So the study is as time passes, and it's James
5, 7 through 11. Okay. Thank you. All right.
So we're going to fill in the blanks. Okay. So
here's how we're going to do it. We're going
to go around the room, and you'll be the first
person to get to guess at the next blank. Okay.
You can pass. If you don't know it, that's fine.
No harm done. And if you get it, you'll get a
ticket. All right. So I'm going to start with
you, Tony Tate. The first one is. Therefore be.
That's correct. That's fine. That helps you out.
Everyone put patient in the blank. This is your
ticket. Yep. If you get a prize and you don't
want it, you can give it to somebody else. Okay.
Donyell, do you know what that next word might
be? It says, therefore, be patient. It starts
with a B. Look, Thomas has got a Bible there.
It might be in there. He's got it in the letter.
Brothers. Yes. Brethren or brothers. Okay. So
this is Donyell's ticket. Donyell, I don't remember
what your last name is. Dennis. Okay. D .D. That'll
be easy to remember, too. All right. So it's,
therefore, be patient, brethren, until the coming
of the... Thomas? Lord. That was an easy one.
Brethren or brothers. Okay. I have a ticket up
here for you when you're ready, Thomas. Okay.
Solo, back to you. The farmer waits for the precious.
Starts with a P. Okay. Carrie, you want to try
it? The farmer waits for the precious what? It's
a word we don't use very much anymore, but if
you think about the grocery store, you might
get it. What does a farmer make? Starts with
a P. No, that's a baker. What do you think, Gabby?
Do you know what a farmer makes? No, that's more
like a baker, I think. Although, I mean, maybe
at birthday time, the farmer might bake a cake.
It's probably a good idea. All right, Aaron,
what do you got? P. Produce. Produce is correct.
Like as in the produce department in the grocery
store? Yep. The farmer waits for the precious
produce of the soil, being patient about it until
it gets the early and late rains. You two be,
Caitlin, patient. So that's patient again. Is
everybody keeping up okay? I'm just going to
put Erin instead of A .S. because we have a lot
of A .S.'s. Erin and Kate. I put bunny in the
bottom right corner of my CWLT. Oh, awesome.
All right. You two be patient. Now we've got
an S, and we're to Ariana. It's a tough one.
If you look at the way it's written in context,
it might help you. Okay, then that might help
you. What would you do with what you put in H?
If it starts with an S, think about what you
might do with that. Nope, it's not saved. Yes,
it is the NASV translation. Strengthen. Strengthen
is correct. And no one ever said you couldn't
look at the Bible. Good job. All right? Funny.
All right? Now you've got to take it up here
when the time comes. Okay, we'll strengthen your...
What do you think, Abby? Starts with an H. Strengthen
your... You should have let her look at the Bible.
Hearts. Strengthen your hearts. Okay. Abby gets
another ticket. Pile developing. For the coming
of the Lord is near. So it's coming. Okay. Do
not. Starts with a C. And Tommy. Do not complain.
Complain is correct. Do not complain, brethren,
against one another. So that, this is probably
the hardest one if you're not looking at the
Bible, and Mike got it. What do you got, Mike?
It starts with a Y. You're jumping ahead. No.
It's one word. What's longer, though? It's kind
of you, but it's kind of longer. Think multiple
yous. Yourselves. Yes. It's yourselves is the
word. It's possible. I mean, I copied and pasted,
so it seems unlikely, but it could happen. Okay.
So it's that yourselves, or you yourselves, I'll
put a little carrot there, may not be River.
Judged is correct. We're on our way across the
room. Got a big pile up here. Behold, the judge
is Kashawn. I'm doing them in order. Standing
is correct. I'm doing everybody in order. But
we'll have some extras at the end, I think. Okay,
I'll go back to anybody that wanted to take another
shot at it. Okay, so the judge is standing right
at the Haley. Door is correct. The judge is standing
right at the door. Now, this next one is kind
of tucked in there. Door is on there. Oh, that's
right. I'm sorry. I forgot it. Okay. All right.
