How many of you watched the Summer Olympics in 1972 in Munich, Germany?
! Does anybody remember that?
You were there. Stop it.
! Linda Sears, our pianist, was there.
! Unbelievable.
Did you attend the gold medal basketball game?
Oh!
She's kicking herself ever since then.
Well, listen, that was one of the all-time great moments in the history of sports competition.
It was more than just a game.
The Americans walked into the gold medal basketball game in Munich, Germany, 1972, Summer Olympics,
with what felt like one hand tied behind their back.
There was all kinds of socioeconomic, political powers and all kinds of extracurricular things going on behind the scenes.
You're looking at the Cold War type situation.
And that bled over into competition and sports.
And so Olympic rules barred professional players from competing at that time.
Of course, nowadays, they allow the professionals to compete.
But back then, they couldn't.
So Team USA was made up of college stars, amateurs.
While the Soviets and many of the other Eastern Bloc countries, well, they found ways around the rules.
They stacked their team, their amateur squads, so to speak, with veteran state-supported players who function like full-time professional basketball players.
So that's what the United States had been dealing with throughout the competition.
And now they were in the gold medal game against the Soviet Union.
The gold medal game itself only deepened the sense that the deck was stacked.
As they began to play, they sensed this.
It was bruising, physical, controversial.
The Americans realized that hard contact and rough play were being tolerated in ways that were unusual.
Referees were not going to call these things in their favor at all.
American star Doug Collins went on to become a famous NBA coach.
Was famously hammered to the floor near the end of the game.
He still got up.
They actually called a foul for once.
He still got up and hit the go-ahead free throws, put the United States up in position to win the game with three seconds left.
The United States was leading 50-49.
Now, if you know anything about basketball, you know that's a very low-scoring game, 50-49.
And that tells you what kind of game it was.
It was brutal.
Survival of the fittest, I guess.
Three seconds left.
The United States stopped the Soviets from scoring and they won the gold medal.
Yay!
Except they didn't.
The officials cut their celebration short.
You can see a little bit on the picture on the right.
And they found a reason to give the Soviets another chance.
The Americans stopped them again and won the gold medal again.
Happy ending to the story.
Except they didn't.
Because the officials found another reason to put the three seconds back on the clock.
And this time, the Soviets threw the ball the length of the court.
One of the Soviet players seemingly might have knocked one of the American players down.
Scored a last-second layup.
And then they said, yep, Soviets won the gold medal this time.
Giving the Soviets three chances.
Three seconds.
Three chances to win.
The United States protested with the Olympic Committee.
They lost their appeal.
And to this day, that U.S. Olympic basketball team has never accepted their silver medals.
They stayed off the medal stand.
They didn't participate in the ceremony.
Because they walked away from the game that day feeling and realizing one thing.
The game was rigged.
They never stood a chance.
They fought valiantly.
Won it twice.
But it still went the other way.
Sometimes your life feels like that basketball game.
Sometimes it feels like the deck is stacked against you.
Life is rigged.
The good guys don't win.
You can do everything right.
You should come out on top.
And you don't.
The hardest worker gets laid off.
Meanwhile, the dishonest person gets promoted.
The kindest person gets sick.
The cruelest person seems to prosper.
Every time it happens, we ask the same question.
Why does life work this way?
Would you turn with me to Ecclesiastes chapter 9?
We have been in our study.
Ecclesiastes chapter 9.
By the way, as you're turning, here's a little peek at that basketball game I was talking to you about.
See the last second?
The U.S. guy laying on the floor.
The Russian guy making the layup.
It was crazy.
All right.
Moving on.
Ecclesiastes chapter 9.
They haven't moved on, but we can.
All right?
We can get in the Word of God.
We have been in our study of Ecclesiastes for several weeks.
We've got a couple of weeks left.
And this has been called catching smoke.
You saw the little video beforehand.
Ecclesiastes gives this vibe that life is meaningless sometimes.
You can give it your best shot and you still lose.
It's like chasing the wind.
You're never going to catch it.
It's like trying to catch smoke in your hand.
You can't hold it.
So Ecclesiastes chapter 9.
And let's look at verse 1 together.
Ecclesiastes chapter 9 and verse 1.
I'm reading from the New Living Translation.
This too I carefully explored.
Who is I there?
Who's talking?
It's the teacher.
We've identified him as King Solomon.
And so the teacher, the author of Ecclesiastes,
compares living this life under the sun to something as pointless
as chasing the wind or trying to catch smoke.
