Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] How's everyone doing?
[00:00:03] Good. Yeah.
[00:00:06] If you have your Bibles, open them up to Acts chapter 16. That's where we're going to be at tonight. But yeah, like Austin said, I work for the International Mission Board. Who's heard of that? Who's heard of the imb? Good. A lot of you, many of you may have seen seen me before. I spend a lot of my time talking in front of you students and college students in particular. So I may have spoken to you before, but my primary job with the IMB is connecting students and young adults to our work globally. And so if any of you have ever had an interest in what it could look like to serve the Lord, especially in a foreign context, maybe among people who have never heard the name of Jesus, I'd love to talk with you further about how that might look, how you can be involved in doing that and just get you started on the right track to pursuing and following the Lord in that way. But like Austin said, my wife and I, we are actually in the active process of moving overseas long term.
[00:01:09] So, Lord willing, in the next year or so, my wife and I will be on the mission field sharing the gospel in a 99.9% Muslim context. And so we're really excited. We could use a lot of prayers.
[00:01:24] But I'm very thankful for the opportunity to come and open up God's Word. And so we'll be in Acts 16. If you haven't turned there, have you ever looked back in your life and been able to recognize the faithfulness of God, how He's orchestrated all the circumstances to come together, but maybe you didn't see it at the time.
[00:01:48] How many of us have experienced loss of a parent, of a grandparent, experienced disappointment of not making a sports team, become frustrated at the Lord, that He's allowed these things to transpire? Isn't the Lord good? Like, why would he allow hardship to come my way?
[00:02:08] Many of you may be familiar with the story of Joseph in the Old Testament, how he was abandoned by his family, sold into slavery, falsely imprisoned.
[00:02:19] Yet we read in the conclusion of Genesis, this is what Joseph says, as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good. To bring it about that many people should be kept alive as they are today.
[00:02:35] Joseph had a firm understanding of what Paul would later write in Romans chapter 8. And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
[00:02:48] For both Joseph and Paul, they recognize God's sovereign purposes in their lives. And even if it didn't make sense at the time, they trusted that it would work out for their good.
[00:03:02] Personally, I resonate a lot with this idea. After I graduated college, I had this immense desire to become a missionary to move overseas. I previously served for a summer in India and became supremely aware of this idea of lostness around the globe, and I wanted to do something about it. I began this very long application process with the imb, had to fill out what seemed like endless paperwork, meet regularly with various people within my church, do a host of spiritual disciplines, spiritual activities.
[00:03:36] It was a long process, but I eventually got to the end of it and I was about to find out where I would spend the next two years of my life.
[00:03:44] However, at the same time, I was hiding this very significant sin issue and I didn't want to bring it to the light because I knew it would jeopardize my plans of one day becoming a missionary. After all, isn't the harvest plentiful and the laborers are few?
[00:03:59] In my mind, I minimize this call to holiness that we see in Scripture because I thought I was doing the noble task of becoming a missionary and my sin didn't really matter all that much.
[00:04:12] Yet I still couldn't shake the weight of this conviction that I felt. And I eventually became convinced that I needed to confess this sin and trust that whatever God intended, or whatever happened, it was what God intended.
[00:04:26] Turns out I was correct in my prediction and this sin issue caused me to be removed from consideration with the imbalance. At this point, I was living at home with my parents. I had no job prospects, I had no money because I had spent all my time preparing to become a missionary. But now that was no longer a possibility.
[00:04:47] Many times I prayed, asking why did things have to happen like this?
[00:04:51] I mean, isn't the will of God for the Gospel to go forth? I was willing and able to do that, but the Holy Spirit prevented me from being able to go.
[00:05:03] Fast forward a few years. I'm now able to look back and partly see God's goodness and sovereignty in this happening.
[00:05:12] Because I maintained good relationships and friendships with the imb, it enabled me to apply for a stateside job here in the us the job that I currently have now.
[00:05:25] Because I remained in the U.S. i met my now wife who shares these same convictions that I do so that we can go overseas together.
