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It's a great, great day to look forward to, to be thrilled about and have our lives today
shaped by what's going to happen eternally.
That's a big theme in the book of Daniel.
We've made it this morning to Daniel 6 in the lion's den, as I mentioned to the kids earlier.
This is the final and climactic scene in the first half of the book of Daniel that recounts
the stories of Daniel and his friends living in Babylon and learning how to follow the true
king while living in another's kingdom.
You've heard this story before, I suspect.
Perhaps sung about it.
Perhaps told your kids about it.
But what is Daniel and the lion's den all about?
Let's pray and ask for God's help.
We'll read parts of the familiar story as we go.
Pray with me.
Father, we will recognize many of these words.
Our kids have told us what happens here.
But we need your spirit to speak to us through your word this morning.
We need not to hear things that are assumptions of our own hearts, that feed our own idols and our own desires.
We need to hear from you.
Would you speak clearly and powerfully?
And would you give us hearts to hear?
Hearts to be sensitive to what you would teach us.
Hearts to change and to become different people because we have encountered you in your word.
Do that work this morning, we ask in Jesus' name.
Amen.
Imagine for me this morning as we get started that you're a journalist back in the 6th century BC.
It's a very popular profession back then.
There were a lot of them.
Imagine that you are a reporter in Babylon for the Hebrew Herald.
You know, the Hebrew Herald, the one that prints all the news for all the exiles in Babylon.
That's their motto.
And you've been on staff for a while.
You've been stuck covering typical, unimpressive stuff.
You never make it past the bottom of page 8.
And then one day, you get your big break.
You hear that there's this story about a Hebrew prophet who has survived the king's lion's den.
And you've been told that you get the big interview.
You've got an exclusive sit-down with Daniel.
This is your big moment.
This is going to be the career-making interview and story.
Front page headlines for sure for the first time.
And so you get in your chariot and you drive across town to meet with Daniel for the interview.
And in your mind are all of these wonderful headlines and what it's going to look like splashed across the front page.
You know, you start thinking things like, ageless wonder, 90-year-old escapes again.
Yeah, that's what it's going to say.
And then you think, no, no, no, miraculous.
Hebrew shows overgrown cats what nine lives is all about.
That's what it's going to say.
Then you think, no, maybe what it should be is lion lunch turns lion whisperer.
That's what it is.
Daniel, he's going to be the cover boy for my new series of articles that's really going to show this.
And then you think to yourself, no, none of those.
The one that's really going to make it big is this one.
And you settle on this.
Cat food?
Not our profit.
And you've got it.
So there you go to your interview with Daniel, certain that these wonderful headlines are going to make your career.
You can't wait to talk to Daniel.
This extraordinary guy who's obviously done amazing things.
And you get to the interview and initially you're pretty unimpressed.
Daniel's no young fella.
He's pushing 90.
He's tired.
He's feeling weak the day that you talk with him.
But you launch in and intent on finding the story here in Daniel.
Tell me about the big night with the lions.
What did you do or say?
Daniel says, well, I patted a couple of them on the head and prayed for a bit.
And then I slept for a bit.
You think, all right, well, I'll try another angle.
Tell me, how did you prepare for that moment of being thrown in?
What did you do leading up to that moment?
And Daniel says, well, let's see.
I mean, I did pray a little bit.
But really nothing else.
I mean, I didn't have much time to prepare.
You say, well, Daniel, did you always know you'd be safe?
Maybe this is the angle, the faithful guy who was confident in the face of lions.
And Daniel says, no, not at all, really.
I was kind of wondering, actually.
I mean, I knew God could save me.
But I've lived a long life.
And I was kind of thinking this might actually be the end.
You're getting a little bit frustrated at this point.
It's not coming together the way you expected.
Make it political, maybe.
We'll go political with it.
Daniel, your decision to defy the decree, you know, when you decided to disobey the king,
you really hate that guy, don't you?
Tell me about that king, how awful he is.
Well, actually, I mean, I don't really hate him.
He's a pretty decent guy.
And I just, I didn't make a big decision.
I just prayed like I do every other day.
And with each answer from Daniel, your dreams of a front page career making story are dwindling, aren't they?
This is not the guy, the star you expected to play big on the front page.
