Hi, thanks for tuning us in. Our Vacation Bible School 2003 Bethel Crossroads Baptist Church. Hi, I'm Darrell Bailey. As we look back on our day that we had, June the 10th, 2023, the 21st of Savan, 5783 of the Hebrew calendar. Hey, I bring on behalf of Pastor Keith Dempsey and his First Lady Amy at 450 Iron Hill Road, Taylorsville, Georgia 30178, as we had a wonderful time June the 10th, Saturday, as we all day long did our five lessons. This is our fourth lesson of Proclamation Safari Park. Now, Proclamation Safari Park is going to take us on a new adventure to discover the truths of God's Word concerning the Rescuer. Hey, ain't you glad that Jesus is the Rescuer? He will come to our rescue, thank God. And so each and every one of us we look and we're so thankful as we deal with the Gorilla Grove in our fourth lesson of Proclamation Safari Park. And as we go on a safari, here as we deal with our junior classes, our grades, 5 and 6, grades ages 10 and 11. Actually, I had, I think, maybe from 9 all the way up to 11. And we had about 13 kids that day. We had a marvelous time. And I want to thank all of Rusty and Lynn and all of, I mean, if I was to name all the names, there was a lot of people at Bethel Crossroads that contributed to this wonderful success on Saturday, June the 10th. And so here As we look at all of our park rangers that helped out, man, we had a lot of park rangers that helped out. Pastor Keith Dempsey, oh my goodness, I mean, all of the park rangers that showed up there, badges and all, man, ready to go. And so our adventure began in Bethlehem when we studied the events surrounding the birth of our rescuer. And we learned to express joy because of his miraculous birth. Next, we traveled to Jesus' hometown, Nazareth, and to the temple in Jerusalem to learn about his early life. And learning from that by example, set by Jesus as a young boy, every one of us discovered obedience to God's Word and how satisfying the result is in a happy life. Notice I'm giving you focus words, joy, happy. When we look We started out with joy. We started out with happy. And in lesson three, we went to the Sea of Galilee, and Jesus calls fishermen to follow him through his ministry and to carry on the work after he returns to heaven. Being challenged to accept Jesus as their rescuer and following him in their lives, all of the wonderful kids learn that the only way to achieve true peace And then it brings us to lesson four. HOPE. I made an acronym of it. Holding on to promises and praying eternal expectancy. Ain't that good, HOPE? Holding on to promises, praying eternal expectantly. And so our focus word for lesson four is hope. Every one of our lessons had a focus word from joy to happy to peace. And now we look at hope and we know that, believe it or not, the power of Jesus is the key component of the study of the life of our rescuer in lesson four, because the rescuer's all powerful nature is demonstrated in Capernaum. When Jesus raised a young girl from the dead, knowing that our rescuer was all powerful, it gives us a life full of hope. And so thank God. Later on, I'll talk about love in our fifth lesson later on. But when you go on a safari, listen, you don't go walking around in the jungle. You jump in the Jeep. We're going to jump in the Jeep and we're going to go safariing through Proclamation Safari Park. Now, every one of us, our main theme is in John 14, 6, I'm the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me. Listen, as we get into Proclamation Safari Park, now Pastor Keith Dempsey walked around with a BB rifle and he took all his classes being his park ranger. You know, if you don't realize it, but a lot of school teachers when they're off in the summer, I would always notice as a kid, that when they were off in the summer they would have a summertime job and most of all the teachers would be park rangers. I remember that from Cass High School. I remember seeing a lot of them from the old, old Cass High School up like going toward Calhoun. Now, Many of us, when we look at lesson four, we're talking about the gorilla grove and the power to rescue. Again, our theme verse is, I'm the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Now, a lot of times we get a little goofy with these gorilla grooves and groves, and you know what? We try to say it with one foot, standing on one foot and touching our head with our left hand. We did all kind of stuff that was kind of unusual during there. And man, you talking about some good singing. Them kids, my goodness, they could tear it up. And so when we look at our gorilla grove in lesson four, we're reminded, each and every one of us, how that that Jesus as he began to go into the young girl of Jairus's daughter and he raised her from the dead what a powerful thing because Jesus has the power to rescue and just like the gorilla that is more powerful than probably eight to ten men We know that in Luke chapter 8 verse 50 later on will deal with the power to rescue because we look at the power of Jesus in our safari jeep as we go on our journey. We know that our next memory verse that we're going to be talking about is, but when Jesus heard it, he answered him saying, fear not, believe only and she shall be made whole. Every one of our kids will learn that Jesus has the power to rescue them. Gordon is the name of the gorilla. And so, every one of us as we look and we begin to realize that saved people can be strong because Jesus is strong. He has the power to overcome Satan, sin, and death. And we have access to that power when we're saved by God's marvelous grace. You know what? Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. So we find strength in Jesus. And the power of Jesus will be in Luke chapter 8, verses 41, 42, and 49, down to verse 56. The power to rescue. Gorillas are stronger than humans, up to six times stronger. You know, it makes me think of that crazy song from Back to the Future. where it talks about the power of love. Huh? You know what I mean? Oh my God. When we get into Lesson 5, we're going to get into some of that love. But we see the power of Jesus to rescue, and Jesus has the power to rescue you and I. And this goes out to every one of those kids that are not able to go to vacation Bible school. I know several of them because a lot of them plan their vacation during the time that Bethel Crossroads had theirs. And this goes out to all of those and maybe even some ideas for some of those that are still doing their vacation Bible school. But the truth of this is all about sending it out to the many kids that cannot go to vacation Bible school, we're going to bring the lesson into your home by your phone, by your computer is what we're doing. And so Gordon is a strong gorilla. When we look, we see that the application is that we've got to find strength in Jesus. Hey, look around. I want you to tell us, I've got to find some strength in Jesus. I've got to find some strength in Jesus. We need to look at the power to rescue because Students will learn that Jesus has the power to rescue him. And so, gorillas are stronger than humans, up to six times stronger. Safe people can be strong because Jesus is strong, and he has the power to overcome Satan, sin, and death. And when we have access to that same power, we're saved, saved, saved. Boy, if that ain't... I keep thinking of songs when I'm doing this. And so, we learn that Jesus has the power to rescue us, even as Gordon comes up, amen. And so, as we look and realize that in the gorilla grove, all of these gorillas, we're gonna learn a little bit about gorillas. But our memory verse is, but when Jesus heard it, he answered him and said, fear not, believe only, and she shall be made whole. In Luke chapter eight, verse 50. And so, we see the power to rescue. Each and every one of us have that same type of power. There are those who came to see Jesus because of the miracles that he performed. And when he came to a town, the people came out to see Jesus. And he was a celebrity, not necessarily because they believed in him, but because they were curious as to what he would do next. And so, in today's lesson, Jesus had stilled the storm in Luke chapter 8, verses 22 down to verse 25, and had cast demons from the Gardenian demonic in verses 26 down to verse 39. And it's so interesting that in verse 37 that the people of the country of the Gadarenes asked Jesus to leave their country. And after they witnessed his power to cast out demons, they were afraid of him. They lived in the same vicinity as the man possessed with many demons in verse 30, but they were afraid of the one who would cast out those demons. What a shame. Sometimes it's easier to live with sin than it is to rid ourselves of it. And the idea of living a righteous life, one of following Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior, is like frightening. It's scary to some that are living a life filled with sin and that are controlled by Satan and all of the evil that the world offers. When Jesus returned from the country of the Gadarenes, Many people waited for him, and among that multitude was a man named Jairus. And respectfully, the ruler of the synagogue, he fell at Jesus' feet, and he asked him to come to his house to heal his daughter who was ill, and Jairus was in the same crowd as the woman with the issue of blood. Oh my goodness, I'm going to tell you, when we look at this and begin to realize that the woman had been ill for many years and no doctor was able to help her, but by touching the garment of Jesus, virtue went out. Can you imagine? She said, if I could just touch the hem of his garment. If I could just touch it. Oh, man. You know, I'm going to tell you, uh, that, uh, that's the boss lady calling. Sorry about that. I mean, uh, Hey, boss lady, I'll call you back in just a minute. All right. Love you. Bye-bye. And so, you know, I thank God, Jesus had finally done something that no one else could do. No other doctor could take away the issue of the blood that that lady had. Virtue went out. And I believe that when that happened, Jesus said, who touched me? And you know what? The disciples said, what do you mean who touched? We're all up in here on