Your congregation this morning. Indeed, we were again greatly blessed and privileged in the having the Lord's Supper administered here in this church in Jordan. We were reminded this morning of God's great goodness. Weren't we? We saw the goodness of the father, for example, in providing us with the gift of his well beloved son. We were reminded of the goodness of the sun himself and being willing to suffer and to die for sinners like us. And we, of course, in the Lord's Supper also are reminded of the Holy Spirit of Pentecost, who is willing to apply point us to that sun and apply what he has accomplished to our hearts as well in the Lord's Supper. Every time we have it administered, we see Plainly the goodness of the Lord in the gospel. But what about Monday and Tuesday and next week and the next 10 weeks until the next Lord's Supper? How should we think of the Lord's Supper then? Well, we shouldn't forget about it. We shouldn't just think of it today. and then forget about it for the next 10 weeks. And this is true, whether we are believers or whether you are an unbeliever. And instead, we should use the Lord's Supper as an encouragement every day or whenever we need encouragement, an encouragement to believe or to believe more during the next 10 weeks. And it can be an encouragement because we think of it, we can see it as an extra guarantee of God's grace. An extra guarantee. We cannot live without Christ. We are sorry for our sins and we put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is true that God will never leave us or forsake us. But he will always be with us, he will always be for us and he will always be there to help us. And this is because the Lord Jesus Christ was the one who was forsaken as a substitute of sinners like us. And this is what he has said, what God has said in his word, this wonderful truth. But in case we might be tempted to doubt God's word in the next 10 weeks, he has given us this guarantee, this extra guarantee of this truth of God. And he has guaranteed it so much that he not only spoke to us through his word of his grace, but as we were even in our seats in the pews, we could see what was taking place. We could see the Lord Jesus, that his body was broken. As we were sitting here, we could even touch the bread and touch the wine. We could even taste it. It was a guarantee one after another of the grace of God that God has truly punished his son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as our substitute so that God will never, ever, ever do the same to us who believe in his name. in the Lord Jesus Christ. And this wonderful promise then, which the Lord's Supper encourages us to believe, is what we want to look at this afternoon with God's help. This promise which we find in Hebrews 13 and also in the other passages which we have read. We will read this from Hebrews 13 verses 5B and 6A. We read, For he that is God has said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee, so that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper. Our theme is, I will never leave you nor forsake you. I will never leave you nor forsake you. We have four points. First, the beneficiaries of this promise or or those who actually benefit and profit from this promise. Secondly, the message of this promise, the message. Thirdly, the certainty and fourthly, the usefulness of this promise. Well, in this book or this epistle or the letter, really, the unknown author was writing to the Hebrews or the Hebrew speaking Christians back then who were the Jewish believers. He was writing to them because they were being persecuted and in their persecution they were contemplating simply giving up their Christianity and going back to their old practices of Judaism and to do this in order to have an easier life without persecution. But the author here in Hebrews reasoned with them throughout the whole book to not do that, to not go down that road, but instead to persevere as professing Christians despite the cost, despite even the worst persecution. And his rationale was or is that serving Christ, It's far better than anything else, even the worst persecution serving Christ. It's far better. And so this is what the book of Hebrews covers in chapters one all the way through chapter 12. This argument. And then in chapter 13, the author, he no longer reasoned with them to persevere being Christians, but he exhorted them how to be Christians in their context, how he exhorted them about Christian living. And so as we open chapter 13, we see the exhortations there. He exhorted them to brotherly love. Christians are to exercise much brotherly love. He exhorts them also to hospitality. We are to be hospitable. He exhorts them to remember the afflicted, those who they know are afflicted, to remember them, to pray for them, to help them. He exhorts them to live chastely. And then also he exhorts them to not live covetously. And He says in verse 5, he says, let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as ye have. So instead of being covetous, you need to be content. And then he gives a reason why, even when they were in great need, which they were, even when they were in great poverty, perhaps, and in great persecution, He gives them a reason why even then, even in the extreme circumstances, they did not have to covet what others had, but they could be content with what they had. And the reason was also in verse five, for he has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. For he has said this, or we can say because he has said this. And now this afternoon, we're not going to look so much at