Welcome to Big Valley Grace Community Church. Super glad that you’re here. And this is a big week — 250 years for the United States of America, recognizing that God’s done something really unique in allowing the United States to be established, and to survive 250 years. Many wars, many obstacles — the Lord sustained this country. And coming up to 250 years, it’s pretty special. As we consider 250 years and what that means for the future — what will 251 be like? Will the next generation follow the Lord? I’m blessed to have four generations of my family as a part of Big Valley Grace Community Church. That’s pretty special — to see multiple generations worshiping the Lord.

One of the things I pay attention to is my kids. What do I observe about faith in my children? Do I see them turning their attention to the Lord? Do I see them following the Lord, living out faith in Jesus Christ? We can wonder, 250 years in our country — will the next generation follow the Lord? We are a chain reaction — not from 250 years ago, but a chain reaction of faith from the time of Jesus Christ, where the church begins. And even as we look at the Psalms together today, the Old Testament prophesies toward Christ. All of the scriptures are pointing to a people who knew the Lord. And I think this is a great week for us to be considering: will the next generation know the Lord?

If you have a Bible, turn to Psalm 145 — that’s where we’ll be today. I’ve had a lot of fun teaching in the Psalms this month, and you’ll be in good hands in July. Pastor Ben Kelly and Pastor Scott Elliott will be teaching from the Psalms in July as my wife and I both take time out of the office for a few reasons — a couple weeks of vacation with our family, a week for long-term planning for our life and ministries, and at the end of July, I’ll be doing multi-year planning for our church. You can be praying for me and my family in July as we’ll be praying for you.

Today we’re in Psalm 145. If you need a Bible, we want to give you one — come to the prayer room after the gathering. We want to make sure everyone has a copy of God’s word. The older generation needs God’s word. The middle generation needs God’s word. And the younger generation needs God’s word. We all need God’s word.

Psalm 145 — the Holy Spirit leads King David, who writes this psalm, to write about one generation passing on faith in the Lord to the next generation. So this is a really appropriate psalm for us to look at the week leading up to the 250th anniversary of the United States. I’m going to read it. Psalm 145.

“A song of praise of David. I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness, and shall sing aloud of your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you. They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power, to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words, and kind in all his works. The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them. The Lord preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.”

Let’s pray together. Father God, Lord, thank you for your word. God, this passage, this psalm — help us to know you, Lord. Help us to worship you, Lord, and help us to serve you, Lord. Help us to influence the next generation to know the Lord, worship the Lord, and serve the Lord. God, would your voice be the loudest voice in the room? Would your Holy Spirit be at work? Would we be humble and willing to submit to you and obey you as you lead us? We pray these things in the name of Jesus Christ. And all God’s family said, Amen.

So as we consider — will the next generation know the Lord — we’re going to use this psalm. Normally when I teach a passage, I’ll teach it from the top and work my way through to the bottom. I’m going to do something a little different today, because the Psalms are like woven poetry, and themes repeat as you go through them. Today I’m going to answer the question — will the next generation know the Lord — with three more questions. And we’ll answer those three questions by taking portions of the psalm that answer them.

The first question is this: who is the Lord, and what has he done? It’s an easy question to ask and a super hard question to answer. If you think about the investment required for us to experience relational growth with one another — significant time, energy, and resource to really know one another’s lives — how much more so with the Lord? It’s a significant amount of time, energy, and resource it takes to know more about the Lord and what he has done. We’re never going to find out everything about him. We’re going to be learning continually.

So who is the Lord and what has he done? As I share examples today, I’m going to be sharing examples about generations. And me sharing examples is not meant to say you are exactly like the theme of your generation — but maybe you’ll relate to it, maybe you won’t. There are themes in generations, and there are themes in the generation we’re in right now. I’m going to share them as generalizations, broad strokes, to help us understand a theme in the generation and how we can know who the Lord is and what he has done.

The Lord is great, praiseworthy, and unsearchable. One of the things this generation is going to be known for is the onset of AI — artificial intelligence. Something important to understand about AI is that it’s a source of information that is limited — a contained, limited source. But the Lord is absolute intelligence, an unlimited source of information. As we have conversations with people in this generation about the Lord, we need to encourage them to go to the unlimited source of information, which is the Lord.

Verse three says, “Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.” When I read “unsearchable,” that phrase really caught my attention — that’s not a word we use very often. I looked up in the ESV how many times the word unsearchable is used — only seven times in the entire Bible. Six of them are about the Lord. The Lord is unsearchable because he does marvelous things without number. The Lord is unsearchable because of the number of his years. The Lord is unsearchable because of his greatness — that’s the verse we’re looking at. The Lord is unsearchable because of his understanding. The Lord is unsearchable in his judgments. And the Lord is unsearchable because of the riches found in Jesus Christ. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised. His greatness is unsearchable.

