and how you continue to pursue and reach those here who desperately need to hear about Jesus.
So, we're happy that you're back, we're happy that you're still here,
that you're faithful to see your perseverance. It's a blessing, a encouragement for us.
Yeah, and we're excited to bring a group here soon.
We're excited to bring a group here soon.
And come back and serve with you. Excited to bring these guys too.
So, Jody, can you present your family, your wife and children?
Yeah, so my wife Sarah, she's been up before. My oldest, Emma, who's 20, she came when she was in high school.
So, she's been here. And then I have Anna, who is 17, Lizzie, who's 16, and then Jack, who's 14.
So, Sarah, her wife, who stayed at home, who works at the church, who works at the administration, at the church over there.
But they also have four children. So, of course, the eldest, Emma, Anna, Lizzie.
And we don't forget the last one, no, the smallest, Jack.
Poor guy.
Shane, you can present yourself, your family.
My name is Shane. Hello.
That's all, thank you.
Hello, thank you. And Poutine, we learned Poutine too.
Poutine.
We learned it yesterday.
And Au revoir.
Au revoir, yeah.
Au revoir, okay, all right, yeah.
My family is my wife, Melissa, and she is at home with our two sons and daughter.
Leighton is four, Malachi is two, and McKenna is seven months.
So, please pray for her. She's by herself with all of that.
Leighton, just a moment, on the baseball game.
Kyle?
So, my name is Kyle, and I am our missions pastor at our church and also our small groups pastor.
So, it's the pastor of the small groups, the groups of growth, as well as the pastor for the missions.
And when Jody first came to California, he told me about you here in Montreal.
And I was excited, this is my first time being in Montreal, and I saw Jody's love for you and the work that you do here and the ministry that you do here.
And he did not disappoint, because this has been very exciting for me to see what you do here, how you worship the Lord, and how you reach your community.
So, they were happy, through Jody, to come and get to know us.
This is the first time he comes here in Quebec, the first time he comes to Montreal, and he was excited to get to know us more.
Kyle, could you say a few words about something that you're passionate about in ministry, something that you're passionate about in your ministry?
Yeah, my biggest passion is spiritual growth and seeing believers sanctified in the Lord, and as they grow and mature in their faith.
And so, I have the privilege to be able to work with our church and to be able to, and with our people, to be able to spur them along, as we would say, in their faith.
And so, seeing people take the next step in their faith really excites me.
So, the passion to see people grow, the brothers and sisters grow in their faith, to take steps of obedience and maturity. This is the passion of my minister. Thank you.
So, these are youth pastors, so this is the pastor of the missions and small groups, but Jody is the pastor responsible for all of youth.
Shane works for Jody, he works together as a team, but Jody is the one responsible.
What is your passion, Shane, in ministry, or your joy in ministry?
My joy is discipleship. You know, I love being with the people, but I love just going out with individuals or groups, especially high school students, and, you know, having them pursue the word and not pursue the world.
So, pursuing the Word and not the world. My passion, he says, is to make disciples, especially in youth, right? Youth, right?
We learned that word in youth. We're developing our vocabulary a little bit. That's good. Good.
He said, are you passionate about Poutine? Now, yes. Now, yes. That's good. That's good.
Poutine avenges us now.
I think for me, I just believe that if God's going to move, he's going to start in younger generations.
That's kind of been the pattern throughout history, and so I want to continue to run towards them, because so many are running from them.
That's the model, right? To see youth through history, which is part of spiritual awakening. So we want to go towards them. We don't want to run away from them, but we want to run towards youth.
And we're just trusting God's going to do something great.
Lord our Father, we thank you for our three brothers.
We thank you for our three brothers who came to visit us from outside. Thank you for their ministry. Thank you for their faithfulness to continue to share the gospel in California, but also to bring the gospel to all nations.
Lord, thank you for their heart. We pray that you would bless them and their families and their church. Thank you so much for the privilege of getting to know them and to hear of what you're doing, our Father, in their lives and in their church.
We pray that you may bless them.
Amen. Thank you guys.
We also met at the conference, at the Shepherds Conference, so it's always a great subject of joy to get to know brothers and sisters who love the Lord Jesus.
