I wonder sometimes how people manage that do not know the Lord. Once you've come to know Christ, like, wow, how do people manage without the Lord? You know, just the emptiness that must be there. And I hear people say, well, I just don't think about what happens after this life. I don't think about those things. I just move on and just try to live every day. But wow, we are so blessed to have Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, knowing that never leaves us, never forsakes us, will come again and receive us to Himself. If we don't end up passing from this life first and seeing Him, the moment we leave this life, we enter the next life, but we have Jesus Christ. What a tremendous blessing. Let's have a word of prayer as we get into the Word this morning and talk more about our relationship with Him. Lord, blessed be Your name. You've changed our lives. Lord, what would we do without You? There is no one else in heaven but you. Lord, I pray for this world that is lost in darkness. Lord, I pray for the people that must feel the pain deep down in their soul of the emptiness of life without you, of the meaningless of life without you. And Lord, we have this tremendous joy that you brought to us, Lord, through your Holy Spirit. And Lord, we thank you for what you did on the cross, that for the joy set before you, you endured the cross, despising the shame, that you are now seated at the right hand of God the Father. And Lord, we've come to worship you this morning. Lord, help us to live out the reality that you are alive. Help us to live out the reality that you are the creator God. Lord, help us to live out the reality that you are coming again. And we give you all the praise for what you've done for us, Lord. We love you this morning. In Jesus' name, Amen. Well, I'm in a series entitled, This is the Life, Studies in the Book of Philippians. And a couple weeks ago we talked about creating a Christ center church. How do we reflect the reality of Jesus in our life by the way we relate to one another? And living that out and realizing we are family in God's family. We are brothers and sisters in Christ. That we ought to encourage one another, lift one another up, and have this sense of unity. There's far much more that unites us than ever divides us. And so as we come on the essentials of the faith, we rejoice in the fact that we're part of this body of Christ. We have a mission here in North San Diego County to change not only this county, but ultimately the world through Jesus Christ. What a great mission. What a great task that we have. And today I want to talk about this. Copying the servant character of Christ, or copying the character of Christ. That we are to copy Jesus Christ. That's our goal, to be like Him. And to live out a life that people say, wow, you kind of look like Jesus Christ. That's something Jesus would do. Wouldn't that be a wonderful compliment? Well, that's something Jesus would do. That's how Jesus would respond. We are to copy the character of Christ. Having a just like Jesus mindset. That every day you say, Lord, I want to be just like you. I want to be just like you in everything that I do. It doesn't matter what people do around me. My accountability is to you. I want to be just like you. And that's what the Bible tells us to do. There's a wonderful joy in doing that. A joy that's greater than any large bank account or any great position at a company or any status that you might have. There's a much greater joy in knowing that you are seeking to be just like Jesus. Just like Him, because this life is but a breath. And then we step into eternity and see face to face the God that created us and made us. And we will know then beyond a shadow of a doubt, if you have any doubt now, that the greatest task of our lives here on this earth is to be just like Jesus and bring glory to Him. Here's the bottom line of what we're talking about. The life of Jesus is a powerful example of the value God places on those who are willing to serve others by working their way down the kingdom success ladder. Jesus is a powerful example of what it means to work your way down the kingdom success ladder. Not work your way up the worldly success ladder, that's not important to God. He really ultimately does not care what your status is in this world. You might think other people do, and they might be impressed with that, but God is not impressed with that. God could care less. What God cares about is your heart to be like Christ, and to work your way down the kingdom success ladder. I'd like you to turn your Bibles to Philippians chapter 2. verses 3 through 11. This is a powerful passage. This is one of the great Christological passages in the Bible. If you're going to study who Jesus is, you're going to study this passage for sure, because this is a powerful passage about Jesus Christ. I'm going to start at verse 3. We kind of covered verse 3 last week, but you really have to look at verse 3 again to understand what Jesus did. Verse 3 of Philippians chapter 2. It's page 980 in your chair of Bibles. As we open up the amazing Word of God that He gave to us. It says this, do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. You might say right there, hey Mel, that is so counter-cultural. To count others more significant? That's not what the world tells us. Of course not. Let each of you not