JUL 19 2015

Sea Change Church · Adam Stadtmiller · July 19, 2015
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Before I read the scripture, I want to let you know that I'm wanting us to be students of God's word, not get too attached to any one translation of God's word. I think that, you know, God's word obviously is eternal. It's beyond the words that are on the page. But God did give us human words, which do have their limitations in his word. And it's a gift. The Bible is a gift, right?

One of the things we don't want to do is we don't want to worship the Bible. We want to worship the God of the Bible. And I have been certain places where if you don't read this translation, then, you know, you just don't have it figured out. I told Pastor Mark Foreman, one of my old pastors said, when he became a Christian and the first week he went to church, he had a Bible and it wasn't the King James Bible.

He had gone out to a Bible bookstore and bought one in the 70s. And he walked into church and a guy walked up to him and grabbed his Bible, looked at him and said, wrong Bible. Walked away. I'm just thinking, really? Brand new Christian. Like, you know, I'm surprised the guy made it, you know. So, one of the things that we really want to be good scholars, and I want to encourage you, if you have not used BibleGateway.com or BibleHub, BibleHUB.

BibleHub will take verses and it will show you like 35 different translations to look at where you can be a student. It's one of the best ways to be a student of God's word. Like I said last week, I'm beginning to transition. Not that I won't use it at all, but I'm beginning to transition away from the new international version that passed 1984.

I think it was in, Jim, was it 2012 where they went to the, Jen, do you know what the date was on that? In 2012, they went to the gender inclusivity version, which I love gender inclusivity. There are verses in the Bible where it said, God wants man to do this. And the word actually meant mankind. It meant men and women. And it wasn't being translated properly, I think because we are a bit patriarchal in our society.

But sometimes when you try to make a change, you change things too dramatically. And so there's certain places in the NIV, and there's a verse in Corinthians that says, act like men. And it's speaking directly to men. And this is just one example of it, where that verse has just been completely removed out of the NIV because it might be offensive to women.

I find a problem with that. I believe there's times in, let's say, Proverbs 31. The Bible's not speaking to me in that. It's speaking about the godly who? Women. The godly woman. I don't think we're going to get too far away from where people will try to change the Bible to say the godly person. And you'll see multiple places. So I want to encourage you, go to Bible Hub and start putting in verses that use the word man or woman.

And see and take a look at it. I just want to educate you on how to do that. I think there's some great verses that have been translated really well in the NIV, even in the new one. But as for the standard Bible that I'm going to be using, I'm probably going to be moving more towards the Holman Christian Standard Bible, the New American Standard Bible, and going back and forth between those.

Wendy, I don't know what you used this morning for that. NAS, nice word. You're so good. That's so good. On your notes, you have the NASB. This is the New American Standard version. It would be good for you also to study how these Bibles came about. Really interesting. So we want to be people of God's word. Let me just pray, and I will read the scripture this morning.

Jesus, I love this passage. It is a passage about you seeking those that were lost again. Your disciples discouraged, worried, worn out, and back to doing what you said that they shouldn't be doing anymore, fishing. And you called them to be fishers of men. And, Lord God, we just bless you. We thank you. Be in this message. In Jesus' name, amen. That would be one great example right there in that scripture where Jesus did say that they were going to be fishers of men.

And I think that a better version of that would be he called us to be fishers of people, right? So that would be one place where we would want to use the all-inclusive people. Let's look at this. I'm going to read the scripture. Follow along either in your notes or on the screen above. After these things, check mark, put a check mark there, Jesus manifested himself.

I love that word. Manifested himself again to the disciples. Not the first time at the Sea of Tiberias or the Sea of Galilee. And he manifested, put a check there, himself in this way. Very important that we understand that God manifests himself in different ways at different times. And he's manifesting himself in your life today. And he will do so this week.

Are we aware of it? Verse 2, Simon Peter and Thomas called Didymus, Nathaniel of Canaan in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said, I'm going fishing. Put a check mark by that. And they said to him, we'll also come with you. They went out and got into the boat. And that night they caught nothing.

The futility of going after something God has said no longer exists for you. God had said to them, you will no longer be fishers of fish, but you will be fishers of people or fishers of men. Because back in the patriarchal society that was Jerusalem at the time, when you spoke about men and patriarchs, it assumed the entire family. But it was all inclusive in that assumption.

