A Lesson on the Beatitudes

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Short Summary
The discourse presents an elementary teaching approach using a KWL chart to study the Beatitudes, emphasizing the layered meanings of “blessed” as grace, fortune, and happiness despite suffering. The speaker shares a personal testimony of enduring ocular melanoma, illustrating how faith, scripture, and support from others provide comfort and encouragement through trials. Ultimately, the lesson highlights that blessings come from God, suffering has purpose, and embracing the Beatitudes can bring present happiness and hope for future rewards.

Long Summary
Introduction to Teaching the Beatitudes:
– The discourse opens by emphasizing that this is *not* “the lesson on the Beatitudes,” highlighting the intentional flexibility in teaching styles.
– References a Monday night discussion among brethren on 1 Timothy 4:16, noting Paul’s encouragement to Timothy to teach but not prescribing a specific teaching method.
– The speaker proposes an elementary-school teaching style as one of many possible methods, suitable for all learners, not just postgraduate students.

KWL Chart Method as a Teaching Tool:
– Introduces the KWL chart (Know, Want to know, Learned) as a simple but effective study approach.
K: What do I know? (Activates prior knowledge about a topic)
W: What do I want to know? (Engages curiosity and sets learning goals)
L: What did I learn? (Reflects on knowledge gained)
– Suggests using this method even in class studies by asking the group what they know about a topic (e.g., Agape Love).
– This approach helps learners organize thoughts and deepen understanding.

Exploring the Beatitudes:
– Begins with the question, “What do you know about the Beatitudes?”
– Points out that the Beatitudes are part of the Sermon on the Mount—the very first part—and directed primarily to Jesus’ disciples, not the general crowd (Matthew 5:1-12).
– Emphasizes the importance of understanding why the Beatitudes are placed at the start of the Sermon and the meaning of the word “Beatitude.”

Meaning of the Word “Beatitude”:
– The Greek word *makarios* is translated variously as:
1. Blessed (King James Version) — a state of grace and divine favor.
2. Fortunate or spiritually prosperous (Amplified Bible) — happiness and joy in God’s favor, regardless of outward circumstances.
3. Happy (Phillips translation) — joy that endures even through suffering and trials.
– The discourse reads Matthew 5:1-12 multiple times using these translations to highlight different nuances.
– Stresses repeated phrases such as “regardless of outward conditions,” demonstrating that God’s favor is independent of earthly suffering.

Key Teachings from the Beatitudes:
– Our relationship with God and the blessings described are by His grace, not our own merit.
– Most blessings are promises to be fully realized in the future (e.g., “the kingdom of heaven,” “they shall inherit the earth,” “they shall see God”).
– The Beatitudes include the call to endure suffering and persecution for righteousness’ sake.
– The ultimate reward for faithful endurance is the “crown of life” (James 1:12; Revelation 2:10), a heavenly reward for those who suffer with Christ.

Supporting Scriptures on Suffering and Reward:
– 1 Peter 4:14 (Amplified): Those who suffer for Christ are blessed because God’s Spirit rests on them.
– James 1:12: The patient under trial receives the victor’s crown of life.
– Hebrews 2:10-11: Christ perfected salvation through suffering and calls believers brethren.
– Revelation 2:10: Encouragement to be faithful unto death to receive the crown of life.
– 1 Corinthians 10:13: God provides a way to endure temptation and trials.

Personal Testimony Related to the Beatitudes:
– The speaker shares his experience with ocular melanoma diagnosed in December and the subsequent treatment.
– Emphasizes how the Beatitudes and their promise of God’s presence “regardless of outward conditions” provided comfort during months of pain.
– Shares a prayer expressing surrender to God’s will amid suffering.
– Highlights the support of his wife and fellow brethren, reflecting the biblical principle of comforting one another (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).
– Describes a providential event where his eye doctor’s spouse had a similar condition and recommended the same specialist, demonstrating God’s providence.

