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Well, good morning. If you have your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to join me in Luke
chapter 23. We'll pick up in verse 26 here in just a moment. As you turn there, if you're a first-time
guest, I want to echo what Berger said. We are glad and pleased and honored that you were here
worshiping with us today. My wife and I will be back here to my left after the service is over with.
If you wouldn't mind stopping by so that we could greet you, we would feel extremely blessed if you
would do that. And if you do have any questions about our church, it is a wonderful place for you
to get those questions answered. And we would love to have all of you back with us and then some
next week as we celebrate our risen Savior on Easter morning. We do have two services,
eight o'clock and then our regular time at 1015. Both of those services, it's everybody. It's babies
all the way up through family service. So excited to have everybody with us. The eight o'clock will be
outdoors. The 1015 will be here. Those services will be relatively identical. The message will be
the same. We'll take the Lord's Supper together so you can pick which one that you would like to be
at. Somebody asked, would you, is it okay if we want to come to both? The answer to that question is
absolutely. The message will be the same, but you can come and celebrate both times with us. We'd love to
have you here. And then in between that, we'll have a wonderful time of breakfast and fellowship time
together and you will want to be there, all right? It's grits, bacon, eggs, all fruit for healthy
people. Then there's more bacon for those of you who are like me. And so we'd love to have you there
and join us. We'll have coffee, juice, water, all the things. So please show up and fellowship with us
as we can have a wonderful time together as a church family. And please invite someone with you,
someone who doesn't have a church home. We would love to have them join us for worship as well.
I want to read this verse to you before we pray. It's found in Luke 23, verse 46.
Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.
Would you join me in prayer? Lord, we come to you. Lord, as we look at the cross,
as we look next week in anticipation of the resurrection, Lord, we stand in a reality today
that we serve a Savior who died and who rose again. God, may our words this morning as we
talk about the truth of the gospel, may it saturate every part of our life. God, may we live today,
may we worship you today in humility that our Savior died for us and in joy that he rose again.
And Lord, that we too will. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. On my journey here this morning,
I did not expect for the car to read 38 degrees outside. All right? I thought it was springtime
in the south. Didn't know that winter was going to kick back in. But 38 degrees, I was listening to
a sports talk show on my way in. And the question was asked on the sports talk show this morning,
from a caller to the man who was talking, he says,
what is your most memorable master's experience? Now, I'm from Augusta, from Augusta, North Augusta,
lived there till I was 24 years old and got married. And then we've moved around, but largely or solely
in the state of South Carolina. And I can tell you, if you're not aware that in Augusta, Georgia,
this is Master's Week. And if you're from, there's two types of people who care that it's Master's Week.
All right? There's golfers and people who love golf and you care because it's a major, it's a big deal.
And then if you're from Augusta, it's really the only thing that we have to be proud about from being
from Augusta, right? Augusta doesn't really have anything to brag about other than the Augusta
National. And the irony of that is none of us from Augusta can actually go to the Augusta National.
But we're proud of it. And that week, that week, I was thinking through the question. There's been
opportunities that we had. I got to be there in 1986 when Jack won his last one. And I say his first
name like we're buddies, right? But I'll do this with all golfers, okay? I got to be there in 97 and
watch Tiger win his first one. And it was wonderful. And I got to be there in 2006 when I got to watch Phil
win his second. Just a wonderful time, wonderful memories. And I had a hard time thinking through
like, what was my most memorable Master's experience of the three of those? And they all rank pretty high.
But whether you care about golf or not, if you live in Augusta, Master's Week impacts you.
It changes literally the direction that you'll drive to work because of the traffic of what's there.
It changes your eating habits. Like if you go out to dinner pretty consistently, you don't that week
because the menu prices double and every restaurant is packed. You avoid Washington Road. There are even
people who move out of their homes to avoid being in Augusta or they rent out their home
so that others can come in and stay so that they can go because there's no way
that Augusta has the hotels to support the Master's experience. One of the craziest stories I ever heard
about people who are renting out their home. There were some individuals that I know, they lived in
one of the nicer neighborhoods in Augusta. They lived in a private gated community on a golf course
and they had gotten word that a golfer, and they've never shared who this golfer was,
but that there was a golfer and his wife that were going to rent their home for a week.
And they set the price tag for renting their house, this is in the 90s, they set the price tag for renting
their house for the week for $10,000. Right? And they said, absolutely.
So about a week before this golfer and his wife are supposed to come and stay at their house,
they send word through the person who's coordinating all this, the broker that's handling all of this,
that the flooring in their house would need to be replaced because this golfer's wife
only walks on white carpets.
