True riches are found in godliness with contentment, not material wealth, as explored in 1 Timothy 6. The sermon emphasizes that Christ's influence should permeate all aspects of life, including secular work and social interactions, urging believers to withdraw from those who teach false doctrines. It highlights the importance of serving masters with honor, regardless of their faith, and calls for a life of holiness and faithful service, ultimately urging believers to fight the good fight of faith and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness.
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Sing few verses of number thirty-seven, just before the message, Give Me a Sight, O Savior, of thy wondrous love to me, number thirty-seven. Give me a Sight, O Savior, thy wondrous love to me. Oh, oh, oh, oh Thank you, my dear Lord Jesus.
house that stand here, that will lead you to heaven, for it will lead to me, the holy one, who's let go in his life with me. I personally want to thank all of you for your great singing and for those also that helped in the choir. And I appreciate the cooperation of each. Thank you.
God has truly blessed our hearts with great ministry this week. We appreciate that. And I know our speaker tonight won't appreciate this, but I'm going to do it anyway. Because even though he was a great fighter one day, I don't think he'll hit me in front of all of you. And I'm sure he won't. But I want to tell you this. Our brother Ford has been tremendous this week. And we want to just give him a real round of applause as he comes for his last message. Mind you, and I don't care what he says, do it. All right? I was preaching in the city of Rugby some time ago, and there was a man converted who, to say the least of it, had been extremely rough, extremely rough.
God saved him and did a good job of work like God always does. And he came along to the prayer meeting, and he'd never been to a prayer meeting in his life. And he heard the brethren say a few amens and a few praise the Lord. And he got into the swing of it. Halfway through the prayer meeting, he shouted, Three cheers for Jesus. Oh, my. And I'll let you into a secret. I gave those three cheers as well. And we do appreciate your kindness in clapping like that. But if there's anyone to be thanked for what we are, it's the Lord himself. He upheld.
I could have said what I've said. I couldn't have done what I've done. if there had not been a time in my life when I bow my knee to Jesus Christ. And I'd like to say it again, that all that I know and all that I have and all that I ever hope to be is because one day Jesus Christ broke into my life and gave me his salvation. We thank him for that. We're turning, if we may please, to the last chapter of One Timothy, and we're going to close our studies in this wonderful, wonderful letter. I won't be able to say all I want to say. I haven't been able to say all I wanted to say in past evening.
But nevertheless, we're going to look at this last chapter, and we're going to remind our hearts of those words that have been the center of our meditation. Our mother has quoted them in prayer. We would quote them again this evening. We must still remember that this was a letter that was written that we might know how we ought to behave ourselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. You know, I'm glad it doesn't say the church of the dead God, but the living God. He's alive, and because we are members of his body, praise God, we're alive as well.
We have life, and that of London. But as we turn to this last chapter, may I please just tell you what is on my heart. We're going to see that here is the chapter which is addressed first to our secular life. It has to deal with our business, our work. It speaks to those servants and masters. If there is one thing I'm absolutely certain of, it's this. that Jesus Christ should not just affect our Sunday life. There are too many whose religion, if I may use that word, is like their Sunday soup.
It comes out of the wardrobe Sunday morning, it goes back Sunday night, and you say goodbye until the next week. Now those things shouldn't be, shouldn't they? And if the outcome of our week-off study of the Word of God brings this before, then I will be glad that Jesus Christ is interested in me and business. He's interested in me and my work and my profession and my school and my college. And the last chapter is first addressed to our secular life. But then it is addressed to our social life.
it uses an expression that sometimes we find not very difficult to use it dares to say this in verses three through five it says from such withdraw thyself there are some people that we should have no social life in at all now that does not mean we must witness to them but it means what it says from such withdraw thyself. So the Bible affects our secular life. And the Bible affects our social life. But then it seems to me that from birth takes right to the end, the apostle is addressing himself not to our secular life, nor to our social life, but to our spiritual life.
