Loving Your Neighbor With Wisdom

Praise the Lord, brothers and sisters, for this beautiful morning that we're all here together today to worship his name and to praise the one and only that's worthy of his praise. Yes, he is indeed. Amen. And I want to read first in Proverbs 3 from the very first verse. And it says here, "My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity." So of course, the first thing that the Lord mentions is not to forget his teaching. And how do we not forget his teaching, right? Every single day, we have to be in the word. We have to study the word every single day. It h it get has to get engraved into our minds into our heart to remind us ourselves of his commands because what does Jesus say in John 14? He says if you love me keep my commands and if you love him you're going to keep his commands. When you walk in his spirit you're going to be able to fulfill his will. So let us all seek him every single day. Let us seek him in his word, in his commands that we may fulfill his will every single day and just live to be Christlike and be the light of the world. Amen. Let's pray. Lord God, I ask you to bless this service, Lord God. Holy Spirit, be in this place. I ask you to lead this worship, Lord. Lead the word and the topic for this morning, Lord. And I ask you just to bless this day. And let your name be praised and glorified. All glory to you God in Jesus name I pray. Amen. Amen. And for our first song we'll be singing Jesus paid it all. I hear the Savior [music] say thy [singing] strength indeed is small. Child of [singing] weakness, [music] watch and pray. Find in [music] me thine all they know. Jesus [music] paid it all. All [music and singing] to him I own. Sin had [music] left a crimson [singing] stain. He washed [music] it white as snow. For nothing [singing] good have I where by [singing] thy grace to [music] claim. I'll [singing] wash my garments white in the [music and singing] blood of Calvar's lamb. [music] Jesus paid it all. All [music and singing] to him I own. Sin had left a crimson [music] sea. He washed it [singing] white as snow. [music] Lord, thou indeed I find thy [music and singing] power in thine alone can [music and singing] change the leper spots [music] and [singing] melt the heart of stone. Jesus [music] paid [singing] it all. All [music] to him my [singing] own. Sin had left a crimson [music and singing] stain. He washed it white as snow. [music] Jesus [singing] paid it all. [music] All [singing] to him I own. did [music] not [singing] left a crimson stain. He washed [music and singing] it white as snow. Praise God. For our second song, we'll be singing Lord I offer my life to you. All that I am, all that I have, [singing] I [music] lay them down before you, oh [singing] Lord. All [music] my regrets, all [singing] my acclaim, the joy and the [music] pain. I'm making them [singing] yours. [music] Lord, [singing] I offer my [music] life to you. Everything [singing] I've been through, use [music] it for [singing] your glory. Lord, I offer my days [music] to you, lifting [singing] my praise to you as a pleasing [music] sacriice, [singing] Lord. [music and singing] I offer you my life. Things in [singing] the past, [music] things yet unseen. Wishes and [singing] dreams that are yet to [music] come true. All of [singing] my hopes, [music] all of my plans, my heart, [singing] and my hand are lifted [music] to you. Lord, [music and singing] I offer my life to you. Everything I've [music and singing] been through, use it for your glory. [singing] Lord, I [music] offer my days to you. Lifting [singing] my praise [music] to you as a pleasing sacriice. [singing] Lord, [music and singing] I offer you my Lord, I offer my life to [singing] you. Everything I've [music] been through, use it for your glory. [singing] Lord, I offer my [music] days to you. lifting [singing] my praise to you as a pleasing [music and singing] sacriice. Lord, [music and singing] I offer you my life. Praise God. Praise the Lord, brothers and sisters. And I want to do our Bible reading for this morning. And I want to open up to Psalms 39, uh, which for many of you, if you take the Bibles in the pews, it's going to be in page 805. And that's going to be, uh, in Psalms 39. I'll give you guys a little bit of time to open that up and follow me along. Psalms 39 page 805. And it says here, I said, I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue. I will restrain my mouth with the muzzle. While the wicked are before me, I was mute with silence. I held my peace even from good, and my sorrow was stirred up. My heart was hot within me. While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue. Lord, make me to know my end and what is the measure of my days that I may know how frail I am. Indeed, you have made my days as hand breaths and my ages as nothing before you. Certainly, every man at his best day is but vapor. Surely every man walks about like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up riches and does not know who will gather them. And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the reproach of the foolish. I was mute. I did not open my mouth because it was you who did it. Remove your plague from me. I'm consumed by the blow of your hand. When with rebukes you correct man for iniquity, you make his beauty melt away like a moth. Surely every man is vapor. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears, for I am a stranger with you, a so soldier, as all my fathers were. Remove your gaze from me that I may regain strength before I go away and am no more. Praise God. And now we'll have uh Pastor Tim come up and he's going to say a couple announcements and then lead the topic for this morning. God bless. Amen, church. And um as Dimmitri read in Psalm 39, this is I would say very the the psalmist, he's just laying it all out. All his pain, all his anger. over here. He says, "Lest I not sin with my tongue." And sometimes in our anger, we sin. But he's like, "Lord, give me you the strength. I'm calling on to you. Give me your strength that I may not sin in my hardships." So, dear church, I'm going to say what the psalmist said this morning to us that whatever you're going through, it might be something difficult in your life, something that's unbearable, something that brings out anger, some someone crossed your path, someone did something unjustly to you. Call onto the Lord and he will deliver you. He will give you peace and he will make everything right in your life. And over here the psalmist he understands that and he calls on to God for strength and he says remove your gaze from me that I may regain strength before I go away and am no more. He's asking for strength. so he doesn't keep on living in that anger that's killing him slowly. But before we do our uh meet and greet, we're going to pray for our Sunday school. Please come up teacher and students. And I'm not even going to uh like read verse about them because Dimmit when he started this the service it was on point. It was on point in in Proverbs 3 or two. Yeah, three. The first verse how it says, "Teach me your word." And friends, we're going to be learning God's word. They're going to be learning God's word. And may we not just be listeners but doers also how James teaches us. Let's all stand up and bless them and also bless our topic for this morning. Lord God, we thank you God for just guiding us in your spirit, Lord God, and teaching us your truths, Lord God. Help us like the the psalmist, Lord God. give us strength to not sin in our anger, Lord God, but help us to turn to you and ask for your help and for your strength, Lord God. And I also, God, pray for this morning our Sunday school class. May you bless Ruth and the students, Lord God, that the word that's being taught, Lord God, enters into their heart and sprouts like a beautiful tree, Lord God. And also, Lord God, I also pray for us here. We're going to be also learning your word. And may that seed, God, fall into our heart and sprout into a beautiful tree, God, that that uh produces much fruit for your kingdom in Jesus name. Amen. And let's take these few minutes to meet and greet and then we'll jump into our topic. Would [music] you rather keep That's right. I guess. [music] and a half. [music] Excellent. [music] My over. Glory to you. I'm never [music] Okay friends, going to be starting our lesson and how we've been going through how um how we can use the Holy Spirit in our daily lives. To those who are new today, sometimes a believer doesn't know what's the point of the Holy Spirit even. Okay, I'm saved and then that's it. Right? But the Bible teaches us, no, no, no, no. You're saved. And have we already talked about this past few weeks, Jesus is sending you someone who who will help you and teach you in your daily life. How to how to how to and today we've been learning or this past few weeks we've been learning about the four loves that teaches that Jesus teaches us. What's the first one? Does anybody want to share the the first one is love? Love your God. Love your neighbor with all your heart, soul, and mind. That's the one we've been going through. And today we are jumping into love your neighbor as yourself. And I would like for us to open up to Matthew chapter 22. There's the Bibles in the pews. Dimma, do you by any chance have a mic with you? If anybody has any questions or um anything you'd like to share during our topic, just raise your hand and our brother will come with a mic. Okay. Matthew ch 22 verse 37-9 through39 it says Jesus said to him this is okay let me actually go before that so we kind of understand the whole scene but when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the the the Sadducees so there is the Pharisees and then there's the Sadducees brother Vlad if you want to come up with me and help a brother out, grab a chair [laughter] and a mic. So, there were the the the Pharisees and the Sodies and it was like two religions at war um at that time. So it says they gathered together. Then one of them a lawyer asked him a question testing him and saying teacher which is the greatest commandment in the law. Amen. Jesus said to him you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and the greatest commandment. And the second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. So the question these uh people are asking what's the greatest commandment? And Jesus says practically, the purpose for your and my life on this earth is to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind. That's the purpose. If we do not love him, we have lost the purpose for our life. Yes, Alan. Hold on. Okay. A question. Okay. Is this on? Can you hear me? Yeah. All right. Uh do can you uh talk a little bit about love by neighbor? What the mean the meaning of love by neighbor is? Yeah, we're getting there. We're getting there. You see, some people just want to get right to the point. And I like that. You're like, uh to the point, guys. Hey, get to the point, Tim. [laughter] Stop beating around the bush. Okay, we'll get to the point. And he says, "And the other one is like it." And over here what we see the love once again when Jesus tells the the Pharisees and the Sodes about this love, it's once again how we learned the word agape. It's not an emotional love. It's not an emotional It's not necessarily an emotional love. It's a sacrificial love. So, love your neighbor like that. And we're actually going to um like read a story where Dr. Luke writes for us how to love our neighbor. Let's open up to Luke chapter 10. And if anybody has a page number for that, let us know. In my Bible, it's 15:32. Maybe it's also in yours. 