Lessons from Personal Experience:
– Encourages believers to pray first and seek God’s comfort in trials.
– Stresses the importance of community support and asking “What can we do to help?”
– Encourages awareness of God’s providence in daily life.
– Advises patience and trust in God’s timing, even when relief is delayed.
– Highlights how suffering can deepen faith and offer opportunities to comfort others.

Applying the Beatitudes in Daily Life:
– Encourages believers to revisit the Beatitudes for encouragement and reassurance.
– Reminds that the Beatitudes are the words of Jesus Christ, carrying great authority and weight.
– Points out that blessings come from God and are often promises of future glory, but they provide happiness and strength now.
– Encourages embracing suffering as a privilege shared with Christ that leads to eternal reward.
– Observes that believers can exhibit joy and happiness even amid pain, as seen in the fellowship of brethren.

Summary and Encouragement for Teaching and Learning:
– There is no single “best” way to teach or learn; different methods suit different people.
– The elementary KWL approach can be a useful tool: start with what you know, ask what you want to know, study, then reflect on what you have learned.
– Encourages personalizing Bible study topics (e.g., love, sanctification) using this method.
– Urges openness to change methods if one does not fit.
– Closes with love and well-wishes to brethren, including a prayer for Brother Mark’s recovery.

Selected Bible Verses Referenced:

– Matthew 5:1-12 (The Beatitudes)
– 1 Peter 4:14 (Amplified)
– James 1:2-4, 12 (Amplified)
– Hebrews 2:10-11
– Revelation 2:10
– 1 Corinthians 10:13
– 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (comforting others)
– 2 Corinthians 13:4 (comfort in troubles)

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Overall, the discourse provides:

– A practical, accessible teaching method (KWL chart) for Bible study.
– A layered understanding of the Beatitudes focusing on the richness of the word “blessed.”
– Encouragement to find joy and happiness through suffering by relying on God’s promises.
– A heartfelt personal testimony that illustrates living out the Beatitudes in real life.
– Scriptural support reinforcing the hope and reward for faithful endurance.
– A call to community, mutual support, and recognizing God’s providence in daily life.

Transcript

Lesson on the Beatitudes, and you’ll notice first off, it does not say the lesson on the Beatitudes, and that’s very purposeful. All this week we’ve heard different brethren from the platform talk about how the brethren have special talents, they have special ways of learning, they have special ways of teaching, and I really appreciated the Monday night discovery, a discussion between brother Comey, JC and brother David Stein on first Timothy 4:16 of how the Apostle Paul tried to encourage Timothy to teach those that he would be there, but we’re not told how he was to teach.

I kind of wonder myself, what was his teaching style? Well, I’m going to offer a teaching style today, and it’s just one of hundreds of different ways of teaching. So this is not a teaching style for postgraduate study, and if I look around the room here and think, okay, well, I want to have a study on the Bible, this should be a postgraduate program. I’m going to take you back to elementary school.

So if you’re ready, we’re going to go back to elementary school. That’s where this type of lesson starts, and this is the lesson we’re going to. Hopefully this works, and maybe there’s some teachers who use this in here.

Now, when I was a student, I never remembered using a KWL chart. When I taught in the early 2000s. I did use the KWL chart, and you may never heard of it, but this is what it is. The K stands for what do I know?

And you ask that question before you start the study, and it’s a great way to start any study, and this could. You could even use this in a class study just by saying, well, what do you know about. Pick a topic, brother.

Brother doctor, what’s the topic we could pick for our Sunday study? Okay, so brethren, if I ask you, what do you what do you know about Agape Love? We’ll just get it down to there. If I asked that, we would be here and I would have to answer everyone’s question because you would all have something to say about because you have knowledge. But young learners don’t have that.

But it gets them thinking about a topic. The next question is what do I want to know? And that reasoning follows what you do know. The third column is what I learned, and there should actually be a little gap between the W and the L, and that’s where the lesson plan comes in.