He dares remind us of the wonderful fact that God in us with contentment is great gays, great gays. Firstly then, let us consider a little of those first parties that finish in verse six. Let us many servants, as are under the yoke, count their own masters worthy of all honour. that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemy. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren, but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, and partakers of the benefit.
These things teach and exhort. If any man teach otherwise and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but jotting about questions and stripes of words, will come of envy, strife, raiding, evil-summising, perverse disputing that men of corrupt mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness. For such withdraw thyself that godliness with contentment is great, gay.
For we walk nothing into this world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us see wherewith contentment. If we may please, verse thirteen, I can be charged in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things. And before Jesus Christ, or Christ, Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate, witnessed the good confession, and thou keep this commandment without mock, unrefukable. until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who only have immortality dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen nor can see, to whom the honour, power, heaven of thee, Amen.
The Lord will bless, I'm sure, the reading of his own precious word. I suggested to you that first we have to consider the fact that here are words that are addressed to our secular life. I would suggest to you that from verse one to verse two, we have talked before first the duty of service. And then we have put before the diligence of service, service, for the duties of service. We have read, and I am sure all our hearts would say amen concerning these words as long as they affect someone else.
But we want to say amen as they affect us. For you will notice that the Apostle dares remind us that here we must find ourselves that we shall count our masters worthy of honor. Now, I would suggest to you, for we have no reason to doubt this, that the masters that are being spoken to in Barthois are not Christian masters or godly masters. but they are the men we part. If you would like to know, as it were, the strength of the Greek word here, the thought is not just of a servant, but of a slave.
It is not just of someone who is paid for so many hours' work of a day, but someone who has come under the direct authority of a master. And yet, as a Christian, they were exhorted to render to those masters honor and most sometimes they were heathen masters, and sometimes hard, tough masters. Yet they were exhorted that they should render to those masters honor for those masters was worthy of it, were worthy of it. Brethren, sisters, I have little doubt I can't speak for your country, but I can for mine.
I have little doubt that as far as you are concerned, as far as we are concerned, there seems to be in the world today so much industrial unrest. There seems to be a prevalent feeling that Jack is as good as his master and as I can better. There seems to be the feeling that I am here to get as much as I can and give as little as I can. But you must understand it, that while the world may talk like that, the Christian church must not talk like that. For the Christian church must ever remember this fact, that the name of God and his suffering must not be blasphemed.
And while I may be a servant of an earthly master, I am but a servant of that earthly master, because I am a servant of a heavenly master. And I thank God that it is not in this scene I look for my wages, but I thank God it is in another scene. I thank God that one day we shall stand before him, and I believe we shall receive his well-done, good and faithful fervent, not just for the number of fervents we preach, not just for the number of punditful scholars we instruct him, not just to the number of services we attended, but my whole life is going to be reviewed.
And I believe my attitude in work is as important as my attitude in church. And I suggest to you, please let me say it again, not guilty, not guilty. I didn't write the Bible. And if you're praying, Mr. Preacher, I don't know if I agree with that. Please don't come and tell me. You go home and drop on your knees and tell God that he deceived you. That he called something to be written that wasn't for you. And I don't believe any one of us would do that, would we?
Oh, that God may grant that this may be true, that he will increase in our daily life. our secular life, and we may see greater. And I say this, and I believe this is true, that Jesus Christ makes our ordinary daily path more privileged when we give him his rightful grace. But then will you notice that we have fought before us not only the beauty of sermons, but we have fought before the diligence of sermons. hearken again to verses as they are the apostle dares remind us and they that have believing masters so no doubt the first verse is unbelieving masters those that have believing masters let them not despise them because they are brethren but rather do them service because they are faithful and beloved and partakers of the plenipot these things he and exhort now i am not going to suggest because it's not true i am not going to
suggest that if i have a christian master i ought to work for him harder than i do for a master that's not a christian i believe i ought to give my death for both but i do remember this i do remember this surely the apostle is saved that if my master is a Christian master and I work well for him, then not only am I serving God and serving my master, but if that Christian master is walking with God, then his time is going to be a bit bigger. If his business suffers and through my labor the work of God is going to be blessed, Or do you see how you cannot isolate, can you?