[00:05:35] Because the Spirit prevented me from going, I was able to deal intentionally with sin and pursue repentance.
[00:05:44] Because the Spirit has prevented me from going. It's enabled me to talk with countless individuals who have served and are now serving on the mission field.
[00:05:53] Although I didn't know it at the time, God was sovereignly working in my life to bring about his glory. And it allowed the gospel to go forth, even though that I wasn't the one on the mission field.
[00:06:07] Tonight we're in a familiar passage, Acts 16, verses 6 through 10, often called the Macedonian call and the overarching theme that I want you to see from this text.
[00:06:18] So if you're taking notes, write this down. The main idea.
[00:06:21] The sovereign purposes of God enable his followers to carry forth the Gospel.
[00:06:27] The sovereign purposes of God enable his followers to carry forth the Gospel message.
[00:06:35] And so turn with me now to Acts 16, and I will read it. Acts 16, verses 6 through 10 says this.
[00:06:49] And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the Word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas, and a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him, saying, come, come over to Macedonia and help us. And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to him.
[00:07:24] Before we can dive into our text this evening, we need to first begin with an understanding of the context in which Paul and his companions find themselves.
[00:07:35] To understand the book of Acts, we have to go back to chapter one, where we find the programmatic verse for the entire book, Acts 1:8. It says this. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. And you be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all in Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.
[00:07:54] It's really this verse that sets the foundation for what takes place for the rest of the book of Acts. First, the Holy Spirit descends on believers at Pentecost in Acts chapter 2. The believers there, they begin ministering in and around Jerusalem, but persecution begins to descend upon them and ravage the church. And the believers are dispersed into the surrounding communities of Judea and Samaria, but they're continuing to proclaim the gospel in those areas. Then in Acts chapter nine, we meet this individual named Saul, who has this dramatic conversion experience where he comes to an understanding that who he was in fact persecuting was Jesus himself.
[00:08:38] From this moment, he's renamed Paul. And then Jesus declares Paul to be his chosen instrument to take the gospel message to The Gentiles.
[00:08:47] The rest of the book of Acts details how this Gospel moves out and to the ends of the earth. Using Paul and his companions, the Lord sends them out on three separate missionary journeys to proclaim Christ as the Messiah.
[00:09:01] And so coming Into Acts chapter 16, we see Paul getting ready to begin his second missionary journey. This comes after a sharp disagreement that he had with his companion Barnabas, where they eventually separate. But it's through this sovereign action that eventually leads the Gospel message to be multiplied in multiple different locations.
[00:09:24] And so again, this is really what I want you all to see from this passage. The sovereign purposes of God enabling his followers to carry forth the Gospel message. And we're going to kind of look at that theme in three different directions. First, God's sovereignty and mission, our responsibility and mission, and then lastly the message of the mission.
[00:09:46] So first, God's sovereignty. And look back with me at verse six, it says this. And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the Word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
[00:10:08] So after what's called the Jerusalem Council in Acts chapter 15 and the disagreement Paul had with Barnabas, Paul sets out on his second missionary journey to proclaim the Gospel.
[00:10:21] If you can envision on a map modern day Israel, that's where Paul was. He was in Jerusalem. And so his next journey takes him north to the country of Syria. He goes up through Syria, then he moves west into country modern day Turkey. And so these cities that are referenced in this verse, Phrygia, Galatia, Mysia, all of these cities are in various places in modern day Turkey.
[00:10:51] And what he's doing here in Turkey, he's seeking to proclaim the Gospel. It's a good and right and noble desire. I mean, the harvest is plentiful, laborers are few. So we go and share the Gospel.
[00:11:04] It's obviously in line with the will of God. There are numerous passages all throughout Scripture that speak to this idea of taking the Gospel to the unreached and and unengaged context of the world. Yet what we see from the text is Paul was prevented from going into these locations by the Holy Spirit.
[00:11:24] This is where we see what is known as the sovereignty of God on full display.
[00:11:30] John Piper, Austrian Pather describes the sovereignty of God in this way. It's the power and authority of being able to override all other power and authorities.
