Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:00:00]:
Everybody, thanks for joining us this Friday night. And, you know, although this is a time for prayer and healing, it's also a time that there's some other things. And maybe your prayer request isn't really a healing issue. It isn't even those kind of things. It doesn't mean that we won't pray for them. You can let us know. You can always text us the prayer requests that you guys have. You can text us at 808-593-793-5655.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:00:30]:
And if we have time to that, we're going to pray for that at the end of our gathering. But this evening, we're going to just jump on in. I wanted to talk in terms of, you know, where we are when we come to a place and we're talking about prayer and healing and all of those things. I think it's also in light of the fact that we live in the most technologically advanced time that there is. It's the most advanced that we have known in terms of medicine, in our way of easing human suffering. And that, you know, there's always new procedures that are coming online or new devices and technology and people who are doing various things of research, and it's amazing, right? And we all take advantage of that, don't we? Because if you, you know, had an accident, you broke a bone, you know, you might pray for yourself. But I would have no hesitation going to an emergency room. I had no hesitation going to a doctor.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:01:33]:
And I don't think you should as well, because there's nothing wrong with those things. In fact, I believe that these advancements that we see, these things are really part of the mandate that God has. The mandate that God had was to exercise dominion for man, to exercise dominion over the world. And so that's part of it, right? It's us learning how to take dominion over disease, us having dominion over human frailty. And so this is part of God's call for us in ruling over creation. Yet at the same time, despite all of this advancement, there's so much suffering in the world, right? And what we understand is that when there's a great need that what we see is that there's often the move of a great God. And, you know, my title for tonight is really simple. I guess it's just seeking Jesus because wherever you see people seeking Jesus, things change.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:02:33]:
And, you know, we sang this song earlier. I mean, tonight, right? What is that? The song House of Miracles. I love that song. And sometimes, you know, what are we saying? Are we saying it's this church that is the house of miracles versus other churches. No, you know what? It's every house where Jesus is welcomed. Right? That's a house of healing. Right? Every house where Jesus is not only welcomed, that he's worshiped, that he's honored, that he sought and that we see that in those moments that nothing is impossible. You know, I'm going to have a passage that we're going to really look at.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:03:08]:
And it's about the man who was paralyzed. He was a paralytic. He couldn't even walk. And his, his friends had to carry him to see Jesus. But before we do, I want you to see that, that anytime Jesus is welcomed in a place, anytime Jesus is welcome, that amazing thing has happened. I'm just going to listen a few brief things that one of those, the first, it's all these are found in the book of Luke. It's probably all found within about two chapters. And it says this in Luke chapter four, that you know, Jesus had been preaching in the synagogue and right before this he actually there was a man who was demon possessed.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:03:47]:
He sets that man free. And this is where Jesus has read and he says that the scripture is fulfilled, that he came to set the captives free and to proclaim the good news of the Lord. Right. To those who are downcast and downtrodden. Right. We see all that. And then it says, as soon as he's done, it says he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Who's Simon? That's Peter.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:04:18]:
And Simon's mother in law was ill with a high fever and they appealed to him on her behalf. In other words, that they said they brought her to Jesus. Right. And it says in verse 39, and he stood over her and rebuked the fever. Let's say rebuke the fever. Right. You know what? I'm glad he doesn't say. It doesn't say he rebuked his mother in law.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:04:43]:
He's not rebuking the mother in law. He's rebuking the fever that is afflicting the mother in law. And it says it left her. Now notice when we look at this, you know what he doesn't say? The way Jesus prays. Sometimes Jesus prays a lot different than the way you and I might have a tendency to pray because he didn't pray. He didn't pray. Father, would you heal this woman who is afflicted with this fever? Right. That's not how Jesus prays.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:05:13]:
He doesn't pray. Spirit of God, that you who filled me and anointed me that would you, if it was possible, would you heal this woman? He doesn't. Right? He, I believe, speaks with humility and authority. And humility and authority are two different things, but we need both. Jesus walked in authority, but Jesus was humble, wasn't he? He humbled himself before the Father. And we can all walk with a spirit of humility and I think at the same time have a spirit of authority. We know who we are and we know what we're called to. We know what God's promises are and, and will stand in those things.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:05:56]:
And if you look at how the disciples prayed later as they after the resurrection, that what we see is they spoke the same way Jesus spoke. And when they prayed for the sick and when they prayed for people, they prayed the same way. They spoke to an affliction, they spoke to a spirit, they spoke to parts of the body that were not well and that were not functioning and raised them up. Peter didn't only have his life changed as a result of encountering Jesus. You know what the good news is? So did his family. Isn't that wonderful? Right? It's like he's brought his family to Jesus as well. His mother, his mother in law. He says, I love that.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:06:40]:
Peter's mother in law. And it says this after she was healed and it says it left her, the fever left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them. You know, the thing about that is this might sound sexist to some today, but there were roles, right, for men's roles and women's roles. And many of us grew up that way. You know, like if you ever came to our house, maybe on a Super bowl or a New Year's Day or, you know, that kind of a thing, you know, what would often be seen, that the men would be found where watching the game and where were the ladies making the food, right? Doing all that kind of stuff, right? That's the way I was raised, right? And so I like it that way in my house too. No, but just kidding. But I don't mind cooking. But you know, the thing is that that was just kind of the culturally accepted way that they served, that they showed their love, they showed their devotion.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:07:41]:
And I love the fact that as soon as she healed, what does she do? She wants to show her devotion, her gratitude to Jesus and she serves them right. You know what I love? It doesn't say that she got what she needed and she left and she was out because there was a response of faith and devotion. And you know, the thing Is it goes on. Because in the very next verses it says, and now this is the same time. There's no. This is the very next verse. It says now the sun, when the sun was setting. So you know, she had served and all that they had eaten.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:08:20]:
They had all those things and all those who. And all those who had any who were sick with various diseases, brought them to him and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. And you know this aspect it says, who was. It was Jesus. Selective. It's like only Peter's family. You had to be from this village, right? You had to have come from the right. You had to have the right blood background.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:08:47]:
No, it says any who were sick and what kind of sickness. This is all different, right? You know what? I'm glad it doesn't say Jesus is the master of healing cancer. Because if. What if you don't have cancer? You ought a lot, right? What if you have a genetic problem? What if you have a. What if you had an accident? What if you've had like a stress level that all of a sudden that your body cannot function, you can't think straight. Sorry, you're out a lot. This is what it says, any who are sick and various diseases. And then it says this in verse 41.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:09:29]:
And demons too. And demons also came out of many crying out, you are the son of God. There is not a disease that Jesus cannot heal, right? We know sometimes. What did he heal? He healed Peter's mom. She just had a fever, right? I don't know, it might have been a flu, might have been this other thing, who knows? But what about other things? What about cancer? What about an autoimmune disease? There's no disease Jesus can't heal. There's nothing that's impossible with God. You know, A few weeks ago, after I got back from Japan, I got a call from one of my friends, a pastor to be since retired and still involved, still serving the Lord, still doing those things, just kind of retired from the role that he used to be. And some of you might know him, Pastor Marcus Sanders.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:10:22]:
He had been on staff at New Hope Oahu and planted a church out in Halawa. And he and his wife Laura, my wife and I have known them for quite a while before we started this church. And you know, he called and we were just talking and kind of he had some questions about some things. And just in the middle of it, he had mentioned, he said, you know, my wife got healed, right? And I said, what? No, I didn't know that but what I do know is that she had been a healthy woman, and then about eight years ago, nine years ago or so, remember them coming and visiting our church and seeing. And it's like, wow, she didn't look right. She looked very different. And she had come down with this thing called myasthenia gravis. I don't know if anybody's heard of this.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:11:13]:
I just read an article today that Monica Seles, the former professional tennis player, has the same thing. It's an autoimmune disease. It causes the muscles that you use voluntarily, like so, you know, like walking. It's not like, involuntary. It's not like a breathing, that kind of a thing. But you lose strength. And she lost weight, she lost strength, she had eating problems. And on top of that, she had heart issues that developed and something with her valve.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:11:43]:
And he says, no, I didn't tell you. He said, oh, yeah, about a year and a half ago now that we were just in a worship time and just somebody was. Just a person in the congregation just said, you know, I feel like the Lord is saying that somebody with myasthenia gravis is going to get healed tonight. And I don't know about you, but I've never heard anybody say. I mean, I've heard people talk about injuries. I've heard people talk about cancer. I've heard people talk about other, like, all kinds of diseases. I never heard anybody say that.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:12:16]:
And it's just maybe I just didn't know that many people with this illness. But at the end of that evening, she was totally healed, and so was her heart. Her strength has returned. She can eat normal because she couldn't eat normal. She had to eat like. It was like, you wouldn't like the diet that she had to be on. But she was just restored. Why? Because any disease, right? Because anything, you know, later we see.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:12:49]:
Just a few verses later, we see Jesus walking by and he sees a man with leprosy. And it says that when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, lord, if you will, you can make me clean. And sometimes, you know, maybe. Isn't that our thought, Lord? If you're willing, Lord. But the whole thing is, I don't know if you're willing, Lord. I don't know if you want to. I don't know how you heal. Do you have some you love and some you, you know, not so much.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:13:20]:
But this is what he says. He says, lord, if you will, you can make me clean. And Jesus stretched out his hands and touched him and you know what I love? It says, it doesn't say he healed him so he could touch him. It says he touched them. If you know anything about the Old Testament law is that a man who had leprosy was considered unclean and that if he were to touch someone who was unclean, he himself couldn't go in the temple. He himself needed to make some sacrifice. He himself needed to abstain from being around other people. But Jesus has a capacity when he touches the unclean.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:14:03]:
He doesn't become uncle. Become clean. And so we see this aspect of cleansing. There's different words in the Bible to talk about healing. One of those is the word to cleanse. It can mean a physically making clean, a spiritually making clean. It can come from this aspect of making somebody healed, right? We see this. We see this word therapeutical, where we get the word therapeutic.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:14:34]:
When he healed Jesus, mother in law and all those who came. And then we see this last passage, and I'm going to jump right into this part. Hopefully it's not too long here. But we see what happens a little while later after he comes to that town, a few verses that he comes to this one town. And everybody knows that Jesus is here. And there was a prayer meeting, there was a. A gathering, there was a Jesus event. And the house was packed.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:15:09]:
And it says that the house was so packed that people couldn't make their way in. And yet in the midst of that, there were different kinds of people over there. Not everybody was there because they loved Jesus. Not everybody was there because they believed Jesus. Not everybody was there because they needed something from Jesus, because they were skeptical people. There were Pharisees and scribes and people who were just really looking. It's like, I'm going to point out why he's wrong. I'm going to point out why he cannot be the Messiah.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:15:37]:
They were looking for ways to denounce him. And in that crowded circus of people who, some who believe, some who didn't, some who knew who Jesus was, some who didn't, and some who were against him and some who were for him. It says in the middle of that time, there were some men who had a friend who found himself. We don't know why, it doesn't say, but he was paralyzed, right? Paralyzed from the waist down. Paralytic, couldn't walk, paraplegic. And it says that because it was so crowded that they went up to the roof of the house and they started to tear the roof apart so that they could lower their friend before Jesus so that he could be healed now. I don't know. I think I have a pretty good capacity to not get distracted when we're.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:16:29]:
When I'm speaking, right? I tend to a block out a lot. Sometimes crying babies, right? Sometimes somebody's cell phone going off. Sometimes we try to attend to those things. But I have a capacity, I think fairly good capacity to tend to ignore those kinds of things. But I don't know how I would be if I was in the middle of teaching. And then I hear, and I see dust falling from the ceiling. Then I see this guy being locked. I probably would be pretty distracted.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:16:56]:
I don't know how Jesus was. I'm not Jesus. But Jesus, I'm sure, was on another level. But this is what happens when the man finally comes down in the middle of this crazy scene. It says this in verse 20, he says, and when he saw their faith, let's say their faith. Notice it doesn't say his faith, right? So this man who was paralyzed had no faith that Jesus could heal him. Maybe he didn't even want to be there. Some of you guys have people that you asked to come tonight.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:17:32]:
They didn't want to come. Sometimes there's people that said, can we just pray for you? And there's. Some people might tell you no. But the thing is, faith is a critical element we see in God's operation. Without faith, it's impossible to please God. Without faith, to be honest, usually we never see a miracle. It says in. There's.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:17:53]:
There's some sections where it says that when Jesus went into the town and that they didn't believe that this is his hometown, he says he could do very little except healed a few people. But here's the thing. Sometimes the people who have the faith are not the person being prayed for. There's been times when I've seen not even the person praying had the faith. It was the other people who were surrounding this person, their friends who prayed. To be honest, I've been that guy. I've been in this place where the guy said, hey, can you pray that my eyesight get corrected from 2400 to 2200 at least? And I said, why? Why is that? He says, oh, because I'm taking a test for the police academy to be recruit. And then this is what I was thinking in the back of my mind, like, maybe we should pray for a different job, you know? But we prayed.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:18:53]:
And to be honest, I prayed and I believed the best I could. But to be honest, I don't think I was really that focused. And the Next week he came to the Bible study and he said, praise God. I my eyesight, I went to the doctor, was 2200. And so he was able to make the application to the police academy. He didn't make it into police academy, but he had 2,200 as a result of that. Right. But you know what? It wasn't, I'll be honest, it wasn't my faith.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:19:25]:
It was his friends that were arrested in the circle, in that small group. Right? Faith needs to be present, but it doesn't say that person being prayed for and much less at times, I think you should be that if you have the. You're going to pray. But sometimes it's not even just other people. God responds to faith. Isn't that good news? Turn to your neighbor. God responds to your faith. And so when he's laid down or he's lowered down, they went up on the roof, they let him down.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:19:58]:
It says this, when he saw their faith, he said to the man, man, your sins are forgiven. And when he saw their faith, not again, not his faith. God responds. But I'll bet that, you know, when Jesus, I mean, when the man heard Jesus say, your sins are forgiven, that he probably wasn't the most excited. Why? Because his friends were saying, Jesus is a healer, I think, right? That's what they were believing because that's what they had faith for. He didn't come to get his sins forgiven. He came because his friend said he was get up and walk, that Jesus was a healer. He said, look, my leg don't work.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:20:42]:
Right? That's the problem. He had a physical affliction for sure. But you know, sometimes when we come to Jesus, that the first thing that he thinks is important is not necessarily the same thing we think is important. Right? And so because of that, the man, he says, your sins are forgiven. Because what would have happened if the man was healed but his sins weren't forgiven? He could have walked on and lived a great life or lived a merry, happy life and died and been separated from God for all of eternity. And so Jesus said this. Your greatest problem isn't what you think your greatest problem is. That's the greatest problem that bothers you.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:21:30]:
But you have a deeper need. And sometimes Jesus ministers to our deepest needs. And sometimes the needs that this is the thing that we're concerned about. And so we see that he forgives the man, but yet at the same time, that sets in motion a big discussion. And you say, who are you to forgive anybody? It's only God can forgive sins. And Jesus understands this aspect. And he says, yeah, I get what you're trying to get at. But because you don't believe that I can forgive sins, right? Because it's easy to say, your sins are forgiven.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:22:05]:
If I said, steve, your sins are forgiven, what does that look like? I don't know. I get good, I guess, right? But if I prayed, hey, get up and walk, and this guy is still sitting down and he cannot move, I think we can see it's evident, right? I didn't have the capacity to do that. So this is what Jesus says. He says now so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. That's the most important part, he's saying. Actually, he says, I say to you, rise and pick up your bed and go home. In other words, if you need to believe something that you cannot really see what's going on, the forgiveness of sin, the renewal of a person's heart, the renewal of a person's mind, you got to see something. So he says, get up and walk.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:22:58]:
And he says, immediately he rose before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. Amazement sees them all, and they glorify God and were filled with awe. Say, we have seen extraordinary things today. And you know, I think this is the aspect is the faith has to be present. And if you're here and you need prayer, or you're at home and you need prayer, or you, someone that you care about, maybe they don't even want to be prayed. But just let us know if you want us to pray for them, because we believe. We believe that God is able to do it right. If you have something that you would like prayer for tonight, we're going to have a chance to break up.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:23:44]:
And we're going to pray for those that are in the house. And we'll have a chance to pray for you online later if you text in at that number. But the thing is that even if you don't have faith, you know, we want to ask you, we're going to encourage you. What do you want Jesus to pray for you? One of the first things that Jesus does in many instances before he prays, he just asked him, what do you want me to do for you? And I think Jesus asked the same thing today. Why does he do that? I think he's trying to get us to say, lord, this is what I really. I need this. I'm trusting youg. I'm entrusting this to youo.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:24:25]:
I'm bringing out sometimes this thing I've never told anybody, right. I've never mentioned, I'm too embarrassed to say. But you know what? I've said this before. You might have heard me say it before. But I've noticed there's two things in life that sometimes drive us and that make us not want to come and be prayed for. And that's the desire for privacy, right? Because the thing that we struggle with, sometimes we don't. Not comfortable letting people know. But the other thing that we need is we need power, right? And we need prayer, right? So guess what? When I came down with prostate cancer, I knew that I had that same choice.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:25:12]:
But this is what I did. I sat the staff together first. Aside from my family, I let the staff know. And, you know, it wasn't comfortable because I had this young girl, staff Jasmine, right? She's quick as I'm sharing this thing, she's like, googling like, what is a prostate? What does it do? What is. You know, it's like, to be honest, I wasn't real comfortable with that, but I recognized I could opt for privacy or I could opt for prayer, but you cannot have both, right? So don't be embarrassed. Jesus said this. Come to me, all who are weary, heavy laden, burdened says, and you know what I'm going to ask you, give me your stress, give me your problem, give me your hurt, give me your wound, give me your shame, give me your guilt, whatever. And he says, I'm going to give you something.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:26:13]:
And it's a burden, but it's light. There's a responsibility. There's a sense of us being in this relationship and that I'm Lord and you're my child. But children have to listen to their Father, that we're supposed to respond to him. And so he says this, because when you do, you get both power and you get touched in that area of weakness, that area of pain. And so that's all that is. And so we're gonna have a moment to do that. And if you're at home and, you know, you might be wondering, are there any discussion questions? No discussion questions.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:26:55]:
I want you to just to maybe look at some of those things that I talked about and say, where are you in the midst of that? What's your situation? What's your story? And would you bring your things before God? And you can ask us to pray for them. But I want you to talk to God about it. I want you to bring that before him, be open before him and let him enter into that part. And we'd love to be able to partner and pray with you. Hey, we're going to have, we're going to pray for the Next probably about 35. I'm not 35 minutes because of time, but 25 minutes before we close. We'll be around even after. No matter if we're not finished.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:27:30]:
We'll stay till. I'll stay here till prayer for everybody that wants prayer. But I just would encourage you if you're at home, if you have something that you know you still need prayer for again, text us. We'll pray for that as well. But for those of us in the house, we're just going to take some time that if come up front and we'll just ask you probably a couple of those simple questions. What do you want Jesus to do for you? And we might just ask a couple questions and we'll have a chance to pray for you. Amen. Hey, let's come bring ourselves before Jesus.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:28:03]:
I'm going to close this portion in our word of prayer. Father, I thank youk that sometimes Lord, we're sometimes for various reasons, Lord, Sometimes it's easy for some to place their faith in the doctor. Sometimes it's the thing of control. Sometimes Lord, we maybe we're not really sure. Do youo really do these kinds of things today? Father, I thank youk that Lord, you never change. You are the same yesterday, today and forever. And Lord, the things that we see in the scripture. Lord, I'm so thankful.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:28:33]:
I've seen it in person. Lord. I've been the recipient of that, Lord. I've been the person who's been able to not just see God heal, but I've been a person who has been healed. And so Father, we're thankful that what you've done for one person you can do for another. Father, thank you. You're not a respecter of persons, Lord, but Father, that all who will find mercy and grace at the foot of the cross. Father, we're thankful you're a compassionate God.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:29:00]:
You're a life giving God, Lord, you're a God who shines light in darkness. And Father, thank you that you break chains and you heal broken bodies and broken spirits. Lord, we're thankful Lord, that tonight you're going to do the same. We receive that tonight in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Hey, we'll give you guys some time to pray at home and we're going to pray in the house. God bless Sam Sa Sa Sa sa Thankful that as people have been bringing things before you and Father, I thank youk for those that have been coming and those who have been been praying, Lord, for some of the healing.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:00:21]:
Lord, we're thankful. We're praying for physical things, Lord, that sometimes we're praying for the things of the heart. And Father, we are grateful that, Lord, it doesn't matter to youo that, Lord, you're able to hear the wounds in a body. But Lord, thank youk that yout're able to heal the wounds in the sou. And Father, we're bringing some folks before you, and if you're in the house and we didn't get a chance to pray for you, don't worry. We're going to have. We're still going to be around. But Father, we pray for Uncle Joe and Mike as they go through their cancer treatment.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:00:50]:
Father, I know that there's instability and there's changes that happen when that happens. But Father, we pray that would you have a hand of grace on them as they undergo this transformation treatment. So, Father, we're praying that in the name of Jesus, would you strengthen and restore and heal, Lord, these brothers. Father, we're praying for Olivia, who has some kind of hip injury. And Lord, sometimes it's in the middle of a new venture that, Lord, that things arise and see seem to derail our plans and seem to derail our hopes. But Father, we pray, Lord, that first, would you give her your peace? Father, I thank you that you're. Sometimes we're in that place and we fear, Lord, that this thing is going to derail all that I had hoped. But Father, I pray that for Olivia.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:01:51]:
Would she just put her hope in you because you are the God of all hope. And Lord, I don't know how long you want her to rest, but Lord, when you say to rest, I thank youk that yout're not saying it because you say you're taking it away, but, Lord, that yout're trying to do something deeper. Father, I pray that she would come to a place that she can understand that surrendering something is not the same thing as saying you don't care that it doesn't matter. But Lord, I pray that she would come to this place, that she could just say, lord, I'm just entrusting this thing to you and I thank you. You have good plans for her. Father, we thank you. She'll run again. Father, we thank you that she'll run stronger and farther, Lord, than she ever did.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:02:42]:
So we just pray a covering over Olivia. And Father, we're praying for family who came out of a hospital. And Lord, we're praying that would just be a covering over them, Lord, sometimes it's traumatic to go through that. Sometimes we get out and we're still processing some of those things. Sometimes we say spirit of fear, will you leave? Father we say that, Lord, that there would be a strength to move forward, forward and not be fearful, that I don't want to be just back in that place. Father, we receive. There's a spirit of wholeness on this family member. And Father, we're praying for other family members who are going through cancer and some in hospice.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:03:33]:
One in hospice. Lord, would it go well? Would it be easy for that person who's in hospice? Lord, I pray there would be a great capacity to have conversations, Lord, maybe some that we. We skip over when we're so busy living our life. But Lord, I pray that there would be the I love you's and the I'm sorry and I'm thankful, Lord, for that person. And Lord, would you. Would you'd ease their passage from this life to the next life. And Father, would they know the Lord of life in the midst of all of those things. And Father, we're also praying for healing on that person who's going through cancer.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:04:19]:
And Lord, we just thank youk that Jesus, would you be the center of it all? Father, we place youe in the center that his life wouldn't revolve around cancer. His life wouldn't revolve around hospice and revolve around you. Father, would there be a glory and grace that shines like a sunbeam in the middle of a dark stormy day, Lord, would there just be that beam that shines in him and through Him? Lord, this person. Father, we're also praying for the youth challenge that we're having this weekend. And Father, that Would those kids be encouraged, Father, would they know their value? Father, would they connect with you? Would they understand that, Lord, that in a place of being challenged right now and getting used to the program, Father, I thank youk. Would you'd just use this time to say, Lord, that a strength greater than themselves will help sustain them and bring them to the next season. We'll see them through this season. But Lord, that yout have better plans.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:05:26]:
Do we go through times like this because youe have better plans on the back end? And Father, we're praying for Cliff with stage one lung cancer. And Father, we just pray, Lord, would there be. Would there be a canceling of the spirit of retribution? And Father, that at times we think that what I deserve. But Lord, when we came to the Lord Jesus, we Never asked for what we deserve, Lord, we deserve judgment. But, Father, we just threw ourselves on the mercies of God. And Father, I pray that our brother Cliff would throw himself just on the mercies of God. Because, Lord, you don't desire to give him what he deserves. Lord, you desire to bring grace.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:06:33]:
You desire to bring wholeness, Lord, you desire to bring healing. So, Father, we just say in the name of Jesus, with that cancer be broken, but not only that cancer, but the spirit of retribution, Lord, it would be broken off of his life. Father, would there be a fresh grace? And Father, we're praying for Kimmy, Lord, that Lord, just. I know she's been dealing with some pain in her knees. And Lord, we're praying for restoration and healing. Father, we're praying, God, that would there be a match, God, of the stewardship of what you're doing, Lord, it's like for many of us that we have lifestyle things that we need to attend to, Lord, that doesn't make us be healed or qualify us for healing, but it helps us to maintain the healing. So, Father, we're praying for her needs to be healed. But, Father, we're asking God that would there be that commensurate thing that can steward the healing? Lord, sometimes we need to make lifestyle changes.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:07:42]:
Sometimes we need to make exercise changes. Sometimes we need to, Lord, I thank you that, Lord, I know it's not easy. I know it's not comfortable, but Father, we pray for a grace to cover our sister. And Father, we're just thankful. Thankful that, Lord, you see us and you know us. And Lord, I'm thankful for those who didn't opt for privacy, but they opted for prayer and for your power. And so, Father, I pray, Lord, for my brothers and sisters who are at home, would there be a fresh grace on them, Father, for those of us in the room as well. Thank youk, Lord, we lay our burdens at the feet of Jesus.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:08:25]:
And thank youk, Lord. We won't pick them up, Lord. We want to leave them at your feet. And when we're tempted, would you remind us, Lord? Would you remind us that we entrusted those to you, Lord, that we won't fish for them because we leave it in your sea of forgetfulness. We give thanks in Jesus name. God's people say amen. Amen. Amen.