15:32. Luke chap 10 verse 25 and below. Is 1532 uh Luke 10 or or no? Okay. Well, I'll read and then after I read, we're going to 1409. 1499. Can you make his mic louder? Yeah. So, 1499. Let's open up to Luke 10 25 and below. And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?" So he answered and said, "So the teacher is asking this this lawyer and it looks like this lawyer, he knows the law. He knows the Torah. He knows what is written." And this lawyer replies, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and your and all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered right. You have answered rightly. Do this and you will live." But he wanting to justify himself said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Then Jesus answered and said, "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves who stripped him of his clothes, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a certain priest came down that that road and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. Likewise a Levite when he arrived at the place came and looked and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan as he journeyied came where he was. And when he saw him he had compassion. So he went to him and bandaged his wounds. pouring on oil and wine, and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn or a motel, and took care of him. On the next day when he departed, he took out two dinari which is like two maybe $100 bills at that time to dinari gave them to the inkeeper and said to him take care of him and whatever more you spend when I come again I will repay you. So which of these three do you think was the neighbor to him who fell among the thieves? And he said, "He who showed mercy on him?" Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." And I I found a clip on YouTube that I want us to watch and then we can go into our discussion. Hey, can you turn? Can you turn off the light over there? So this is the parable of the good Samaritan. [music] The Jews and the Samaritans had nothing in common. The Jews, they they looked at the Samaritan as worse than than a dog. And uh so these priests, rabbis, Jewish rabbis, um are are seeing this this other Jew person that got robbed, stripped, beat up, and they're walking by. They're walking by uh they're walking by their own their own person, but the one who helps is the Samaritan. And throughout that history time, like I said, the Samaritans, they they always felt mistreated or undermined, inferior. Inferior. Yet he sees this Jew person lane and he doesn't think of maybe how much this culture hates our culture. He didn't think um uh maybe how much harm these people did to my people. No, he sees a person in need and he helps. So what can we get from this story? Does does does anybody want to start it? I will start it off. I will. Allan. Yeah. Okay. Hold on. Uh, Pastor Tim, uh, I was looking at that clip and when they were those two guys were coming out into the cave and one guy gave him some money, put in his hand. So, what what was the reason why why he did that? He was paying for the hotel stay like in the story, right? He brought him to an in and he paid them to take care of the man and for the room. So that was that was the money exchange. Oh, really? Yeah. I like that part. Yeah. And actually, I just read where the the two dinari that was a 24 day payday. So that was practically a month of somebody's salary that this person just came and gave the hotel and he said, "Hey, keep this guy. Keep take care of him and if you need more, let me know. I'll come back and I'll pay." So this Samaritan, he was just laying out his heart for this. I would say essentially his enemy in a way in a way because of the cultural clash. But I I wanted us to to notice one thing. And I don't know if you guys noticed this, but looking at this story and at the clip, we see that the the Samaritan or the the person who was hurt and beat up. He wasn't the one coming in and asking for help. He was the one that was just laying there helpless and somebody seeing his situation without him even saying anything saw the situation and came and helped. So I want us to look at two different types of help. this type of help where you see a person in need and then another type of help where somebody actually comes up and asks for help. So I want us to to talk about these two types of helps but uh Vlad did you want to maybe share anything? Well, the only thing I wanted to add, uh, it's interesting when that lawyer was asking a question, right? And he said, you know, the the greatest commandment, he didn't ask, "How do I love, right? He