[00:11:41] Nothing can successfully stop any act or any event or design or purpose that God intends to certainly bring about.
[00:11:51] When you think about the characteristics of God, what comes to your mind? You may say that God is loving, which is true. I mean, for God so loved the world that he gave his son. Or you may think that God is merciful, which again, you would be correct. The Lord, the Lord, a God, merciful and and gracious, slow to anger, abounding and steadfast love and faithfulness.
[00:12:15] It's really important to think of God in those terms. But I would submit to you that the sovereignty of God is one of the most foundational attributes of God.
[00:12:26] And the reason that I say this goes directly to the beginning of the Bible, Genesis 1:1. In the beginning, God created. From the very first sentence of the Bible, we see the power and the sovereignty of God on full display, showcasing his immense authority to bring forth out of nothing all of creation.
[00:12:49] This shows that by His Word he accomplishes everything that he intends to accomplish.
[00:12:55] It isn't just in the beginning of the Bible that we see the sovereignty of God, but it's a theme that really runs through the entirety of the Bible. The Book of Job teaches us that God is in control of suffering.
[00:13:09] The Book of Daniel teaches us that God is in control of nations and governments. Coming off of a federal election, God is sovereign even over those things as well. And so what the Book of Acts ultimately teaches us is that God is in control of his mission. The next chapter, Acts 17. Paul emphasizes this point by saying, and he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place.
[00:13:44] Therefore, when we see that the Holy Spirit prevented Paul from going further into Asia, this is God's sovereign design. He intended this to take place.
[00:13:56] But when we. When we read a verse like that, it confuses us. Why? Why would the Holy Spirit. Why would God seem to thwart a good and noble desire?
[00:14:08] This really gets at the heart of the difference between God as the Creator and us as his creation. Isaiah 55, 8 says of God, my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways. My ways declare the Lord.
[00:14:25] God as the Creator, has the unique vantage point of overseeing all of creation. And he sees things that we are unable to see.
[00:14:35] This is good news because God is not wicked in his decisions. He does not do things arbitrarily, but he always makes decisions for the good of his people and his glory.
[00:14:49] So when we don't have all of the information, when we are confused, we can have confidence because we Know that God is in control of everything.
[00:14:59] Pastor and author Tim Keller says this when speaking about the way that God works. If we knew what God knows, we would ask for exactly what he gives, because God is good.
[00:15:12] The temptation, however, is when we hold tightly onto what we perceive as the best course of action.
[00:15:20] For Paul, he had a strong inclination that he was to go further into Asia, yet he was prevented from doing so. Paul had a choice to make. Was he to continue in his own wisdom and press further into Asia because that was his desire?
[00:15:38] Or was he content to trust the Spirit's prompting in his life?
[00:15:44] For Paul, he was completely yielded to the Spirit's work and trusted him to accomplish his purposes, even if that meant turning away from what Paul himself wanted to pursue.
[00:15:56] This is a really important point for us to consider. As many of you are high school students about to be college students and young adults. You're gonna make a lot of decisions over the next few years of your life.
[00:16:11] Many of you will decide who to marry, what career path to take, some of you, whether or not to go into ministry.
[00:16:19] All these things are really significant decisions, and they can be overwhelming for some of you. You may have had a plan for your entire life for the type of person you wanna marry or the exact route you want to pursue as a career, but maybe those doors are not opening how you envision that they might.
[00:16:41] As much as you try, it doesn't seem to be moving forward. You can't seem to get what you want. Things aren't being accomplished the way you envisioned.
[00:16:50] This was certainly the case for me while I was in college. I was dating someone and I thought we were going to get married.
[00:16:58] However, I knew that the Lord was leading me to pursue overseas ministry, and this person I was dating at the time did not share those convictions.
[00:17:07] Yet instead of seeing the very clear signs from the Spirit that I was not to pursue that relationship, I disregarded that prompting and I did what I wanted.
[00:17:16] What I learned from that is that it's impossible to thwart God's will for your life.