And he's brutally honest about the truth that we just talked about
and remembered through this crazy moment in the history of sports,
even bigger than sports,
that sometimes the wicked prosper, the good guys lose,
the righteous suffer.
And in the end, death comes for everyone.
Ecclesiastes digs into this.
Why?
Because it's not just bad luck.
The world is under a curse.
It's cursed.
Say, what are you talking about?
Are we like watching a pirate movie or something?
No, this is a real curse.
Ecclesiastes chapter 1.
He said, I carefully explored this.
Even though the actions of godly...
Did I say chapter 1?
Chapter 9, verse 1.
The actions of godly and wise people are in God's hands.
No one knows whether God will show them favor.
The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone,
whether you're righteous or you're wicked,
you're good or you're bad,
ceremonially clean or unclean,
religious or irreligious.
He says we do all these things to try to be the best,
and at the end, it doesn't matter.
The same fate awaits everyone.
Good people receive the same treatment as sinners.
People who make promises to God
are treated like people who don't.
It seems so wrong that everyone under the sun
suffers the same fate,
already twisted by evil.
People choose their own mad course,
for they have no hope.
There's nothing ahead but death anyway.
Man, this is crazy, isn't it?
What an outlook on life.
Ah, what does it matter?
There's nothing ahead but death anyway.
Where's he going with this?
Let's keep reading.
Verse four,
there's hope only for the living.
As they say,
it's better to be a live dog than a dead lion.
It's probably true.
In life, a dog wouldn't stand a chance against a lion,
but if the dog's alive and the lion's not,
better off to be the dog, right?
Verse five,
the living at least know they will die,
but the dead know nothing.
They have no further reward,
nor are they remembered.
Whatever they did in their lifetime,
loving, hating, envying,
it's all long gone.
They no longer play a part in anything here on earth.
So go ahead.
Eat your food with joy.
Drink your wine with a happy heart,
for God approves of this.
Wear fine clothes with a splash of cologne.
Whatever the ancient version of cologne was.
Live happily with the woman you love
through all the meaningless days of life
that God has given you under the sun.
Now in Solomon's case,
live happy with the thousands of women
he seemed to love.
Remember that?
How many wives and how many concubines?
900 wives, 700 concubines.
The wife God gives you is your reward
for all your earthly toil.
Whatever you do, do it well.
When you go to the grave,
there will be no more work,
no more planning,
no knowledge, no wisdom.
He says,
I've observed everything under the sun.
In verse 11,
the fastest runner doesn't always win the race.
The strongest warrior
doesn't always win the battle.
The wise sometimes go hungry.
The skillful are not necessarily wealthy.
How many of you say,
yeah, I'm skillful, but I ain't wealthy.
You can connect with that verse.
Those who are educated
don't always lead successful lives.
I've seen news reports
about people who have gotten their PhDs
and there just aren't enough teaching gigs
out there for them.
They're having to take menial labor jobs
or whatever they can get their hands on
because there aren't enough positions
for them to actually go teach in their field
that they're well qualified to teach in.
It's all decided by chance,
by being in the right place at the right time.
Isn't that an interesting perspective here?
In the Bible?
What's he talking about?
Verse 12,
people can never predict
when hard times might come.
Like fish in a net
or birds in a trap,
people are caught
by sudden tragedy.
Here's another bit of wisdom.
It's impressed me
as I've watched the way our world works.
He gives a little parable here,
a little story.
It might have been something
he actually encountered in his life.
We're not sure.
He doesn't exactly tell us.
He says,
there was a small town
with only a few people,
Henrietta, Texas.
Just kidding.
And a great king came
with his army
and besieged it.
Oh no.
A poor wise man
knew how to save the town
and so it was rescued.
I want to see the movie.
I want to read the book.
What happened here, Solomon?
You're kind of teasing us here.
But the point wasn't
how the poor wise man
saved the town.
He says,
afterward,
no one thought
to thank him.
You ever been that guy?
Came through for somebody
in the clutch
and they just didn't seem
all that grateful?
So even though our wisdom
is better than strength,
those who are wise
will be despised
if they are poor.
What they say
will not be appreciated for long.
So it's better
to hear the quiet words
of a wise person
than the shouts
of a foolish king.
A lot of times
foolish kings will shout.
They won't be quiet.
Verse 18,
he elaborates on that.
He compounds on it.
Better to have wisdom
than weapons of war.