The Lord is also gracious and merciful and patient and loving and good and Creator. One fascinating thing about this generation is its increasingly shorter attention span — you can tell because all the businesses advertising to this generation keep making the ads shorter and shorter. You know what’s great about God? He’s able to keep his focus just fine. He’s able to hold an attention span. In fact, scripture teaches that his eyes are on you and he sees your life. He knows what’s going on in your life and he knows you. Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still and know that I am God.”

Verses eight and nine in our text — I can’t help but think King David was thinking back to when God revealed himself to Moses. “The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.” When God introduced himself to Moses, he used almost a paragraph to explain his name: “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children to the third and fourth generation.” As King David is writing these two verses, I wonder if those Old Testament passages are stirring in his heart as he thinks about how the Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

After the service last night, my wife and I were at the house considering our time of worship together with our church family. And as we considered these two verses, we came to this conclusion: wouldn’t it be great if these two verses described our parenting style? The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

The Lord’s kingdom is everlasting and rules over every generation. Something pretty funny about every generation is every generation talks about their generation like they were better than the one before them. I think it’s funny — the Lord is sovereign over all, hearing generation after generation talk about how great they are. In some sick way I think the Lord’s laughing — but the Lord is sovereign. Verse 13 says, “Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.” Generations come and generations go, and the Lord is sovereign over every generation.

James Chung did doctoral work on the generations in partnership with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. His work found a key question for some of the recent generations — and as I share these, maybe you’ll relate, maybe you’ll disagree, but maybe it’ll cause you to think about how the generations have interacted with the person of Jesus Christ. His work revealed that the boomer generation asked this question about faith in Jesus Christ: what is true? Generation X asked: what is real? The millennials asked: what is good? Generation Z asks: what is beautiful? What is true? What is real? What is good? What is beautiful? Interesting that there would be a different question that themes a generation.

Philippians 4:8 says, “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable — if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” So apparently we need the questions from all the generations and even more than that — every generation. Maybe they’re just looking at faith from a different angle. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

The Lord provides for and satisfies all of creation. Something fascinating about our current generation is it pays an extremely high price to seek pleasure. But the scriptures teach that the Lord is our shepherd, and we’ve been designed to be provided for and satisfied by our shepherd, the Lord. Verses 15 and 16 speak to this: “The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand, and you satisfy the desire of every living thing.” This language talks about God being our shepherd. John 10 talks about Jesus as the Good Shepherd — God the Father is a good shepherd and Jesus the Son is a good shepherd. A sneak peek — around November to December, we’re going to go through John 10 for about four weeks and look at the Lord as our good shepherd. Part of the plague of our current culture is that it pays a really high price to avoid the Creator. If the Creator is the one who can satisfy our needs, we’re sure paying a high price looking everywhere else except for him. That’s unfortunate about what’s happening in our culture right now.

The Lord is faithful, kind, and righteous. We tend to be a generation that struggles with faithfulness — in our work, our marriage, our commitment to pay back a loan. We struggle with faithfulness. But the Lord does not struggle with faithfulness. The Lord is faithful even when we are not. The Lord never breaks a promise. In verses 13 and 17 it says, “The Lord is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works. The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.” When I think about the faithfulness, kindness, and patience of the Lord, it causes me to think about Romans 2:4 — the reason God is patient and kind is because he’s giving opportunity for us to repent of our sin and come to him. The kindness and patience of the Lord is meant to lead us to repentance, to humble ourselves, and repent.

The Lord hears, helps, and heals the weak. Something fascinating about our current generation is that mental health is a topic that has saturated the conversation. There’s a desire in this generation to have peace in the mind. The scriptures teach that the Lord keeps in perfect peace those whose minds are stayed on him. As we have conversations with this generation, we need to encourage them: there is peace in the Lord that you will not find anywhere else. Let’s turn to the Lord.

Verses 14, 18, and 19 say, “The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him. He also hears their cry and saves them.” Isn’t that someone you want to hang out with? Doesn’t that sound like someone you want to be around? Our God is amazing.

One of the fascinating descriptions of the person and ministry of Jesus Christ comes from an Old Testament prophecy: “A bruised reed he will not break, a smoldering wick he will not quench.” In other words, if our lives are the reed and there’s a bruise, or we’re bent a little, Jesus doesn’t come up and snap us. Or if our lives are a candle and the flame’s starting to go out, smoking a little, just an ember — Jesus doesn’t come and pinch us out. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him. He also hears their cry and saves them. Incredible. Our God’s amazing.