And that’s going to be what I’m going to talk about. So we’re going to talk about the Beatitudes. If I ask what are the Beatitudes? And just open it up. I wouldn’t have time to say anything because you would fill in the next 40 minutes.

But that’s not what we’re going to do. So just in your mind, just kind of think, what do you know about the Beatitudes? Well, one of the things we know is it comes from the Sermon on the Mount, and where does it come on the Sermon on the Mount? Well, it’s the first part of the Sermon on the Mount.

And is that important? One of the things I would want to know is why is it there? And what’s the meaning of the word Beatitude? You know, we think about the meaning as blessed. Okay, that’s blessed this, blessed that.

What does that word really mean? And is there only one definition? Because if there’s more definitions that might add to the depth of our understanding. As it turns out, there is more than one definition for this word Beatitude. There are three.

The first one is blessed, and we can read that in the King James Version, and we’re going to read. We’re actually going to read this three different times. So King James says, and seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set, his disciples came unto him, and he opened his mouth and taught them.

And if this was me in the class, I’d stop and raise my hand and ask, who’s this coming to this person who’s teaching? Oh, it’s his disciples. Who’s not coming there. Oh, the world’s not coming there. So what’s.

I already learned something. The Beatitudes are part of a message to the church class. Those who are really seeking after him, and then he goes on. He says, blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Can you imagine seeing God? Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all men of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets which went before you.

So here’s the. The first definition is Blessed, and there’s two lessons we can get out of this word blessed. The first is that our relationship with God comes from him and not from us. It’s grace.

That’s why we open by singing Amazing Grace. Our relationship with God isn’t from us. We can’t accomplish anything listed in the Beatitudes. Only God can and he will. Everything promised to us here is primarily accomplished in the future, although we do have a measure of comfort and mercy in this lifetime.

So that’s just the first layer of this word, and the word is blessed. But this word comes from a Greek word called makarios, which also has the meaning of fortunate and happiness, and we want to take a look at that, because if you get a word that has multiple definitions and start layering one layer upon the other, it takes a depth to it. It adds to the richness of the meaning.

So this is our present condition, and it’s similar to our Master’s life, one of suffering.

Oh, I’m sorry, I skipped apart. Yeah, the next. The next one we’re going to look at is from the Amplified Bible, the classic edition, and this second part is from the definition of being fortunate. This is our present condition, being fortunate.

And it’s similar to our Master’s life, which was one of suffering, and so we read in this verse these verses. We’re going to read it again. Seeing the crowds, he went up to the. The mountain.

And when he was seated, his disciples came to him. Then he opened his mouth and taught them, saying, blessed, happy to be envied, and spiritually prosperous with life, joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions, and I love that little part. Regardless of their outward conditions are the poor in spirit, the humble, who rate themselves insignificant. Second, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, blessed and enviable.

Happy, with a happiness produced by the experience of God’s favor, and especially conditioned by the revelation of his matchless grace are those who mourn for they shall be comforted. Blessed, happy, blithesome, joyous, spiritually prosperous with life, joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions. That’s that little repetitive phrase again. Regardless of their outward conditions. It doesn’t matter what we’re going through in life, this relationship God has made with us.

So if we’re going through a tough time, then we can still feel God’s love. I’m going to take a little sidetrack here, and I want to give a personal thank you to everyone who have sent me cards and emails and greetings. I think most of you know, the end of December I’ve. I was diagnosed with ocular melanoma. So I had this little cancer in my eye and it didn’t the news didn’t go out through the bsi.

That’s not the right word. Is that the right initial? Brother Richard? The bsi, it used to be old Ron, but it went out through the Bible student grapevine, and I got so many calls and I really appreciate it.

They did radiation and they destroyed the melanoma, but there was some complications with it and I had a lot of pain for like four months, and so these words have had a kind of came at the right time for me.

And so I’m thankful the Lord gave me that experience right when I needed it. Because regardless of their outward conditions, where my outward conditions were, four months of kind of constant eye pain. Thankfully that’s kind of gone away the last few weeks, so we’ll move on. There are the meek, the mild patient, long suffering for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are the fortunate, and here’s the word fortunate.