There's nothing extraordinary about him, really.
God seems to have done all of the hard work.
I mean, at least some of the heroes in the Bible got to do cool stuff like pick up a slingshot and several stones
or do cool things with their staff.
And Daniel didn't even get to do those things.
There's not much remarkable to tell about Daniel.
Now, we know this morning that Daniel is famous, right?
Particularly for this story, he's a hero of the Bible.
But what I want us to notice this morning is that even in this story,
Daniel does nothing grand or super spiritual.
He puts on display here what I would call a very ordinary faith.
But his faith, his ordinary faith, is in an extraordinary God who works beyond what Daniel or the rest of God's people could have ever imagined.
I mean, if you're a reporter interviewing Daniel for this story, you're realizing you've got the wrong hero, right?
And sadly, you don't have any great front page photos of this awesome lion silencing, king conquering God, do you?
That's not working out for you.
Notice how the story ends in Daniel 6.
Look at verse 25.
At the end of the lion's den story, King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in the earth,
Peace be multiplied to you.
I make a decree that in all my royal dominion, people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel.
For he is the living God, enduring forever.
His kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.
He delivers and rescues.
He works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth.
He who has saved Daniel from the power of the lions.
So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
What happens at the end of the story?
God is praised and honored, and Daniel gets a footnote, a brief mention.
If you're going to understand the point of the story, and what God wants his people to take away from it,
it's this great God they need to see in the lion's den story.
We learn here that God is the true king who is always on the throne and always able to deliver.
That's what that proclamation says, right?
The one we just read there at the end of the story, he is the living God with the eternal kingdom.
He delivers and rescues even when no one else can.
You see, Darius liked Daniel, didn't he?
They were buddies.
Darius got tricked into passing this law, and when he found out what it would do to Daniel,
remember how Darius responded, verse 14?
The king, when he heard these words, when he heard about Daniel praying,
was much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel.
The king said, no, I will deliver Daniel.
That's what I'm going to do.
I'm setting my mind.
That's what's going to happen.
And he labored till the sun went down to rescue him.
All day the king did nothing but seek to rescue Daniel.
But his advisors remind him of the law he's passed.
And at the end of the day, the king commanded, verse 16,
and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions.
Despite all the king's efforts, Daniel's cast into the lion's den.
And what does the king say to Daniel?
May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you.
Why?
Because I can't.
I'm the most powerful man in the world.
And there's nothing else I can do for you, even though I'd like to.
The most powerful human leaders, even when they want to,
are often powerless to rescue.
But God, who is the true king through the reigns of Nebuchadnezzar,
Belshazzar, other kings, and now Darius,
the true king, God is always powerful and able to deliver.
Daniel, Darius says, has your God been able to deliver you?
Yes, he sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths.
God is the one doing the miraculous in this passage.
And Daniel has learned to trust him.
Just to trust him.
You see, Daniel knows who the true king is, doesn't he?
You've got to believe that Daniel helped Darius write this proclamation
at the end of the chapter, don't you?
First of all, it sounds like the ones at the end of most of the other stories
we've read already,
where one of these pagan kings writes a proclamation
about the greatness of Yahweh, Daniel's God.
It sounds like that.
It sounds like Daniel's been helping out.
I mean, after all, if you were Darius, wouldn't you ask for Daniel's help
and how to honor and praise Daniel's God?
So it's Daniel who knows and says in the proclamation
what he's experienced over and over.
The extraordinary reigning and rescuing nature of his God.
That's what we read about in this story.
It's knowing a God like that, that Daniel knows deeply and intimately.
It's knowing a God like that that enables Daniel to have the faith
he's so famous for in this story.
What is his faith like?
You know, what do I have to do to be as amazing and spiritual as Daniel?
Well, he doesn't do anything really remarkable.
It's just ordinary faith.
The kind of faith that you and I are called to have day by day.
And so we see in this story that knowing this extraordinary God
enables ordinary faith to be first daily faith.
Daily faith.
Daniel has been serving in leadership here in Babylon
for the better part of seven decades.
He's served multiple administrations and even different nations
since he first started.
And King Darius is about to set him over the whole kingdom.
He trusts him so much.
But then remember how the other officials feel about that.
How do they feel about Daniel getting promoted?