The more we talk together, the more we see, the more we feel in common. God's family is wonderful. It's great, it's wonderful. And one day we'll all be reunited. It's going to be really wonderful for that.
I would like to invite you to turn in the first letter of Paul to the Thessalonians, chapter 5. In fact, we're going to end today, even if it's Sunday, I decided to end because otherwise, with the guests we're going to have in the next few weeks, I thought we'd be a little too far apart.
So it's better to finish Paul's letter to the Thessalonians. I would like to ask you a confession this morning. I would like to ask you a confession this morning.
Do you watch a movie until the end? Do you watch a movie until the end, even the credits? Do we listen to a movie until the end? Be honest, please.
I think most of us would say we're not going to finish the movie as soon as he gives the final kiss, as soon as he gets married happily and has a lot of children.
Usually, it's at that moment that we close the television. Agree with me?
Sometimes, there are movies that have managed to put little scenes or bloopers, funny scenes, so that we can watch the credits. But the reality is that we usually don't go until the very end.
We don't want to see the credits, and even sometimes at the beginning, we want to move forward to go straight into the story.
Today, I'm going to take you to the credits. Look at the credits of Paul's letter to the Thessalonians.
And it's an important credits. We believe that all Scripture is inspired by God.
Do you believe that with me today? All Scripture is inspired by God and useful to teach, to convince, to correct, to instruct in justice,
so that the man of God is accomplished and proper to all good work. Even the genealogies, even the numberings, even the credits, the end of Paul's letter to the Thessalonians is good and useful to us.
This morning, I thought it would be a short message. I don't want to finish, but my friend, I found a lot of
questions. What is the answer of a model church? How is the church invited to answer as a church? And to do that, I would like us to read together the good word of God.
Let's read the last two chapters. We will start with that this morning. You will understand why in a moment. 1 Thessalonians 4, from verse 1. Let's read the good word of God.
Since you have learned from us how you should lead and please God, and that is what you are doing, we pray and we ask you in the name of Jesus Christ to walk in this direction of progress.
You know in effect what precepts we have given you from the Lord Jesus. What God wants is your, it's interesting, we heard, that walking in progress, what God wants is our sanctification.
We heard that in the testimonies. It's that you are abstaining from impudence. It's that each of you knows how to possess his body in holiness and in honesty, without delivering yourself to a passionate
person like the priests who do not know God. It's that no one uses in his brother fraud and greed in business because the Lord takes revenge for all these things, as we have already told you and attested.
Because God did not call us to impurity, but to sanctification. So he who rejects his precepts does not reject a man, but God who also gave you his Holy Spirit.
As for fraternal love, you do not need to be written about, because you have learned from God to love each other.
And that is also what you do to all the brothers in the whole of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to abandon more and more, rather to abound more and more in this love.
And to put your honor to live in peace, to take care of your own affairs and to work with your hands as we have recommended you, so that you can honestly lead yourself towards those outside,
and that you do not need anyone. We do not want you, brother, to be in ignorance of those who sleep, so that you do not be afflicted like the others who have no hope.
Because if we believe that Jesus is dead and that he is resurrected, we also believe that God will bring back by Jesus and with him those who are dead.
This is indeed what we declare to you after the word of the Lord. We the living, remain for the advent of the Lord, we will not avenge those who are dead.
For the Lord himself, with a sign given, with the voice of an archangel and the sound of the trumpet of God, will descend from heaven and the dead in Christ will first be resurrected.
Then we the living, who will remain, we will all be together, taken away with them on the night of the meeting of the Lord in the air.
And so we will always be with the Lord. So console yourselves, one by one, by these words.
As for the times and the moments, you do not need, brother, to be written about, because you know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Because you know well that when men will say, peace and safety, then a sudden ruin will surprise them,
as the pains of childhood surprise the pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, you are not in the darkness so that this day will surprise you like a thief.
You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.
We do not sleep as much as the others, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
But we who are of the day, let us be sober, having re-dressed the cuirass of faith and charity, and having for the helmet the hope of salvation.
For God did not make us angry, but to acquire salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who is dead for us, so that whether we watch or sleep, we live together with him.
That is why you should exhort yourself reciprocally and educate each other, as you actually do.
We pray to you, brothers, to have consideration for those who work among you, who direct you in the Lord and who exhort you.