Happy and spiritually prosperous in that state in which their born again child of God enjoys his favor and salvation are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, uprightness and right standing with God, for they shall be completely satisfied. Blessed, happy to be envied, and spiritually prosperous with life, joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions. There’s that phrase again, brethren. If you see something repeated over and over again, it’s important, so don’t just kind of skip over things that are repeated. Are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed, happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous, possessing the happiness produced by the experience of God’s favor, and especially conditioned by the revelation of his grace, regardless of their outward conditions and the pure in heart for they shall see God. Blessed, enjoying, enviable happiness, spiritually prosperous with life, joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions, are the makers and maintainers of peace. For they shall be called the sons of God, Blessed and happy, and enviably fortunate and spiritually prosperous in the state in which the born again child of God enjoys and finds satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of his outward conditions and those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for being and doing right for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed, happy to be envied, and spiritually prosperous with life, joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward condition Maybe the Amplified just got stuck like, like the record goes around every once in a while.

Regardless of your outward conditions are when you people, when people reviled you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on my account, be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great, strong and intense. For in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. So this last verse tells us about a reward for going through this, and it’s a heavenly reward, and we have some scriptures that kind of support that, and we’re just going to read a few of them here first Peter 4:14 from the Amplified Again, if you are censured and suffered abuse because you bear the name of Christ, blessed are you happy, fortunate to be envied with life, joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward condition. Why?

Because the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God is resting upon you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified, and again, James 1:12 from Amplified blessed, happy to be envied is the man who is patient under trial and stands up under temptation. For when he has stood the test and been approved, he will receive the victor’s crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Now we’re getting down to some pretty special rewards for suffering, aren’t we?

Hebrews 2:10 and 11 for it was fitting for him for whom all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father, for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brethren, and finally, Revelation 2:10 do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison so that you will be tested and you will have tribulation for 10 days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

There’s that promise again. What is it? It’s the crown of life. That’s why we suffer the way Christ suffered. But we mentioned there’s a, there’s a third definition, a third layer to this word, and that word is happiness.

And we find that in the Phillips translation. So we’re going to read again from the Phillips. When Jesus saw the vast crowds, he went up the hillside and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began his teaching by saying to them, how happy are the humble minded for the Kingdom of heaven is there. How?

Happy are those who know what sorrow means, for they will be given courage and comfort. Happy are those who claim nothing, for the whole earth will belong to them. Happy are those who are hungry and thirsty for goodness, for they will be fully satisfied. Happy are the merciful, for they will have mercy shown to them. Happy are the utterly sincere, for they will see God.

Happy are those who make peace, for they will be the sons of God. Happy are those who have suffered persecution for the cause of goodness, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs, and what happiness will be yours when people blame you and ill treat you and say all things of slanderous things against you for my sake? Be glad then. Yes, be tremendously glad, for your reward in heaven is magnificent.

They persecuted the prophets before your time in exactly the same way. You know, this definition of happiness should thrill us, but the fact that it includes this suffering in trials kind of has a dampening effect. My mother used to tell me in her older age, she’d say, byron, I feel really bad because of what we read in James 1:2. James 1:2 says, Consider it pure joy. My brother and sister, whenever you face trials of many kinds, how many of you feel joy when you face trials and pains of any kind day after day sometimes?

Well, she would. She would. We’d have long talks about it, and it really bothered her that she knew that their trials were required, but it bothered her that she didn’t feel the joy that she used to feel, and we would talk about it, and one of the things we talk about is, is age plays the part in this.

And I’ve kind of found that out with this. This thing going on with. With my eye, my patience is a lot shorter than it was. I had a different kind of cancer 20 years ago, and it seemed like a lot easier to bear then. But then I have to tell myself I was 20 years younger then.

