Learning From Jesus

Introduction

I was going to have one more zinger for kin. But unfortunately, in regarding the Lord’s Supper, he used the text we’re going to use this morning. So I’ll have to settle for great minds think alike, including even ours, apparently. In Mark chapter 1, in verse 40, there is a remarkable circumstance I want to focus on with everyone this morning. We think about this time of social distancing and flattening the curve and COVID-19 and all these fears, the Lord’s Supper talk is correct. We have to realize that we are the leper from a spiritual standpoint. We had no hope. We have this spiritual problem that only Jesus could take away. But now imagine, though, the wrinkle that Jesus touches him. Well, you notice again in verse 40, here’s the story.

A leper came to him, imploring Jesus, and says, If you will, I know you can make me clean. And in verse 41, move with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, I will be clean. And immediately the leprosy left him and he was made clean, and Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said to him, See that you say nothing to anyone, but go. Show yourself to the priests and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded for a proof to them. But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.

1. Moved With Compassion, Jesus Touched Him

And while in this story we are undoubtedly the leper, I do think one thing we need to consider is are we walking in Jesus’ footsteps? And so you see in verse 40, here is the leper who comes to him saying, I know you can make me clean. Now, that is true. Jesus undoubtedly could cleanse the leper. Now, in Matthew’s account in chapter 8, he heals a leper. He heals the centurion servant, he heals demons, those cast and oppressed by them. He heals fever, he stops the winds and the wave, he can heal the paralyzed, he can forgive sins. He does all of this, showing Jesus is superior. Can Jesus heal leprosy in a moment? Yes. But there’s two things interesting in verse 41. The first one is the motivation.

Moved with pity. Moved with compassion. This sets up the rest of the verse. What did Jesus do as a result of that compassion? This is going to be our focus this morning. He stretches out his hand and touched him and said, I will be cleansed. Now that’s powerful. That Jesus did not have to touch the leper. You think about our disease, apparently, which is all over the country, all over the world, except in the toilet paper aisle at Publix. That seems to be a safe zone. Have you noticed 50,000 people can gather there and it’s not going to spread? But if you try to breathe on somebody at a car pickup line, you just ended the world. Jesus touches this leper. That is interesting. Not just that he had compassion on one who would have shouted unclean, not just who would be breaking the law or at least very stringent social taboos by even being close to Jesus.

But when we think about some of Jesus’ healings, we remember Jesus also, as God had the ability to do what? Heal from distance. In fact, in Matthew chapter 8, in the accounting of healing this leper, he touches him and cleanses him. And then from distance, he heals the centurion’s servant. Jesus didn’t have to touch him. That makes this important. That makes this interesting. And so this morning, as we are in our homes, for those of us who are here in the building, we need to think about the compassion of Jesus. And I want us to look in this story at how Jesus showed compassion. And moreover, what can we do to have compassion for not just our own sin in our life that needs to be eradicated, knowing that Jesus paid that price and the humility that follows?

But also, how can I serve my fellow men in a way that, yes, even involves me doing the otherwise unthinkable, helping the untouchable, being there for those who struggle. So, of course, you see this the story in a nutshell is you do have a leper approaching Jesus, which in and of itself is bold. There is boldness here to ask for help. Now, do you know, by the way, that this story apparently doesn’t happen if verse 40 doesn’t happen? Is Jesus all powerful? Yes. Is the leper able to be cleansed by Jesus, by touch or by distance? Of course. And yet, how does this happen? Why does this leper get healed in Mark chapter 1? Because he asked. Because he asked with a certainty. He made it known that he had a problem in verse 40.

A leper came to Jesus, implored him, and kneeled before him, saying, If you will, you can make me clean. That’s going to be an important point for later. The healing starts with a recognition that I have to acknowledge I have a problem. So then, of course, Jesus shows this compassion. Again, that key phrase at the beginning of 41, moved with pity if you’re using the English Standard Version, move with compassion in most other versions. And what does Jesus do? He touches him, and immediately he’s cleansed. Now imagine that story that Ken told from earlier. That young husband who had been told he can no longer play with his kids, present or future, that he couldn’t wrestle with his son, he couldn’t kiss his little girl, he couldn’t hug his wife one more time.

