Amen. Thank you, Brother Dave. Brings back memories. All week has been overwhelming, almost, in thinking of all the good memories that I had. go any further, there's a few I need to recognize. First of all, I want to thank God for having placed me in the ministry. There is nothing better and I could not imagine doing anything else than what I'm doing. I know for certain that I am right where God wants me and doing exactly what God wants me to do in the ministry. And I pray that whenever God leads you out of here right now, be thrilled you're here. Enjoy the time that you have. and work hard at it. And the faculty will do their best to prepare you. And then guess what? Then you'll get into the real world. But thank God for placing me in the ministry. And secondly, I want to thank my wife, Teresa. We'll be married 23 years this year. I've hauled my wife all over the country, and she's always been there. a man when you find a helpmate and you find one that loves you and that supports you, you can do pretty much anything. having faith in God and having a good wife, nothing better than that. Teresa, thank you. My children are at home today with brother Gary Norris, and they're also watching on the computer this morning. I want to say hello to brother Gary Norris. Thank you, brother, for watching over my family while I'm gone. Tyler, Tane, and Kareth, love you guys, and I look forward to seeing you when I get back. And thank you, Dr. Comfort, for allowing me Dr. Beal, thank you for allowing me to come back. I think the only happy time, the happier time that Dr. Comfort will have than when he saw me leave in 1996 will be when I leave this week. I told him some stories yesterday and I think he's horrified about what went on in that old campus back there. I thought after 16 years I could finally get it off my chest, all those things that we did. But really, truly enjoyed that. I'd like you to take your Bibles to 2 Timothy. 2 Timothy chapter 1. I did not talk to Brother Dave Smith, didn't know he was singing today, and then he shows up in that last song that he sang, having faith in God and being discouraged. The title of the message today is, How to Overcome the Perils of Discouragement. And I pray that this will be a help. I've been praying for a number of months after Brother Beale had called and asked me to come and asking the Lord to lay on my heart that which would truly be a help to each one of you and to anyone who may be listening to this or sometime may even pull this out of the archives. I pray that that of all things, you don't have to remember who I am. I don't care anything about that, but I do pray that As we look at this passage here in 2 Timothy chapter 1, that these verses will come back to you. And as David said in the Psalms, there is a place where the enemies had put him and he had gone and said that he was in a dark place. And first of all, I guess I should preface all of this by saying that there is nothing that I would rather do than be in the ministry. There are some wonderful things that go on in your life in the ministry. There is nothing better than when you're sitting there at a pew and you lead someone to Christ and see their entire life change for eternity. There's nothing better than whenever you see a family that you've been counseling, and talking to, and preaching to, and praying with, and you see their family restored, and you see their children come back to the Lord, and you see the blessings that God gives you as being a pastor. So don't think that it's all bad, alright? But there are many times that whenever we become discouraged, and we go into that dark place that even David was talking about in the Psalms, and we get into that place where spiritually we're in a dark place, physically we're in this dark place, thinking as Brother Rob said yesterday, all alone, I want you to know that it's at that time when God is ready to do a major work in your life. And so in the thing that we need to understand, whenever we get into those places in our life, and you will and you're thinking, I remember when I was a dorm supervisor, I had a married student come to me and he said, Brother, he said, Yeah, all these professors are telling us that You know what? This is a great time in your life and we need to enjoy this and really understand the blessings we have. And it's going to get a lot harder in our lives as we go. He said, I'm a married student. I have kids and I'm struggling. And there's a lot of stress. And yes, there is. But it can get worse. And we need to understand that. And I understand that now more so. And whenever you get into the world and you start dealing with people, and you start dealing with those that have been oppressed by Satan, by the world, and have all of those things that are going on, the burden of sin that's on their life, and you start dealing with all of that that's going on in their lives, and you as a pastor or in the ministry are taking that upon yourself and praying for them, things get heavy. Things get dark. But don't be discouraged. Don't get into that dark place and continue to focus on that. But remember what God wants you to remember in His precious Word. In 2 Timothy chapter 1, we're going to see three things. Three things that we can use to overcome. the perils of discouragement. And in verses 1 through 5, we see first of all, the first thing we should do is remember our salvation. It tells us in verse 1, Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus. You go through and you start reading the books that Paul had written, and oh, so often he introduces himself, gives us who he is, this apostle, and always giving credit to God. God is the one who has placed him in the ministry. God is the one that places you in the ministry. Believe me, there have been times in Fort Morgan, Colorado, being there 15 years, that there has been times when I've sat down and I thought, God, are you sure this is where you wanted me? There have been times where, and I'm ashamed to say this today, but there have been times where I've sat there with my family and I've watched my children weeping because of families that have left or because of the hurt. And believe me, it's one thing to mess with you. But it's another thing when it's your family. And you start seeing the heartbreak of your wife, and you see your children going through the struggles, and you all need to remember, when you're in that ministry, it's your whole family that's in that ministry. It's everybody in your whole family. And you start seeing those things, and you sit down and you're in that dark place, and you're thinking, God, is this truly what you want me to do? And then you go back. And I go back to that summer night in Trenton, Missouri. And that evening of special meetings. And God brings that back to me. And I remember coming forward and getting down at that altar. And I remember as sure as my salvation, my calling into the ministry. And I start remembering how in Spickard, Missouri, when I was a young child, coming up to Brother Norris Ramsey, my pastor at the time, and telling him that I need to trust Christ as my Savior. And I remember those things in my life. And so I start looking at that, and God starts bringing those memories back to me. And He starts showing me, first of all, you're my child. Never forget that. Have faith in God. Know and understand that He has control of things. And know it is He that places you in that ministry. And then he goes on and he says, he says, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus. Isn't it great to know in Acts chapter 4 and verse 12, neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. Isn't it great to know that we are representing the God of gods, King of kings, and Lord of lords? Jesus Christ our Savior. What a blessed ministry that is. And how could there be anything better in our lives than representing our Lord? And so, he tells us according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus. To Timothy, my dearly beloved son, grace, mercy, and peace. From God the Father in Christ Jesus, our Lord. Whenever we see this verse, and he's writing this to Timothy, here is Paul's last letter that he writes before he's killed. Have you ever given thought to that? Maybe it's a morbid thing to think, but I wonder what I would do if God gave me the time where I knew that I was soon to die. What would I do with the last minutes of my life? Or what would I do with the last days or the last months of my life? Here Paul knew that he was soon to die. And we don't see that, you know, Facebook is good for some things, but I saw a lady on there one time and I believe it was a carnal statement to make that you just need to live like you're dying and go out and jump out of an airplane or ride a bull, you know, and she's quoting all these things and I'm thinking, you know what? Those things aren't going to be what you're truly going to be thinking about if you're walking with God. And here Paul shows us his whole thoughts were, Timothy, I want you to be strong. I want you to be encouraged. I want you to keep serving God. I want you to continue to tell people the Gospel and serving that living God until the last day that you have breath. Those are the things that count for eternity. You know, I did actually get to ride a bull. It's great living in the West. I actually rode a bull, not for very long. You know? I wrote him for eight seconds and then they opened the chute gate. You know? You know, the only thing I can remember about that is how sore my knee was when I hit the chute on the way out. And now, I've had knee surgery since then. Thank you. And so, you know, I think of those things. I think about the terrifying experience it would be to jump out of an airplane. And I think about how foolish people are to think that that's exhilarating and fun. But you know the things that truly bless my heart is I remember I walked into a lady's apartment. We had been bringing her children to church. And Holly, if you're listening, I hope you see this. I walked into this young lady's house. She had just come back from her funeral and she had lots of questions. And I'd been praying about when to come and sit down and talk to her. And that day, on a Saturday afternoon, I led Holly to the Lord. And I think about how blessed that was in my life. I think about all those people in our church that I've seen God do wonderful, marvelous works in their lives. And here I see that he gives us. And when he writes this to Timothy, my dearly beloved son, we think of that close kinship that they had. But then he says, grace, mercy and peace. You know all three of those things he is directing to Timothy, who is a saved individual? This is the kind of grace that sustains us every day. It's that kind of grace that you see whenever you go in and you sit down and you lead someone to the Lord and you think, praise the Lord. That sustains