But one sinner
can destroy much
that is good.
Okay, that was a lot.
We just read 18 verses.
And it was a lot
of doom and gloom.
But it was a lot
of reality check too.
It was a lot
of the facts of life.
Some of you maybe
who haven't dug
into Ecclesiastes
very much
are surprised
to read this kind
of thing
in the book
we call
the Holy Bible,
God's Word.
So where is he going
with all this?
Let's go back
to verse 2.
The same destiny
ultimately awaits everyone.
Death comes
for the righteous.
Death comes
for the wicked.
Death comes
for the wise.
It comes
for the foolish.
The teacher
looks at life
under the sun
and tells the truth
that life
is unpredictable.
It's unfair.
Something has gone
terribly wrong
with the world.
What Solomon
didn't have
when he wrote
these words
was the whole story.
he didn't have
the full perspective.
He had wisdom
for his life
given to him
from God
but he didn't have
the coming
of Jesus yet.
He didn't have
the full understanding
of the fall of man
and the curse
that this world
is under.
This leads us
to our first
main truth.
We were in
Ecclesiastes chapter 1
in verse
chapter 9.
I keep saying
chapter 1.
Y'all forgive me
for that.
Chapter 9
verse 1
through 18.
First main truth
is this.
Two truths
that I want us
to draw
from these 18 verses.
First,
life under the sun
is under
the curse
of sin.
This explains
everything
he just said.
Yes,
all those things
are true.
The good guy
doesn't always
come out on top.
The guy
who does right
doesn't always
finish first.
sometimes evil
seems to win.
Why?
Because this world
is broken.
This world
is warped.
This world
is under
a curse.
So that's
the bad news.
Look down
at verse 11
of chapter 9.
The race
is not to the swift.
The battle
is not to the strong.
Time and chance
happen to them all.
The fastest runner
doesn't always win,
right?
The smartest person
doesn't always succeed.
The strongest army
doesn't always
find the victory
in battle.
Then the teacher
gives an image
that explains
the frustration
of life
in the next verse.
Verse 12.
People are trapped
in an evil time
as fish
are caught
in a net.
That's the picture.
That's the illustration.
Human beings
moving through life
made in the image
of God
but moving
through this
cursed world
and suddenly
the net
drops around them.
They experience
loss,
tragedy,
serious illness,
even death.
So life
under the sun
is not functioning
the way
it was meant to.
Solomon recognized
this.
He knew
it was true.
He'd experienced it.
He'd seen it
and in all his wisdom
he'd seen
the injustice
of it
but he didn't
know why.
The apostle
Paul
in Romans
the letter
to the church
in Rome
chapter 8
verse 20
sheds light
on the why.
He says
all creation
was subjected
to God's curse.
Why?
Because of
sin.
We are
in a
cursed world.
We were talking
about this
in our starting point
course this morning
a little bit
that we are
living in
the domain
of darkness.
darkness.
Remember
the battle
the cosmic
battle
in the heavens
long ago
before any
of this
existed
and Satan
and Lucifer
and his angels
fought against God
and of course
they couldn't win
and so God
cast them out
of heaven
down
to this
earth.
This is the
domain.
And then God
came down
and created
things perfectly.
He created
man and woman
perfectly
but he didn't
make them robots.
He gave them
choice.
He gave them
free will
knowing that
they would
choose the
opposite of
him.
They would
choose darkness
over light
and the curse
set in.
Satan
instead of
man
was given
dominion
over the
earth.
God created
mankind
to have
dominion
over the
earth
but then
we surrendered
that authority
over to
the devil.
So now
we live
in his
domain
and it's
not perfect
as God
intended
for it
to be.
It's under
the curse
of sin.
So all
creation
all the
beautiful
that we
see all
around us
in nature
all the
majesty
of God's
creation
the intricacy
of the
human body
everything
that we
marvel at
and admire
in God's
creation
it's all
cursed.
It's all
under God's
curse.
Creation
itself has
been pulled
into futility
like all
your efforts
are futile
worthless
destined
to fail
because
of this
curse.
The world
is bent
justice
is often
incorrect
or at
least
delayed
outcomes
are
unpredictable
!