You cannot isolate your daily task from the influence of your Christian witness. As we go back, all brethren and sisters, as to our own assemblies later, we shall return. Let's go back determined of this, that our Christian faith will affect every moment of our life, that we may live out our life, for his glory. But then it seemed for me that he addresses his remarks not only to our secular life but to our social life. For he dared to remind us from verse three through verse five.
He dared to remind us of the tremendous change that there are amongst men and women those whose teaching is dubious. May I repeat that? He dares remind us that there are those whose teaching is dubious. Hearken to that which he says. If any man teach other one, if any man teach other one, hearken and consent not to hold some words, even the words of the Lord Jesus Christ and to the doctrine which is according to God with us, then that man is proud, knowing nothing, but doping about questions and swipes of words, where all come at envying and strife and railings and evil-summising, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness, from that withdrawal.
Now here's our social life. I don't know whether you are sure you don't. Maybe it will be meaningless to you. But in my country we have an expression. We talk about sending a man to Coventry. Now I'm not going to say anything about the city of Coventry. I'm not going to say anything about that. That's beyond this. No, I better not. I'll probably be giving you a history lesson. And I don't want to do that. Sufficient to say that we use this expression in our country sending a man to commentary when you refuse to fellowship with him.
You refuse to speak to him. You refuse to have anything to do with him. We say we tempt them to commentary. It goes back to the great story of Lady Godiva. It goes back to the great foundation of that awful expression of peeping past. It's found in the history of the city of Coventry. And when you send the man to Coventry, you so despise what he does that henceforth you'll never talk to him. You'll have nothing to do with him. And brethren, sisters, I believe... I believe that there are some people that we are called not to fellowship with. Treat the gospel to them.
Seek to get them saved. But remember this, that if they are those who teach another doctrine, if they are those who deny the doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ, do you remember what John says to them? Those who tell us that Christ did not come in the flesh. we must neither allow them to enter our home we must not shake hands with them or wish them God speed says God it is epistle because if we do we'll be a partaker of their evil deeds there is a line of holiness that the color of both the house of God and the people of God I was sharing with the saints in in, well, wherever it was, I was.
But I were sharing with them a little of the priesthood of all believers. It is one of the great doctrines of the Christian faith that has kept me where I am. I could see, please, I love all those who love the Lord Jesus. Whatever name you may take to yourself, if you love Christ, let me tell you this. You're my brother. You're my sister. And I love you in Christ. I don't always understand you. But I love you. But the thing that has kept me with a company of Christians that I gather with more than any other doctrine in the Bible is the priesthood of every believer.
I will allow a man to preach to me, but I won't allow a man to worship for me, not me. Oh, I remember how Peter dared to say. You remember, ye are a holy priesthood. Not we are, Peter and Paul and Apollo and the great host of the leaders of the church. Not we are, but ye are a holy priesthood. I like that, don't you? I like that. A holy priesthood. Listen, he has made of holy, but he expects us to be holy. He doesn't say you are an educated priesthood.
You know, I'm glad of that. I thank God there are many educated holy priests. But I thank God there are lots of ignorant holy priests as well. And I want to say this to you, Oh, please, brethren, I want to say this to you, that as I look back over my life, I thank God for what I've learned, Christ, for every brother and sister, of those whose ability is so great that they stand before us and minister the word, translating immediately from the Greek and the Hebrew, I associate with so many Christians like this, that I thank God for men, men who have a job to read the English, that they know the mind of God.
