In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of shining as a light in the world by sharing the love of God. He mentions that the church should be characterized by compassion, love, and the grace of God. The preacher then turns to the Gospel of Mark, specifically chapter 4, to discuss the story of Jesus calming the storm. He highlights the message of the church standing strong in the face of coming storms and encourages the congregation to invite others into their godly homes to witness the light of their strong families.

I also want to thank Brother Glenn for his words earlier, they went straight to my heart when he opened the meeting, Psalm 51, I praise God for that. Tonight we're going to turn to the Gospel of Mark, in chapter 4. You have your Bibles turned to Mark, chapter 4, and tonight the message is going to be the church that will stand in the coming storm. The church that will stand in the coming storm. Mark chapter 4, and beginning in verse 35. And the same day when the even was come, he saith unto them, let us pass over unto the other side. And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow. And they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? How is it that you have no faith? And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Will you pray with me one more time? Father God, I know that you've given me this word. As I was praying for these meetings several weeks ago, this is the first message you gave me to deliver tonight. And you called me specifically to deliver it on the last night. So Father, I tremble at your word. Your word says, You look to this man who is broken, and contrite, and who trembles at your word. I pray tonight, Father, that there would be a trembling at your holy word, that we would hear from you, God, and not from man. Anoint our ears to hear what your spirit is saying to us, Lord, in this hour, in this generation. And God, I pray that you would raise up a church, a people who will stand in the coming storm. In Jesus' name, amen. Now, I believe with all of my heart, coming a storm to this nation. In the last days that will be so fierce, few will be able to withstand its fury. A storm so black, and so dark, and so widespread, that everything that can be shaken will be shaken. The Bible says, in Hebrews chapter 12, in verse 25, See that ye refuse not him that speaketh, for if they escape not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth. But now he is promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And the word yet once more signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken as of things that are made. And those things which cannot be shaken may remain. There's coming a day, brothers and sisters, when God will shake everything that can be shaken. And only what cannot be shaken will remain. The Bible says in 2 Timothy chapter 3, verse 1, This know also that in the last days perilous times shall come. The NIV says, But mark this, there will be terrible times in the last days. The New American Standard says, But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. Luke's Gospel, chapter 21 and verse 10. Our Lord Jesus, again speaking of the last days, said in verse 10, Nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. And great earthquakes shall be in diverse places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. The Lord gave me this message before I ever came here. Great earthquakes shall be in diverse places. And in my home state, last night and the night before, my wife called me. She said, Brian, the whole house shook and we woke up. And last night, she said the earthquake was stronger than the previous night. All the windows were all the pictures on the wall were hanging crooked and the whole house shook. She said it sounded like the roar of a train. We've never had earthquakes, to my knowledge, in Oklahoma. I guess years ago they had one. These are signs of the times, brothers and sisters, these are wake up calls that the Lord God has the Lord Jesus has given us in his mercy. There's coming a day when everything that can be shaken will be shaken. There's coming a storm. Who will ever stand in such a storm? Can we withstand such a storm? Now, we're all going to go through storms in our personal and individual lives. And while this message applies to those individual storms, I'm not so much talking about that tonight as I'm especially talking about a storm that will affect the entire nation. It's a storm that is so severe that only one boat will not sink in the midst of it, and that is the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is there's coming a day when many religious gatherings, organizations, even big mega churches, places that call themselves churches, will shake and topple. The rug will be pulled out from under them. Only what cannot be shaken will remain. There are many churches that are built on the foundation of man and the ways of the world and a gospel of prosperity. That's no gospel at all. It's a man made gospel. All of that is going to shake. There is only one church that will not shake in the coming storm, and that is the church that Jesus Christ himself is building. It's the church that is founded on the rock of Christ Jesus. There's a people who are called by God to lift their heads in the midst of this coming storm because their