,
that he might lay his hands on them
and pray for them.
And we need to recognise
this is not like an American politician
where the baby is kind of given to the politician.
It's not like that.
It's not in a kind of,
if, let's say,
Wales won the World Cup
and I take Phoebe to Cardiff
for the open top bus parade
and I get her to be held
by one of the players.
That's not going to happen.
But that's not what's happening here either.
These are not
simple, uneducated people
coming to some well-known miracle worker,
some celebrity,
hoping that he's going to give them
some magic touch.
It's not superstitious.
If it was superstitious,
what would Jesus have done?
Jesus would have stopped them
and rebuked them
and sent them to write,
but these are
old covenant believers.
They've come to recognise
that in Jesus of Nazareth,
they've come to see who he is.
And they want to seek
his priestly benediction.
That's the word blessing.
And his blessing
on their covenant children.
So this is more than
some kind of baby dedication.
Some kind of sentimental,
well-wishing ceremony
for the kids.
What those parents desire
is a personal encounter
with Jesus Christ.
And that will issue forth
in them being blessed.
Blessed in all the fullness
of the blessing of God.
Being brought into blessing.
Salvation.
Now if that is what is happening here,
what does this account tell us
about their children?
what does this little story
tell us about little children?
Well, shoot,
it's really obvious, isn't it?
It's really obvious
that little children
need Jesus.
Little children need Jesus.
Little children have
sinful hearts.
They come into the world
with the children of Adam.
And they bear the guilt
of original sin.
There are fewer things,
aren't there,
more glorious in life
than the birth of a new baby.
A new life.
A new life brought
into the world.
And yet,
such babies,
the Bible tells us,
are born,
spiritually speaking,
stillborn.
And they come into this world
and came to them by sin.
We find that so hard
to accept,
don't they?
And so,
they come to Jesus
and they need Jesus.
You see,
to lay his hands upon them
and impart to them
spiritual life.
Let me read to you
from Westminster,
the Shorter Catechism.
wherein consists
the sinfulness
of that estate
wherein to man fell.
Here's the answer.
The sinfulness
of that estate
wherein to man fell.
This is where man fell.
Consists in the guilt
of Adam's first sin,
the want of original righteousness,
the corruption
of his whole nature,
which is commonly called
original sin,
together with all
actual transgressions
which proceed from it.
And many people
would read that
or you'd hear that
and say,
well, of course,
actual transgressions
that proceed from it.
There you go.
The little baby
hasn't committed
any transgressions.
These little babies
can't commit any transgressions
on their own.
They're so little,
beautiful,
innocent things,
aren't they?
To which,
of course,
we have to say no.
Because even little ones
have inherited
Adam's corrupt nature.
And as Paul says
in Romans 5,
verse 19,
by one man's disobedience,
the many
were made sinners.
Do you remember,
children,
we did it,
didn't we,
with the dominoes
and we did the children's talk
on that question
and one domino
sets off
all the other dominoes.
And so little children
share in the guilt
of Adam's sin,
but as Paul continues,
also by one man's obedience,
many will be made righteous.
And that's why
little children
need Jesus.
He is the man
and by his obedience
they too
can be made righteous.
So little children
need Jesus.
But we should also
see here tonight
very, very simply
that little children
should be brought
to Jesus.
Little children
must be brought
to Jesus.
It goes without saying,
doesn't it,
that little babies
cannot bring themselves
to him.
They need Jesus
to pray for them
because they cannot
pray for themselves.
Little children,
little babies
cannot pray
the sinner's prayer.
The sinner's prayer
is not what saves
either adults
or infants.
You see,
what actually saves us
is the priestly
work of the Lord Jesus.
Where we confess
that we are saved
by Christ alone
and by his life
and his death
and his atonement
and his intercession.
And he gives that
salvation
sovereignly
and graciously
to whomever he wills
and that includes
little children.
Notice here
that the ignorance
and the incapacity
of little children
is no barrier.