And out of nowhere, he’s healed. He’s not just alleviated of the burden of the scratching and the loathsome sores. He’s not just no longer spreading. He can be with those he loved. That’s the compassion Jesus showed. And so if we’re going to follow in his footsteps, then I have to be what kind of person? A compassionate to a fault individual. I understand Jesus being one who could heal leprosy is someone who wasn’t worried about the contagion of the disease. I get that. And trust me, by the way, I want to welcome everyone onto the bandwagon of hand sanitizer. I was going through packing up our house. This is our last service here. We’ll have some comments on that at the end. And I found something that made it like Christmas Day.

I found three bottles of hand sanitizer that were in my stocking. I am all for not getting germs unnecessarily. But sometimes we have to do things that are uncomfortable, whether physically or emotionally. We have to be there for those who need us to step up and step out of our comfort zone, because that’s how we have to help people. You see, it’s only after Jesus heals him that he can go on his way. And by the way, how does he do so in verse 45? Telling everybody about it. And there is undeniably the spiritual application here. If you have been forgiven of your sins in a quarantine or when we can move freely, we should be telling everybody in the world about Jesus. Evangelism doesn’t stop because I’m in my home.

Isn’t it amazing that we’re having this streaming service right now? This is unthinkable 20, 30 years ago, except for a few people, and it would just be considered weird. But now this is somewhat mainstream. And so if we have the ability to stream a service, to virtually assemble, it is not the same as a physical assembly, but to even have this level of Bible study and to be able to worship and to think about the Lord’s Supper at the same time as our brothers and sisters in Christ. Can I maybe send a message out about Jesus forgiving me of my sins? Hey, by the way, world, America, while we’re afraid of this disease that can claim maybe one, maybe 10% of lives, I’m not trying to downplay it at all.

How about sin, which affects 100.00% of mankind? There’s a cure for that. And it’s Jesus. And so when we think about serving others, we need to remember that Jesus understands that we have two problems. He came to seek and save the lost, but he also had compassion and healed those who were physically ailing. That means if that is my Lord, and I am a Christian following after my Christ, I would do what with my life. We’ll fulfill those two goals to teach others about that Savior who can heal and help those who are struggling physically. And so what you really see here is I have to feel compassion. The easiest way to do nothing is to not feel anything, to not worry about it, to take care of ourselves, to say, hey, this isn’t going to bother me.

2. Compassion for Sheep Without a Shepherd

I’m going to go out and do my thing right now. Or to say, you know what, I’m going to take care of myself. I’m going to hold up and not help anybody. But you see, Jesus was able and willing to touch the leper, and he didn’t even have to to help him. We’re going to have to do some difficult things. Look with me in Matthew chapter 9. I want you to look with me in Matthew chapter 9. Notice another example of Jesus showing compassion to others. I think we’ll see an underscored point that we previously saw. Matthew chapter 9, Jesus is compassionate for different reasons, two in particular. One in verse 35. And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.

And when he had saw the crowds, he had compassion for them. Because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Now it’s powerful in verse 35. What is Jesus doing? Two things that marked his entire life.

You see, he’s proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom in verse 35, and he’s healing every disease and every affliction. And yet, in verse 36, it says, When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion. And by the way, what were his disciples to do? They weren’t Jesus. They couldn’t necessarily heal a leper by touching them, at least at this point in Matthew chapter 9’s reading. What does he say you can do when I feel compassion, when I understand there is a need to be filled, I might not be able to fill it, but what should I do? What does my Lord say? He said to his disciples, pray, verse 38, earnestly. That who will ultimately take care of it? God. But that God will take care of the problem by doing what?

