that we can talk to you.
We thank you.
So as somebody is thinking about the possibility of venturing
onto the frontier, read the passage.
And let me say that.
Hang on.
I have here an introduction to our gospel,
which I'm going to leave in the back.
And it's just an A4.
And I'm very confident there's some recommended reading
and a couple of books you might like to read along
with this new series in Mark's Gospel,
which you now have in the evening.
And at the back, we're going to be reading it through this fall.
So that's the first thing.
I just want to say that we are starting a new series
looking at Mark's Gospel,
going all the way through to Chapter 8
over the next couple of months.
So please do read that on us.
Read the story.
I think that would be better prepared and engaged
as we come to this study
and look at it on Sunday mornings.
So Mark, Chapter 1, Verses 1 to 13,
and is going to be...
Great.
Thank you.
Mark, Chapter 1, Verses 1 to 13.
John, the round of the first morning.
The beginning of the talk about Jesus Christ,
the self-serving.
It is written in his name, the cross.
I will send my messenger ahead of you,
and you will prepare your way.
Avoid the phone calling the desert,
prepare you to wait for the Lord,
and make a straight path for heaven.
And so John came,
baptizing in the desert region,
and preaching about his Lord,
and the forgiveness of sins.
The whole Judean countryside,
and all the people of Jerusalem,
went to them.
Confessing their sins,
they were baptized by heaven,
and the Jordan River.
John, who I slowly made a camel's hair,
with a letter of death around his face,
and shaped open,
and while running,
and this was his message.
After me would come,
and I will pass it to the night,
the promise of his God,
and I will not let him see the child in my side.
I got tied to him in water,
but he was baptized into the Holy Spirit.
At that time,
he was a sacred path of reality,
and was baptized by the Lord,
in the Jordan.
As he was supposed to look at the water,
he saw a head,
being torn open from a spirit,
deadly woman,
like a duck,
and always came to heaven.
You are my child,
you are my mother,
and you are your obedience.
At once,
the spirit sent the message to death,
and the spirit sent the word,
and he was baptized by faith.
He was written for a battle,
and I chose to have the children.
Thank you so much, Greg.
Well, let's pray,
and ask God,
for his Holy Spirit,
as we look at this.
Father, it is an enormous privilege,
to meet together like this,
in freedom,
having heard this morning,
a glorious word of the apostles,
brothers,
to have your word in our language,
where we can all have a Bible for ourselves.
We thank you.
We pray that we may not treat it like a believer,
taking it as a privilege,
and a responsibility,
to learn well about Jesus,
so that we will be people who are changed,
that we might bring Jesus to the world,
to the nations,
to our community.
Please, by your Holy Spirit,
speak in fresh to us,
to the wonder of who Jesus is,
and what it is,
to meet him.
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
Well, that's the verse one,
of Mark's Gospel.
The beginning of the Gospel,
about Jesus Christ,
the Son of God.
In a very short,
I would like to say,
that Mark the author,
is saying,
if we want to know,
about who Jesus is,
why he came,
and what he claims to do,
he didn't fight for us,
to read on in his story.
Now, I imagine,
for most of us,
that's a straightforward assumption,
but for the majority of people,
that is intellectual suicide.
It's a nonsense,
to read a book like this.
Atheists,
like Richard Dawkins,
who wrote a book,
called The God Solution,
conspiracy theorists,
like the author,
Dan Brand,
have made it popular,
for people,
to view the Gospel,
quite far,
but nothing more than,
a legend,
and fabrication.
In other words,
it's a nonsense,
you can't read this,
a lot of serious words.
Let me quote to you,
from Dawkins.
This comes from his website,
and he writes about,
what he thinks,
of the Bible,
and whether we can trust it.
This is what he says,
good Christian scholars,
of the Bible,
including the top,
Protestants,
and Catholic scholars,
will tell you,
that the Bible,
is full of life,
even if they're new,
as you can see.
And here's the truth,
many of the books,
of the New Testament,
were written by people,
who lied about their identity,
claiming to be,
a famous apostle,
like Peter Paul,
or James,
knowing so well,
they were someone else.
Contemporary speaking,
that is a lie,
and a book written by people,
that we lied,
and write his identity,
is a forgery.
Now, Richard Ruhl,
is a professor at Oxford,
and people make serious,
and money says,
or listen to somebody,
like Dan Brown,
and his view of the book,
many of the people,
he says,
the gospel,
of the products,
of man,
not of God.