Have for them a lot of affection for their work. Be in peace among you.
We also pray to you, brothers, to warn those who live in disorder.
To console those who are defeated. To support the weak. To use patience in all. Be careful that no one goes to harm for harm, but to always pursue good, be among you, be in all.
Pray always, joyfully, pray constantly, give thanks in everything, for it is in your eyes the will of God in Jesus Christ.
Do not stop the mind, do not despise prophecies, but examine everything, remember what is good, and abstain from all kinds of evil.
May the God of Peace sanctify you himself, and may all your being, spirit, soul and body be preserved irreprecably during the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The one who called you is faithful, and he will do it. Brothers, pray for us. Greet all brothers with a kiss.
I swear by the Lord that this letter is read to all brothers, that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
May the Eternal bless his word in our hearts today.
Yes, it is our response as a Church this morning in verses 25 to 28.
Yes, the generic this morning is our response as a Church, the end of our response as a Church.
First, we will see in verses 25 that we are invited to pray, not only to pray for each other, but also to pray for those who lead us.
We are also invited to show our fraternal love for each other, our fraternal love, our fraternal prayer for each other, our fraternal love for each other.
Finally, what we have just done together, the reading of the Word to each other, to each other, to each other, to each other.
We are invited to read the Word of God, and all this in verses 28, supported by the wonderful grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Without the grace of Jesus, where would we be today? Amen.
First, we see in verses 25 this invitation from the Apostle Paul.
He invites the Thessalonians to pray for him, to pray for Sylvain and Timothy, the three who are presented in 1 Thessalonians 1, verse 1,
and probably also the prayer for all the collaborators for the ministry.
A few moments ago, we prayed for Jodie, we prayed for Shane, we prayed for Kyle, because they also take part in the ministry.
They are co-workers for the Lord.
We are invited as a Church not only to think about our assembly, but to pray for others.
Paul here, after having prayed for the Thessalonians, asks the Thessalonians for the reciprocity they pray for him.
Look at verses 23 and 24, what we saw together on January 1st, our theme message for the year,
this year that we want to offer to the Lord in sanctification, in purity.
1 Thessalonians 5, verses 23 and 24 remind us the purpose of the Apostle Paul, the heart of the Apostle Paul for the Thessalonians,
that they may be sanctified, transformed.
That is why, as we have just read in the last two chapters,
that is why the Apostle Paul gives a series of practical exhortations to help the Thessalonians in their walk for Jesus every day.
But let us remember that these exhortations are based on the first three chapters,
where the Gospel is clearly announced and recalled.
They are based on the Gospel and this practical obedience for you and me, the obedience of every day.
Very practical things about how we must speak and act towards each other.
It is wonderful to see that after praying, after emphasizing his wish for the Thessalonians,
Paul will then ask that we pray for him. Paul was of the same nature as the people of the Church of Thessalonica.
We tend to raise a man, we tend to raise men, we tend to have people and say, this is a star.
When I was young, my favorite player was Patrick Roy. He was my favorite player.
Michael Jordan. I am old, it is true. I liked sports.
He was my idol. I wanted to have Air Jordan. I wanted to be a goalkeeper like Patrick Roy.
I loved that. To be like, maybe you are Diego Maradona,
maybe Pelé is your favorite soccer player.
We tend to raise men. We tend to see them as bigger than nature.
Paul said, I am of the same nature as you. I need prayers too. I am weak.
Paul recognized his limits. And to serve God, even the apostles asked, invited,
several times, to the churches to pray for them. We do not have time this morning.
Romans 15, Ephesians 6, Philippians 1, Colossians 4, 2 Thessalonians 3, Philimons 22.
Constantly, the Apostle Paul invited the churches to pray for him, seeing the spiritual fight.
Because it is a spiritual fight. And the invitation is made here to have this reciprocal prayer.
Did the priest ask that we pray for him? Those who have already been to Mass,
the Roman Catholic Church, do we ask that the priest invite people to pray for him?
No, he is the tool in the hands of the Lord to offer prayers for congregation.
This is not what the Bible teaches. Yes, pastors, we are invited.
And it is our duty to pray for you. And we do it with joy.