you. Because when that lady touched Jesus's hem of his garment, he felt the power of God, like power on electricity, going through his body, and began to heal that lady with an issue of blood, right before the power surge of raising Jairus's daughter from the dead. Gosh, I'm going to tell you if you could have been there. Boy, I'm going to tell you what. You don't want to get out of the Jeep, buddy. You want to see this, because I'm going to tell you right now, as the things go on, is that finally, after this lady got her miracle touch of Jesus, and it healed the issue of blood that she had had for years and years and years, as they were trying to get to Jesus. But I'm gonna tell you something, Jairus had a need. And we don't know what Jairus was thinking, but we know that Jesus was his only hope. And his faith and his trust was in Jesus. And one wonders how the face of Jesus must have looked as he made his way down those city streets. Going because there was some servants that come up and they they begin to tear gers gers your daughter's already passed. She's already died Oh my lord, jesus heard that jesus said lead the way let's go Can you imagine? They said well, she's already passed. We don't need jesus. Jesus said lead the way Because i've got the power to bring life back to where there was death and upon arriving at the house jesus was met with a crowd of mourners And some of these people were probably members of Jairus's family. And so, others were friends and neighbors. Even today, if a family experiences a loss, the house would be full of mourners and family and friends and food. And Jesus only asked Peter, James, and John along with the mother and father of the girl to do with him. You had only a few instances of prayer time of Jairus' daughter and the transfiguration where these few were there with Jesus. They were the elite of the disciples that were there. And James and John, along with the mother and the father of the girl, too, and with him, why? He knew what he was going to do. He was going to raise the girl from the dead. And he did not need a lot of ridicule. He didn't need any negative thoughts, running interference. And the town of Nazareth scripture teaches us that he, Jesus, did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. And here we see the town of Jesus, Capernaum. Ain't it sad that when you're in your own town that you're not thought much of? I'm glad that the young kid, Floyd, over in Rock Mart, Oh man, he just got signed with the Cincinnati Reds. Oh my goodness. Wow, I bet that family, they had been with that young boy all his life enjoying baseball. And now the ultimate thing has happened to that young man. He is being signed to the pros, man. Don't you know, boy, when that daddy got up and hugged that boy, woo, that got me, praise God, hallelujah, praise the name. And so here we look and we see pictures of where I took of the synagogue when I was in Capernaum. I took this picture, and I took this picture. These are not things that I took pictures of, but, you know, when we look and we begin to realize that we need to find strength in Jesus. And so, the scriptures that we're talking about, the power to rescue, because, and behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue, and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house, for he had one only daughter, about 12 years of age, and she lay a dying, but as he went, the people thronged him. And that's when the other lady with the issue of blood was able to get in and get a miracle and get the touch of Jesus before Jairus got the power. You see, you want to line up to get the power of Jesus. You want that power. And he goes on in Luke chapter 8 verse 49 to 50, And while he yet spake, there cometh one from the rule of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead, troubled not the master. But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not, believe only, and she shall be made whole. And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, say, Peter, James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden, and all wept and bewailed her. But he said, Weep not, she is not dead, but sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Made arise. And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway, and she commanded to give her meat. and her parents were astonished, but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. Faith can be a challenging concept to understand, but listen, it's important to discuss with our children. Students need to be taught that solid faith does not rely on our own strength. Faith is the substance of things hopeful, the evidence of things not seen. All of your five senses, You may not smell it. You may not taste it. But how did I learn about it? Somebody else showed me faith. My mother showed me my faith. Kids, this is for our kids. Our kids are our strength. If you're not working with a children's program in your morning service, you're missing out. You cannot do a little touch in the morning and get them kids what they need. They need to sit down and listen to the