look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind. Among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men, and being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father here's the first thing I see in this text and it's so important if you're gonna be a follower of Christ you need to have an amen in your heart to this statement Embrace an others-oriented lifestyle. Amen? Amen. Embrace an others-oriented lifestyle. You might say, well Mel, that sounds like it's a hard thing to do. But if you have a just-like-Jesus mindset, That's what you must do. You need to come to the Lord and say, Lord, if you gave your life for me, what should I do in response to what you did for me on the cross? Embrace an others-oriented lifestyle. Refuse to live your life for yourself. Refuse that. Embrace an others-oriented lifestyle. See, one of the things that happens in this world is we get into ungodly competition with one another. And that's my next point. Ungodly competition. stems from pride, is replaced with a godly self-image. You realize that you do not find value in your bank account. You do not find value in your status. If God gives you a great bank account, if he gives you status, wonderful. But you know that's not where you find your self-worth. That's not where you find your value. That's not how you build your self-image. The way you build your self-image, and you know this from the depths of your heart, is by reflecting the light of Jesus Christ in your life. By being connected with the Creator God of this universe. How foolish would it be for the moon to say, I no longer want to reflect the light of the sun. I don't want to do that anymore. See, the moon becomes valuable. The moon becomes worth something if it reflects the light of the sun. You see the beauty of the moon by the light of the sun reflected off the planet, off this moon that circles our earth. Isn't that amazing? That's how you ought to be. That your beauty, that your power in your life, that your worth in your life is only connected to the worth of Jesus Christ as He shines His light reflected off of you. We're to replace ungodly competition. See, it says here in the text, do nothing from rivalry or conceit. Do nothing from rivalry. To try to get on top of other people and to try to get above other people and to have other people serving you. Do not have that attitude. And I know it's so easy to fall into that attitude. Because that's what the world constantly is pushing in your face. That you are constantly to be discontent with life unless you have more stuff and more things that you can play with. But that's an ungodly approach to this life. It's ungodly competition. Please don't fall into the trap of thinking you have to have more than the Joneses. Yell across the street to the Joneses, you've won, I'm getting out of this rat race. Not going to live like this anymore. I'm connecting my self-worth and my self-image and the concept I have of myself and my role on this planet to my God and my relationship with Him. I'm getting out of the rat race of this world. This leads me to the next point, it's this, ungodly self-worth. is replaced with counting others as more important. See, when you connect with Jesus Christ and you realize that your self-worth and your self-image is connected to the God of this universe, then you want to be like Him. You want to have a life that reflects what He did for us, if that's the case. You count others, the Bible says. It's an accounting term. You reckon them. It doesn't mean they are more important than you. Please do not misinterpret this verse. You're not to say, oh, that's so true. I'm just a worm and everyone else is so much greater than I am. That's not what the Bible is saying. You're to reckon others as more important than yourself. You're to see others as an opportunity to reflect the reality of Jesus Christ in your life because you're living in others oriented lifestyle. Now, please remember, this does not mean you burn yourself out. This does not mean you never take time for yourself. This does not mean you never take time to rest. God commands us to rest. That's why when God created the universe and everything in it, he took a day to rest. Did God need to rest? Was He tired? No. He wasn't tired. He modeled resting for us. Having an others-oriented lifestyle does not mean you burn yourself out. And there are people I know that have burned themselves out in the kingdom of God. There are pastors I know that have burned themselves out in the kingdom of God. You know, sometimes I go to these pastors' conferences, and it's kind of depressing, to be honest with you. Because I hear these pastors talking about all these problems, and how they're ready to quit the ministry, and how it's so difficult. And I just come back to our church so grateful for all of you. I just come back here so grateful for Riverview Church, and how it's been such a joy for me to serve with you, and to be on the team with you, to be in the body of Christ with you. Because God has given us something very special here. And believe me, I want none of you to burn out. I don't want to burn out. I wouldn't glorify the Lord if I burned out. But to count others as more important, to still have a mindset as I live my life and take the time I need to rejuvenate myself, but to look at the needs of others as being more important than my