us. Those are the things that help us to get through the times in our life where we're in that dark place. Mercy. Oh, every day. Every day I wake up. And I look in the mirror. And I think about how merciful my God is to me. I think about Him placing me in the ministry. Dr. Comfort is wondering about that after those stories I told him yesterday. But I thank God for the mercy that He shows me every day. I see it in my life. I see it in the lives of my congregation. And I praise Him for that mercy. And then the peace. That peace that He talks about that passeth all understanding. That peace that only comes through the presence of the Holy Spirit living in my heart. That peace, even when I see my children weeping, and when I see my wife who was distraught, He lays a sudden peace on my life that I know that I'm doing what He has called me to do. Oh, be certain. Be certain of your salvation. Be certain of your calling into the ministry from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. But then He goes on. And we see verse 2 and 3, we see Paul's prayer for Timothy. Verse 3, he says, I thank God whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience. You know, there's been, and every one of you, those of you who are in the ministry, you already understand that. But every one of you will be tested in your life and in your ministry. Just get used to it. It's going to come. And as I see this, and as I read this, and as God has used this to minister to me, it shows me that who do I serve? I don't serve those people. I serve God. And in serving God, I serve people. But on all of that, I am serving God. While you are in school right now, who is it that you serve? You serve God. And in serving God, you serve people. Your entire life, you will be a servant to our Lord Jesus Christ. That's who we need to be serving. Whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience. You know, I think about those times that it's truly been dark. And I don't have an assistant other than my wife. And praise the Lord, she's the best secretary you'll ever have, guys, is have your wife. And I thank God for that. But as I look at this passage and I think about whom I serve with my forefathers with pure conscience, I don't have any assistance or anything and so I teach Sunday school, I teach Sunday morning, I teach Sunday night, I teach Wednesday night, I do funerals, I do weddings, I do everything else in between. You guys understand that? And I remember whenever there were some hard times in my life and some times of discouragement where I was in that peril of discouragement of getting into that rut and staying there and I knew that I still needed to serve God with a pure conscience and so I had to study. And every day I study. And every day your mind is wandering every direction. And you're thinking about all these pressures that's going on in your life. And you're fighting the bitterness. And you're fighting the carnality. You're fighting the attitudes. You're fighting the idea of these other people who are against you. You're fighting this thing that you think that you're all alone. But every day you stay in the Word. And I remember in my office, how God tenderly, in His mercy, ministered to my life. And how He took His precious Word, and He continued to show me, don't worry about the people. You serve Me. People are fickle, but God is faithful. And He will always be faithful. In all areas. And so who do you serve? You serve God Almighty. You serve the God of Elijah. You serve the God of Paul. You serve your God, your Father, through Jesus Christ. And he goes on, that without ceasing, I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day. You know, I think about the friendship that Paul had with Timothy. That man that stood up here yesterday and preached, Brother Rob Thornton. I know he's on the plane, so he can't see this, so I can say the nice things while he's gone. He might get a swelled head if he knew these things. But a good friend in the ministry. And I pray for that man. Knowing the struggles that he goes through, he prays for me. I think of Brother Gary Norris, who's back in Colorado right now, watching my kids. Thank you, Brother Gary. What a blessing he's been. I think of Pastor Cam, who I call on occasions and talk to, and what a good friend he's been. I think of Dr. Curallo in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and how many times I've called for godly advice. And he continued to tell me, Shannon, you just need to stay where you're at. Stay there. I remember a statement that was said by one of the faculty years ago. If you're not going to stay in the Word, and you're not going to study the Word, and you're not going to have the character to stick it out, don't rent a U-Haul. Buy it. It'll be cheaper. I don't want to buy a U-Haul. And so I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day. You will find that the friends that you have will be the ones that you make right here. I think of all those men, Brother Rahm, Dr. Q, Pastor Camp, Brother Gary Norris, all four of those men I met right here at Ambassador. And I thank God for their friendship. I thank God that I can call those men at any time I think of Brother Chuck Donnelly, evangelist with Rock of Ages Prison Ministry in Washington State, who called me at one time and he said, Brother, if you need me to be there, I'll leave tonight and come and be there for you. That means a lot, doesn't it? And God