Good evening. Let's all stand together. We'll sing hymn number 283. 283. Oh, how sweet the glorious message simple faith may claim. Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same. Still he loves to save the sinful, kill the sick, and blame. Cheer the mortar, calm the tempest, glory to His name. Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same. All may change, but Jesus never, glory to His name. Glory to His name. Glory to His name. All may change, but Jesus, never glory to his name. He who barred in there in Peter, never needs thou fear. He who gave to faithless Thomas, all thy doubt will clear. He who let the loved disciple on his bosom rest. Fits thee still with loveless Lean upon his breast Yesterday, today, forever Jesus is the same All may change, but Jesus never Glory to his name Glory to his name Glory to his name all may change but Jesus never glory to his name he who made the raging billows walked upon the sea still can hush our wildest deepest eyes on Galilee he who wept and ♪ And anguish and Gethsemane ♪ ♪ Drinks with us each cup of trembling in our agony ♪ ♪ Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same ♪ ♪ All may change but Jesus never bore it to his name ♪ Glory to His name, glory to His name All may change, but Jesus never Glory to His name As a bold He walks to lay us with Him to abide, So through all our sway He walketh ever near our side. ♪ Soon again shall we behold Him facin' Lord the day ♪ But we'll be as this same Jesus as He went away ♪ Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same ♪ All may change but Jesus never, glory to His name Glory to his name. Glory to his name. All may change, but Jesus never. Glory to his name. Be seated. We'll sing hymn number 298. 298. In shady green pastures so rich and so sweet God leads his dear children along Where the water's cool flow paints the weary one's feet God leads his dear children along Some through the water, some through the flood Some through the fire, but all through the flood Some through great sorrow, but God gives us all In the night season and all the day long Sometimes on the mount where the sun shines so bright, God pleads his dear children of old. Sometimes in the valley in darkest of night, God pleads his dear children of old. Some through the water, some through the flood. Some through the fire, but all through the blood. Some through great sorrow, God gives us all. In the night season and all the day long. Though sorrows befall us and Satan oppose, God leaves his two children alone. Though grace we can conquer, defeat all our foes, God leaves his two children alone. Some through the waters, some through the flood Some through the fire, but all through the blood Some through great sorrow, but God gives us all In the night season and all the day long Away from the mire and away from the plain, God leads his dear children along. Away up in glory, eternity's day, God leads his dear children along. Some through the flood Some through the fire But all through the flood Some through great sorrow But God gives us all In the night season And all the day long If you have your Bibles, let's read from Genesis chapter 1. Genesis chapter 1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void. And darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, let there be light, and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so. And God called the firmament heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And God said, let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the waters called he seas. And God saw that it was good. And God said, let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth, and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass and herb, yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself after his kind, and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day. And God said, let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and it was so. And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night, and he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth and to rule over the day and over the night and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. And God said, let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life and flow, excuse me, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great wells, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every weaned fowl after his kind, and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters and the seas, and let the fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day, And God said, let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind. And it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind. And God saw that it was good. And God said, let us make man in our image after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon this earth. So God created man in his own image. In the image of God, created he him. Male and female, created he them. And God blessed them. And God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for me. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat, and it was so. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he had rested from all the work which God created and made. Lord God Almighty, we come to you once more through your blessed Son. Lord, we bow our heads and we bow our hearts. Lord, we come to you so thankful that we can come to you through Christ. We thank you for your word preserved through time. Lord, we thank you for all of your creation. Thank you for all of your all of the work of thy mighty hand. Lord, we thank you most of all for the work that you did for us so that you may provide salvation freely unto your elect. Lord, I ask that you would meet with us here tonight There's only a few of us gathered here, Lord, but you've promised in your word where there be a couple of people gathered together in thy name that you would be with them. Lord, we ask that you would be with us. Send your spirit among us. Lord, pray that you would be with those who are listening and watching online, those who may Hear this later, Lord, whatever it is that you have put on Brother Obi's heart to bring forth the night, Lord, cause it to go forth. Bless it how you will. Lord, we remember those who are weak and weary, those who are sick, going through great trial and burden and tribulation. Ask that you'd be their strength and their stay. Lord, give them grace. Lift them up. Lord, we ask that you would teach us thy way. Continue to give us grace. Lord, we pray that you would keep us. Pray again for Brother Obi as he prepares to stand here and proclaim thy gospel, Lord, that you would bless him and bless us through him. We ask that that will be done for Christ's sake. Amen. I thought of this song this morning, Brother Obie's. He did it all for me. He gave himself for me. For all of his sheep, for all of his elect, he gave himself. And I was gonna try to change the words in this a little bit to accommodate that, but he did it all for me, he gave himself. And so when I sing this, I hope that you can Think of the meaning of this. And for copyright purposes, since we are streaming, I'd have to tell you, written by Dwayne Allen and Sager Powell, Sawyer Powell, the Oak Ridge Boys. Once a man whom we know as the Son of God hung upon a cruel tree. He suffered pain as no more He took my place He did it all for me He did it all for me Each drop of blood He shed for even me When the Savior cried about His sin and died, O praise the Lord, He did it all for me. When I step just inside those gates of pearl and the master's face I see, I'll gladly ♪ At his little scarred feet ♪ Oh, praise the Lord ♪ He did it all for me ♪ He did it all for me ♪ Each drop of blood he shed for even me When the Savior cried, bowed his head, and I, O praise the Lord, He did it all for me. Sing the chorus with me again. He did it all for me. each drop of blood he shed for even me. Brother Odie, you come on. Okay, I was about to ask. It's good to see y'all again this evening. Hope y'all had as enjoyable a day as we did. Actually got a nap, that was nice. And needed. Enjoyed being with you again and hope the Lord will bless our services this evening. Open with me to Luke chapter 1. This isn't our text, but it's going to be where we kind of jump off from. Luke chapter 1, very familiar passage of scripture and one that is very often read around the end of December. And we're generally looking at it and we focus on, tend to focus on the announcement to Mary. But as this was read not that long ago, I picked up on something I hope will be a blessing to us. Luke 1 verse 24, and after those days his wife Elizabeth conceived and hid herself five months saying, thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me to take away my reproach among men. Now skip down to verse 36. This is the angel speaking to Mary. He says, And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible. That word barren caught my attention. And as I started looking at it, I got more interested in Elizabeth. Think about this poor woman. All her life, she was called barren, fruitless, lifeless, destitute. No doubt, especially as she got older, she cringed and had some heartache within her when passages such as the proverb, her children arise and call her blessed. Or Psalm 127.3 that says, lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. She had, her heart had to break just a little bit as these were read, knowing that she would never be blessed with children. Then the miracle occurred. She conceived. And she found, by experience, the same as her cousin Mary would soon find. With God, nothing shall be impossible. Does that make your heart leap like mine? With God, nothing shall be impossible. Can you imagine the joy Elizabeth felt? Can you imagine how her heart burst into singing when she realized, I'm with child? Turn to Isaiah 54. As I considered Elizabeth in her barren state, I was once more reminded of myself. I'm like my father Adam. I'm like my brothers and sisters born of Adam. I am barren. We are all barren. We are all lifeless, fruitless, and unprofitable before God. A man and a woman are married and they have a desire to have a family, to have children. That desire is meaningless. We, just naturally speaking, cannot produce life, physical life, unless the Lord is pleased to bless it. If that marriage, if that union is not blessed of the Lord, they'll remain childless. But beyond the physical, beyond looking at just this temporal world of what we want, looking to that one thing needful, no one born of Adam is able to produce life. real life, the life of God. We are barren. We preach the gospel. We witness as we are able. We have a yearning and a desire that the Lord would save our children, our friends, our families, those we love. And yet all the while, we confess, Lord, we are barren. If you are pleased, will you please save them and us? Isaiah 54, verse 1. Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear. Break forth into singing and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child. For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. Does that passage seem a little strange to you? Sang, O barren. What do you have to sing about? You are barren, lifeless, fruitless, unprofitable. Singing goes with happiness, not with desolation. What is your song, O barren? Do you know the song? Elizabeth was taught the song. She said, thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me to take away my reproach among men. What did Elizabeth say? What was her song? He did it. This is not of me. He did it. To him be the glory, the honor, the praise. For every barren sinner that the Lord is pleased to have mercy upon, we will sing the same song. We will tell the same story. And it goes something like this. The Lord Jesus Christ, God Almighty, himself, came from eternal glory. He lived as a man in perfect obedience to his law. He suffered. He shed his blood. He died for my sins. He took them to the tomb and he left them there. He arose. He robed me in his righteousness. And one day, one sweet, glorious day, he's coming back to receive me to himself that I might be where he is. To him be all power. All my majesty, all glory forever and ever. Why are you able to sing, O baron? The answer is found in Isaiah 53. May the Lord be pleased to reveal his glory as we read his story and our story in this chapter. Now, as I was thinking on our barren estate, and the scriptures led me to this point, and I realized I was going to have to speak from chapter 53. There was a sense of dread fall over me. Dad, I don't even know if you'll remember this, I hadn't been speaking many times. I was scheduled to speak here on Sunday, and we were out on the boat on Saturday just enjoying the day, and we were discussing things. He never would ask me what I was going to preach from or anything, but we talked in generalities. And as we were talking, he said something to the effect of, I always try to avoid Isaiah 53. I wouldn't go there, not knowing that I was preaching from Isaiah 53 the very next morning. This chapter, from everyone I've known through my life, everyone I've read, has a special affection for this chapter. And when it comes to this chapter, it seems to have the effect upon us that Moses heard, draw not nigh hither, put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Somehow, We can read the various accounts in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John of our Lord's actual suffering and crucifixion. From the Garden of Gethsemane to when he gave up the ghost and the absolute awe, the wonder of that event just doesn't capture us quite like it does in these verses. And all I can figure is that in the Gospels, in those four books, there is not one place that we go from Gethsemane all the way through. You have to get a little piece over here. Then you have to jump over there and get a little piece from there. And you kind of have to put it together. You can't just sit there and read it straight through. But here. In twelve short verses, Isaiah recorded the declaration of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his glorious, victorious ascension. Verse 1. Who hath believed our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? The Law and the Prophets testify of Christ. Our Lord came in the flesh, and though He did many miracles before them, yet they believed not on Him. Why do we because we maintain that we are not barren. Elizabeth, as a child, I'm sure never thought she would be barren. As a young married lady, I'm sure she continued to think, there's still time. I might yet have a child. But at last, she was made to know in her heart I am barren. Not because someone told her, but because it was revealed to her. I am barren. When she was emptied, when she had nothing of herself to look to, then, at the time appointed, she conceived. As long as we are able to look at ourselves. As long as we are able to look and we say, there's some work, some response, some act that lets us say, I'm really not all that bad. We will never fall down and sue for mercy. We'll continue to say, There's still time. Got a little bit left in me. There's something good about me. As long as we have some false refuge, we reject the word of God, which says all, A-L-L, all, including this one. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? To all those sovereignly, lovingly elected, to those chosen of God, who also declared to Moses I will be gracious. To whom I will be gracious. Verse 2. For he, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, for he shall grow up before him. Who is him? And aren't you so glad it doesn't say them? He didn't grow up under the observation of us, under the observation of mankind. He grew up before Him, the Father of God. We observed Him. We watched Him when He came. And we saw no beauty about Him. we despised and rejected him. But the Father of God declared, this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. Verse two, for he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, not as a great oak tree, not as a magnificent cedar of Lebanon, but as a tender plant, lowly, meek, and mild. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant and as a root out of a dry ground. Dry ground, barren ground, he came to where we are. We are barren, he came in our likeness. We are of the earth, and he made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground, he hath no form nor comeliness, And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. As that verse comes to a close, does your heart break with mine? Do you think back to all those years that you wallowed in sin and unbelief, finding no beauty in him who has now been made unto you altogether lovely. Verse three, he is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we hid, as it were, our faces from him. He was despised and we esteemed him not. None of us, not one of Adam's children, not one of us in this building, no one that will ever hear this message is excluded here. He is despised and rejected of men. We cried out with our father Adam, we will not have this man reign over us. He is a man of sorrows. The sorrows that this man endured, our sinful minds can't even come close to imagining. He laid aside his glory. The ancient of days became a baby. He, the creator, the sovereign of all, submitted himself to the rule of sinful man. He walked. The holy God who hates all workers of iniquity, who is of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on iniquity, he walked. with us, among us sinners. He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we hid as it were our faces from him. He was despised and we esteemed him not. The Lord God of eternal glory came and walked as a creature among his creations. For what cause? Verse five. But he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. Hold your place here and turn to Romans chapter 5. The Lord Jesus Christ came to us because peace could not be found. Romans chapter 5, verse 12. By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. In another place we read men loved darkness rather than light. Sin and righteousness, sin and holiness, Light and dark, life and death, diametrically opposed, there is no peace. Mankind, in and of self, will not and cannot bow to God's sovereignty. Over a couple pages to Romans 8, verse 7, We will not and cannot bow to God's sovereignty, verse 7 of Romans 8, because the carnal mind is enmity against God. For it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. But our Lord came to abolish in his flesh the enmity to break down the wall of partition between God and men. In short, he came to make peace." The peace is broken back in Isaiah 53. The peace was broken, necessating the redemption. Our redemption, that peace was broken by us, by the creature, not by him. And we see that in verse six. All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned everyone to his own way and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. It's glorious to think that he came But how did he come? We looked at that this morning. He wasn't forced. There was no law. He came willingly, cheerfully, humbly, completely. Verse seven, he was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth. In eternity, knowing all that would be required of him, When the call went out, whom shall I send and who will go for us? Lord Jesus Christ went forth and said, here am I, send me. When they came to Gethsemane's garden to take him, the Lord Jesus Christ went forth and said, I am. Verse 8. He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who shall declare his generation? When the false accusations came, he didn't answer them. He didn't defend himself. It was to this hour he had come that he might make peace and heal his people. He came willingly. He came purposefully. He came cheerfully. He came completely. He gave himself. He who we read in verse 9 had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth, was taken by wicked, sinful hands, nailed to a cross to shed his blood, and he laid down his life. We read the wages of sin is death. Death can only come where sin is found. So how does our Lord suffer? How does he die upon that cross? Verse four, surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. As he hung upon that cross, we beheld him in our natural sinful state. And we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus, a man of sorrows, our sorrows. A man acquainted with griefs, our griefs. The man who grew up before God in perfect righteousness, who alone declared, I do always those things that please Him. This man, who knew no sins, bore our griefs, carried our sorrows, was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, endured the stripes, shed his blood, and verse 9, and made his grave with the wicked. He laid down his life. How? How can it be that the Son of God, life himself, died upon a tree? Luke 1 37, for with God nothing shall be impossible. not even the salvation of this wretched sinner. Verse 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. He hath put him to grief. Who bruised him? The Roman soldiers that nailed him to that cross? Yeah. The government of Rome? They lifted their hand against him. The religious leaders? Most certainly. The multitude crying, crucify him, crucify him. They bruised him. We bruised him. Are you represented by the soldiers? Perhaps. By the government? maybe, by the religious leaders, might be there. If somehow you escape those, you will not escape the multitude, crying, crucify him, crucify him. We were there. Mankind, we did as we wanted, and we bruised him. But before we were allowed to do so, It is the Lord who was pleased to bruise him. As Peter declared in Acts 2, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know. Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain. Jesus Christ our Lord came in our likeness, walked in perfect righteousness before God as a man, took upon himself the sins and griefs of his people, is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, shed his blood, laid down his life, and somewhere, somewhere amongst all that was happening upon the cross, he, our atonement, satisfied the law, justice, holiness, mercy, truth, and grace on our behalf. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. He hath put him to grief, when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin. His precious name is Lord Jesus Christ. Lord, sovereign, divine, God, Jesus, man, Savior, Christ, the mediator between God and men. As the high priest of old went into the Holy of Holies once a year with the blood of the sin offering, our high priest, Lord, entered into the presence of the thrice holy God, bearing the blood of the man, Jesus. The man without spot or blemish, the innocent substitute victim, and his sin sacrifice was accepted. At High Priest, being a type, being a picture of what Christ would accomplish, Once the sin offering was made on the mercy seat, he returned to the people from within the Holy of Holies, showing that the atonement had been made for another year. It wasn't when he entered. It wasn't when he went in behind the veil. It was only when he came out. that the people knew the atonement had been made for another year. So our Lord, on the third day, arose. Verse 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. He hath put him to grief. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, He shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied. Having carried our sins far away, having covered them in his own blood, he robed us in his righteousness and for Christ's sake. We are accepted in the Beloved. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. He hath put him to grief. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he hath poured out his soul unto death. And he was numbered with the transgressors, and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. having satisfied the law and the prophets, having fulfilled righteousness, having endured the cross, despising the shame, having accomplished salvation for his lovingly elected people, the Lord Jesus Christ ascended back to glory, wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Saying, O barren, thou that didst not bear, our Lord declared, Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Are you burdened? Does the weight of being found acceptable in God's sight weigh heavy upon you? Are you struggling with sin? Come to Christ. Sue him for mercy. Beg him to cause you to know that you are barren before him. For if he reveals to us that we are barren before him, He also reveals to us what he bore for us. And just in case you're like me and you need it pointed out very plainly, we cannot in this flesh please God. But thanks God, our Lord Jesus Christ pleased him. Listen to what he has borne for us that we barren before God did not bear. He hath borne our griefs. He hath carried our sorrows. He bore our wounds. He bore our bruises. The chastisement of our stripes he bore. The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Our judgment, our death, he bore. Our grave, he entered. Verse 12, he bare the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. Saying, O barren, thou that didst not bear, for the Lord, your King, your God, has borne all away. now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Thank you, Obie. Let's have a word of prayer. O most high and heavenly, most righteous Father, Lord God Almighty, we come to you through your blessed Son. Thank you for this message that we've just heard. What a gospel it is. How marvelous it is. Lord, all Praise and honor and glory be to thy blessed holy name. Pray that you would engrave what we've heard on our hearts. Let us to never forget it. Lord, we pray for traveling mercies as Obi and his family goes home, as our pastor and Sister Shirley make their way back to us. Lord, may we also have others who are traveling. Pray that you keep your hand upon them. Keep us all, Lord, or we won't be kept. We ask that you bring us back together to hear your gospel again here in just a few days. Lord, thy will go forth and be done as it is in heaven. For Christ's sake, amen. Let's all try to sing together hymn number 117. 117. I think we've sang it before. I think it's been a while. He was wounded for our transgressions He bore our sins in His body on the tree For our guilt He gave us peace From our bondage gave relief And with His stripes, and with His stripes, our souls are healed. He was numbered among transgressors. We did esteem him forsaken by his God. As our sacrifice he died, that the law be satisfied. And all our sin, and all our sin, and all our sin was laid on You. Had wandered we all Had wandered Far from the fold Of the shepherd of the sheep But he saw us where we were On the mountain bleak and bare and with us home and brought us home and brought us safe number his generation, who shall declare all the triumphs of his cross. Millions dead now live again, periods follow in his train. You're dismissed. We'll meet again Wednesday evening, Lord willing. As far as I know, Pastor and Sister Shirley will be back with us again.