So if you get into your upper years, it can be a little bit more difficult, and we take that into effect. But then we say, well, what does it say after that verse? And I think that’s a good lesson for us. Anytime we read a verse and we’re having trouble with it, don’t stop, and I’ve heard that from this platform this week, don’t stop, keep going.

So we read James 1:2, but James 1, 3 and 4 says, gives you the reason for about this having this joy, says, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance, let perseverance finishes its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. So we would discuss what that means, and of course, that means we need to be faithful unto death. No matter what the. The trial is, we can get through it.

And so we bring up some scriptures that. That told us that we talk about First Corinthians 10:13 a lot. There has no temptation taking you, but such is common to man, and it’s important to realize what we go through isn’t some extra extraordinary. It’s common to man, but there’s a difference in the.

In how it’s treated. We have God to help us through it. It says, but God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able, but will with the temptation, also make a way to escape that you may be able to bear it. So how often have you gone through a temptation or a trial and think, I just can’t take this anymore, and then remember this promise that God has given us.

He gets us through it. So our third lesson from the Beatitudes is God’s promise of happiness in this life. How would you apply these lessons in your daily life? This isn’t a testimony meeting, but as part of the lesson, I want to give you a little testimony. When I found out about my eye, the first thing.

What would be the first thing you did if you heard something like this?

Pray. That’s right, first thing, pray, and it brought me back, had a heart attack in 1998, and the pain was awful, and my mind brought me that back to that experience, and I can remember praying then.

And this was my prayer, and tell me if you think this was the right prayer or not. My prayer was, dear Heavenly Father, if this is the day I’m going to die, I’m fine with it. But if it is, could it be soon? Because this really hurts.

Is that an appropriate prayer? It seemed like it in the moment. Well, I didn’t have that sort of pain when I found this out because I knew I had a lot of, you know, work to go, treatment to go ahead of me. The second thing that came to my mind after prayer was to call my wife because we’ve gone through quite a few experiences that have been difficult, and her response to me was, oh, Byron, listen, we’ve gone through this and this.

And she started listing off, you know, four or five kind of serious things that she and I and our family have gone through, and she said, you know, the Lord got us through all of those and he’ll get you through this. Don’t work, don’t worry about it, and I Like that, don’t worry about it. That’s encouraging.

That’s confidence.

Step three. Remember a scripture. Get a scripture in your mind. So the scripture that came to my mind was 2 Corinthians 13, 4, and that says, all praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in our troubles so that we can comfort others when they are troubled. We will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us, and my mind went back to some of those experiences we had, and as a result of those experiences, different brethren came to us and asked for, you know, for help.

You know, how did you get through it? What did you do? And it dawned on me right then, well, this is kind of a two way street. I can do that. I can reach out to someone else who’s gone through the same experience.

And I thought of our dear Charlene Mora, because she gone through, you know, you know, this cancer that she can’t get rid of, and so I called her and she said, well, wait a minute, let me get Peter on the line too. So the three of us are talking and oh, by the way, they said I could say this. So I’m not talking out of turn here, but this is what they said. That’s really hard.

And when we got. She said, when I got the, the word, I was, you know, kind of shocked. I didn’t, I’m kind of confused not knowing what to expect going forward. But we were kind of comforted knowing that God was there with us, and then the second thing they said to me was a question.

What could we do to help?

I’ll never forget that.

What can we do to help? Such a simple request. Brethren, what can you do to help your brethren? Doesn’t have to be a grand gesture. Some really small, but that really helped me.

Step 4. Watch for the Lord’s Providence. Carefully, kind of tell yourself, step back and see the Lord work in your life. Because you don’t see it if you look for it. We have a, or an optometrist that we’ve been seeing in our family for about 25 years.

And I have her cell number. I mean, we’re close enough. She’s given her cell number up to us, and I called her and got her voicemail and I left a message telling her about, you know, this cancer and you know, not expecting her to call back, just kind of courtesy so she knows what’s going on. But a few days later, my phone rings and it’s Her.