Death
shadows
everything
the Bible
doesn't
deny
that
it
explains
it
the world
is living
under the
curse
of sin
so yes
the world
is stacked
against
you
but here's
the good
news
that Solomon
didn't
have
Jesus
overcame
the world
Jesus
overcame
this
cursed
world
yes
the deck
is stacked
against
you
yes
the world
the flesh
and the devil
are trying
to stop
you
they're trying
to trip
you up
you're living
in the domain
of darkness
but Jesus
overcomes
it
that leads
us to
truth
number
two
Christ
broke
the curse
yes
this world
is cursed
but Christ
broke it
yes
life under
the sun
is under
the curse
of sin
but Christ
breaks
that curse
so Ecclesiastes
looks at the
world
and sees
the reality
of the
shadow
of death
Jesus
says
I can
walk
through
the valley
of the
shadow
of death
and I
can get
you
to the
other
side
the
gospel
tells us
what
happened
next
Jesus
the son
of God
stepped
into
the
very
curse
that
breaks
this
world
and his
death
on the
cross
looks
like
he
lost
it
looks
like
he
was
defeated
by the
curse
that evil
won
but his
death
on the
cross
was a
result
of the
death
that this
cursed
world
leads
to
death
he
had
to
die
because
sin
and
destruction
leads
to
death
sin
and
darkness
leads
to
death
and
destruction
so
Jesus
took
that
on
himself
he
said
I
will
take
your
best
shot
and
I'll
come
up
swinging
I'll
come
up
the
victor
you
can
do
your
worst
to
me
sin
death
hell
darkness
Satan
take
your
best
shot
kill
me
and
I
still
win
the
victory
because
the
curse
has
no
power
over
the
son
of
God
it's
got
power
over
you
it
had
power
over
Solomon
it
has
power
over
me
but
it
has
no
curse
over
God
so
we
literally
read
in
Deuteronomy
and
then
again
in
Galatians
that
anyone
who
is
hung
on
a
tree
is
under
a
curse
you
realize
what
Jesus
died
as a
result
of
the
curse
he
spelled
out
the
problem
for
us
then
the
resurrection
reveals
that
his
death
was
actually
the
means
to
victory
because
then
the
resurrection
happened
Jesus
didn't
stay
dead
he
didn't
stay
under
the
curse
he
broke
it
the
tyrant
behind
the
curse
had
been
conquered
the
cursed
one
did
his
worst
and
he
couldn't
defeat
the
son
of
God
so
Paul
gives
us
a
beautiful
picture
of
this
a
beautiful
expression
of
this
in
1
Corinthians
would
you
turn
there
with
me
real
quick
we've
got
a few
verses
to
read
in
1
Corinthians
chapter
15
for
sake
of
time
I'm
going to
go ahead
and read
while you
turn
but
1
Corinthians
chapter
15
look
all
the
way
down
it's
a
very
long
chapter
unusual
for
the
New
Testament
you
see
more
of
those
in
Psalms
but
1
death
is
swallowed
up
in
victory
oh
death
where
is
your
sting
oh
death
where
is
your
victory
the
sting
of
death
is
sin
the
sting
is
the
sting
that
results
in
death
and
then
verse
56
the
law
gives
sin
its
power
but
thank
God
he
gives
us
victory
over
sin
and
death
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
you
see
what
this
is
doing
he's
painting
this
poetic
expression
of
Christ's
victory
over
sin
yes
death
is
still
real
but
it
no
longer
rules
our
lives
it
no
longer
rules
the
story
the
sting
has
been
taken
out
the
curse
that
entered
the
world
through
sin
was
broken
through
the
resurrection
of
the
victorious
Christ
in
Latin
that's
known
as
Christus
victor
it
means
that
it
wasn't
so
much
that
Jesus
took
our
place
to
bear
the
wrath
of
God's
punishment
instead
that
by
his
death
and
his
resurrection
Christ
defeated
the
enemy
he
broke
the
curse
of
sin
and
death
that's
the
gospel
what is
the
gospel
it's a
word
we hear
around
church
it's a
word
you might
read in
the
Bible
it's a
word
you might
hear
if you
hang around
church
people
sometimes
occasionally
outside of
that
but what
does that
mean
the gospel
is a
word
that we
hear
but sometimes