And they said to him, we will also come. Sorry. So they were out in the boat. And they caught nothing. The fruitlessness. And verse 4. But when the day was now breaking, and I love that at the dawn, Jesus stood on the beach. Yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. So Jesus said to them, children, you do not have any fish, do you? Children.

Interesting. They answered him, no. And he said to them, cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find a catch. So they cast, and then they were not able to haul in the net because of the great number of fish. Put a note by that. They were not able. There was eight of them there. They were not able to haul the net in. Eight grown men, fishermen by trade, were not able to haul the net in.

It's a key importance in case you've missed it in this story before. Therefore, that disciple whom Jesus loved, who was that? John. That's right. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, it is the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, because he had to be told by somebody who knew that they were beloved. We're going to talk about that in a second.

But the more you understand your belovedness, the easier it's going to be to see Jesus manifest himself in your life. The key to seeing Jesus manifest himself to prove himself, to make himself known in your life, is to know your belovedness. And it was John was the first one to recognize him. Who was the first one to recognize him at the tomb?

Who? Mumbling? Mumbling? Mary. Mary. Mary understood herself also as what? Beloved. She would sit where? At Jesus' feet. You see, the people who recognized Jesus, the first people that recognized him, that saw him when he was manifesting himself. And let me assure you that God is manifesting himself every day in your life. Every single day, especially if the Holy Spirit is in your heart and you have asked Christ to be the Lord of your life and you've submitted to him.

Every single day, God manifests himself to you. And in the scriptures, we see that those that understood that they were beloved of God recognized him when he did. They were the first ones. Mary and John. It said, so verse 7, Therefore, the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, it is the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea.

Love that. Threw himself into the sea. Just think about those moments when he was swimming to Jesus. What does that feel like? Threw himself into the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, about 100 yards away, dragging the net full of fish. Why were they dragging it? Too heavy. They couldn't carry it.

They could not get it onto the boat. So when they got out on the land and they saw a charcoal fire already laid there and fish placed on it and bread, Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish which you have now caught. Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land full of large fish, 153, although there were so many, the net was not torn. I'm going to ruin the final point of the message for you.

What did Peter do? What did Peter just do there? Let's read it again. Simon Peter went and drew up the net to the land full of fish. What did Peter do? What was Peter able to do by himself that eight other men could not do? After he had done what? Got in contact with Jesus. See, people miss that miracle. It's a miracle. It's a miracle of supernatural strength.

That he was able to pull that net and do what eight could not do. And let me say to you, when you get in touch with Jesus on the shore of your life, and maybe you're in that boat, and maybe you need to jump out and get in the water right now and swim like goodness to Jesus. Because when you get there and he looks in your face and grabs you and says, you are the beloved.

I care for you. Let me tell you what. You're going to be able to do what multiple exponentially others could not do. God is going to increase the fruit of your life through restful increase. He just increases it. If you feel like you're on a treadmill, you're trying to make it all work. You're trying to make your business work. You're trying to make everything work.

Let me encourage you every single day, maybe even more than once a day. You know, the whole thing of like, hey, just meet Jesus in the morning. All day long, swim. Swim like goodness to get to Jesus. And sit there and sit at his feet and rest with him. And then go do what he tells you to do. And watch him do it. I just ruined my final point. I had to preach it.

He drew the net full of large fish, 153. Let's go to Jesus provides, verse 12. Jesus said to them, come and have breakfast. I don't know who wants to eat fish for breakfast, but always kind of gross me out. But nonetheless, come and have breakfast. And none of the disciples ventured to question him, who are you? I love that. No one was asking who he was now.

For everyone understood. There was a trickle down effect from the beloved. Do you see that? And if you can walk as God's beloved, let me say there's going to be a trickle down effect in your life. And the people who surround your life. The people that surround your life will begin to recognize Jesus because you recognize Jesus. The people in your life will begin to be able to do things that they were never able to do before.

That is far beyond them because you understand your belovedness. And you know what Jesus looks like. You know what he sounds like. You know what it's like to be with him. You know what it's like to hear his voice. We can get better at knowing Jesus. Trust me. And John was the impetus to this entire unfolding that happened. It got... What John understood got Peter out of the boat and got Peter back into reconciliation and repentance and forgiveness with Jesus.