So they said, well, you're going to pay for that.
You're going to pay for us not to live here while the carpet is being installed.
But then we don't like white carpet because we live in an area that's all red clay.
So you're going to pay to have the carpets changed out after Master's Week.
You're going to pay for us to stay somewhere else while that's happening.
And the price just went up from $10,000 to $20,000.
And that golfer said, no problem.
A little different tax bracket, I think, right?
Than what you and I are living in.
My point is, if you live in Augusta, whether you're a server at a restaurant,
whether you work at a sporting goods store like I did,
whether you're just a person living your life in the Augusta area,
like Master's Week impacts so much of your life,
whether you love golf or not.
But if you don't care about golf,
if you don't live in Augusta,
then it's just another week.
It's just another event that happened and took place,
and you don't even know who Jack, Tiger, and Phil even are,
and you don't even really care who they are.
It's just another week.
What we're looking at in our series,
as we look at the events leading up to the crucifixion this morning,
we're going to look at the crucifixion,
and then next week we're going to look at the resurrection.
Whether you care or not,
this is the most impactful event
in the history of the world.
That God
stepped out of heaven and took on flesh.
And he came
and he was tried
and he was convicted.
The only sinless person
marked guilty
and he died on the cross.
But praise God
he rose again.
And because of that,
whether you care about this story
or not,
there's a message
of hope
for you.
So last week we looked at these trials
of Jesus.
And we're working through
Luke 22,
23,
and next week we'll look at Luke 24.
But from the time of the trial
to the crucifixion
that we'll look at,
there's some events
that Luke
doesn't overly cover,
but I want to explain
what is happening to Jesus
because it matters.
The Bible tells us
that when we look
at the different gospel narratives,
what we find out
is not,
Jesus isn't just tried
and crucified
but that he's beaten,
he's whipped,
he's stripped naked,
he's mocked,
and in a severity
that I want us to get here
in just a moment,
I'll describe some of these things.
He has a crown of thorns
beaten
onto his head.
I shared this last week
and I want to make sure
that we understand
about a Roman soldier,
that Rome in their military
ruled through fear.
They had perfected punishment.
They could bring someone
through beating them
to the point of death
and then stop
and nurse them back again
so they could beat them again
to where you would be begging
for your life
to be taken
before they then led you
somewhere else
where you would be executed.
This was the process
that Jesus was taken through.
When I say that Jesus
was beaten and whipped,
there was an instrument
that was used
that I read this week
was referred to
as the instrument
of half death.
When we see imagery of it,
it looks like a whip
and from a distance
it would be that.
It was a leather
handled instrument
that from it
would be like a knot
and then somewhere
between three
and nine leather strands
would hang off of it.
But it wasn't just
for whipping.
That woven into
the leather
all the way down
would be these balls
like ball bearings
that would be placed
strategically
throughout
the straps.
And then on the very end
there would be woven
pieces of
pottery.
Sharp, jagged
pieces at the end
so that as you were
beaten
here's what would happen.
You'd have the sting
of the leather
they would beat you
they would tie you
around a post
so that your back
would be exposed
completely stripped
of all your clothing
so that every part
of you
could feel
the punishment
of what was there.
It would beat
from your back
all the way down
your legs.
As the instrument
would strike
the leather
would pierce
and sting
but that would be
secondary
compared to
everything else
that happened.
The balls
that were woven
in would
be so strong
and hard
as they hit
that they would
break bone.
And then as the
pieces of leather
would wrap around
your body
they would hook
in.
and then what
they would do
is they would
rip back
this way
so that where
it had penetrated
from shoulders
to knees
would tear
and tear
all the way
back through
your back.
And Jesus
was beaten
over and
over this way.
as he's beaten
if not for
enough
the humility
of being
exposed
in his
nakedness
of being
spit out
of having
slurs
cast
to him
psychologically
trying to
break him
down more
and more.
Eventually
they would
take
a crown
of thorns
and they
would
beat it
onto his
head.
Now
when I
think of
thorns
here
I think
of stickers
sometimes
right?
They can
cut
they can
hurt
but they're
more of an
inconvenience
than they are
anything.
If you've
traveled
anywhere in
the world
but specifically
to more
desert regions
what you'll
find is
even the
plants
there
are just
fighting to
survive.
And the
thorns
that this
crown
would have
been
made out
of
would
average
their
thorns
about
three inches
long.
Sharper
than a
needle
stronger
than a
nail.