asked, who do I love?" And what he was trying to justify, maybe he was expecting Jesus to say, "Well, you know, it's next door neighbor. It's it's your family." But what if Jesus said, "Who is your neighbor?" an absolute stranger who you do not know who maybe even looks at you with animosity like you know Jews and uh um what was the other group Samaritans Samaritans yeah had so it's almost like there's two sides to that story I think we always concentrate on what he did right he paid the money he he you know tried to take care of his wounds uh but what he was saying I'll give you a second uh but he w what he was actually saying is the neighbor is anyone someone that you come in contact with, right? Yes. Anyone that comes into your life, doesn't matter stranger, close, does who your neighbor is. So, I think I just wanted to underline that part of the of the parable. So, so practically, Vlad, what you're saying is that a Samaritan is like you don't need to necessarily or a neighbor is you don't need to necessarily know who he is. He's just somebody that crossed your path. Okay, Dimma, there was a person with a question. question. And then for the love that neighbor thing about how it could be somebody you don't know, like the biggest thing that stood out to me over the past few years was when the Ukraine stuff originally started happening and everybody is all over TikTok showing the buildings blowing up and then Americans, even veteran Americans, straight up on their own accord like a militia. like they showed their unconditional love, their agape love, and just got their own equipment, found their own permits, went over to help protect complete strangers that they knew nothing about. They didn't know the individuals. They just they're like, you know, something just doesn't feel right. You know, I like this is wrong, so I'm going to go stand up for them. That is a big sacrifice and a big act of love. Yeah. Pretty much these people, they sacrifice with their own life. Mhm. They don't not knowing who. Yes. Yeah, that's a that's a very good example right there. [clears throat and cough] Anybody else want to share any stories or any examples? Yeah. So, like uh brother Vlad just just like stated that a neighbor is anybody that crosses your path. You know him or not. You see somebody in need, you help. You help. But then we see the the other side. And the other side is when a person comes and asks for help. And there are people who who are truly in need. And uh the Bible teaches us don't turn away uh like an asking hand in a way like don't turn away. But then [clears throat] there there are people who who like to take advantage of the the process, right? They want to take advantage of the person. And over here, I think we as Christians and believers and even non-believers need to discern who is actually the one needing the help and who is the one that is just trying to take advantage of you. Because like for example, I I read a story on the on the news one time where there was a car parked on the side of the road and a person had a flat tire and a good Samaritan not knowing that person, it's like, "Oh man, there's a guy stranded on the road. I'm going to go help him." Well, guess what? It was an ambush. So this good Samaritan came, parked his car in back of them and the the people from the car jump out, steal his car, take the keys, stab him, and leave. This person maybe even knew okay the Bible teaches us to be the good Samaritan but he got himself in a bad situation. So how do you make that wise distinction over here? uh we see that this person he was helpless and in the situation that that I just explained to you we we also see that basically that person was helpless uh in a way uh what you see but there was an ambush and how I came to the realization like this right now uh we live in a very uncertain time and if you see something like that say on the side of the road and we do and some of us even stopped and helped and thank God none of us got stabbed because we're all still here and alive. But if we see that it's it's better to have a second person with you. It's better to have a a second person with you. Um then stop if you're if you're alone. I would maybe say in a way um call somebody for for help or maybe stop and and wait for another car or maybe not even stop. Um Vlad, how do you see that? Or or like how would you uh friends judge that situation? How would you judge that situ situation? [clears throat] Well, I mean, we have to have discernment, correct? I mean, definitely from uh from your story. Um, yeah, I think um I mean uh God gives us wisdom, gives understanding. Says the righteous sees a danger and he avoids it, right? So, we don't just uh go and say, you know, you know, I'm doing a good deed and everything will work out. So, we definitely have to have a discernment and understanding how to approach situation. And I think it's on, you know, different on each situation that you'll encounter. So, okay. Discernment from the Holy Spirit. And I also believe that the Holy Spirit if it's the Holy Spirit, the spirit in us, if it sees that there's a danger or somebody is trying to do harm by you doing good, it's going to bug you. is going to bug you. And that's one of the benefits of having the Holy Spirit. And we're going through the topic about how we can use the Holy Spirit in our life daily. the Holy Spirit. It's there to not only teach us, not only help