own. And as I reach out to the needs of others, something amazing happens. I find my needs being met. I've met a lot of depressed people over the years. And people come to me and are discouraged. I've been there too. I've been discouraged at times as well. One of my key points of advice and counsel to depressed people is go out and help somebody else. Go out and serve somebody else. If you want to get out of your depression, don't sit in your bedroom with the lights off and think about how bad your life is. Go to a hospital, go to some clinic somewhere where people have it much worse off than you do, and start to see the condition that they live in. And you will see that in serving others, God will bring a joy into your life that you will not find anywhere else. Start to serve others. Start to help others. Find joy in that. Find joy, not for the praise of men, but to say, Lord, in light of what you've done for me, I love doing this. I love doing this, serving others. See, worldly success is this, is to climb up the triangle of some corporate world or status in our culture. It's to work your way up, to be upwardly mobile. That's the worldly success model. It basically says, you are here for me. I want to work my way up the triangle so everyone below me is here to serve me. That's totally, absolutely contrary to the amazing counter-cultural message of Jesus Christ, who came to this earth and said these words. Jesus called them to himself and said to them, you know that those are considered rulers of the Gentiles. Lord it over them. And their great ones exercise authority over them. You know, in the eyes of the Gentiles, he says, there are people that lord their authority over others. They show off their power and authority by telling others what to do and having others serve them. But here's the powerful message of Jesus Christ that changed the world. He said this, but it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant." See, the way up is down. The way up in the kingdom of God is down. To have a mindset that I am here to serve others. I'm here to serve others. It's amazing when that happens. When the body of Christ has eyes to serve others. I was a basketball coach for many years, I would tell my team every time I coached a team, you're not to go out on the floor to be a star yourself. There are players who are better than others, but you're not to go out on the floor and say, Hey, well, these other four guys on the basketball team, there's five guys on the team. They're here to make me look good. No, you're to go out on the floor and say, I'm going to do my best to make my other players look as good as they possibly can. That means making the right passes, setting the right picks, running the play as it should be run to make other players on my team look as good as they can. That means there's four other players on the floor working hard to make you look good. That's the body of Christ is. There's a body of believers here who are looking out for the needs of others to strengthen others and build them up and to just maximize your gift in the body of Christ. See, godly success is this, we work our way down, we're downwardly mobile. And you're working your way down, like Jesus said, if you want to be great in the kingdom of God, be a servant. The first shall be last and the last shall be first, exactly. You want to be great in God's eyes, have a servant attitude. See, godly success says this, I'm here for you. I'm here for you. I would encourage all of you to have that mindset. When you come into church, you look at this body of believers and say, I'm here for all of you. Whatever I can do, however I can serve, maybe God puts someone in my path that has a problem. I'll do what I can help. If I can't do everything, I will rally other believers around me to help this person to make it through the problem or situation that they're facing. And believe me, all of us will have those seasons in our lives. All of us will. Please do not have the pride that says, I can't accept help from anyone. I refuse to tell anyone what's going on in my life because that would mean I'm weak and that would mean I'm fragile. Believe me, we all have been there. We all have these moments of fragility in our lives. We all have these moments of weakness in our lives. And we need the body of Christ in order to glorify Christ, to come around each other and strengthen one another in our walk with Him. That leads me to the second main point, it's this. Engage in a just like Jesus transformation. Now you might say, well, okay, where's my model? Where's my motivation? It's right here in the text. It's to be just like Jesus. Every day you say, Lord, I want to be just like you. Help me today to see the circumstances of my life as circumstances that are shaping me and molding me to be just like you. Help me to have a just like Jesus transformation. See, that's what it says here. It says, have this mindset in you. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. See, Jesus had this mindset when he came to this earth. If he didn't have this mindset, he would have never left the grandeur and glory of heaven. But because he had an others-oriented mindset, he was willing to leave that. See, it says this. who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped." See, Jesus embodies perfectly how a servant of Christ thinks. And if you want to have an others-oriented lifestyle, you need to change the way you think. Like Romans 12 says, be transformed by the renewing of your mind, exactly. That's why what you watch on TV is so important. That's why the music you listen to is so important. That's why what you read and what you take into your life is so important. Because everything you do starts with the way you think. And God desires to take the lousy, dirty way of thinking that the world embodies all around us. He wants to take that and radically transform it. He wants us to think like Christ. He wants us to say, Lord, I want to think just like you did. And again, it's not a burnout situation. We know that Jesus, when you look at the Gospel of Luke, one of the distinctives of the entire Gospel of Luke is that Luke would show Jesus actively involved in healing people and preaching the word and then go off to pray and have times by himself. Numerous times in the public ministry of Jesus Christ, you see him pulling off to pray and connect with his Father and take time to rest. He modeled it for us. It's not about a burnout. It's about the body of Christ operating in a healthy way, and to think exactly like Jesus did, who had an others-oriented lifestyle. See, here's the great thing about this passage. It tells us that Jesus is God. You might say, well, no, that doesn't seem to be what the text is saying. And I've talked to some of these groups around here that say that's not what that verse says. Look what it says. who although he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped. In the King James Version it says, did not consider robbery to be equal to God. Now some people have said to me, well that means that Jesus wasn't God and he tried to attain Godhood. That Jesus somehow didn't think it was out of line to become a God. There are groups that say that. And by the way, if you have people come to your door, If you have groups come to your door, this is probably the first question you should ask anyone that comes to your door and says, I'm from the universal worldwide accepting church of God from Peoria, Illinois. If they say that, your first question ought to be, who is Jesus? Who is Jesus to you? Is he God in flesh? Did He always exist and forever will exist? Who is Jesus to you? If they get that wrong, you need to stay on that issue. Don't let them talk about blood transfusions and whether or not you salute the flag or anything like that. Keep it on Christ. The key doctrine to everything is who is Jesus Christ? See, Jesus, according to the Bible, is God. What this verse is saying is, Jesus did not consider equality with God something to be held on to. We'll talk about that in a second. I'll go right to the Greek. But Jesus was God in flesh. There's a Greek word, the word kenosis, which is used here in the passage. It says this, in verse 7, but made himself Nothing. Some of your versions might say, but emptied himself. The Greek word is canoe there. It's a doctrine that we know as kenosis for those theologians of you. The emptying of Jesus, the emptying of himself. Well, what does that mean? Well, it does not mean that Jesus lost his divine attributes. That's not what it talks about. It does mean that Jesus came as a baby in Bethlehem. became nothing for us, still God in the flesh, but he submitted himself to the work of the Father, the will of the Father, and came to this earth, and did what the Father commanded him to do. He submitted to the Father, and emptied himself, and became a human, and lived on this earth. Still God in flesh, always existed, always will exist, he emptied himself. And then it says this, he became nothing. He became a servant. And that he humbled himself even more and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. And he did it all for you and for me. He did that for me. Even death on a cross. It does not mean that Jesus was less than God. It's not what it's saying there. He emptied himself of the glory that he had, and that's why God will restore that glory at the end of this passage, for God highly exalted him. And Jesus received all that glory back, but he was still God in the flesh. That's why people could look on Jesus even though he was God in the flesh and live. The Bible says if you look on God, you will die. Well, Jesus emptied himself of that glory, but still was God in flesh, took on the form of a servant, a man, was not less than God, but submitted to God the Father. He was an example of humility. Humility is so important. There's one attribute that you want to have in the body of Christ. Humility. Humility. I define humility in this way. It's this, a right understanding of who you are and who God is, leading you to joyfully serve God and others, avoiding attitudes of superiority or arrogance. It's a right understanding of who you are. Oh yeah, I'm so fragile, my life is so brief, I have no power in and of myself. As I'm connected with God and who He is, the all-powerful being of this universe, Then I'm in a good place as I submit myself to Him like Jesus submitted to the Father. I need to submit to the Father and do the will of the Father and what He commands me to do. So humility is to see ourselves through God's eyes rather than our own eyes. It's having a proper view of ourselves and a proper view of God. If you have a proper view of God, then you ought to have a proper view of yourselves. To