Take your Bibles in hand please. Turn to Hebrews chapter 10. Hebrews chapter 10. The scripture reading night will be verses 19 through 25. I hope more and more this will become a very familiar text to you. It is so pivotal in the life of the fellowship and the communion of the saints. Hear the word of the Lord. Hebrews 10 verse 19 and following, Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil that is His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another. and all the more as you see the day drawing near. May the Lord bless His Word to our hearts as it is read and as it is preached. Please be seated. Let's pray. Father, Your Word says that when there are two or more gather together there you are in our midst and I am grateful for that. How often you have met with small groups of believers in this life whom you have blessed greatly. Lord help us to fix our eyes upon the Lord Jesus small in number and yet Lord you are mighty in strength. Bless us. Help us to truly grow in grace. Help us, Father, to come to a clearer understanding of your purpose for us. Help us to be diligent as stewards of all the good things you've given to us, Father. In Christ's name we pray. Amen. Yesterday morning I went to A brief, well, couple of hours, I thought, you can say an awful lot in two hours on planting trees. And it was a little tree planting seminar. But what comes along with this seminar, you might say, what in the world are you doing that for, but are free treats. And they're quite valuable. If you've ever gone out to buy a good size tree, you know it's not inexpensive. And it was an interesting time. Everybody was there. We all had the one thing in common. We loved trees. And they were all very friendly. I proceeded to take everything. I had my clipboard and I had my chair and I had everything I needed. And then I get out of the car and I'm walking up the hill and I realize I don't have a pen. I left it in my Bible. Someone loaned me a pen. They were very gracious. in the midst of the lecture you could ask questions and so I asked a question about the pruning of fruit trees although these aren't the kind of trees we're going to get and later on when we were receiving our handouts on when we would get the trees and some other details a gentleman came up to me and he says you know what I here's a guy do you ever heard of this name and He must really be into trees. I don't know anybody related to trees. He does a great lecture on this and this is where you go on Thursday nights and Saturdays you do this. We had this fellowship going on. It was the fellowship of the tree people. I felt right at home there for about two hours. I think about our subject this evening. of the communion of saints. I mean, if people can get together, total strangers, and have a nice time for a couple hours learning about a hobby or an interest of theirs, how much more ought we to be blessed as saints of God, sons and daughters of the living God, when we gather together around the Lord Jesus Christ Himself and commune with Him and one another. We are so richly blessed, it is difficult to put it into words. But notice the words, or you can listen to this unless you have the Confession open to chapter 26 and paragraph 2, just the first part of the paragraph we're going to look at tonight. Remember our fellowship, the communion of saints is first of all with Him. We looked at 1 John chapter 1, studied that together, and we have a fellowship with him in his graces and sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory. We studied a text out of Philippians chapter 3. And we have then communion with one another in our gifts and graces. And we studied 1 Corinthians 12 and talked about the gifts of the body and how the body ministers one member, ministers to others, etc. Well this evening, paragraph 2, listen to this. Saints by profession are bound to maintain an holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual edification." Notice, central to the communion of saints is what? And in the Reformed Church, this is most important. There are churches that have kind of slid away, have suddenly moved away from this, and they have turned other activities, evangelism, outreach, those kind of things, And those things are vitally important, but central to the communion of the saints, as we read it here, and I agree, and we'll look at the text tonight and see what the Bible says, is what? Is the worship of God together. There's no sweeter, more holy communion on the face of this earth than the worship of God together, and then also performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual building up, their mutual edification. And I'm convinced that's exactly what Hebrews chapter 10 is talking about. There are certain texts that I have preached on over the years since I've been here, more than once, and this is one text. Now, I didn't go back and look at it, but I think I've probably preached on this at least three or four times in the last 13 years. If Dean were here, he could tell me. He writes these things in the margin of his Bible sometimes, the date. It's kind of convicting. You preached on that two weeks ago. I've never done that. I've been tempted to do it, because I wonder if anybody would even know. But anyway, here we