The high officials and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel.
They're jealous.
They want to complain against Daniel with regard to the kingdom,
but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault
because he was faithful and no error or fault was found in him.
Then these men said,
we shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel
unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.
They're jealous of Daniel.
They want to catch him in something.
But as they puzzled over this together,
they determined the only thing they could convict him of was what?
Faith in his God.
You know that old question,
if you were accused of being a Christian,
would there be enough evidence to convict you?
You heard that one before?
Well, Daniel can't get convicted of anything else.
There's nothing else that will stick.
He hasn't been disrespectful or disruptive about his faith.
He's been a trusted and faithful servant of multiple kings.
And at the same time,
those who work with him have learned over the years
that there's no compromise on his faith in God.
It's the one thing they know for sure about him.
In other words,
Daniel did his job with excellence day in and day out.
He was honest and above reproach in his dealings with people.
He persevered through transitions and difficult seasons.
And he didn't hide his faith in God from anyone around him.
Nothing really flashy there, is there?
Pretty ordinary, right?
Quite possibly what you are called to,
where you are,
day after day,
year after year,
faithful service in a pagan land
with an uncompromising commitment
to the true king.
Is that where God's called you?
As the story goes,
those who decide they want to get Daniel out of their way
resort to catching Daniel.
How are they going to catch him with his faith to God?
They say we're going to catch him praying, right?
That we can count on.
We're going to catch Daniel praying to his God
and we need to come up with something
so that it's a bad thing
when we catch him praying to his God.
So they tricked Darius into passing the law
that people should pray only to him
for the next month.
Look at verse 10.
When Daniel knew that the document,
that that decree had been signed,
he went to his house
where he had windows in his upper chamber
open toward Jerusalem.
He got down on his knees three times a day
and prayed and gave thanks before his God
as he had done previously.
This verse is a beautiful picture
of Daniel's praying faith.
If you like alliteration
and you want three D words in your blanks,
in your bulletin,
you can call it dependent faith.
But I didn't want us to miss
the importance of prayer itself
in this passage.
It is, after all,
what gets Daniel thrown in the lion's den, right?
The fact that he's praying to his God.
The fact that Daniel won't compromise
for even a month.
Just take a month off.
The decree will expire
and Daniel won't compromise
even for a month on his praying faith.
The kind of ordinary faith
we are called to have
trusts God enough to live daily
in a way that is faithful to God.
That God can take care of me
if I live day by day for him.
And at the same time,
it also prays regularly to God.
Because we know that he is the one
who does the extraordinary.
That he is the true king.
And so what my heart needs
is to trust and depend on him.
I need to be molded into someone
who trusts and prays.
Look at this verse more closely
and notice just a few instructive things
about Daniel's praying faith.
First, notice the windows
in the upper chamber
open toward Jerusalem.
What does that mean?
That's a strange detail to include.
Well, what it means is that
Daniel's prayers are focused
on God's glory and God's people.
You see, back in 1 Kings 8,
after King Solomon built the temple
to God in Jerusalem,
he prayed a prayer
dedicating the temple to God.
And it anticipated some of the things
that would happen to God's people,
including where Daniel is in exile.
In verse 48 of 1 Kings 8,
Solomon's prayer says this,
God, after they've gone into exile,
if they repent with all their mind
and with all their heart
and the land of their enemies
who carried them captive,
and pray to you toward their land
which you gave to their fathers,
the city that you have chosen
and the house that I have built
for your name,
then here in heaven
your dwelling place,
their prayer and their plea
and maintain their cause,
and forgive your people
who have sinned against you
and all their transgressions
they've committed against you.
Grant them compassion
in the sight of those
who carried them captive,
that they may have compassion on them.
For God, they are your people
and your heritage
which you brought out of Egypt.
It's not just speculation
that Daniel was praying this way.
In Daniel chapter 9,
a prayer of Daniel is recorded
from the exact same year
as the lion's den story,
and these are the things he's praying.
Praying for the people of God.
God, forgive us.
God, bless us.
God, restore us to your land
and the temple where you dwell with us.
Your presence with your people
is what I long for and hope for.
God, bless, forgive,
restore your people.
Do you pray that way?
Do you pray for God's glory
through His care for His people?