Sending labors into the harvest. God needs workers. Maybe I’m not the person to be sent, but I can be one who prays that God will find the one who is. But this all starts back in verse 36 with compassion. And please don’t mistake this lesson. It’s not to be cute just because of a disease going around. But understand, compassion is usually viewed by Jesus in two extremes. You have the one extreme that says, Jesus cares about disease. And because he healed every disease and every affliction, that’s what it meant. Nothing more, nothing less. Spiritual was a bonus. And then there’s kind of this other side that says, Well, Jesus actually had compassion according to verse 36, 37, and 38, for their souls. Is that true? Yes, he sees them how?

As people like sheep without a shepherd. When he talks about sending laborers into the vineyard, he’s not talking about to heal necessarily. Seems to be primarily focused on the spiritual. But in his life, what did he do? He showed compassion for both. Did you notice in Mark chapter 1, even though the allegory is there for us to make it about sin? Sin isn’t even mentioned with the leper who comes to Jesus. It’s a man who has a physical problem. Jesus touches him and he’s healed. Are there lessons to be learned about sin? Absolutely. Perhaps even the primary lesson. But for that man, he was healed of a physical disease because Jesus was moved with compassion. So I have to care about others. I have to have a concern that when I see people who are struggling, when I see the train on the tracks coming for another person, a brother and sister in Christ, or someone who is not, I should be moved by that.

This disease is terrible for those who get it. There’s a reason this thing we’re facing in our society is overrunning hospitals because we need ventilators. It causes breathing problems. Can go up to and including death. Now imagine that you know someone you know, someone close, a spouse, a child, a parent, a sibling. Do you think you feel a lot of compassion for this problem? Maybe a little bit more than we show organically right now. Jesus looked in the world and saw people who needed him. We have to look into that same world and say, if I need Jesus, others do too. I can be one of those laborers. And if I can’t be one of the laborers right now for any reason, I can pray that God finds those who can be.

3. We Have to Get Our Hands Dirty

And what that means is in my life, I’m going to have to get my hands dirty. Jesus did not have to touch the leper. We cannot underscore that point enough. If Jesus is God and He is, if He can heal from distance, and He proved that He could, for Jesus to heal the leper by touching Him meant there is something to be taken from that story. And so when I look at Galatians chapter 6, maybe I found the tip of the iceberg on that. Look with me in Galatians chapter 6, before we’ll make some applications for what I can do in this present distress to show compassion. Galatians chapter 6. We know whatever the application is going to be is going to be involve something that might make me uncomfortable.

In fact, if we’re doing it right, I can almost guarantee you from New Testament scriptures it will. Galatians 6 verse 1, brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Can we make an important point for a moment about bearing one another’s burdens? To bear one another’s burdens, I have to care about that brother’s burdens. And before that, I have to have a relationship that will allow the person who needs the bearing done, the help, to share with me the potential helper.

We have to get our hands dirty. We have to have relationships with people. And by the way, being socially distant does not give an excuse for not taking care of needs. It might mean I can’t take care of them in the same way or do them in a way that’s convenient. But people can’t go by the wayside. Spiritual needs don’t just disappear because there’s a disease around the world. There’s always been a disease around the world. It’s been sin, and what have we done about that? Can you imagine if as Christians we took the problem of sin half as seriously as we are COVID-19? In about two or three weeks, we went from everything being open, everything is fine, to everything is shut down, and nothing will ever be the same.

And sin is a problem 100 times worse. I have to care for people. And the easiest ones to start with is a verse one, brethren, to take care of Christians. We should at least be on the same team together. But that means I have to have a relationship. And when you think about 1 Corinthians chapter 5, when Paul talks about withdrawal, the idea is you withdraw from someone who has sinned in an unrepentant way so that they will realize by their isolation from Christians that something is very, very wrong. And perhaps then their soul can be saved. Snatched away from the evil one. You know what that necessitates as a precursor to it working? That we have a relationship with that brother we’re going to withdraw from.

