Jesus will see and shout the victory. Amen. You may be seated. There's a name above all others Wonderful to hear Ringing up in cheer It's the lovely name of Jesus Evermore the same What a lovely name Oh, what a lovely name The name of Jesus Reaching higher and higher Life is far sweeter than the songs they sing in heaven. Let the world proclaim what a lovely morning. Through His name there's wondrous power, power to redeem, making sinners clean. By His power He cleansed the leper, Opened blinded eyes, Caused the dead to rise. Oh, what a lovely name, the name of Jesus! Reaching higher power than the brightest star Sweeter than the songs they sing in heaven Let the world proclaim What a lovely name He'll return in clouds of glory Saints of every race Shall behold His face With Him into heaven's city Ever to acclaim What a lovely name Oh, what a lovely name The name of Jesus Reaching higher far Let the world proclaim what a lovely name. Enjoyed that. This morning, you can be turning to two places. Ruth, Chapter 1, and 1 Corinthians, Chapter 10. Ruth, Chapter 1, 1 Corinthians, Chapter 10. I wasn't going to say this, but I'm still glad or I am Very glad to be able to attend a church where they still have church. Sing the good songs of Zion. Worship the Lord together. It's a blessing indeed. If you found your place there in Ruth chapter one, we'll read there first and then turn to First Corinthians chapter 10. Stand with me if you would in reverence to the Word of God. Begin reading in Ruth 1 and verse 1 where it's recorded, Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mallon and Chalion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. And they came into the country of Moab and continued there. And Elimelech and Naomi's husband died. She was left and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah. The name of the other, Ruth. And they dwelled there about ten years. Mallon Chalion died also, both of them. The woman was left of her two sons and her husband. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for yet she had heard in the country of Moab how the Lord had visited His people in giving them bread. And in 1 Corinthians 10, In verse 11, speaking of these Old Testament saints, the Apostle Paul tells the local church there at Corinth in this chapter, in verse 11, and says, Now all these things happen unto them for examples, and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come. Father, we bow before You, and I am thankful for Your Word. You pleased to reveal Yourself to us. You didn't leave us to ourselves, but gave us a revelation. Gave us, Father, Your inspired Scriptures. Father, we open them before our eyes, but also before our hearts today, asking that You might be pleased to enter in, open the eyes of our understanding, that we could receive truth from You today. Thank You, Father, for the record of Your Word. Thank you that we indeed can learn and have these accounts for examples to us. Lord, today, teach us, show us, help us that we might be better equipped to live for the Lord Jesus. Father, I pray for any that may be in our midst that are outside of Christ. Lord, today, might you work in those hearts gloriously, beautifully, drawing folks savingly to yourself. In Jesus' name and for Jesus' glory, we pray it. Amen. Amen. And of course, you may be seated. We read here in 1 Corinthians chapter 10 concerning the accounts of the Old Testament, the events, the things that took place, the lives of these Old Testament saints. And God was pleased, God the Holy Spirit was pleased to record these things for our benefit as we read here. It says all these things happened unto them. unto not only Ruth and Boaz and those of this story, but all that transpired in the lives and the events of the Old Testament saints are recorded for our sake today. That you and I today would be benefited by them. They are written for our admonition. for our exhortation, our encouragement. Indeed, beloved, we might know better how to live for God today by learning from the examples of these Old Testament saints. And what we're going to do over the next little while is look at, I believe, one of the most beautiful stories in all of the Old Testament. We begin this study this morning. We'll look at a love story from the Bible that is a beautiful piece of literature as well, but also contains a wealth of truth for you and I to benefit from in our lives today. When we think of women, in the Bible, a very unlikely heroine inevitably comes to mind. This young Moabite woman named Ruth. Yes, the lady whose name this book bears was a Gentile, a Moabite, not a Jew. Not a Jew. Well, who were these Moabites that we're talking about here? Who were the Moabites? Were they just a bunch of amongst all those other ites that the Jews weren't supposed to have anything to do with? Well, to some extent. But they were distant cousins of the Jews through Abraham's nephew Lot. They do not have a very nice heritage, to say the least. They were the result of a drunken and an incestuous relationship with Lot, between Lot and his oldest daughter. The Moabites were a continual and a persistent thorn in the side of the Israelites along the way. They were