we'll struggle
to put it
into words
I think
there's one of my
favorite authors
Brian Zahn
he says
the gospel
is the
beautiful story
of how God
is bringing
the world
out of bondage
to sin
and death
through the
triumph
of Jesus
Christ
that's a
really nice
definition
of what the
gospel is
it's the
story
of God
rescuing
us
freeing
us
from this
curse
of sin
that's
what the
gospel
is
that's
Christus
victor
victorious
Christ
it's the
best news
you'll ever
hear
it's what
gives meaning
to our
lives
so our
takeaway
from this
when death
lost its
power
life
gained
its
purpose
what's
the
purpose
of life
what's
the
meaning
of life
ultimately
it's all
meaningless
ultimately
there is
no purpose
and that's
what you
see from
Solomon
all throughout
Ecclesiastes
he keeps
hammering home
this idea
that man
you can try
you can get
in the rat
race
and you
can win
it
but at the
end of
the day
you're still
a rat
Walter
Brueggemann
said that
I didn't
say that
but I
repeated it
I love
that quote
you know
yeah at
the end
of the
day
you can
do
everything
right
you're
still not
going to
come out
ahead
you're
still not
going to
ultimately
win
because the
world is
cursed
but God
is the
X factor
Jesus
is the
X factor
he's the
one who
came down
and broke
the curse
there was
no hope
there was
only hope
of him
coming
but then
he came
and now
we get
hope
that is
alive
hope
that is
real
hope
that
happened
hope
that
took
place
now
hope
turns
into
faith
now
we have
faith
in the
one
who
did
come
the
one
who
did
win
the
one
who
did
break
the
curse
so
let's
bring
that
down
to
Henry
out
of
Texas
now
let's
bring
that
down
to
Clay
County
and
our
guests
from
out
West
this
morning
my
family
my wife's
family
is here
in town
my wife's
mom
and her
sister
and brother
in law
and they're
beautiful
little girls
so I don't
want to
exclude them
Henrietta
Texas
Clay
County
and all
the way
out
to
out
West
let's
bring
it
home
to
our
lives
what
is
the
direction
that
we
can
take
from
Ecclesiastes
chapter
9
how do
we live
with
courage
in a
cursed
world
this
week
number
one
do
the
next
right
thing
even
facing
uncertain
outcomes
you
don't
know
if
your
week
is
going
to
look
like
the
gold
medal
game
from
the
1972
Olympics
and
the
deck
is
going
to
be
stacked
against
you
and
life
is
rigged
and
it's
just
you're
going
to
come
up
empty
do
the
next
right
thing
anyway
because
you
know
that
no
matter
what
life
the
world
the
flesh
the
devil
throws
against
you
know
that
curse
has
been
broken
yes
we're
still
surrounded
by
sin
yes
we
still
participate
in
sin
sometimes
because
God
is in
the
process
of
changing
us
we're
not
totally
changed
yet
so
our
job
is
to
do
the
next
right
thing
even
facing
uncertain
outcomes
secondly
it's
to
refuse
to
remeasure
your
life
by
immediate
results
we
let
this
trip
us
up
so
many
times
we
are
prisoners
of
the
moment
well
if
it
didn't
help
me
right
now
then
what
good
is
it
Jesus
was
never
a
prisoner
of
the
moment
he
was
never
in
a
hurry
his
best
friends
were
his
best
friend
Lazarus
had
died
and
he
wasn't
in a
hurry
to
get
there
and
fix
the
situation
because
he
wasn't
bound
by
immediate
results
he
knew
that
the
outcome
was
under
God's
control
we
should
know
that
too
in
our
heads
we
know
that
but
we
still
judge
our
lives
by
immediate
results
so
resist
that
temptation
remember
that
the
curse
is
broken
nothing
can
ultimately
defeat
you
nothing
can
ultimately
harm
you
and so
refuse
to
measure
your
life
by
immediate
results
this
is a
marathon
with
Jesus
not
a
sprint
and
then
finally
enjoy
sorry
enjoy
the
life
that
God
gives
you
look
back
at
Ecclesiastes
9
and
verse
7
go
eat
your
bread
with
pleasure
drink
your
wine
with
a
cheerful
heart
!