Peter and John just doing what? Relaxing and resting on Jesus. Resting on Jesus. They knew it was the Lord. And Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them and the fish likewise. This was now the third time that Jesus manifested himself. It's a way better word than appeared. To the disciples after he was raised from the dead. Let's go to verse 1.

After these things, Jesus manifested himself. Now when I took BibleHub.com and I looked at all the different verses and then I looked at it in the original language, I realized that the word appeared doesn't have quite the same meaning. And I want to encourage you again. When you study God's word, look at all these different translations. You're going to see different words.

You're going to get different insights of how we as a people, as a church, have tried to determine what God has said. And so as I looked at it, I came across a few of the references and then the NASB here that's used the word manifested. And I thought, wow, there's a power in the word manifested that I don't quite get when I feel appeared. When I think of appeared, it's like, okay, someone appeared.

But if someone manifests themselves, it has more of the verb quality to it. Something is actually happening. So I looked it up to see what it meant. And the word means to prove. It means to prove yourself. To make yourself known. But to actually prove yourself. I want to say God is in the business of faith. And he wants you to believe in faith without seeing.

But he's also in the business of proving himself to you. Of saying, I am real. Reach out and touch me. Thomas, touch my wounds. Let me touch your life. Let me provide for you. Let me show you that this was me. I proved myself. Yesterday when it rained, I could be wrong. But I believe that God proved himself to us. That we prayed for rain. And rain came.

Could I be wrong? Yes. But I believe that when you have three months in a row of dry seasons. And we've had three of our biggest rains. May, June, and July. Out of nowhere. Why is that happening? Well, maybe it's El Nino. Maybe it is. But maybe people are beginning to pray. Maybe pastors. I went to a pastor's gathering recently. Led by Miles McPherson.

And a bunch of other pastors in the inner city. And we went down to Imperial Boulevard. And we all prayed. And began to ask God to bless this nation. I believe that prayer works. God is in the business of proving himself. And manifesting himself to you. I want to say give him credit. We tend to blame God for the bad things in our life. But not give him credit for the good things.

For the little blessings in your life. I would say get in the habit of giving God praise and blessing for everything. And you will begin to see him manifest himself over and over to you. And so we see that word proved. Manifest means to prove. You know there's a verse in Romans 5.8. I think it's Romans 5.8. That says that God demonstrated or proved his love to us in this way.

That while we were yet what? Christ did what? Jesus' death on the cross is a proof to you. Do you get that? There's all the faith that he rose from the dead and all those things. We have to have faith in that. But the historical evidence, the scripture says that the fact that he died was a proof to you. That he loves you. For God demonstrated his love to us by dying.

That while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. And I want to say there's a lot of people out in the world that are yet sinners. And we still sin as believers. But our sins have now been covered over. Going backwards and going forward. You know Christ died for all sins. The ones you haven't committed yet. Do you get that? Do you get that when he died, he didn't just die for the people that had lived before him and his death on the cross.

He actually had the ability to go into the future and forgive all sins that would ever happen. And so the sins that you haven't committed yet have already been forgiven. And so one of the things that I do is I don't ask for forgiveness anymore. I receive forgiveness. I don't ask God. I don't need to ask for his forgiveness. Now that might sound weird to you, but hear me out theologically.

Since he has already died for my sins and paid the price for my sins, they're already forgiven. I don't need to ask for it. What I do need to do is receive it. Say, God, you've already died for this sin. And I want to sit here and I've committed this sin. And I'm going to receive your forgiveness that is already paid in full. Paul goes on in Romans to say, well, should we keep sinning that grace might abound?

No. We don't keep sinning because he's died for all of our sins. That's going to be in my Roman series in 2017, but I won't get into that yet. Where's God proving himself to you? Do you see it? Do you even recognize him? Are you so out of touch that you are the beloved that like Peter, you can spend three years with him, walk on the water, and somebody else needs to tell you who Jesus is?

Hear me out. Walking on water, casting out demons, being Peter. This amazing is how cutting off Malchus's ear, being Peter, amazing Peter. And somebody else has to tell you who Jesus is. That's not a good place to be. The place to be is to rest in God's love. And I want to say that is the cornerstone of what I preach from this pulpit. One being Christ crucified, resurrected, and coming again.