are. Let's look at the text together. You think about the book of Hebrews now, and if you understand the context a little bit, it makes this text all the more sweet to open up together. Remember, in studying the book of Hebrews, you find that Christ Jesus is the preeminent one. And that ought to be a blessing right there to you. He is the preeminent one over Moses, over the angels, over the Aaronic priesthood. He is our perfect sacrifice. He is the High Priest of the New Covenant. Throughout Hebrews, with the thought of Christ being presented repeatedly and how marvelous, how perfect His work is, how secure we are in Him, throughout Hebrews there are constant warnings Don't fall away from the faith. We need the encouragement of who Christ is. Who is He? What has He done? And will He continue to do it for us? We need that hope and that encouragement. Don't fall away from the faith. And then we get to the last part of Hebrews chapter 10 verse 19. And that's exactly where we are right now. And it's filled with words of encouragement, of exhortation, to persevere in the faith and to bless one another, to be a blessing, to be an encouragement to one another in the faith. A sweet paragraph in the Word of God. Our confidence, brothers and sisters, point number one, is in Christ. It's in Him. It's looking to Him. He is, first of all, the perfect sacrifice. We see that in verses 19 to 20. In other words, the first half of the sermon has to do, the writer lays out the foundation for this sweet fellowship we have together. What's the basis for our fellowship? Yesterday, the basis for the fellowship in the morning was treats. Shade treats. Free shade treats. See, the free really got me. Do I need it? No, but it's free. I'm there, okay? But here, the basis is what? It's the blood of Jesus Christ, and it is the body of Jesus Christ, both mentioned in the book of Hebrews in our text. Look at verse 19. Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place, how? How do we enter into the holy place? by the blood of Jesus, and I hope you knew the answer without even looking at the text, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil that is His flesh. In Hebrews 9 verse 11 and following, when Christ appeared as a high priest to the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation. He entered into heaven itself, you see. He entered into that perfect tabernacle, the heavenly one. The one on earth was just a type, it was just a picture of the perfect one, the dwelling place of God, the holy of holies. That's where Jesus went. Not to the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood he entered the holy place once for all, having obtained, not trying to obtain, he obtained eternal redemption on behalf of his elect people, on behalf of his chosen people. And he did it through his blood. That's what our Hebrews 10 text says as well. It's repeated throughout the book of Hebrews. Notice the importance of the body of Christ. Look at verses 3-7 in chapter 10. But in those sacrifices, there is reminder of sins year after year, for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, when he comes into the world, he says, sacrifice an offering you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me. There's Christmas. There's the incarnation right there. It's a Christmas sermon. You didn't even know that. In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin, you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, Behold, I have come in the roll of the book that is written of me to do thy will, O God." Look at verse 10. By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Through the life and death of Christ, through the body and through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Makes me think of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, doesn't it? We're reminded of that on a regular basis of what He has accomplished, complete cleansing, a clear conscience, confidence to approach God, and one another without shame. See? We can take the mask off and we can be who we are because Almighty God has accepted me through Christ Jesus into the Holy of Holies. Now, in principle, I think we believe that. In practice, we struggle with it, don't we? We even struggle with it in our own homes, accepting one another, loving one another, warts and all, through our sins and our difficulties. So much comes to mind when I think about that. But brothers and sisters, we need to keep coming back to the blood of Christ and the body of Christ and believe it. That God the Spirit might help us to really live it. and apply it right where we live. In our marriages, with our children, with one another, in our communities, you see, as we reach out to sinners, wretched, poor people who are in desperate need of the grace of God, the gospel of the grace of God. And as you read Hebrews, you find that it frees us up to do what? The first thing, central, is to worship God. I don't have to hide anymore. Jesus Christ through His body and blood has opened the doors. He's entered the eternal sanctuary of God and He says, you follow me. We follow Him there in Christ. We go there as we worship. Marvelous, wonderful thoughts. And so we are free to worship and free to serve. I mean, who was free before God? Pilate, who sat