Man created it,
as a historical record,
of two months of life,
and as it evolved,
through countless,
translations,
additions,
and revisions.
So modern views,
opinions,
which have us believe,
that we cannot take,
the gospel apart,
seriously.
It's all made up,
in all lines.
of the people,
which raises the question,
but where do we have,
to be a mark,
and concerning,
over the next couple of months,
can we actually trust,
what mark has written?
Is this actually,
a reliable record,
about the person,
who's writing?
Can we read this,
that's true?
Well,
I am persuaded,
that we can.
Let me say,
three things,
very quickly.
First,
Mark draws,
all of his material,
from an eye witness,
somebody who is,
actually there,
and witness,
in the light of Jesus.
Back in,
138,
there was a bishop,
who called,
to hide.
And in his writings,
which were said to,
he records,
that Mark,
was a secretary,
and a translator,
for Peter,
one of the first followers,
of Jesus.
And he wrote,
accurately,
all that Peter,
remembered.
And as we read,
through the gospel,
of the gospel of Mark,
we'll see that,
Peter's not going to be,
mentioned in the most.
But something seems,
to happen,
in which Peter,
is not present.
He's done all,
the nature of events,
that are going on.
So the gospel of Mark,
is certainly,
the Bible,
as account,
of Peter.
Second,
the content,
of Mark's gospel,
will it too,
counterproductive,
to be considered,
gladiaries,
or fabrications.
Peter is,
consistently seen,
as he reads,
through the new sentence,
as the first,
and primary,
Christian leader,
of the church.
Yet,
as he reads,
through Mark's gospel,
he is portrayed,
as he is a failure,
of people,
setting up,
and making mistakes.
In fact,
in chapter 14,
Mark's words,
read in great detail,
how Peter,
denied Jesus,
and cursed him,
in public.
Now,
we have to ask,
the question,
why would anybody,
who is wanting,
to promote,
such a teaching,
and encourage people,
to follow Jesus,
why would they,
highlight,
the spectacular,
failures,
of their most,
prominent,
readers?
It seems,
that Peter,
has been laid,
to Mark,
as honest,
and truthful,
accounts,
with them.
Which suggests,
that,
all the truth.
And third,
as you read,
through the gospel,
of Mark,
there is too much,
detail here,
that is to be,
considered fiction.
For example,
in Mark chapter 4,
you know the story,
well,
it's like,
Jesus,
a camp,
and storm.
But a report,
therefore,
is that,
Jesus was asleep,
on a cushion,
in the third,
proposal.
Now,
that information,
is necessary,
for us to know,
about,
what you're trying,
to do in the game.
But the detail,
is so intricate,
where they,
and David,
what he was taken on,
that it concludes,
that there were,
I would have friends,
who recorded,
everything that they,
saw,
and heard.
And this is what,
makes the gospel,
of Mark,
reliable.
It's a piece,
of literature,
that's not just,
put together,
as a couple.
It's true,
and we can trust it.
All of this,
is evident,
that Mark,
gospel,
is a revival,
record,
and it,
instantly,
is the gospel,
of Jesus Christ.
So we can read it,
knowing,
it's going to get,
the picture,
of the need,
of the need.
Now,
that's all,
by way of introduction,
we don't want,
to get,
false,
and,
it's just,
historical,
evidence.
This is,
as the first,
verse,
tells us,
is good news,
for us today,
because that's,
what the word,
gospel means.
Good news,
Christ,
something that happens,
and it's all found,
in the person,
of Jesus Christ.
So let's see,
what Mark has to say,
to us,
about Jesus,
and why,
is it good news?
Again,
let's read,
verse one.
The beginning,
of the gospel,
about Jesus Christ,
the son of God.
His introduction,
is carefully shown,
a character,
to show us,
that this is,
history shaping,
world impact,
there has been,
an intervention,
into the world.
Now,
there's two things,
that point to that.
First,
one of the most,
famous rulers,
of the Roman Empire,
was the Emperor,
of Augustus.
He was there,
at the time,
of Jesus,
born in the first,
of the Roman Empire.
Now,
when he was born,
this inscription,
was made,
to chisel it,
to a dove,
to be found,
by a cardiologist.
And listen carefully,
to what he says.
The first day,
of the gospel,
in Purodunus.
March for the world,
the beginning,
of good news,
through the coming.