enjoy
the
journey
now
because
you
are
no
longer
under
the
curse
you're
surrounded
by
the
curse
you're
dealing
with
cursed
people
that's
why
it's
silly
for
God's
people
to
get
so
angry
against
those
who
are
still
under
the
curse
well
of course
they're
going to
act
that
way
of course
they're
going to
take
the
wrong
view
on
things
why
are
you
getting
angry
at
them
they're
just
behaving
as
part
of
the
cursed
world
that
you
used
to
be
under
you
used
to
think
the
same
way
you
used
to
be
wired
the
same
way
God's
changing
you
now
make
sure
you
don't
show
the
same
anger
the
same
selfishness
that
they
do
enjoy
the
life
God
gives
you
now
enjoy
the
good
things
don't
so
much
long
for
heaven
that
you
don't
enjoy
what God's
giving
you
now
what
God's
doing
in
you
now
enjoy
every
step
with
Jesus
now
life
is a
gift
from
God
for us
it gets
to be
eternal
death
has no
more
hold
over
us
Christ
defeated
death
the
shadow
hanging
over
this
life
of the
fear
of
death
no
longer
holds
us
captive
so
the
world
under
the
sun
is
broken
it's
cursed
but the
God
above
the
sun
came
down
to
our
world
under
the
sun
and
he
broke
that
curse
Jesus
is
our
rescuer
Jesus
brings
the
joy
he
brings
the
freedom
to
this
life
under
the
sun
so
we've
been
asking
this
question
every
week
and
we've
been
answering
!
it
let's
!
do
it
again
how
let's
pray
God
that's
what
we
want
to
do
right
now
is
fix
our
eyes
above
the
sun
we
recognize
that
this
world
is
broken
it
is
cursed
sometimes
we
see
glimpses
of
light
sometimes
we
see
you
alive
and
acting
in
the
world
and
we
love
that
but
we're
surrounded
by
so
much
death
we're
surrounded
by
so
much
destruction
we
see
it
in
relationships
we
see
it
in
politics
we
see
it
in
business
we
see
it
in
pleasure
we
see
it
all
around
us
the
brokenness
the
curse
of
sin
thank
you
for
coming
to
bring
hope
into
that
world
thank
you
for
not
just
sitting
up
in
heaven
and
looking
down
at
our
mess
and
destroying
it
and
saying
well
that
was
an
experiment
gone
wrong
instead
you
loved
us
you
came
to
us
you
freed
us
from
the
curse
I
pray
that
we
would
walk
in
that
victory
walk
with
that
victorious
Christ
do
the
next
right
thing
refuse
to
measure
our
life
by
immediate
results
enjoy
the
days
that
you
give
us
teach
us
God
fix
our
eyes
above
the
sun
we'll
give
you
all
the
glory
for
it
all
the
gratitude
for
it
church
let me
ask
you
this
if
there's
someone
here
today
who
says
I
need
to
Jesus
today
maybe
I've
been
in
church
for
a
while
maybe
I
haven't
but
regardless
today's
the
day
I
need
to
choose
Jesus
I
need
to
choose
the
victory
that
he
offers
I
need
to
turn
from
sin
and
turn
to
Jesus
would
you
slip
your
hand
up
and
I'd
love
to
talk
with
you
about
that
in
a
few
moments
slip
your
hand
up
now
if
that's
you
thank
you
for
the
rest
of
us
let
me
ask
this
question
is
there
something
in
your
life
that
the
Holy
Spirit
of
God
is
saying
I
need
to
surrender
this
over
to
God
I
need
to
remember
that
this
world
is
cursed
I
need
to
stop
holding
myself
to
unrealistic
expectations
remember
that
God's
changing
me
it's
a
slow
process
say
maybe
God's
working
on
me
about
something
and
I
need
to
get
my
eyes
you
slip
your
hand
up
I
would
love
to
pray
for
you
as
well
thank
you
thank
you
thank
you
God
you
see
these
hands
you
know
exactly
what's
going
on
in
every
one
of
our
hearts
you
know
what
we
need
I
pray
that
you
would
tailor
the
guidance
of
your
Holy
Spirit
to
our
exact
lives
as
you
do
so
well
reveal
to
us
what
we
need
to
change
reveal
to
us
what
we
need
to
stop
what
we
need
to
start
to
not
live
like
the
curse
still
holds
us
thank
you
for
the
victory
we
have
in
you
it's
in
Jesus
name
we
pray
amen
church
thank
you
for
worshiping
with
us
this
morning
if
I
haven't
gotten
a
chance
to
meet
you
yet
love
to
do
that
my
wife
and
I
will
be
in
the
!
before
you
leave
!
but
how many
of y'all
enjoyed
spring
break
anybody
go
anywhere
anybody
go out
of the
country
for
spring
break
no
we're
not
that
exotic
around
here
that's
alright
anybody
go to
the
foreign
country
of
Dallas
Fort
Worth
I
did
it
was
fun
alright
well
thank
y'all
for
being
here
with
us
in
worship
and
you
are
dismissed