And that
crown of
thorns
was put
on Jesus'
head
and then
the Bible
tells us
that they
grabbed
a wooden
club
they called
it like
a scepter
as to
mock him
like a
king would
hold a
scepter.
And then
they began
to beat
that
onto his
head.
So the
skull
and the
brain
of Jesus
is not
just the
thorns
that are
penetrating
but it's
blow
after blow
of what's
happening
over
and over
again.
This
is what
happens to
Jesus
before the
cross.
So let's
look now
in this
encounter.
Join me
in verse
26.
As they
led him
away they
seized
one
Simon of
Cyrene who
was coming
in from
the country
and laid
on him
the cross
to carry
it behind
Jesus.
And there
followed him
a great
multitude
of people
and of
women who
were mourning
and lamenting
for him
but turning
to them
Jesus
said
daughters
of
Jerusalem
do not
weep
for me
but weep
for yourselves
and for your
children
for behold
the days are
coming when
they will
say blessed
are the
barren
and the
wombs
that never
bore
and the
breasts
that never
nursed.
Then they
will begin
to say
to the
mountains
fall on
us
and to
the hills
cover us
for if
they do
these things
when the
wood is
green
what will
happen
when it
is dry?
So here's
what's taking
place.
We're going
to look
at these
encounters
and conversations
that Jesus
has
both on
his way
to his
crucifixion
and while
on the
cross.
Jesus
is on
the verge
of death
when these
ladies
see him.
Now
we don't
know
anything
about
these
ladies
but they
see
Jesus
bloody
bruised
beaten.
He would
not have
resembled
the man
that he
once was
before all
of this
started.
It would
have been
a gory
mess
that the
greatest
of Hollywood
makeup
artists
could not
replicate.
These
ladies
see him
and the
Bible
says that
they
began
weeping
for him.
Now
why?
Why?
Well we
don't know.
We don't
know if
they were
part of
the crowd
that was
yelling
crucify him
give us
Barabbas
and they
regret their
decision.
We don't
know if
these women
are followers
or they're
like the
curious crowd
of Jesus
just kind
of wanting
to find
out more
of what
he was
about
and they're
just watching
all this
unfold.
But we
see
their
reaction
and Jesus
looks at
them
and his
words are
this
do not
weep
for me
weep
for
yourself.
That's
why would
he say
that?
It seems
like a
natural
I don't
care who
you are
you see
this
and this
wrecks you
a little bit
of what
they've
experienced
when we
see this
moment
where they're
trying to
show Jesus
some
compassion
and on
the surface
it looks
like Jesus
doesn't
accept
or receive
their
compassion
but here's
what's
actually
taking place
in the
midst of
all of
this
Jesus
is being
compassionate
toward
them.
You see
what Jesus
does is
he speaks
about the
destruction
of Jerusalem
and the
people there
which would
happen in
70 AD.
He speaks
to the
destruction
and it
takes place
it happens
it takes
place
and here's
his point
he says
do not
weep
for me
when you
need to
be weeping
for yourself
and the
condition
you find
yourself
in.
The
illustration
that Jesus
gives
for a
Jewish
woman
there
was
no
greater
honor
in
the
world
than
to
be
a
mother
and
Jesus
says
here's
how
bad
it's
going
to
be
it's
going
to
be
so
bad
that
they
will
say
blessed
are
those
whose
wounds
are
barren
and
whose
breasts
never
nurse
those
will
be
the
ones
who
blessed
because
of
how
terrible
things
will
be
Jesus
says
if
you
think
I'm
bad
if
you
think
what's
happening
to
me
is
horrific
you've
got
to
evaluate
yourself
when
we
look
at
the
work
of
the
cross
you
must
evaluate
your
spiritual
condition
you
cannot
access
the
work
Jesus
does
on
the
cross
until
you
can
take
an
inventory
of
your
life
and
the
hopeless
condition
you
find
yourself
in
your
sin
apart
from
Christ
the
Bible
says
that
left
in
our
sinfulness
without
Christ
that
you
are
lost
without
hope
the
object
of
God's
wrath
under
judgment
that
you're
blind
that
you
are
dead
there's
no
hope
but
Jesus
knows
what
is
waiting
him
is
the