the exhortation to not be covetous, although that would, of course, be a good post communion message in itself. But we're going to focus particularly on this very profitable promise of God, which God has provided us himself. And we must think of it that way as well, that it is something coming from God. It is not something from an earthly father or an earthly mother or a friend or some great king or some great ruler, even in this world. But this is from God, God himself. It's not from someone who has to leave us at death or at their death or our death, but this is God himself who is eternal, who does not die. This is the Father. This is the Son. This is the Holy Spirit, our triune God, who promises this. God has said this in the past and he says it still today because God changes not. He said it to all Israel, for example, in Deuteronomy, the passage which we have read. He said it there to the people through Moses. And he also said it to Joshua. I will never leave you. I will never forsake you. He said it to the Hebrews. Here as well, in chapter 13, I will never, ever leave you nor forsake you. It is not just anyone talking. It is God himself, almighty, eternal God. What he has said is really not only a promise, but it is a covenant promise. And this means that it is not only true in the days back then, but it is also true today as well among God's covenant people. True back then and true now. But who among God's covenant people, and this is where we're going to start, who among God's covenant people back then as well as now are eternally benefit from such a promise? Who are the beneficiaries of such a great promise? Well, first of all, it is those who are savingly in Christ. Even though God through Christ greatly helped those Old Testament covenant people in many ways, especially in entering Canaan and facing those mighty enemies. Yet not all of them would experience the eternal reality of this promise, but only those who had a saving relationship with God. God gave them this promise because they were set apart in Christ as God's covenant people. Because of Pentecost, the same is true for us, the New Testament church of the Hebrews, but also of us, everyone who is baptized, everyone who is in the covenant. God gives us all his covenant promises because we are set apart in Christ. And God may indeed help us. He may shower his blessings on us in many ways. But if we are not savingly in Christ, we will not experience the real and the eternal reality of the promises, including this one. And in fact, if we would die unsaved, the promise will be changed, as Pastor Niels has recently told you, will be changed into a curse. And instead of it being for us, it will be used against us. And so the beneficiaries then of this covenant promise are only those who are savingly in Christ. Those who have a saving relationship with God through Christ, like even like also Joshua had himself. So the question for us this afternoon is, are we are you one of these people by God's wonderful grace? Are you young people, older people, parents? The question really is, are you a believer? Are you repentant of your sins? Do you trust in the Lord Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins through his sin cleansing blood. And if you are not a believer, you must beware, because, as we have said, the covenant promises will be changed to covenant curses for you if you die unbelieving, if you die unsaved and instead of God never leaving nor forsaking you, he will. He will eternally leave you eternally forsaken. And that means of all his blessings forever. This is really what happens in hell. Hell is not a blessed place. And so are you one who is savingly in Christ? By God's grace, you can say you are. And you can hold this promise close to your heart and it is eternally yours. And nothing can reverse it. Nothing can dissent all it. Nothing whatsoever. And even the fact that we as believers continue to sin. That's the second description of these beneficiaries. Those who are savingly in Christ, even though they still sin. There is no such thing as a believer who doesn't still sin. Although we are new creatures, although we have a new inner man, although we have a willing spirit, yet our flesh is still weak. And so we still sin. We can put it like this. And in many ways we fail to be like Christ who has saved us. And who we are now to follow and seek to be like. We are to be Christ-like in all of our life. We're to have Christ-like thoughts and Christ-like words and Christ-like deeds all the time. We're to think and speak and act like he would all the time. But there is not one believer here, not one communicant here. There's not one of us here who can say that they do not fail in this. Even every day we sin. We have impure thoughts, perhaps. We become judgmental at times, perhaps. We have uncompassionate thoughts, perhaps. Uncompassionate words. Uncompassionate deeds. And the list can go on. Maybe some bigger sins are presently haunting you. Some bigger ones. Maybe you have become very sensitive to even some smaller ones. In some smaller ways, you fail to be like Christ. But the question is, are you repentant of them and are you a believer? Can you deny that? Can you still cry out to whom else shall we go? Is your hope of forgiveness and eternal life still in the Savior? If it is, Then though you and though we still sin and though we will continue to sin, yet we are still the beneficiaries of this amazing promise in our text. Even though we sin and the beneficiaries also are those who are sleeping in Christ, even when they face great challenges in life. Even