Address—Paul House
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Can we start today with number six in the appendix please? Hymn number six in the appendix. Someone started please.
Lord, my heart.
S from and from for me.
Great people.
Many words to change that found me of the Lord has loose.
Them all.
Arms of mercy.
No, they're around me.
Small.
Save your kidney.
Save your kids and give me thy servant. Thus it fall.
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Jesus.
Is.
The Lord for me, listen to my soul.
It's problems.
I want to say first of all, I thoroughly enjoyed the Bible readings. The address is here and I thoroughly enjoyed the remembrance of the Lord yesterday.
And I trust, with the Lord's help, that we can make this meeting this afternoon.
Very personal.
Very personal.
When the World verse 4.
Would bid me leave thee.
Telling me of shame and loss. Save your guard. Me lest I grieve thee, lest I can't. I cease to love thy cross.
My responsibility and privilege this afternoon.
Is to speak to your heart.
I trust that everyone here will listen.
Let's pray for the Lord's help.
Our loving God and our Father, we would like to thank the this afternoon.
For the Lord Jesus Christ.
And Lord Jesus, we thank Thee for going to the cross.
For suffering there for the likes of us.
For stretching out thy hands.
And dying there.
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Because out it's love us.
And now, Lord Jesus, we live in a world that wants us. He wants to take us away from Thee, from those arms of love, that place of protection and joy. And we just would pray that as we have a few moments this afternoon, that we might be encouraged to turn Lord Jesus to thee.
To see thee in all thy beauty, Thy loveliness, our Savior, one that has redeemed us to God by thy blood. And we just pray now that we might go on together and individually to honor and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. We pray in thy name, Amen.
I want to read some verses in Revelation chapter one.
As an introduction to what I want to talk about this afternoon.
We've had a couple of fellows that have.
Come to the assembly in Rideau Ferry where I live.
One of them in particular has asked me a series of questions about this Book of Revelation.
I haven't studied it for quite a few years in detail, and so with the Lord's help, I'm trying to go through it again.
With a book of ministry that I've enjoyed before by Hamilton Smith, that has been a help to me because I can understand a little bit of it.
I started in chapter one and.
I love the gospel.
But I love the young people too.
And.
I was struck with these verses and I'll start at verse 10.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet, saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the 1St and the last, and what thou seest write in a book, and send it on to the seven churches which are in Asia, on Ephesus, and on to Smyrna, and on to Pergamos, and on to Thyatira, and on to Sardis, and on to Philadelphia, and on to laid Asia.
And I turned.
Turned. That's what we're going to talk about today. I turn to see the voice that spake with me.
And being turned, I saw 7 golden candlesticks, and then in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one like unto the Son of Man.
Clothes with a garment down to the foot and gird about the paths with a golden girdle.
His head and his hairs were white like wool and white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire, and his feet like undefined brass, as if they burned in a furnace, and his voice as the sound of many waters.
And he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp 2 edged sword, and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. When I saw him, I fell down. I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not, for I am the 1St and the last. I'm he that liveth and was dead, and behold I'm alive.
Forevermore, Amen and have the keys of hell and death.
Verse 10.
I was on in the Spirit.
On the Lord's Day, I want to make just one little point to your dear young.
Young people.
And that's the Lord's Day.
The Lord's Day I want to tell you a little story about when I was a boy. I can't tell you what year it was.
But I specifically remember a party getting in power in the province of Ontario, where I live. The first thing they did was they struck down the Lords. They act.
There was an act in our laws in the province of Ontario that limited the Lord's Day for other things.
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Than religious things.
All of a sudden all the stores were open, all the trucks were on the roads, and everything else in the Lord's state changed overnight.
That was a disappointment to me.
My parents had taught me to value the Lord's Day.
And I hope each one of you grew up in a family like that where you valued the Lord's state. You know, the longer I live, the more I value the Lord's Day. It's a day for the Lord.
When I have a little more time.