And I thank God for what they taught me of Jesus. Oh, I lift my heart in blessing to God for some of the men that have left a mark on my wife and my life. Wonderful men, because they were holy. They presented their person to Christ. Present your body the living sacrifice. They presented their purses to Christ. Did you notice how Brother Dick Sunday morning, did you notice it? You know I was the only one who said Amen, but you're not great Amen players over here, are you? But did you notice Sunday morning how when Brother Dick took the basket and passed it around for our offering?
How he reminded us that we continue in our worship, in our offering. No, we didn't finish worshipping when we partook of the cup. But we continued in our worship to communicate and do good, forget not. For we sanctify. God is well pleased. As a holy priest, I present my purpose. As a holy priest, I present my prayer. As a holy priest, I present my praise. The sacrifice of praise to God continually. I say. However, did I get that out of the last chapter of Timothy? Well, I found out long ago you'd take anything out if you put it in first, aren't you?
Ah, I only know this. I only know this. That as we read these wonderful verses, we are reminded that as we approach Christ, we are not educated priests or Episcopalian priests or any other sort, but holy priests. And that's what we ought to be. We ought to live our lives holy before God. And if there are those that mar the testimony by teaching any other doctrine, this is what we read. Withdraw from touch. Please, not guilty. I didn't write it.
I didn't write it. How it affects our social life. Would you notice I said that there was first of all dubious teaching, but then there is discordant resolve. Now please do not tell us that the doctrines we hold don't care. There is nothing that affects our life like our doctrine. If we are wrong in our doctrine, we are wrong in our living. If I believe that Jesus Christ is God, if I believe that the Holy Spirit is God, if I believe that the Father is God, then all that is going to be translated in my living, is this?
If the Spirit of God indwells me, if Christ has entered my heart, if I've been called into the family of God and cry, ever, Father, what manner of man will I be? What manner of woman will you be? And if you're wrong in your doctrine, Would you please notice what we read? If you're wrong in your doctrines, the poor dares to tell us he's trying, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strife of words, we're all coming, envy and strife, raving, and so on. Don't want to read them again. Young man, it isn't your responsibility alone.
It is your real and lasting duty to make sure you're at the ministry meeting and the Bible reading. We should be there where the Word of God is taught to us because it affects our life. It affects our living. You know, there are lots of folks that take it in here. Take it in here. And it seems to me that God needs to take a great sledgehammer and give them a bang so it goes down into here. And if I have my way, I give them a second one too. Make sure it goes into their feet and they walk in the ways of it.
This is what he called a bunch. Being a Christian, you have heard me say preaching the gospel again and again that I would not give you that much, not that much. For a man or a woman who tells me they're a Christian and doesn't show it by their living. If I love Christ, I'll love others and live for the Savior. For that brings me now to my last point. That not only is there that which is addressed to our secular life, and that which is addressed to our social life, but that which is addressed to our spiritual life. Did you notice how verse six, how verse six opens?
But godliness, godliness, godlikeness with contempt is great gauge. How important that is. He goes on to remind us that we came into the world with nothing. We will go out with nothing. But he's only talking about material wealth. He's not talking about what we're going out with. in our spiritual character and life lay up treasure in heaven we used to sing with the children I expect you still do lay up treasure in heaven for life will pass away lay up treasure in abundant measure for that great accounting day lay up treasure in heaven so men can't be poor thou shalt dwell with the sons of God forevermore and I'll let you know a secret it's a good children's course that one because it's the truth of God.
We will take nothing materially out of this deed, but we will take out of this deed what we have built for Jesus Christ. Praise God we will. And when I stand before him, I said it before, oh how I long to be able to stand and say, Lord, acknowledging that he alone is worthy of the more. Oh, let us start here today with our devotion, our God-likeness. You will notice that he goes on in verse eleven, and he dares to say, But thou, oh, man of God. I like that, don't you?
Is it wonderful to be a man of God, a woman of God? Do you know, brethren, I'd rather that than almost anything. Almost anything. And man of God. Could you say anything grander? Could you say anything finer? A woman of God. And here the apostle writes to Timothy, and he dares to say, Oh, oh, man of God. And now he exhorts him to do three things. Would you notice this? He exhorts him to please. He exhorts him to follow. And he exhorts him to fight. All men of God plead these things.