Then the next one is kind of tucked into the
crossword puzzle. Do you see it? It says as and,
and then it starts with E. What do you think,
Holly? Example is correct. I give her a cheat.
She got the free one. I gave her the ticket already.
Okay. So then it's Brethren of... Starts with
an S, Chris. Suffering. And P, Hannah. Say it
again. Patience is correct. Everybody getting
it? I'm going to go too fast. Probably going
too fast for me. Okay, so... It says, as an example
of suffering and patience, then, take the...
Starts with a P, Jaden. Prophets. Correct. Take
the prophets. So they're an example of suffering
and patience. The prophets. Who? Solo. Spook.
Is correct. In the name of the Lord, we... Starts
with a C. Did anybody not get theirs that wanted
to try? 20 to 8? Consider. No. Although it could
be. That could be what's there, but it's not,
Sherry. Count. We count. Let's just consider.
Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That'll be even funnier later.
Okay. We count those blessed who endured. You
have heard of the... Starts with an E. Chris.
Endurance is correct. Okay. Of Job and have seen
the O. Solo. Correct. Of the Lord's D. Holly.
Dealings is correct. That's a weird word that
we don't use anymore, but it's a good fight.
Okay. That the Lord is full of starts with a
C. Chicken. I don't think you've got enough chicken
in the world to fill up the Lord. Tommy. Say
it again. Compassion. Compassion is correct.
Compassion is C -O -M -P -A -S -S -I -O -N. Calm.
C -O -M -P -A -S -S -I -O -N. And is Natalie.
Merciful. Okay. Sure. Which one? Example. As
in example. Suffering. I'm like, what are you
talking about? But she got it. Okay. Abby, look
around the room. Do you know everyone's name
in the room pretty much? Okay. Come here. I'm
going to let you pass these tickets out for me.
And then I'll give you a ticket for passing all
the tickets out. How about that? Yeah, I should
have my first names on it. I tried to do first
names. If she gets stuck, we'll help her. Okay,
so now we're going to start on the crossword
puzzle. We'll stop in the middle of the crossword
puzzle after she gets that done to do another
stunt. Say that again. Okay. All right, so we're
going to keep doing the same thing. If you can
guess it, we'll keep making tickets. All right,
so the first one is one down, and we're going
to start on this side of the room with Haley
over here. I will tell you that you will find
that most of the words that are in the crossword
puzzle are from what you just did. So that might
be a good clue, right? So the clue is made it
through starts and we don't have any letters.
So what do you got? Made it through. It's in
the verse. Going once. Going twice. To Sean.
Can you do it? This is a hard one. There's no
letters to work with. Made it through. I'm going
to go in order. I'll go three at a time and then
somebody can guess. Say it again. Nope. Can you
guess it? We'll be at Mike in a minute. Solo's
got his hand up. Go. Not endurance, although
that was the word we actually put on there, Holly.
Nope. Does that fit? No, it's not patient. Anybody
got it? Endured. Endured. Yep. Okay, and then
you'll notice, don't do anything with it yet,
but you'll notice that there is an E in the circle.
Okay? But it's not the first letter, so don't
put it down yet. The first letter is to the left.
Yep. E -N -D -U -R -E -D. Oh. Okay. And then,
so we're going to go two down. Again, no letters
on there to help you. So, two down. Still there.
Anybody got it? Okay, we're going to go back
to Mike. Mike, you got it? Still there. Eight
letters. Still there. And it's all, it's in the
verse. Once we start getting some letters to
help us, it'll be easier. Okay, Nat. Say it again.
Standing is correct. Good job. Okay, so now,
instead of keeping going on the downs, we'll
do that seven across. So we've got endured down
from the top on the right, and we've got standing
down. Now seven across is verdict rendered, and
it's Holly. We're going across now. Judged is
correct. Okay. So now we've got endured, we've
got standing, and we've got judged. Okay. So
let's go down to, is that nine across? Because
we've got a letter in that one. Okay. Nine across,
and we're to Chris. Make more able. I'll get
you in a second. If Chris doesn't get it, strengthen.
Right. Strengthen. Make more able is to strengthen.