It's no barrier
to their personally
receiving the benefits
of the covenant
of grace.
Any more than
an adult
who's got a mental
disability
for them
to be eligible
for salvation.
You just need
to be a sinner.
A sinner.
Salvation is not
dependent upon
your age.
It's not dependent
on your earthly status.
That's the message
of the next passage,
isn't it,
in Matthew 19,
the rich young ruler.
What it depends on
is your need
of salvation
as a son
or a daughter
of Adam.
And that's not
ignoring
justification
by faith
that we are
made right
by trusting
in Christ
and declared
right by God.
That as little
ones come of age
in the Christian
home,
the reality
of their
inclusion
in the covenant
that they are
part of the covenant
people will
be seen
in them
exercising
faith and
repentance
just as
adults do.
It very well
might not be
dramatic.
But in anticipation
of that,
children must be
brought to Jesus
on the arms
of their parents'
faith.
Because if little
children are not
brought,
they never will be.
That's what we
learn about little
children in this text.
But what does it
say about parents?
Well,
parents must
believe
the promises
of the covenant
of grace.
They must
believe
the promises
of the covenant
of grace,
of God's
promise
and pledge.
These little
children are
brought to Jesus
on the arms
of their parents'
faith.
We've already
contended that
these people
were Old
Testament believers
who understood
that the covenant
of grace
extends to
their children
also.
Genesis
chapter 17
and verse 7.
Let me read it
to you.
And I will
establish my
covenant
between me
and you
and your
offspring after
you throughout
their generations
for an
everlasting
covenant
to be
God
to you
and to
your offspring
after you.
So I
cross the
apostle Paul
in 1
Corinthians 7
verse 14
says that the
children of
unbelievers
are unclean.
Whereas the
children of
believers are
holy.
And so what
you have in
this passage
is excellent
parental
role models.
they have
faith in
the covenant
promise and
they act
upon that
faith.
And this
faith is not
a shrink
wrapped
compartment
of their
life.
Here's my
religious life
over here
and here is
my parenting
techniques.
Their faith
is driving
their parenting.
And Christian
parents they
have liberty
conscience
like we
talked about
with dating
this morning.
Our Christian
parents have
liberty of
conscience.
We can
differ on
styles of
parenting.
That's okay.
Methods of
education.
That's okay.
Discipline.
How we
discipline.
But all
Christian parents
should be
united in
this.
They should
be united in
this that
they are
trusting the
covenant
promises of
God.
And they're
trusting the
covenant
promises of
God for
themselves.
Yes.
But also
for their
children.
And so it
follows by way
of application
parents bring
your children
to Jesus.
And that
goes for
you that
have adult
children.
I'm sure
that you do
bring them
to Jesus.
I know
that.
You bring
them to
Jesus in
prayer all
the time.
And maybe
tonight you're
saying you don't
have children
but you know
children.
let's bring
the little
children to
Jesus.
They have
immortal
souls and
they need
to be
saved.
And they
have a
mighty
saviour who
welcomes the
weakest
child.
So you
knew who was
coming.
Therefore
parents present
your children
for baptism.
Recognize
their status
as children
of the
covenant and
obtain for
them the
outward sign
and seal
of that
covenant.
You claim
that promise
and then you
bring them
up in the
training and
the admonition
of the
Lord.
Ephesians
6 verse
4.
Do you
believe that?
Do we really
believe that our
children are
covenant
children and
not pagan
children?
But they're
not strangers
to the covenant
promise of
Ephesians 2
verse 12
but rather
they are
recipients
of all
the means
of grace
bestowed upon
the Christian
home and
the visible
church.
This is what
the text says
about little
children and
about parents
but what does
the text say
about Jesus?
We'll come
back to what
I just said.
It says
that Jesus
has something
to give
little children.
Jesus has
something to give
to little
children that
the parents of
these children
cannot give.
You see
parents can
give life
can't you?
You can
make provision
you can
materially
provide for
your children
give them
sustenance.
Parents can
even bring
their children
to the
saviour.
Parents can
point their
children to
the saviour
by the means
of grace
as we've
just seen
but parents
cannot give
their children
new hearts.
Can you?
There's no
doubt that
these parents
in our
story had
themselves
put their
hands upon
the children
and prayed
for them.
But it is
Jesus' touch
that these
children need.
It is Jesus'
blessing.
It is Jesus'
intercession.
That is what
these parents
can give.
John Trapp
was a Puritan.
He had 12
children,
four of whom
died in
childhood.
And he
commented on
this passage.
He says,
we must
present our
children to
Christ by
training them
up in
God's holy
fear,
beseeching
God to
persuade their
hearts.
For we
may speak
persuasively,
but God
only persuades.
As Rebecca
cooked the
meat, but
it was Isaac
only who
gave the
blessing.
parents to
be unsparingly
active and
diligent in
the use of
means.
But they
must also
passively wait
in full
dependence and
trust upon
the Lord,
the blessing
giver, to
bestow his
salvation on
their children
in his good
time.
So much
then,
after braiding
the little
children.
Secondly,
let's move
on to
forbidding the
little children.
Let's look at
the second part
of verses
13 and 14.
the disciples
rebuked the
people.
But Jesus
said, let
the little
children come
to me and
do not hinder
them, for
such belongs
the kingdom
of heaven.
And we
read, don't
we, it's a
very strong
word at the
end of verse
13, the
disciples
rebuked
them.
That is to
say, they
rebuked the
parents who
were bringing
the children
in verse
13.
So the
amazing thing
is that here
are Jesus'
closest friends
and they
stand between
the parents
and the
source of
blessing for
their children.
I think it's
hard to
imagine a
more discouraging
thing than
verse 13.
these parents
in this
situation.
They would
scratch our
heads and
say, why
the stern
rebuke for
these loving
parents from
the disciples?
You read the
commentators,
they're all
over the map
on this.
Maybe the
disciples felt
that Jesus
was too
busy, too
important for
their own
children.
It's quite
possible.
That this
prejudice is
coming in
here.
There's lots
of talk about
the culture.
But actually
we don't have
to guess the
reason it's
given to us
in verse 14.
Jesus shows
us that
the disciples
have got a
theological
problem.
That's the
issue.
As well as
the prejudicial
one.
And their
issue is not
so much with
the parents,
but it is
with their
view of the
children.
And Jesus
shows in
verse 14
that the
disciples,
when they
rebuke the
parents,
secondly,
they forbid
the little
children.
And let
me say
that again.
The
disciples are
rebuking the
parents, but
in so doing,
what the
disciples are
doing is
they are
forbidding the
little children.
Can you see
the connection?
Jesus says,
don't hit them,
hinder them,
don't forbid
them.
That's obviously
what they were
doing.
Look closely at
what the text
says.
It says the
disciples rebuked
them, that is
the parents, but
Jesus said,
let the little
children come to
me and do
not forbid
them.
You wouldn't
say that unless
they were
forbidding them.
Because the
little children
of such is the
kingdom of
heaven.
Do you see
the implication
of what's
being said?
The disciples
are assuming
that little
children are
not of the
kingdom of
heaven.
They have a
theological
problem.
They have a
wrong theology
of little
children, if
you want to
put it that
way.
They assume
that these
little ones,
they are
incapable of
being subjects
of the
king.
They are
too little
to understand.
For what
they did not
understand, and
what they did
not reckon, is
that this
king does
not overlook
even the
weakest of
his subjects.
Even the
tiniest.
In fact, Jesus
has been
warning them,
chapter 18,
about putting
stumbling
blocks in the
way of the
most vulnerable
and overlooked
people.
You remember
back in
18, verses
5 and 6,
whoever receives
one such child,
one such little
one in my
name receives
me, but
whoever causes
one of these
little ones
who believe
in me to
sin, it
would be
better for
him to
have a
great millstone
fastened
around his
neck, and
be drowned
in the
depths of
the sea.