For the Lord, you know we're all busy.
With the Lord's Day.
What does it mean to us? Let's value it.
I emphasize the word turned.
I want to talk today just a few examples in the scriptures about those who turned or returned.
There's many that come to mind, no doubt you've thought of some already in your mind.
And if you've spent some time in the Word of God and you've valued the Scriptures.
You have those things in your mind about those who turned.
And you know, what we're going to see today is those who turned and in general.
It was a positive thing.
I want to ask you this afternoon.
To just pay attention as we talk about these things.
And I want you to think about yourself for a minute.
As we talk about these things.
And ask yourself the question as to whether you need to turn.
I'm asking myself that as I'm speaking. I'm not just preaching to you, it's to me.
Do I need to turn somehow?
The Lord knows.
If you need to turn and so do you. And so as we read these things.
I want it to be very personal. I want it to be for you. This meeting is for you.
You know, I was thinking about the Apostle John. I've read that he was an old man when he wrote this. We read about how that he was on the Isle of Patmos. I looked it up. It's a little insignificant island. People go there for tourism now to see the sights where the Apostle John may have been.
But it's a pretty small island near Greece.
John was banished there.
What had been his privilege?
As a younger man, he'd had the privilege of leaning his head on the breast.
Of none other than the Lord Jesus Christ. What a privilege he had.
The love that he experienced, the miracles that he saw, the tenderness that he heard when the Lord Jesus commended his own mother to John.
But what does John see when he turns?
A very different.
Situation than what he was.
Used to before.
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire, and his feet like undefined brass, as if they burned in a furnace. And his voice has the sound of many waters, and so on. You know the Book of Revelation is a book about judgment.
It's a revelation.
Let's read it in the first verse, says the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Which God gave on to him.
It's the revelation of Jesus Christ. You know, the Lord Jesus was a rejected man here.
He was a humble and lowly man, but he was a rejected and a scorned man and he still is in this world.
But there's a day coming when the Lord Jesus is going to be the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Here and by God's grace.
We have the opportunity to identify with this wonderful man even now. You know, I was impressed in the readings.
And how many comments there were directed to you young people?
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You know why?
The older ones love you. That's why they love you. They want you to be happy. They want you to go on for him, for the Lord Jesus, honor and glory. But not just that, they want you to be happy, they want you to be full of joy too.
They want your blessing, that's why there was comments to you specifically.
I appreciated that they didn't forget you and this afternoon?
God hasn't forgotten you either. God wants you. God wants your heart.
Young person, don't turn away from him, turn to him.
You know, I've been, I haven't had the easiest life at times.
And eats part of our life. We have the choice. When we're in, we're in a tough situation. What are we going to do? Are we going to turn to him or are we going to turn away from him?
And may it be that each one of us will turn to him. I want to turn now to Averse and 1St Thessalonians.
First Thessalonians, chapter one.
Verse 9.
They themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had on to you, and how He turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Verse nine, at the end it says he turned to God, you know, and that's the beginning.
Turning to God, you know I enjoy giving the gospel.
I want to just give the gospel for a minute before we get into the subject for believing young people. Perhaps there's a young people here, person here this afternoon, and you haven't done this yet, You haven't turned to God. Now these people in Thessalonica, they turn to God from idols.
Idols of stone and wood.
Gold, silver, whatever they were, they turned from idols to God.
You say I don't have any idols. Oh yeah. Why haven't you come to the Lord Jesus yet? What are you living for? Because if you haven't come to the Lord Jesus yet, you're living for an idol. Something else?
Perhaps it's this world.
Perhaps you're good at sports. It doesn't matter what it is, the devil will keep you out of heaven whatever way he can.
So the beginning of the meeting is this. The most important thing you can do is turn to God, turn to God for salvation, first of all. Now we're going to talk a little bit to you believing young people.
What a great expression believing young people.
Are you one of the believing young people here this afternoon? This is a great story for you, so let's turn first of all to First Samuel Chapter 14.