What kind of punishment is it to stay away from people you already don’t want to be with? That’s not a punishment. For some, that’s a reward. We have to get our hands dirty. Do things that are uncomfortable. Be places at times that are inconvenient. Think of others first. That is not convenient. It is not natural, but it is the way of our Lord who we’re walking in the footsteps of. And so I want to make some application. Yes, there is a spiritual component always, but as we are living in certain times that are certainly different than anything we’ve seen. If I’m going to look and I’m going to serve like Jesus, because keep in mind, those are the two things he did in 41. He was moved with compassion when he saw this leper kneeling before him, and then he did something about it by reaching out and touching him.

4. Find the Good in Any Situation

What is that going to look like now? Because that doesn’t mean we need to go and find the nearest person who is infected and have them breathe in our face. Okay, but what it does mean is I will find the good in any situation. And by the way, precursor, as you turn to Philippians chapter 1, finding the good does not mean downplaying the bad. And we have a bad habit of teaching it that way. Finding the good does not mean ignoring bad or pretending that bad is not serious. That’s not good. That’s unhelpful. It’s not compassionate, and it’s not what Paul did. But notice in Philippians chapter 1 what Paul is preoccupied with. And by the way, if you want an example of living in tough situations, you can look at pretty much any New Testament epistle Paul wrote.

And if you either read the history or the book itself, he was a master of being in, let’s call them not good situations. Philippians chapter 1 and verse 12, though, I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. Now stop for a moment. What is it that has happened to him that he’s talking about that has advanced the gospel, this wonderful achievement in the kingdom of Christ? Well, we’re going to see it from the context in verse 13 and 14. It’s going to involve being arrested, being imprisoned. Verse 13, so it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

Let’s be very clear what Paul is saying. Because I was imprisoned for teaching about Jesus, I celebrate why? I rejoice why. The kingdom of God has advanced. Does that mean that it’s not a big deal that he’s arrested? Does he say that? No. He says, but as a consequence of being arrested, what’s happened? Well, in verse 13, the whole imperial guard knows what’s going on. And what do they know? The end of verse 13, my imprisonment is for Jesus. I often think of the story. Can you just imagine? I think I shared this a couple weeks ago. Being the guard in charge of Paul. Can you imagine how many times you would have heard about Jesus? How many times you would hear the good news that Jesus could take away a sin, a problem greater than leprosy?

He took every opportunity. But notice in verse 14 that as a result of his imprisonment, he is able to look past himself and see that others have benefited. Now what do they do? They speak the word of Christ boldly. They do it without fear. Now, is any of that saying that he wants to be imprisoned? No. It doesn’t say that. Now, if you ask Paul based on some other language in the New Testament, it might be that he’d say, if I can glorify God and help others, I might be imprisoned. And that’s a selfless attitude. But that’s not what he’s doing. He’s just saying, here’s this bad thing that happened, but you know what’s way more important? That God is glorified, that others are bold, that good can come from a tough circumstance.

5. Praying, Contacting, Serving

And so when I’m home and thinking this isn’t fair, this isn’t right, why is it happening now? Why is it happening to me? Whether we have the disease or being impacted by those that do. I have to ask the question, what good is there in the situation? Well, I think if we study from Paul, we’ll see what we have to do is say, okay, what can we do with this to help the kingdom of God and inspire others? And this is where a lot of our application comes in. I’m going to be praying, I’m going to be contacting, I’m going to be serving, I’m going to be glorifying God. The first step is going to be praying. I want to look at the beginning of Philippians.

I remember he’s still in jail in verse 3, just like he is in verse 12. So here is Paul in verse 3 of chapter 1. I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine, for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I’m sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Now stop for a moment in verse 3. Whether this is hyperbole or an exaggeration of any kind, of even 1%. It is amazing that someone could say, I thank my God in all remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine.

Who do we pray for always in every prayer of ours, metaphorically or literally? Probably a very select few. A wife, a husband, some kids, parents, grandparents, grandkids, close friends. Paul cares so much about this one group of Christians. Remember, Paul traveled. We study his missionary journeys. This is one group. And he says, I think my God, in every prayer for you always, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. Yes, chapter 4 teaches us there was a vested interest from Paul in this group. But it also tells us prayer matters. Remember, what did Jesus say when he had compassion on the sheep without a shepherd? Pray that God will send laborers into the harvest. If I am quarantined, if I am home, as many are watching this service right now, here is something we can do.