Now,
isn't that extraordinary?
It's almost identical,
to have March about,
the coming of Jesus.
Look at verse one,
the beginning,
of the gospel,
about Jesus Christ,
the Son of God.
You see,
the people,
of the Roman Empire,
aren't hearing,
about the birth,
of Augustus.
They anticipated,
here comes a new king,
a new ruler,
who's going to bring,
about faith,
and freedom,
and victory.
And that's exactly,
what March is,
communicating to us here.
He borrowed language,
of the people today,
to communicate,
to those people originally.
But it makes sense,
to us today,
if we read it,
that Jesus Christ,
has intervened,
into the world,
God's kingdom come,
to restore,
this broken,
and disordered world.
He'd come to rescue us,
he'd come to free us,
he'd come to bring peace.
Now,
of course,
Jesus,
is nothing like,
the emperor government.
He was merely,
his man.
Look what it says,
verse 1,
Jesus is the son,
of God.
A title of divinity,
he is nothing,
as a God himself,
in human form,
who has intervened,
and has,
has been,
in,
into,
our world.
and the second thing,
that means,
to learn from this,
is that Mark's introduction,
is also,
very similar,
to the first book,
of the Bible,
Genesis.
Do you remember,
the first verse,
of Genesis,
what does it say,
in the beginning,
God.
And Genesis,
records,
that the earth,
was formless,
of the tension,
there was disorder,
there was chaos,
but God intervened,
and he brought,
order,
and design,
to the world.
He created,
the world,
into nothing,
that was very good.
Now,
that Mark,
starts in the gospel,
and he's wanting,
us to make,
these connections,
he says,
the beginning,
of the gospel,
he says,
it's not around,
the world,
it's been,
ordered,
there's chaos,
and all,
needs to be,
put right,
and God,
intervenes,
through Jesus Christ,
not to create,
the world,
but to renew,
the world,
to bring about,
a new creation,
into the lives,
of people.
Now,
when we take,
these thoughts together,
we can see,
that this is,
an intervention,
that means,
the world,
is never going,
to be the same again.
A new world leader,
a king,
comes from God,
to restore,
this broken world.
Now,
this intervention,
was no action,
just as creation,
was no action.
It's all been,
planted,
and hurt,
by God.
People like,
Isaiah,
the prophet,
thousand years earlier,
wrote about it.
Look at verse 2.
The Isaiah,
the prophet,
wrote about Jesus,
and he said,
I will send my messenger,
ahead of you,
who will prepare your way,
a voice of God,
calling in the devil,
prepare the way,
unto the Lord,
and make this,
great platform.
So God,
has planned,
for Jesus to come,
he planned,
to intervene,
he planned,
to rescue us,
and to restore us.
And Mark,
in the next second,
very beginning,
with God,
that Jesus Christ,
is God,
long awaited,
from that king,
who has come,
to put right,
our broken lives,
and to put right,
our disordered world.
What an amazing event,
putting right,
our broken lives,
and putting right,
our disordered world.
God,
that's what Jesus,
is coming,
or if he has come,
we need to be prepared,
to meet him.
And that's what John,
wrote on,
was to prepare people,
to meet him.
Look at verse 4.
And so John came,
baptizing,
in the desert region,
and preaching,
a baptism of repentance,
for the forgiveness,
of sinners.
Repentance,
and baptism,
is the way,
people,
were preparing,
themselves,
to meet,
Jesus,
who was coming,
to them.
And John,
like the better,
because he was the last,
of a great long life,
spoke about,
the need to repent,
before God,
and the Lord's Son,
to retain.
Because it was a matter,
of unordewing,
you have to be prepared,
to meet him.
Now the help of us,
have done this,
we need to look back,
at where these two quotes,
in verses 2 and 3,
come from.
The first quote,
comes from Malachi.
So I want,
to jump back,
to Malachi.
The last book,
in the Old Testament,
so you don't have,
to go back too far.
You've got Matthew,
Mark,
in John,
and before Matthew,
is Malachi.
I want to go back,
to the first few pages.
And the smart ones,
among you,
will be saying,
well,
in a sense,
we're going to,
it is written,
an Isaiah's prophet,
so why are we going,
to Malachi?
Well,
let me explain,
that to you,
looking at me.