cross
but
he
knows
after
the
cross
there's
the
resurrection
after
the
cross
there's
life
what
Jesus
knows
is
what
comes
after
the
cross
for
you
without
him
is
spiritual
death
but
the
process
to
life
is
found
in
him
when
we
admit
when
we
accept
when
we
believe
and
record
that
we
are
a
sinner
that
need
to
be
saved
and
that
it
is
better
it
is
better
to be
beaten
to be
whipped
to be
stripped
naked
to
mock
to
have
a
crown
of
thorns
beat
onto
your
skull
but
to
be
free
from
sin
than
it
is
to
be
dead
in
your
trespasses
and
sins
churches
we
look
at
the
work
of
the
cross
of
what
Jesus
would
do
on
our
behalf
what
we're
going
to
look
at
next
week
in
the
power
of
the
resurrection
and
the
hope
that
we
have
in
Christ
in
Christ
alone
is
you
have
to
evaluate
the
condition
that
you
find
yourself
in
am
I
saved
and
found
in
Christ
or
am
I
lost
without
hope
Jesus
looks at
these
women
and
he
says
do
not
weep
for
me
but
weep
for
yourself
so
we
continue
on
verse
32
it
says
the
two
others
who
were
criminals
were
led
away
to be
put
to
death
with
him
and
when
they
came
to
the
place
that
is
called
the
skull
there
they
crucified
him
and
the
criminals
one
at
his
right
and
one
at
his
left
and
Jesus
said
father
forgive
them
for
they
know
not
what
they
do
and
they
cast
lots
to
divide
his
garments
what
we
see
and
find
here
in
the
work
of
the
cross
and
in
the
character
and
nature
of
Jesus
is
the
grace
of
Jesus
the
grace
of
Jesus
do
you
know
what
happens
in
a
crucifixion
the
closest
equivalent
that you
and I
could
understand
is like
a railroad
spike
driven
through
your
wrists
and
through
your
feet
to be
able to
hold
you
onto
this
instrument
of
death
at
some
point
in
time
they
would
nail
you
to
the
cross
and
then
they
would
raise
the
cross
and
they
would
have
a
hole
dug
out
in
the
ground
and
what
would
happen
is
as
the
cross
was
placed
and
that
word
is
so
inaccurate
of
what
we
think
of
when
we
place
something
but
the
cross
would
fall
into
the
hole
so
now
after
you've
experienced
all
that
you've
experienced
by the
individuals
around
you
who
have
done
this
to
you
beaten
nailed
to
a
cross
you're
dropped
into
a
hole
and
usually
what
would
happen
when
the
weight
of
that
cross
would
hit
the
bottom
of
that
hole
is
one
or
both
of
your
shoulders
would
dislocate
I
don't
know
if
you've
ever
dislocated
anything
I
have
I've
broken
bones
I've
dislocated
things
I'm
clumsy
I'm
accident
prone
I'll
take
the
initial
pain
of
a
broken
bone
over
dislocation
any
point
in
time
in
my
life
shoulder
would
dislocate
now
think
about
this
where
you're
hanging
from
is
dislocated
the
weight
of
your
body
now
is
either
on
the
wound
in
your
wrist
which
in
Jewish
custom
in
the
time
of
Christ
we
talk
about
the
hands
the
hands
were
referred
to
the
wrist
were
considered
a
part
of
the
hand
your
weight
would
either
be
there
or
on
your
feet
and
I
don't
care
if
you're
a
man
my
size
bigger
or
smaller
it's
a lot
of
weight
it's
a lot
of
pain
it's
a lot
of
suffering
how
you
die
on
a
cross
a lot
of
people
don't
know
this
is
suffocation
you
suffocate
to
death
you
have
to
the
way
the
body
would
hang
down
would
create
where
you
couldn't
breathe
so
the
choice
you
make
is
do
I
push
up
on
my
feet
in
all
of
the
pain
that
would
ensue
or
do
I
hang
where
I
can
no
longer
breathe
and
you
would
bounce
back
and
forth
in
consciousness
as
your
body
would
experience
that
I
think
it's
safe
to
say
that
you
and
I
have
never
experienced
this
amount
of
pain
does
Jesus
take
a
curse
those
around
me
posture
does
Jesus
take
a
silence
and
endure
Jesus
says
father
forgive
them
for
they
know
not
what
they
do
I
read
an
author
that
said
this
one
verse
describes
at
its
core
the
very
mercy
of
God
here's
what
he is
saying
in
a
prayer
father
I
know
what
they
deserve
withhold
your
punishment
from
them
change
is the
way
that we
need to
view
retribution
what
is
deserved
versus
what
is
given
folks
this
is