when they face great challenges in life. Joshua, The Israelites, they faced a very great challenge. They had to enter a strange nation, a land of many and mighty enemies, land which even had giants, boys and girls. But God promised that he would never leave them nor forsake them. The New Testament Church of the Hebrews also faced a great challenge, much persecution. And if God was instructing them to persevere, He promised he would never leave them nor forsake them. At times, we also experience great challenges in our lives, dear believers. Mothers, at times you can be overwhelmed in your mothering. Fathers, you can be overwhelmed at times in the challenge of providing for your family. Young people and students, you can be challenged at times in your schoolwork or in other work that you do. Seniors can be challenged with all the challenges of old age. We all face the challenges in life of sickness. The pain of some indeed more than others. We all face challenges, even the challenge of overcoming sin. But what is the great comfort of the believer that even when we are greatly challenged? We are nonetheless the beneficiaries of this promise of God. And let's see what this promise then really contains in our second point, the message of this promise. What is the comfort in it for believers who still sin, who might even face great challenges at times in their life. What is the comfort in this promise? Well, the comfort is, for one thing, that God will never leave nor forsake. Leave nor forsake. Let's look at those two words for a minute. Leave and forsake. To leave here really means to put away. And Scripture speaks of this putting away in other places as well, and it usually speaks of it in the context of putting away sin. We are to put sin away far away, have nothing to do with it, never permitted to return, never permitted to come near to us. Although we are sinners and though we deserve to be put away by God and far away and forever away, put away from him and his blessed presence and all his blessings, yet God will never put believers away from him. Not far, not at all, not ever. He will not leave us. He also will not forsake us. It's a similar but different word. To forsake here is really the other side of the coin. It really means to go away. If you put something away, then you're also going away from it. And so God will not only not put us away from him, but he will also not go away from us. He will not just leave us alone in whatever situation we are in. He will not depart from us with his presence. Although, of course, at times you might feel that he has. But those are our feelings. That's not reality. The truth is that he hasn't departed from us, and he will not. The message of this promise, then, is that God, his Father, his Son, his Holy Spirit, will never leave believers nor forsake them. And so he doesn't. But instead, he's always present. The second thing we see here, he will always be present instead. He will not leave us and put us away from Him, but He will hold us close like a father holds a newborn baby or a mother holds a newborn baby. He will hold us close. He will keep us close to Him forever. We might not always feel this, but even though our feelings change, this truth doesn't. And also, instead of forsaking us and going away and departing from us, He will go amazingly, wherever we go. The Psalm 23 also confirms, surely goodness and mercy, which is the goodness and mercy of God, shall follow me all the days of my life. This is also what Deuteronomy and Joshua say. Deuteronomy 31 verse 6. And here the text does not only say that he will not leave nor forsake, but it also says the Lord, your God, He is the one who goes with you, which is the opposite of not leaving or forsaking. Deuteronomy 31 verse 8 says, And the Lord, he will be with you. Joshua 1 verse 6, As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. God says the same thing to believers today. I'm with you, with you wherever you are, with you wherever you go. with you in whatever you experience with you in whatever your struggles might be, whatever your struggles over sin might be, whatever challenges you might face in life. I am with you always. And in fact, God is so near that also, as we have heard this morning, he's so, so near to us that he's even in us by his Holy Spirit. He is always present with us, dear believers. And this is also a good example of how we should treat one another. And children, this is a good example of how you should treat your parents and your siblings. Be close to them. Strive to be close. Strive to support them. Strive to have a close, loving relationship with each other. You should make this your resolve. She says, God made this his resolve to believers. That's the third thing we see about this message. He has made this his resolve. He himself has said, I will never leave nor forsake. I will. We often make resolves too. Young people, you might resolve to not do this or that activity again because it displeases your parents. Or it displeases God. You make a resolve. Well, what happens? Well, sometimes after a little while, you find yourself doing that same thing again. Or it might resolve to not say certain things. To not think negatively of others. But soon after, you do. You break the resolve. Or if we look at our positive results, instead of acting and talking and thinking in a certain way, we might resolve children to do this or that activity because we know it pleases our parents or it pleases God. We might resolve to have a more godly talk, a more godly walk, more godly, more positive thoughts. But again, we