Do you get reoriented
by focusing on God's glory
and His kingdom?
Is that what centers you?
Is that what's most important?
That's how Daniel prays.
Next, notice that he got down
on his knees three times a day
and prayed and gave thanks
before his God.
Thanking God?
You may take that for granted
in prayer,
but seriously?
For what?
You're in exile.
People are trying to kill you.
No one you live with
honors your God.
And you're thanking God
three times a day?
Every day?
This is the eternal focus
of Daniel's prayers.
Thanking God
despite the current circumstances
because he trusts God's
eternal promises
to His people.
He looks toward Jerusalem.
He knows God has promised
to restore His people.
He knows despite the pain
of the day,
He has a promise
of a brighter future.
And so he thanks God
over and over
and over in prayer.
Does God hear more gripes
or gratitude
from us?
Listen, He does invite us
to pour out our hearts
before Him.
But our prayers
should be bathed
in the promises
of His Word
so that our hearts
pour out not only
pleas for help
in the difficulties
of life,
but also promises
of God
that ground us
with an eternal perspective
in the midst
of those difficulties.
Listen, life is hard
and God wants
to hear about it.
But He wants you
to see His Word
and to know
His promises
to care for you
and His eternal hope
stands sure.
And Daniel
holds on to that,
thanking God
over and over,
looking towards
the promised land
and saying,
I know God
has something
for me.
Finally,
notice that he prays
three times a day
as he had done
previously.
This isn't something
Daniel like all of a sudden
starts to do
because it's a big crisis,
is it?
This is Daniel's pattern.
Not some magic formula,
kneel down,
face Jerusalem
three times a day
and God will hear
your prayers.
No, that's not the point.
But this is Daniel's pattern.
No decree from any human king
is going to change
his commitment.
It's Daniel's pattern
developed in the easy days
that carries
through the hard days.
If we pray in peace,
we will pray in peril
when it's harder to start.
If we depend on God
in private,
we will depend on God
in public
as we have seen Daniel do
time and again already.
His public faithfulness,
being able to live
day by day for God,
is rooted in what's going on
up in his room
facing Jerusalem,
pleading with his God,
his private faithfulness,
where he entrusts himself
to the true king
and centers his heart,
brings it back
day after day
and moment by moment
to what really matters
and who really reigns.
That's what Daniel
re-centers on every day.
What really matters
as I go into
where God's called me today
and who really reigns?
Who's in charge today
even if it doesn't
feel like it?
That's vital for us.
Again, though,
I mean,
it makes it sound good
but nothing really remarkable,
right?
He prays.
I mean,
I was told
when I was like two
that God's people
were supposed to pray.
My daughters pray.
They've been praying
since that was
one of the first things,
ways they learned to talk.
That's not really
that impressive.
Daniel prays.
But in getting down
on his knees
day after day,
Daniel reminds us
that in the kingdom
of the true king,
greatness and heroism
looks like bowing down,
not stepping up.
Greatness is not
remarkable feats of strength,
some wonderful,
amazing things
you've never imagined
doing before.
It's not shutting
lions' mouths
with your wonderful skills
or your magic powers.
God does that stuff.
God does those
extraordinary things.
But it's faithful dependence.
That's what greatness
looks like
in the kingdom
of the true king.
Faithful dependence.
Ordinary prayers
to an extraordinary God.
Finally, of course,
we actually get to
the lion's den.
Better get there.
See briefly
Daniel's desperate faith.
His faith
when the crisis hits.
What does it
look like then?
He's trusted his God
day in and day out
for decades.
He's been praying
to his God
over and over
and then
the crisis comes.
Your world
is suddenly
turned upside down.
Your life
is all of a sudden
in the balance.
what happens?
Verse 23.
The king comes.
Daniel's
safe
and he's exceedingly glad
and commanded Daniel
be taken up
out of the den.
So Daniel was taken up
out of the den
and no kind of harm
was found on him
because
he had trusted
in his God.
Because
even in the midst
of the lions
he had trusted
in his God.
Why did Daniel
trust?
Because God
is always
on the throne
and always
able
to deliver.
He can be trusted
even when it appears
all is lost.
Even when
all other options
seem to have
been exhausted.
Even when you
look around
and there's no good
reason for hope.