The Lord distinguishes between the righteous and the wicked. Something we need to understand about our current generation is that many are building their lives on shifting sand, and they need their lives built on a foundation that will not move — the rock of Jesus Christ. As we’re having conversations with this generation, we can help people get off the shifting sand they’ve built their life on and onto the foundation of the rock of Jesus Christ. In verse 20 it says, “The Lord preserves all who love him, but the wicked he will destroy.” So who is the Lord and what has he done? If we really want to answer this question, it’s going to take a significant amount of time, energy, and resource to pursue the Lord and know him.

The second question we look at in this psalm is: how will I know the Lord? You just heard a bunch of ways King David describes the Lord. Would you describe the Lord the same way King David does? Knowing about and knowing are two different things. I want to know the Lord. I don’t want to just know about him — I want to have a firsthand relationship with him, not a secondhand or third-hand relationship. I want to know my God, my Creator. I want to be known, and I want to know him.

How will I know the Lord? I’ll offer a couple ways. First, I will worship the Lord. Worship means sacrifice. And if we want to understand where our worship is, just look at where we’re sacrificing. Sacrifice will reveal true worship of the Lord. In verses one, two, and five it says, “I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. On the glorious splendor of your majesty and on your wondrous works I will meditate.” It’s why we’ve been encouraging you to read the Psalms. There are 150, and you can absolutely read them all in June and July — most are very short, it wouldn’t take long to read a few a day. If you want a plan, go to our website, or just open up to Psalm 1 and start reading. Do what David is saying: meditate on the glorious splendor of his majesty and his wondrous works. Spend some time with the Lord in the Psalms.

The second thing I would share is: I will serve the Lord. The true test of a servant is when we’re treated like one. If you want to know how you’re doing as a servant, watch how you respond when someone treats you like one. If the Lord is the master, then if we’re serving the Lord, we should expect to be mastered. Let’s take a position of humility and serve the Lord. In verses six and 21, David writes, “I will declare your greatness.” He’s the king — he declares a lot of things, he has ruling authority over a lot of people. And he says, “What I’m going to declare is how great God is. My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord.” In verse 21 he’s saying, “My mouth belongs to God. I am a servant of the Lord, a tool in the master’s hand, and my mouth will speak the praise of the Lord. I am going to serve the Lord.”

As we consider — will the next generation know the Lord — we’ve been asking three questions: who is the Lord and what has he done, how will I know the Lord, and before the third question, which leads us to how we’ll influence the next generation — we want to realize that every one of us has a story, and our story of what God has done in our life is used as we share with the next generation. Church family, we got a real treat this morning — we got one of our own who agreed to share part of her story. Church family, would you welcome up Shelley Lamar.

Good morning. When Pastor Joel asked me if I’d be willing to share my testimony of what the Lord has done in my life, my first reaction was, quite honestly, fear. Public speaking is definitely not in my comfort zone. But the Lord kindly reminded me that as believers, we’re not called to stay comfortable and cozy — we’re called to be witnesses, to tell others about who God is, what he has done, and how he has been faithful in our lives.

As I look back over the years, I can remember times when God was just so good to me, carried me, strengthened me, showed me his faithfulness. But this morning I’d like to share one particular season where I experienced his love and kindness in such a personal way.

The year 2024 was one of the most difficult and uncertain times I had ever faced. At that time, I was working for my local hospital for over 20 years. My plan was simple — work another five or six years, retire, and then enjoy the adventures the Lord had for me next. Then everything changed. In January, we were told the hospital would be closing our department because of financial challenges. That was shocking news — it wasn’t my plan. A few months later, on April 1st, my employment ended. After nearly two decades, I packed up my office, gathered my belongings, and walked out for the very last time. Honestly, it was heartbreaking. I remember asking God, “Lord, this is not my plan. What am I supposed to do now?”

For a few weeks I felt discouraged and uncertain — had a little pity party. Then I decided, let’s use this unexpected time to catch up on all the things I’d been putting off for years — home projects, painting the house, household tasks — and something else I had neglected for far too long: my routine doctor appointments. At the time it simply seemed like a great way to use that time while waiting for God to show me the next adventure chapter of my life. What I didn’t realize was that God was already at work.

During what was supposed to be my final doctor visit, I heard the words no woman ever wants to hear: “You have a lump and we’re concerned.” After additional testing, the diagnosis was confirmed — it was cancer. I was shocked. I was afraid. I had so many questions. I felt fine — after all, I felt fine. I never imagined it would be my new reality, but it was.