us, but it's also there to protect us to uh like uh brother Vlad said, it's it's there to if if you see danger to to steer us away from that danger. And I'll say another situation and I want to hear maybe like your opinions. So example, if there's a man [clears throat] that bless you that um how should I put this he's asking multiple people I need money for this thing and then he goes to another person I need money for this thing and then to a third person I need money for this thing. So he's asking all these people money for this one thing and each one is helping him. How do you discern that he actually doesn't need or she doesn't need money for that but is just trying to um kind of swindle people like swindle the system like how would we discern that? Okay. Um I would say u I would say um you got your Yeah, just holding closer. Okay. But you uh I would say that uh you have to believe what they're saying in in their you know the clip I want to go back to the clip. I like to uh when they were when that guy was beat up and he was like they brought him in in the cave. That really touched my heart. I just want to let you know that. But it touched my heart what they were doing to that man. Okay. Okay. You know, I mean it's it would be hard to know the situation, right? If unless unless you know that it's been done to multiple people or they share that uh I said us not knowing and uh people sometimes will take advant advantage of Christians right they will see hear a passage like this that we read they'll see this video and they'll say I know the Bible teaches them to do good to their neighbor so they'll start taking advantage of people but you got to understand person who does that he might trick and swindle people, but God will deal with them according to their, you know, falsehood, according to them being dishonest. So, you'd rather not get, you know, help from all these people when you truly don't need it. Uh, because you'll have to answer to God and that is a lot a lot harsher than if if men find out. Yeah. Anybody else want to add to that? That's what that's why I have Vlad here. He just gives good answers. [laughter] Amen. And I agree with that. And [clears throat] like even in my life, I made this this rule. I don't know who's trying to swindle me or not, but but I will give to to a hand that that is asking for help. Um but then if that person is asking say second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seven, eight time then you already have to make that decision. Okay, something here is not right. Right or maybe this person is truly in need. So over here the first time when you help it's okay but if if that person keeps on coming back then we we can already do our little investigation and that's not a sin to say hey maybe the most neighborly thing to tell that person listen you're just swindling people that's probably the most neighborly thing to tell them for them to realize that hey I'm actually doing something wrong. Amen. But there are people who are truly in need. And like at least for me, I made this thing. I will never turn away a person that's that's asking for help. But if that same person keeps on asking, then over here, I will do my little investigation of why. Are they truly uh in need or are they trying to take advantage? So in our life I'll say this to all of us [clears throat] that be wise in helping. Be wise in helping. There there there are many people who need help with with many things not just even money with uh mowing their yard. There's people that need help with moving. Uh there's people that need help with uh mental health. There's there's many ways that people need help with and we can help like in many different ways. Just be wise in how you help. Um I hope I made my point clear that um the first time don't turn the hand away but if they keep on coming then do your little investigation. Amen. So in this story we see the situation. We see a helpless man laying down, beaten and stripped of what he was traveling with. And Jesus says, "Now, if you see somebody like that, go and do." He tells the lawyer, "Go and do." And even if he's your enemy, go and do. If he's somebody you don't know, but you see somebody in need, somebody in help, somebody just lost their loved one, their home, their car, their this, their, their health, they can't do certain things. Go and help. Go and help. And the golden rule before we end is so so in everything do to others what you would have them do to you for this sums up the law and the prophets. And this is the golden rule and I heard that in the bus this morning. So in everything do to others what you would have them do unto you. So if you were in need, how would you want people to help you? That that help give to others. Does anybody want to add anything to that? So who is your neighbor? Jesus. Everybody, everyone who who you come across that is what? In need. In need. Everyone who you come across that is in need. And if you see somebody that needs help, what do you do? Do you turn your back away like those other two supposedly holy righteous priests or do you help them out? You okay? You pray for them but you help them to what you can what you have to to the limits that you have like help them in that way. Okay. Amen. Anything else? Okay. Okay. Well, our topic for today has closed. Love your neighbor. It wasn't a big topic. It was to the point, but I had to milk some time. So, I was hoping