He Will Hold Me Fast — Luke 22

0:00 Alright. So, the unique theme of the Gospel of Luke versus the other Gospels is that Jesus as the perfect man or Jesus as the son of man. And, Luke traces Christ's lineage all the way from Adam, the first Adam, that is, to Christ the second Adam, as it were. And I didn't get that from my own studies. I actually got that.

0:27 That's why I say it's the quick sales pitch. My wife bought this card from... This set of cards from... It's called the Keyword Learning System from Walk Through the Bible Ministries. Has anybody gone through this before?

0:43 It's kind of cool. I think we might have even brought it up in youth group years ago. I saw Mindy raise her hand. But it is kind of cool. We were just going through the first few cards as a family, and sure enough we learned something that was helpful.

0:57 And so, way to remember, they use basically mnemonic devices and the card for Luke has a person that looks kind of like a medic. You can't see it, but I'll describe it for the people listening. The little guy that looks like a medic, and he's looking real hard through an eyeglass at a guy that looks kind of strong, kind of like a muscular person. He's a bunch of judges with tens. In other words, perfect.

1:24 So Luke, he's look... He's looking. Luke. He's looking. It's a medical guy.

1:33 He's looking at the perfect man who's getting tens. Okay? And then it has a nice little... So that's a funny way to remember it. And I'm not...

1:42 I shouldn't demonstrate all my... I got the four gospels. I think I could probably give it to you. Matthew is Christ as the king. Mark?

1:59 Mark. Servant. Servant. That's right. The servant.

2:03 I was trying to remember the picture. That's right. It's m arc. There's an m on an arc in a picture and then Mark, and then shows a guy serving an ant. Serve ant.

2:19 Luke and then John is... Shows a big j with a switch on. J on. John. And that j looks like a person kind of and it's painting on a board with g o d with a sun for the o.

2:34 So it's son of God. Jesus, son of God. Anyways, sorry that I just used some of the... Oh, wow. I just used five minutes on giving a sales presentation.

2:45 So anyways, kind of cool. So so far the in Luke 22, we're coming to the end here. Luke is the longest book of the Gospels, and it starts with Judas plotting with a cheap priest against Jesus. We see a kind of cool supernatural Passover arrangement where they they kind of hook up and it's like they don't even know this person apparently. And they show up at his house and God's already prepared it.

3:20 We see in this meal, Jesus establishes the Lord's Supper as a practice to be done. And he tells them that one of them will betray them. It should have been a... It seems like they were in too much of a shock to really recognize what was going on because they just couldn't accept really any of what was about to happen. And of course, then they start discussing which of them is the greatest.

3:50 I mean, that's totally obvious. He has to settle that. Directly from that, we get into the conversation we're getting into now with Luke. And so before I read through the passage that we're going to be looking at together, let's just start with prayer. Dear Lord, we come to you and we've enjoyed worshiping you and praising you this morning.

4:15 And we just thank you for who you are and what you do and how you take our inadequacies and our weaknesses, and you come to us where we are, and you make us whole. You love us. You bring us close to you, And you help us and you make us useful. Lord, we just thank you for who you are. We just pray that you would bless this time together as we study your word, as we look at who you are.

4:57 We just pray that this would be a good time, thinking about you and helpful. And we pray this in the name of Jesus, amen. So, we start at verse 31 in Luke, and I'm reading from the ESV. So I'm going actually start at 28. So I think it kind of goes in.

6:00 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you that he might sift you like wheat. But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers. Peter said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and death. Jesus said, I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day until you die three times that you know me.

6:44 And he said to them, when I sent you out with no money bag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything? They said nothing. He said to them, but now let the one who has a money bag take it, and likewise a knapsack, and let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one. For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, and he was numbered with the transgressors. For what is written about me has its fulfillment.

7:16 They said, look, Lord, here are two swords. And he said to them, it is enough. And he came out and went as was his custom to the Mount Of Olives, and the disciples followed him. When he came to the place, he said to them, pray that you may not enter into temptation. And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw and knelt praying saying, knelt down and praying saying, father, if you're willing to remove this cup from me...