OK, so now we have a letter in three down. Not
very much, but it's there. All right. So we're
to Hannah. Need three down. There is an S way
down in there somewhere in the fifth and the
sixth space. You have an S in the sixth space.
Love. Compassion is correct. Okay. Three down.
Yeah, it goes, number one was all the way to
the right, then two, then three, up going across.
So, compassion. Okay. Alright. Jaden, you're
up. Which one would you like? Pick one, quickly.
Say it again. 16. There is no 16 across. 16 down?
I think it's 10. Ten across. Yep, I see it, yep.
And what is it? Suffering. Suffering, that's
correct. Okay. All right. Coming to the middle
of the room at Tommy. Can you do, you said you
worked ahead, right? Can you do four down? Yay,
caught ya. Output based on labor. Produce. Very
good. So that one, four down, is output based
on labor. Okay. How about five across, Solo?
An entry barrier. Door is correct. Is that what
you said? Did I do it right? I'm sorry. Okay.
Yep, it's a door. Now, it's funny when you think
about it. People don't realize. People think
doors are the way you go into somewhere, but
that's not actually true. You go through doorways.
Doors are what keeps you out. Think about it.
It's not really the way most people think. Oh,
I need a door so I can get in. What you really
need is a doorway. You don't really need a door.
You need a doorway. Okay, anyway. That was funny.
All right. How about... Six down, Sherry. Multiple
of you to you. Yourselves. A big long word. Y
-O -U -R -S -E -L -V -E -S. Yourselves. Now we
have a lot of letters to go through. Six down.
It's on the left -hand side going down. Okay.
What is that one? Cross. Okay, eight across,
Caitlin. Merciful is correct. M -E -R -C -I -F
-U -L. That was eight across. It's all the way
on the left. It's the one above the as an example.
Okay, I'm going to stop right there. Do a stunt.
That's about halfway. Hopefully we'll get something
we haven't seen before that'll be fun. Okay.
Alright, so this is a... Kind of a challenging
stunt that involves three cups, so we can only
have three people try it once. Hold on one second
while I get you ready. Okay. Does this involve
throwing and catching? Does that happen? This
is one of those, huh? Okay. So we've got to do
a stack of shots. Let me show it a picture. Down.
Does that work? It's supposed to work. Okay.
So you're going to stack them like that. I'm
going to give you the pieces of paper. Yep. The
paper is the stuff. Yeah, you have to put paper
in between them. Are we going to be pulling people
out from them? Yes. I knew it. Okay, yep. Alright,
so you have 60 seconds. to remove the pieces
of paper without the cups falling over. If the
cups fall over, you have to start back from this
position to try again. Are we allowed to touch
the cups? No. Hold on, let me double check. Technically,
you can touch the cups. You just can't hold the
cups. So you can't hold them, but you can put
your finger against it to keep it from sliding.
Okay. Okay? Ready? Set? Go. Go on. Yeah, you
got it. You got to start over. She had it, too.
Riverhead fell at the last possible second. Just
put your finger in here so it doesn't slide.
There you go. You got it. You can do it, Nick.
You can do it, Abby. You can do it. I did it.
Just a little harder. I did it. Don't hold it.
Okay. Put your finger in here so it doesn't slide
slowly. But you can't slide slowly. Yeah, like
that. Push harder with your finger. All right,
next three people that want to try. Abby, you
can start passing out my papers one more time.
There will be no wrestling for whose turn it
is. Okay. Alright. Set them up the way they were.
You saw what to do. Stop shaking my writing surface.
You need the paper. Gotta put the papers in there.
Where's my papers? I don't know. My name is not
Adam, it's Gavin. Get them set up first and then
I'll give you the timer. How are you supposed
to do that? Not magic, science. Okay, wherever
you get to draw from the box one time. Oh, blank.
It's blank. Draw another one. Blank again. Keep
going. We'll have much more if you keep that
up. Blank. How is that even possible? You're
so good at that. Oh. No, blank. Okay. Huh? Alright,
there you go. Abby, draw one from the box. Who
is it? Who's RM? Oh, Ron. No, I don't think Ron.