He can be trusted.
We could suspect
Daniel was probably
like his friends
in the face
of the fiery furnace.
Not certain
how
God would
deliver
but confident
God would
deliver.
Daniel didn't know
what the lions
would do
but he knew
that God
could be trusted.
He didn't depend
on his own strength.
He didn't trust
his own plans,
try to come up
with a way out.
He didn't hope
in his power
or position
to use his influence
to rescue him.
He entrusted
himself
to God
which as we learned
last week
is always
the safe place
to be.
Even in the
lion's den.
Even in your
crisis
or tragedy.
See Daniel
may have been
spared from
the lions
but he's
still in exile
in Babylon.
There's still
a crisis
for Daniel.
He still
hasn't seen
some remarkable
repentance
or restoration
on behalf
of God's people
the way a faithful
prophet might hope
to see in his
lifetime.
He's 90 now
and not really
seeing much
change.
He's still
in a crisis.
But God
has reminded him
again
that Yahweh
is the true
king.
He's still
on the throne
and still
able
to deliver.
That's what we
want our kids
to know
isn't it?
Daniel and the
lion's den
is one of those
stories that
kids love.
It's a great
story to tell
our kids
isn't it?
But what is it
that we want
them to hear?
Listen
if the message
of the story
of Daniel
is about
how great
Daniel is
in the face
of lions
we got two
problems.
First of all
that's not
the point.
We've missed
the whole point
of the story.
Second of all
how many
of your kids
have been
thrown into
a lion's
den recently?
I could have
asked them
up here
and they
all would have
said no.
How great
Daniel was
when he
hit the
lion?
No.
Never been
there.
But what you
have an
opportunity to
do when you
look at the
stories of the
Bible that
your kids
love is to
see what they
learn about
God.
Who is God
there in the
story of Daniel
in the lion's
den?
And when you
find there a
God who can
be trusted in
all kinds of
circumstances
then your
kids are
helped to
trust him in
whatever difficult
circumstances they
face.
When they see
God as the
true king
always on the
throne always
able to
deliver then
they have a
king they
can trust
wherever they
are.
One of the
reasons I
started out
having you
imagine being
a journalist
with all those
silly headlines
is that there's
definitely a story
to be told
here in
Daniel 6
isn't there?
Who recognizes
that there's a
story to be
told?
Darius a
pagan king
sees there's a
story to be
told he knows
it at the end
remember verse
25?
Darius wrote
to whom?
To all the
peoples nations
and languages
that dwell in
all the earth
you got to
know about
this there's a
story to be
told a story
that should be
told to everyone
by very
ordinary people
about the
true king
about the
God they can
trust
about how
this story
is a picture
of God's
ultimate rescue
and deliverance
of his people
through Jesus
what's your
story?
Is it
very
ordinary?
Do you feel
much less
spiritual
than Daniel?
I do
God hasn't
called us
to be
extraordinary
by definition
most of us
on most days
will be very
ordinary
we feel that
don't we?