Word of God, just like adults sit down and listen to the Word of God. You need to get that children's program going. You need to start it. And so, we look and we realize that students, or our kids, should be taught that solid faith does not rely on our own strength, but on what we put our faith in. A God who is powerful and capable of anything. If you ain't building a young generation in your church, you're failing. Because they're the church of today. They're the church of tomorrow. And you better be focusing on teaching your children in your congregation about the word of God. And so, gorillas, as we say, they're always stronger than humans. But God has a power that's stronger than any other force. And so, as we look at that power that Jesus has to wash away all of our sins, He has a hope for us. And we do not have to worry about tomorrow, for we know Sunday He'll come again to take us to our home in heaven. And so, The news of Jesus and the miracles that he performed spread quickly throughout Israel. People came to him for healing or to hear his teaching. And one day, a ruler of the synagogue, Jairus, came to Jesus and his daughter was ill. And Jairus knew only Jesus could help her. And Jairus found himself in the middle of a crowd, pushing and tugging to get close to Jesus, and he finally made his way to Jesus. Thank God! Glory! Hallelujah! Backflip! Jump! Joy! Hallelujah! Praise His mighty name! That the one who could make his little girl well. And what a relief that Jairus felt when he was able to tell Jesus about his child. The Lord moved as if to follow him, but was stopped by a woman in the crowd. And while Jesus was dealing with her need, as I said, a servant came to Jairus and told him his daughter was dead. And when Jesus heard this news, he said to this father, Fear not, and believe only, in Luke chapter eight, verse 50. Jairus did believe, and he took Jesus back to his house, and Jesus told the mourners, assemble there. Weep not, she's not dead, but sleepest, in verse 52. And they laughed at him, and Jesus sent everyone away, but the girl's parents, Peter, James, and John. And he took the girl by the hand and said, and made a rise, and she, maiden arise. And verse 54, and the little girl arose and Jesus raised her from the dead. And in a short time, Jesus himself would rise from the dead himself. After going to Calvary, hanging and shedding his life blood for all of our sins, he would die on Calvary to be buried in a tomb and he would rise again the third day because he lives. We can live as well. The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down. The Lord loves the righteous, Psalms 146, 8. And so the woman had a very private need that she needed Jesus to help her with, the woman with the issue of blood. She came to him by faith, believing that he could heal her. She probably would have been uncomfortable shouting in that large crowd, Jesus, please heal me! The disease that I've had for 12 years! She acted on her faith. She said not a word, but she said, if I could just touch the hem of his garment, if I could just touch Jesus, I'll be made whole. And her faith was rewarded and she was completely healed. Think about the 12-year-old daughter that was dead. Jesus spoke to her and she was raised to life. And if you have never been saved through faith in Jesus, you're like that little girl who is dead. Because Ephesians chapter 2 verse 1 tells us, as for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins. And what that means is that without the life of Jesus living inside your heart, the Holy Spirit indwelling you, You know what? You're dead and you're unable to live a life that pleases God. The price for our sins and your sins is death. But this death is a separation from God forever. God the Father is like Jairus in our story. He loves us. He doesn't want us to die and be separated from Him. And so, God the Father loved us so much that he sent his own son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins. He was buried, and three days later, God the Father raised him from the dead, and Jesus died in our place so that we don't have to be separated from God. All we have to do is have faith that Jesus paid the price for our sins, and so that we can spend eternity with God. And so if you've never placed your faith in Jesus for your sins to be forgiven, Jesus is saying to you, child, I say to you, arise. He doesn't want you to experience a death that will separate you from God for all eternity. Listen, talk to your parents. If you have not been saved, ask them and question them about their salvation and their testimony of salvation. I tell you, I can show you from the Bible how you can be saved by the Roman road, but you need to come under the convicting power of God. You might say, well, I just want to get saved because I want to get saved. When you come under the convicting power, that's when you're a candidate for salvation. I've been asked by kids all the way back from Oakland Heights Baptist Church, all the way, all of my life or years, that how many of them said, how do you know my daughter? How