Isaiah was considered,
the chief of the main,
prophet,
and very often,
all the other,
prophets,
were grouped,
under Isaiah's,
so just generally,
meaning,
it was talked,
Isaiah's,
and all the others,
were included,
underneath him.
So,
we're going to,
Malachi chapter 3,
and verse 1,
and here he quotes,
because he wants us,
to go back,
and bring forward,
with us,
all the information,
that's contained there,
and he quotes,
verse 1,
revival,
the messenger,
and the covenant,
who you desire,
will come,
says the Lord,
according to Joshua.
The applications,
today,
Jesus,
in coming.
Look at verse 2.
But who will endure the day of his coming?
Who can stand when he appears?
For he will be like a refiner's fire or a laundry soap.
Jesus is coming today as a refiner.
As somebody who's going to come and purify,
somebody who's going to come and clean,
he's going to remove all that's wrong.
And he's going to come and fight.
Verse 5.
So I will come near thee for judgment.
I will be equipped to testify against your horsewars,
your adulterers, your murderers,
against those who do not labor in their wages,
who oppress the widows, the fatherless,
and the pride aliens of judgment,
or people from outside coming in.
Now it's a hardening question in verse 2.
Who can endure the day of his coming?
Who can stand when he is here?
And Mark is now telling us that Jesus has come.
He is appearing.
And because of the people's rebellion in this day,
no one could stand guiltless or faultless
before God's promised kingdom
in the coming center stage.
It was serious murder because he was coming
from Jordan and all else.
And who could stand?
And look at the very end of verse 5.
Of Malachi 2.
Look at the very last line.
You see what it says?
But did not fear me,
said the Lord Almighty.
But how did they not fear?
He was coming as a refiner,
as a purifier.
How did they not fear?
Well, hold that clause.
And let's go back to the other quotes
from my Bible,
which I've received in my Bible,
Isaiah chapter 40.
Mark chapter 1 verse 3,
quotes, Isaiah chapter 40.
And we'll get an answer.
Isaiah chapter 40.
We're going to read it up to verse 1.
We're close to Isaiah chapter 3,
but we're going to read it up to verse 1,
by 5, 4.
So we're thinking,
Jesus is coming.
He's coming as a refiner,
as a purifier.
How did they stand as he's coming?
But he says,
don't fear.
How did they not fear?
Well, we're in chapter 40 verse 1.
Comfort, comfort my people,
said your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem
and proclaim to her
that her hard service
has been completed.
That her sin has been paid for.
That she has received
from the Lord's land
and juttled for all her sin.
And then they quote,
a voice of one calling
in the desert
and tears away for the Lord.
Do you get the connection?
They do not need to fear
because their sins have been paid for.
The promise came with coming to Israel
with the promise of judgment and justice.
He was going to put everything right.
He was the purifier,
the red wire,
the cleaner.
But it comes to the offer of forgiveness.
That's the gospel of Jesus Christ.
That's the good news
that justice is going to be done in the world.
But people can also be forgiven.
Now if we are to avail
of the saints for Jesus,
we must also be people
who would respond
with repentance and baptism.
Look at verse 5.
Let's go back to Mark's gospel.
And we'll say amen.
Mark's gospel chapter 1.
It says in verse 5,
as all the human beings come to us
and all the people of Jerusalem
find taxing.
Jesus is coming.
The refinerers are coming.
The purifiers.
They have to be ready.
They have to be prepared.
What do they do?
The rest of verse 5,
they were confessing their sins
and they were baptized by John
in the Jordan River.
You see,
people who are prepared to meet Jesus
are tempted and were baptized.
It wasn't about going out today
and presenting yourself
as perfect.
Jesus is coming,
putting on your best clothes
and presenting yourself
as such a good person
and how you're better
than everybody else.
No, he says,
I want you to come in
directly as you want.
With all your left
and all your failures
and all your upset.
And just confess yourself.
Don't hide it.
Let him see you as you are
and seek his forgiveness.
It's quite liberating.
And let's not be mistaken.
Repentance isn't just
a one-stop event
that you're going to do
when you're quite a year old
and eating by your bed
and eating as you want.
Repentance is a life-off program.
And the way to demonstrate
that life of repentance
and the people you are doing
may be a claim to say,
I'm going to leave this life-off program.
They were baptized.
And baptism is an external expression
of an internal reality.
And so the people
who are serious about eating Jesus
prepared themselves
by turning away
and turning to Christ.
and being baptized
was a thing
that they were stating clearly
to everybody
that we are going to live
a life of repentance
and we are going to follow
the Lord Jesus
who is coming.