She took time out of her busy life and called me and she said, a. I want you to know it’s going to be okay. She said, my husband had something very similar last year to what you have this year, and he’s also an optometrist. She said when he got the diagnosis, they started researching surgeons and doctors and specialists all around the country and even in Japan, because her husband, who’s her practicing partner in optometry, he’s Japanese American, so they look for, you know, treatment in Japan also, and she said, we looked everywhere. She said that what they found was the best doctors come out of the University of Miami, the institute, the eye institute there, Basin Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami.

And she said the closest one and the one that they found had the highest clinical reviews and all that happened to be in the Northwest.

Who did I see?

Same guy.

Same guy. Thank you, Lord. I had this, the radiation within two months because of that, and the cancer is gone. Thank you, Lord. I can be here with you today and almost talk about it.

Step five is kind of live with the consequences, and I look around the room here and I. I know I can see brethren who have had different surgeries and problems, and they’re here today and this week and they thank the Lord for being here. I mentioned that the radiation treatment was a success because it got rid of the melanoma, but it caused an eye bleed, and so my right eye was filled with blood and I don’t have any sight in it, but it’s supposed to. The blood’s supposed to drain eventually, I don’t know when.

But it taught me a lesson in patience or non patience in my case.

Reason being, for the first four months, I didn’t get any relief from pain day to day, and that’s hard, and I prayed about that, and the Lord said, just hang in there. I’m with you. I haven’t forgotten you, haven’t forsaken you.

And I know he hadn’t because like I mentioned, the last couple of weeks, it’s started to clear up finally. So that’s just my personal testimony of how this, the words of Jesus and the Beatitudes kind of helped me through this experience, and that’s the other thing that we should remember when we. Anytime we have a study on the Beatitudes, or you read the Beatitudes, remember who spoke those words. It’s not a prophet, it’s not apostle.

Those are the words of Jesus Christ, our Lord Master. They carry extra weight, so we’re thankful for that.

So, brethren, if you’re ever in need of encouragement in your consecrated walk, take a quick, quick trip through the Beatitude.

Know what the Beatitudes are, but it’s kind of a refresher course. I remember that our relationship comes from God, and so do the blessings, regardless of our current life experiences. Kind of read that one phrase over and over again, that it’s in there. No matter what the outward experiences in our life are, God is there with us. He’s the one who established this relationship.

The other thing we take away from this is the blessings that we get. Some of them are current, but most of them are promises to be realized in the future.

Another lesson we have is the privilege of suffering with Christ, and there’s a purpose for those. The sufferings will gain for us something far beyond what anything we could imagine. The crown of life, and finally, knowing the blessings and future glory gives us happiness today.

It’s great to be happy when you’re hurting, isn’t it? We know brethren who are going through experiences, and you look at them and you ask them how they’re doing, and you’ve seen them a few minutes earlier and they’re there. You can tell they’re in pain. But when they’re with the brethren and you ask them how they’re doing, their faces light up and, oh, we’re so. We’re so happy to be here.

We’ve seen that all week here with the. With the brethren. So, brethren, think about the simple topic of a lesson from the Beatitudes, and remember, there’s no one best way to teach any subject. There’s no one best way to learn any subject.

This is an elementary approach to a lesson. Could it work for you? Only you can answer that. I think it could work for me. I could plug in a topic up here, the Kenny topic.

Brother Richard said, love, love for the brethren, love for the world, love for each other. Another topic. Sanctification. Anything you want, put it in there. Then put down a list.

What do you know? Start from there, focus on what you know, and then from that, what do you want to know? And then have your study, and then finally, after you’ve had it, go back and say, well, what did I learn? Compare the right column to the left column.

This might be a lesson, a tool for some of you to. To choose from. But don’t get stuck in any one way. There’s always a way that’s best for you. So we’re glad to be here and we.

We love you all and Brother Mark, we hope you get better soon, and may the Lord bless all of you. Amen.

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