That is the cornerstone. But Christ did that. Why? Why did Jesus die on the cross? Because he demonstrated his what? His love. So the cornerstone of the cross is what? So we want to have a church that is based on the crucifixion and the cornerstone of the cross. And we preach the cross. The Lutherans are so good at we preach the cross. A good Lutheran will preach the cross in every single service.

I don't know if you know that. Learned that in seminary. That is the cornerstone. But I got to say that what goes beyond that is God's love. Say it. The more you get in touch with just sitting. This morning I sat in bed. And I was thinking of all the things I had to do this week. And I said, you know what? To heck with that. I'm going to think about how much God loves me.

God, you love me. And I just have to convince myself sometimes that God loves me. And you know what? Then he begins to manifest and prove himself. Don't be like Peter. Somebody else shouldn't have to tell you when God's in your midst. Know that you're beloved. Peter gave up. He'd given up. He says in verse 3, I'm going out to fish. And they said, we will go with you.

Maybe some of you have given up. In a certain area, just gave up. Just lay down. Back to the Psalm 23 when I preached. Though we what through the valley of the shadow of death. Walk. What do we not do in the valley of the shadow of death? We don't lay down. That's right, Karen. You like that point. You told me you like that point. I remember. Where do we lay down according to that?

Green pastures. Quiet waters. If you are in the valley of the shadow of death, get up. Don't lay down. Get up. Hope will take you through one day at a time. Hope, hope, hope. Hope will move forward. And in Psalm 23, it says that the sheep will end up dwelling where? Where do they live? In the house of where? Forever. What shepherd lets the sheep live in the house?

One who loves them. Psalm 23 says, if you will walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you will lay down by green pastures. You will be beside still waters. And you will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. That God's house will be whose house? Your house. God, preach. Jump. Jump. I saw a white suit at Marshall's yesterday. Straight white suit.

I wanted to get it so bad. My preaching suit. My Billy Sunday suit. Just come with a hanky. Just be preaching. Big Bible. Serious, it's in there. Go to La Jolla Village Square. There's two white suits there. So, beautiful. I'll get one for Eric and one for P. Jim. P. Jim, you'd look good in that, buddy. We'll get you a black suit and a black cowboy hat.

There you go. We rarely fail alone. We rarely fail alone. If you're going to lay down, people are probably going to lay down with you. It's easy to get people to quit. It's easy. It's easy. We're in a world of quitting. Jesus doesn't quit on us. Why can we not quit? Because Jesus didn't quit. And he will pick you up and he will carry you. But it says that I am going to go fishing.

And seven other disciples who should have been out winning the world for Jesus said, We will what? We'll go with you. No one lays down alone. People will love to wallow with you. They'll say, No one does it alone. And so, if you quit and you've given up, you know, there's this whole individuality thing that says you can just destruct yourself right now.

And as long as you don't hurt anybody else, it's okay. It's impossible. If you go down, you're taking people with you. No one goes down alone. Why? Because we're communal people. It is a lie that you can do whatever you want. And as long as it doesn't hurt other people, it always hurts other people. If you take your life because you believe that people should just be able to take their own life, that could easily discourage somebody who's struggling with suicide.

Could it not? We are communal people. If you hurt yourself, it hurts someone else. And we see that here. They were off mission. Peter said, I'm going fishing. And they said, Okay, we'll go with you. We rarely fell alone. I want to tell you the same is true for our success. If you walk in the hope of glory, if you walk in the power of God, you are going to take people with you.

And John walked in hope. He walked in belovedness. And he took people with him. And Peter was reinstated and went on to lead the church, be a leader of the church. We exist today because of things that Peter did. But it was John who was the impetus of saying, That's Jesus. Jesus manifested himself in your life today. Did you see him? Verse 6, he said to them, Cast the net on the right hand to the side of the boat, and you'll find a catch.

Jesus shows what happens when you bring eternity into the equation. Inviting God. Consider God in all your ways, and he will what? He will, yeah, or direct your steps. He, consider God, that scripture, consider God in all your ways, and he will take you where you need to go. What I said last week was this. It's a pretty simple formula. It's not rocket science, okay?