before the people and said, I know this man is innocent, and therefore I'm innocent too. I washed my hands as he washed his hands symbolically before the people. Or was it Peter, who even though he denied his Lord three times, Peter was washed in the blood of Christ and Jesus came to him gently and said, Peter, you love me? Yes, I love you, Lord. Then feed my sheep. Jesus received him back. What a gracious, humble Lord. The perfect sacrifice of Christ, you see. Our confidence is Christ. That's what the text is about. Our confidence in Him. Secondly, not only is the sacrifice perfect, but His priesthood is perfect. Look at verse 21. And since we have a great priest over the house of God, we should do the following. Verse 22 and following. We'll get to that in a minute. We have what? A living advocate. He's not growing old. He won't grow weary. He won't fall into some kind of scandalous sin. He won't forget about us. He won't stop loving us. He won't do something contrary to the Word of God. He is our living, eternal advocate. And Hebrews tells us that. You go back in Hebrews chapter 4. And I love this portion of Hebrews 14-16, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. You made a confession, hang on to it. And the way you hang on to it is to continue it. Continue that witness, that confession to the truth. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things, as we are, yet without sin." It's amazing that he receives us. He was tempted and he's without sin. If anyone could stand aloof, wouldn't it be the perfect one? Wouldn't it be the one who would say, you're disgusting. I know what it was to be tempted by all these things. I didn't give up. I didn't give in. Why do you give in all the time? But he doesn't do that. In fact, in this very text, he bids us to draw near with confidence, there's the word confidence again, to the throne of grace. It's a throne of grace, not a throne of justice, not a throne of judgment, not a throne that you find wrath. It's a throne of grace that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need. I don't know, when you struggle, where do you go? I hope you flee to that throne. I hope you run to the throne. I hope you can hardly wait to get alone that you might be in the presence of the Lord and pour forth your tears, your heart, your concerns, your sins, your all in all. You can go there with confidence, it says. God is true. God is faithful. We have a faithful High Priest. Remember? The curtain of the temple, what happened to it? When Jesus was on that cross, He was torn in two, His wreath in two. A marvelous symbol, you see. In the Old Testament, one sinful man, once a year, would enter into the Holy of Holies, and the first thing he'd do would be what? To confess his sins, and the sins of his family, and the sins of the people, and offer up sacrifices for himself. And he would do that over a period of years, and then he would retire, and then he would die. And others would take his place, and that was repeated in the Old Covenant. But for us, we have confidence because Jesus is a faithful High Priest, because He lives even now to intercede for us, and He does so because He understands our weaknesses. He knows. I mean, we try to understand one another's weaknesses. You know, and some of us do better than others. And some of us are just ashamed, or some of us are afraid, or whatever the reaction might be. But He understands our weaknesses. And our confidence in coming to the throne of grace is in the person and work of Christ. And this calls, this foundational message you've just heard, it's called the Gospel. calls for a response. The gospel always calls for a response. And not just initially to believe in Jesus and now you've got fire insurance. It's a response of the whole life. Of every aspect of life. It's a response of consecration. Yes, the very first part of it is a response of worship. And that's really one of the marks of the genuine Christian. Do you love to worship? You're here. A few of us are gathered together tonight, an intimate gathering, because you want to hear the Word of the Lord, because you want to sing His praises, because you want to worship. Just because you're in a building doesn't make you a Christian, but it certainly is the mark of the genuine Christian who pursues the Lord, who worships God. Point number two, our fellowship. Our confidence is in Christ. Secondly, our fellowship with one another is in Christ Jesus. First of all, fellowship in worship. Fellowship in worship. Look at verse 22. Notice the three, let us, let us, let us. Let us draw near with a sincere or with a true heart in full assurance of faith. Our assurance is full and complete. I'm confident. Why? I'm confident by faith. in what he has promised and what the Word says he has accomplished and on the basis of the Word of God, not my feelings, I have this full assurance that he will receive me. Having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. I think this is talking about corporate worship. Notice verse 19, he says there for a brother Brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus. And you know, we do that in worship. We do it with the saints above. It is a spiritual exercise, because bodily, we remain in this building. But in the Spirit of