redemption draweth nigh. There is a church that will not sink under the darkest of storm clouds and in the midst of the most violent waves. There is a church that will stand in the fiercest of storms. And this church will be characterized by three God given graces. They are faith. Hope and love. First Corinthians, chapter 13, verse 13. It says I wanted him to put this up in the a different translation here to the King James says charity. We know charity means love, but this one and now these three remain faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. These three remain. In other words, these are three things that will not shake when everything can be shaken is shaken. These three will remain the church that is built upon these three graces, faith, hope and love will stand in the coming storm. Now, back to our text in Mark's chapter four. In the gospel of Mark, chapter four, we just read about the disciples in this furious storm. These disciples were having their faith tested. Somebody said this faith that is not tested cannot be trusted. All of our faith is going to go through the fire. Every single one of us, if you're a believer, God's going to refine your faith. You're going to go through the fire faith that's not tested, can't be trusted. They're about to have their faith tested here. It's after a long day of teaching the multitudes and of performing several miracles. Jesus steps in a boat on the shores of the Sea of Galilee and he says to his disciples, let us pass over to the other side. And as they make their way out to sea, suddenly, without any warning, a violent storm arises on the Sea of Galilee. The sky must have been black. It was a dark night. The winds were howling, the waves were crashing against the boat. The scripture says the water was even coming up over into the boat and the disciples were terrified. And it seems it appears that the Lord Jesus is not even concerned about them because he's in the hinder part of the ship asleep on a pillow. What would you think if you were in that boat? Jesus is asleep and the storm has come and it's crashing against the waves and it's a fearful sight. How many of us would have said, boy, it sure is getting dark out here. The winds are howling. Sure hope somebody wakes up. He's asleep on a pillow. Finally, they can't take it anymore and they go and they wake him up and say, Lord, don't you care? Don't you care that we're going to perish? And Jesus Christ stands up and he rebukes the wind and the waves and he says, peace, be still. And the wind died. And the sea became as still as glass, and I'll guarantee you not a single drop of water dare move and not a single gust of wind. When Jesus speaks, he is the king of kings. He is the lord of lords. He is the king of the flood. He rebukes the wind, the waves. The disciples had their faith tested and their faith failed. What is the first one we said these three will remain faith, hope and love, the church that will stand in the coming storm is characterized by an unshakable faith. They had their faith tested. And it failed, what would have happened? First of all, I want you to see that what the disciples doubted, they doubted the presence of Jesus Christ. He was in the boat with them. What would have happened had the disciples shifted their focus from the fear of the waves and the power of the storm to the greatest truth of all? And that was that Jesus is in the boat with us. Can the boat sink when the son of God is in it? Can this church fall and collapse when Jesus Christ is is the foundation of the church and he's the one building the church and he's in our midst and he's the head of the body? There's only one way to drown a man and that's to put his head underwater. The scripture says we are the body of Christ. Christ is the head of the church. No one is putting him underwater. No one's putting our head underwater. He is the head of the church. Suppose those disciples would have taken their eyes off of the wind and the waves and the storm and said, hey, Jesus is in the boat. Let the winds how? Let the devil scream, let the let the let the waters crash against the boat. Jesus is with me. Let the storm rage. It doesn't matter as long as Jesus is with me. One of my favorite poems was written by Amy Carmichael, and this is how it goes. Thou art the Lord that slept upon a pillow. Thou art the Lord who soothed the furious sea. What matter beating wind or tossing billow if only we are in the boat with thee? Hold us quiet through the age long minute while thou art silent and the wind is shrill. Can the boat sink while thou, dear Lord, are in it? Can the heart faint that waited upon thy will? I want to ask you, brothers and sisters, can the boat sink while thou, dear Lord, are in it? Never. He sits king of the flood. He is promised to be with us always, even to the end of the age. Psalm 46, let's look at this scripture. Psalm 46, do you doubt his presence? I'll tell you when you'll be tempted to doubt his presence, and that is when you go through the storm, when you go through the storm and the winds are howling and the waves are crashing and you're hearing all these voices. And what you see looks very bad ahead of you. Earthquakes, famines, pestilence, wars and rumors of wars, all of these things. And you begin to doubt the presence of Christ. You need to have a steadfast