Practical Living

Dale O'Shields: Thank you for joining us for today's Practical Living broadcast. I pray that through this message, you will learn how to apply God's word and truths to any situation in your life. Stay with us as we discover God's truths that will transform us.

This morning, we continue together in a series entitled Life Quakes. I want to talk to you this morning and next weekend about how to respond to crisis. What do you do when a crisis comes your way? What does the Bible have to say to us about dealing effectively with crisis? The topic of our series together is Life Quakes, and we've used that phrase to describe moments that come our way that shake us up, moments that perhaps will cause your life to feel somewhat disrupted, maybe knocked out of a bit of equilibrium.

Sometimes these moments are natural transitions of life. You're moving from one season or event in your life to another. Sometimes these seasons come out of the blue, and we just find ourselves smack beside the head with something that happens we did not anticipate. It's a quaking moment, a shakeup moment in life. Jesus talked about this. He made it very clear that everybody experiences these. In fact, he described it in Matthew chapter seven, where he talked about two men building houses. One man built his house on rock. The other man built his house on sand. The storms, the winds, and the rain came to both men.

The difference was what their house was built upon. The man whose house was built on sand obviously disintegrated and was demolished by the storm. The man whose house was built on the rock stood firm. There we see the encouragement to build our lives on something that's solid: a personal relationship with God, the knowledge of his word, and the obedience to his word. We're looking at how to build our lives in a way that we're not shaken and destroyed by the quaking that comes our way in the experiences of life.

As I said, I want to talk to us today about one of those experiences. What's one of the life quakes that we encounter? One of those is something I'm going to broadly term here, and it's actually a term that has lots of different aspects to it, but I'm going to use one word to describe it: the crisis moments of life. Let me define for you what I mean by a crisis. A crisis is any turning point that you come to in your life that will either turn you toward danger or toward good. You're at a place where good things can happen or really bad things can happen.

You're in this moment that you've got to make a decision, and there's something looming over you that is quite perhaps dangerous and certainly frightening. It's this threatening moment of life that you've got to make a decision because something is upon you. A crisis in your life generally appears suddenly. You don't plan for crisis. Crisis comes again out of the blue. You do not anticipate them or expect them. They just show up in your life, and they set the stage for this feeling of danger and pain in your life.

When you go through a crisis, if you're like me, you feel certain things. You have emotions that happen. Often times, we feel panic, anxiety, and fear. All of us have those moments where we feel these emotions on the inside. If we're not careful, these emotions can drive us to some pretty bad decisions in these moments of life. We need to learn how to handle them the right way. We need to get a hold of some truths that will anchor us, that will allow you, when you're going through a crisis, not to be shaken and driven by the emotions that you feel on the inside.

I'm going to turn our attention today and next weekend to a man in the scripture who went through multiple crisis situations in his life. We'll be looking primarily at two of those crisis points, one this weekend and another one next weekend. The man's name is Elijah in the Old Testament. The Old Testament prophet Elijah, we'll take a look in just a moment at something about his life and an experience. In his story, we find out some key principles for each one of us. Let's take a look at the story of Elijah as we'll focus on today in First Kings chapter 17, beginning in verse number one.

Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, "As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, the God I serve, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word." Then the Lord said to Elijah, "Go to the east and hide by Cherith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River. Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food." So Elijah did as the Lord told him and camped beside Cherith Brook, east of the Jordan. The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook. But after a while, the brook dried up, and there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.

From this story of Elijah, I want us to look today at two things. We'll look at two additional things next weekend, but two primary things that you want to remember anytime you go through a crisis. Anytime something shows up suddenly in your world that you're shaken by as a crisis moment, remember these two things. Number one: Remember that God sees, God cares, God protects, and God provides. Simple statement, but nevertheless very important to remember. God sees and God cares, God protects and God provides.