Take your business, take your life, take your kids' education, whatever your thing is that's on your mind, write it on a piece of paper and say, Lord, how do you get into this? How can I, like a sponge. Imagine that, your marriage, like a sponge, and just pour water. God, I just want to consider you. Just to consider, how hard is it to consider? What was it, did you consider something you want to buy recently?

Most of us have. How hard was it? Well, how can I make that happen? Where would it go in the house? How would that look? That's what the scripture says to do. All you have to do is consider him. God, what should I do today? Who should I care for today? Should I do this today? Consider him in all your ways. That's it. If you consider him, then he'll say, Okay, enough.

You've considered me. Let me just be the author and perfecter of your life from the book of Hebrews. No, no, you've done enough. But God, I want to go do it myself. I want to be in control. No, no, no, no. Settle down. That's a good boy. Settle down, children, like he called them. I don't mind being called a child by Jesus or God, because I love being his son.

He says, children, he says, just relax. Consider me, and I'm going to make it work. How much better is life that way? You don't have to make everything work. You don't have to make everything work. Just consider him. That's all he's asking, and he will make it work. It doesn't mean that we don't go to our job in the morning. It doesn't mean that we don't have to-do lists and plans, but we just consider him.

He will lead you beyond your to-do list. This is a good passage. I'm not even getting into it today. We're just touching this passage. We just kissed it. It's just a kiss on the cheek. Verse 7. Therefore, the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, it's the Lord. I've already preached this point. The more you understand your belovedness, the quicker you will recognize Jesus in any surrounding.

Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord. He put on his outer garment. He was stripped for work, and he threw himself into the sea. Maybe it's time to throw yourself into the sea. Maybe it's time to get desperate. I don't know what that looks like, but to get to Jesus. Jesus, maybe it's, you know, I don't know what it looks like for you. You know what?

I watch two hours of TV at night. I'm going to turn it off, and I'm going to spend two hours walking my neighborhood and just asking God to bless me, bless. I don't know. Coming to worship, getting a prayer partner, deciding you're going to read a certain section of the Bible. Just take more of your life and consider him. That you just spend more time.

That there has to be a desperation. He threw himself into the sea. You know, this is a sea that Peter knew very well. Because what had he done on that sea? He'd walked on it. He'd fished on it, but he'd walked on it. How do you not feel like the master of the universe if you've walked on the sea? I want to tell you, something had happened in Peter's life where he had hit a breakdown in his life.

He'd hit a moment where he realized that Peter wasn't good enough for what Jesus was calling him to do, and none of us are. But Peter's little tricks and his two swords that he brought to the fight were not going to be enough. And he, in the end, said he would die with Jesus, but in the end he had denied Jesus. And we deny Jesus like him every single day.

And he realized Peter wasn't sufficient. He needed Jesus. And so he wasn't asking to walk on the sea anymore. Can you see the difference in that? You see, the first time it's Jesus is on the sea. I want to be like Jesus. What a rad miracle. I want to, can I, oh, call me out to you. I will walk on the sea. And it's an amazing thing. And so he steps out and he walks on the sea.

And you can just see how he was, what he felt in that moment. But if I had to have the moment of walking on the sea or throwing myself into the sea, that I might swim to Jesus. Give me throwing myself into the sea every single time. Because both times he was going to Jesus, but there was a desperation when he was swimming in Galilee. There was a desperation where he said, I'm going to do anything.

And he threw himself into the air. Imagine it. Imagine all the breakthrough. Imagine the sorrow. Imagine the fear. Imagine, you know, that he had all the discouragement of letting Jesus down. Jesus looked him in the eye. It says the rooster crowed three times. And the days that had gone by since then, and the guilt, and the shame, and the hopelessness.

And it was just pent up within him. And he just gave up and said, I'm just, I'm not cut out for this. I'm a fisherman. And I'm just going to go back to fish. And then he saw Jesus. And there was something about Jesus on the shore, like it is with all people and all sinners. Jesus was magnetic and attractive. And he threw himself into the sea. It's time to get out of the boat.