come to fail. We fail in our resolve to break our resolve. But how thankful we can be, though, that God does not. And that God changes not. He is the great promise keeper. How thankful we can be that when he makes a resolve or a promise, he keeps it. He has never not kept one of them. He will always keep them all. including the one in our text. And that can be our comfort to your believers. He will never, will never leave you nor forsake you. He has made it his resolve. And it is greatly edifying too, I think, to think that our God who has said this is triune. He is the great three in one boys and girls. the one God, but consisting of three persons. And so in each of his persons, really, he resolves to never leave nor forsake any believers. Our relationship with the Father, which was broken due to the fall, which has been restored by faith in Christ, will never be broken again. The Father resolves to never break that again, but to always be in relationship with us, to always be with us. The Son, our precious Savior, came to die for our sins. He resolved to never stop representing us as our Savior, as our mediator, as our Lord as well. And he will always be with us, as he himself has said in Matthew, with you to the end of the world. And that is by his Spirit. And so also the Holy Spirit resolves to never entirely stop ministering to us of the things of Christ and to dwell in our hearts. He resolves to never stop comforting us and never stop sanctifying us. Our Triune God has truly made this promise in our text his resolve. He doesn't say he might do this, but he He doesn't say he might not do this, but he will not do this. He will not forsake or leave. His resolves we can be assured are not fickle like ours so often are. We know in our third point the certainty of this promise. His resolves, his promises are absolutely certain. And how do we know this? How can we be so sure of ourselves? Well, we know this promise is certain by the repetitions in it, first of all. It's known by the repetitions. The first set of repetitions we have here is the words leave and forsake. We must admit, though, as we pointed out some differences, these words are still very similar. The one simply reinforces the other. No one would have said the point sufficiently. But still, both words were used. And why did God want this? It was for emphasis, stressing the certainty of the fact. This was more common in the scriptures as well. There's a second set of repetitions, though, and this is a very remarkable one, indeed. the repetition of the negative, the repetition of the negative. And there's no less than five negative expressions in these few words. Five negative expressions. Literally, our text says this in the Greek. I will never, never in the English Only one never appears, because in English, if there's two nevers, well, it becomes a little awkward. In fact, two nevers cancel each other out and make a positive. But that's not the way it works in Greek. And so in Greek, it literally says, I will never, never leave you, nor never, never. Even though these two nevers are not in the English again, both of them actually aren't in the English. Yet, I assure you, they are there. And they're not in English because it would be awkward for English to have that, but they're there in the Greek. And so our text actually really said, I will never, never leave you, nor never, never forsake you. Five negative expressions. Never, never, nor never, never. It is absolutely undeniable that God wants us to understand that this promise is truly certain. He will Times five, never leave us nor forsake us. Certainty of this promise. But the certainty is also known by simply God's character. God, as the Bible says he is, is the true and faithful one. Always true, always faithful. He is the ever faithful God who's ever faithful to his own word. We can always rest in his faithfulness. We can make it our doxology, our anthem, our praise. Oh, the faithfulness of the Lord. And so it is certain that he will be faithful also with this promise. He will be and he must be. Because faithful is who he is. And if he wasn't faithful, he would cease to be God. He has to be faithful to this promise. And so we know it's certainty. We also know the certainty, though, by what Christ experienced. You're reminded of in our introduction and in the Lord's Supper this morning. 2 Corinthians 1 verse 20 says also for all the promises of God and him in Christ are yea and in him, Amen. And that is because of what Christ has experienced. He was obedient even unto death. He was obedient on our behalf, dear believers, at all points during his life, including the voluntary dying on the cross. And on the cross, he truly atoned for our sins. And he was the one who was forsaken so that we will not ever be forsaken. He took away the barrier of sin, which was between us and God. And so he made the way to the Father open. He opened the way of salvation. He opened the gates of peace. He made the way available for sinners. So now all who believe in the Son, the Father will never leave nor forsake with his love, with his fatherly compassion. Because Christ, what he has experienced, took that barrier away. And the Son also will never leave nor forsake believers. Why would He? It is for believers that He has died. He has come. He has taken on our flesh and He has died for us. Why would He forsake us? The Spirit also will never leave or forsake believers, but He will always be in our hearts, even though we grieve Him. He is the Spirit of the Father. but also the Spirit of the Son. And being God Himself, He is most