To understand the story of Elijah as we've seen it described here in First Kings chapter 17, it's helpful to get a little bit of history about his life. Let's talk about Elijah and the setting in which he lived at this time. These events happened during the reign of a king by the name of Ahab, whose wife was known as Jezebel. Most of us are familiar with Ahab and Jezebel to some degree. Ahab and Jezebel were extremely, extremely wicked and idolatrous rulers. In fact, the Bible says in First Kings chapter 16, verse 33, "Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him."

Not only was Ahab a bad king, he was the baddest of bad kings, only perhaps to be compared to Jehoshaphat, who was also a very evil ruler as well. Many of the kings of Israel were obviously very evil rulers, but the Bible says that no one had done the kind of evil before Ahab like Ahab did. He's a man of idolatry, a worshiper of Baal, worshiper of Asherah. In fact, there's all kind of idolatry that he promulgates in the land of Israel during this time. People are falling away from God, being led by the influence of Ahab and Jezebel. So God raises up a prophet by the name of Elijah.

Elijah is sent to King Ahab to pronounce judgment because of the sins of Israel. So Elijah goes to Ahab, and there's a particular judgment that is proclaimed. Verse one of chapter 17 of First Kings: "Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, this wicked king, 'As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, the God I serve, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word.'" Elijah says it's not going to rain. No dew will be on the ground, no rain will come down from heaven until I speak again and give release that the rain will once again come.

Why is this so important? It's important because this is an agricultural culture. In a realm where it's an agrarian society, obviously they're very dependent upon rain. If you don't have rain, your crops are not going to grow. If your crops are not growing, obviously there's going to be a famine in the land, and people will starve and die. It's going to be great judgment upon the land. The whole idea behind this judgment coming from Elijah to King Ahab and Jezebel was that God was trying to bring his people back to repentance. Anytime God brings judgment upon a people, it's not because he's mad at them and hates them; it's because he wants to bring them back to a place of relationship with himself.

The problem is now exacerbated for Elijah because as soon as he's proclaimed this coming famine, this drought and famine in the land, Ahab and Jezebel view him as a terrible enemy. They are desiring now to kill him. They want to murder, put to death Ahab and Jezebel want to do this to Elijah. So Elijah needs to be protected. He needs to be secured. God had miraculous protection and provision for him. Let's go back to the story again in chapter 17, verse two. Then the Lord said to Elijah, "Go to the east and hide by the Cherith Brook." You need to hide because Ahab and Jezebel want to kill you. "Near where it enters the Jordan River. Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food."

Verse six says that the ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook. So God says, "I'm going to protect you. I'm going to put you in this little place over here. You'll be hidden from Ahab and Jezebel. They will not be able to find you. It will be beside a brook, and when all the water is drying up in Israel, there'll be a brook that will supply you with the water that you need. By the way, I'm going to send a flock of ravens every day to bring you groceries." This is the original DoorDash. This is God's version of Uber Eats.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if you woke up every morning and birds just dropped off your groceries? Never had to go to the grocery store. There they are at the front door for you. That's exactly what Elijah's experiencing. He's got a water source for him, and the birds are coming every day to drop off food. I don't know what the menu was, but whatever it was, it was okay. God brought him food there and protected and provided for him. This is an amazing miracle that is happening for Elijah. He's in a crisis, but God is showing himself strong to Elijah in the midst of this crisis. He's going to survive. He's going to be fine because God is taking care of him.

God has a way of taking care of people. I want to remind you today of these four things that I mentioned a moment ago. I want to dive into them just for a moment. When you're going through a crisis, you need to remember something because a crisis will make you forget certain things. When you're going through a crisis, you need to forcibly and intentionally cause yourself to remember some things. You need to remember that God sees me in my crisis, that I am not invisible to God. Even though it might feel like God doesn't see you, and often times we will ask the question, "God, where are you?"

I would remind you today that whatever you might go through in life, God sees you. His eyes are on you. He is a good heavenly father who is always watching over his children. First Peter chapter three, verse two says, "For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." The Bible says that God's eyes are on you. If you know Christ as savior and Lord of your life and his righteousness has been applied to your life, then you must understand that you're a part of the family of God. You're one of God's children, and his eyes are on you.