My husband Carlos and I shared this news with our family, our leaders, our friends, our church family. They prayed over us, encouraged us, surrounded us with so much love and support. And through those prayers, God continually reminded me he’s with me. He had not abandoned me. He was bigger than all my circumstances.

After surgery came radiation, all the treatments, all the medical care. It was not an easy journey. But throughout that season, I can certainly tell you I experienced God’s favor, his mercy, his faithfulness in countless ways. He provided an amazing team of healthcare professionals. He strengthened me when I felt so weak. He gave me such peace when fear tried to take over.

One verse became especially meaningful to me in that season. Psalm 34:4 says, “I sought the Lord and he answered me. He delivered me from all my fears.” He did not deliver me from the circumstance — but my overwhelming fear, I gave to him.

So today, when I look back, I can clearly see something I didn’t see at the time. What felt like a devastating loss was actually one of God’s merciful provisions. You see, if I had not lost my job, I probably never would have gone to that doctor’s appointment. That cancer might have been discovered way farther down the road, and it could have been potentially very different for me. So God used a circumstance that seemed so painful and confusing to actually protect my life.

Today I’m so grateful to tell you that my most recent mammogram shows no evidence of cancer. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, God. I praise him for his faithfulness.

And so if there’s one thing I pray you take away from my story, it’s this: that in the presence of trouble in your life, it does not mean God has abandoned you. His promises are true. And even in the hardest seasons, God is at work. He’s faithful. He’s good.

If you don’t know Jesus today, get to know him. There are people here to pray for you. You’re not too far — it’s never too late. And sometimes when we feel like it’s a setback in our life, it’s actually God’s provision, and his ways are better than ours. He’s doing things that we cannot always see. So I thank you for letting me share my story, and my prayer is that it encourages you to trust the Lord and to tell others what he’s done in your life, to be a witness to his goodness, his faithfulness, and his mercy. Thank you.

Will the next generation know the Lord? Well, if the Shelley Lamars continue to share their story, I think the next generation has a pretty good chance of knowing the Lord — because it requires the people who know the Lord to share about how they know him. I was super grateful when I was studying for this passage in Psalm 145 — I got to this point in the message and the Lord put on my heart and mind my good friend, who I’ve heard share her story with me many times, and what you just heard is exactly how she shares it with me. You just saw who she really is. I think the Lord lined it up for our church family to be blessed by hearing part of her story today. In the same way you’re encouraged right now by hearing the testimony of someone, when you share your testimony, it will be an encouragement to the person who hears it.

Which brings us to question number three: how will I influence the next generation to know the Lord? What would you say when you’re having a conversation with the next generation and you say, “This is why I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior”? What would you tell them?

I, Joel, am not the Lord. I can use my influence for the Lord. So how will I influence the next generation to know the Lord? Three ways I want you to consider.

One — as you’re having a conversation with the next generation, encourage them to know the Lord for who he is and what he has done. Something a little interesting about this generation is it tends to accept fame quicker than it accepts faith. Well, I want you to know the most famous person I know is the Lord. He’s far more famous than anyone else I’ve ever met. In verses four, six, and 12, it says, “One generation shall commend your works to another and shall declare your mighty acts. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds.” Humans in generations have some sort of fame — they come and go, but we’re still here talking about the Lord. He is far more famous than any human being.

Something really encouraging for me this last year, during Holy Week — the week we celebrate the last time Jesus had a meal with his disciples, his death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and his coming return — we tend to add a lot of services because it’s a great opportunity for people to invite friends to hear the gospel. So we fill up the week, and it was Saturday night, I’d finished the last service, and I was heading home. When I opened the door of my house, my house was full of people. My house is usually full of people, but in this moment it was fuller than usual, and something fascinating was happening. My oldest son had decided to host a dinner in my home and invite a bunch of people — and the purpose was explaining all the elements of the meal Jesus had with his disciples before he went to the cross. In their own skill, ability, and perspective, they were sharing what all those food items meant as they pointed to the person of Jesus. And I thought: the next generation’s going to follow the Lord. As a dad, it was incredibly encouraging to see the next generation of my family leading other people to follow the Lord.

So as you’re having conversations with the next generation, encourage them to worship the Lord for who he is and what he has done.

Two — whether you like it or not, the current generation has been built on a mechanized affirmation tool called social media. We all have a need for affirmation, and the Lord is the one we’ve been designed to receive that affirmation from. But we can’t deny the impact of mechanized affirmation through social media. I want to encourage you — the Lord is the one who gives us our value. The biblical description of how the Lord gives us value is the word image. The Bible teaches that God made us in his image. As we’re having conversations with this generation and the next, we need to encourage them that they have an image that is incredibly valuable and reflects their Creator, who has made them in his image.

Verses seven and 21 say, “They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness… and let all flesh bless his holy name forever.” So this verse is saying — we’re going to talk about the Lord, how famous he is, but we’re not just going to talk about him, we’re going to sing about him. You know what’s crazy about singing? Singing is humbling. Why? Because when I sing, you can hear it. That’s humbling — when we sing out loud, we expose ourselves and humble ourselves and lift up the name of Jesus Christ and exalt God. Something I observe when I hear someone say they’re a follower of Jesus — do they sing out loud to God? Are they willing to humble themselves and sing out loud praise to God in congregational worship? One of the most beautiful times is when the musicians and instruments fade back and the only thing you hear in the room is the voices of people singing to our God and our King. That is incredibly special to hear. It doesn’t mean everyone singing has a true relationship with the Lord — but if someone is claiming to, I look for: are they willing to humble themselves and sing out loud?

As you’re having conversations with the next generation, encourage them: serve the Lord. Serve the Lord as you prepare for his coming kingdom. There is a kingdom that the Lord has, and it’s coming — you should prepare. One thing that marks a theme in this current generation is its focus on right now — what’s happening in this moment, right here, right now. But the Lord operates outside of time. He created time. And what we’re experiencing right now in this life is very, very short compared to an eternity with the Lord in his coming kingdom.

Verses 10, 11, and 12 say, “All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord. All your saints shall bless you. They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.”

Will the next generation know the Lord? Who is the Lord and what has he done? How will I know the Lord? And how will I influence the next generation to know the Lord? This week there’s going to be a celebration of 250 years in the United States of America. That has somehow impacted you in some way. As you think about what’s been passed down to you from the previous generation — how do you see that? What my parents passed down to me, my grandparents passed down to me, what the community and culture around me passed down to me — was it pretty good? Did you really enjoy what was passed down to you? Or maybe you’re thinking, “I don’t really like what my parents passed down to me, or my grandparents, or my extended family, or the culture in my community.” Well, then I’d encourage you — year 250 in the United States can start fresh with you. You can be generation one. You can be generation one for your lineage, for your heritage — that you would start a new path for your family to follow, that you would be a leader who steps out and says, “I am going to know the Lord, I am going to serve the Lord, I am going to worship the Lord, and I want you to come with me.” Be the one who starts the new trend for your family as we talk with the next generation about the Lord.

If the next generation rejects me as I have a conversation with them about the Lord, then ultimately it is the Lord who is being rejected, and the Lord will deal with everyone who rejects him. That’s not my business to take care of — the Lord will handle that business. But you have a decision to make. And you might be here today recognizing that right now is your moment to make a decision to know the Lord. Right now is your moment to make a decision to worship the Lord. Right now is your moment to make a decision to serve the Lord. Maybe you’re going to be the next Shelley Lamar who gives the testimony of what God has done in your life.

I want you to know we as a church are inviting you to know the Lord, inspiring you to worship the Lord, and igniting you to serve the Lord. So if today is decision day for you, we want to pray for you right now. If you are here and today is decision day for you to know the Lord, I would challenge you to stand because we want to pray for you. If today is decision day for you and you want to worship the Lord, stand because we want to pray for you. If today is decision day and it’s time for you to serve the Lord, stand because we want to pray for you. It’s going to take boldness, courage, and bravery to stand in public — and I would challenge you to do it.

Father God, thank you for those who are standing, and God, I can see that you are working in their hearts and minds right now. God, I pray that the blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross — that they would know it is enough for their life. That your blood, Lord, is enough for their life, and that they can experience forgiveness of their sin and trust fully in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. And that today would be an incredible day in their story, because today’s decision day for them — they’re making a decision to know the Lord, to worship the Lord, and to serve the Lord. So God, I pray that you would meet them right where they are, right now, and that you would show yourself as real to them, and welcome them into a relationship with you, and guide them into their next steps. God, I pray blessing over everyone who’s standing right now, in the name of Jesus Christ. And all God’s family said, Amen.

For those of you who stood, there are a few ways you can let us know you’re making a decision for Jesus today. Our team will be in the prayer room if you want to talk with somebody. You can use the connect card, or the tap-in feature on your phone, to let us know you’re making a decision for Jesus. Church family, we love you, and we’re going to see you again real soon.