This is a story about somebody who turned.
As far as I can remember.
This story has only been taken up twice.
At meetings that I have ever heard.
One was almost 40 years ago by Gordon Hale.
Last time I heard it was by his son-in-law Andy Newman in September this past.
We'll read it this afternoon. First Samuel, chapter 14.
Verse one Now it came to pass upon a day that Jonathan the son of Saul, said unto the young man that bear his armor, Come and let us go over to the Philistines Garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree, which is a Negron, And the people that were with him were about 600 men.
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And Ohio, the son of a Adam, Ichabod's brother, the son of Finna, has the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
And between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go over onto the Philistines Garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp rock on the other side. The name of the one was Moses, and the name of the other Cena.
The forefront of the one was situated northward over against Mick Mash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. And Jonathan said to the young men that bear his armor. Come and let us go over onto the Garrison of the uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.
And his armor bearer said unto him.
Do all that is in thine heart.
Turn thee.
Behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. Then, said Jonathan, Behold, I will Passover.
Onto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. And if they say unto us, tarry until we come to you.
Then we will stand still in our place and will not go over.
Go up onto them. But if they say thus come up unto us, then we will do.
Then we will go up, for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand, and this shall be a sign unto us. Both of them discovered themselves unto the Garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they have hid themselves. And the men of the Garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing.
And Jonathan said unto his armor bearer, Come up after me.
For the Lord that delivered them into the hand of Israel. And Jonathan climbed up upon his feet, and upon his hands, and upon his feet, and his armor bare after him. And they fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearers slew after him. And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made was about 20 men were in, as it were, 1/2 acre of land, which a yoke of oxen.
Might plow, and there was trembling of the in the house.
In the field, and among all the people in the Garrison and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked. So it was a very great trembling. And the Watchmen of Saul and Gibeah Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
We'll read this far.
Jonathan.
Had an armor bearer.
Do you have any friends?
Do you have friends here at the conference?
Jonathan had a desire that was right.
Do you have a desire? That's right. Do you want to do something to please the Lord like Jonathan? May it be so.
Jonathan had a friend in his armor bearer, and you know Jonathan had a good desire.
But he got afraid.
Verse seven his armor bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart turn.
Thee, you know what that means to me, means that Jonathan had a good desire. But.
He kind of chickened out. He turned around and the armor bearer said. Jonathan, turn around, keep going. Don't give up.
You know this is just a simple little example.
But Jonathan had a good desire, but he had a good friend.
And his good friend was able to help him, encourage him when he needed it.
Let's talk for a minute about Jonathan.
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Jonathan's dad was a failure.
But Jonathan had a good desire.
This afternoon, how is it with you?
Has the Lord put something on your heart for you to do for Him because you love Him? You want to do it, don't you?
May you have that desire. And you know what? Jonathan's friend helped him.
By getting him to turn around.
You know somebody else.
That you're very dear friends with may have a desire for the Lord, and you can help them when they need it. That's what we're here for.
You know when I grew up.
I used to come to meetings like this.
There were brothers that stood up at the front and pleaded with my heart that I'd have good desires for the Lord Jesus Christ.
And pleaded with my friends to encourage me in my desires.
You know, that's what we're here for. We're here to help one another. We can help in the simplest ways.
You know, we've been exhorted to pray for one another, and that's so important to do.
But I want to tell you something else.
When I look around this room.
There are some people in this room that have been my friend since I was a kid.
And they still encourage me.
Why? Because they've gone on for the Lord Jesus Christ. And my desire for you young people is to be a help to one another and to want to please the Lord and do things for him and encourage each other to go on. And when somebody needs a bit of help, help them. Help them along. Turn and what happens?
Jonathan goes up the hill and Jonathan is followed by the armor bearer. There's no mention of this armor bearers name, we don't know who it was.