So take
heed.
And then
verse 10,
see to it
then that
none of you
despise one
of these
little ones.
And again,
we shake
our heads
and say
these are
short
memories,
didn't
they?
they rebuked
the parents
and the
disciples are
forbidding the
children.
And then
the disciples
are rebuked
by Jesus.
A.B.
Bruce says,
our Lord did
not thank his
disciples for
thus guarding
his person from
the intrusion
like a band of
overzealous
policemen.
Our Lord did
not thank them.
In fact,
Mark 10,
verse 14,
says that
Jesus was
greatly
displeased.
In Matthew's
account,
that kind of
displeasure is
shown by a
public
contradiction
of the
disciples'
attitude.
There they
are with
the multitude.
No,
no,
you can't
bring them
here and
Jesus cuts
them off.
It's very
embarrassing
for the
disciples.
Jesus is
most displeased
when we put
stumbling blocks
in the way of
little children
coming to him.
And again,
we say,
how can the
disciples be
so mean?
In what
ways can
each of us
do the
same thing?
How can
the little
children be
forbidden,
even by
well-meaning
disciples of
the day?
Well,
one way it
can happen
is quite
simple.
It's by
erecting
theological
barriers.
So,
it's easy
to point
a Roman
Catholic
theology.
The Roman
Catholic
catechism
says,
by baptism
all sins
are forgiven,
original
sin,
all personal
sin,
as well
as all
personal
sin.
Well,
if that
happened at
baptism,
why do you
need Jesus?
Why would
you come
to Jesus?
I grew
up as
a
Baptist.
and
children
of
believers,
if you
push them
out,
although
thankfully
their
practice
is a
lot
better
than
their
theology,
if you
push them,
children are
often regarded
as not
different
from pagans
and stators.
They can't
be saved
until they
profess faith
and are
baptised.
There's this
really mysterious
age of
accountability
that's been
invented and
seems to
change from
author to
author.
And before
which point,
before the
age of
accountability,
whatever that
is,
all children
go to
heaven.
And of
course,
Jesus might
well have
sent these
children
packing,
mightn't he?
And he
might have
said,
oh listen,
can you
bring them
back to
me when
they've
reached
the age
of
accountability?
They're
good to
go then.
Now,
what he
does is
very different
isn't it?
But closer
to home,
I think we
can adapt.
We can
adopt practical
barriers.
We run
the same
risk.
More often
than not,
we can
fail to
instruct our
children.
Remember that
baptismal vow we
ask of parents
that they will
teach their
children?
They will set a
good example.
We may of
course fall short
by neglecting to
teach them at
all.
We may
forbid the
little children
by discouraging
their involvement
in the life
of the
church.
So we
believe,
don't we,
that preaching
is a means
of grace.
It's how
God chooses
to strengthen
our faith.
And so,
as you know,
we are against
children being
sent out of
worship.
because we
want children
to have
access to
the means
of grace.
They want
to understand
everything.
This is
children's
church.
Let the
little children
come to me.
They are
covenant
members,
and as
members of
the visible
church,
and how
easy it
is to
view
children
as a
nuisance.
Listen,
1 Thessalonians
5 verse
14,
Paul says,
we urge
you brothers,
admonish the
idle,
encourage the
faint-hearted,
help the
weak,
be patient
with them
all.
And
children
need
patience
sometimes,
don't
they?
Children
need
patience
from
parents
and the
church.
And so
when they're
being trained
for worship
and their
noisy,
we must
not
harumph.
You know,
churches,
we see that
sometimes,
when there's
a noisy
child,
and the
poor
parent
maybe
doesn't
take them
out as
quickly as
they should,
and the
person
harumphs,
or just
glances
over.
But we
don't want
that,
be patient,
chill out,
alright?
Mums,
particularly
mums,
don't feel,
don't pull
up with
harumphing.
We're
very
grateful
to have
your
children
here.
Children
need
patience
from
parents,
don't
they?