Can you pass these ones out for me, Abby? Oh,
he passed out. Are you ready? Are you ready?
Who's my third person? Michael, are you doing
this? Michael, are you doing this or not? Quit
making everybody wait. All right, you have 60
seconds to pull them out. You cannot hold the
cups. You can use one finger and touch the cup
to keep it from sliding. You can't hold the cups.
Yes, you start from the beginning. You can do
that, but you cannot grab the cups with two fingers.
Ready? Yeah. Go. Nope. Finish. No problem. No
problem. Starting over. There's three. Draw one
from the box. Alright. Oh, it's Blint. Set it
over here and draw another one. Still got 16
seconds, Mike. It's Blint. There's three. Draw
one from the box. That's fine. This is Josh,
right? Nope. This is Josh, right? So that's it.
Yeah, you can start over. You've only got like
five seconds. I don't think you're going to make
it. You'll get a freebie. Here you go. Take your
ticket. Draw one from the box. Maybe you'll draw
your name. That's Tim Hunley. Right here. Don't
draw a name. Alright, these are yours. This is...
R -E? R -E. Is that River? I think it is. River,
what's your... Is it R -E? R -J? Who's R -E?
Anyway, they're not here. That's all that matters.
Okay, that's it. We're done. Moving on. Alright,
back to the crossword puzzle. And who are we
up to? I forgot who's next. Who did one last?
Solo, right? You went last, so it'll be Sherry.
How about we do... Were you last? Was he last?
Okay, so you're next. Alright, give me 11 across.
Oh, 11 down. Sorry, 11 down. What kind of power
is that? It's on the left -hand side. Count!
11 down is count. C -O -U -N -T. For the kids
in the room, the clue was the Sesame Street Vampire.
He's the guy. He's like, count, count! Alright.
Yes. And then we'll go to Abby. Can you do 14
across? The second letter is an N. And the clue
is one more. What do you think, Abby? You have
one, and then if you have one more, you might
say, I have, uh... What? Another. Correct. Okay.
Another it is. And you got the T -H -E in the
circles there. Okay. Did we do 11 across yet?
There is no 11 across. Oh, there's no 11 across.
Yeah. Well, what is that? What's the number for
that word there then? Is it 13? Yes. Okay. Thank
you. We got to work it out. All right. Okay,
so who are we at? Ariana. 13 across is verbally
expressing displeasure. And we know that the
second letter is an O. How does someone verbally
displeasure? What? Complain is correct. Complain
is correct. Okay, do we have the whole top half
then? I think we do. 18 across. It's a hard one.
Thomas, do you know it? The second letter is
an E. That's all you have. It's a hard one. It
all comes from the verse. The clue is what went
on. What went on is toward the bottom of the
verse. It's on the next to the last line on the
paper. It says you have heard of the endurance
of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord's...
See it? His translation has a different word
there, that's why. The answer is dealings. I'm
giving him a ticket because he had it, but his
translation says the purpose of the Lord. Okay.
How about 17 across? Okay, I'm making that hard
on you if we do it that way, huh? How about 11
down? Can you do 11 down, Donya? We did that?
Okay, so you do have the O. So you have 17 across,
starts with an O. You know what it is, Donya?
It's results. Over all the way over on the right.
Okay, so we had not done it. It's actually 12.
Okay, well, anyway, it starts with an O. We gave
it to you now. Wait, does that add some results?
No. We're looking at those results. I don't know
if you can add it. Here. And it starts with an
O. And that includes results. Do you know what
this is? All right, so the answer is outcome.
Outcome. All right. Okay, now. We had not actually
done 12 down. And we're to Tony Tate. Made it
all the way back across the room again. Gotcha.
Spoke for guns here. Prophets. Prophets is correct.
I'm just going to put T .T. Nobody else has that
initials. Yep. Super. You need T .T. Okay. And
what is that next one that's across there? 19
across. 19 across begins with an E. Jaden. Example
is correct. Look at that. You nailed it. Okay.