7:47 If you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. And there appeared to him an angel from heaven strengthened him. And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow.

8:10 And he said to them, Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray. Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation. And while he was still speaking there came a crowd and the man called Judas, one of the 12, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him.

8:29 But Jesus said to him, Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss? And when those who were around him saw what would follow, they said, Lord, shall we strike with the sword? And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus said, No more of this. And he touched his ear and healed him.

8:52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and the elders who had come out against him, Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs? When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me, but this is your hour and the power of darkness. Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house. And Peter was following at a distance. And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

9:28 Then the servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him said, this man also was with him, but he denied it saying, woman, I do not know him. And a little later, someone else saw him and said, you were also one of them. But Peter said, man, I am not. And after an interval of about an hour, still another insisted, saying, certainly, this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean. But Peter said, Man, I do not know what you are talking about.

10:05 And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, Before the rooster crows today, he will deny me three times. And he went out and he wept bitterly. So Peter, the Lord starts this session kind of almost abruptly.

10:43 He... This this section, the first section. He switches from talking about the kingdom and he says, Simon, Simon. Notable is the fact that he says it twice. And, you know, when Jesus says something twice, when anybody said anything twice back then especially, that was a special emphasis.

11:13 Like Jesus said, truly, truly. He used his given name, which was also notable because he had received in epic fashion the name, really the first time he met Jesus. Andrew brought him in and Jesus said, You shall be called Cephas or as translated Peter. You call him Rocky. It's strong name.

11:44 You know, a very epic, you know, like people when they're out hiking, they get trail names. Know, you you give these names to people, and you you try to base it on their personality traits, I guess, but I think this was more of a prophecy than anything. Perhaps it, at that time, represented some of Jesus' knowledge in terms of his, you know, strong personality, if you will. And later, Jesus epically proclaims, he says, And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. What a cool thing to be said about anybody.

12:25 And I think, perhaps, if someone told... If Jesus told me that, I would feel pretty proud of myself. That's pretty cool. But you think of... Like, I don't know if anybody has ever had their parents call them by their full name.

12:46 It's like, your your name is fine by itself, but, like, William Andrew Hilton. Andrew William Morris, will you get over here right now? He wasn't exactly yelling at him, but he was getting his attention. And and the name that's been... That was given to us has a special significance to us.

13:06 It's that name that our parents called us. It's the name we heard on our graduation. It's the name on our driver's license. It's got a body of experience behind it. Jesus, he definitely was making a switch in conversation right there.

13:28 He says, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded you, demanded to have you. In other versions it says, asked. I think the King James says desired. He desired to have you. He asked.

13:46 He demanded. And it says that he might sift you like wheat. It's an odd thing, I guess, maybe, but to sift, I think the significance back then would have been a separation used in agriculture. So they would have like grain and they might have stamped it out to remove the husk so that it could be useful. When they did that, they would throw it up in the air and the husk would blow away.

14:21 I heard one person say that it was actually talking about after the milling of flour, you would use an actual screen. Especially in the old days, would have maybe some stones, sand, some husk still there that were left over, and they would have to still screen that out so that the wheat would be usable. But regardless of how you look at it, there was a separation. And so Peter was to be ground, to be sifted, to be screened, to be separated. And this, in many instances, is not a good thing.

15:02 Certainly, Satan doing this is a very serious thing. And, Peter later in first Peter five eight would say, be sober minded, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls along like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. In verse 32, he says, and he continues, he says, But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.

15:48 Actually, let me go back here. I still have a little bit more to say. An interesting point here on the the previous verse, still talking, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you that he might sift you like wheat. The the word you is actually plural here. And I believe that it kind of makes sense in the conversation here.

16:20 If you go back to verse 20, it it it... Mean, he starts with Simon, Simon. So he's addressing Simon. So he so he's just addressing him. But it seems almost as if he turns and the plural you seems to be about all of them.

16:35 So there will be a sifting for all of them if I understand this right. But specifically, he's also addressing Simon, kind of simultaneously. And I think it kind of makes sense if you go back to verse 28 because he's... He just says, you are those who have stayed with me in my trials. And I almost get the sense that that now he's saying, oh, and by the way, you're about ready to get another trial.

17:01 This is... You're gonna have another trial here. You know? I almost did that. That's...

17:05 I was I was trying to connect it and I and I thought that must be why it connects that way because it seems to be so abrupt when he says, Simon, Simon, between 30, and then he goes to 31 and says that. So so that is kind of interesting. And it makes sense as you go on to the next, couple verses... Well, the next verse because he says, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And there, when he's saying I pray for you that your faith might not fail, and when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.

18:08 He says, but I. And I I think, if we've been in the bible for any length of time, we've heard someone empathize... Emphasize, but God. Here, the pronoun I is Jesus himself speaking. And so we can reasonably say, but God.

18:27 Terrible news was just told him, at least by both most views. No one wants to hear that Satan is seeking you specifically or you guys, you all. But here, God reverses it. He says, but I, but God. And that changes everything.

18:55 It's certainly... There's many verses. I'll just quickly reference him. But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. But God being rich in mercy, but God meant it for good, but God shows his love, but God raised him from the dead.

19:10 There are many things in this world that are broken. When you add but God to them, they're not. The situation changes significantly. It totally turns around. So he says, but I have prayed for you.

19:29 And that's a nice, but God. To have God praying for you. Peter, number one, it assumes that he has faith and that the rest of them do too. Obviously, there's an exception with Judas there. It's amazing to think that God, Jesus Christ in human form, was praying for Peter and he also prays for us as well.

19:58 We're going to examine the Garden Of Gethsemane in the same passage. It actually is not listed as they just mentioned. It's the Mount Of Mount Of Olives. Yes. But specific...

20:17 But that's... The Garden Of Gethsemane is just the place in the Mount Of Olives. But in our passage here, it doesn't talk about where Jesus prays for us, but in John 17, a parallel passage, Jesus in verse 20 says, in 21, he says, I do not ask for these only, but also for those who believe in me through word, that they may all be one, just as the Father are in me and I in you. That they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. So Jesus prays that there will be unity.

20:57 And when he says and when he says, not these only, he's... He means these disciples here and now. I pray also for those that will believe in the future. And that is all of you guys that have believed, and that is me. And that's a wonderful thing.

21:18 And, of course, this is certainly a lesson for us. It's not just for Peter. This is about how God works. And, interestingly enough, Jesus isn't the only one of the Trinity, only of... That prays for us.

21:36 The Spirit, in terms of God praying for us, in Romans eight twenty six, in the same way the spirit helps us in our weakness, we do not know what we ought to pray for, but the spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. Can you imagine what those groans are? And I wonder what exactly, you know, you you you wonder what the words were that that Christ himself prayed for Peter. But here we see that the that the spirit groans for us. And even in the same section it says, and he who searches our heart in Romans eight twenty six goes on to eight to 27, and he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the spirit because the spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God.

22:20 And so we see the the father is referenced as well. And so that... So Jesus prays for us. He he prayed for Peter. The spirit intercedes for us as well.

22:36 And then the Father accepts those prayers and as part of his will, he acts for us. And this is a wonderful thing. Here, he says that he prays specifically for Peter that his face will not fail. Satan would be an enemy to our faith. He would seek to make us turn back.

23:44 He said, Lord, when Jesus asked, will you leave me as well? Lord, who else can we go to? Only you have the words of life. And that has been one of those phrases that has come back to me over and over again. And I always look back and I think of those words and I say, wow.

24:02 Like, it's true. Who else has the words of life? And so he says, and when... He connects... So first he's prayed for the faith and then it's like he's already got this all planned out and of course he's God.