You know, we often look at, we read books called Get Out of the Boat. And we think about Peter getting out of the boat. And he's most known for getting out of the boat and walking on the water. But I'm most impressed with him getting, throwing himself in the sea and swimming to Jesus when he was in deep despair, hopelessness, shame, and guilt. It's easy to do a miracle.

Miracles, they feel good. But how hard is it to meet Jesus on a shore with your shame? That impresses me. That's what I, that's the kind of Christianity. That's the kind of people that I would follow. That say, you know what? I have messed it up again. I'm desperate. Throw yourself into the sea. And finally, I've already preached this point. All right. Verse nine.

Sorry, almost done. So when they got to the land, they saw a charcoal fire already laid there and fish placed on it. And bread. Where did Jesus get his bread and his fish? Right. Let's just remove us from the equation. Okay. Jesus doesn't need your fish. Okay. You might think that he needs you to be in his PR department, his marketing firm, the, the, the, you know, the brains behind the kingdom work in the world.

He doesn't need you. And that's the beauty of it. But he wants to collaborate with you. He takes great joy. Just like I love making pancakes with my daughters. Last night we cooked, I made a beautiful mango salsa with coconut milk, cooked it up over some grilled chicken. It was beautiful. Rice, Jasmine rice, long stem. It was so good. Mixed grain rice.

Yeah. But I mixed it with the Jasmine. Yeah. It gives a little different textures. Like, yeah. I got the whole foods mango salsa. Okay. Real quick. A little cooking lesson. Okay. Fresh garlic, olive oil. Okay. And then some onions, sauteed onions, saute it down. Take the whole foods mango salsa, throw it in there, saute it down. Not too much because your mango will go too soft.

Okay. And then take your coconut, light coconut milk from Trader Joe's, pour it in there and turn that in and a little bit of salt or soy sauce. Okay. And then pour it over grilled chicken and rice. Oh, watch out. What? Oh, and then I took a Bing cherries, cut them up and put them over the top of it. Bingo. You forgot. Yeah. So you get cooking lessons here.

The whole deal. Jesus doesn't need your fish. I don't need my daughters to help me cook, but I love it. I don't need my daughters to help me cook, but I love it. Love when they cook with me. Love it. What am I doing here? I want to cut this. Teaching them how to use a knife, even though it's dangerous. You know, I got boiled water. Cooking's dangerous, but I teach my kids how to do it.

I love collaborating with you. Let me just say this. Jesus doesn't need your fish, but he loves cooking with you. The day I figured out that I don't have to be a pastor and I don't have to write books and I don't have to do any of this Christian stuff. And God still loves me. It was the day I first started. I started enjoying my job. It was about a year ago.

25 years of being in ministry, feeling like if I didn't do it, God was going to be mad at me. God loves me. And I love collaborating with him. And if I walk out tomorrow, which I'm not doing, God doesn't need me to make this church sustain. God doesn't need me, but he loves working with me. And I love it. I love working with him. And do you see the difference?

Right. So good. He's got enough fish on his own, but then he says to him, bring me some of your fish. What do you got? Oh, perch. Awesome. I didn't have any perch. That's awesome. I didn't need them because I got yellow tail, but ahi for breakfast. Your net's not going to tear when you work with Jesus. You're going to be able to do more than you've ever done.

This church is going to be able to do more than we've ever done. And the net will not tear. We're just individual fishers of people. We want to see God do great things here. I believe in God doing great, great things from this little corner. We're going to change the world from this little corner. I don't know how we're going to do it. I don't got to figure it out.

All I'm going to do is consider him. So when the elders and I, we sit and we look and we say, well, what about this? Well, God, we pray over it. And that's why we keep doing these prayer things. Cause I know that I'm going to mess it up. And I go to bed at night and I think we just spent a week praying for God every single day. And I slept really good this weekend.

And I didn't think about all the things I had to do to fix everything or keep it going. Same thing for your life. God is a good God. Let's call the worship TV up. Lord Jesus, we thank you, God, for your word. Word. This is a good word today. This is a good word. The scripture is good. And if you are desperate for Jesus, as we sing, it's time to jump in the water.

Maybe it's time to know that you're beloved, cared for. So Lord God, now in this time, you visited us last Sunday at the end of the service. You came and the hem of your robe went up and down these aisles. And we pray God that you would do it again. Let us worship now in Jesus name. Amen. Let's stand.