Hebrews 4:13 says, "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account." So remember in a crisis moment who sees you: God sees you. Not only does God see you, but God cares about you. It's one thing to see; it's another thing to care. We see things all the time that we don't really care about. But God not only sees you, he actually cares about you. He has a concern and a real love for you. As Peter writes in First Peter chapter five, verse seven, it's also repeated in the Old Testament in the book of Psalms: "Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you."

When I'm going through a crisis, I don't know what's happening. I can't figure out why this is occurring in my life. I remember something. I remember, God, you see me right now, and you see what's going on. I'm not invisible to you, but not only do you see me, you also actually care about me. You are concerned about the things that concern me. So God sees, and God cares, and then God protects. As your heavenly father, he's going to protect you. I'm sure that many of us could stand today and testify as we look back over our lives, times and moments when we've gone through very difficult things, and God put his arms around us and shielded us and brought us through things that we would never have survived had it not been for the grace of God at work in our lives.

He protected you by his angels, by his power, by his word, by his spirit. He is at work in your life to bring you protection. This is the assurance we have as followers of Christ. We're assured that God sees us, that God cares about us, and that God protects us. A great promise in Isaiah chapter 54, verse 17: "No weapon formed against you shall prosper." Isn't that beautiful to realize today? No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. Notice this: this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is not from themselves, their righteousness is from me, says the Lord.

God says no weapon—now listen, it doesn't say no weapon would be formed against you. It says no weapon formed against you will prosper. Oh, there'll be times that weapons are against us or seeking to assault us in certain ways, but the Bible says that no weapon formed against us will prosper. Every tongue that rises against us in judgment, we can condemn. We can stand firm because God is our source of protection. So in a crisis, God sees me. In a crisis, God cares about me. In a crisis, God protects me. The Bible says in Proverbs 18:10, "The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it, and they are safe." They're safe, security.

Then God provides for you. God arranges our provision. His care is demonstrated by his protection, and his care is demonstrated by his provision. See, care is not just something a person feels; care gets translated into action. The action of protection and the action of provision. Jesus, when he began his earthly ministry, starts out when he's 30 years of age, and he's baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. He comes up out of the water. He's affirmed by the father, and then he immediately goes into the wilderness where he's tempted for 40 days by the enemy, by Satan. He overcomes all of those temptations, and the Bible says he comes out of the wilderness in the power of the spirit.

He begins his ministry with his first preaching and teaching, and his words were "repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." He says, "Here's the kingdom of heaven. I'm coming to present it to you." Shortly right after that, Jesus goes into his very first teaching recorded in scripture. It's found in Matthew chapters five, six, and seven. These chapters are called the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus begins to describe what his kingdom is all about. He's wanting his new disciples to understand how to live with him, how to have relationship with him, how his kingdom operates. As a part of that Sermon on the Mount, in chapter six of Matthew, he begins to talk about provision in our lives.

Notice what he says to his disciples and to us today as well, because we are followers of Jesus, and his word applies obviously to us as well, the eternal word of God. In Matthew chapter six, verse 31 through 33, listen to the words of Jesus himself. By the way, Jesus is saying this to you today. Pastor Dale's not saying it; Jesus is saying this to you today. Notice what Jesus says to you today. Are your ears open this morning? Are you ready to hear what Jesus has to say to you? Here it is. "So don't worry." Whose words are these? Jesus. Who's words are these? Jesus. I'm just reading the Bible here. "So don't worry about these things, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'"

These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly father already knows all your needs. Seek the kingdom of God above all else and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Did you hear that? Seek his kingdom first and his righteousness, and he will give you, please notice this, he will give you everything you need. It did not say he would give you everything you want. Doesn't say that. Now God is very good, and he gives us things we want all the time. He's a good father, so he doesn't withhold good things. The Bible says that he gives us desires of our heart.

The promise here is very clear that God says he's the father in heaven who is going to give you. He knows what you need. He will give you everything you need. He supplies your needs; he doesn't supply your greeds, but he does supply your needs. That's a promise from God. Luke chapter 12, verse 24: "Look at the ravens." Jesus' words again. "They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. Are you far more valuable to him than any bird?" Obviously, he's asking this rhetorical question. Don't you realize God takes care of the birds? Are you not as valuable to God as the birds? Of course, far more valuable to God than even the birds.

Psalm 37:25, a passage that I'm growing to love more and more every day. "I was young and now I'm old." Every day you can appreciate this verse a lot more. David says, "I was young and now I'm old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread." David said, "I was a young guy and I watched God take care of me. I've lived with him all of these years, and now I'm an old guy, and I look and I say, 'You know what? I've never seen righteous people forsaken, and I've never seen their children out begging bread.'"

What do we remember today in the midst of a crisis? Remember that God sees you, that God cares about you, that God protects you, and God provides for you as you walk with him. Now, I believe one of the things that's valuable to us from time to time—I'm not a super believer in this in an extreme way, but I do believe there's value in it—and that's in making confession of the things that God says in his word, actually speaking out what God says is true. So in just a moment, I want to give you an opportunity today to let these words come out of your mouth, and the words will be: "God sees me, God cares about me, God protects me, and God provides for me."

I want you to say that with me together and let it come out of your mouth today. I want you to hear yourself saying it and the chorus of the congregation saying it together. Would you say it with me? God sees me, God cares about me, God protects me, and God provides for me. Now, I think we could—that was practice, alright? So let's try it all together again. Are you ready? God sees me, God cares about me, God protects me, and God provides for me. I think it would be good to do it one more time. We're almost there. I believe we're getting close. Alright, some of you woke up a little late this morning, so we're going to help you out with a third try. Are you ready? God sees me, God cares about me, God protects me, and God provides for me. Can we give God some praise for that today?

Aren't you thankful for him doing that in your life? This is who God is. God is your father. If you know Christ as savior and Lord of your life, if you've come into the family of God by the blood of Jesus, by your faith in Christ, if you belong to the family of God, you have a heavenly father who is seeing you and caring for you and protecting you and providing for you. By the way, if you've not come by way of the cross and knowing who Jesus is, and you have not yet met your father, you can meet him today. You can leave here today knowing God as your father through his son Jesus Christ.

There's a second point that I want to share with you today. Number one, we remember when we're going through a crisis that God sees, God cares, God protects, and God provides. But here's the second thing that you need to remember: that when you're going through a crisis, remember that God has many ways to meet your need. Elijah's story here in First Kings chapter 17 takes an interesting turn because what happens here in the story is that eventually the resources that God gave him by the brook and by the ravens, eventually these resources disappear because of the famine.

In fact, look at verse number seven of First Kings chapter 17 again: "Sometime later"—we don't know how long it would have been, but sometime later what happened? The brook dried up. Sometime later, we don't know exactly when, but what happened? The brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. This verse tells us that at some point in time, the natural source that was there, the ravens and the water that had been given to Elijah by God, it dried up. They were no longer there. The birds flew away. They're not delivering groceries anymore, and the water's not there anymore. This sometimes happens to us.

There are times in our lives when we have a source that we've been leaning on and relying upon in some measure to take care of us. Yes, it's a God source. It might have been a job that we have, and God has used that job to provide for our family to take care of us. Then suddenly the job is gone as a reduction in force, or something happens and we don't have that same job anymore. We wonder where did God go? What happened here? My source dried up. This is what's happening for Elijah. The water brook dried up, and the birds flew away, and the natural source dried up for him. It was depleted.

Our natural tendency anytime a source in our lives dries up, even it may be a source and we know that God has provided that for us, but when it dries up, we have a tendency to fall back into panic again. What am I going to do now because God was taking care of me through that source, that person, that job, that whatever it might be in your life? What will I do now? What's going to happen to me now? But remember that when resources dry up, God is still there. Remember that. Whatever your resources, when they dry up, God didn't dry up.

Look at the story again with me in First Kings 17, verses eight and nine. Verse seven told us that the brook had dried up. Do you remember that part we talked about? Now let's go to the very next verse and see what happens in verses eight and nine. So the brook dried up, and then what happened? The word of the Lord came to him, came to Elijah. So as soon as the brook dried up, then and only then God brings a new word to Elijah. The new word was this: God says, "Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food."

Something that had dried up now was being redirected in his life to another source. So when one thing dried up for Elijah, God had something else for him. Can I just encourage you in your life that when one thing dries up, when one door closes, keep your eyes open because another door is going to open. Amen. When a window of blessing seems to close in your life, don't panic. Are you hearing me today? When some window of blessing or some door of opportunity closes, don't panic. Why? Because if one door closes or one window closes or multiple resources close, don't be afraid. Don't panic because God has plenty of sources to take care of you.

God is the God who makes a way when there is no way. We use that phrase regularly. You'll hear me say it often. You will probably hear it in songs from time to time as songs of worship. God makes a way where there is no way. But let me explain to you why this is important for us to really believe, not just sing about or hear and say amen to a phrase, but to really believe that God makes a way when there seems to be no way. That phrase goes all the way back to the children of Israel in Egypt when they were exiting Egypt after the Passover and they're on their way out.

They're being delivered, and so they're on their way to the promised land after 430 years of slavery. Finally, they're free, and they're heading toward the promised land, but they run into an obstacle. It's a big obstacle. It's a crisis moment for them because the Red Sea is in front of them, and they hear the hoofbeats of Egyptian soldiers behind them. So they're pinned in between Pharaoh's army behind them and the Red Sea in front of them. Their opportunity has seemed closed. They're in a crisis at this moment.

God speaks to Moses and says, "Moses, what's in your hand?" Moses picks up the rod that God had blessed him with, the rod that he uses as a shepherd of Israel, and he stretches out his rod over the Red Sea. Of course, you know the story, do you not? What happened? God made a way where there was no way. He made a highway through a sea. Now, this is not some myth; this is the Bible that is true. This miracle really happened. How it happened, I don't know. We don't need to know. Bible doesn't tell us how it happened. As I've told you before, if the Bible is silent on something, it's because you don't need to know.

But God somehow miraculously caused that water to part and stand up as a wall on either side. The children of Israel marched right through that water. The Egyptians thought they could do the same thing. But the Egyptians did not have the God that the Israelites had. So as soon as the Egyptians entered into the Red Sea, the same water that was the deliverance for the Israelites became the destruction for the Egyptians. They didn't have the way because they were not in relationship, in covenant with God.

But when you're in covenant relationship with God—and what is a covenant? An agreement that you make, a commitment that you make to God, and you're walking with God, you've committed your life to Christ, you're seeking to serve him—when you're in covenant relationship with God, listen close again: God will make a way where there seems to be no way in your life. When the brook dries up, don't worry about the brook because God has something else for you. He'll open up doors that you could have never imagined being opened up because just because a brook is dried doesn't mean God's dry.

Vital to recognize: natural sources will often go away, but God never goes away. The apostle Paul, in the book of Ephesians, is giving a benediction of sorts to the Ephesian believers. It's kind of a prayer of blessing. In fact, you'll see Paul many times in some of his letters praying prayers for the believers. Ephesians is a classic book when it comes to this. There are a number of prayers that Paul prays for the believers in the book of Ephesians. Obviously, we can accept those prayers for ourselves as well; these are written for us also, inspired by the spirit of God.

Here's one of the prayers that Paul prayed for them and a prayer that is prayed for us as well and a prayer that instructs us also. Ephesians chapter three, verse 20: you need to get this into your heart today. "Now to him who is able"—boy, do I want to preach on the one who's able right now—"now to him who is able." What is he able to do? "Immeasurably more." What does immeasurably mean? Don't get your ruler out. Don't try to get your yardstick because you can't measure it.

He's able to do immeasurably more. More than what? "More than all we ask." Now, I can ask some pretty big things, how about you? Но this is the Bible. The Bible says that God is able to do immeasurably more, not just immeasurably, but immeasurably more than we could even ask for. But it doesn't stop there. "Or imagine." That means something in your head that you wouldn't even dare to ask for because it was so big you didn't dare even to ask. He is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to whose power? "His power that's at work where? Within us. To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever."

And all of God's people said, amen. Give him praise this morning for the God who is able. He's able. What is he able to do? Immeasurably more than you can even ask or imagine. Do not limit God. "My brook dried up, I'm not sure what I'm going to do now. The birds flew away, I'm not sure what I'm going to do now." Let me tell you what you do now. 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take him at his word, just to rest upon his promise, just to know, thus saith the Lord. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him. How I've proved him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus, oh for grace to trust him more.

Oh for grace to do what? Oh for grace to trust him more. It is sweet to trust in Jesus. Elijah's learning to walk this path. Ahab and Jezebel want to kill him. A famine has been proclaimed in the land. This is crisis for Elijah. And God says, "Oh, Elijah, by the way, I'm going to hide you by this brook and you'll have plenty of water and the birds are going to bring your groceries every day." And even when that all dries up, don't worry because I've got a widow appointed. And by the way, you don't normally go to widows for provision. That's a whole another story.

You better be here next week because you want to hear this story, I promise. I'm going to talk about the widow next week and how God uses the small things in our life in incredible ways. You don't want to miss this one. But to remember that God sees you. He saw Elijah, he sees you. God cares about you. He cared about Elijah, he cares about you. God protects you. He protected Elijah, he protects you. And God provides for you. He provided for Elijah, he'll provide for you.

Would you say again with me today: "God sees me." Come on, say it with me: "God sees me. God cares about me. God protects me. And God provides for me." And God is able to do immeasurably more than you can ask or imagine. Would you bow your heads with me as we pray today? Father, we thank you for the tremendous beauty of your word. Lord, these stories that are found going back thousands of years are stories that are very relevant to us today.

The story of Elijah and how you took him by that brook and you took care of him. And while the circumstances and the sophistication of our world is different from the time of Elijah, Lord, you still work in our lives in the same kind of way, that when our brooks dry up, that you don't leave us, you have something, Lord, provided for our future. I pray for anyone that's going through a crisis today. I pray, God, that in this moment that you would remind them that you see them, that you care, and that your care is translated into action: a provision and protection in their lives.

Let us trust in you with all of our hearts, our souls, knowing that you are able to do immeasurably more than anything we could ever ask or imagine. And may glory and honor be unto you. We pray in Christ's name, amen.

I would like to close today by giving you an opportunity to ask Jesus to be the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me right now? Right where you are, just simply bow your head with me. I'm going to give you a prayer to pray. You can simply whisper this prayer out from the sincerity of your heart, call upon God, and I promise that he will hear and answer you. So let's pray together. Start by simply whispering the name "Jesus." Let there come from your heart just the declaration of his name. Say, "Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, that I have fallen short with you. I'm sorry for all of my sins.

Jesus, I believe in you. I believe that you are God's son. I believe that you are the savior of the world. I believe that you died on the cross for my sins, and I believe that you rose from the grave, that you are alive today. Now pray these words: "Lord Jesus, come into my heart. Come into my life. Forgive me of my sins. Give me a new start in you. I commit my life to you, in Jesus' name, amen."

Now, if you prayed that prayer with me, I want to encourage you with a promise from God's word that says that when we call upon God's name, we call upon the son of God, there is salvation that comes to our lives. He changes us from the inside out, and you become a new creation. Old things pass away, all things become new, and that's exactly what has happened to you today. Your next step really is to make sure that you get into a good Bible-believing church. You begin to study God's word, get God's word in you, and to make sure that you get a copy of the Bible if you don't have one and begin to read it. Spend some time every day in prayer. I would encourage you also to check out the resources on our website that will help you to get going in your relationship with Jesus. You can find them at church-redeemer.org. Get those into your hands. Get started in your new life with Jesus Christ. Thanks again for joining us today. May God bless you, and we look forward to seeing you next time.