faith. Remember, Jesus Christ promised to be with us always, even to the end of the age. Psalm 46, he says, God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea, though the waters thereof roar and be troubled. That's tsunamis, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof, say, law, there is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high. God is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God shall help her. And that right early, the heathen rage, the kingdoms were moved, he uttered his voice and the earth melted. The Lord of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge, say law. Come behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth. He breaketh the bow and cut the spear in sunder. He burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still. And know that I'm God. I will be exalted among the heathen. I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. They doubted his presence, and I want to tell you that you will find peace. Peace is not the absence of the storm. Peace is the presence of God. You will go through trials. You will go through hardship. You will go through heartache. Peace is not found in the absence of trial and pain. Peace is found in the presence of God. He's our peace. He's our prince of peace. But they also doubted his power. They said, Lord, they woke him up and said, Master, don't you care? We're going to drown. Don't you care? We're going to to perish. And Jesus stood and rebuked the wind in the waves and they obeyed him. What a shock they must have got when they saw the power of Christ. But I think this is what this is, what grieves the heart the most about unbelief. They doubted his care. They said, Lord, don't you care? Don't you care? You know, Charles Spurgeon said about this kind of unbelief, he said, it's to crown the head of Jesus with thorns of the sharpest kind. To doubt that he cares. Some of us are guilty of this same sin of unbelief. Lord, don't you care? If we only knew the grief those words bring to the loving heart of God, we would never say them again, not even think them. The father so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. Does he care? Jesus went all the way to the cross and died there for us. Can you see Christ crucified on the cross and shedding his precious blood for you and say, Lord, don't you care? He sweat drops of blood for us in the Garden of Gethsemane. Does he care? Jesus bought you with his precious blood. Will he now sell you to the storm and surrender you to the storm? Thousand times, no. He is our bridegroom who says that he hates divorce. Will he now divorce you and put you away? Never. His name is faithful and true. Will he now be unfaithful to you because there's a storm that has come? No. Yes, your father knows and yes, he cares and no, he is not sleeping. The question is, where, oh, where is your faith? These three remain, these three remain, this church will stand in the coming storm. It's the church that has unshakable faith in Christ and his presence, Christ in his power, Christ, and he cares for me. Come what may, he cares for me. He loves me. He loves you. But secondly, hope, faith, hope and love all are part of the ship that will never sink the church that will stand in the coming storm. Now, hope when the world talks about hope, it's a hope so kind of hope somebody says, well, I hope I get that job or I hope the weather is nice tomorrow. It's a hope so kind of hope when the Bible talks about hope. It's a no so kind of hope. It is an assurance. And I want you to see this in Hebrews chapter six, Hebrews chapter six and verse eleven. It says, and we desire that every one of you do show the same to the full assurance of hope. Those two words together, assurance, hope, the assurance of hope unto the end. That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promise. Now, move on down to verses 18. That by two immutable things in which it is impossible, it was impossible for God to lie. We might have a strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay up to lay hold upon the hope set before us, which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast and which entereth into that within the veil. He's saying this hope of ours is so sure it's like an anchor to the soul. You know why it's so sure, brothers and sisters, because our hope rests upon a God who cannot lie. It rests upon the word of God and the promises of God that come from the mouth of God who cannot and does not lie. We have the hope of everlasting life. Some of you have had loved ones, some of you have had children that have gone on to heaven. You have the hope that they are in the presence of Jesus. That is not a hope. So kind of hope that is an assurance that they are there. And because, you know, Christ, you will see them again. Hope, an assurance, an anchor of the soul. God has told me in his word he cannot lie. His word is an anchor to my soul. When you come to Christ, he gives you the promise of everlasting life. That's an assurance. I'm saved. He's preparing a place for us. And he says, if I prepare a place for you, I will come again to receive you so that when I where I am there, you may be also an assurance. Now, what was the the anchor, the hope, the word that these disciples had? Jesus simply said, let us pass over to the other side. They