allows those people to be in your life. to encourage you and to remind you of what you have in the salvation that He gives us. He says, greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy. whether those tears were in their parting, whether those tears were... I think of what Timothy has gone through. Can you imagine, you go back and you read 1 Timothy, here is a young man, and Paul gives him all this instruction. He says, Timothy, I want you to go in there. I want you to set those guys right. I want you to preach and teach the Word. And here in 2 Timothy, he continues to exhort him, preach the Word, be instant in season, out of season. And here he continues to tell it, and you start thinking about the tears, and you start thinking about the tears that Timothy shed, not only for his friend Paul, but for those in his congregation, those that he was dealing with and ministering with, and there will be tears in your ministry. There will be heartache in your ministry. There will be those who come in, and I've seen grown men coming in, weeping over the burden of sin in their life. And here you are sitting there. You are just a human being like everybody else. You have feet of clay. You have a mind that's weak. You have a body that's weak. And here they come in and they want you to give them answers to their problems. You try to do that on your own and you will fail. And you weep with them because you truly do see the tears and the grief and the burden. But then you give them that one thing that is always faithful. This right here. You can give them all the advice in the world and they'll walk out of there and have accomplished nothing by seeing you. but you give them this precious word, and just as it will minister to you in those quiet times of study, in that quiet time of meditation, God can take that and use that and do a major work in their lives. It all starts with our salvation. Oh, how good He is to save us. When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee. You know what I found? First of all, I found I'm not going to have near enough time to finish all three of my points. So you're going to have to invite me back sometime. But you know what I found being in a church for 15 years? I need to be transparent. Those people in my congregation, they do know that I have feet of clay. I let them know that all the time. I ask them to pray for me. And if they think I'm perfect, I tell them all you need to do is come and go with me for about an hour. You'll see all kinds of things you need to pray for. But I found that in an unfeigned faith, one that is genuine, one that is sincere, open and transparent, people see that. And people will come to that. And you can witness to them. And you can share testimonies with them. And you can encourage the brothers. You can evangelize the lost by a genuine faith. which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also." Another message for later is how important the family is in being that testimony, is it not? Praise the Lord for those godly women that were in Timothy's life. Wherefore? I guess we'll hit the second point. I'll go quick. First of all, remember your salvation. Secondly, we see, starting with verse 6 and verse 7, rekindle your calling. Wherefore I put thee in remembrance. What is it that Paul has reminded Timothy of? Timothy, remember your faith. Who's it in? It's in Jesus Christ. You have eternal life. You have trusted that glorious Gospel of Christ, and you have that wonderful salvation. And so, wherefore, I put thee in remembrance, and I want to remind you, that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands. You can go back into 1 Timothy. Not quite sure what... there's speculation. I'm not going to speculate. I don't have time for that. Don't know what the gift was exactly that Timothy had. But obviously, whatever it was, God had equipped him to do what God wanted him to do. And God has equipped me to do exactly what He wants to accomplish in my life. He has equipped you with exactly what you need to accomplish what it is that He wants to accomplish in your life. He will equip you, He will give you the gifts that you need, and you need to just continue to grow and be conformed into that image of Christ. And in doing so, remembering those things, that thou stir up the gift of God. Go in and remember how good it was when you get out. I can't believe it's been 15 years since I was here. 16 years since we left the school. And I think about all those questions that I had at the time, and wondering what it was that God would have me to do. and all that excitement that I had and sometimes you get out into the world and you're dealing with all of the pressures and dealing with the congregation and all the pressures of the ministry and sometimes you soon forget and then you read something like this and he tells us that we need to rekindle that calling. We need to stir up the gift of God. Every once in a while, I have a friend that I call him the paint stick because he's always stirring things up. And you know, there are times where we need to stir things up in our own lives. We do need to remember those things and stir up the gift of God, and know that that is what God has gifted you with, and go out there and do what it is that He's called you to do. There are going to be people that come to you. I remember one time, a guy told me, he said, Pastor, I feel that the Holy Spirit is leading you to leave. And then his wife, she said, well, what would you do if the Holy Spirit was leading you to leave? I would leave! But you're not the Holy Spirit! But you deal with a meeting like that, and then you go home, and what's your heart start doing? What's your mind start doing? You start wondering, am I truly cut out for this? And I go back to that evening. In Trenton, Missouri, Pastor Dwayne Davis preaching. And I came forward and I'll never forget God calling me into the ministry. I serve God and in serving God, I serve people. We need to remember that. and you stir up that calling. I tell people, you need to be as certain of your calling into the ministry as you are that effectual calling of salvation in your life. And then I love this next verse. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear. Dr. Childs, you'll probably shoot me after I say this, but I remember in classes, he said, you know what? You guys are going to be out there, and you're going to find out that you might have a bell cow in your congregation. Does anyone know what a bell cow is? And you're going to think, how in the world could that person who's 5'5", 110 pounds be intimidating? Yeah? But they can't be. I think of how many times I've had the worst thing in the world for a pastor, you get a phone call. Pastor, we need to meet. And, you know, I'm 6'8", some many pounds, and I think, you know, there shouldn't be anything that you're afraid of. But then you get a phone call. Oh, and you're mine. And you're mine. And then you start questioning yourself. And you start wondering, Lord, am I cut out for this? And then you go and you sit down in that meeting, And they say, you know, Pastor, we just feel like God's leading us here to join the church. What wasn't that good? And here you are, all that stress. And then here you come to this verse. And it says, For God hath not given us the spirit of fear. Whenever we're walking with the Lord as we should, and we're doing the things that we ought to be doing, There is absolutely no reason to fear anything that's going on, standing on the promises of His precious Word. And then not only does He say that, but then He says the spirit of fear, but also He hasn't given us the spirit of power. He has given us the spirit of power, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. You know, not too long ago in my devotions, I was reading, still actually, read this sometime back, still in the story right now, my devotions on Samson. when Samson, remember when they bound him and they didn't bind him, he found out they came into the city to take him and it says that he busted out and he grabbed the gates of the city. You remember that? It says that he picked up the gates of the city. I studied that out. He carried the gates of the city 38 miles and carried it 3,300 feet above sea level. I think about the power that that man had, and I think about the power, the Spirit of God that was on a carnal man at best. What could he do with someone who is a child of God, who is walking with God, who is on his knees praying for the power of God to be on his life? How much could be accomplished with someone who is truly doing the will of God in their lives? And he tells us that he has given us that spirit in our lives! And we go in and we start questioning ourselves and we start questioning our calling. Some of us sometimes may even doubt whether we're truly saved with some of the thoughts we have about that bell cow. And then we have all these doubts coming in our mind. And then you come to a verse like this in your daily study. In your daily study. In your daily study of God's Word. And He shows us, you don't have anything to fear. And as a matter of fact, that power, that minimal power that I showed in Samson's life, is just but a little piece of the iceberg of the power that God wants to perform in your life. That's what we need to be doing in our lives. Living by the power of God. Living by the controlling Spirit in our lives today. There is nothing to fear. And it's all power of God. And then whenever you're living under the power of the Spirit, you also have the love that you need. I think of some of the meetings that I've had through the years. And you will have meetings. And you will have phone calls. And you will have those who say things, you know something else, this is all free. People start trashing you. People start saying things that aren't true. You know who can defend yourself better than you? God. You just keep doing what you need to do. You know, you need to picture it as a freight train. You're on God's train, and you're busy serving God. And if they want to jump off and they want to say things, look out. Because that light at the end of the tunnel for them is the freight train. And God does it. I don't have to do anything. I just keep serving Him. And I pray for those people. Because you love them. You don't go into a church and stay there 15 years and not learn to love those people who are there. I think as so many of our families in our church today, what a support they are. One gentleman came up to me Wednesday night after the service, walked up to me, and as this one gal gave the testimony yesterday of getting a green handshake, you know, he came out and shook my hand. He gave me a $100 bill. He said, Pastor, I just want you to go out there and take your family out to eat, Ken and Tammy and Teresa. He said, just go have a good time. That's from me. And I think of just little things like that. I think of Mrs. Boatman, who said, Pastor, I'll be praying for you 7 o'clock Tuesday morning, which is 9 o'clock here. She said, I'll pray for you. I think of all those other in the church who have been praying for me. The texts that I've received, the phone calls, the love that they show me. Why do they love me? Because they also know that I love them. And I do. And I love those people in that church. And it's only because God gives us that kind of love. A self-sacrificial love that we ought to have. But then what does he also say? He gives us a sound mind. He gives us something that is healthy to think about. Your calling into the ministry. The glorious God that we serve. The one who is faithful. He gave me salvation. He called me into the ministry. And so I rekindle it. And I'm encouraged. And I pray that as you go into the ministry, and you get into that dark place in your life, and you feel like you're all alone, you come back to these verses, and you remember your salvation. You rekindle your calling. And the last thing in verse 8, in just a couple of minutes, and I'll be done, you rejoice in the Gospel. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. That's the first command. There's two commands in this verse. That's the first one. The negative command. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord. I think of what Paul wrote in Romans 1 in verse 16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. We should never be ashamed of that Gospel of Jesus Christ. Preaching it and teaching it and living by it and continue to rejoice in the Gospel and that glorious privilege we have of teaching it to everybody. I told Dr. Comfort and Brother Beal last night, I enjoyed all four years. God knew that I was a wimp. He didn't put me through a whole lot of trials while I was here. He made it all good. We came that first year and was working off campus, my wife and I, and I tried to be here for everything. I mean, I wanted to be here. I wanted every part of this. I wanted to enjoy what I had. I thought, man, I only have a year. I'm going to get all I can. About week number two, I thought, you know what? Probably be good if I stayed two. By mid-semester, I'm thinking, this isn't going to work. I told God when I walked out of the state university, Lord, I am never going to go back to school again. And by that first semester, I'm thinking, OK, I don't think I'm going to say never again. And then Dr. Comfort came to me. He said, Brother Monday, I'm sure you'd rethink that now. Brother Monday, he said, we would like you to pray about taking a position as a dorm supervisor. Oh, OK. What does that entail? Well, we'd like your wife also to be the lady's dorm supervisor. And we want you to come. We'll give you a place to live here on campus. We'll let you go to school. And all your tuition will be taken care of. And we'll even let you eat. all your meals here. He said, I'd like you to pray about it. OK, I'll take it. But what a joy. And for four years, all I did was study this wonderful word. And now, I get into the ministry, and not only am I studying the Word, but the church is paying me to do it! How much better can it get? I mean, I think of all the blessings, and so I start rejoicing in the Gospel and thinking, here I am, I get to study this every day, I get to share it with those around, and then somebody comes along, and I start witnessing to them, and I see that person turn their lives over to Christ, and it makes you want to have a Pentecostal fit! Makes you want to walk on water like Dr. Childs used to. Do you still do that? Giving up those childish things, right? But it's thrilling. There is nothing better than rejoicing in the Gospel. And then he says, the next command, but for those of you who are in Greek, That's strong adversative. But, be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God. I want you to know that I am not bitter from any of those meetings that I've had through the years. I thank God that He's allowed me to be in the ministry. And that scar that you have on your heart, that cut that you have in your soul, From those who have hurt you, that's just the war wound. Those are the things that you can look back at later and say, thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord, for allowing me to be a partaker, to share in the afflictions of the gospel. There is nothing better than being a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Whether you're a pastor, whether you're an evangelist, whether you're a missionary, whether you're a lay person that just goes out and gives the gospel, there is nothing better than being a preacher of the gospel. So rejoice in it. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice. Remember your salvation. Rekindle your calling. and rejoice in the gospel. Let's pray. Father, I thank you for your word today. God, so often we're just so inadequate in sharing this perfect word. But Lord, I know that the Holy Spirit isn't. And I pray that you will do a work in the lives of each one who hears this. Lord, I pray that you will encourage them in a special way. to show them how to overcome that peril of discouragement. Lord, I ask you continue to guide and bless, help these guys to remember, these students to remember what it is that they've studied, do well on their finals, but especially do well in life in serving you. We thank you and we love you. We pray your blessings in Jesus' name. Amen.