Christ, in union with Christ, we enter into this heavenly worship every Lord's Day with the saints above. Look at verse 22. We draw near with a sincere heart, you see. Look at verse 25, not forsaking our own assembling together. I think he's talking about worship, corporate worship in this context. Let us, it's in the present tense, let us continually do this. Don't grow weary. You do it until your last breath, until your dying day. We are to do it. And how are we to do it? We are to do it with a sincere heart. And that really sets apart many people. You see, it's enough of a discipline to come out and to enter a building on Sundays and to sit and to go through the motions. And, you know, we can't read one another's hearts. But that's what God is looking for. He's looking for heart worshipers. He's looking for those who are sincerely singing praise and praying and receiving the Word into their hearts. We are to do it with a sincere heart. Notice he says, in full assurance of faith. We are to worship him by faith, trusting in the good news of the gospel as it is presented to us really almost on every single page of Scripture. Genesis 3.15 and on it we go with the history of redemption. In full assurance of faith, that God has and will cleanse us inwardly and outwardly. And again we read about the blood of Christ. And this blood of Christ is applied through the ministry of the Word. Turn to Hebrews 12. Notice verse 24. And to Jesus. We come to Jesus. He's talking about the new covenant here. The mediator of a new covenant. And to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood, of Abel. Remember, Abel's blood cried out from the earth unto the Lord. You know, no one's murdered in this world, and maybe the police can't figure it out. But God hears the cry of that blood. Well, there's no blood that cries out more clearly unto the throne of grace than the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. And that blood is effectual in and through the ministry of the Word to the souls of those who trust in Jesus. And notice he talks about the washing of our bodies. They're washed with pure water. I think it's a picture of water baptism, a picture of cleansing, of union with Christ, of commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ. Our hearts are cleansed and we take this symbol upon ourselves and it's a picture of this being brought, sovereignly brought into union with Him. And so I ask you the question, the symbol of baptism upon your life, do you know the reality of it in your heart? Has your heart been cleansed? Has your conscience been cleansed through the blood of Jesus Christ, that which the symbol points to. So, brothers and sisters, we are called to this place of worship. And that's what the Confession talks about. Communion, fellowship, being together as saints. There are many wonderful times that we experience as a church throughout the course of a year. thanks to the women of the church to a great degree because it's you ladies who even this Tuesday night will be thinking ahead and planning ahead what can we do to bless the Saints in fellowship. But the greatest blessing is found when we worship corporately together through the blood of Jesus Christ. We come to Him. That's why we should approach that throne of grace with confidence knowing that he will give us grace in our time of need. We come to worship to fellowship, but we come to worship to receive grace because we need all the help we can get to walk as a Christian in this crooked and perverse generation. Notice another point in verse 23. We are called the fellowship, the fellowship of worship, and then the fellowship to fellowship in hope. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. What is hope? God has given the people of God, you and me, a hope that the world knows nothing about. You see, hope is a confidence given by grace for the long haul. Hope is faith cast into the future. Hope is Christ. We know this. We cling to this. Our souls rejoice in this regardless of the circumstances and regardless of how long it will be Until the day of Christ's return, we cling to the fact that He is going to return and He's going to make all things right. That's our hope. No matter how bad it might be today or tomorrow, no matter all the injustices that are paid to the church of Jesus Christ, and it appears to me that more and more in our free country, that people are separating themselves apart from true, genuine Christians. Making them look like they are intolerant, like they are afraid of certain lifestyles. They are people that are unloving and not receiving of the world. And that's not what we are if we're following after the Lord Jesus, but that's what It looks like, but we still have that blessed hope that Jesus is going to come back. He's going to make all things right. Notice it says, He who promised is faithful. He who promised is going to do it. It isn't based upon your circumstances or your feelings. or what you can see taking place in time and history before you. It's based upon His Word and His character and His faithfulness. Remember that, brothers and sisters. Don't walk by sight. Walk by faith. You know, I remember when I was a young man, a young boy, when I heard these words, wait till your dad gets home. That was