[00:17:22] But it is possible to be frustrated in your plans because you're very clearly going against what the Spirit is teaching you.
[00:17:31] Proverbs 16:9 says, the heart of man plans his ways, but the Lord establishes his steps.
[00:17:39] It's not inherently wrong to have a plan for your life. Paul planned to go into Asia, but ultimately the difference was that he was content to trust the Lord when it revealed that wasn't possible.
[00:17:53] This may describe you. God has clearly revealed the way in which you are to walk, but instead you are choosing to follow a different path.
[00:18:04] What you're finding is things are not working out how you thought they might. Doors are not being opened, plans keep falling through.
[00:18:12] This may be indicative that the Holy Spirit is preventing you from pursuing that. And what you need to do is step back and yield your life and plans unto the Lord.
[00:18:23] In Paul's case, and unlike my own, he trusted the Spirit's guidance.
[00:18:29] So the question is, do you trust the Spirit's guidance in your life to accomplish his purposes?
[00:18:36] I can't help but think of Jonah, who, when called by God to go to Nineveh, he ran in the opposite direction. Jonah eventually made it to Nineveh, and the will of God was fulfilled. But it was not without much turmoil and great personal cost. For Jonah, the lesson that we learn is, as God is completely sovereign, he will accomplish his purposes.
[00:19:00] Thus we have a choice to make. We can yield completely to what the Lord is doing, trusting that it is in fact good. Or we can continue to go against the Spirit's prompting, which ultimately will be futile because the purposes of God will always prevail.
[00:19:19] This leads me to the second point that I want us to discuss this evening.
[00:19:23] Our responsibility and mission. Yes, God is sovereign, but we also have a personal responsibility. Those two things aren't in opposition. They actually work together. Look back with me at verse, verse nine. It says this.
[00:19:38] And a vision appeared to Paul.
[00:19:41] Excuse me. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him, saying, come over to Macedonia and help us. And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia.
[00:19:56] Why do you think Paul was able to so quickly conclude that he was to go into Macedonia? Yes, he received a vision from the Lord. But how did he get to the point of where he could so quickly discern that this was the Lord speaking to him?
[00:20:13] It happened because he understood his own personal responsibility when it came to preparing for the work of the Lord would call him into. The Lord is calling all of us to serve him in some capacity, whether that be in the marketplace, at school, in the home, in ministry.
[00:20:32] What that means is that for all of us, we have to prepare in order to serve him well.
[00:20:38] And so what we see on display in our text this evening is the fruit of Paul's preparation.
[00:20:45] So how exactly did Paul prepare for the work the Lord would call him into? He cultivated an attentiveness to the Spirit. He writes in Romans 8:5, for those who live according to the flesh, set their minds on the things of the flesh, but for those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For Paul, his life was devoted to the things of God, and he sought to place himself in the way of knowing and understanding God's will for his life.
[00:21:15] So are you guys setting your mind on the things of the Spirit? Are you seeking to understand and obey the word of God? Do you know what the will of God is for your life and do you follow in it?
[00:21:29] Like I mentioned at the beginning, the key verse for understanding all of acts is Acts 1:8. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, to the ends of the earth. The will of God for our lives is to be a witness for Christ in all places.
[00:21:46] However, to be an effective witness for Jesus, it must begin by cultivating a deep and satisfying relationship in Christ through his Spirit. That's why it's critical to read and apply God's Word. Paul says, let the word of God dwell in you, richly teaching and admonishing one another in wisdom.
[00:22:06] Do you seek to devote yourself in prayer? Paul writes in Colossians 1:9 and so from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will and all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
[00:22:20] Paul cultivated his care and his compassion for people through constantly interceding on their behalf.
[00:22:28] Are you regularly gathering with God's people in Acts chapter 13, before Paul was sent out, he had devoted himself to the church there in Antioch where they were worshiping the Lord praying, fasting, an integral part to being equipped for the work the Lord has set out for you. Is coming together as the body of Christ to worship and fellowship with one another.
[00:22:50] Paul was able to so quickly conclude that the Lord was calling him into Macedonia because he had devoted himself to these things.