Spend that time in prayer. Spend it in prayer alone. Spend it in prayer with your roommate or your spouse. Spend it in prayer with your entire family, with everybody in the home. You see, those are three different ways to pray. Let’s talk about different things to pray about. Number one, if we want to be New Testament Christians, which is why many are worshiping this morning, despite what’s going on, which is amazing, and I applaud you for that, then we will do what Jesus says through his inspired word in the New Testament and pray for worldly leaders. What do we pray about? Pray that worldly leaders make godly decisions, that the right decisions can be made. Pray for doctors who are taking care of the patients. Pray for those who are infected.

Pray for those who will be infected. And by the way, pray for those who have medical problems that are not COVID 19. We still have a lot of problems. All of this world’s problems did not disappear when one bigger problem that is disproportionately affecting the world’s population came onto the scene. And what that means is who I pray for will change too. If I’ve never started praying, here’s the time. And you say, well, I don’t know how to keep track of everybody. Well, number one, you can keep track of world leaders pretty easily. But if not, here’s a reminder. Play this clip every day if you need to. Pray for world leaders. I’m not saying agree with them. I’m not saying vote for them. I’m saying pray for world leaders.

That is a God-given responsibility. Pray for doctors. Pray for patients. But be like Paul. Pray for brethren. This is amazing that we can worship online. But you know what else we can do online at South Bumby, and maybe many of you have the paper copies? I like kind of both, to be honest. Go through the directory. Pray for everyone. If you don’t know who to pray for, pray for me and Kashka. And more importantly, pray for Kashka. It’s hard to be married to me. She needs extra prayer. She needs extra help. Ken’s not allowed to nod. Just because you can’t see him doesn’t mean it’s not hurtful. When you think about what we can do with just our internet access, you can see people. Go through your social media friends list.

Go through the directory. Find those, anyone. Start with A through B today. Find those who need it most. Pray for anybody. Pray for everybody. Just be people who pray. That’s what Jesus did. That’s what Paul’s example was. And then that helps me by seeing, by thinking about those I need to pray for. What am I going to do next? I’m going to do the next two things on the list. I’m going to contact people. I’m going to serve them. Because as I pray, I’m going to see people who have a need. I’m going to see people who, even before this epidemic socially distanced us, who need to be contacted, who need to be reminded that they matter. Nothing is more sad. I don’t know what kind of Christian you are, but if you’re an elder or preacher or deacon, you’ve probably visited someone who’s older and shut in, like we all are now, shut in our homes.

And when they receive a card or receive a call, say, I was beginning to think I didn’t matter. That’s heartbreaking. That can’t be in the best of times. And if you want to know how do I spend this time I’m stuck indoors, use it to God’s glory. Have compassion. Call those who need a call. Take advantage of the time to be with those who need special contact right now. Go through the directory. And maybe contact someone you don’t normally talk to. Make a connection now that will help you bear burdens later. And then as I go through that directory, as I am praying, as I’m contacting people, you know what’s going to happen the more we talk to people, and this is that inconvenient hands dirty part.

I’m going to realize people have what? People have problems. It’s not the politically correct way to say that. It’s to say people have needs. But let’s be honest, people have problems. And people need help. They need solutions for those problems. And you know who God’s solution is on earth? Us. The church. Jesus didn’t tell the people, pray that God will just take care of everybody evangelistically. He’ll drop down the seed from heaven. He said, pray that God will send laborers into the harvest. That’s us. And you might not be the laborer for the evangelistic side. You might be for the caring for orphan and widow side. You might be the I’m dropping off the Lord’s Supper emblems side. Serve people. What are their needs? Are they moving at a tough time?