We are at the foot of the throne of grace to ask God to grab your hearts,
to accompany you, to keep you in your life. But we too, dear friends,
we need your prayers. And we are of the same faith as you, whether it be the leaders,
the ministers, the diaconesses, the ancients, the pastors,
or anyone else, our General Director, Louis Bourque, pray for him.
Pray for François Turcotte, the director of our seminary. Pray for them.
They need our prayers. Our missionaries need our prayers.
We are of the same faith. We are of the same nature. We need these prayers.
These reciprocal prayers. It is interesting, when in Ephesians 6,
Paul just expressed what spiritual combat is. He just expressed armor.
He explains what the armor of the believer is. He made this metaphor with the armor of the Roman soldier.
He says in Ephesians 6, in verse 18,
made at all times by the Spirit all kinds of prayers and supplications,
watch over them with full perseverance and pray for all the saints.
Verse 19, pray for me. Paul says pray for me. I am in prison.
Paul is in prison when he writes to the Ephesians.
Pray for me so that when I open my mouth,
I am given the opportunity to openly and freely know the mystery of the Gospel,
for which I am an ambassador in the TV channels,
and that I speak about it with confidence, as I must speak about it.
Prayer often comes back, not so much to pray for contacts,
but to pray that we have the boldness, the courage, the audacity, the faith
to speak of the Lord Jesus.
And let me tell you, I was here Friday night with our youth.
I was so encouraged by our youth, who was here and who asked questions.
We profited while we had invited pastors.
How can we speak of Jesus around us, in our school?
How can I speak to a friend who is of Muslim faith, or of Catholic faith,
or who does not have faith, who is atheist?
How can I speak of Jesus and our youth?
I was very encouraged. It was one of our best youths.
I could see the attitude, the participation, the heart of the young people
for their friends at school.
How can God manifest himself, touch, transform hearts?
Beloved, pray for our youth, so that it may be the salt of the earth
and the light of the world, and that it may not be influenced by the world,
but instead that it may be them who influence the beloved ones.
Brothers and sisters, what joy we have to pray for each other.
When we gather together in groups during the week,
we do not keep the last five minutes to pray.
No, these are spiritual growth groups.
A growth group means that we must do another teaching, a course.
No, a growth group is, yes, teaching, but it is also prayer.
Because when we pray, we ask God to act.
Much more than all the things I could teach or do.
God is almighty to transform me.
And when I pray with my Bible open and ask God,
Lord, I want to put your Word into practice. Help me, Lord.
Lord, show me. Make this prayer.
Psalm 139. Make this prayer.
Trust me in God.
Know my heart.
Test me. Know my thoughts.
Show me what way I am.
I am convinced that it is the prayer that God always exalts.
The prayer where we ask God to reveal our heart.
So that we can confess, you confess, to Pastor Nicolas your sins.
No. Confess to the pastors of the Church your sins.
Confess your sins to God.
But in James 5 verse 16, he tells us to confess to one another.
How are we going to do that?
On Sunday morning, do we do that, confession?
Is that how we confess our sins to one another?
We can ask for forgiveness. Sometimes there is a general confession,
but specific confessions.
It's not Sunday morning.
If you want to pray with someone, they ask you to join a small group.
If you want to obey James 5 verse 16,
confess your sins to one another,
and pray to one another so that you are healed.
The fervent prayer of the righteous has great effectiveness.
Because I was talking about the Church, my friends in the United States,
and I was talking about some of you.
I couldn't help myself from talking about Edward Fontaine.
He's a character, we know him, we love him, brother.
I also talked about what God has done in his life.
I said, it's prayer.
On Wednesday night, Daniel Lassan,
it's Serge, it's Zeus, it's others here in the Church
who on their knees asked God to act.
And God acted, pardon my French.
I said, Lord, it's a miracle.
The miracle of conversion, my friends.
The miracle of spiritual growth.
It passes, it begins, it continues, and it ends on its knees.
It's on its knees.
It's when we pray for each other.
When I pray for a brother, a sister,
I pray for a distant, distant
God is at work, and he does it, doesn't he?
Pray for each other.
Ephesians 1 Thessalonians 5, verse 17,
we saw it a few weeks ago in the message,
but also pray for us.
We need to pray.
And thank you, Kevin, thank you for your leadership this morning.