Almost there. What does that bottom mean? That's
a cross. 22 across. 22 across starts with an
S. Hannah, can you do it? 22 across starts with
an S. The clue is put to work their voices. Spoke
is correct. Almost there. Thank goodness. Okay.
Oh, here's a really important one. 21 down. We
do not have any letters. It's a four -letter
word. It means leader. Chris? Lord is correct.
Holly, can you do the 24 across that ends in
D? Heard is correct. We're getting there. Gotta
go a little faster so we can finish it up. Okay.
What is 23 across? The next to the last letter.
Do we have that? Or no? We don't have any letters
in it? No, we're gonna not do that one yet then,
huh? It is coming. Let's just fill it in. 23
across is coming. 20 across. Natalie. Brethren.
20 across. Brethren. Running out of little pieces.
Okay. And then what is that one in the middle
that is going down? We got coming. Oh, sorry.
My bad. 16 down. Mike, you got 16 down? Strength
to stay the course. Endurance is correct. Moving
right along. Thank goodness. Okay. What don't
we have? We don't have 15 down. Centers of being,
it would be river. River, you want to take a
stab at it? 15 down, centers of being, starts
with an H. Say it again? Hearts is correct. Very
good. 15. Oh, yeah, right in the middle. Should
be about the only thing you don't have filled
out. Alright, do we have them all filled in?
What are we missing? Okay. Twelve. Twelve across.
Calm. Twelve across is calm when faced with delay.
What is that, Haley? She's got her excuse. Calm
when facing delay with delay is patient. Again.
Okay, what else are we missing? Ten. Across.
Ongoing bad stuff. We definitely had that one.
Ten across. Suffering. What else we got? Yeah,
you can sit down. All right, so then now we're
going to look at the circles. The last part of
the puzzle, look at the circles. Starting from
the top. Somebody might have already done it.
I know, right? So it's top left, and then you
go left to right, left to right, toward the bottom.
So the first letter that's in a circle is an
R. See that? Then you go over to the right, you
see an E. So it's R -E, okay? Then it's R -E
-D. Then you got another E. So you're putting
these in the circles in order. R -E -D -E. E
again. So that's redeem. Okay. And then you've
got T -H -E right in a row in the middle. Redeem
the. And then it's T. And it's I -M -E. Okay.
So in the Bible, here's what I want you to understand.
In the Bible, in Ephesians 5, 15. Paul says,
walk circumspectly as wise men. And then he says,
redeeming the time. So here's what I want you
to see. What would that be? What would redeeming
the time look like? So redeeming the time looks
like, one, being patient. Understand that when
things are going slower than you might want them
to go, God is up to something. Or when you really
like... I know this sucks, but like Chris, you're
really done with this, right? You want to be
done with this. Understand, God is doing something.
Sometimes we want it to be right now, but God
is actually working a different program, right?
So it's our job to be patient and wait what the
Lord is doing. Now, at the same time, then, we
should strengthen our hearts, right? So you don't...
People make this huge mistake. It's taken forever.
Now I'm frustrated. I'm going to blow up. I'm
going to be angry. I'm going to say something
I shouldn't say. I'm going to... throw something
right or i'm gonna just go sit in bed in front
of tv and watch a ton of tv or you know i'm gonna
do something take a drink of alcohol Something
to get my mind off of the fact that I have to
wait so long for things to be what I want them
to be. All of those are bad things. Do not use
coping mechanisms to deal with the gap in time.
That's not what the Bible asks us to do. So don't
numb yourself in any way, shape, or form while
you're waiting for God to do what God is going
to do next. Maybe he's already doing it, right?
So we practice the spiritual disciplines. That
means you read your Bible, you pray, you serve,
you give. You worship, do all those things, right?
You spend time in Christian community. You repent
of things during that period of gap. You might
find things that you did wrong, and you turn
back to God and say, God, I won't do that anymore.
And you focus on the pure. So what we watch,
that's what affects our mind and our heart. So
when you watch... We're in our movies and people
are killing people, even though we're like, it's
not real, it's just the actors, whatever, the
people are dying. That's not really focusing
on the pure. It's not sin necessarily to watch
a movie because it's just a movie, but it's not
focusing on the pure either. So it's not strengthening
your heart. It may not be weakening your heart
necessarily, but we're not called just to be
patient and then to take in whatever comes along.