serious stuff. And I always wanted him to come home. I just wanted him at certain times to postpone it for a while. Maybe he'd forget or whatever. But I knew that he'd get home and he would talk to my mother first. And if I was in trouble, you know, well, judgment was coming. Of course there was a lot of grace there as well, but he was faithful. Now fathers do their best to be faithful, but we fall far short. But Jesus Christ is faithful in all the household of the father, you see, because he's not only a servant, he's also the son. And he will come back. That is the blessed hope that God has given to him. History is under His control. And we need to maintain that long-term perspective. We have never seen Jesus let us down on a daily basis. And look over your life as a Christian. You look back over the history of our short lives. Has Jesus ever let you down? Has he ever done something contrary to his word or something that is not for your best, for your growth? He never has. Wrongs will be made right. Promises will be fulfilled. We have this fellowship and hope, brothers and sisters. We need to encourage one another in that. He's coming back. He will make all things right. And then finally, We have a fellowship in love and good deeds. Look at verse 24 in our text. It says, and let us consider. Let us consider. And this is an interesting word. It means thoughtfully. It literally means to press the mind down. And you might think this is silly. Every time I read this, it makes me think of Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh. You know who Winnie the Pooh is. Kids, you know who Winnie the Pooh is? And whenever he had a problem in front of him, what would he do? He'd always go, think, think. Now, think, think, think. And he'd always be pressing on his head, trying to make himself think, being concerned, Am I the only one into Winnie the Pooh here, or do you not know this? And why did he do that? Because he was a bear of very little brains. That's why. Well that's not why the Lord puts this word here for us, that we have very little brains. But he puts it here because he says, I want you to thoughtfully consider the application here, what you are to do, how you are to respond. And oftentimes you hear sermons, but you don't press it down in your mind. You don't take it to heart. You don't walk out of here and you're still going, think, think, think. What did the Lord say to me? How must I respond? And I say that in all seriousness, in love, and good deeds. How to stimulate one another to love and good deeds. That's the positive. How can we do that? Now I thought, well, maybe I should bring out long lists of how you can do that. But really, it's in the plural. It isn't the pastor's job to make you think, think, think, you see. That's your job. You're to leave here thinking, how may I be a blessing to those about me? And yes, please, do start at home. How can you stimulate one another to love? Now, he wouldn't put it in there if it wasn't important. It's eminently important. How can we love one another? And our children are not going to know about love unless husbands and wives. We love one another and we love the Lord in truth. They learn what love is all about as they watch us. And how we love one another. To stimulate one another. To incite one another. To spur one another on. To stir one another up. Do you know why? Because we easily forget. We easily grow complacent. We easily get lazy in the Christian life. We easily look at ourselves and think of many ways of how we can love ourselves and bless ourselves. That's the normal fleshly tendency. It's all about me. But the text says that we need to help stimulate and encourage one another to love in good deeds. How are you going to do that? I decided I'm not going to lay it out for you. I'll put some things down here, but that's up to you and to me as individuals in the body of Christ. That's the positive. The negative is found in verse 25, not forsaking our own assembling together as is the habit of some. Don't give up meeting together. It's pretty simple. It's black and white. Faithful attendance. And that's not easy. I realize that. The flesh is weak. The spirit is willing. We can leave and be encouraged and a day or two later we're back in the same rut. You know I'm going to do this and I'm going to do that. Brothers and sisters, faithful attendance to the means of grace. And those of you here took discipline to get up and to come out here tonight. This time of year there are always distractions. This time of year it's tenfold. Faithful attendance to the worship of God, to the Word of God, to the means of grace. Don't stop meeting together. And then positively. Another positive there. But encouraging one another And all the more, as you see the day drawing near. The day is drawing near, you see. In light of Christ's return, let's encourage one another. I mean, I can't say that enough. Have you ever had someone, and I know you have, even this past week, say something to you about your character or performance or whatever, I thank you for this, I appreciate that, and just how it lifted you up. and how it encouraged you and how it motivates you. Well, thank you. I appreciate that. Just out of the blue. You weren't expecting it. And it came as this