But the armoured bearer said the right thing at the right time, and the result was tremendous blessing. Blessing for Jonathan, blessing for the armor bearer, but blessing for Israel. The whole country benefited from the faith of one man and the encouragement of his friend.
Now think about this room.
There's empty chairs because of the weather, We know that. But there's empty chairs because.
People were discouraged and nobody said turn.
Why I'm guilty. I'm no better, but that's our privilege this afternoon, young people.
A friend of yours wants to do the right thing. Help them, encourage them. Why? For blessing. And you know that blessing can go on for years.
I said some of my friends are here. Jim, Dorothy, NJ. We've been friends since we were kids.
He has a word for me of encouragement every time we meet. We need that.
What a blessing.
OK, let's turn over to second Samuel.
Samuel, Chapter 2.
We're going to say a few things that maybe are a little bit difficult.
But necessary.
You know, sometimes we need to turn, but we won't.
Sometimes we need to turn, but we won't.
Is there a young person, a boy or a girl, and you love the Lord Jesus? He died on the cross. He bore every one of your sins. You're going to heaven, praise God, but you need to turn. You say, What do you mean?
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I'm going to say this. What are you allowing in your life that's wrong?
Is there something that's taking all of your time?
You get home from school.
And you pick up something and you play something instead of.
Thinking about him instead of reading your Bible.
Or doing something profitable with another young believer.
Verse 18.
Maybe I should explain a little bit of the setting here.
After King Saul.
Died in battle.
David came to the forefront.
He was made the king over Judah, but there was a general who was.
Who like power, Abner and he?
Basically got a puppet son of Saul to be the king and he had power and so he kind of ran the country. The 10 of the other tribes, the 11 tribes.
And there were constant skirmishes and difficulties and battles between them.
And this is one of them.
And the men of Israel were beaten and were retreating.
And David had a first cousin.
And his name was Asahel. So verse 18, there were three sons of Zariah. Zariah was.
AI guess actually.
Forget what the relationship is, I think Soraya was the sister of David so these would be his nephews.
Joab Abishai and Asahel and Asahel was as light a foot as a wild Roe, and asked how pursued after Abner, and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. Then Abner followed.
Then Abner looked behind him and said, Arthur Asahel. And he answered, I am. And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside.
To the right hand, or to the left? And lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. And But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me. Wherefore should I smite thee? To the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab, thy brother? Howbeit he refused to turn aside.
Wherefore Abner, with the hinder hand of the spear.
Smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him, and he fell down there and died in the same place he came to pass that as many as came to the place, whereas the hell fell, fell down and died, stood still. Joab, also an abishai, pursued after Abner, and so on.
You say, well, this is kind of.
An interesting.
Story to read and address to young people.
And I would say, yeah, it is. I've never heard it read in that young people's meeting before.
But it makes the point that I want to make this afternoon, and the point is this young people.
This man asked the hell he refused to turn.
When he was given good advice.
By somebody that was a seasoned veteran.
Who was a tremendous warrior and asked the hell was not? He wasn't even armed and yet he wouldn't listen.
And the point I want to make this afternoon is that.
When there's a situation that you've you know is wrong.
You need to turn away from it.
When somebody warns you.
Who's been around the block a few times?
Maybe an older brother?
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Maybe your dad, maybe an older brother in the assembly.
An older sister says.
Maybe you shouldn't be doing that.
And you know you shouldn't be, then you need to turn.
From that thing. If you don't, the result can be terrible.
You know, we all know people.
We can think of people who aren't here today.
Because.
They're doing other things.
That's a shame and it's sad.
But it's true, and so I speak to you young people.
I speak to me, there's something that I know is wrong.
Whatever it is, get rid of it. Turn from it.
Oh my.
We would be so much happier in our souls if we turned from the things of this world that are robbing us of our joy and our happiness in Christ. Let's just look at a verse in Proverbs 4.
Proverbs 4, verse 14.
Enter not into the path of the wicked.
And go not in the way of evil men, avoid it.