never the fierce enemies of Israel like the Philistines and the Amalekites were. But they were a problem from Israel from time to time. Remember, beloved, it was King Balak of Moab that hired that money preacher, Balaam, to come alongside and curse the Jews as they were simply trying to pass through the land. So along the way, the Moabites had been a problem for the Jews. But then we read of this young woman, Ruth, in the story. And be mindful, this is not a fictitious story. These are the real-life folk. In fact, we'll see in a moment that Ruth is the great-grandmother of King David. Amazing. how we see these things drawn together. Again, Moab doesn't provide a very shining and glorious background for this young woman who is the central character of our story. And it's interesting when you look at this, that in spite of the fact that Ruth is a Moabite, a Gentile, that her name Her name is what we see upon this story, not the name of Naomi, not the name of Boaz, but this Moabite, this young maid named Ruth. And we come away from this young lady impressed with her, to say the least. In a year Here at Metropolitan Baptist Church, that we've been seeking to emphasize this matter of excellence, of doing everything that we enter into for the excellence and for the glory of our God, to not be satisfied with just getting by, but to do our best. Well, Ruth, beloved, Ruth is a shining example here. This story revolves around her character, her virtue, her piety, her integrity overshadows all the Hebrew women around her. And we come away from her confident We can come away from her assured that Ruth, if she were here today, would be the crown and charm of any household of any community. Indeed, Ruth was a very special lady. Now, it is important that we note that this story is not the only place we find Ruth mentioned in the Bible. In Matthew chapter 1 and verse 5, we find the amazing fact that this Gentile, this Moabite, this foreigner is in the genealogy of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are a few things that we should know about the story as we begin our study. We need to know at least when these things took place. When was it that Ruth lived? When was it that this story played its way out? Well, we find that in chapter 1, verse 1, that we're told that it came to pass in the days that the judges ruled. Well, okay, that's good. That helps. That makes sense. We realize then that the events of this book took place in the time of the judges. Well, that's good, but the time of the judges covered about 500 years. So it would be nice to be able to narrow it down a little bit more than that. Well, at the end of our story, in chapter 4, In chapter 4, in verse 17, we read this. Again, there's a baby just been born. And the women, it says in verse 17 of chapter 4, it says, And the women, her neighbors, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi, and they call his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David. So we find here that Ruth is the great-grandmother of King David. Now, backing up from that, it becomes likely that the story took place probably about the time that Eli was a judge in Israel, putting it sometime between 1198 and 1180 B.C., or about 3,200 years ago. That's a little bit of time. 3,200 years ago. But though the events took place over 3,000 years ago, there are still present here eternal truths that are extremely relevant for us today. Well, it took place probably then towards the end of the days of the judges. But when was it written? Who wrote it and when was it written down? When was it actually copied? Well, it would have had to have been sometime after the judges. Again, it speaks of what came to pass in the days of the judges. Now, when you word something that way, you're obviously talking about something that took place in the past, that it's now the days of the judges had come to an end. And so it's the tone of one who is writing about something that took place in the past. But secondly, it would have had to have been written after David had come on the scene. Because obviously, David is mentioned here as we just saw in chapter 4 and verse 17. Now we can hopefully safely assume that the story was recorded sometime during the life, probably the reign of King David. And we can understand that David would have burst on the scene and now the king of Israel, that there would have been a lot of interest in him. A lot of interest in his life. A lot of interest in even his family and his heritage. And so Ruth would definitely stand out as a notable character in his heritage, in his background. Now the story, could be attributed maybe to Samuel, the prophet Samuel. Heath would have penned these things after he had anointed David King or maybe someone else during David's reign. But I have no problem at all attributing this book to the sweet psalmist of Israel himself. who was also, as we've seen, Ruth's great-grandson. Who else could write such a beautiful story concerning these people but their own flesh and blood? And someone like David who had such a heart for the Word of God and the things of God. Now again, imagine. Imagine David hearing from his father Jesse, and even better yet, as