It says strengthen your heart, right? So do the
things that will strengthen your heart. while
you're waiting for God to do what God's going
to do. And one of those things is definitely
not what? What is one thing that we definitely
don't do? From the verse, it said, don't do this.
do not complain right and certainly not complaining
against other people who are also on the journey
with you realize people are they're making mistakes
too right they've got their own aids their own
worries their own problems so when you complain
against other people even though again that's
it might be the legitimate complaint right they
did something you shouldn't they shouldn't have
done you might have a legitimate complaint but
when you put that out of your mouth You're not
succeeding in the thing that we're called to
do, which is what again? What was the overall
overarching thing that we're supposed to do?
Redeem the time. You're not redeeming the time.
So if God says, I'm going to do something amazing
in your life, I'm going to wait three months.
Then you should be able to spend the three months
waiting for God to do the amazing thing, redeeming
each moment, each hour, each day. So it's your
job. not to complain, but to strengthen your
heart, to be patient, bless you, and wait for
what God is doing, right? During that period
of time, we have examples. Remember, the prophets,
they knew about Jesus' coming. They didn't know
what he would look like or exactly how it would
go, but it was, bless you again, it was Isaiah
that wrote Isaiah 53. He wrote exactly what would
happen in Jesus' lifetime. Hundreds of years
before Jesus was born, those prophets were persecuted
unto death. Jeremiah was thrown in a muddy well
and left down there for days with no food and
no water because he spoke for God. They were
waiting to see what God was going to do. They
were going through horrible things. And they
were patient because they knew the ultimate of
what God was going to do is better. They were
redeeming the time. So they became our example.
And you become the example for somebody else
when you redeem the time, right? Because the
truth is we're all waiting for God to do something,
right? We're all waiting for Jesus to come back
again. It's bad here. There's disease. There's
villainy, right? There's a public agenda that's
like pushing thoughts on people to make us think
and feel a certain way. It's bad. These are the
evil days. But there are also good days. But
there are only good days if you redeem the time,
right? And that's the good days that we're offered.
And then we can count. that we are blessed and
be corrected as a blessed people and realize,
look, you're blessed. God is doing something.
But I'm waiting. It's not happening. It's going
wrong. Okay, well, I'm just going to watch a
lot of TV or read a lot of books or I'm just
going to... I'm going to focus on the good things.
It's like we're going to take a lot of vacations.
We're going to eat a lot of food. We're going
to drink some alcohol, the bungee jumping. I'm
going to do all the good things. It's like because
God is not doing what I want him to do fast enough.
If you fill the time, that is not the same thing
as redeeming the time. So think about what you
can do, which is be patient. Strengthen your
heart. Do not complain. Be an example to others
and look at the examples that have gone before
us. And then he uses this phrase, which is to
walk circumspectly. It's a big word. It just
means pay attention to what you're doing. If
you're going to redeem the time for the Lord,
pay attention to what you're doing. And if you
go like, this will be the deal. I'm just going
to play some video games for a while. And hours
go by. You probably didn't redeem the time. You
filled the time, but you didn't really redeem
the time. Okay, so our job is then to redeem
the time. I've had a number of people in ministry
over the years. My closing illustration will
be done. A number of people over the years have
told me, you just don't know. I had a guy tell
me, you don't know how it is on the street. I
had a guy tell me, you don't know the pain that
I've been through or the way my life is or like
that. You don't understand the struggle with
sin. And you really can't say that to somebody
else because we all understand the struggle with
sin in our own context, right? It's so hard sometimes
to do the right thing. And then you do the right
thing and redeem the time and you go, oh, that
really wasn't that hard at all. Like I'm fasting
right before I came here today and I'm not saying
anything negative or whatever. I haven't had
anything with fruits and vegetables and some
condiments and things like that. But we're now
approaching 30 days or something like that. And
Sherry made her signature meatloaf and reheated
it up for dinner before I got here. And my fingers
were on the meatloaf. I'm being completely sincere.
30 days. And yet I had a piece of meatloaf that
I was ready to break off the meatloaf to eat
it right before I came here. Now, I didn't do
it. And I felt the spirit say to me, no, you're
fasting. Don't do that. And I didn't eat it.
But the point is, it is like that for everybody.
We all... have those challenges. We all have
those struggles. They're different for each person.
So what do you do? Remember, redeem the time.
Think about it. Look closely at your life and
what you're doing with your moments and your
hours and your days and your weeks and redeem
the time. because that's the job that God has
given us to do. All right. Okay, so I've got
some tickets real quick that need to be distributed
before we can finish. If you have any tickets
that you're holding, make sure they get put up
on the... So this is a... Here. This is Donyell.
I just happened to see it. Your ticket on the
thing that you might want to win up here on the
front, and we're going to do the drawings, and
then we're going to pray. Put on whatever you
want to win. We're going to do a drawing and
we'll be done. We've got to pray yet. Put on
anything you want to wear. One time Natalie put
like seven on mine and Jayden put one on and
Jayden won. Jayden won. I was ready for you to
say Jayden won. That's great. I'm going to take
that. Are you going to be okay to play for us?
Huh? Are you going to be okay to play for us?
Oh, for sure. That's why I ran into tissue. It's
funny though. Okay. It looks like you are. I
don't know if that's draw. Yeah. Okay. Draw the
proud owner of a plus two edition for you and
a friend. Don't do the other one. I can't find
it. Tommy gets the experience. Oh, cool. Cool,
game movie. I don't have a friend yet. I don't
have a friend yet. I don't have a friend yet.
Apparently he just threw one. You want the markers?
What do I have to see? You can put it in here
if you want the markers or any of the prizes
that are left. It'd be really unfortunate if...
Okay, here we go. This is for all of us. T .T.
Tony Tate. Sweet, 20 bucks. Spoiler. Spoiler.
I mean, like one of these songs. That I don't
use. Dad, can you move it out of the way? No.
Suck. But I'm like over 3 ,000 days older than
you. Okay, sure. I'll do it again. Those two.
Jada. I'm going to go really high so Mike can't
reach it. Good catch, Jada. Thank you. Thank
you. Thank you. Thank you. The entire bag of
candy is Natalie. Yeah, Natalie! You got all
of your eggs in one cup. All right. I want to
tell you, it's going to lead us in prayer. We'll
pray together, and then we'll be done. All right.
Quick word of prayer. I read James chapter 5
a lot, and I just recently last year read it,
and just was blown away by that verse you just
read. I thought the craziest thing was when I
was reading it, it said that... When Job was
suffering, he didn't know the outcome of the
situation. And everybody can say it, but I heard
the Lord say, see what I'm saying, that you didn't
know the outcome of the situation either. You
read the outcome of the situation. And that's
kind of cool. It's like we don't know the outcomes
of any of our situations. And Job didn't know.
We didn't know Job was going to get past. We
didn't know what the prophets were going to do.
We're reading all these outcomes after the story.
And so in this time in our story, I love that,
redeem the time, that we can patiently suffer,
which means like to endure and not like a patience,
you know, just to, you know, take the hits, but
to take it with God, to enjoy it with God, to
do what's right with God. All of us, of course,
we all suffer. It doesn't mean we suffer wrongly.
It doesn't mean we suffer righteously for God.
It's just something I thought was really cool,
is that, yeah, none of us know our outcome, but
God does. So, Lord Jesus, I think first and foremost
that you know the outcome for all your brothers
and sisters. That's that this life is momentary.
So we ask for your strength and grace in our
life, in our work, in our families. things that
just really detours. We were not ready for it.
Sometimes it was not fair. It shouldn't have
happened in the first place, but Lord, you were
with us through it all. And so Lord, I pray for
your peace as you just be able to study with
you and peace when we get out of here. So just
strength and grace over New Life Fellowship and
the church itself. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen.
Thank you very much.