grace
this
is
grace
and
this
isn't
a
moment
that
takes
place
on
the
cross
that
happens
by
chance
this
was
orchestrated
by the
very
hand
of
God
Isaiah
53
12
therefore
I
will
divide
him
a
portion
with
the
many
and
he
shall
divide
the
spoil
with
the
strong
because
he
poured
out
his
soul
to
death
and
was
numbered
with
the
transgressors
yet
he
bore
the
sin
of
many
talking
about
the
work
of
the
cross
this
is
describing
the
work
of
the
cross
the
physical
action
of
what
will
take
place
and
then
look
what
it
says
in
Isaiah
53
12
and
makes
intercession
for
the
transgressors
that
in
Isaiah
53
the
words
of
Luke
23
were
spoken
about
the
grace
of
God
for
the
thieves
on the
cross
to
the
crowd
to
the
guards
performing
the
execution
Jesus
says
father
withhold
their
punishment
and
when
you
and
I
think
about
who
we
were
before
coming
to
faith
in
Jesus
this
are
the
these
are
the
words
that
we
needed
every
day
until
we
knew
the
grace
of
God
to
have
the
mercy
of
God
hovering
over
us
withholding
the
punishment
that we
deserve
father
forgive
them
for
they
know
not
what
they
do
verse
35
and
the
people
stood
by
watching
but
the
ruler
scoffed
at
him
saying
he
saved
others
let
him
save
himself
if
he
is
the
Christ
of
God
his
chosen
one
the
soldiers
also
mocked
him
coming
up
and
offering
him
sour
wine
and
saying
if
you
were
the
king
of
Jews
of
the
Jews
save
yourself
there's
also
an
inscription
over
him
this
is
the
king
of
the
Jews
one
of
the
criminals
who
was
hanged
railed
at
him
saying
are
you
not
the
Christ
save
yourself
and
us
but
the
other
rebuked
him
saying
do
you
not
fear
God
since
you
are
under
the
same
sentence
of
condemnation
and
we
indeed
justly
for
we
are
receiving
the
due
reward
of
our
deeds
but
this
man
has
done
nothing
wrong
and
he
said
Jesus
remember
me
when
you
come
into
your
kingdom
and
he
this
is
Jesus
said
to
him
truly
I
say
to
you
today
you
will
be
with
me
in
paradise
and
it
was
now
about
the
sixth
hour
and
there
was
darkness
over
the
whole
land
until
the
ninth
hour
while
the
sun's
light
failed
and
the
curtain
of
the
temple
was
torn
in
two
and
then
Jesus
calling
out
with
a
loud
voice
said
father
into
your
hands
I
commit
my
spirit
and
having
said
this
he
breathed
his
last
now
when the
centurion
saw
what had
taken
place
he
praised
God
saying
certainly
this
man
was
innocent
and
all
the
crowds
that
had
assembled
for
this
spectacle
when
they
saw
what
had
taken
place
returned
home
beating
their
breasts
and
all
his
acquaintances
and
the
women
who
had
followed
him
from
Galilee
stood
at a
distance
watching
these
things
now
there
was a
man
named
Joseph
from
the
Jewish
town
of
Arimathea
he
was a
member
of
the
council
a
good
and
righteous
man
who
had
not
consented
to
their
decision
and
action
he
was
looking
for
the
kingdom
of
God
this
man
went
to
Pilate
and
asked
for
the
body
of
Jesus
then
he
took
it
down
and
wrapped
it
in a
linen
shroud
and
laid
him
in a
tomb
cut
in
stone
where
no
one
had
ever
been
laid
it
was
the
day
of
preparation
and
the
Sabbath
was
beginning
the
women
who
had
come
with
him
from
Galilee
followed
and
saw
the
tomb
and
how
his
body
was
laid
then
they
returned
and
prepared
spices
and
ointments
on the
Sabbath
they
rested
according
to the
commandment
I
think
the
ministry
of
Jesus
is
summed
up
best
in
his
interaction
on
the
cross
an
undeserving
guilty
man
of the
world
welcomed
by
Jesus
through
faith
he
didn't
have
time
to
do
any
works
he
didn't
have
time
to
make
anything
better
but
Jesus
accepted
him
and
welcomed
him
and
imparted
his
righteousness
to
him
we
see
the
sacrificial
servanthood
of
Christ
death
on the
cross
I
laid
down
my
life
here's
what we
see
in the
work of
the
son
the
father
and the
response
of us
to him
it's
trusting
obedience
trusting
obedience
it's every
part
of his
ministry
of his
life
the
son
walking
with
the
mission
of the
cross
the
power
of the
resurrection
full
obedience