24:26 He says, and when you have turned again. Now, other translations say, when you are have been converted or when you have turned back. Jesus is already planning for his rest both for his restoration here. He says, when you've turned back, when you've been converted... This is not the conversion in terms of being saved again.

24:51 I I think people have misquoted that or misthought of that as something you could lose your faith or lose your salvation. But this is about keeping the existing faith that already Peter has. He said, but this is a turn. This is an attitude change, a complete change at heart. So he's saying, When this happens, strengthen your brothers.

25:26 This is... It's it's like he's already planning for the leadership that Peter will have in the church. But I think that in this specific case, he's actually talking about strengthen your brothers here. That's part of the reason I think he's addressing Peter because he's actually saying, Listen, this is going to happen. I'm telling you it's going to happen so you realize, like, Hey, I'm already here for you to come back to.

25:56 And not only that, here's what you need to be doing because now that you have come back to me, your ministry is going to be essential in bringing these people here right now, building them up for you all to be leaders in this church. And I think it is also not exactly the same, but it's echoed later when in the passage that we've referred to many times over the last week where he talks about, Do you love me? He says, Feed my sheep after every single question. Feed my sheep. And I think it's very similar, though not the same, because I believe feeding my sheep there is entailing the church entirely versus strengthening your brothers is talking about those people in that room at that time.

26:50 I mean, at a later time, but the same ones in that room. Peter would deny Christ profoundly and he would sustain a direct attack of Satan on him. Yet, even with his own hard heart rate at that time, God had already said that he was going to be used. I think it's neat. There's that verse, I have it somewhere here, in Genesis 52, and it says, you meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.

27:45 And he was talking about other people meaning things for evil. But one of the things that always just kept on repeating for me, and I think it's like kind of this critical understanding, is that you could put all sorts of things about other people or specific people or even Satan meaning evil, and yet God always means it for good. And here you see how Satan himself in the sifting, Satan intends to sift. And you know, Jesus probably could have... Well, we know he could have.

28:20 God could have said no. He asked. He had to go to God for the right, for the ability to do that, or else he couldn't have done it. But Jesus didn't stop him. Jesus prayed for him.

29:16 I don't think that he was willing to go to he wasn't willing to surrender his life and be meek like the sheep and and follow Christ to death in that same way. But at the end of the day, this was something that he was doing, he was proclaiming in his own strength. And perhaps he had missed the warning, Simon, Simon. By the way, Simon means to listen or he listens. So Jesus wasn't just saying his name.

29:57 He wasn't repeating it twice. He was saying, listen, listen. When the Lord says listen, guys, you might want to pay attention. I'm just saying. I mean, most believers actually would hope that they could say exactly what Peter said.

30:21 I'm reminded though of of this this keeps keeps on coming back to this this whole topic that John Clifford brought up where Jesus asked if he loved them later on. And he said, do you love me sacrificially, in effect? And Peter answered, Yes, I like you. And it kind of occurred to me that you can't... It's a very hard thing to answer, Yes, I love you sacrificially.

30:59 As in, like, you can proclaim that somehow. Right? It's it's easier... It's much easier to proclaim than to do. You can't really say, yes, I Agape you.

31:12 Almost the only thing that can happen is a true demonstration. That's the only true agape. Agape is a verb, if you will. It's acted out. And so that's actually a hard thing to answer.

31:26 And and I think this was Jesus' attempt, this was Peter's attempt to do that. But can you really say it? Or is it really something that can only be acted out? I can tell you I like you because that's just a feeling. And if I say I like you, probably am telling the truth about my actual feeling.

31:47 But to feel brotherly love for somebody is a lot different than in a real circumstance actually acting out a sacrifice of yourself. Okay? And obviously, Jesus is the one that's about to do this. But us returning it? I think many of us would pray that if God had us for that, we would have the faith and the love to do that.

32:16 But I think you see that reality played out when he said, do you love me sacrificially? Yes. I like you. He's being honest. He's being honest.

32:28 The best I can say is I like you. Do you love me sacrificially? Yes, I like you. Do you like me? Yes, I like you.

32:38 You know. So Jesus goes on to say, he said, I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day until you deny me three times. Woah. Like here... Now that's a shocker because, like, you can imagine they're still not even quite getting, like like, he keeps on explaining to them, hinting, this is what I'm gonna do.

33:07 I'm dying. I'm not becoming the king on Earth now at this point in time. I'm... And we're gonna talk about... He actually goes on to the prophecy in just a minute.

33:20 But I... So they're probably already partially in shock. They're not able... That's like what he's saying, it doesn't match with anything that's in their mind, heart, will. And and here, Peter...

33:39 I mean, Jesus, he called a mic drop. I don't know. It's like, no, Peter. Actually, within the next twenty four hours, you are gonna die me three times. Not only that, here's how you'll know.

33:56 A rooster's going to crow. I'm told, I had heard somewhere that, during the Passover, they didn't allow roosters. I heard it was because they were too dirty, although I would imagine they might be just too noisy. I don't know. But anyways, apparently this was especially notable in Jerusalem during the Passover this time.

34:16 And so Jesus didn't just surprise Peter, who was completely self unaware of what he was capable of, but he gave him a way, a sign if you will, to remind him of what's going on. I can imagine that for years to come Peter would hear a rooster crow and be reminded of what happened during that time. We move on. Verse 35. This whole section here, he starts talking about previous examples he's kind of bringing to mind.

35:07 So he kind of brings them into it. It's kind like he switches the subject. And then he says, but now, let the one who has a money bag take it. So you'll actually use your resources in your control. You didn't need it before, but now you're going to do it.

35:26 He's saying, Things are different, if you will. He says... He even says, hey, if you you don't have a sword, sell something and get it. You might need a sword. And then he says, and this doesn't...

35:42 This this is always a bit confusing to me, and perhaps it still is. He says, for I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, and he has numbered with the transgressors, or and he was numbered with the transgressors. And that's, Isaiah 5three 12. Where, of course, Isaiah 53, we know that's the prophecy of how Jesus would die and suffer for our sins. He says he's fulfilling that.

36:16 And so this whole section right afterward it says, look Lord, here are two swords. He said to them, it is enough. That was, I think, there's two views on why he said two swords was enough. One was possibly that really, they're just... They won't need to defend themselves.

36:38 You only need two swords. I tend to take the view that this was more the disciples just simply misunderstanding him completely, and he's saying, guys, come on. So it's similar to like Matthew sixteen five where it says, when the disciples reached out, it says, when the disciples reached the other side, they have forgotten to bring any bread. Then Jesus started talking about the leaven of the Pharisees. He used it as an opportunity to talk about that, and they were like, Oh, he must be talking about the fact that we didn't have any bread.

37:17 It was just a misunderstanding. And I think it was because their hearts were hardened. They were shocked, yes, but their hearts were hardened. Mark six fifty two, he says, For they didn't understand about the loaves because their hearts were hardened. And so, here you see in the previous passage, as Jesus is trying to work with all of them, they're talking about the...

37:47 Who's gonna be the greatest. Right? Their hearts were hardened. They they couldn't grasp the truth, the spiritual truth that Jesus was imparting to them about the kingdom of God and how things were gonna be and what he was doing because their hearts were too hard. And again, Peter, I will die with you.

38:06 I will do this. And Jesus is like, no. And still Peter's heart was hardened. That was not enough of a warning. And this is a theme here in this whole section.

38:16 Hard hearts, misunderstanding Jesus' last words to them that he was giving them that were so important. And I think for us, it is a lesson for sure. And it's... They keep coming back to that conversation Jesus had with Peter. Do you love me?

38:37 Right? The key to so much is the love of God. When we love Jesus as we should, as we do, as we come close to him, our hearts are open to his revelation. Our hearts are open to the spiritual truths we need to understand so that we can be successful in the Christian walk, in the battle even. Well, we're pretty much out of time.