Pass not by it. Turn from it and pass away.
The homework from this meeting.
Is for me first.
But for each of the young people.
Read Proverbs.
After Revelation.
Proverbs is my next book.
But we need heavenly wisdom.
For our earthly pathway.
You know, the sins of this world are getting more and more blatant and obvious.
I'll just share with you a story that one of my customers told me.
They asked me, they said why is all this stuff?
That's so wrong, so immoral, so gross in the word of God.
Why are all these stories about immorality?
And things like that in the scriptures, in God's Scriptures.
I said to her. I said, you know why? Because that's the way the world is. It's full of evil.
And this is God's Word warning us faithfully.
What the world really is, you know, this is what the word of God tells us. Avoid it, pass from it, turn from it and pass away. You know, you can think of later on in this book of Proverbs, both the young men.
Who's allured by a lady into immorality? That's all around us. Young people don't fall in those ways. Tells us to flee fornication. Those are the things that we need to do. Why?
For the Lord Jesus first, but for our blessing too. May it be that we'll be.
Encouraged to follow the Lord Jesus.
Now Luke chapter 24.
This is one of the most precious stories to me in the Bible.
I can relate.
To these people.
We're going to read the story in Luke 24.
Verse 13.
And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem, about 3 score furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass that while they commune together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were holding that they should not know him.
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And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these, that you have one to another as you walk, and are sad?
And the one of them, whose name was Cleavis answering, said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and has not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty indeed, and word before God and all the people.
And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be delivered, him to be condemned to death.
And have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel. Beside all this, today is the third day since these things were done. Yeah, in certain women also of our company made us astonished. Which were early at the sepulchre. And when they found not his body, they came saying they had also seen a vision of angels which said that he was alive.
And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre and found it, even as the women had said.
But him they saw not.
Then he said unto them, Oh fools and soul of heart, to believe all the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them, and all the Scriptures, the things concerning Himself.
They drew nigh onto the village where they went, and he made as though he would have gone further.
But they constrained him, saying, abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.
And he went in to tarry with them, And it came to pass, as he sat at meet with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and break and gave to them.
And their eyes were open, and they knew him, and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another. Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us, by the way, while he opened us the scriptures? And they rose up the same hour and returned?
To Jerusalem and found the 11 gathered together in them that were with them saying.
The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon, and they told what things were done in the way.
And how he was known of them.
In breaking of bread.
At the beginning of the meeting I mentioned about enjoying the breaking of bread.
Brethren.
Who saw the Lord?
We saw the Lord in the breaking of bread. We did.
What a privilege we had.
Back in 13.
They'd gone about 8 miles, seven and a half, eight miles. It walked away from God Center.
That they knew in Jerusalem and they went to Emmaus. You know, I looked it up once.
And Emmaus is like the Hot Springs.
You know, I sometimes get refreshed by going to the Hot Springs or.
Sitting out where it's nice, especially when I'm from a cold country.
But this is a little different. These people were going away from where the divine center was. The Lord Jesus had been crucified. They were discouraged. They were walking away.
They were walking away.
Does that fit you?
This afternoon.
You say, well, I'm not walking away, I'm in a chair.
I can't see in your heart. The Lord Jesus can see in your heart. Are you walking away in your heart?
They were discouraged.
And you know.
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I've been there.
I've walked away in my heart.
I've had to return. There's been a blessing for that. I would encourage if there's somebody here today, to return to the Lord in your heart, don't walk away.
You know, the Lord was so gentle as he came up to them, He walked with them.
He listened to them.
What things?
What a kind way to say it. He knew all about it. He'd gone through it himself.
The Lord Jesus loves us young people. You say, well, you don't understand my life.
I've had this problem and that problem and I don't look nearly as nice as her.
I have problems with my hair.
And whatever it may be.
The Lord Jesus is willing to come up.
To hear everyone of your problems. But you got to tell.
They did. He listened, and then you know what he did? He revealed himself to them in the sweetest way.
