Redeeming the Time James 5:7-11

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

James 5 · chapter mention

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.