It's not even my idea, it's his idea.
So we work together without knowing it, same spirit.
Jesus said that my house would be called a house for teaching.
My house would be called a house for coffee.
Muffin coffee, breakfasts are good, aren't they?
It's fun, isn't it?
My house would be called a house for fraternal communion.
No.
When they changed the temple,
they took advantage of people, they stole people.
You made a thief's cave.
Jesus said that my house would be called a house for prayer.
For all nations.
You see all nations gathered this morning?
Prayer unites us.
Prayer humiliates us.
Prayer makes us work together.
And it's great, it's beautiful.
In the end credits, there's another little tip, another little tip.
Prayer.
Prayer for us.
Pray for your elders.
Pray that God gives them wisdom, according to John chapter 1.
Pray for your elders that they have a lot of patience
with each of the brebis, full of love.
Pray for your elders so that they dispense
the word of truth with them.
We want to teach the word of God, not the ideas of Nick.
The word of God, that it is communicated with justice.
Pray for your Sunday school teachers,
Mathieu, who we heard this morning,
Danny, others, those who teach the teenagers.
Pray for them that God gives them the words,
but also the wisdom to teach with rightness.
Those who teach our children now, pray for us.
We need prayers.
But secondly, we see in verse 26,
this invitation to have a holy kiss.
I thought, hey, that's going to be interesting.
It's not often that we have a message on the holy kiss.
What does the holy kiss mean?
This warm and fraternal greeting.
I see couples getting closer here.
Is it correct to have a holy kiss in the couple?
Of course. Of course.
Is it a cultural element?
Why is it in the word?
Why is it repeated at least five times?
Four times by Paul and once by Peter.
Why is it repeated to be greeted by a holy kiss?
Is it in the word of God?
Is it good for us?
Do we need that?
What does it refer to?
Is it cultural, a way that Christians of the first century
would greet each other, but for us,
after COVID, I'm not sure,
he's munching in the morning, not sure of himself,
a little scared of himself.
Is that it?
Is the North American approach, not so Quebec,
Americans, it's the side hug,
that's how we greet each other.
It's a little more, you know.
I looked in the comments,
was there a kiss of respect
to honor those who were in authority?
I don't think that's what Paul is going to talk about here.
Is it a way to copy another mysterious religion
of the time?
Some believe that. It doesn't seem to make sense.
Does it become part of the cult when believers meet?
Some believe so, but it seems to me
that we all agree here,
by looking in the comments,
that the kiss, in the end,
distinguishes the members of the same family,
a sign of our relationship and our proximity.
We are a family.
And so, how do we treat a family?
There is certainly a touch,
there is certainly an affection.
There is something in our family.
Not only our family of blood,
but our family of spiritual blood.
The family of the Lord Jesus,
that Jesus is made to be his own blood.
We are brothers and sisters of blood.
My mother always says that the real family,
the real family, maybe you've heard that,
is the family of God.
That's the real family.
It's the family that not only
meets here on earth,
but will continue to eternity.
Incredible.
Because Jesus, his brothers, his mother,
his brothers were there,
he took that to talk to him,
and Jesus was busy.
It's not that he wanted to ignore his family,
really not, in Matthew chapter 12,
when we ask the question to Jesus,
they want to talk to you,
Jesus says to them,
Who is my mother?
Who are my brothers?
And he reaches out to his disciples,
the family of God.
He says, Here is my mother,
here are my brothers,
because whoever does the will of my Father,
who is in heaven,
this one is my brother,
this one is my father,
this one is my sister,
this one is my brother.
Beloved, we are the family of God.
We speak to the saints here,
we speak to brothers and sisters.
We must show love, respect,
we don't want to go too far,
we understand,
some may need more space,
I understand, we are different, it's true.
But we are a family,
and even in our contacts,
we want to be able to show love.
You are important to me.
You are my brother, you are my sister.
It doesn't bother me how much money you make.
It doesn't bother me where you stay.
It doesn't bother me where you come from.
That's not what is important.
What is important is that
you have the same Father as me.
Jesus died for you.
Jesus died for me.
We are children of God.
We are part of the family of God.
We are united in the community,
in the family of God.
And so we are attached to them.
Obviously, in all purity.
The text is so well done.