that more people would share their stories and um it was a good I would say teaching that we can apply it in our life, but also to be wise about how we help and who we help. Okay, let's stand up and pray. Lord God, we thank you for this time that you have blessed us with. Lord, I ask you, Holy Spirit, just guide us to to discern, to have the wisdom, Lord God, how to help and who to help, Lord God. And we see an example here, Lord Jesus, how you teach us, Lord. Anyone who crosses our path, who is in need, Lord God, we are to help those people because, Lord God, when we were lost, when we like were in our sins, we were unperfect. We were your enemies, Lord God. Yet you gave your life for us, Lord God. And we see this example as this Samaritan man, God, helping up this Jew. Yes, they they maybe didn't like each other, but he looked past that and he helped that that person out, Lord God, and give us this heart, Holy Spirit. Give us this heart in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. And for our last song, we'll be singing Behold our God. Who has [music] held the oceans [singing] in his hands? [music] Who has numbered every grain of sin? Kings [music] and [singing] nations tremble at his voice. [music] All [singing] creation rises to rejoice. [music] Behold our [singing] God seated [music] on his throne. Come let us adore [singing] him. Behold [music] a dy king. Nothing [music and singing] can compare. Come let us adore [music] him. Who has gi [music and singing] to the Lord? Who [music] can [singing] question many of his words? Who can teach [music] the [singing] one who knows all things? Who can fathom [music] [singing] all his wondous things? Behold [music] the [singing] God seated [music] on his throne. Come let [singing] us adore him. [music] Behold our king. Nothing can compare. [music] Come [singing] let us adore him [music] who has felt [music and singing] the nails upon his hands. Bearing [singing] all the guilt of [music] sinful men. God [singing] eternal humble [music] to the grave. Jesus [singing] savior risen [music] now to make. Behold our [singing and music] God seated on his throne. Come let us adore [music] him. Behold our [singing] king. [music] Nothing can compare. Come [singing] let us adore [music] him. You [singing] will [music] reign forever. You will [singing] reign [music] forever. Fill the earth. [singing] You will rain forever. Fill the [music] earth. You will reign forever. Behold [music] our God [singing] seated [music] on his throne. Come, let [singing] us adore [music] him. Behold our [singing] king. [music] Nothing can compare. Come [music and singing] let us adore him. [music] Praise God. Praise God. Church, our service has come to the end. And as we heard today, who is our neighbor? And that's everyone who crosses our path in our life. And if we see somebody in need, we help. And may God give us the discernment and wisdom. And over here, that's where the Holy Spirit steps in and gives us that discernment, that knowledge. That's why we need the Holy Spirit in our life, in our daily life. Not just to help others, but to love our God. Because without him, we are lost. We are confused. We can get ourselves in trouble. But when we call upon the Holy Spirit, he gives us the discernment, the wisdom, and the guidance in our life to do what Jesus commands us to do in the Bible. And today, to love your neighbor. Does anybody have any needs? Okay. Okay. So, so Allan like has a doctor appointment tomorrow. will pray about Amanda. Okay. Okay. Okay. So, so we'll pray for that. And also I was talking to some people and they wanted us to pray that they're looking for some jobs and we'll pray for God to to bless them with that. So we're also going to keep that in our prayers. And also, brother Greg, uh, like he used to come here, uh, he was a member for some time, but this past week he moved to Oregon to to reunite back with his family, with his brothers that he hasn't seen for 40 years. So, we blessed him and he's already there. So, we're going to also pray for him. Yes. Okay. Okay. Okay. Whoa. Okay. Amen. Okay. Yes. It was good you have it was good seeing you here. It was good seeing you here. Okay. Well, let's pray. Lord God, we thank you, God, for this lesson that that you taught us this morning, Lord, uh through your scriptures, Lord God. And I pray that we all apply it in our lives, Lord. And that we use it in the Holy Spirit, please give us that discernment and wisdom, Lord God. And Lord God, I just pray for each one here, Lord. When we see somebody in need, when we see somebody that needs help, let us be like that Samaritan man, God, that is willing to sacrifice, Lord, to the limits, Lord, to help those that are in need. Bless us with that, Lord. God, we like I also give the needs into your hands of u brother Allen, Lord, he has an appointment tomorrow with his knee. May you bless that appointment. May it go well, Lord God. We also pray for Amanda's need, Lord, for the custody of her child, Lord. May everything go well and she's also will be traveling. May you put your like angels there and protect her there as well, Lord God. And we also bless Greg, Lord God. He moved to Oregon to reunite with his brothers. May you bless that relationship, Lord God. And may everything go well in your name, God. we pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For your kingdom, your power, and glory forever yours. Amen. Be blessed.