Let me just stop there
and make some comments
around you.
Somebody recently came to me
and said they once again
were baptized.
I was delighted
by seeing the difference.
They want to stay
by life of repentance.
And they both do that
positively to show
that this is the way
they're going in life.
And I want to challenge
people here to see what
have you first of all
ever repented
before the Lord?
Or is it just something
that is something
that we have?
It's a continual thing.
We continually need to come
and seek repentance.
And maybe you're claiming
that you do follow Jesus
but this baptism thing
well,
I'm going to wait
until I'm a little bit better
and try to do it,
done a few more good things
and then I'll get to it.
But look at it here.
Confessor says
we're baptized.
Think then.
Just like that.
If you're not baptized
and you're saying
the end of the following
of Jesus
and I want you to hear
the values of you,
why not?
What are you doing?
It's blatantly clear.
And we should be speaking
and saying
yes, I want to apologize
and I want other people
to know that that's
what I'm about to
and I want God's team
to know so that they
can encourage me
and support me.
And in a few weeks' time
we're going to be doing
the studies of the handout
and that person
who's asked about that
will join in on that
and wouldn't be bravely
if there were somebody
else in the room.
take it seriously
what God's saying.
In fact,
for attention
and means and I
to prepare them
for something supernatural.
Look at verse 7.
And this was
John's message.
He says,
after me
will come one
more powerful in life
that's trust
of his man
who's not worthy
to do that.
He said,
don't look at me.
I want you to look at Jesus.
He's coming.
All I'm doing
is preparing the way,
getting people ready
to meet Jesus.
But he's the one
who's going to transform you.
He's the one
who's going to change
in your first day.
I've baptized you
with water,
but he's going to come
and baptized you
with the Holy Spirit.
God's supernatural power
would come from Jesus
and would be
poured out upon
his people
equipping
and enabling them
to live
and experience
the new life
that he had come to bring.
His spirit was going
to come and change them
from the inside out
radically turning them
around in their life
bringing renewal
and restoration
so that they could be
renewers
and restorers
of their own community.
So preparing
to meet Jesus
was serious.
He was the refiner
of the coming,
the purifier
of the singing,
the God of justice.
But with the opera
begins,
so he says,
repent
and show up serious
by being untied
to the dead.
Now,
if we're serious
about eating
this Jesus,
I'm not sure
if all of the people
here,
if they were listening
to John,
were asking the question,
well,
how do we know
who he really claims
to be?
Maybe he's just a fraud,
a kind of religious
guru who is obsessed
with power and control
because for a lot
of kind of wannabe
and a fly
of one thing
around in that time.
How do we know
that he's real?
Well,
for the first time.
Jesus came from
Nazareth in Galilee
and he was baptized
by John
in the Jordan.
Now,
is that quite strange
because we've just been
saying that
that's hidden
with an outward expression
of repentance.
So does that mean
that Jesus needs
to repent?
Was he just a rebellion
that we are?
And he needed to get
himself sorted out
before he could
sort out the ground?
No,
it wasn't that at all.
We know that Jesus
was pure of repentance.
His baptism
was all about
identifying with us.
So as Jesus
comes to be baptized
by John
up to leave
and say,
I am one with you,
people.
I'm not pushing
myself upon you.
I'm not going to
force me to my power
on you,
making me my servant.
I'm going to be
one with you
to identify with you.
I've come to
wait your feet
into your broken
life and into
your disordered world.
I've come to serve you,
not to control you.
I've come to be like you
so that I can save you.
So he won't bend
on the power
in that sense.
To identify
and serve you
with Jesus.
Verse 10,
and as Jesus
was coming up
out of the water,
he saw heaven
being torn open
and the spirit
being sending down
on Jesus
like a dove
and a voice
came from heaven.
You are my son
who am I done
when you
I am well pleased.
Now this is how
we know
Jesus
is no strong.
The Father
in heaven
confirmed to us
that Jesus
that's in them
who he really is.
and I want you
to be there.
Nobody in the history
of the world
has received
an audible voice
from heaven
that says
you are my son
whom I am.
With you
I am well sold.
Nobody's ever heard
of that.
Except for him.
And it's why
Mark is drawing
a thing.
He says
I want you to
come with me.
I want you
to be there.