39:18 So I'm gonna have to skip 39 through 45. I mean, I'm gonna jump straight to the betrayal and arrest because I think important to finish up this here if you'll stay with me. So walk through the Garden Of Gethsemane. I have to at least point out that the Garden Of Gethsemane is all about prayer. As they walk through the garden, Jesus instructs them first to pray, And then he goes by himself and prays.

39:59 And we've already referenced this, but he prays in several different ways. And then he comes back and they're sleeping. And he says, Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray. And so again, this is all in the context of the hard hearts.

40:22 This is all in the context of understanding. And this is all in the context of a great epic spiritual battle happening at this time. And so when there is temptation, when there is spiritual battle, the stakes are very, very high. Satan is going after. Satan has the ability to destroy.

40:48 And Satan should not be underestimated, but neither should God. God prays for us and he will work his will. The sifting that Satan does, God will sift too. But Peter was having his carnality sifted away, his unbelief, his self assurance, all the things that drew him away, the things that kept his heart heart. He was having these things done so that he could go from being...

41:29 So that he could be the part of God's plan that Jesus planned for him to be. He said, You are a stone. You're a rock. I'm gonna build my church on you. And so this was necessary for him to go through this experience.

41:50 We know God never tempts anybody. But other people... You know, we can be tempted by our own desires. Satan can tempt us. Probably not Satan, but one of his minions.

42:05 Right? But the point is that in spiritual warfare... And, of course, this is the pinnacle of all spiritual warfare, Christ preparing to do the ultimate sacrifice for us on the cross. This was... This required prayer, if anything did.

42:30 And so we come to the betrayal. Satan didn't just sift... I'm thinking of I'm just gonna read the last two verses. I've already read them. Well, I'll make a point here.

43:40 As he was following him, you'll notice he took comfort with the enemy. When they had says in verse 55, when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. So he was he was sitting there among them, and and here they were. This was a crowd. This was a group gathered together to crucify his Lord.

44:05 And so he denies the Lord, first a woman, then a man, and then another man. And the last time he swore, it says, and I forget which gospel it says, he actually swore. He was so emphatically denying the Lord. And at that moment, the rooster crowed, and the Lord turned to look at Peter, and Peter remembered the saying of the Lord. And I think that was the whole point, so that he would remember how he said to him, before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.

44:39 I just think what it would be like. I've pictured that moment to be sitting there at that very moment as you remember this and Jesus were to look over and he... I mean, Jesus is so great... Graceful through this whole session of hard hearts in approaching this. And I can only imagine...

45:06 I I really think that he just looked over and he said, Peter, Peter. You know? I I think there was just a gracious kindness as he looked over, and that must have been just that along with everything else what destroyed him. He knew he was still loved, and he wept bitterly. And it was a it was a bitter bitter weeping, but it was a weep reaping of a weeping of of repentance.

46:29 He was one of the first to proclaim Jesus as Messiah and God. And at the same time, Jesus had to rebuke him and say, Get thou behind me, Satan. Right? You saw highs and lows throughout his life, but you saw a man with the power of God and you saw a man that the Lord truly did build his church on. You saw 3,000 people plus to Christ in one single preaching in one day.

47:06 And so, for me, I just... I'm amazed by the story of what God does, the fact that he prayed for Peter, he prays for us, and just the importance of us also praying as well. He told them to pray in that hour of temptation, Prayer is powerful. Prayer is important. And so we participate in God's prayers, in Christ's prayers for us when we pray.

47:42 And I realize I'm over time, but I wondered if we could just sing He Will Hold Me Fast. We'll just... I'll pray and then we'll end with that. Because it kind of actually says the... It's...

47:54 When you read through it, it actually is like a better message than I gave. So, dear Lord, we just thank you. Thank you for your word. Thank you that you love us so much, and that no matter what we do, that you have died for us, and we can always come back to you, and you prayed for us. And we thank you for the example here in scripture.

48:18 You pray that it will affect us and that we will be useful as well. We pray this in Jesus' name, amen.