marvelous blessing from heaven through the lips of a brother or sister in Christ. Young, old, and in between. Oh, how we either build up or we tear down with our own words. The power of the tongue is incredible. This time of year, we're busy and harried, and our emotional tank is empty, and we're just trying to get everything done, and we need to encourage one another. Because the day of Christ is drawing near. It's not always going to be like this. There will come a day, whether it's in our generation or the next, I don't know when, will you be an encourager? Will you be ready on that day? when you see your Lord face to face. Final thoughts. We have a fellowship. That's what the Confession was talking about. It's the fellowship of faith, hope, and of love. Paul repeats those three words in a number of his epistles in the New Testament. Interesting. They come out here in one way or the other either implied or explicitly stated in Hebrews chapter 10. We have this fellowship of faith and hope and love. The world doesn't have that. You don't have faith and hope and love as you're looking at trees, digging a hole and planting a tree. That's fine. That's good. But you see, we have it, brothers and sisters, and the world doesn't. We need to pray that God would use us I was convicted recently, or I was convicted because I did something that hasn't been the habit that it ought to be in my own life. Recently I've had a chance to witness to a couple of different people, and you know what? It was a result of, in a conversation with that person, they're talking and I'm praying. And I said, Lord, please give me wisdom. How can I talk with this individual? And then the Lord just moved the conversation right around. I didn't move it around, the individual moved it around. But I don't do enough of that. I don't do enough of that. Our prayers, brothers and sisters, not only for opportune times to share our faith, but prayers for one another. You want to encourage one another? Pray for one another. Pray. You want to encourage one another? Come to the Bible studies and the worship services of this church and the various meetings that we have. We don't have a huge amount of meetings because we don't want to take you out every night of the week and wear you out and have you just say, I'm spiritual because I've made 13 meetings this week. That's not the point. But your presence to bless and encourage one another is appreciated greatly. Your service Your service, each and every one of you. Tangible deeds of love and encouragement. The bringing of others to church. Do you know what an encouragement that is? As we see new faces, we get to meet new people, we invite them into our homes, and we hear people say, you know, I was invited to four different places. I've never been in a church like this. I met with someone this last week and that's what they said to me. And I was greatly encouraged by that. But most of all, we encourage one another by our confidence, our genuine faith in Jesus Christ, in His death, and in His life. Think about it. Your love for Jesus Christ, your faith in Jesus Christ, does more to bless me than anything else you can do. Your testimony to Christ, your desire to talk about and elevate and worship and proclaim Christ is so encouraging to the people of this church and even beyond. William Carey was a man who considered his gifts to be very meager. But he was a man who persevered in the faith. Through many difficulties, many toils, many snares that came his way, this shoemaker by trade became a scholar, a linguist. In fact, some call him the father of modern missions. Remember his motto, expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. In old age, he made one thing clear. He said, if after my removal anyone should think it worth his while to write of my life, I will give you a criterion by which you may judge of its correctness. If he gives me credit for being a plotter, he will describe me justly. And you know what? I think there's a lot of plotters in the body of Christ. There's not many superstars. Most of us are plotters. Anything beyond this will be too much." Then he added, I can plod to this I owe everything. You see the world crowns quick success. God blesses long-term faithfulness. Your faithfulness is a blessed encouragement to those about you in the church. Constant daily faith in Jesus. He is our confidence. He is the very center of our fellowship and our communion. Let's pray. Father and our God, we praise you for the wisdom and the insight and the sweetness of this passage. The insight of the Westminster Divines as they speak of the very essence of communion, the communion of the saints, it's worship. And it's using our gifts to bless one another and to build up one another. Father, we thank you and we praise you for the gifts you've given to us, all because of the faithfulness of our High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. Please, bless us this week with a greater measure of your Spirit. May He fulfill us that our thoughts might be of Him, that our words might be encouraging and edifying, that our deeds might be focused, purposeful, all put together by your Spirit to build your kingdom and to bring glory to your great name. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.