[00:22:59] This should be instructive for how we too can cultivate and attend this to the Spirit. Preparation and discipline are not simply reserved for those that enter the ministry, but for all Christians.
[00:23:14] So evaluate your own life. Are you intentional about cultivating a deep and satisfying relationship with the Lord through these disciplines? Through the Word, through prayer, through the Church?
[00:23:26] The nature and character of God is that he delights when his children come to him independence, and he freely offers Himself to all who call upon his name.
[00:23:39] In addition to cultivating attentiveness to the Spirit. How else did Paul demonstrate his own personal responsibility in ministry?
[00:23:47] He placed himself in situations to proclaim Christ. In the Book of Acts, there are no less than 12 different instances of Paul going to various cities and finding the public places or the synagogues to teach about Jesus. One such instance is described in Acts chapter 17. Now, when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in as was his custom. And on three Sabbath days he reasoned from them, reasoned with them from the Scriptures. I want you to notice the phrase as was his custom for Paul, he made it a habit to find people who didn't know Jesus and explain from the Scriptures who he is.
[00:24:31] Another word for this is evangelism. He didn't merely wait for lost people to come to him, but he actively sought them out.
[00:24:41] Often when it comes to evangelism, we have the mentality that if someone comes to us, we'll ready and able to share Christ. And that certainly happens and we should be ready to give a defense.
[00:24:52] However, the more neglected aspect of evangelism, I think, is intentionally going to the lost.
[00:24:58] This is something that I wrestle with every day. So often I make excuses for not putting myself in these types of situations because of fear or laziness or busyness.
[00:25:10] But when I overlay that upon the truth found in Acts 1:8 that we are to be witnesses over all the earth, I'm reminded of the centrality of the Gospel and its proclamation in the Christian life.
[00:25:22] What Paul demonstrates for us is that he intentionally placed himself in these situations.
[00:25:29] A third thing that relates to our responsibility in ministry is to respond immediately and obediently. Verse 10 says, When Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia.
[00:25:43] Paul didn't conclude that he was to go into Macedonia arbitrarily, but it came about through years of cultivating attentiveness to the Spirit and seeking out opportunities to be used by God.
[00:25:54] It was through his dedicated dependence upon the Lord that he was able to discern that God was calling him to do something. And when God called, he responded immediately.
[00:26:06] For many of us, our first inclination is not to respond in immediate obedience, but to elevate personal desires over God's clear instruction.
[00:26:16] We can make excuses about why now is not a good time or I'll serve the Lord. Later we may know that the Lord has burdened our heart for the lost and called us to take the gospel to them.
[00:26:27] Yet we neglect to do so when we can see clearly God working in our life, leading us to pursue specific job or or specific ministry, and we neglect to follow in obedience.
[00:26:45] It's sin.
[00:26:47] What it demonstrates is that you may not trust God's goodness in your life.
[00:26:53] Something that we've already established is that God is sovereignly working and in control of all things, and he's working them out for your good. So if God is leading you to pursue ministry, you can have confidence that it'll work out because God has consistently proven his faithfulness.
[00:27:11] Think back to Joseph. He didn't know how everything was going to work out, but he trusted in the Lord. And at the end of the story, he was able to look back and recount God's faithfulness. Won't he continue to do the same thing for us?
[00:27:25] He will.
[00:27:27] The final thing that I want you all to notice from this passage is the message which Paul aims to take to Macedonia. Look at the second half of verse 10. We sought to go into the Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the Gospel to them.
[00:27:44] This was the centrality of Paul's mission. He sought to share the good news of Christ with the citizens of Macedonia.
[00:27:52] The reality of communicating the Gospel message is the central aspect of Christian ministry, whether here in the United States or abroad.
[00:28:01] And the reason for this is quite simple. Paul In Romans, chapter 10, verses 13 through 15 make this point for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. How then will they call on him? And who have they not believed? And how are they to believe in whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent as it is written? How beautiful are the feeds of those who bring good news.