willing to consent to the will of the Father and the will of the Son and always remain dwelling in us. For Christ's sake. So the certainty of this promise is known by the repetitions, by God's character, by what Christ experienced, but also simply by experience, our experience, dear believers. Isn't this also a good indicator of the certainty of this promise for us today? And I'm sure that if I asked many of you here, and especially the older ones, if I asked you whether God has been faithful to his promise to you, You would have to say yes. Though with all of grace, I must say yes, God has been faithful. He has not left me alone. And at times it might not seem like it, but you are still here today, aren't you? Faithfulness of the Lord, known by experience. This is the wonderful promise which we have in our text. I will never leave you nor forsake you. We've seen the beneficiaries of this promise. We've seen the message of this promise. We've seen the certainty of this promise, especially in what Christ has experienced. It was also confirmed to us in the Lord's Supper. And now I want to see a more practical note, see the usefulness of this promise, how useful this promise can be in our everyday lives. We can take it with us. and use it. Verse 6A says, So we may boldly say or believe the Lord is my helper. So this promise is useful, first of all, because it helps us to believe that God truly is our helper and forever will be our helper. The Lord is my helper. We can believe this even boldly, not hesitantly, but boldly or Texas. So we may boldly say or believe that God is our helper. And if God is always with us, that doesn't mean that he will just be passive. He'll just be there and do nothing. But he is there to help us. He is with us to help us. So we don't have to hesitantly believe that he is our helper, just hope that he will help us. He will help us. We can boldly, confidently believe this. And not because we deserve his help, but because of Christ and the certainty of this promise. We can believe that God is our helper, even in difficult times. That's when it's the most helpful. And it is helpful indeed. Jeremiah somewhere says nothing is too hard for the Lord. Nothing. Might be too hard for us, but not too hard for the Lord. So even in our most difficult times, most overwhelming challenges in life, we can boldly believe that God is our helper because he promises to be with us, to never leave nor forsake, but to be with us forever. and nothing is too hard for him who is with us. We can believe that God is our helper boldly in difficult times, but let us also confess this to others. This is a very powerful means of witnessing. We can be a powerful witness in this way. A text even says, so we may boldly say. It says say. You know, people ask you, If you're having a difficulty, people come and ask you how you manage. Don't just say, oh, it's not really that bad. Oh, I manage. You have a responsibility as a Christian to mention the name of the Lord. Say the Lord is my helper. Say something like that, just as we have in our text. I manage because the Lord is my helper. And if they ask you what you mean, you can repeat this promise because God has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. And once you say this, this might really get them to ask more questions and more questions. And you can really have the opportunity to present the gospel to them. Saying that the Lord is your helper even to confessing Christians when they ask is a good thing as well. It can really be a powerful witness to confessing Christians. can remind them and encourage them of that truth, which is true for them as well. Well, this promise is useful because it helps us to believe that God is our helper. But secondly, it is useful because it gives us resolve to not be afraid. As verse six goes on and says, I will not fear. I will not fear what man shall do unto You do not have to fear our circumstances. Maybe you are looking up against something in your life. Maybe there's some situation in your life which you are afraid of. Or you are afraid that might happen. Maybe it concerns your health. Or the health of someone you love. Or maybe it concerns your employment. Even your reputation. But if you are a believer, God's promise to be should be sufficient reason to not be afraid of any circumstances. Also, if man is one of the greatest fears of mankind is man himself. You know what this is like, we sometimes can fear what people might say about us or think about us or even do to us. This can include even family members, even relatives, There can be so many fears sometimes, even in extended families. If only there was more harmony in our families. We must do our part. It is our responsibility to seek to live peaceably with all men. We must not be afraid to strive to have good relationships. We don't have to be afraid of how others will respond. We don't have to be afraid of man. Because God is with us. And God promises to never not be with us. We also don't have to be afraid of God. Afraid of God. Maybe there is a sin, commission or omission, which you continue to struggle with. Maybe you continue to fail to be like Christ in this or that area. And you might fear what God might do to you You might think perhaps a period of chastisement is in store. And you become afraid of what that might be. But you don't have to be afraid of our God. You don't have to be afraid of what He might do. Because He is with us. And He promises to never leave us nor forsake us. And it will all be okay. It will all be for our good. It says somewhere else in Romans 8.28 All