Grandpa Obed would have told him the stories about his mother Ruth and Boaz. It may be, beloved, it may be, as many of you here today have the opportunity to enjoy your great-grandchildren, it may be that Ruth had been able to tell David herself some of these stories when he was a young lad. Well, I realize that some of these thoughts concerning the background of the book are conjecture. And that's okay. It's nice to just kind of think about these things and assume in some way, maybe this, maybe that. And since the Holy Spirit of God didn't see fit to set out for us clearly these things, it's obvious then that it's not important. Those things aren't really all that important to the message of the book. And that message is very grand and very beautiful in itself. The message of Ruth. And we see then that the message First of all, there's a message of the bond of friendship and love that existed between these two women, Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. From these two ladies, we learn what true, committed friendship is all about. It's a level of commitment to another human being that is very rare in our day. And I love talking and teaching about it. But secondly, we also see in this account the message of God's emphasis on the family, on the family. And we find in this story that God is very much concerned with the family, as we should be concerned with the family. We learn some important lessons from the family of Elimelech. Unfortunately, we learn those lessons from a negative perspective. You know, we can learn the right things to do from some folks, but we also learn the things we shouldn't do from some folks. And as we have said, this is written for our admonition. that we might learn even from the mistakes of those that have gone before us. We see here how important it is to consider the spiritual implications of the decisions we make in our lives. Beloved, when we make decisions, It's always possible. Listen now. It's always possible that there can be some unintended consequences that we're not considering. We need to be careful in the decisions we make. And we will explore that as well. We'll also learn some tremendous truths concerning faithfulness and commitment. We'll also discover some truths concerning courtship Oh yes. We'll learn some truths concerning how we might best find that person that God wants for our lives. Well, as we look at that, we'll see from Ruth and Boaz how they reveal to us some character qualities to look for in a future man. It's important. And I surely enjoy teaching these things when there's young folks present. Thirdly, and this is important as well, beloved, there's the message of God's providential care for His own. How God is pleased to work and deal in our lives in such a way that, hey, unbeknownst so many times to us, sometimes in a very behind-the-scenes and even invisible way, how God is working and bringing things together in our lives through circumstances and situations that come our way to accomplish, now listen, to accomplish His perfect and beautiful will for our lives. Hey, and many times along the way, it may not seem so beautiful at the time. I figured there must be an amen or two there. We all deal with that, do we not? A lot of things don't seem so great when we're going through them and we're not there shouting glory to God, praise Jesus, along the way. But then, further down the road, God's pleased to pull back the veil just a bit for us and we're able to see some of what He was doing and working and His providence. coming together to accomplish what His desires and will might be for our life. Oh my, the worldly pragmatism of our day tries to convince us that God's not really involved in the day-to-day lives of His people. Their view is that if there is a God, He's not concerned and certainly not involved in the outworking of our lives. Absolutely false. Turn with me, if you would, for just one example in Psalms 139. I've got my Bible pages to turn right here. Psalms 139. Listen to the words of David here. David in Psalm 139 says this. O Lord, Thou hast searched me and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and my up-rising. Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compass me. The idea is Thou surroundest my path and my lying down and art acquainted, listen, with all my ways. For there's not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether." Does that sound like God's interested in what's going on in your life, beloved? Does that sound like He's involved in what's happening along the way in your life? Skip down with me, if you would, to verse 7. David amazingly says this, "'Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Whither shall I flee from thy presence?' If I ascend up to the heavens, thou art there. If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me." You see that? That's talking about His providence. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me, even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day, and the darkness and the light are both a light to thee. For thou," listen, "'for thou hast possessed my reins, thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee," listen to this, "'for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are thy words, and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect, and in thy book all my members were written. which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them." Folks, David's talking about a God who is involved in his people's lives. He's talking about a God that cares, and hey, in His providence is bringing things together for your good and for His glory. We already noted that there are indeed very definite and proportionate consequences for our decisions and our actions. But God in a very real way is at work accomplishing His perfect plan for our lives. Dealing with us by and through, as we describe here, His providence to execute His beautiful, His divine, His eternal purposes in our lives. Now listen, on top of that, on top of that, our God is in the business of taking our tragedies, of taking our calamities, even our foolish decisions and our actions and transforming them. for His glory, that they might indeed turn out to be trophies of His amazing grace. The message it gives to my heart is that praise God that He's always at work in our lives. And it's always, beloved, too soon to give up on Him. Well, fourthly, we see also the message here of redemption. The message of redemption found in this tremendous individual Boaz. Boaz becomes Naomi and Ruth's what's called their kinsman redeemer. We'll look at that along the way. As such, though, as their redeemer, Boaz is a illustration. He's a picture of our Redeemer, our great Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, we can see as we study Boaz all these amazing illustrations of Jesus Christ. We'll see pictured in Boaz the selfless love that took our Savior. Now listen, the selfless love that took our Savior Jesus to the cross of Calvary for us. the sacrifice of this dear man, Boaz. But, beloved, with all that mentioned, these different messages that we see in the book, the overriding theme and message of Ruth is the message of grace. All of these messages work together to make up the theme that silently but clearly makes its way through the entire story. It's the ultimate message of Ruth is grace. It's grace. The grace of God. The grace that is always beloved at work in the lives of those that belong to Him. Thank God for His grace. The Bible says to us that by grace are you saved through faith. We rest in that truth. We rest in the beautiful revelation that it's not in the works of our flesh, that it's not in the foolish endeavors of our own righteousness, but that we rest, our hope, our eternal hope rests in the completed works of the Lord Jesus Christ. And God's grace, His favor towards us in the Lord Jesus Christ. Our God told the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 12, verse 9, and this seems almost to be an echo of the story of Ruth where God told Paul, He said, My grace is sufficient for thee. For My strength is made perfect in weakness." Oh, my Lord, help us. We try to be so strong. We try to do things on our own. We try to sow our own self-reliance when we should be clinging to our God. We should fall upon His mercy. Understanding that, hey, it's when we recognize our inability, when we recognize our weakness and our frailties, that God is pleased to enter in by His grace, His sufficient grace for us. Paul responds, he says, Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities. What a statement! that the power of Christ may rest upon Him or upon me. You see, beloved, outside of God's grace, we cannot know Him. Outside of God's good favor, His unmerited favor towards us, we would never know Him. But God was pleased to move towards us, reach out to us, manifest to us His beloved Son. As Romans says, while we were as yet sinners, Christ died. That's grace, beloved. God doing for us certainly what we do not deserve. sacrificing His own Son on our behalf. Outside of God's grace, we cannot know Him. But as well, outside of God's grace, we cannot live for Him. It's grace. It's grace all the way through from beginning to end. He's the author and He's the finisher of our faith, beloved. And it's all accomplished through His grace. and the message of grace. God's beautiful, beautiful favor towards us is one we need. We need to continually grow and find hope in. A little earlier in our Sunday school class, we looked at this verse from 2 Peter 3 as the Apostle Peter challenges challenges us here in II Peter 3 and verse 18, is He challenges you and He challenges me to grow. Grow in what? Grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I want to grow in Him. That's why we would study the life of Ruth. That's why we would look at this wondrous relationship between her and Boaz, her and Naomi. I want to grow in the grace that God has been so pleased to shed upon us. Grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And beloved, we'll join Peter We'll be glad to echo Him as He says, to Him be glory both now and forever. Amen. Amen. Amen. And Ruth, amazing. A little old story here tucked away in the Old Testament. But Ruth is a beautiful testimony. to the continuing grace of our great God. Grace to sinners. As Ruth was one outside the camp of