had his word. When Jesus says we're going to the other side, we're going to the other side. We may have to go through some storms to get there. We may have to go through some earthquakes. We may have to go through an economy that shakes to nothing. I don't know what we'll have to go through. I know we'll have to go through a storm, but I know this, what will get us through the storm is an assurance, a steadfast hope that is rooted and grounded in the word of God, the promises of God, the anchor to our soul. And that church that is characterized by unwavering faith and hope that cannot shake will stand in the coming storm. But you only stand if she has the third one. Love. Because it says these three remain faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is. Love, that's the greatest, these three remain faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love, the church that stands in the storm, the coming storm will shine with the love of God shed abroad in her heart by the Holy Spirit. And this is what the disciples lacked. You say, how do you know they lacked love? Brother Brian, I want you to see this verse that may seem obscure. Look at it with me. In verse 36, just after Jesus said, let us pass over to the other side, verse 36 says, and when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships, other little ships. What are these other little ships? We read this story and oftentimes we don't think anything about those other little ships. We're thinking about the little the boat with the disciples and Jesus in it in the midst of the storm. But you know who else is going through the storm? The other little ships and the other little ships don't have Jesus in the boat, faith, hope and love and what kind of love, the kind of love that is not just concerned about yourself, but is more concerned about the other little ships out there that don't have Jesus in the boat. They're going to go through the storm. How are they going to make it? How are they going to keep from sinking? They don't have a hope. They don't have an anchor to the soul. They don't have everlasting life. The king of the king who sits on the above the flood, he's not in their boat. What about them? What about those other little ships, the disciples cared nothing about those other little ships. They came to Jesus and they said, Lord, don't you care that we perish? He could have just as well said, don't you care that they perish? Folks, if Jesus is in your boat, stop worrying about yourself, get your eyes off of yourself. What about the other little boats that don't have Jesus going through the same storm, faith, hope and love? Do you care that they perish? I'll tell you, the church that is sure to sink in the coming storm. It's the loveless church, the church that left her first love, the church that no no longer has a fire burning in her heart of love and devotion to Christ and no longer therefore has a love for the lost. The loveless church, she'll sink. She'll topple in the coming storm. And in the last days, there's going to be a whole lot of people who are only concerned about themselves. Look at these verses with me together. He can probably flip them faster than I can. So we'll look at them up here. Second Timothy, chapter three, verse one. This know also that in the last days, that's what we're talking about. Perilous time shall come. Next verse for men shall be lovers of their own selves. Covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy lovers of who? Not God. Lovers of who? Not the lost lovers of who in the last days themselves. Second Peter, chapter three, verse three, knowing this first that there shall come in the last days, scoffers walking after their own lust. Selfishness. Living for the lust of their own flesh. Matthew, chapter 24. Verse 10, and then shall many be offended. See, there'll be a lovelessness in the church among the people of God. They'll be easily offended. Then shall many be offended. This is all in the context of Matthew 24, which is Jesus talking about the last days and what is going to come in the last days before he before he returns. Then shall many be offended and they shall betray one another and shall hate one another. Next verse. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. The love. Here's the temptation in the coming storm. Because of the because of the trials, the temptations, the storms, the tragedies, all of this, people are going to be tempted to turn on one another. And you see it already in churches biting and devouring one another when we're brothers and sisters in Christ. I said this before, I'm not talking about an ecumenical movement where you try to have unity at the expense of truth, the essentials of the faith and the gospel. No, there has to be not peace, but a sword when it comes to that. But nitpicking and bickering over things that that listen, put all of that in light of Judgment Day and souls going to heaven or hell. You know where a lot of bickering and fighting and strife is done away with and unity comes to the church is when the church goes through persecution. And people are dying for their faith and they don't have time to bicker and backbite and complain and gripe and fight, people are dying for their faith. Listen, in the coming storm, people are going to be tempted to only be concerned about me and my