things work together for our good. This promise is useful also because it gives us reason to be content. Reason to be content. Instead of coveting. And in the Hebrews passage, this was actually the preceding exhortation to this promise. Verse 5. A. Let your conversation be without covetousness. The Hebrews may have been in great fear because of persecution. They may have been very needy, very poor. So they may have been greatly tempted to covet. To wish they had what others had, what their enemies had. To wish a better way of life like those people had. Coveting their money, coveting their possessions, coveting their luxury. But the apostle here said, don't be covetous. Boys and girls, you are also not to be covetous to your siblings. The Apostle said this because it is not pleasing to the Lord. It is even in the 10th commandment. We are not to be covetous. They were not and we are not. And the good reason for believers to not covet is simply this promise. Because of this promise, even when we are needy, even when we are poor, even Whatever our situation might be, there's no need to be covetous because God is with us, and if He is with us, He will help us, He will provide indeed for us all the time. Not everything we desire, but everything that we need. So this promise is a good reason to be content with such things as we have, as our text As verse 5 also says, be content with such things as we have. Know we are to use means and be productive. Whatever God gives us, praise the Lord. We are to be content with it. Even when we have very little, be content with little. Very little. Little health, little money, little whatever. Because of this promise. This is a reason to be content. How can we be content? This is the reason for it, but how can we be? Well, we can search the scriptures and find answers for that, too. Philippians 4, Paul says, pray, be anxious for nothing, but pray. Psalm 37, we are instructed also to trust in the Lord, delight in the Lord, commit to the Lord. And these ways we can nurture contentment in our lives and overcome covetousness. This promise gives us reason to be content. It can also help us to not be overly discouraged. This promise helps us to believe that God is our helper. It gives us resolve to not be afraid. It gives us reason to be content. Finally, it can help us to not be overly discouraged. Are you ever discouraged? This helps us to never Do not be overly discouraged. This applies to all believers. Holding this promise close to your heart, it can indeed help you. It can help us all. Do not be overly discouraged, but instead to be more hopeful. Do not be overly discouraged when there's so much on the go perhaps, so busy, everything just piling around us. We don't be overly discouraged when we feel all alone perhaps in a situation, in a challenge. Because God is with us. We don't be overly discouraged when no one else seems to be encouraging to us. Because God is with us. So what a promise this is. How wonderful, how helpful, how personal, how meaningful, how certain, how useful, how good we really have it, dear believers in Christ. Praise the Lord indeed, and how foolish though all unbelievers are, yes, all unbelievers, especially baptized unbelievers. Turn to the Lord Jesus Christ and believe in Him and be comforted also by this promise for you. Otherwise, if you dine unconverted, As we said before, it will be changed into a curse. It will be used against you. Turn to Him. And embrace this promise. And parents also, teach your children this wonderful promise. Teach them that they can expect this too, if they themselves trust in Christ for salvation themselves. That God will also never leave them nor forsake them. will always be with them. And how thankful we can be that God delights to work saviourly in family lines, in covenant alliance, even in our families. Pray for your children's salvation, dear parents, and praise the Lord for his covenant promises. And again, this is the relationship between God and believers. Very Very close. So close it is inseparable. He will never leave us nor forsake us. And this is a picture of how our relationships are to be as well with fellow believers, but also with our family members. Parents, what are your relationships like with your children? And children, what are your relationships like with your parents or with your siblings? They should be close. very close. God is close to a believer. But dear believers, even where relationships fail, even where they fail, what a God we serve, because He does not fail. He promises to never leave us, to never forsake us, to never do us harm, but to always be with us for Jesus' sake. This is proven to us, not only here in Hebrews 13. It's proven to us even in the Lord's supper because Christ was forsaken for us. We've tasted it. We've touched it. We've seen it. It is true indeed. Be comforted and praise the Lord. Amen. Good Lord God in heaven, we thank you so much for thy word of truth. and the truth of thy word. We do pray indeed that we may be comforted by it. We do thank thee for the Lord's Supper as an extra guarantee of thy grace. And we pray that we may take this promise of thy word home with us and into our everyday lives. And that believers among us may truly embrace it and remember it and that they'll let it become precious to us. in every activity of our lives. We do pray for continued sanctification in our lives as well. We do pray for the salvation of those who are yet unsaved. Lord, remember thy covenant. We pray you continue to work mightily and wonderfully in this congregation. We ask this for Jesus sake. Amen.