Moabite, outside the provisions, the dealings of God with His people Israel. And yet God in His grace dealt and did for Ruth. If you're here this morning and you're without Christ, I'd just like to ask you this one question. It's the right way to say it or not, but have you ever got in on the grace of God through the person of the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you know Jesus today? Do you know how God's amazing grace through His Son, Jesus, has been extended to you. Jesus, my friend, died on your behalf. He died so that you, one, outside the camp, outside of the blessings, the covenants with God's people, could be saved. Come to know that forgiveness, the great joy, of knowing the Lord Jesus Christ. What I'm talking about here is whether you've ever repented of your sin and trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior and as your Lord. I plead with you today. We haven't even got into the story, but I plead with you. If you need that beautiful grace of God, even today, even now, Call upon Jesus, whosoever the Bible says shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But also would ask believers. You're here and you know you're saved, you know you're Christian. Friend, does the message of grace charm your soul? When somebody mentions the grace of God, Does it stir in your heart? Does it stir in your being, your spirit? Does the message or the mention of God's grace grip your heart? God has done so much for us through His grace. In fact, beloved, He's done everything for us through His grace. through His good grace to us. Let's stand together. Father, we've just simply tried to introduce our hearts to this lady named Ruth, her mother-in-law Naomi, her husband Boaz, Father, over these next few messages, we want to get to know them better. We want to learn from them as Paul exhorts us. Father, we want to grow in that grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. It's our desire, our longing to come to greater appreciation for your grace to us. Father, I do ask you that you might be pleased to teach us many things through these folks' lives. Teach us, Fathers, how we might better appreciate each other, our families, how we might even grow in the matter of our own character and integrity. But most of all, Father, why don't we just come to appreciate you? Appreciate Jesus. Appreciate the grace that You've been pleased to manifest to us. Lord, we thank You. We give You glory. The worship and the glory is best as these feeble lips can do. Thank You, Lord. Thank You in Jesus' name. I just want to ask before we say our amen that you might be pleased by your spirit to move through this assembly today. Lord, I don't know that there may be someone here that's not saved, doesn't know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. Please, please deal with their heart. Lord, do what this preacher cannot do. Would you help them to see how They need You today. How they need Jesus. Father, please speak to them concerning that need. Draw them to Yourself that they might even this day put their faith, their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank You, Lord. Thank You for everything we have in Christ. Thank You in Jesus' name. Amen. Brother John. Page 118. We're saying, beloved, please just obey the Lord. I don't know what the Lord said to your heart this morning. Whatever it is you might need, even today, to put your faith and your trust in Christ. Please, if that's the case, don't hesitate even a moment. Most of all, please don't leave this place without Him. You come, take this preacher by the hand and just say, Preacher, I want to know them sad. I want to know them right with God. We'll do our best to point you to Jesus. Show you what Jesus did for you. Maybe you're here today, you're looking for a church home. I'm so thankful for Metropolitan Baptist Church. Thankful for these people. Thankful for what God's been pleased to do on this hill over these many, many years. I'm confident that He's going to continue to use this church for His glory. See, folks, saved. Lives changed. Families helped and ministered to. You want to be part of that, we're sure we'd be glad to have you. We'd love to have you. Maybe today you'd say, well, preacher, I'm saved, but I've never followed the Lord in believer's baptism. Well, I challenge you. Baptism is that very, very first step of obedience to your God. Entrance, of course, into the church. You follow the Lord in believer's baptism, identifying with Him. I just throw these things out to you today. You do what you need to do. You do with God. We'll be saying to you today, as we sing, please obey the Lord. I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord. No tender force like Thine can peace afford. I need thee, O I need thee, every hour I need thee. O bless me now, my Savior, I come to thee. I need Thee every hour, stay Thou nearby. Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh. I need Thee, oh, I need Thee. Every hour I need Thee. O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I need thee every hour, enjoy your pain. Come quickly and abide, or life is vain. I need Thee, oh, I need Thee. Every hour I need Thee. Oh, bless me now, my Savior. I come to Thee. Just a moment. Aren't you glad that there's a throne of grace? Aren't you thankful that it's not only the throne of grace that's been there for us because of Jesus, but the invitation is come. That throne is there for us to come to whatever the need is, whatever the situation is. And I know as I look around this congregation and this church house today, there's every sort and every size of need and situation. Folks in need of the grace of God. That abundant, that merciful, that compassionate grace. That grace that's there to minister to a heart that's hurting. A life that's struggling in some area, in some battle. God's grace. He's a gracious God. A compassionate God. A merciful God. And I'm so grateful, so thankful that He says, Come. Come unto Me all ye. Not just some. Not just certain ones. Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden. I will give you rest. That's the kind of God we have. A gracious God. A loving God. We'll sing just one more verse. Please be mindful of His grace to us. I need Thee every hour, most holy one. O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessed Son. I need Thee, oh, I need Thee. Every hour I need Thee. Oh, bless me now, my Savior. I come to Thee. I would just ask before Curtis comes that if you would please be in prayer for Judy McKinney. She went to the hospital yesterday evening and just in horrible pain in her back. And then they found that her blood counts were not right and messed up there. And when I talked to her this morning, just in a lot of pain, and having a hard time getting that thing under control. And her blood pressure was very low as well, about 90 over 50. So please pray for dear Judy. She's a very special lady. And I know we all love her. So please pray for Miss Judy today. Curtis, you come. Jim, if y'all come forward, we'll see this morning's offering. Let's pray. Lord, thank you so much for this day. Thank you for everything you've given us, Lord. Thank you for the wonderful message about your grace, Lord. Lord, don't let us take it for granted. Lord, right now, we also want to lift Miss Judy up to you, Lord. Lord, whatever's causing her problems, Lord, if you see fit to heal her body, please do. And if not, give us the grace to accept it. The Lord, I now bid this offering about to receive, give to the gift of the giver. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Thank you. The. The. such a creature of habit. If you remember last week we announced we were going to take up a special offering for the G'day's today and get into the service and even knew when we were going to do it and forgot all about it anyway. So we're going to ask the men to come back. Be mindful we showed the video last week of what's going on there in Thailand with the G'day's. in the work with the Hmong translation and other translations. They're working in Urdu. That's the language of Pakistan. Working more in a special way with some new videos and so forth. Plus, they'll be flying home here in just a few weeks to spend several months here, be here in our missions conference. And so, as a church, When they had that huge outlay, I think it was around $17,000 for the new video equipment. As their church, their home church, we want to be part of that and help them. So anyway, you be mindful of that as we give this morning. Father, we're grateful. We're thankful that as a church, Metropolitan has so many fine missionaries. Lord, and of course, the good days are a special blessing to us all. We're grateful for what you're doing through them there in Southeast Asia. The many languages that you're translating both scriptures and discipleship materials into through the staff there. Pray, Father, that You do for Tom, for Crinny, but also for all those who labor and work with them. Might You just continue, Father, bless in a very special and unique way. Father, as we give today, might it be used for Your glory and for Your honor in that work, in that ministry. Thank You, Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen. you You. You. Oh. Just a few short announcements. I've got a residence trip meeting tonight, immediately after the service. Where do we want to meet? Right here? OK. Very good. Ladies' Fellowship is Thursday. Those who want to take the basic computer skills and would like to just audit it, if you want a handbook, there's a sign-up sheet on the back. Let's see, graduation party. Oh, oh, one of the most important things here. Next Sunday night. Ice cream social. Can anybody make homemade peach? Anybody? There we go. OK, we're looking forward to some homemade. OK, there you go. Homemade ice cream. No, we're going to get that next week. One more thing. Miss Bethany Vaught has moved off to college. Everybody's dropped her a line. I'm sure she's a little homesick. Her brother Adam says she likes money, so sent her some Monopoly money. Other than that, the usual stuff. We'll be dismissed with our chorus. So victory in Jesus. O victory in Jesus, my Savior forever! He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood. He loved me ere I knew Him, and all my love is due Him. He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood.