Christmas Eve Service

WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:04.200 Let's begin our worship now. The grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ, 2 00:00:04.719 --> 00:00:09.830 and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you 3 00:00:09.949 --> 00:00:15.390 all, versus one through five. Here the word of our God, I 4 00:00:15.509 --> 00:00:20.149 will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord forever. With my mouth I 5 00:00:20.309 --> 00:00:26.059 will make known your faithfulness to all generations, for, I said, steadfast 6 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:31.379 love will be built up forever in the heavens. You Will Establish Your faithfulness. 7 00:00:32.420 --> 00:00:36.210 You have said, I have made a covenant with my Chosen One. 8 00:00:36.329 --> 00:00:43.369 I have sworn to David, my servant. I will establish your offspring forever 9 00:00:43.850 --> 00:00:49.770 and build your throne for all generations. Let the heavens praise your wonders, 10 00:00:49.810 --> 00:00:57.039 Old Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones. Please stand 11 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:08.670 as we pray. Father Hey, you condescended to make a covenant with David, 12 00:01:11.790 --> 00:01:17.030 a mere man, though in many ways we would think he is greater 13 00:01:17.150 --> 00:01:22.500 than us as a king. You made a covenant with him, a covenant 14 00:01:22.540 --> 00:01:26.939 you have kept. And your son, Jesus, who even now sits upon 15 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:34.650 on David's throne, waiting for you to bring all of his enemies under his 16 00:01:34.810 --> 00:01:40.450 feet. So, even as we gather to worship now, may you be 17 00:01:40.730 --> 00:01:48.000 subduing those enemies through the Gospel, bringing people into faithful allegiance to Jesus because 18 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:53.599 of His grace and because of his mercy, and help us to have hearts 19 00:01:53.719 --> 00:02:00.950 filled with gratitude and joy over the coming of your eternal son and flesh and 20 00:02:01.230 --> 00:02:09.310 bone, to be not just King Jesus, but to be savior Jesus. 21 00:02:10.389 --> 00:02:15.860 Amen, let's sing together. Hark the Herald Angel saying it's number two, 22 00:02:15.900 --> 00:05:30.730 hundred and three. Man, please be seated if you'd like to read along. 23 00:05:30.050 --> 00:05:39.279 It's a genesis three versus eight through fifteen. Bring us back to the 24 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:46.480 fall of man. Adam and Eve have just sinned. Just for context, 25 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:55.149 they have realized their shame and of made clothing of themselves, for themselves rather, 26 00:05:56.550 --> 00:06:00.550 and they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in 27 00:06:00.629 --> 00:06:06.019 the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from 28 00:06:06.060 --> 00:06:12.060 the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the 29 00:06:12.139 --> 00:06:15.220 Lord God called to the man and said to him, where are you? 30 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:19.730 And he said I heard the sound of you in the garden and I was 31 00:06:19.810 --> 00:06:28.649 afraid because I was naked and I hid myself. He said, who told 32 00:06:28.769 --> 00:06:31.730 you? That you are naked. Have you eaten of the tree of which 33 00:06:31.769 --> 00:06:38.600 I commanded you not to eat? The man said, the woman whom you 34 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.519 gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and 35 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:46.949 I ate. Then the Lord said to the woman, what is this that 36 00:06:47.069 --> 00:06:53.910 you have done? The woman said, the serpent deceived me and I ate. 37 00:06:55.750 --> 00:07:00.110 The Lord said to the serpent, because you have done this, cursed 38 00:07:00.230 --> 00:07:03.899 are you above all live stock and above all beasts of the field. On 39 00:07:04.019 --> 00:07:11.220 your belly you shall go and dust you shall eat all the days of your 40 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:17.490 life. I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring 41 00:07:17.930 --> 00:07:25.410 and her offspr ring. He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his 42 00:07:25.610 --> 00:07:30.360 heel. Here we have the first promise of a redeemer who would come to 43 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:35.519 vanquish God's enemies. In light of that, let's sing a little town of 44 00:07:35.600 --> 00:10:54.580 Bethlehem him number two hundred and one. Please stand as you're able. Please 45 00:10:54.700 --> 00:11:03.179 be seated. Three different passages for you at this point, one of which 46 00:11:03.610 --> 00:11:09.850 was read in our worship service this morning at desert springs, has to do 47 00:11:09.009 --> 00:11:16.210 with the promise of the Righteous Branch from Jeremiah twenty three, versus five and 48 00:11:16.370 --> 00:11:24.840 six. Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I 49 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:30.879 will raise up for David a righteous branch, and he shall reign as King 50 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:39.230 and deal wisely and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his 51 00:11:39.389 --> 00:11:46.629 days, Judah will be saved and Israel will jewell securely, and this is 52 00:11:46.710 --> 00:11:52.539 the name by which he will be called. The Lord is our righteousness, 53 00:11:54.500 --> 00:12:15.570 and from Isaiah seven, verse fourteen, therefore, the Lord himself will give 54 00:12:15.610 --> 00:12:22.200 you a sign. Behold, the Virgin shall conceive and bear a son, 55 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:31.909 and you shall call his name Emanuel. Then Isaiah nine, six and seven, 56 00:12:35.230 --> 00:12:39.830 for to us a child is born, to us a son is given, 57 00:12:39.629 --> 00:12:45.220 and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be 58 00:12:45.460 --> 00:12:54.500 called wonderful counselor mighty God, everlasting father, Prince of peace, of the 59 00:12:54.620 --> 00:13:00.529 increase of his government and of peace. There shall be no end on the 60 00:13:00.649 --> 00:13:05.090 throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it 61 00:13:05.929 --> 00:13:15.320 with justice and with righteousness. From this time forth and forevermore, the zeal 62 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:22.159 of the Lord of hosts will do this. Let's respond by seeing angels. 63 00:13:22.399 --> 00:16:12.840 We have heard on high number two hundred and fourteen please be seated. Let's 64 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:22.750 turned to Luke Chapter One. Not sure why I have is Zekiel. There, 65 00:16:26.789 --> 00:16:33.419 verses twenty six through thirty eight. In the sixth month, the Angel 66 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:41.340 Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a 67 00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:45.940 virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph of the House of David, 68 00:16:48.090 --> 00:16:52.690 and the Virgin's name was Mary, and he came to her and said Greetings, 69 00:16:53.250 --> 00:16:59.610 Oh favored one, the Lord is with you. But she was greatly 70 00:16:59.730 --> 00:17:03.680 troubled at the saying and try to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 71 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:08.599 And the Angel said to her, do not be afraid, Mary, 72 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:17.150 for you have found favor with God and behold, you will conceive in your 73 00:17:17.309 --> 00:17:23.150 room and bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus. He will 74 00:17:23.150 --> 00:17:29.390 be great, it will be called the son of the most high, and 75 00:17:29.549 --> 00:17:33.380 the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he 76 00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:38.180 will reign over the house of J Goup before ever, and of his kingdom 77 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:47.009 there will be no end. And Mary said to the angel, how will 78 00:17:47.130 --> 00:17:53.089 this be, since I am a virgin? The Angel answered her, the 79 00:17:53.250 --> 00:17:59.279 Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the most high will overshout, 80 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:04.319 overshadow you. Therefore, the child to be born will be called Holy, 81 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:11.799 the son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth, in her 82 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:17.869 old age, has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month 83 00:18:18.190 --> 00:18:23.549 with her, who was called Baron. For nothing will be impossible with God. 84 00:18:26.109 --> 00:18:30.579 And Mary said, behold, I am the servant of the Lord. 85 00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:38.740 Let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from 86 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:45.009 her. Please stand as you're able. What child is this? Him Number 87 00:18:45.049 --> 00:22:19.539 two hundred and thirteen. Please be seated. Matters not whether you are peasant 88 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:26.140 or king or anything in between, but as we sang, what matters is 89 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:33.890 that we recognize our sin and our need for one to rescue us, and 90 00:22:33.089 --> 00:22:42.210 Jesus has come to do just that, to rescue sinners. Luke, chapter 91 00:22:42.329 --> 00:22:51.599 one versus forty six through fifty five. Context is he has. She is 92 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:56.319 gone to see her relative, Elizabeth, who blessed her and broke out in 93 00:22:56.519 --> 00:23:04.789 song. And now Mary responds. And Mary said, my soul magnifies the 94 00:23:04.910 --> 00:23:11.630 lord and my spirit rejoices in God, my savior, for he has looked 95 00:23:11.750 --> 00:23:18.579 on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on, 96 00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:25.940 all generations will call me blessed, for he who is mighty has done great 97 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:32.049 things for me, and holy is his name and His mercy is for those 98 00:23:32.210 --> 00:23:37.769 who fear him. From generation to generation, he has shown the strength of 99 00:23:37.930 --> 00:23:41.559 his arm. He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. 100 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:48.000 He is brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble the 101 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:55.789 state. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he 102 00:23:55.869 --> 00:24:02.470 has sent away empty. He has helped his servant, Israel, in remembrance 103 00:24:02.670 --> 00:24:08.150 of His mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to 104 00:24:08.390 --> 00:24:22.220 his offspring forever. Let's pray. Father. We've heard many of these verses 105 00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:29.730 which talk about your plan of salvation, which is not about us doing things, 106 00:24:30.130 --> 00:24:33.329 but it is about what you have done for us. In Jesus Christ, 107 00:24:36.609 --> 00:24:42.920 this son of David, who reigns forever but yet came to a humble 108 00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:48.759 virgin, who was born in a humble stable, who lived as the humble 109 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:56.630 son of a carpenter by the name of Joseph. Help us to be awe 110 00:24:56.710 --> 00:25:04.269 struck at this confounding thing that you have done, this man who would keep 111 00:25:04.309 --> 00:25:10.380 your law perfectly this man who would lay down his life for people who hated 112 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:18.099 him. As Christopher comes to bring your word, may you indeed open our 113 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:22.210 ears, I may you indeed open our minds and shine your light into them. 114 00:25:23.009 --> 00:25:30.970 May you indeed open our hearts that we may love these truths and so 115 00:25:30.170 --> 00:25:59.349 be saved in Christ's name. Amen. One of the most important books that 116 00:25:59.430 --> 00:26:03.299 has ever been written about the incarnation of the son of God, as written, 117 00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:10.140 was written by a fourth century Christian from Egypt named Athanaceus, and the 118 00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:15.579 title of that book is called, unsurprisingly, on the incarnation. The thing 119 00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:19.210 I want to draw your attention to from that book is something Athenatious says in 120 00:26:19.250 --> 00:26:26.930 chapter six. He said that not believing in the incarnation, in the life, 121 00:26:26.250 --> 00:26:30.410 in the death and the resurrection of Jesus, said of Jesus it makes 122 00:26:30.569 --> 00:26:36.880 no sense if you claim to believe the scriptures, because, as he puts 123 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:42.839 it, from cover to cover the inspired book clearly teaches these things both in 124 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:49.789 its entirety and in its actual words, and we've seen that here tonight, 125 00:26:51.710 --> 00:26:56.069 beginning with the promise in genesis three, and he shall bruise your head, 126 00:26:56.109 --> 00:27:02.099 as he speaks to the serpent. In all in that we all might hear 127 00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:07.019 all the way up to his words to marry and beyond. Of course, 128 00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:10.819 you don't have to take Athanasius's words for it, because Jesus says the same 129 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:15.490 thing himself. You might remember that after his resurrection, he appears to two 130 00:27:15.529 --> 00:27:22.250 men walking along the road to disappointed disciples, leaving Jerusalem, going to another 131 00:27:22.329 --> 00:27:30.279 village, walking away from the action, having this conversation among themselves. What 132 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:33.960 is this conversation you are holding, Jesus says, what is this conversation that 133 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:38.039 you are holding with each other as you walk? This is in Luke Twenty 134 00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:44.869 Four. And they stood still, these two men after the resurrection of Christ, 135 00:27:45.950 --> 00:27:52.269 Looking Sad. They explained the situation to Jesus. They explained that over 136 00:27:52.470 --> 00:27:56.309 the last three days, things had gone wrong. Everything that they were hoping 137 00:27:56.470 --> 00:28:00.740 for, everything that they were waiting for. This great long expected Jesus, 138 00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:08.660 or some Messiah, seems to have not turned out to be the messiah quote, 139 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:14.490 but we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, 140 00:28:14.569 --> 00:28:18.730 and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things 141 00:28:18.369 --> 00:28:23.650 have happened. Do you want to know what Jesus's response was to these men, 142 00:28:25.650 --> 00:28:32.039 the resurrected incarnate Jesus's response was to these two men, he said to 143 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:34.240 them, look, twenty four, hundred and twenty five, all foolish ones 144 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:41.069 and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. Was it 145 00:28:41.230 --> 00:28:47.750 not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory? 146 00:28:48.829 --> 00:28:52.470 And, beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in 147 00:28:52.750 --> 00:28:59.940 all the scriptures, the things concerning himself? What a Bible lesson that must 148 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:06.700 have been, and I hope that you have seen this and even experience the 149 00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:14.490 truth of this yourself tonight, as you hear the promises made of concerning the 150 00:29:14.609 --> 00:29:18.809 Messiah from the very beginning, through the scriptures, through the law, through 151 00:29:18.930 --> 00:29:25.720 the offits in the psalms all the way into the New Testament. As we 152 00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:30.720 read these different passages of scripture, you see that the incarnation, though surprising 153 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:37.789 and startling to us all in some way, should never have been the miraculous 154 00:29:38.069 --> 00:29:45.190 power of God had been present from the very beginning when to those whom he 155 00:29:45.390 --> 00:29:55.299 said you shall surely die because of your sin, he promised life, he 156 00:29:55.460 --> 00:30:02.099 promised victory over the one that sought to separate them. From God and you 157 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:10.609 shall bruise his head. From cover to cover. From Moses to the prophets, 158 00:30:10.730 --> 00:30:17.130 the scriptures are filled with news about Jesus, and they tell us about 159 00:30:17.170 --> 00:30:21.720 him. They tell us about the victory he brings, the whole he brings. 160 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:26.240 They tell us that forgiveness for of sins is possible through him, that 161 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:32.960 all that fell apart there at the beginning. God promises to bring together at 162 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:37.269 the end, and in some ways we are still waiting for that end. 163 00:30:37.349 --> 00:30:45.509 It's true, we have sorrows, we have sins, we find ourselves experiencing 164 00:30:45.589 --> 00:30:49.980 all kinds of difficulties. Maybe some of you are even afraid of the things 165 00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:56.460 coming in the new year. We are still waiting for every everything to be 166 00:30:56.740 --> 00:31:03.579 set right. But these promises, though, they certainly created us an expectation 167 00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:08.609 for an everlasting kingdom that will have no end and will be perfect in every 168 00:31:08.690 --> 00:31:12.450 way, and we will be protected in every way by King Jesus. I 169 00:31:12.650 --> 00:31:18.009 want you to know tonight that the coming of Christ is not just at the 170 00:31:18.089 --> 00:31:22.839 end, it's not just ahead of us. It's something that has already begun. 171 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:33.710 Christ has come, the coming has begun. He said this. To 172 00:31:33.829 --> 00:31:40.829 marry and you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you 173 00:31:40.950 --> 00:31:45.549 shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and he will be the 174 00:31:45.670 --> 00:31:49.460 son of the most high, and the Lord God will give to him the 175 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:53.779 throne of his father David, and he will reign over the House of Jacob 176 00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:59.740 forever and his kingdom and of his kingdom. There will be no end, 177 00:32:00.490 --> 00:32:07.930 no end. The bruising of Satan's head that was promised to eve is promised 178 00:32:08.049 --> 00:32:15.490 to end in a final crush when Jesus comes. And this is what we 179 00:32:15.569 --> 00:32:20.720 are waiting for or but we don't wait as people who are just sort of 180 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:24.599 throwing out something into the darkness hoping that something will come back to us. 181 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:31.630 No, we wait on the word of God that has been spoken again and 182 00:32:31.829 --> 00:32:40.390 again and again and again, a word that is untrue or true, a 183 00:32:40.509 --> 00:32:47.220 word that is reliable in every aspect of it, a word that holds together 184 00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:55.420 perfectly and solidly in every way. How can you know? Because the Christ 185 00:32:55.579 --> 00:33:00.490 has been born. For, unto us, a son is given and the 186 00:33:00.609 --> 00:33:06.450 government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called wonderful counselor mighty 187 00:33:06.569 --> 00:33:13.359 God, everlasting father, Prince of peace, the zeal of the Lord of 188 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:22.039 hosts, has done this when a virgin conceived by the overshadowing power of the 189 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:31.750 Holy Spirit and gave birth to Jesus, the salvation of the world. Our 190 00:33:31.869 --> 00:33:38.390 next hymn is all about this. Come Thou long expected Jesus. It's a 191 00:33:38.470 --> 00:33:43.700 Christmas Carol which reflects on the waiting of the people of God. Throughout the 192 00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:50.500 century. He's year after year, trusting in one thing, the word of 193 00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:55.930 God, waiting for all things to be made right through this offspring. But 194 00:33:57.089 --> 00:34:01.329 it's also a carol in which we express our desire that what has begun in 195 00:34:01.410 --> 00:34:08.090 him will be completed in him. As you sing tonight and as you leave 196 00:34:08.170 --> 00:34:14.679 tonight, make sure that you know him, that you hope in him, 197 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:20.960 that you long in him, because here, in him, is the only 198 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:25.909 salvation of the world, and all by the power and the mighty grace of 199 00:34:27.070 --> 00:34:31.989 God. Praise be to his name. Amen, would you stand with me 200 00:34:32.190 --> 00:34:38.099 and respond to our Lord by singing come thou long expected Jesus, Him one 201 00:34:38.179 --> 00:38:58.079 hundred and ninety six. Let us pray. Father. We live in an 202 00:38:58.119 --> 00:39:06.679 age of fear. Every day we hear on the news, on the Internet, 203 00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:13.309 around the water cooler anyway, and a number of other places cause to 204 00:39:13.550 --> 00:39:22.269 fear, whether true fear or false fear, we know not. We only 205 00:39:22.349 --> 00:39:30.780 hear things that make us fear. We need release. Jesus has said, 206 00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:39.449 come to me weary and heavy Laden and I will give you rest. And 207 00:39:39.650 --> 00:39:45.449 Father, I know that there are many here this evening that are weary and 208 00:39:45.610 --> 00:39:54.719 heavy laden. They're weary from the demands that they place upon themselves. They're 209 00:39:54.800 --> 00:40:05.000 weary from the demands that others may place on them. They're weary from always 210 00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:14.110 trying to put on the best face possible. They're weary from carrying the weight 211 00:40:14.190 --> 00:40:17.230 of the world upon their shoulders, which they were never intended to do. 212 00:40:19.469 --> 00:40:27.820 The same Jesus, in the same place, said that invited those weary people 213 00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:37.610 to find rest and to take his light yoke upon them. We think, 214 00:40:37.690 --> 00:40:44.929 you that it is light because Jay's Jesus has borne the brunt of it all, 215 00:40:47.050 --> 00:40:52.119 that he didn't come to be in a palace and be waited upon hand 216 00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:59.039 and foot, but he came to die that he might set us free. 217 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:09.070 And so we ask that your Holy Spirit would convince us of this, so 218 00:41:09.230 --> 00:41:15.789 that we would be released of those spears that we still cling to, that 219 00:41:15.989 --> 00:41:22.300 we would be set free from those doubts that enslave us, so that we 220 00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:28.820 would be filled with praise and Thanksgiving, so that we would be ones who 221 00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:38.170 are speaking of hope instead of fear, that we would be ones who share 222 00:41:38.289 --> 00:41:46.719 this longing with others, so that they might long with us for the return 223 00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:54.039 of the Glorious King, for the return of the Gentle Shepherd, for the 224 00:41:54.119 --> 00:42:00.360 return of our great high priest, who has endured temptation in every way, 225 00:42:00.510 --> 00:42:07.349 just like us, and yet sinned. Not. Help us to long, 226 00:42:09.750 --> 00:42:17.380 help us to wait, help us to rest. We asked this in Christ's 227 00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:27.940 name. Amen, a silent night, holy night him. Number two, 228 00:42:27.980 --> 00:46:01.590 hundred and ten. You come from a family of warriors and unfortunately my daughter 229 00:46:01.670 --> 00:46:07.699 has it too, and yesterday we had to do something and she had built 230 00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:13.340 up this great fear in her heart and in her head, and those are 231 00:46:13.340 --> 00:46:17.219 the moments we need to remember, passages like this, where we speak the 232 00:46:17.340 --> 00:46:24.570 truth to ourselves, so that we can stop our foolish fearfulness and remember that 233 00:46:24.610 --> 00:46:30.369 there is one who is great, who is for us and not against us, 234 00:46:30.650 --> 00:46:37.199 and so receive this Benediction, which is one of my favorite. May 235 00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:45.440 the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so 236 00:46:45.599 --> 00:46:52.829 that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you may abound and hope. 237 00:46:54.630 --> Amen.