[00:28:28] The task for which we as Christians have been commissioned to undertake is to make disciples of all nations.
[00:28:35] Paul here in Romans reveals that the only way that disciples are made is by bringing the message of Christ to those who have not heard about it. The way to saving faith is hearing of what Jesus has done on the cross for sins and believing that he in fact rose from the grave to conquer sin forever.
[00:28:55] Like the Macedonian man calling out for someone to come help him. There are billions today in need of that same gospel help.
[00:29:05] A really important term that all of us should know is the term unreached. A person is unreached when they do not have access to the Gospel message. There's not a faithful church in their area. They do not know a Christian. There's not a Bible translated into their language.
[00:29:22] Even if they wanted to come to faith in Christ, they couldn't.
[00:29:27] This describes the Macedonian man, but not just him. There are 4 billion people who are described the same way.
[00:29:40] We should have a sober awareness about the reality of lostness in the world. Because God has revealed in His Word, salvation is found in no one else. And it should prompt us to consider those who have no gospel access and seek to make him known in those places.
[00:29:58] As Acts continues to reveal for us, if we are a follower of Jesus, we have received the Holy Spirit, who then enables us to take that message of the Gospel to those here near and far. Because that's the only means by which individuals can come to saving faith.
[00:30:14] The good news about this message, though, is that it's not just reserved for Those in Macedonia 2000 years ago or for people in faraway lands today, but it's for you as well.
[00:30:26] In a room like this, I can imagine there may be some who are still wrestling with the claims that Jesus makes.
[00:30:34] Is it really true that Jesus alone can save?
[00:30:38] Is it really true that Jesus lived a perfect life? Is it really true that Jesus rose from the dead?
[00:30:46] Those are all reasonable questions. Paul even writes in 1 Corinthians 15, and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
[00:30:57] What he means is that if Jesus has not been raised, then everything in his life ultimately doesn't matter if Jesus wasn't who he said he was. Those who follow Jesus are most to be pitied.
[00:31:09] But when we look at the evidence, when we read the eyewitness testimony, and most of all when we recognize that the tomb was empty, we can all have complete certainty that Jesus is in fact Lord.
[00:31:22] So what that means is that even though all of us are sinful because the tomb is empty, we can know that we are forgiven from our sins. Even right now, Jesus is calling you to Himself and He is delighted to forgive all of your sin by placing your faith and trust in Him.
[00:31:39] What that means for us as Christians is that since the tomb is empty, we have a duty and an obligation to carry the good news of the gospel forth.
[00:31:48] Acts 16 teaches us that ultimately God is sovereign and control of all things. He's the One who will establish our steps. He's the One who called people unto salvation.
[00:31:58] Yet we still have the responsibility.
[00:32:00] God has not saved us merely to be complacent in our Christian life, but he's given us His Word to study. He's offered us Himself to go to in prayer. He's established his church for us to join with fellow believers.
[00:32:13] Finally, he's given us His Gospel, beautifully displayed in the life and death of His Son Jesus. It's this message by which sinners so immeasurably loved by God that he sent his son to die on our behalf. And it's with that message that we as Christians go into the outermost parts of the world to proclaim as the truth. Let's be Christians who take that command seriously, and let us respond immediately and obediently. Join me in prayer. Lord, thank you so much for this opportunity to come and open your word. Lord, I'm reminded of just the centrality of the gospel message, that there are billions of people around the world who don't have access to the Gospel.
[00:33:01] Lord, you say in your word that salvation is found in no one else. You say that the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers. Lord, I pray even now in this room, Lord, that you would burn hearts for those who don't know Christ, that there would be students from this room who would take the gospel here, near and far, and that they would recognize your goodness.
[00:33:24] Lord, I pray for those in this room who may not be a follower of you, that they would come to an understanding of who you are and what you've done. That you love them, that you care for them, that you desire a relationship for them.
[00:33:37] Lord, we know that you are sovereign and you are in control. Lord, that gives us great hope.
[00:33:42] And it's with that confidence that we go boldly into the world. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