In the scriptures.
You know, the scriptures are so important for us to read, we need to read them.
I have a question for you, young man. Young lady, are you reading your Bible?
Are you reading your Bible?
Are you praying?
You say well.
Of course, when you pray, are you talking to the Lord or is it just words?
You have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
My desire for you is your blessing, young people, and this is the way to get it.
Tell the Lord everything.
And you know the Lord will give you things to do.
And people to do it with that love you and want your encouragement, want to help you, but you got to turn if you're not going on well to him and he'll help you.
You know there was a reward.
To these people, you know, they retraced their steps, they returned, they were with others who had similar faith in the Lord Jesus. And that's what you'll find when you draw near to the Lord yourself. You'll find others who do, who want to please the Lord too, that you can be an encouragement to and be happy with.
And have fellowship with and then with the Lord Jesus.
While in closing I want to turn back 2 Chapters.
I.
Lord help me.
I need help on this.
For 61.
Verse 61.
The Lord turned.
And looked upon Peter.
And.
You know, we've talked about Peter today.
And his denial of the Lord? Excuse me?
Peter denied the Lord with oaths and curses. He denied the Lord three times.
But Peter loved the Lord.
I'm not better than Peter.
I've denied the word.
I love this verse.
The Lord is going to the cross.
He's been treated by terribly by people like me.
The Crows.
The Lord Jesus turns.
And he looks on Peter.
He cared about Peter as an individual.
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In the midst of his suffering, he cared for his mother at the cross, but this afternoon he cares for you.
Young person.
He cares for you.
You know, the Lord Jesus is turning this afternoon. I can say it that way, and he's looking at you.
There's anything in your life, any obstacle.
That's keeping you from enjoying him. He's turning to you this afternoon and he wants you.
To deal with that thing.
So that you can be useful. So that you can be happy.
So that you can be a testimony for His love and of His love and grace. Can you think?
Of what happened years later.
Years and years passed and Peter served the Lord faithfully. Yes, he had failures, he had disappointments, and yes, he did die as a martyr for the Lord Jesus.
But we have first Peter.
We have second Peter.
And each one of us has learned verses in Sunday school in First Peter.
We've learned verses in Second Peter. We've learned so much truth in that, those two books.
Peter has been a blessing to me.
You know Peter went out and wept bitterly when he realized that the Lord loved him.
Young people, it's no different today. The Lord loves you.
The Lord wants your heart. The Lord wants your affections.
He wants your joy.
He wants you to be happy in this world.
But if there's things that you need to turn away from and you know what they are.
Do it for His honor and for His glory.
In closing, can we sing?
340.
340.
Someone start it please.
So I'm free, it's about it's not less tremendous. Save your money.
Confusion. Yeah, we turn.
And find our rest.
The miscarriage.
In the world, turn to thee, and know where my last.
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That's the words passing.
Our dear God and Father, we give thanks this afternoon for thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus.
Lord Jesus, again we thank thee. We're going to the cross, the suffering there for us.
Forgiving thy life's blood so that we could be saved.
And now our God without us see down into the room this afternoon.
Thou art able to see into each one of our hearts.
We know the things that we need to turn away from.
Lord Jesus, we thank Thee that we can.
Turn to please thee.
And now we think of thy eye upon us this afternoon.
And we just pray that.
As that asserts us, Lord Jesus, that we may be willing.
Whatever the problem is, whatever the shortcomings, whatever the difficulties, to be able to come to thee, Lord Jesus.
Now we just pray for each of the young people that are here this afternoon. Lord, we love them.
We desire them to be happy and fruitful, to go on as a testimony to please thee, to be an encouragement to Thy people.
And O Lord, we, we just ask for a work by the Holy Spirit.
Each of our hearts.
That we might be more devoted to thee. That we might read our Bibles and pray.
And most of all, our God, we thank thee again for our Lord Jesus, and we pray in his most worthy, precious name, Amen.