I always tell you that the words are well done.
It's well done.
The Holy Kiss is encouraged,
it's not the kiss, but it's the Holy Kiss.
So it's done in holiness, in purity.
Maybe men with men.
Some believe it was like the Jews.
Men with men, women with women.
Cultural element, maybe.
We are brothers and sisters.
That's the point.
And no matter where you come from,
no matter your social class,
no matter your economic class,
you are my family,
and here you are included, you are invited.
And when I go to you,
and even when I give you a Holy hug,
a hug, a kiss on the cheek,
a handful of hands,
it's not cold and distant, it's warm.
You are my brother, you are my sister.
And Paul wanted to see that
in the Church of Thessalonica.
I am here for you,
I am here with you.
We walk together for Jesus.
We are the family of God.
And it raises the question,
what do we do, each of us,
to include others?
What is your level of inclusiveness?
Or inclusivism?
I invent words, it's fun.
To include, what do I do
to include new people?
To invite them, to show them.
Maybe you are not yet part of the family of God.
This morning, we want you to know Jesus, our Father.
The children, they sang that he is the Redeemer of the world.
Thank you, our Father, for sending Jesus, your Son.
The Father sent what was best, his own Son,
to make us a family, the family of God.
It seems to me that it should appear
in our relationships with each other.
The Holy Kiss, this Holy hug,
where we show our love to each other.
Thirdly, and last, we already did it this morning,
when I read with you, or in front of you,
1 Thessalonians chapter 4.
Paul had asked that the letter be circulated,
that it be read in front of all.
Not all had a level of education at the time,
to be able to read.
Not all had access, it's not Bibles.
We have so many Bibles at home, it's so easy.
If you don't have a Bible this morning,
we have some that we want to give you.
If you don't have a Bible, we want to give you one.
If we don't have one in your language,
we will order one for you, with pleasure.
We want you to have a copy in your hands
of the Word of God.
But not all had access to the Bible in the first century.
Not all had a scroll, it was rare,
it was unbending, it was complicated.
We take that and our Bible...
It's not very important for us.
Realize, Christians of the first century,
how fascinated they would have been.
You all have a Bible in your language,
and you are able to read it.
Wow!
But in the first century, we don't have this privilege.
Paul says, look at verse 27,
I will give you...
Hey, that's like 1 Thessalonians 4, verse 1.
What?
The same strength as the exaltation of the beginning here.
I will give you...
At the end of verse 1 of chapter 4,
we will give you in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Listen, that's a very strong word,
we've already seen it.
A strong word, a recommendation, an exaltation,
a pli-doi-ye with apostolic authority.
At the level of the gradation,
Paul gives, it's not an accident,
it's not a course mistake.
We give you.
Hey, it's a strong recommendation
that the Word of God be read in assembly.
Thank you Serge, thank you Kevin,
thank you Mathieu, thank you Édouard,
thank you when you lead the Church,
when you read the Word of God,
when you make a call to worship
by using the Word of God.
When you invite us to confession
by using the Word of God.
When you lead us to worship Jesus
with the good Word of God.
I pledge before the Lord
that this letter be read to all brothers.
Beloved, Paul told his protégé, his guy,
Paul told Timothy,
until I come, apply yourself to the communion
in the Church.
No, apply yourself to the reading,
to the reading, to the exaltation,
to the teaching.
Not only to read it,
but as Néhemi did with Esdrasse,
we want to read and explain the meaning
of the Scriptures,
so that everyone not only can understand it,
but also can put it into practice.
All this, beloved, by grace,
the wonderful grace of the Lord Jesus.
I invite the team of Lujanje to move forward
while we finish this morning our time
with a block of Lujanje,
where we want to celebrate together
the grace of the Lord Jesus,
Osana, the one who came to us,
this Jesus that we want to celebrate.
Yes, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you.
It's not a flat generic.
We need the grace of God
every day of our lives.
I don't just need the grace
to enter into the family of God.
The gift of eternal life that Jesus gave me,
the forgiveness of my sins,
repentance and faith,
are a grace.
Beloved, every day of my life,
I am attached to the grace of the Lord Jesus.
It means support,
it means the work of Jesus,
the good news of the Gospel every day.
I need the grace so much.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you all. Amen.