And they
need
patience
from
the
church.
I'm
probably
more
like this,
we can
forbid the
little
children
by making
the way
of Jesus
seem
unpleasant.
By
making
the way
of Jesus
seem
unpleasant.
And of
course,
I know
that the
way of
Jesus
is a
narrow
way,
and there
is a
cross
which we
must
take up
daily.
But we've
got to ask,
do our
lives and
discipline,
display great
grace to our
children,
do we show
that following
Jesus is
the best
life?
That his
yoke is
easy and
his burden
is light.
What do we
harden our
hearts against
the gospel
by legalism?
There are
little ones
out there
that have
been turned
away from
Jesus because
they've been
taught all
law and
they've not
been taught
as clearly
the gospel
of redeeming
grace.
It's
possible to
portray
God more
as a
threatening
judge than
as a
loving
father.
And if
we do
that we've
got the
gospel wrong.
Do we
model a
joyful
Christian
life and
show before
the little
ones that
the best
day of
all days
is Sunday,
the best
place to
be of
all places
to be,
is to be
with God's
people.
And the
best life
to live
is the
Christian
life.
And do
we urge
them to be
participants in
church or do
we make
it a
chore?
Do we
encourage
them simply
to be
spectators in
worship?
And all
of this is
forbidding the
little children.
Jesus loves
the little
children.
So let me
speak to the
little children
if you're
awake.
How can you
come to
Jesus?
Come to
Jesus by
going to
the places
where he
will meet
with you.
Jesus
already met
with you
when you
were
baptized.
You
don't
remember
that.
You
were
little
babies.
But now
you are
older,
you can
meet with
Jesus
when you
pray.
When you
pray you
find a
quiet place
to talk
to him.
When you
meet
Jesus
as he
reads
the
Bible.
You
read the
Bible.
Mum and
Dad,
when they
read the
Bible to
you,
what about
family
worship?
You ask
questions,
what does
that mean
Dad,
what does
that mean
Mum?
read the
Bible to
you.
When you
come here
to worship
in church,
I hope
you sing,
I hope
you pray,
I hope
you listen
well.
Because
Jesus
says,
all of
us need
to hear
this,
let the
little
children
come to
me.
And
this
is
your
church.
for
the
little
children
and
finally
blessing
the
little
children.
Let's
go back
to
verses
14
and
15.
But
Jesus
said,
let the
little
children
come to
me and
do not
hinder
them for
such
for
long as
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
And
he
laid
his
hands
on
them.
And
he
departed
from
there.
ran
away.
And
we've
seen
the
little
children
have
to
come
to
Jesus
on
the
arms
of
faith.
the
parents
disappointed.
And
the
son
of
God
bestows
on
these
little
ones
his
benediction.
He
blesses
the
little
children.
He
responds
to
the
faith
of
the
parents.
And
he
lays
his
hands
on
them.
Because
he
says,
of
such
are
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
He
doesn't
say,
theirs
is the
kingdom
of
heaven
when
they
reach
the
magical
age
of
accountability.
He
doesn't
say,
theirs
!
is the
kingdom
when
they
heaven
as
little
children.
What
does
the
kingdom
of
heaven
mean?
It
means
in
Matthew's
gospel
the
saving
rule
of
heaven
through
God's
appointed
King
Jesus
Christ.
So
to belong
to the
kingdom
is to be
a personal
subject
of
King
Jesus
Christ.
And
we
become
his
subject
not
because
of
something
we
do,
not
because
of
something
we
have
done,
rather
because
he
has
done
something.
He
has
blessed
us.
Let me
read to
you again
from
the
larger
catechism.
And let
me
read to
you
from
question
62
about
who
is
part
of
the
church.
What
is the
visible
church?
The
visible
church,
what you
can see
in a
church is
a society
made up
of all
such as
in all
ages
and places
of the
world
to profess
the true
religion
and of
their
children.
And I
put it
to you,
if Jesus
says little
children are
subjects of
his kingdom,
then they
are to be
afforded the
privileges of
the kingdom,
the means of
grace to
bring them to
a full
understanding
of the
faith.
And of
course,
I want to
argue,
don't I,
that baptism
is the
means to
admittance,
that is the
entrance point
of participating
in those
blessings.
And at
this point,
the
Baptists
will say
to me,
hang on
a minute,
there's no
mention of
water baptism.
It's not
mentioned in
this text.
Why do you
pedo-baptists
always bring
water baptism
into Jesus'
blessing with
children?
And you're
right.
But I
don't
argue with
you that
you shouldn't
expect it
to be
mentioned
because the
sacrament of
baptism
doesn't come
until Matthew
28 verse
19,
when Jesus
institutes it.
Jesus
and this
passage is
not
illustrative
of infant
baptism,
but we
have to
say it
is
illustrative
of covenant
theology
that's behind
it.
The promise
of God.
We can
say and
argue that
all the
component
parts of
infant
baptism are
here minus
the water.
Parents
bringing their
children to
Jesus by
faith in the
promises of
the covenant
of grace.
Jesus
blessing each
child
individually,
bringing them
all the
privileges of
the visible
church.
And you
may ask,
does this
make the
grace of
baptism an
automatic
thing?
And I
want to
say to
you,
of course
not.
Listen
again to
our
confession.
Baptism is
a sacrament
of the
New
Testament.
Paragraph
6,
chapter
28.
The
efficacy,
the
efficiency
of
baptism
is not
tied to
that
moment
in
time
where
it's
administered.
Yet
not
withstanding
by the
right use
of this
ordinance,
that grace
promise is
not only
offered,
but rarely
exhibited and
conferred by
the Holy
Spirit to
such whether
of age
when they're
adults or
infants,
as that
grace
belongs
according to
the counsel
of God's
own will
in his
appointed
time.
What that's
saying is
that baptism
doesn't save
you.
And we
know all
too well
don't we
that tragically
there will
be some
covenant
children that
go away
and they
will become
covenant
breakers.
And even
so God
is sovereign
in salvation
and we
anticipate
by faith
in him
and in
his promise
and the
diligent
use of
the means
of the
reality
which
baptism
symbolizes
that it
will be
effective to
that child
in God's
good time.
Jesus
lays his
hands
on them.
And that's
the hope
of every
Christian
parent.
As they
hold of
God's
covenant
blessing
in bringing
little
children.
Forbidding
little
children and
blessing
little
children.
As I
close let
me just
give a
brief word.
How does
Jesus
obtain the
blessing
for little
children?
There's a
little detail
isn't there
that the
passage closes
with.
He laid
his hands
on them.
Verse 15
He went
away.
He departed
from there.
It's a
really
interesting
verb
that
Matthew
is using.
It conveys
proceeding.
He's going
back on
his journey.
Jesus
has paused
at the start
of Matthew
19 and
he's blessed
the children
for now
he's on
his way
back to
Jerusalem.
And why
Jerusalem?
He's told
his disciples
twice to me
he'll go
and he'll
suffer many
things from
the elders
and the
chief priests
and the
scribes
and he'll
be killed
and raised
on the
third day.
He laid
his hands
on them
and he
departed
from there
to the
cross.
The cross.
And as he
did throughout
the Old
Testament he
blesses these
little ones
prospectively
and now he
must depart
from there
to fetch
the blessing
that he has
imparted
for them
upon them.
And since
Jesus has
died to
obtain a
blessing for
such as
these let
us bring
our little
children to
Jesus.
Let nothing
and no one
forbid them.
And if we
have no
children of
our own we
all know
children.
And let us
bring them to
Jesus and
pray for them
because we
have every
reason to
expect a
blessing
because Jesus
loves our
little
children.
Let's
pray.
Let's
pray.
Let's
pray.
Let's
pray.
Let's
pray.
Let's
pray.
Let's
pray.
Let's
pray.
Let's
pray.
Let's
Thank you.