That Jesus
has been
baptized in
the right job.
And I want you
to hear those
words from heaven
for yourself.
You are my son.
You are my love.
I want you
to see the spirit
descending upon Jesus
so that you
will know
that this is
God's long
awaited
promised king
who has come
to restore
broken life
and renew
disordered world.
in many ways
Jesus is commissioned
sent by the
father
empowered
by the spirit
to go into
the world
and let the people
do the work
that you can do.
This is God's
confirmation
that Jesus
is the one
the children
one
who is going
to entertain
the life.
But this
wasn't going
to mean
to let him
say
that
opposition
is going
to come
and opposition
that followed
Jesus
all the way
through as we
meet the religious
leaders
and reject Jesus
and their people
who are against
him.
Look at verse 12.
at once
the spirit
sent Jesus
out into
the desert
and he
lived in the desert
for forty days
being tempted
by Satan
and he was
with the wild
animals
and the angels
attention.
Now
Satan
is aware
of God's plan
and hurt
him.
He knows
that Jesus
had come
for a specific
purpose
to renew
and restore
things
and Satan
did out
to stop
it.
He wants
his plan
to destroy
before it
even began.
Now again
just as the
start of
our gospel
kind of
runs back
to Genesis
we're almost
all about
to Genesis
again
in three
verses.
It's not
unlike what
we see
at the very
beginning.
God created
a world
that was very
good
but who was
lurking in
the background?
Who was there
in the garden?
Satan.
He got
a hold of
the glass
and he
first married
women
and he
broke
them.
He crushed
them.
He tempted
them and they
fell and they
failed and were
living with
consequences
ever since
a broken
world.
Now Satan
is out to
break Jesus
but this
time
things are
different.
Jesus
has tested
for 40
days
but he
didn't
break.
In fact
Jesus
is the
one who
is going
to crush
Satan.
Jesus
would crush
Satan
and
also
Satan
by
his
second
cross.
And Jesus
is here
on his
mission
in
interviewee
coming to
the world
and no one
and nothing
is going
to stop
his plan
for restoration
not even
to tell
what Satan
is.
Satan
has a
need
to happen
in the
world
of
charity
becomes
and charity
becomes
and each
one of us
here
face
a world
we live
life
and are
resorters
we live
with death
and disease
and decay
and broken
there's war
going on
there's corruption
going on
and injustice
there's hurt
there's all
kinds of
things
but here
the message
comes on
that Jesus
Christ
has come
he has
intervened
to put it
like this
and many
of you
here this
morning
have a
story to
tell about
Jesus
intervened
in your
own
lives
and brought
about
repressions
in your
mouth
and
energy
and as
we read
through
large
apostles
we will
relieve
Jesus
beginning to
undo
the brokenness
to reverse
the effect
of the curse
and you read
through large
apostles
it's full of
miracles
the sick
are healed
evil spirits
are cast
out
the poor
are fed
the storms
are calmed
the dead
are raised
and sins
are forgiven
and minds
are being transformed
all around you
all evidence
that Jesus
has come to
restore
and we need
faith
we
are
faith
but Jesus
Christ
has triumphed
he will
restore
our
disorder
lives
he will
renew
his broken
world
he starts
to do it
he's doing
it
in our
lives
and this
is the
beginning
of the
gospel
about
Jesus
Christ
the
son of
and
a
nation
who
is
intervening
to put
things on
earth
and it's
our hope
and our
prayer
that as we
breathe through
my
love
we will
breathe
this
Jesus
and be
changed
and transformed
and bring
his hope
to the
nation
bless
the
God
we thank
you so
much
for that
helpful
mark
we thank
you for
the way
of which
it was
written
those
hundreds
and hundreds
of years
ago
mark
writing
down
everything
that
teacher
of
that
verse
so that
we
today
in 2011
in our
own
language
can read
the story
of Jesus
and know
that it
is true
that it
is real
and that we
can actually
need
Jesus
please
father
would you
restore
us
and
renew
us
help us
to see
the work
that you
are about
help us
to see
what you
are doing
in the world
and what you
want to do
and help us
to be
on the
word
help us
to be
deeply
and more
waiting
help us
to be
content
and live
lives
in the
kingdom
lives
that are
showing
back
through our
life
lives
that go
the way
of Jesus
to become
man
we ask
more
amen
this is
singing
of the
being
encouraging
one
of us
let's
come together
you