Do they need some extra groceries at the right time because they can’t fight the crowds? Is there somebody who fits these age limits or these types of distinctions that make them at risk to this terrible problem that’s going around the world? They need our prayers. They need our communication that they’re not forgotten, but they still need things too. Maybe we don’t need 500 rounds of toilet paper. But we do need some. We need groceries. We need food and water. We need to be taken care of. And that starts with me. That starts with us. We have to be the ones to be God’s feet and hands. We need to glorify God in so doing, taking care of others. And what this is going to do is it’s going to remind me, first of all, of my humility.

6. Thank God for What I Do Have

And when I’m reminded of my humility and God’s perfect system for taking care of others, I’m going to be like that leper who’s going to go about telling everybody about it. Do you remember the end of the leper? The amazing part is here’s the leper approaching Jesus, which he shouldn’t have done, saying, I know you can make me clean, which is an amazing statement of faith. That Jesus is moved with compassion and touches and with his, which is astounding and mind-blowing. Then we forget verse 45. He went and told everybody, by the way, not a good example, don’t do exactly what Jesus says not to. But on the side of verse 45, he was excited and he told everybody what he had to do. I’m going to thank God in my home today, in my home tomorrow, twice, three times, four times in one day.

I’m going to thank God for what I do have. Do you remember with Paul? He didn’t say, hey, I’m just so thankful to be imprisoned. I love it. I love being on house arrest. I love not getting to go door to door. Nobody focused on the good. What we need to do in our prayers and in out loud while we are contacting others is say, thank you to God for what I do have. Thank you for the health I enjoy. Thank you for the country that is taking steps to protect me, whether I agree with them or not. Thank you for brethren. Thank you for allowing me to be used in your kingdom. Thank you, God, for what I do have. And here’s the thing. In Philippians chapter 4, we understand that Paul learned how to be content.

And he learned in 11 and 12 how to live with a lot and how to live with a little. And in verse 13, he reaches that grand conclusion, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. But I want to end on what really is what we are to be thankful for. Look at me in 1 Peter chapter 1. One final passage this morning. In 1 Peter chapter 1, we’ve gone back and forth on some physical ways to serve and have compassion from the spiritual problem that leprosy represents in the Old and New Testament for us today. But no matter what happens, no matter what percentage of people get infected with this disease, no matter what other diseases come for us, remember 1 Peter 1, verse 3 and 3 through 7.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while. If necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found a result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. That’s above all else, no matter what happens, what there is to be thankful for.

Conclusion

We’re thankful for everyone who tuned in this morning. We’re thankful for those who are here. We’re thankful for everyone who might watch a lesson like this or take time to study God’s Word. There are many things to be thankful for. I can tell you on a Facebook feed, there are far more people offering Bible studies than I’ve ever seen before. There is always a good to be found. But it’s not just about doing good and patting ourselves on the back. It’s about glorifying God because being with Him is heaven is what this is all about. And while many aren’t here, sin doesn’t stop. But neither does the salvation that Jesus offers. If you’re listening to this and you realize that you are the leper, you are stuck in a horrible disease of sin through rebellion against him.

Know that there are some steps that we here at South Bunby are willing to help you with. Call one of our elders, call Ken, write a note, do what you have to do. We will take care of you at any time. If you believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, if you’re willing to repent of your sins and the stubbornness of saying, I’m going to live my will, not His. Confess Jesus as Christ and Lord publicly and all that that means and carries with it. You can be baptized in water, immersed in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ to look for and yearn for that inheritance that is undefiled and unfailing, waiting for you. Or maybe you are a Christian.

Maybe you’re someone like me who knows better, who knows that compassionate eyes are necessary to be like Jesus. And we don’t do that enough. Know that Christians here will bear your burdens. We’ll pray with you, and we’ll pray for you. Sin doesn’t stop, but neither does the goodness of God. If anyone can be of any help, reach out. Use social media channels. Use the phone, write a letter, write a card. Use what God has given you and always be thankful for everything He’s done. We thank you for tuning in this morning. We’re now going to be led in another song.