family. I'm saying to you, church, get your eyes off yourself, onto Christ and onto those other little ships. What do you suppose would have happened if those disciples would have said, hey, yes, it's a bad storm, but Jesus is in our boat and he said, let's go to the other side. We're going to the other side. My heart, my burden is for those other little ships. And they say, hey, little ships, and they start reaching out to those other little ships. What would have happened? I don't think they would have even had to wake up Jesus. He would have been awake. He would have been by their side. He would have said, I'll give you everything you need to reach those other little ships because we've got plenty of room in the boat. Brothers and sisters, just take this building as an illustration. Is there still room? Look at the empty pews. There's still room in the boat. There's still room at the cross. There's still room. The question is, do we love the lost enough, those little ships to bring them in, to reach out to them in the coming storm? First Corinthians chapter 13. Beginning in verse one. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not love charity, I'm become a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal that love I'm nothing, though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have not love charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity love, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long and is kind, charity envieth not, charity vaunteth not itself, it is not puffed up, does not behave itself unseemly, underscore this, seeketh not her own. Is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. Love doesn't seek its own. Love seeks for the good of the other. Those outside. Now, probably most of you have heard the story of the Titanic, that big ship that went down in 1912, it hit an iceberg, it started sinking. Do you know what one of the first things they did? When they knew that they hit an iceberg and this ship was going to sink, they went down to the bottom deck and they began to lock the doors on all the lower class passengers. You talk about cold hearted, you talk about loveless, locking them in because they didn't think, well, we won't have enough room for everybody to get in the lifeboats. So let's lock in all the lower, lower class passengers. Let them die. Loveless, cold, no compassion. They immediately began to board passengers on lifeboats and lower them down, but most of the lifeboats were only half full. One lifeboat that was meant for 65 people only had 28 on board. Another one was meant for 40 people, but they only had 12 on board. Over 300 more passengers could have been saved who were not saved because of selfishness and empty lifeboats. 328 were later gathered up in life jackets as they floated upon the cold water, they died, they froze to death in the freezing cold water. None had to die if only the lifeboats would have been filled to capacity. Out of all the lifeboats, only two went back to rescue the perishing. The rest just ignored the cries of the perishing and were content to be saved themselves and content to be in their half filled lifeboats. My dear friends, are you content to be. Saved in your half filled lifeboat. Singing our lifeboat songs, just trying to hold down the fort. When the perishing are crying out, crying out. And without a savior. There's still room at the cross, there's still room in here, and I'm telling you tonight, God wants heaven to be full. He would, I tell our people all the time, I want to see every one of you in heaven. Not one to be lost, not one child, not one grandchild, not one of you be lost. And I would say that tonight. Oh, to see every single one of you in heaven. And that you have the same heart to say of Ingram or whoever God's brought across your path, oh, to see every one in heaven. Fill up the lifeboats because there's still room. There's still room at the cross. Now, how do we shine with this love of God? It's got to be shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. And Jesus commanded us, you remember, Jesus said this, he said, while I am in the world, I am the light of the world. But he died, he rose again, he ascended into heaven. And now what does he say? Church, you are the light of the world. You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. And a city that is set upon a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick that it gives light to all that are in the house. He says, therefore, let your light shine. That they may see your good deeds and glorify your father, which is in heaven. How do we shine? We shine by sharing the love of God. We talked about that all day today. The compassion of Christ, the love of God. That's how you shine. That's how you burn. You burn with the love of God. This church will not sink. Who is characterized by those three God given graces, faith, hope and love. She will stand in the coming storm. When I went to Scotland, oh, what a wonderful privilege. To go to Scotland and Wales and throughout the UK, but in Scotland, I was so intrigued by the lighthouses, I'd never seen those before. These big, massive lighthouses that on the top, they would shine with a bright light because that light would direct the ships into the harbor. But I didn't know this. That the lighthouses, they have the big light at the top to tell the ship when he's a far off where to come in, where he's to come into. But there are also lower lights and those lower lights have to be shining and burning in order to direct the ship into the proper channel as they come into the harbor. When those lower lights are not shining. And they're not burning. Tragedy can happen. Listen to this story that D.O. Moody tells, he says, on a dark, stormy night when the waves rolled like mountains and not a star was to be seen, a boat rocking and plunging near the Cleveland Harbor. Are you sure this is the Cleveland, asked the captain, seeing only one light from the lighthouse. We're quite sure, sir, replied the pilot. Well, then where are the lower lights? They must have gone out, sir. Can you make the harbor? We must or we'll perish, sir. And with the strong hand and a brave heart, the old pilot turned the wheel. But alas, in the darkness, he missed the channel. And with the crash upon the rocks, the boat was shivered and many a life were lost in a watery grave. Moody said, brethren, the master will take care of the great lighthouse, but let us keep the lower lights burning. How do we keep them burning, pointing them to Jesus, we shine with the love of God. We shine with the love of Jesus, and this directs them into the narrow way, the way is narrow, Jesus said, it's straight and it's narrow and you direct them in the way to the cross, to Christ, by shining your light church. Shine with faith, shine with hope, shine with the love of God, one of my favorite hymns, we were going to sing it until you had a sing here of my Lord, I haven't heard that one in years, so we're going to sing that one instead. Get it ready. I'm going to read the words to. To let the lower lights be burning, brightly beams our father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore, but to us, he gives the keeping of the lights along the shore. Let the lower lights be burning, send a gleam across the wave, some poor, fainting, struggling seaman you may rescue, you may save. Dark the night of sin has settled, loud the angry billows roar, eager eyes are watching, longing for the lights along the shore. Let the lower lights be burning, send a gleam across the wave, some poor, fainting, struggling seaman you may rescue, you may save. Trim your feeble lamp, my brother, some poor sailor, tempest tossed, trying now to make the harbor in the darkness may be lost. Let the lower lights be burning, send a gleam across the wave, some poor, fainting, struggling seaman you may rescue, you may save. Brothers and sisters, I want to ask you one question. Are any of these three God given graces missing or lacking in your life? Faith. In his presence, in his power, in his care for you, faith, unshakable faith, even though you're going to go through a storm. Do you have faith? Unshakable faith, hope. Hope that is set upon the anchor of our soul, the word of God who comes from a God who cannot lie. Love, are you lacking love? Love for God, love for one another and love for those little ships that don't have Jesus in their boat. If any of those are lacking, I plead with you, my dear friends, tonight to humble yourself before God and admit that to God and those who come to God lacking and empty and cry out, God will be sure to fill. He will strengthen our faith. He will give us that unshakable hope and peace that surpasses all understanding, and he will fill you with his love when he fills you with his spirit. The love of God is shed abroad in our heart by the Holy Spirit. Lord, fill me that I may shine with your light. Let the lower lights of this church be burning, burning with the love of God, pointing people to the cross, pointing people to Christ. Amen. Let's stand to our feet. I want you to bow your heads with me as we pray. Brother, I want you to get that song ready, if you would. That's my favorite song, one of my very favorites. I haven't I've never run into a church that knew that song. You wouldn't believe this, but I grew up a Catholic boy, and that's the first time I heard that song was in a Catholic church. Haven't hardly heard it since. But the song is Here Am I, Send Me. And I have one invitation to you, brothers and sisters. God said to Isaiah after Isaiah had that awesome vision of God, of the Lord Jesus Christ and all of his glory, he was smitten by the light of Christ. The glory of Christ, he says, woe is me. I'm undone. I'm a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips. And my eyes have seen the king. The Lord of hosts. God cleansed him of his sin, he took the live coal and touched his mouth and took away his sins. Isaiah was forgiven. Do you remember what happens next? The Lord says, now, who shall go for it? Who will go for us? Whom shall I send? And Isaiah was so close to God by that time, he overheard him say, whom shall I send? Who will go for us? And he says. Here I am, send me. That's the invitation tonight as we sing this song and you want to respond to God, the altar is open, these front pews are open if you want to kneel to God. And I don't want you to come unless you know the Holy Spirit is speaking to you, unless you're serious about doing business with God and you say, Lord, I'm serious. Here am I. Send me. But first, strengthen my faith. Let the hope of you, Lord Jesus Christ, be an anchor in my soul and