Sometimes it
hurts
but being
extraordinary
is his
job
not ours
I think
of the
amazing things
God does
with ordinary
faith
and I
think of
the
elderly
church
member
who
can't get
out much
anymore
but trusts
God for
every breath
wakes up
and faithfully
gets through
the day
with the only
activity more
consistent than
doctor's appointments
being
prayer
day
after day
ordinary
faith
and an
extraordinary
God
who does
miraculous
things with
those mundane
prayers
I think of
the young
single mom
who works
so hard
and in the
face of
seemingly
overwhelming
daily
struggles
tells her
kids the
story about
a great
God who
provides
better than
she can
and then
praise to
that God
for her
kids
over
and over
ordinary
faith
and an
extraordinary
God
I think of
the government
engineer who
goes to the
same office
every day
for the
28th year
doing things
that many
days don't
seem to
matter at
all
and like
Daniel most
of those
days not
seeing any
of the
amazing
things that
God is
doing
no evidence
of him
at work
at all
but praying
for his
co-workers
working
faithfully
sharing his
struggles with
them over
and over
even when
they mock
his trust
in God
ordinary
faith in
an extraordinary
God
I think of
the blog
many of you
will have
read
a young
mom
and PCA
pastor's
wife named
Kara Tippetts
who died
last year
of cancer
who through
her blog
which you
may know
as mundane
faithfulness
shared her
story with
thousands
an honest
story of
weakness
sickness
struggles
and faith
in the midst
of cancer
in a God
who would
deliver her
forever
and care
for her
husband
and kids
when she
was gone
I think of
the letter
one of our
members sent
to co-workers
this week
after getting
transferred
at work
it begins
this way
someday
everything
will make
perfect sense
so for now
laugh at the
confusion
smile through
the tears
and keep
reminding yourself
everything happens
for a reason
my life has
always brought
change at
inopportune times
that don't line
up with what I
think should
happen
the Lord does
that for me
to teach me to
trust him
on a deeper
level
pretty ordinary
people
telling the
story
of an
extraordinary
God
who is
worthy
of their
trust
in some
tough
times
just like
Daniel
I think
making the
hall of fame
of faith
alongside
Daniel
because that's
all he did
isn't it
faithful
in work
faithful
in prayer
faithful
in crisis
watching
God
do the
extraordinary
all
peoples
nations
and languages
need to
hear the
story
of this
delivering
God
that's
the story
that is
your story
just like
it's the
story
that's
Daniel's
story
will you
tell that
story
of how
he has
rescued
you
through
Jesus
of how
he
delivered
you
from
your
most
desperate
crisis
and your
greatest
enemies
how he
endured
the cross
for you
and you
just
entrusted
yourself
to him
that's
the story
isn't it
he did
the amazing
work
you just
entrusted
yourself
to him
I don't
think one
ordinary
housewife
in the
1700s
in England
could have
foreseen
how she
would tell
that story
to peoples
and nations
and languages
she was
the 25th
of 25
children
in her
family
that wasn't
hard enough
she had
19
children
of her
own
only
10
of those
however
survived
infancy
she
buried
11
children
in her
life
her
husband
left her
for a
season
and she
raised the
others
alone
then
during
that
time
she
faced
poverty
constantly
sickness
often
and tragedy
regularly
but she
told her
children
about
God
and changed
diapers
and prayed
for them
and made
meals
and prayed
for them
and cleaned
the house
and prayed
for them
she hardly
had time
for praying
to be honest
but they
would find
her
all the
time
with her
apron
thrown up
over her
head
and they
knew not
to interrupt
that was
the way
she got
private time
with God
throwing her
apron
over her
head
and talking
with him
for a while
they knew
who she
was talking
to and they
knew she
was probably
talking to
God
about them
and they
waited
until she
was finished
she never
did anything
the world
would call
extraordinary
never
published
a book
never
made
a fortune
but
Susanna
Wesley
is called
the mother
of Methodism
two of
those
19
kids
John
and
Charles
Wesley
began
the Christian
movement
that has
told the
story
of a
great
God
who does
extraordinary
things
for ordinary
people
to millions
upon millions
around the
world
you know
what story
they told
the story
that they
heard
from their
mom
they told
the story
of
praying
all the
time
in the
midst of
everything
and a
God who
could be
trusted
who would
listen
and act
she didn't
get to
see the
millions
God
used her
story
to impact
but you
know
neither did
Daniel
not during
their
ordinary
lives
on this
earth
but God
worked
he worked
in extraordinary
ways
we serve
an
extraordinary
God
in very
ordinary
ways
most days
when we
face lions
when we
go to
work
tomorrow
morning
when we
kneel
to pray
tonight
may
that
reality
give us
great
hope
let's
pray
father
that you
listen to
our
prayers
that you
care about
our lives
that you
act
on our
behalf
that you
are the
one on
the throne
today
is our
only
comfort
that there
is a
hope
because of
that for
the future
is a
great gift
of your
grace
to us
that in
sending
your son
you have
rescued us
forever
thank you
give us
hearts to
trust you
give us
hearts that
trust you
while we do
very ordinary
things
while we do
things that we
wish were
greater
and gained
more notoriety
and fame
for ourselves
give us
hearts that
are delighted
for you
to be the
one that
gets all
the headlines
whose glory
is promoted
ahead of
ours
Jesus
meet us
and remind
us that you're
working in
great ways
right where
we are
we give you
thanks for
that
amen
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