do you know my son has been saved? You need to just watch their life, and when you begin to see the change, when you begin to see the Holy Spirit that indwelt them, begin to change that young life, because when you are under the convicting power of the Holy Spirit, that's when you're a candidate to get saved. You know what? Girls are usually much, much more alert about salvation than boys are. Hey, kids, I'm sorry, but I tell you like it is. Girls a little bit more catch on and they're bright about it. Some of them get saved maybe seven years old, eight years old. But girls usually are more alert about salvation than boys are for some reason or another. But there's no certain age, it's what they call the age of accountability. And all day that Saturday, I had questions all day long. Finally, the ladies, the wonderful ladies that were helping me in the class, they said, let the preacher teach the class. And they kept on asking questions. I love it. But when Jesus heard it, he answered him saying, fear not, believe only, and she shall be made whole. Boy, I'm gonna tell you, lesson four with Gordon. When we look at gorillas, the habitat, and how the tropical and montane forests in Central and all of the area of Africa, the habitat destroyed by logging and all of the resources of today, the diet of the gorilla, the fruits, the leaves, the shoots, the ants, the termites, the worms, etc. The mating live in highly complex social groups, mating season all year long, can have one baby every eight and a half months. Typical gorilla family, one silverback, one immature male between eight to 13 years, three to four adult females that stay with silverback for life, and three to six youngsters under eight years old. And so, size and lifespan. When we look at the comparison of the power of a gorilla, And the power of the miracle of Jesus is healing abilities. Here is one of the largest primates. Five foot six upright, four foot six normal stance. Females weight males 300, 450 pound, females 200. Lifespan 30 to 50 years. They're an endangered species, destroyed for logging purposes, poached for food. Hard to estimate the number of gorillas poached because sometimes they're butchered and eaten on the spot. Or their meat is smoked for a later sale. And so there are three types of gorillas today. The mountain gorillas are the most endangered. There were 620 mountain gorillas that live in 1991. Today, there's 700. As we get into our activity, we look at the before and after. Before, we see things that were different. Here is the after. Here the before, the other the after. We see some of the things, like what? Oh, here's a turban. He ain't got a turban. Before and after. The picture on the left is before Jesus raised Jairus's daughter from the dead. The picture on the right is after he raised her. What differences can you find in the picture on the right? Well, we see several things. Here's my list. Jesus is wearing shoes. The girl is sitting. The mother's headscarf has a band. One of Jesus' sleeves is shorter. Disciples wearing a hat. A blanket is missing. Greenery is on the table. Mom's smile. Jairus' hand is raised. Jesus is holding the girl's hand. And so, our memory verse that we look at, fear not, believe only, and ye shall be made whole, as we unscramble our memory verse. Again, as we look at it, when we come to our multiple choice, write the letter of the correct answer in each blank below. We have had faith in him, had enough money to give him, couldn't find a doctor, boom, Jairus came to Jesus because he had faith in him. The people whom Jesus led into the girl's room were the father and the disciples, A, the mother and the father, B, C. The parents, Peter, James, and John. Remember what we read? Bingo! Fendingo! Huh? C. When Jesus told the crowd that the girl was asleep, they A. Believed him, B. Laughed at him, C. Worshipped him. They laughed at him. Four, when Jesus first saw Jairus's daughter, she was A, really, really sick, B, eating, C, already dead. Boom, boom, boom, boom, C, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Then number five, the disciples whom Jesus led into the girl's room were A, Peter, James, and Andrew, B, John, James, and Peter, or C, Peter, John, and Paul. Who was it? Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, B, bum, bum, bum, bum, B, Don, John, John, James, James, and Peter, Peter. Okay, now, when we look over here, how much power does Jesus have? He's got all power. Where does Jesus have power? He's got power in heaven and earth. Is there anything Jesus does not have the power to do? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. And so we do the miracle match. The miracle match it is. The miracle match it is. Oh, no. Uh, Jeopardy. Oh, Jeopardy. No, that's not it. All right, kids, here we go. Hey, Ranger Danger Bailey here. All right, we got the miracle match. Uh-huh. Jesus has the power in heaven and earth. During his time on earth, Jesus did many miracles. Match the scripture reference to the miracles and draw a line from the miracle to the verse. Okay. Hmm. Let's see. Healed the leper. Mark 1, verse 41 and 42. Healed the man with a palsy. Mark 2, verse 5. Stilled the wind and the waves. Mark 4, verse 39. and walked on the water, walked on the water. Mark chapter 6 verse 48. And he fed the five thousand with the little boys, loaf and little fishes. And Mark chapter 6 verse 41 down to verse 44. And Joey gets saved. Mary and Joey Joey had been friends for a long time, and Mary had recently accepted Jesus into her heart, been baptized, and joined a church. And Joey has never gone to church much. He's a nice boy. He's a good friend. Mary's concerned that Joey is not saved. And because she's a good friend to Joey, Mary wants to be sure that he's going to heaven someday. And you know, when we look at the conversation of what's taking place, Joey, have you ever thought about heaven? And he goes on, he says, no, I guess I've got a long time to think about that. And it goes on. Well, you cannot be too sure, Joey. Would you like to hear about Jesus? Okay, and we go back down here. And so, I'm glad you asked, Joey. You see, the Bible tells us that our sin has to be paid for and we cannot pay for it ourselves because it takes someone who has no sin to pay for it. Someone who is perfect. But you said that everyone is a sinner. Bing, bing, bing, bing. And ding. And here we go. Well, we're all sinners, Joey. I'm a sinner, and you're a sinner, and the Bible tells us that sin separates us from God. And Joey says, well then, how can anyone go to heaven? Bing, bing, bing. Well, that's right, Joey. You know. Everyone but Jesus. Jesus loves us so much that he paid the price for our sins when he shed his blood on the cross. And it goes, wow. That's great, but how can I be sure that he paid for my sins? Boom. You have to repent of your sins, turn away from them, and then turn toward Jesus. You have to ask God to forgive you of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Savior. And Joey says, is that all there is to it, Mary? Bing, bing, bing, bing. And Mary says, it's very simple, Joey. You see, Jesus did all the work. You just need to pray to him right now. And Joey, Dear God, I repent of my sins. I ask you to forgive me of my sins. And I ask Jesus to come into my heart and to be my savior. Joey gets saved. Wow. Wow. Thank you, Lord. And so our memory verse again. Now, don't you remember the old preacher? Well, no, you don't, because you're young kids. Well, when I was a kid, the preacher would say everything in threes. La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. Do you catch that? La-la-la-la-la-la-la. Threes. La-la-la-la-la-la-la. That's fast. Hey, sometimes, you know, you really had to pay attention to all that ha-ha and all that, because, man, you know, you can, you got to really pay attention to all that. I'm gonna tell you, but when Jesus heard it, he answered him saying, fear not, believe only, and she shall be made whole. Boy, I'm gonna tell you, I don't know if I might do it two, three more times, but the gorilla, man, if that ain't power. We learned that Jesus has the power to rescue every one of us. And so, the ABCs of salvation is that we admit to God that you're a sinner, you need Him, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Believe that Jesus died for your sins and rose from the dead. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, Acts 16, 31. And call on Jesus to save you. For whosoever, put your name right there, for Daryl Bailey shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved. Hm. Whosoever. Me, myself, and I. You, young girl. You, young man. Whosoever. And then, what did I tell y'all I would do last? I would go through The Romans Road. Now, Paul got saved on the Damascus Road. Mm, man, that was marvelous. Here, you can take Scripture and reassure yourself at home on the Romans Road of Scripture for salvation. Everything that you see, Romans 3.23, Romans 6.23, Romans 5.8, Romans 10.9, Romans 10.13, the Romans Road. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let God commend His love toward us, and that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. I hope and pray that you got something out of our safari. You know, every one of us, when we look and realize that Proclamation Safari Park gives us an adventure to discover the truth of God's word concerning the rescuer. Father, May you receive all glory and honor. And Father, we're so thankful for everything that you give us. Touch us, Lord, with your presence. I thank you now for these children that'll be watching this and for all that'll be transpiring. Give glory and honor to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Thank you so much, Lord, for giving us the ability to teach your word. And Lord, to share with these children the precious scriptures of being the one that can rescue us from our sin and shame and release us and give us the greatest freedom. as we go forward in day-to-day life of asking our Lord and Savior to come in and give us what no one else can ever give us, Heavenly Father. Thank you so much for saving us by your marvelous grace. In Jesus's marvelous mighty name, amen.