You must forgive me being an Englishman, but it's about the only American story I know. And I heard it from an American, so you must permit me to pass it on. But during the last war, the story is told of how lying in their split trench before no man's land were found a company of American soldiers. God bless. The opposite gate commandment that they should leave their flit trenches and go across no man's land. And then jumped out of the flit trenches these men. But one of them, as he was going across no man's land, a bullet nearly got his ear. He threw down his gun and he took out of his pocket an old razor.
He'd fought many a time on the streets of Harlem with that one. And then he went with his razor and suddenly a bullet nearly got his other ear. And he threw down his razor. And he turned and began to run. And he was halted at the point of the officer's revolver. What are you retreating for? Oh, I am retreating. He said, I'm advancing to the rear. Oh, that's it, isn't it? That's it. Do you know something? Do you know something? That there are some things, it's no sign of spirituality to fight them. God says, plead them. Oh, man of God, run away from that which is evil.
Plead these things. Ah, but then he says, if there are some things that we must plead from, there are some things we must follow. Follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. This is what we've got to follow after. Oh, isn't it wonderful to know how positive the Christian faith is? It's not a lot of jokes, isn't it? Not a lot of jokes. It's a lot of do's. Do follow after, follow after, follow after. By the way, haven't time to talk about it. But I think those words, don't you? I think those words are one of the finest descriptions in the Bible of Jesus Christ.
What was it? Follow after righteousness. Oh. If ever there was one that was righteous with ease, follow after God likeness. Boy, that's the Lord Jesus. Follow after faith. Follow after love, patience, meekness. Oh, what a savior. And then he goes further. He says, I want you to play. I want you to follow. But I want you to fight. Fight for good. Fight for faith. I like that, don't you? I like that. Fight the good fight, I'll say. But remember this, remember this, you can't do very much fighting unless you have a little training.
I often say to young men, when I point them to the Lord, I often say, you know, when I was sold, before I was converted, I used to earn a living fighting. And there were three things I had to do. Three things I had to do. First of all, I had to wait. That was important to get the strength. Then I'd have to exercise. I'd not be as fat as I am now and no good for anything. And then I had to seek the company of those who know more about it than I do. Now that was true of ordinary physical fighting. How much more is it true of spiritual fighting? Fight for good, fight for faith. Jesus said, man shall not live by dread alone. that by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God, feed on the word of God.
Exercise if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord. Tell others about him. But seek the company of those who know more about it than you. Seek his company in prayer because he knows all about it. But seek the company of other Christians in your fellowship. That they may help you. Farnish into a secret. There are very few men who walk a pathway that no one else has walked. Most of them have gone that way themselves. Oh, let's fight for good fight of faith. Let's get in there and fight for good fight of faith. May I please remind you what I said the other evening, that it's a good fight.
It's a fight, but it's a good one. You know, fighting isn't standing up and letting someone hit you, that slaughter. fighting is hitting them a bit, and that's not the best. I only know this, that there's a fight to be fought, there's a race to be run, God give us to flee, to follow, and to fight. And then I must come to a close, although I won't finish the chapter. Would you notice, please, that if our devotion is seen, godliness with contentment, If our dependence is seen, we are men of God. We depend on him for our food, for instruction, for exercise.
Would you please notice that Paul gives us a divine example. And what an example? There is a sevenfold description of deity. I can't talk about it if I start. are never finished. I want to read it. This heaven told description of deity. Harkin, the blessed and only potentate. Hallelujah. Harkin, the King of Kings. Harkin, the Lord of Lords. Harkin, who only have immortality dwelling in light which no man can approach unto.
Harken to whom no man has seen or can see. Harken to whom the honor harken and power everlasting. And now let me harken. Amen. Amen. Of brethren, what a savior. What a thing. Do you know, brother, could we sing that little chorus, One Timothy, One, Seventeen, to close. One Timothy One Seventeen, you've got it right there in your Bible. Let's sing it to close. Now unto the king, eternal, immortal, oh, by the way, please, King James Version.
Oh, none of your international Bibles, brother. Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Everybody's patient. This is a tremendous night. A lot of tensions as well as your attic at this building. The children are getting ready to come in. Choir going to be ready to sing in a few moments. There's still quite a few standing out in the hall. If everyone will come in and take their seats, you're in for the treat of your life. One of the highlights of Bristol.
You can't hear me back a lot. I thought I was loud enough to be heard anyway. All right. Okay. That's a compliment that they couldn't hear my big mouth. If someone in the back will please let me know when Mr. Woody Murphy is ready with his children. We'll appreciate it. In the meantime, a couple of quick announcements since you're relaxed. I didn't say it. Hmm. Warren, that's the worst mistake you've made all week. That's a bad one. I didn't know you were the squeaking brother. Well, anyway, someone inadvertently, that's a word for meaning by mistake, I think. I don't know if it's a good English word, took a fan from here this afternoon exactly like one of the blue ones over in the window.
And since it belongs to a young man's mother-in-law, he's afraid to go home. He's already afraid of her anyway. So if someone took a blue fan exactly like the GE fan over there, by mistake, really it had a name on it. Well, I better not tell the name, though, Helen. That'd be terrible. Had a name on it anyway. If it didn't your name, it belonged to this young man. Also, there is a camp starting next week up in the beautiful mountains, the Sourtown Mountains, North Carolina near Winston-Salem. call our mountaintop youth camp. And we still have room for some boys, nine through sixteen. Now, if you had a great time up here this week, think of what those youngsters would have up there next week. So there's folders out on the table, send them up the mountaintop.
I believe it's been over fifty saves up there or close to it throughout the last week, and it's been tremendous. So take your children to camps and Bible conferences. God will bless you. Mr. Murphy, you coming down to get ready? Here is a gentleman that really puts out work, effort, talent, and skills led of the Holy Spirit at Bristol Bible Conference. Our brother Woody Murphy, who works with the children, he had some help this year in the early days being up at camp with Charlie Baker and Carol Baker. But Woody has been running our children's program for years in Bristol. And you mothers and dads know what that is. You almost just turn them loose and he takes over. And you're going to see the results right now. So Woody Murphy from Tampa, Florida...
former of North Carolina. I'd like to add that, and his wife, Ima, will now take over. Woody, come on up. Give him a good hand as he comes up. Well, thank you, Dick. It has been a real joy this week to work again with the children. I had a mother to come to me the other day, and she came to the table where I was eating. and said, you know, Woody, your name is a household name around the house. And I didn't ask her whether it was bad or good. I was afraid to, really. But we have enjoyed working again this week with the boys and girls. They may be just a little younger than they have been in years, but they'll grow up, too.
And we've had a lot of new boys and girls, which we are thankful for these coming along this year. We have had three... boys and girls this week to stay back wanting to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. And this makes it all worthwhile. Just a week before last when we were working at Mountain Top Youth Camp with Ken and Becky Anderson, Becky came to me and she said, Ms. Murphy said, you know, would you remember years ago when I was very young and I stayed back at Bristol Bible Conference and received the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Savior? And I had to admit that I didn't remember the exact time because we do have a lot of these little thoughts staying back and wanting to know the Lord.
And we just thank God for this. And especially, as I mentioned to them and others this week, it means so much when you see these boys and girls growing up and going on for the Lord, just like Becky and Ken are doing a tremendous job there at Mountaintop Youth Camp and others, the Shirley Wheeler that received the Lord here. years ago and she's working now every year with us in Christ and helping out with the children it thrilled your heart to see them going on as John says in his epistle that's a real joy when you not only see them saved but see them going on and growing in the Lord we're very grateful to those who have been helping us this week we are thankful to Charlie and Carol for helping out we were not able to get here until Sunday night because of mountaintop youth camp not ending until Sunday afternoon.
So we appreciate their work taking care of the children until then, also helping out this week. And then we've got several of our ladies who have been coming down, missing the morning meeting, and we're very thankful for these. Mrs. Andrews has been coming down, helping out in handcraft, and also Mrs. Redling, and Mrs. Roy Baker has been coming and helping. Shirley Wheeler, as I mentioned, has always faithful to come down and work with us and help out. And certainly we appreciate my wife helping us in handcraft and the scripture verses and so on. We have had two pianists this week working with us.
We had first Dana Fishman and then Joy Fontana has been working with us the remainder of the week. So we are thankful for all the work that has been put into making our children's meeting possible this week. So we trust that they're going to do a good job tonight. We really haven't had too much time to work with them, but we feel that you will enjoy their scripture verses and so on. And I'm sure you will detect that the theme of the scripture memorizing this week, scripture verses, is prayer. So you might keep that in mind through the program. Now all of these, well at least most of these are new choruses for the children.
I don't think that maybe a few knew one of the choruses that they will be singing, but most of them were entirely new to the children when they came to the conference. So let's have the children come up and let's hear from them. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
When we go by heart I'm happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, I can heal everybody if you need a song.
He doesn't do. He doesn't fail. I'll do the natural eternity. I'll do the natural eternity. I'll do the natural eternity. I'll do the natural eternity. In our morning classes this week we have been learning about prayer. First we talked about who can pray. We learned that everyone can pray. Sinners and believers. And our memory first was Psalm If I be God iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
Psalm sixty-six, eighteen. On the second day, we learned what to pray for. Sinners should pray for salvation. Believers should pray about all things. We used the hand to remind us of what to pray for. The thumb reminds us to pray for those closest to us, mother, father, and other. The index finger reminds us to pray for the Lord Jesus Christ for dying on the cross, pointing out it reminds us to pray for those who have guided us, teachers, preachers, and others.
The middle finger is the highest finger of all. That reminds us to pray for those in authority, the rulers of our country and others. The ring finger is the weakest finger of all. It reminds us to pray for the sick, the needy, and the poor. The little finger is the smallest finger of all. That reminds us to pray for ourselves. Our memory verse was, Philippians, four, six. This time, be careful for everything. Learn everything by prayer and supplication.
It was Thanksgiving. Let us remember the question you made known unto God. On our third day, on our third day, we learned why we should pray. First, because Jesus asked us to. Second, because what because praying helps us to grow. Third, because we get a real joy when we receive what we ask for. Our memory verse was John sixteen twenty four. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name. Ask and ye shall we see that your joy may be full. On the fourth day we learned how to pray.
We learned to pray through the Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father, according to his will, we should bow our next heads and close our eyes. We can pray in any position. We also learn that Sam hinders prayer. Our verse was first John, five, fourteen. And this is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. On our last baby land, we need to pray. We can pray anytime, morning, noon, and night.
Before meals, when reading the Bible, and at all times, our memory, our memory first was first testimony in fact seventeen. Pray without ceasing. Thank you.
is what we love for all. It is time to see the sky to see the sky to see the sky to see the sun. Thank you.
Thank you. The beginner boys and girls made the little smiley faces. First we sanded them and then we painted them. Our teachers made little smiley faces on them. The primary boys and girls made flower vases.
First of all they cut out great paper circles and put glue on the bottom, then glue them up. And then cut a screw down and then put a flower in it. And we make it pretty. The Junior Morris made death calendars for the death of him. It's made out of three popsicle sticks and it's glued, the popsicle sticks are glued together. The calendar and the memory verses on the paper are added last. We think this is a nice thing for a death of him. The Junior girls made dream pictures.
Jenny Rose made ring pictures. First we made, we got drapery drawings, and then we glued the paper to them and put the three big pictures on, which I think are pretty.