fill me with your love to overflowing. Here am I. Send me. That's the invitation. That's the appeal. Now, Father, I pray in the name of Jesus that you would help us to take seriously, Lord, your word. If you are speaking to anyone here and I believe you are, I pray, God, that you would give us the grace to respond to you, father, to respond to your voice calling who will go for us. Whom shall I send? Father, we know there is a storm coming. We know it in our hearts. You've told us in your word. You've given us so many wake up calls. And my God, I pray you place an urgency in our hearts tonight and that we would respond now. As you as you speak to us, we will respond to your voice in Jesus name. Amen. As we sing and you want to come forward, please feel free to do that. We're going to sing here am I. Send me that you so love the world you gave your only son. That you're not willing that any should perish, O Lord. You're not willing that any should perish in hell. You gave your son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who laid down his life, who loved us to the very end. We thank you, Jesus, with all my heart. I thank you for saving me. I thank you for rescuing me, Lord. I thank you for saving me. I thank you for everyone here who is saved. Thank you for saving us, O God. Thank you for giving us the gift of faith. Thank you for giving us a hope, Lord God. That is an absolute assurance that we have in you of everlasting life. And even when everything else is shaken, that can be shaken, you remain unshakable, Lord. And because we are hidden in you, we shall remain unshaken. I thank you for that, Lord. I thank you that we're entering the church's finest hour. A time, Lord, when people are going through storms and a time when people will be looking for hope, they'll be crying out for answers. God forbid that our lower lights burn out. We ask you tonight, Lord, that let the love of God be shed abroad in our hearts, that we shine, that we burn. Lord, I pray for your church here to burn brightly with the holy love of Jesus. Let the lower lights be burning among your people here. Let men, women, and children all over this area of Wisconsin will see it, Lord. They will see the saints shining with the love of Christ and they will glorify you, our Father, which is in heaven. Lord, may your love compel us to go. We've heard enough this week. We've heard, Lord. We don't want to just sit and stagnate. It's time to obey. The hour has come that you be glorified, Lord. Lord Jesus, so whatever you're telling us to do, Lord, each and every one of us, because we know there's no formula. We have to hear from you. We have to hear you speak to us by your spirit and through your word. But when you speak to us, Lord, let us not hesitate. Let us not hesitate. Let there be no delayed obedience, but immediate obedience to go, to shine, to share for your glory and honor. Lord, there's still room. There's plenty of room. Give us your heart for this world, the lost. I pray also, Father, for this precious church that love for one another would prevail. Oh, Jesus, that we would see one another through your eyes. Oh, Jesus, I pray that you would unite their hearts together as one. That just as you said in Ezekiel, when you breathed on those dry bones and you raised them up to life, you raised up a mighty army. You don't need a vast multitude. You only need a few here in one accord who will turn this whole area upside down for the glory of God. Set a fire in our bones. Put a fire in our hearts, Lord. Bless this church. Bless these precious people. Cause your face to shine upon them. Glorify your name in each and every life, Lord, standing here, represented here tonight. We praise you, mighty God, for what you will do. We praise you, Lord God. You are the God of the impossible. You're a mighty God. You're mighty to save. I pray your anointing be upon each one of your children here, Lord. I pray you bless them, Lord, with your grace and power, with your love and your peace. Lord, when all that is shaken and these storms come, would you help us to lift our heads and rejoice? Because our redemption draws nigh. Let us never lose sight of you, Lord. Keep our eyes fixed upon you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. I commit this precious people, Lord, into your hands. Thank you for the privilege of being here these past several days. It's gone so fast for me, so by so fast. I'm so blessed, God. I thank you for this precious time. I love you, Lord. Thank you for so loving us. In Jesus' name, amen. Brothers and sisters, it has been such a privilege to be with all of you this week. I really don't have adequate words to say how grateful I am for all your love and hospitality and kindness. You have something here, church. You have strong families, godly families. That is a tremendous testimony. That is a tremendous light to this world today. But I want to tell you, you've got to shine with it. Don't let it be just about you and your family. There's little ships out there. They need to see these families. They need to be invited in to sit down at your supper table and to see what it's like to be in a godly home. Open your doors. Bring them in. Because you do have something. You have something to be grateful for. I thank you. I thank you for this time together. And God bless all of you.