say God is God and I am not. I am not God. I like what Warren Wiersbe said about Christ's humility and how he modeled that for us. When Christ was born at Bethlehem, he entered into a permanent union with humanity from which there could be no escape. He willingly humbled himself that he might lift us up. So that's the whole purpose really of humbling ourselves is to lift God up and others around us. But I love the fact, and I hope you realize this, that when Jesus came as a little baby boy in Bethlehem, He took on human form, and He will have that human form for all of eternity in a glorified body. He will have the scars in His hands and in His feet for all of eternity, because in His glorified body, He showed them to Thomas. He did that for you and for me. See, Jesus exemplifies exactly and perfectly what a servant does, what a servant does. If you're a servant today, look at what Jesus did. He humbled himself for the sake of others and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. See, the Greek word here is the word that talks about grasping or clinging or seizing, to seize on to something. Harpagmos, it talks about seizing or clinging on to something. What this verse is saying is he did not consider equality with God as something selfishly to be held on to. He didn't say, I'm going to stay up here in heaven and enjoy it for all of eternity. I am not going to the cross. That's not what he said. He did it for you. And then it says this, he made himself nothing. That made himself nothing is the word kenosis. He emptied himself. He never emptied himself of the fullness of his Godhead or as being equal with God. He emptied himself not of his deity, but of his glory as he took on the form of a human on this earth. He did it all for you and for me. He did it all for you and for me. John Piper, another pastor, another author, wrote this. What is God looking for in the world? Assistance? No. The gospel is not a help-wanted ad. It is a help-available ad. God is not looking for people to work for Him, but people who let Him work mightily in and through Him. Is that your desire today? Lord, I want to be just like you. I want to be a servant just like you. I want to look at opportunities that I have before me to serve others and build up others. That is what makes a church healthy, when we see all of us as being more important than ourselves. We're not, but we reckon ourselves as more important than others. We reckon, I'm sorry, others as more important than ourselves. Here's a servant stopper, though. A servant stopper, we'll keep you from doing it as a commitment to me. It's a fear of giving of yourself to others. That will stop you from being a servant. Well, I want to challenge you today to keep on having that commitment to Christ. To trust Christ enough to say, I will live with an others-oriented lifestyle. Here's another servant stopper. It's this. Comfort zones. Hey Mel, I don't want to leave my comfort zone. I have my own little schedule. I'm doing my own little thing. And I'm pretty happy in my own little comfort zone. If I do that, I will step out of my comfort zone. I'll be like Peter, stepping out of the boat and walking on water. So I want to challenge you today. If Peter had never stepped out of the boat, he would never have had the thrill of walking on water. Never had had that thrill. And I want to challenge all of us to look for ways in which we can step out of our comfort zones and do something that really requires the work of God in our lives to make a difference in the lives of others. To have that others-oriented lifestyle. That all the husbands here today would say about your family, about your marriage. I have an others-oriented approach to my marriage. I'm not looking at how my wife or my husband and my kids can serve me. I'm looking at ways I can serve my spouse and my kids. I may be one of the leaders and my kids look at me as one of the parents of the family. I'm here to serve my kids. Have a servant's attitude to, yes, teach them responsibility and give them chores and give them boundaries, but they know I love them and I'm here to serve them as I lead. I'm a servant leader. In my marriage, I'm a servant leader. I'm looking for ways to give to my spouse, to serve my spouse. In the body of Christ, same thing. As you have relationships with others, to get out of your comfort zone and live like Christ, to walk by faith, See, I believe if you're a servant, you'll enter into blessing zones. And so many people miss that. They're staying in their comfort zones and missing blessing zones. When you step out of your comfort zone, all of a sudden you feel blessed. I can't believe God somehow used me like this. I never imagined that my simple prayer with that person meant so much to that person, or my simple phone call, or my words of encouragement could mean that much. You step into a blessing zone when you do it like Christ wants you to do. But Mel, there's a cost to do it. It costs me something if I become a servant, if I have an others-oriented mindset. Here's my thought on that. It costs not to do it. How much it costs not to do it, how much you're missing out on the blessing of God by not having an others-oriented lifestyle like Jesus Christ. Begin to allow yourself to enter into this just-like-Jesus transformation. Lord, I want to be like you, that you didn't regard equality with God something to be seized onto, to be held onto, but you emptied yourself. Here's a third thing. Rejoice that you bear the name of the exalted Son of God. See, in light of that, this is what happens. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every other name. See there are two servants right there. They got to do the donuts. That's why they have to leave. So thank you for doing that. The name that's above every name. So the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. See here's the reality. The kingdom where up is down. Equality with God led Jesus to be a servant, to be a man. Obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross for me. And that God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name. See, we enter into a kingdom where up is down. So this is a great thing. Jesus came from heaven to earth, from glory to shame, from master to servant, from life to death, even death on a cross. What an amazing example from the God of this universe. What an amazing example for you and for me. That we would say, Lord, help me to stay humble. Help me to stay teachable. Help me to have an others-oriented lifestyle. Help me to do that in a balanced way. Help me to take times to rest, times to connect with you, not to burn out, but to realize that I'm entering into the body of Christ and the task that we have to live out this fellowship, this community in a way that glorifies Jesus Christ. So we read this passage, Jesus is the name that is above every name. I hope you believe that with all your heart today. The world doesn't like that message, by the way. The world hates that message. The world wants to silence that message. But no one else compares to Jesus Christ. He is the name that is above every name. What's my, now what? He's worthy to be followed. If he's the name above every name, I will follow that person. I will be like him because it's worth it. He's worthy to be followed. Here's the next thing. Jesus, the name that every being will one day bow to. whether they're above the earth, on the earth, or under the earth. Some will bow willingly before God, and others not willingly. But we have the blessing today of knowing that before the Lord, we bow willingly. That Lord, I bow to the ground before you. Lord, I have no problem falling on my face before you. If Jesus walked into this room today physically, and stood before you, would you have any hesitation to bow before Him? Well, Mel, that's not done in America. We're free, we don't bow to anyone. Before Jesus, would you bow? Would you realize He's the God of this universe with all power that created you? No one else is like Him. No one else loves you more. No one else has done more for you than Jesus Christ. If He walked in today and physically stood before you, would you gladly fall on your face before Him and worship Him? Get rid of the pride. Get rid of the arrogance. Know in your heart there would be no hesitation to bow before the Lord. See, He's worthy to be worshiped. He's worthy of my worship. If you worship Him today, you wanna be just like Him. If you worship Him today, you want to be just like Him. Here's the next thing. Jesus is the name that will be universally acknowledged as Lord. See, one day, every knee will bow to Jesus. Every knee will bow. Whether they believed in Him or not, they will bow before Jesus. The day is coming when this world will not continue as it has been for the last number of centuries. The day is coming when things will change. It may be in our lifetime, it may not be, but it is coming. And if that's the case, my prayer would be that all of you would say, He's worthy to entrust my eternity to. I know this life is but a breath, and I want to live each and every day like Jesus wants me to. I want to have a just-like-Jesus mindset. I want to copy the character of Christ. I want to be just like Him. That's your desire today. And you will step into a blessing zone in your life. It may mean leaving your comfort zones, but you'll step into a blessing zone of being just like Jesus Christ. Amen, church? Amen. Let's bow our hearts before the Lord today. As your heads are bowed, is your desire today to copy the character of Christ, to be just like Him? Would you have any hesitation to fall on your face before Him and worship Him? To put all the pride aside, put all the arrogance aside, and worship Jesus for the awesome, almighty, all-powerful, all-sufficient God that He truly is. If that's the case, then we need to leave this place with a just-like-Jesus mindset, ready to love others unconditionally, ready to serve others in a way that honors Jesus Christ, ready to see the needs of others as being opportunities for me to demonstrate the love that Jesus Christ has poured into my life and to connect with Him and have times of refreshment with Him as we seek to live out the life He's called us to. Lord, we love you today. Lord, I'm amazed this morning that you ask us to do what you already did and modeled for us so perfectly. And you obviously did so much more than we could ever have done or will do. But Lord, we want to be as much like you as we possibly can be. Lord, I pray that for Riverview Church today, that the power of your presence, that the power of your mindset would live powerfully in this place. Lord, we love you today. And we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Let's all stand together.