and surrender
to the
father
god
at work
is what
we see
and what
he's calling
us to
and what
we see
here
in those
around
him
in the
very
same
way
the
thief
on the
cross
placed
his
faith
in
Christ
simply
put
he's
innocent
we're
not
he
said
life
is
possible
in
him
and
I
want
that
we
see
a
Roman
centurion
professes
faith
in
God
and
who
God
is
by
seeing
and
hearing
the
testimony
of
Christ
we
see
Joseph
of
Arimathea
a
member
of
the
council
a
member
of
the
Sanhedrin
come
forth
publicly
with
his
faith
knowing
that
his
destination
may
be
the
same
and
we
see
also
in
John
19
Nicodemus
a
member
as
well
publicly
align
himself
with
Jesus
folks
as you
evaluate
as you
evaluate
your
condition
before
Christ
as
you
see
and
hear
about
the
mercy
that
God
grants
and
offers
to
you
as
you
evaluate
what
God
has
done
and
what
has
happened
in
the
power
of
Jesus
Christ
the
cross
demands
a
response
the
cross
demands
that
you
in
the
leading
and
the
guiding
of
the
Holy
Spirit
and
it
asks
two
things
number
one
number
one
do
you
trust
the
work
that
Jesus
did
on
the
cross
and
that
he
stood
in
your
place
do
you
believe
that
the
punishment
that
he
was
given
is
the
punishment
that
you
deserve
to
admit
that
you're
a
sinner
will
you
believe
in
the
simple
words
of
the
testimony
of
others
that
we
see
that
Jesus
isn't
simply
a
good
man
who
did
good
things
but
that
Jesus
is
who
he
says
he
is
that
he
is
the
sinless
son
of
God
that
he
is
the
spotless
lamb
that
came
to
die
for
you
and
will
you
confess
him
and
trust
in
his
work
as
lord
and
savior
of
your
life
and
as
he
modeled
for
us
that
from
the
trusting
of
him
becomes
the
obedience
to
follow
I
think
that
those
who
are
around
him
that
would
have
heard
his
teaching
where
he
said
take
up
your
cross
and
follow
me
would
begin
to
understand
what
trust
really
looked
like
in
the
obedience
that
it
demands
the
power
of the
cross
the
calling
of
Christ
will
you
trust
will
you
obey
would
you
pray
with
me
Jesus
we
thank you
for the
work that
you've
done
the
work
that
you've
continued
to
do
we
thank you
for the
one
the
final
the
complete
work
that
was
done
on
the
cross
we
thank you
that
the
work
there
that's
done
covers
the
sins
of
all
who
put
their
faith
hope
and
trust
in
you
and
that
the
call
of the
cross
is the
call
to
trust in
you
and to
die to
self
so that
we
see
Lord
as the
tomb
is empty
and as
you
walked
out
Lord
that we
walk
to
in the
newness
of life
God
for those
here
today
who
know
of
the
story
but
Lord
who
do
not
know
you
I
pray
that
today
would
be
their
day
of
salvation
Lord
I
pray
that
in
the
power
and
the
drawing
and
the
work
of
the
Holy
Spirit
Lord
that
they
would
see
themselves
in
the
hopeless
condition
that
they
find
themselves
in
dead
and
lost
in
their
trespasses
and
sins
but
they
would
know
this
does
not
have
to
be
the
final
condition
of
their
soul
but
they
would
recognize
that
all
of
mankind
is
under
the
same
condemnation
as
the
criminals
that
all
of
mankind
is
under
the
same
condemnation
that
we
are
guilty
and
you
are
innocent
and
God
very
simply
Jesus
remember
me
and
I'm
going to
put
my
faith
in
your
remembrance
I'll
put
my
faith
in
your
work
I'll
put
my
faith
in
you
and
who
you
are
and
that
God
through
you
and
you
alone
that
you
welcome
me
into
your
kingdom
and
that
this
is
what
you've
done
and
this
is
what
you've
purposed
and
this
is
what
you've
called
and
God
because
we're
not
nailed
to
a
cross
because
there's
still
a
beating
of
our
heart
because
there's
still
air
in
our
lungs
our
life
of
grace
and
mercy
and
gratitude
is
filled
with
purpose
for
you
so
that
in
all
that
we
do
it's
a
testimony
to
all
that
you
are
Lord
we
would
live
in
boldness
for
you
and
obedience
to
you
for
your
name
and
your
glory
and
your
renown
God
have
your
way
in
us
in
Jesus
name
we
pray
amen
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it
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